Darlington Farmers Auction Mart held their weekly sale of Cast Cattle, Store and Breeding Stock on Monday 31st January 2022. Forward were 302 Cattle and 1252 Sheep.
86 Cast Cattle & OTM sold to 216ppk or £1501
85 Store Steers sold to £1360
110 Store Heifers sold to £1340
19 Young Bulls sold to £1305
1 Cow & Calf sold for £1380
26 Breeding Sheep sold to £175
1135 Store Hoggs sold to £150
101 Feeding Ewes sold to £127
Cast Cattle – As the month ends the brilliant beef trade rolls on relentlessly, a super average of 140ppk with just an ordinary show of quality offered on the whole, dairy cows represented 35% of the total forward with native breeds making up another 23%. Top price per kilo was twice achieved by superb Simmental OTM heifers from A Willey, Broomfield Farm, Chopwell when they sold for 216ppk; the first good heifer almost led the gross values at £1486 however the other from the same home topped the sale at £1501, the two were split on the medal podium by a special 10-year-old British Blonde cow from Cumbrian raiders P J & E S Rogerson, Great Asby which sold for a terrific £1499. An amazing 9 times today we surpassed £1400 as a top trio from Messrs Rogerson were joined by the Chopwell two and four other successful vendors chipped in with one apiece. Friesian cows from J T Forster & Son, Killerby impressed as they twice surpassed £1200 whilst the top price Friesian per kilo was a well fleshed 8-year-old from W A Wardman, Yearby at 146ppk.
Cast Cattle & OTM Leading PPK – 216(x2) 192 144 A Willey. 200 180 148(x2) 146(x3) W A Wardman Ltd. 194 160(x2) W J & A S Bowes & Sons. 194 188 180 P J & E S Rogerson. 172 164 D F & M Littlefair. 170 J D & M S Mortimer. 168 150 146 M Barker Farms. 164 154 D L Brown. 160 146 144 W R Barron. 160 T Coulthard & Son. 158 146 G A Willey. 154 A Peart & Son. 152 Forster Hall & Sons. 148 J G Forster & Partners. 148 J L & J A Sunter. 144 T & R Quinn & Son. 144 T N Callender. 144 R A Busby & Son.
Cast Cattle & OTM Leading Gross – £1501 £1486 £1305 £1150 A Willey. £1499 £1485 £1453 P J & E S Rogerson. £1439 £1377 £1126 W J & A S Bowes & Sons. £1432 £1299 £1089 £1086 £1036 W A Wardman Ltd. £1428 T Coulthard & Son. £1425 W Weightman. £1307 J D & M S Mortimer. £1275 J G Forster & Partners. £1242 £1226 J T Forster & Son. £1224 D F & M Littlefair. £1213 T & R Quinn & Son. £1164 A Peart & Son. £1149 £1051 High Hedley Hope Farm Ltd. £1111 D F & M Littlefair. £1109 £1062 W R Barron. £1108 £1038 M Barker Farms.
Store Cattle – An absolute flyer of a trade, the strong cattle are certainly dearer on the week whilst the grazing buyers are now out nibbling at the yearlings which certainly look to be quite some tariff today. Top priced store beast was a strong 19-month-old Aberdeen Angus steer from T H Richardson & Sons, Hamsterley which sold for £1360, of the top 8 steers amazingly 6 were native breeds this week. It seems that a starring roll on ITV’s Vera has done no harm to the breeding and feeding capabilities of the Willey family of Broomfield Farm, Chopwell; it was they who followed up their earlier cow ring success and amazingly produced the top four heifers with the best a 22-month-old Simmental selling for £1340. Young bulls are in high demand, the pick this week were a pair of shapely 13-month-old Limousin’s from F Bainbridge, Willoughby Hall, Baldersdale which sold for an impressive £1305.
Leading Prices
Cow & Calf – £1380 J J M Lonsdale.
Young Bulls – £1305(x2) F Bainbridge. £1200 £1030 D Walker. £1070 C & M Burnett. £1000 £930 £790 T & R Quinn & Son. £925 £735(x3) R Valks. £825 W Emerson. £805(x2) A P Taylor.
Store Steers – £1360 £1290 T H Richardson & Sons. £1200(x2) J B & G E Hayward & Family. £1195 £1190 J C Thwaite & Son. £1180(x2) W & C Iceton. £1155 £1150 A Willey. £1135 £1085 £1060 B Storey. £1100(x2) G W & M Singleton & Sons. £1090 W B Rutter & Sons. £1090 C L Clark. £1080 G M Blair & Partners. £1065(x2) £1055 W Emerson. £1065 T T Hall & Son. £1055(x3) R & W Todd. £1055 I Newton & Son.
Store Heifers – £1340 £1290 £1225(x2) A Willey. £1210 High Hedley Hope Farm Ltd. £1185 £1100 J R & J Crowe. £1170(x2) £1130(x3) £1090(x2) £1085 Wilsons. £1170 £1080(x2) C L Clark. £1110(x2) £1085 £1065 J G Wilkinson & Son. £1100 £1070 B Storey. £1070(x2) L Brown & Partner. £1070(x2) W B Rutter & Sons. £1060(x2) G W & M Singleton & Sons.
Store & Breeding Sheep – Another sensational day at the sheep, the store hoggs in particular keep on coming and buyers remain uber confident for the months which lie ahead. A great day for T Common & Son, Low Ardley, Hexham who set the pace when they sold Texel gimmer hoggs to £175 and tup hoggs to £150 per head, in lamb Mule shearling ewes from B Williamson, Butterknowle sold for £165 and £160. Over 200 store hoggs this week sold beyond £110 as the better bred and better fed remain as dear as we have ever seen them, feeding ewes were also a brilliant trade and peaked at £127 for 5 fabulous Texels from J A Scott, Elfhills, Cambo.
In Lamb Ewes – £165 £160 B Williamson
Ewe Hoggs – ££175 £150 £140 £130 T Common & Son.
Store Hoggs – £150(x2) £140 T Common & Son. £129 £124 A & B Herworth. £128 £121(x2) £119 G P Addison. £124 £122 Wilsons. £123.50 P G & J Bond. £123 D & H M Hodgson. £123 £115 D R Smith. £122 P J Anderson & Son. £121 W Love Ltd. £117.50 J A Scott. £117.50 M W Cook & Son. £115.50 F Hickson & Sons. £115 W Wearmouth & Son. £115 M J Hutchinson. £115 G W Dent. £114 J Walshaw & Son.
Feeding Ewes – £127 £111 £97 £90 £76 J A Scott. £120 £90 £86 A W Sanderson. £118 £110 £76 G P Addison. £105 P J Anderson & Son. £97 £95 F Hickson & Sons. £85 Raby Home Farm. £85 Bowes Bros. £82 B G Dale. £76 T & A E Miller. £68 £67 G Pickering.
