Darlington Farmers Auction Mart held their weekly sale of Cast, Store & Breeding Cattle on Monday 28th June 2021. Forward were 555 Head of Cattle.
107 Cast Cows & OTM sold to 220ppk or £1993
13 Stock Bulls sold to 224ppk or £2205
64 Cows & Calves sold to £2550
23 In Calf Cows sold to £1500
5 Breeding Bulls sold to £2500
5 Bulling Heifers sold to £1390
125 Store Steers sold to £1370
129 Store Heifers sold to £1550
18 Young Bulls sold to £1020
Breeding Cattle – Huge credit must go to both Ian Bosworth of New Manor Farm, Rolleston and Ian Skidmore, North Hanging Wells, Eastgate as their respective dispersals aided a healthy ringside of buyers and a buoyant trade throughout. The New Manor herd dispersal began proceedings and the perfectly presented herd of predominantly British Limousin, British Blonde and Simmental crossed cows with British Blue and Blonde calves at foot impressed throughout, the top price of £2550 went to a sweet British Blue Heifer suckling 8 week old twin calves. Half a dozen further cows with calves from the Bosworth dispersal went on to sell beyond £2000, they were joined over £2000 by the pick of a run from P Donnelly, Great Ayton and also a beautiful British Blonde with her pure bred second calf at foot from J & C Barker, Hinderwell. The in calf cows look well sold, leading the charge was the best of the North Hanging Wells herd dispersal as a 4 year old British Blue cross sold for £1500, the scattering of stock bulls were a similar story as a powerful 5 year old Aberdeen Angus from the same good home topped the sale at £2500.
Cows & Calves £2550 £2420 £2200×2 £2100 £2000×2 £1950 £1920 £1900×4 £1880 £1850 £1820 £1800 £1750×5 £1700×2 £1650×2 £1600×3 £1580 £1550 £1520×2 £1450×2 £1400×2 I Bosworth. £2250 £1850 £1820 £1550 P Donnelly. £2200 £1980 J&C Barker.
In Calf Cows £1500 £1320 £1200×3 £1180 £1120 £1100 £1050 £950×2 £900 J Skidmore & Co Ltd. £1420 £1400 £1380 £1250 £1100×2 £920 £910 I Bosworth.
Breeding Heifers £1390 £1370×2 £1220 J&F Hartley & Sons. £960 I Bosworth.
Breeding Bulls £2500 J Skidmore & Co Ltd. £2150 I Bosworth. £2000 JA Birkbeck. £1720 £1650 J&F Hartley & Sons.
Cast Cattle & OTM – Another marvellous Monday in the DFAM cow ring, 20 years on from foot and mouth its hard to believe that the 120 over the bridge could average £1143; cows and OTM average today 160 pence per kilo and the blistering bull trade sees the baker’s dozen average a massive 177ppk. Ladies first, six over £1700 and five over 200 pence per kilo, the pick of both lists was an absolute stunner from F & R Simpson, Square House Farm, Quebec with a magical 6 year old British Blue selling for £1993 and 220ppk, a tasty trio from Square House averaged 205ppk and £1790. Next to the native girls and like their continental cousins they had quite some day; tops of 208ppk from G A Rogerson & Son, Thropton with a 37 month old Beef Shorthorn and a brut of an 8 year old Aberdeen Angus from W Chrystal & Partners, Wingate Grange added up to £1539. The dairy girls followed their normal procedure, arriving late but selling great, tops of a wonderful £1242 and 188ppk from Stainton Hill Farms, Streatlam. Bully’s special prizes keep on coming at the moment, another insane trade for the bulls who’s work days are behind them. Three bulls beyond 200 pence per kilo were all British Blue’s, a 7 year old from Fristling Hall Farm, Essex at 224 pence was joined twice by 4 & 6 year old’s from Ian Bosworth, Rolleston at 212ppk and 216ppk respectively. Four bulls entered the £2k plus club this week as two of the aforementioned Blues were narrowly beaten by a heavyweight Hereford from B & M J Garbutt, Busby, the winner however was a lovely Limousin from S E Chapman of Little Stainton when he ran the scale up to 1125kg and sold for £2205 and 196ppk. Shorthorn bulls to £1677, Red Poll bulls to £1651, Friesian bulls to £1615.
Cast Cows – Top prices ppk 220 218 178 F&R Simpson. 208 200 198 GA Rogerson & Son. 204 AK Clarke & Sons. 198 WR Thompson. 194 174 WM Reed & Sons. 192 186 Ouston Farms Ltd. 188 172 GC&JC White & Son. 188 Stainton Hill Farms. 188 E Parsons. 186 178 D&M Lowes. 184 JJ Horn. 182 JB Luck. 180 J Skidmore & Co Ltd. 180 DW Humphrey. 180 178 168×4 Fristling Hall Ltd. 178 170 WA Wardman Ltd. 176 J Dixon. 176 170 I Bosworth. 174 TN Callender. 168 JJ Kemp & Son.
Lead Grossing Cast Cows £1993 £1787 £1591 F&R Simpson. £1880 £1718 Ouston Farms Ltd. £1793 AK Clarke & Sons. £1539 W Chrystal & Partners. £1450 GW Dobson & Son. £1437 JB Luck. £1411 £1330 J Skidmore & Co Ltd. £1399 £1391 £1386 £1357 Fristling Hall Farm Ltd. £1386 £1365 I Bosworth. £1336 WM Reed & Sons. £1336 JS Foster & Son. £1333 J Dixon. £1285 £1197 WA Wardman Ltd. £1278 N Wilson. £1242 Stainton Hill Farms. £1231 £1166 DW Humphrey. £1229 WR Thompson.
Cast Bulls – Top prices ppk 224 186 164 150 Fristling Hall Farm Ltd. 216 212 I Bosworth. 196 SE Chapman. 188 EA&N Thompson & Son. 178 B&MJ Gargett. 174 R&A Chapman. 150 TW Clark & Son. 138 R&W Todd.
Lead Grossing Cast Bulls £2205 SE Chapman. £2055 B&MJ Garbutt. £2047 £1677 £1651 £1464 Fristling Hall Farm Ltd. £2019 £1755 I Bosworth. £1615 R&W Todd. £1496 EA&N Thompson. £1426 TW Clark & Son. £1063 R&A Chapman.
Store Cattle – On rolls the beef juggernaut, some rousing returns again as one of the best shows ever assembled in June anywhere in the country found the 39 represented accounts with their agents in full flow. Top of the sale was a star of the future from first time DFAM vendor Charles Doubleday-Collishaw of Holbeach, Lincolnshire with a near perfect 16 month old red Limousin heifer, she sold to M Robinson & Sons, Staindrop and luck go with her could be a contender come Christmas show time. Amongst some outstanding runs from near and far today the heroics from Holbeach were challenged but not matched, 45 beast from the Doubleday-Collishhaw’s aged 12-16 months averaged up at an impressive £1177. Joint 2nd place at £1370 was regular supporter G E Raw, Toft Hill Hall sharing with another new vendor Wheatcroft Farms, Retford as the Toft Hill’s 2 year old Aberdeen Angus Steer and the Retford’s mighty 22 month Simmental impressed. Another star of the future perhaps was unveiled today, a gorgeous Essex girl from Fristling Hall Farm looks to have a lot going for her, just a baby at 11 months old the smart Limousin sold for £1350.
Store Bulls £1020 DT&E Whitfield. £1005 £885 £765 WSI Anderson. £895 £855 £845 £795 £705 £700 Fristling Hall Farm Ltd. £870 DA Barrett & N Waller. £825 £680×2 RW Raper & Sons. £735 CB Maddison.
Store Steers £1370 £1350 £1235 £1110×5 £1070 £1040 Wheatcroft Farms. £1370 £1195×2 GE Raw. £1300 £1210 £1200 £1165×4 £1160×5 £1150 £1140×11 Charles Doubleday-Collishaw. £1180 A Wilson. £1160 £1145 RG&G Rutter. £1150 £1100 £1040 £1020 D&M Lowes. £1140 £1120 £1080 £1045×3 B Storey. £1100 £1080×6 £1040×4 £1030×2 £1025×2 £1020×6 £1000×2 Fristling Hall Farm Ltd. £1080 £1020W&C Iceton. £1060×2 £1040×2 £1010 £1000 F Ward. £1055 JE&B Morgan & Son. £1010 JP Burrells.
Store Heifers £1550 £1290×2 £1260×3 £1250×3 £1170×8 Charles Doubleday-Collishaw. £1350 Fristling Hall Farm Ltd. £1290 £1245 £1150 £1080 D&M Lowes. £1240 £1110 £1090×3 Wheatcroft Farms. £1210 £1200 £1175 £1110 £1080 B Storey. £1200 £1150 TH Richardson & Sons. £1200 £1190 JP Burrells. £1170 C Bell. £1160 F Ward. £1150 £1135×2 E Parsons. £1100 W&C Iceton. £1090 DA Barrett & N Waller. £1065×2 MJ Hutchinson.
