Darlington Farmers Auction Mart held their weekly sale of Cast Cows, Store Stock, Breeding Stock, Prime Lambs and Feeding Ewes on Monday 26th July 2021. Forward were 198 Cattle and 1316 Sheep.
81 Cast Cows & OTM sold to 230ppk or £1518
4 Stock Bulls sold to 208ppk or £2204
39 Store Steers sold to £1415
62 Store Heifers sold to £1335
12 Young Bulls sold to £1040
126 Shearling Ewes sold to £190
826 Store Lambs sold to £119
87 Feeding Ewes sold to £97
200 Prime Lambs sold to 256ppk or £120
77 Cast Ewes & Rams sold to £123
Cast Cattle – Again an average beyond 150 pence per kilo as the remarkable cow trade chalks another month off the calendar, absolutely tremendous returns for all classes. No less than seven cattle sold over 200 pence per kilo, four of which were genuine cows over 4 years old whilst the other three 30-47 month olds were led by a lovely Limousin selling for 230 pence. Another feather in the Limousin cap as they led the gross values with a 5 year old cow selling for £1518; the pick of the native breeds this week was a fleshy 38 month old Aberdeen Angus selling for 198ppk and £1502. Best of the bulls this week was a superb 4 year old Limousin from D K Barker, Coatham Munderville selling for 208ppk and £2204 whilst a Salers of the same age from Allison Devereux Farms, Firtree also impressed at 172ppk and £2017. As always we must mention old Mary from the Dairy and yet again the resigning black and whites were in demand, tops today of £1258 for J T Parkin, Marwood with a 7 year old and 174ppk for a youngster from G Thompson & Sons, Butterknowle.
Cast Cows – Top prices ppk 230 218×2 216 206 200 198 194 190 186 R Ridley. 218 188 GC&KJ White & Son. 190 178 G Anderson. 176 164 DR Smith. 174 G Thompson & Sons. 172 146 EW Holmes. 170×2 166×2 160 156×3 154×2 152×2 J Moralee. 168 SG Hall. 158 C Bell. 158 154 150 146 144 A Wilson. 156 146 HS Hutchinson. 156 144 M&E Webster. 152 G Thompson & Sons. 148×2 146 JT Parkin. 146 144 Little Newsham Farms. 144 JM Ramsay & Son. 142 R&W Todd.
Lead Grossing Cast Cows £1518 31502 £1484 £1377 £1308 £1303 £1265 £1247 £1240 R Ridley. £1449 GC&KJ White & Son. £1321 M&E Webster. £1258 £1232 £1144 JT Parkin. £1225 £1216 £1196 £1188 £1186 £1184 £1176 J Moralee. £1182 £1021 DR Smith. £1174 £1151 G Anderson. £1172 JM Ramsay & Son. £1096 HS Hutchinson. £1086 SG Hall. £1076 A Wilson. £1057 C Bell. £1048 Little Newsham Farms. £1046 JD&IW Sayer & Tallentire. £1035 £1011 EW Holmes.
Cast Bulls – Top prices ppk 208 DK Barker. 172 Allison Devereux Farms. 156 R&W Todd.
Lead Grossing Cast Bulls £2204 DK Barker. £2017 Allison Devereux Farms. £1408 R&W Todd.
Store Cattle – A truly flying trade, what could be considered an average show of quality mattered little as the buyers pressed on for anything and everything. Brexit and the tighter immigration rules are beginning, it would appear, to change the cattle world; a mere 9 of the steers today were continentals as the 30 native breeds overpowered the Europeans. Remarkably the top 8 steers were all Aberdeen Angus and peaked at a huge £1415 for a trio of strong 20-22 month olds from P Hutchinson, Easington; others from E A & N Thompson & Son, Cumbria and D R Smith, Ferryhill also impressed at £1400 and £1380 respectively. A slightly higher proportion of continentals through the heifers today however it was again the powerful Angus from Easington which set the bar high as they peaked at £1335, they were matched at that price by a stand out British Blue from J W Richardson, Aiskew. Young bulls remain in short supply and as a result are keenly bid for, this weeks best a 13 month old Limousin from W B Rutter & Sons, Scargill at £1040 was closely followed by 9 month old’s from J A & U M Fawcett, Marske.
Store Bulls – Top prices £1040 £1000 £860 WB Rutter & Sons. £1030×2 £900 £875×2 £775 JA&UM Fawcett.
Store Steers £1415×3 £1380 £1340×3 £1185 P Hutchinson. £1400 £1230 EA&N Thompson & Son. £1300 DR Smith. £1170 WB Rutter & Sons. £1170 £1160 JW Richardson. £1165 £1145×2 £1010×2 £935×2 SM Rigg. £1040 I Newton & Son. £1030 FK Fleming. £1015×3 £935×2 GW&M Singleton & Sons.
Store Heifers £1335×3 P Hutchinson. £1335 £1115 £990 JW Richardson. £1290 £1225 £1150 WM Reed & Sons. £1250 £1225 J Fowler. £1200 High Hedley Hope Farm Ltd. £1185 £1125 £1060 £975 BJS Farms. £1140×3 £1070 £1050×2 £995 £970 £910×2 AR Marshall. £1120 £985 J&S Thompson. £1110 £1065 DR Smith. £1100 £1090×2 £1040 WB Rutter & Sons. £1060 £940 AW Gray. £1055×3 £1025×3 £985×3 JE Burton. £1040 TT Hall & Son. £930 FK Fleming.
Breeding Sheep – A good guide as to the intentions of the breeding sheep trade at our early offering, top of the pile this year, as they were last year came the immaculate Suffolk X Mule shearlings from A E & F S Glaves of Cayley Lane, Brompton. This year’s peak of £190 for the Brompton firm is up £10 on the year with their run averaging £180 up £12 on 2020. The best three pens of continental shearlings all sold for £185 as twice Texel’s out of Cheviot Mules from Thornton Park, Thirsk matched a lovely pen of Texel X Mules from G Belt & Son, Normanby Lodge.
Shearlings – Suffolk £190 £180 £170 AE&FS Glaves. £150 G Belt & Son.
Texel £185 £170×2 G Belt & Son.
Continental £185×2 £180×2 Thornton Park.
Store Lambs – As expected the store lamb trade set off in big form, as usual at the opening sale our combination of well grown lowland lambs and late born hill lambs offered more variety than the London Palladium. This years average of £77 is up £7 on last year which was itself some £11 ahead of 2019. Fourteen pens sold beyond £100 with the sale leader G H Lister, Wolsingham for a tremendous single Texel at £119. Of the hill bred lambs which were plentiful we witnessed a peak of £87 for Cheviots and £70 for Swaledales, the smaller long keep lambs look perhaps the most improved trade on the year, hardy and healthy but non the less just babies the annual consignment from the Richardson family of Rosedale as usual found new homes with incredible ease.
Store Lambs – Texel £119 £106 £102 GH Lister. £117 £110 £109 £105 Pyebourne. £106.50 £94 £69 J Wigham. £105 £99 Adam Lowson. £100 £87 S Beeforth. £98.50 £92 B Lowson. £92 £84 £80 £76 S&D Ferrie. £92 DJL Livestock. £90 W&V Burton. £90 £79 £70 G Gray. £89.50 £86 M Jopling & Son. £87.50 £84 L Doughty. £87 WH Brown. £82.50 JH Dobinson. £80 PD&JA Adamski. £75 £73.50 CA Spensley.
Beltex £116 B Lowson. £109 J Wigham. £103.50 DJL Livestock.
Continental £103 DJL Livestock. £84 £72 £62 £60 £55.50 JP Richardson. £81.50 L Doughty.
Suffolk £90 W&V Burton. £82 WH Brown. £80 £72 KT Anderson & Son.
Cheviot £87 £79 £75 PD&JA Adamski. £85 WH Brown. £82.50 S Beeforth.
Swale £70 KT Anderson & Son.
Mule £69.50 L Doughty.
Feeding ewes £97 WH Brown. £87 £81 £77 £74 £65 £50 JP Richardson. £84 £80 C Longstaff.
Prime Lambs – A light show with several consignments just losing their backs, most likely due to the current heat; some resistance from the buyers this week also as they perhaps sense a slip in trade following the recent Islamic celebrations. A sale average of 239ppk was headed by regular supporter P Turnbull of Kildale reaching 256ppk and W S I Anderson, Dalton sold to a top of £120.
Lambs – Top prices ppk 256 250 248 246 P Turnbull. 250 JR Mann. 250 244 243 TW Clark. 247 241 238 235 234 Anna Herbert. 245 William Tindale. 245 DJL Livestock. 243 241 PK&HC Dowson. 243 240 234 226 East Newbiggin Farms. 242 GC&KJ White. 236 PJ Tindale. 226 WSI Anderson.
Lead Grossing Lambs £120 WSI Anderson. £118 DJL Livestock. £117 £99 PK&HC Dowson. £113 £102.50×2 £100 TW Clark & Son. £107 £105 £103.50 £102.50 P Turnbull. £104×2 Anna Herbert. £100 JR Mann. £100 £96 £94 Anna Herbert. £96 D Coupland. £94.50 GC&KJ White & Son.
Cast Ewes & Rams – In contrast to the lambs the ewe trade continues to bound along in glorious style, top of the sale a Charollais ram from C Morris, Rokeby at £123 whilst the leading female was a smart Texel hailing from Chop Yat and the good home of S Beeforth, High Crookleith. Cheviot ewes sold to £108 from P D & J A Adamski, Fryup and Mule ewes to £100 from the aforementioned C Morris, Rokeby.
Lead Grossing Cast Sheep £123 £100 £99 £98 C Morris. £118 £68 S Beeforth. £108 £89 £83 PD&J Adamski. £108 WA Wardman Ltd. £100 D Coupland. £96 £93 £90 JR Mann. £88 £84 £75 TB Walton. £78 GP&A Carter.
