Darlington Farmers Auction Mart held their weekly sale of Cast Cattle, Store and Breeding Stock on Monday 1st November 2021. Forward were 308 Cattle and 2426 Sheep.
76 Cast Cows & OTM sold to 208ppk or £1622
5 Stock Bulls sold to 150ppk or £1429
61 Store Steers sold to £1540
127 Store Heifers sold to £1370
27 Young Bulls sold to £1075
12 Breeding Cattle sold to £1460
20 Breeding Rams sold to 480 Guineas
136 Gimmer Lambs sold to £140
135 Shearling Ewes sold to £170
65 Breeding Ewes sold to £140
1915 Store Lambs sold to £115
155 Feeding Ewes sold to £114
Cast Cattle & OTM – The average again this week was 120 pence per kilo, as we have witnessed of late those carrying flesh and the younger cows are very easily sold however some of the older ladies showing less resistance to the autumnal conditions are somewhat less desirable. Top of the sale was a beautiful 3 year old Limousin heifer from G H Farms, Grange Hill Farm when she sold for an impressive 208 pence per kilo, the top gross value headed back to Northumberland to the renowned Swarland Herd of A & D Proctor with a marvellous 5 year old Limousin cow selling for £1622. A smart Limousin from E Scott & Sons. Middridge Grange led the bull trade at 150 pence per kilo whilst the top gross valued bull at £1429 came from A S & S M Kemp, Whitwell Farm with a heavyweight Simmental. Both flesh and youth were on the side of our leading dairy cow as a wonderful 34 month old Friesian from W E & C A Anderson, Caldwell sold for a very healthy 166 pence per kilo and £1153.
Cast Cows – Top prices ppk 208 GH Farms Ltd. 196 166 A&D Proctor. 180 178 P Weightman & Sons. 178 126 124 M Jopling & Son. 176 T James. 166 130 WE&CA Anderson. 164 JLC Welford. 160 J Jimminson. 158 128 JJM Lonsdale. 148 146 JL Marks. 144 JM Ramsay & Son. 144 128 AJ Marr & Son. 142 TN Callender. 142 S Wells. 136 TF Bothroyd. 134×2 A Wilson. 124 122×3 120 LG Harrison & Son.
Lead Grossing Cast Cows £1622 £1344 A&D Proctor. £1521 £1388 P Weightman & Sons. £1332 J Jimminson. £1276 TN Callender. £1245 JM Ramsay & Son. £1222 M Jopling & Son. £1184 S Wells. £1173 GH Farms Ltd. £1153 £910 WE&CA Anderson. £1068 £1035 JL Marks. £1055 AJ Marr & Son. £1054 TF Bothroyd & Son. £1004 W&R Kemp & Son. £997 JJM Lonsdale. £980 A Wilson. £965 JLC Welford. £957 DI Metcalf. £953 £925 LG Harrison & Son.
Cast Bulls – Top prices ppk 150 E Scott & Sons. 146 122 AS&SM Kemp. 140 I Potts & Sons Ltd. 124 G Beadle.
Lead Grossing Cast Bulls – £1429 £1017 AS&SM Kemp. £1362 I Potts & Sons Ltd. £1074 E Scott & Sons. £989 G Beadle.
Store Cattle – A flying trade for all classes, on a day which bidding in the store ring passed £1300 no less than 32 times both bidders and buyers it seemed felt that the already fast trade had somehow taken yet another lift. Starting the day were a pen of six sensational pure Limousin bulling heifers from Oakwood Farms, Norfolk which sold to an impressive top of £1460 and the 18 month olds averaged a blistering £1333. Continuing their good day from the cow ring were A & D Proctor of Swarland Old Hall as they led the trade for young bulls when they sold a sweet January born Limousin calf for £1075. On to the store cattle and some superb prices were achieved, best of the heifers a sparkling 21 month old British Blue from G & A Gibson, High Etherley sold for £1370 whilst the steer headlines, not for the first time, headed to White Lea Farm and J H Johnson. The 15 brilliant bullocks from White Lea today all featured in the top 17 prices as they left with an average of £1442 and an incredible top price of £1540 achieved by a 20 month old Limousin.
Bulling Heifers – Limousin £1460 £1430 £1420×2 £1260 £1010 Oakwood Farms.
Cows & Calves – Highland £780 £600 £520 TJ&LM Lake.
Store Bulls – £1075 A&D Proctor. £975 3850 JF Harland. £815 £740×3 A Gregg. £785×2 £720 AP Taylor. £780×2 £755 WSI Anderson. £730×2 JR Allan. £690 MW Cook & Son.
Store Steers – £1540 £1510 £1500×2 £1470×3 £1460 £1450×2 £1440 £1380 £1350 £1320×2 JH Johnson. £1380 G&JH Tomlinson & Son. £1330 £1310×2 £1280A Thompson. £1310×4 B&B Kitching & Son. £1310 £1100 F Stobart & Sons. £1190 £1030 G Calvert & Sons. £1190 £1150 £1080 GH&RG Stobbs. £1160 £1130 G&A Gibson & Son. £1110×2 WH Brown. £1040 N Wilson. £1040×4 £1020×3 A Wilson.
Store Heifers – £1370 £1200×2 G&A Gibson & son. £1340 £1150 £1120×2 LW Martin. £1320 WH Brown. £1310 £1145 £1135×3 GH&RG Stobbs. £1230 T&R Quinn & Son. £1200×5 £1180×5 £1130×3 £1110×3 B&B Kitching & Son. £1190 £1140 G&JH Tomlinson & Son. £1170 £1090 MH Hodgson. £1160 AC Walton. £1150 A Wilson. £1145×2 £1140×2 £1110×2 £1100 J&EM Lawson. £1100 N Wilson. £1090×2 £1080 £1070 WB Rutter & Sons.
Breeding Rams – The tup sales here in Darlington for 2021 concluded today, in what has been a memorable tup trading term we ended as we started with vendors on the whole more than satisfied with prices and proceedings. Topping the sale was a clagging Charollais tup lamb from C W Marwood & Son, Foulrice, Whenby which sold for 480 Guineas, plenty of the chasing pack sold in and around 400 Guineas as the last minute tup shoppers were both plentiful and keen.
Top Prices (Guineas unless stated)
Charollais Ram Lambs 480 400 400 380 C W Marwood & Son.
Charollais Shearlings 400 300 S C & N C Hodgson.
Texel Shearlings 380 N Wilkinson.
Crossbred Shearlings 380 350 320 300 300 300 C S & V Whitfield. £185 £160 S Plews.
Breeding Sheep – An impressive dispersal of Texel crossed ewes from R Hall & Son, Kilton Hall Farm, Brotton enjoyed plenty of attention from the buyers and rightly led the trade. Pens of shearling ewes from the good Brotton home sold to a top of £170 whilst fully warranted ewes sold to a peak of £140; the Kilton dispersal saw their 93 breeding ewes average a pleasing £134 apiece. Top of the ewe lambs was a sweet Blue Texel from E Grieves, Oakdene at £140 whilst Mule Ewe lambs sold to a high of £130 from H Thompson, Whiley Hill.
Gimmer Lambs – £140 £120 EW Grieves. £135 A Wilson. £130 £100 H Thompson. £128 £120 J Wigham. £88 MW Cook & Son. £78 JM Bainbridge. £78 C Green. £70 JD Heavisides.
Shearlings £170 £160 £145 £125 £120 R Hall & Son. £140 £105 K&PJ Garthwaite. £140 £138 £112 £110 M weighell. £94 JM Bainbridge.
Breeding Ewes £140 £130 £120 £110 R Hall & Son. R Olley £115. £80 J M Bainbridge.
Store Lambs – Another mammoth show and a stratospheric trade to go with it, far less quality offered, more breeds than are listed with the RBST in attendance today yet an all in average of £84 was achieved. To cut through some of the wood to enable us to see the tree’s todays 95 Charollais Lambs averaged £92.24; 173 Suffolks averaged £91.55 and over 1000 Texel lambs levelled up at £87.13. Top of the sale were a trio of superb Texel tup lambs from W Love Ltd, Tow Law when they sold for £115, amazingly 167 store lambs today sold the top side of £100. Feeding ewes markedly dearer on the week, absolutely no question that the Monday ring is the place to be for anyone selling leaner ewe meat at the moment.
Store Lambs – £115 £103 £101 £95 W Love Ltd. £114 £106 £102 J&F Hartley & Sons. £109 V&O Conner. £109 HW Wigham. £105.50 B&MJ Garbutt. £104.50 £100.50 £95.50 H&P Hutchinson. £101 £100.50×2 TT Hall & Son. £100 £99.50 £98.50 JA Scott. £100 £94 FM Armstrong. £99.50 A Newton. £99 PJ Anderson. £98 £97.50 C Morris. £98 B Lowson. £97 K Cator. £96.50 JH Johnson. £96.50 K Mowbray. £96.50 B&L Robson. £96 Adam Lowson. £95 C Henderson. £95 D Rutter.
Feeding Ewes – £114 £81 TE Dobson. £99 £98 £89 371 M Gallon. £95 £80 IW Cairns. £94 £86 FM Armstrong. £89 £77 £76 RE Coatsworth. £88 £78 GW Dobson & Son. £86 K Cator. £84 £70 MJ Hutchinson. £82 B&L Robson. £81 £77 C Longstaff. £81 A Newton. £80 L Fowler. £80 £59 Godschalk Partners. £69 JH Johnson.
