Monday 17th March 2025 – “Mid-March Extravaganza” Show & Sale of Store Cattle. Forward were
55 Cast Cows & OTM sold to £2917 or 398ppk
4 Stock Bulls sold to £2908 or 304ppk
17 Breeding Cattle sold to £1800
66 Young Bulls sold to £2550
162 Store Steers sold to £2280
245 Store Heifers sold to £2660
223 Store Hoggs sold to £166
29 Feeding Ewes/Rams sold to £212
497 Bales of Fodder sold to £35
Cast Cattle- What an extraordinary trade for geld cattle today, on fire and showing no signs of stopping. A slightly lesser show of numbers and quality compared to last week, however the trade still hot and did not disappoint. Top price of the day goes to JE Jordon & Son, The Brocks, with a fantastic 36-month-old Limousin cow making a terrific £2917 and 398ppk, and another Limousin from this good home selling to £2891. Following was GK KN&GJ Hird, Meadow View, reaching £2744 or 350ppk with another at £1991. I Spedding, Harelaw Farm, reached 356ppk, whilst JA&UM Fawcett, Manor Farm, topped at 352ppk. Friesian cows topped at 254ppk and £2113 from FS Sturrock & Sons, Home Farm.
Cast Cows & OTM Top Prices PPK- 398 348 JE Jordon & Son. 380 350 GK KN&GJ Hird. 356 I Spedding. 352 260 JA&UM Fawcett. 350 EA&N Thompson & Son. 314 298 276 266 Wilsons. 308 292 WJ&AS Bowes & Sons. 290 242 SG Dent. 288 AW Sanderson. 286 R White. 270 268 RJ&R Greenbank. 266 256 J Richmond. 266 CG Robinson. 254 248 246 x2 246 242 240 x2 FS Sturrock & Sons. 254 GH&RG Stobbs. 250 244 A&JE Smith. 250 Juaul Farms. 248 S Beeforth. 246 x2 242 R&W Todd. 242 Cowclose Farm LTD. 240 CN&P Penk.
Stock Bulls Top Prices PPK- 304 L Howley. 288 C&JC Stephenson. 250 C Newcomb.
Cast Cows & OTM Leading Gross- £2917 £2891 JE Jordon & Son. £2744 £1991 GK KN&GJ Hird. £2633 £2090 WJ&AS Bowes & Sons. £2609 I Spedding. £2492 JA&UM Fawcett. £2338 EA&N Thompson & Son. £2250 R White. £2182 £2139 £1630 £1622 Wilsons. £2113 £2112 £1894 £1854 £1820 £1758 £1722 £1668 £1594 FS Sturrock & Sons. £1972 £1589 SG Dent. £1857 S Beeforth. £1781 £1651 J Richmond. £1769 Cowclose Farm LTD. £1752 £1617 £1604 £1577 A&JE Smith. £1750 £1708 CN&P Penk. £1679 AW Sanderson. £1650 Juaul Farms. £1603 CG Robinson. £1586 RJ&R Greenbank.
Stock Bulls Leading Gross- £2908 C&JC Stephenson. £2283 L Howley. £1137 C Newcomb.
Store Cattle- Exceptional is the only word to describe today’s store cattle trade. A fantastic show of quality cattle was put forward for the Mid-March Extravaganza show & sale, with many thanks going to Miss Katrina Donaldson of York, for doing a fantastic job as our judge this morning. Bringing the heat to the show ring this morning was our champion, which deservingly went to Nick & Kayley Gill of Moorey Lea, with a quality 11-month-old British Blue Heifer, reaching £2100. Reserve Champion went to Robbie & Wayne Dalton of West End Farm, with a lovely 10-month-old Limousin steer, which made £2120.
With many vendors leaving DfAM with a smile on their face, top price of the day goes to FH Hutchinson, White House Farm, with a two tremendous Limousin Heifers, reaching £2660. Following very closely was TW West of Picket Howe Farm, with a heifer making £2320, with another at £2300. Again, with the heifers, £2300 was reached twice by Wilkinson & Son, Carrsides.
Topping the steer section was RL Dent, Mount Pleasant Farm, with two at £2280. tying in second highest place within the steer section was T Metcalfe & Son, Usha Gap and WA Wardman LTD, Thrushwood Farm, both reaching £2200. Finally, AP&E Proctor, Hillcrest, had a British Blue Steer at £2180.
Bulls topped at a high of £2550, with a British Blue from BR Lawson, Buddle House Farm, who was followed by Wilkinson & Son, Carrsides, with a consignment of Simmental bulls making £1940. JA&UM Fawcett, Manor Farm had a Limousin bull which made £1800.
Show Results-
Champion- N Gill, Moorey Lea – £2100
Reserve Champion- RW Dalton, West End Farm – £2120
Limousin Steer-
1st– RW Dalton, West End Farm – £2120
2nd– Dalton, West End Farm – £1880
3rd– KO Stones, Nun Cote Nook Farm – £1620
Limousin Heifer-
1st– WA Dinsdale & Son, Harkerside Place Farm – £2200
2nd– W Wearmouth & Son, Rose Hill Farm – £2020
3rd– HS Hutchinson, White House Farm – £1900
British Blue Steer-
1st– W Wearmouth & Son, Rose Hill Farm – £1800
2nd– KO Stones, Nun Cote Nook Farm – £1820
British Blue Heifer-
1st– N Gill, Moorey Lea – £2100
2nd– N Gill, Moorey Lea – £1700
Any Other Breed Heifer-
1st– IR Appleton, Pudding Poke Farm – £2080
2nd– IR Appleton, Pudding Poke Farm – £1560
3rd– E Taylor & Son, Wallish Walls Farm – £1840
Leading Prices-
Store Heifers- £2660 x2 £2320 £1990 FH Hutchinson. £2320 £2300 £2200 £2080 £2040 £2000 £1970 £1940 £1900 TW West. £2300 x2 £2020 x2 £2000 x2 £1990 x3 Wilkinson & Son. £2200 £2160 £2090 RL Walker. £2200 £2080 £1980 £1910 WA Dinsdale & Son. £2180 x3 £1900 Rose A Farms LTD. £2100 N Gill. £2090 WA Wardman LTD. £2080 IR Appleton. £2020 W Wearmouth & Son. £2020 £1930 £1900 JA&UM Fawcett. £1980 RW Dalton. £1960 x2 £1920 RL Dent. £1960 AP&E Procter. £1960 JW Richardson. £1920 L Claughan. £1900 HS Hutchinson. £1900 R White.
Store Steers- £2280 x2 £1990 £1840 RL Dent. £2200 £1910 T Metcalfe & Son. £2200 £1980 x2 £1960 £1860 WA Wardman LTD. £2180 £2050 AP&E Proctor. £2150 £2100 £1980 TW West. £2120 £1980 £1940 £1880 x2 £1840 RW Dalton. £2100 x2 £1950 S Richardson. £2020 £1920 E Taylor & Son. £2000 £1980 £1900 £1860 £1840 WA Dinsdale & Son. £2000 L Claughan. £1960 x2 GW&L Marsay. £1960 £1840 x2 £1820 JE AJ Pickford. £1960 £1890 Tom Bell. £1900 AN Green. £1860 x4 D Walker. £1850 F Ward. £1840 BR Lawson.
Store Bulls- £2550 BR Lawson. £1940 x3 1680 x3 Wilkinson & Son. £1800 £1710 £1700 x2 £1650 £1600 x2 £1520 x2 £1300 JA&UM Fawcett. 1740 x2 £1700 x7 R Simpson & Sons. £1720 x2 RW Dalton. £1630 £1500 KO Stones. £1600 x2 £1460 RJ&R Greenbank. £1500 JK Gregory. £1490 x4 £1360 x3 SN Bird & Sons. £1480 £1320 CG Robinson. £1480 JE AJ Pickford. £1320 CG Robinson. £1280 WSI Anderson.
Bulling Heifers-
Shorthorn- £1650 £1480 £1180 Robinson Partnership.
In Calf Cows-
Angus- £1800 £1750 £1580 £1550 £1450 £1300 £1280 Broom Mill Farms.
Limousin- £1350 Broom Mill Farms.
Cows & Calves-
Shorthorn- £1780 £1620 Robinson Partnership.
Breeding Bull-
Shorthorn- £1350 Robinson Partnership.
Store Hoggs- As the numbers of store sheep begin to wither, the trade remains as strong as ever. With a much smaller number and mixed quality throughout, the sale averaged a fantastic £116.51. First of all, a huge thankyou goes to Mr Steven Love of Hollywell farm, for donating a fantastic Texel x lamb to raise money for The Great North Air Ambulance and Weardale and Teasdale Mountain Rescue, which raised a remarkable total of £1240. Top Price of the day goes to S Love of Hollywell Farm, with a superb run of Continental hoggs to make £166 per head. Again, this good home had hoggs from £148 to £160. Following closely on the leaderboard was SA Braithwaite, Prys House, with Texel Hoggs from £116, reaching a top of £166. Whilst B Willis of Appleton Row, sold a Texel hogg which reached £130.
Texel- £163 £136 £116 SA Braithwaite. £130 B Willis. £126 £113 JP&R Ward. £121 DE Stones. £117 J&RA Speed. £110 JW Richardson.
Continental- £166 £160 £157 £155 £154 x2 £148 S Love. £127 £113 P Kirk. £105 Phil Schellhorne. £104 L Fowler. £94 DE Stones.
Mule- £127.50 £89 K Percival.
Suffolk- £107 £99 DE Stones.
Beltex- £94 £86 JE Holliday & Son.
Herdwick- £52 J&RA Speed.
Feeding Ewes- £212 £159 £152 £130 JE Holliday & Sons. £153 J&RA Speed. £150 JW Richardson. £140 £138 £130 £90 £68 L Fowler. £70 JP&R Ward.
Fodder- Todays fodder sale saw a straight trade across the board for all aspects. 72x 4ft round bales of barley straw reached £35 per bale, whilst 60x 6 string barley straw bales topped at £30. Silage reached £20 with 60 bales sold, whereas haylage reached £25 for herbal lay 2nd-3rd cut, with 300 bales of haylage sold overall. A larger quantity of fodder wanted fortnightly.
