Darlington Farmers Auction Mart held their weekly sale of Cast Cattle, Store and Breeding Stock on Monday 24th January 2022. Forward were 335 Cattle and 576 Sheep.
110 Cast Cows & OTM sold to 210ppk or £1402
4 Stock Bulls sold to 150ppk or £1368
10 In Calf Cows sold to £1000
11 Stirks sold to £425
26 Young Bulls sold to £1580
56 Store Steers sold to £1295
118 Store Heifers sold to £1340
538 Store Hoggs sold to £137
38 Feeding Ewes sold to £121
Cast Cattle – A show with less quality however numbers good and plenty of flesh on many of those offered left another impressive trade and a super sale average of 133ppk, the milkers were on manoeuvre and the natives were numerous this week with the breakdown 36% native, 28% dairy and 36% continental. Top of the sale was a tremendous Limousin OTM from T W Clark & Son, Frankland Park Farm which sold for a splendid 210ppk and £1402, hot on her tail was our leading native a fantastic Shorthorn OTM heifer from Mayfield Beef Shorthorns, Leazes Farm at 190ppk and £1301. The Friesian trade was outstanding, an OTM from I F & C M Herring & Son, Halnaby Grange sold for 178ppk whilst the top gross value was a beauty from S H Watson & Son, Station Farm, Winston which tipped the scales to a massive 1019kg and returned a gross value of a whopping £1283. Just the four stock bulls this week, the top price of 150ppk was shared between a Limousin from K B & S Roche, Fylingdales and a Salers from Allison Devereux Farms, Firtree; the Salers weighed a touch heavier and therefore was our leading gross valued bull at £1368.
Cast Cows – Top prices ppk 210156 TW Clark & Son. 190 172 Gerard Te-Lintelo. 190 168 156 148 146 A&AG Moralee. 180 172 170 A&MJ Henshaw. 178 170 IF&CM Herring & Son. 170 146 FS Sturrock & Sons. 166 D&M Lowes. 166 P Tindale. 164 G Beadle. 154 J&EM Lawson. 150 GK KN &GJ Hird. 148 146 L Brown & Partner. 148 144 RG&G Rutter. 148 RG&HE Thompson. 146 WA Dinsdale. 144 Heathcote. 144 142 RT&PM Kirkbride. 144 C Everitt. 142 C&JC Stephenson.
Lead Grossing Cast Cows £1402 £1087 TW Clark & Son. £1301 £1157 Gerard Te-Lintelo. £1283 £1177 SH Watson & Son. £1240 £1119 L Brown & Partner. £1229 RG&HE Thompson. £1203 P Tindale. £1200 D&M Lowes. £1197 £1131 FS Sturrock & Sons. £1195 £1097 A&MJ Henshaw. £1153 £1048 £1038 Reveley Farms. £1139 £1038 RG&G Rutter. £1116 Heathcote. £1112 IF&CM Herring & Son. £1097 JR&M Richardson. £1088 J&EM Lawson. £1075 D&HM Hodgson. £1071 £1011 A&AG Moralee.
Cast Bulls – Top prices ppk 150 138 KB&S Roche. 150 Allison Devereux Farms. 144 D&M Lowes.
Lead Grossing Cast Bulls £1368 Allison Devereux Farms. £1290 £1204 KB&S Roche. £1172 D&M Lowes.
Store Cattle – The relentless beef boom continues, as the professional feeders become so very used to the impressive returns for finished cattle so the store producers seem to benefit week in week out. Best of the feeding bulls today a majestic pure Limousin from American Squeeze Crush, Burneston which sold for an amazing £1580, behind him a superb 14-month-old British Blue from I & R A Watson, West Hinedon at a healthy £1285. Leading the store cattle was an exceptional 20-month-old Limousin heifer from L Kidd, Strathmore Arms Farm which sold for £1340, close behind were also Limousin’s from R Ormston, Wardell House Farm which twice sold in to the high £1200’s. The day’s top 3 steers all came from local dairy farmers R & W Todd of High Toft Hill Farm; they sold a Limousin cross for £1295 and a pair of Aberdeen Angus reached £1285.
Breeding Cattle – In Calf Cows £1000 £840 High Harbour Farms.
Calves & Stirks £425×2 £350×4 £340 £275×4 W&V Burton.
Store Bulls £1580 E Penty. £1285 £1140 £1020 £895 I&R Watson. £1170 AP Taylor. £930×4 £880×2 £720×2 £690×2 Allison Devereux Farms. £700 HS Hutchinson. £690 £630×3 Stanners Farm. £620 J Peacock.
Store Steers £1295 £1285×2 £1115 £1050 £1000 R&W Todd. £1265 £1115 £1090 £990 W Emerson. £1200 £1120 £1045 CB Maddison. £1180 £1170 JW Richardson. £1100×3 GW&M Singleton & Sons. £1090 £1000 SJ Love. £1080×2 G Beadle. £1080 £1065 WB Rutter & Sons. £1070 R Ormston. £1005 B Watson. £990 L Kidd. £970 £880 £825 I Newton. £900 G Williamson.
Store Heifers £1340 L Kidd. £1290 £1270 £1160 R Ormston. £1225 £1205 £1160 JR&J Crowe. £1205 CB Maddison. £1195×2 £1050 £1000 J&S Thompson. £1150 GW&M Singleton & Sons. £1130 £1125 £1070 £1060 SJ Love. £1090 JW Richardson. £1075 BJS Farms. £1075 £1055×2 A&AG Moralee. £1070×2 £1060×3 £1030×3 JH Johnson. £1010 B Watson.
Store Hoggs – Absolutely off the clock again, all shapes and sizes in attendance and buyers still very keen to bid freely. No doubting the sale toppers as a brilliant run of Beltex from W Ramsay & Sons, Blakeley Hill Farm set the place alight peaking at £137 with the 26 of them averaging over £126. Another remarkable day with over 200 lambs selling the top side of £100 and a sale average which naturally now includes some sweepings up of over £95, in conclusion, there has possibly never been a better time to sell store hoggs. The feeding ewes are also a top trade, the market for mutton on both Monday’s and Thursday’s is very strong of late.
Store Lambs – Beltex £137 £133 £129 £127 £124 £123×2 £120 W Ramsay & Sons.
Texel £123×2 I Spedding. £123 £116 £114 DR Smith. £115 £114 £95 GH Lister. £110 W Love Ltd. £104 JD&MS Mortimer. £100 L Fowler. £99.50 JA&UM Fawcett. £98 DE Stones. £98 Bowes Bros. £97 HS Hutchinson. £95.50 MT&J Burney.
Suffolk £120 DR Smith. £100 GH Lister. £95 DE Stones.
Continental £113 CW Cutler. £103 £98 High Harbour Farms.
Feeding Ewes £121 P Fawcett. £113 £103 £90 £60 JA&UM Fawcett. £104 £64 HS Hutchinson. £103 £99 GH Lister. £84 JD&MS Mortimer.
