Monday 12th July – Darlington Farmers Auction Mart had forward:
69 Cast Cows sold to 230ppk & £1711
3 Cast Bulls sold to 164ppk & £1336
3 Cows & Calves sold to £1380
14 Store Bulls sold to £1245
65 Store Steers sold to £1305
117 Store Heifers sold to £1425
562 Lambs sold to 287ppk & £140
492 Cast Sheep sold to £150
Cast Cows – The trade for geld cows continues to rise, even with a very mixed show forward DFAM managed to average a mind blowing 161.50ppk & almost £1100 per head, we really are running out of adjectives to describe the current run of prices available at the No 1 cast cow market in the North East. S Wilde, Spite WinterHouse, Sheffield shared the top honours of the day with local farmer D&M Lowes, Wilson House – both had young Limousin Heifers scale the dizzy heights of 230ppk. The lead grossing heifer was also a Limousin from the Wilde household, Sheffield – just a young cow, she went on to realise £1711. The pick of the Black & Whites was a trio of Friesians from JT Parkin, Shepherds Lodge which sold to £1322, averaging a very pleasing £1303. Leading the way with cast bulls was AP Hodgson Farm Ltd, Grosmont, Whitby whose Aberdeen Angus sold for 164ppk & £1336.
Customers, please note that with over a dozen active buyers at the ringside many more cast cows & bulls could have been sold.
Cast Cows – Top prices ppk 230 200 D&M Lowes. 230 220 202 S Wilde. 208 164 C&R Metcalf. 190 188 184 178 176 174 170 JR Richardson. 190 JC Johnson. 188 GW Chapman. 188 172 162 W Ramsay & Sons. 186 D Kemp. 186 166 158 A Wilson. 178 156 EA Thompson. 176 G Thompson & Sons. 172 168 C Dawson. 168 162 M&E Webster. 164 160 C Harle & Sons. 160 F Hare & Sons. 160 W Love Ltd. 160 156 GA Rogerson & Son. 158 P Donnelly. 156×2 MJ Hutchinson.
Lead Grossing Cast Cows £1711 £1536 £1139 S Wilde. £1567 £1388 £1250 £1225 JR Richardson. £1486 £1448 C Dawson. £1466 £1093 M&E Webster. £1426 JC Johnson. £1362 £1246A Wilson. £1360 £1046 C&R Metcalf. £1335 D Kemp. £1322 £1309 £1278 JT Parkin. £1315 £1280 D&M Lowes. £1278 W Ramsay & Sons. £1230 B&L Robson. £1203 F Hare & Sons. £1152 £1128 C Harle & Sons. £1112 £1104 £1080 P Donnelly. £1093 JC Smith. £1078 £1033 AE Newton. £1069 EA Thompson.
Cast Bulls – Top prices ppk 164 146 AP Hodgson Farm Ltd. 152 HM Dent.
Lead Grossing Cast Bulls £1336 £1045 AP Hodgson Farm Ltd. £1278 HM Dent.
Fresh from the disappointment of the euro finals – the store cattle ring was just the place to be, to forget all about the England team’s failure on the pitch. With an exceptional entry for the time of year of just over 200 cattle, and a trade to match – there really was the proverbial ‘something for everyone’ A wonderful show of continental heifers sold by IM Maughan, Newhall Farm sold to a top price of £1425 twice, returning an average of £1400. R Grice, Staindrop had a strong batch of continental steers & heifers which sold to a maximum of £1370 & an average of almost £1300. A handful of young bulls forward saw E Parsons, Newstead Farm top the market at £1245 twice for Homebred Simmentals. Finally, a couple of older cows with continental calves at foot from Ivanhoe Livestock Partnership, Wyvill Grange sold for £1380 & £1200 respectively.
Cows & Calves £1380 £1200 Ivanhoe Livestock Partnership. £1050 WS Anderson Farmers Ltd.
Store Bulls £1245×2 £1240 £1080 £855 E Parsons. £900×2 C Dawson. £1050×2 B Williamson. £925 D&M Lowes. £895 £815×2 SG Hall. £720 AW Sanderson.
Store Steers £1305×2 F Fabi. £1305 £1235 R Grice. £1305×2 £1240×2 £1150 £1145 £1105 £1075 £1070 £1040 £960 £955 D&M Lowes. £1185×2 £1125 JW Richardson. £1025×3 £900×6 AS Chapman. £995 £990 W Wearmouth & Son. £945 GW&M Singleton & Sons. £930×2 £890 £850 Humbleton Farm.
Store Heifers £1425×2 £1410 £1340 IM Maughan. £1370 £1360 £1290 £1205 R Grice. £1195 £1110 £1095 £1070×2 £1065×2 £1015×2 £995×2 AS Chapman. £1180 WM&DH Bussey. £1160 P Tindale. £1140 £1020 D&M Lowes. £1095 W Wearmouth & Son. £1090×2 £1010 Beckwith. £1050×5 E Parsons. £1045 G Simpson. £1040 WSI Anderson. £1020 £975 JW Richardson. £1000 TT Hall & Son. £985×2 Humbleton Farm.
Lambs – A mixed show on offer, including quite a few store lambs. Trade on a whole was more than fair throughout the sale, with more demand for heavier lambs. An overall market average of 244ppk was returned. Top price was 287ppk for a trio of lambs sold by WB Mitchell & Sons, Howlett Hall which sold for £135 to SS Meats. The Lead grossing lambs were a pair from the same home which sold for £140 to Traves & Son. A pen of 5 Texels sold by JJ Horn Bushey Park also reached £140 and were purchased by JA Jewitt Ltd.
Lambs – Top prices ppk 287 277 276×2 274 270 269 268 258 WB Mitchell & Sons. 280 M Radford. 270 268 262 256 250 247 P Tindale. 269 260 259 JJ Horn. 265 260×2 258 250 240 KJ&SS Bell. 263 250 243 242 RS Hall & Sons. 255 250×2 AWSM Farms. 253 JM&S Walton. 250 246×2 MC&M Sparke. 250 243 JR Knox & Son. 250 241 JA&A Herbert. 244 F&MP Allison. 240 F Forrest.
Lead Grossing Lambs £140 £135 £132.50 £129 £127 £126 £125 £121.50 £119 WB Mitchell & Sons. £140 £130 £129 JJ Horn. £133 £129 £114 £112 £110 KJ&SS Bell. £116.50 £108 £107.50 JM&S Walton. £116 £111 £110 MC&M Sparke. £116 PK&HC Dowson. £110 £107 JR Knox & Son. £110 £105 JA&A Herbert. £109 RS Hall & Sons. £108 £105 P Tindale. £105 £102 AWSM Farms. £105 DW Ewin.
Cast Sheep – A much plainer show of ewes forward, however all classes were extremely well sold on the day returning an overall average of £77. Top price was £150 for a Charollais Ram consigned by C Morris, Tutta Beck.
Lead Grossing Cast Sheep £150 £137 £114 £109 C Morris. £124 £110 £103 J&A Ridley. £120 P Turnbull. £120 £116 £110 F&MP Allison. £118 JR Knox & Son. £112 £108 LE Harrison. £111 M&G Hodgson. £110 GP&A Carter. £110 £102 MT&J Burney. £110 £108 MJ Hutchinson. £108 Tallentire. £102 £98 JA&A Herbert. £102×2 JJ Horn. £100 P Tindale. £98 B&L Robson. £98 RS Hall.
