Darlington Farmers Auction Mart held their weekly sale of Cast Cattle, Store and Breeding Stock on Monday 18th October 2021. Forward were 268 Cattle and 2682 Sheep.
61 Cast Cows & OTM sold to 226ppk or £1493
3 Stock Bulls sold to 150ppk or £1414
9 Stirks sold to £440
18 Breeding Cattle sold to £1640
74 Store Steers sold to £1300
83 Store Heifers sold to £1290
20 Store Bulls sold to £1185
208 Breeding Sheep sold to £175
2259 Store Lambs sold to £125
215 Feeding Ewes sold to £86
Cast Cattle – Dearer on the week, an impressive average today of 134ppk with some of the fitter and younger beast a flyer in comparison to prices seen last time of asking, the pensioners and more weathered looking old dears appear a similar trade. J S Foster & Son, West End Farm, Bowes produced a wonderful Limousin OTM which led the way when she sold for £1493 and 226 pence per kilo, hot on her heels was a superb 8 year old Limousin cow from J L Marks, Gilly Flatts, Bishopton which sold for £1466 and 202ppk. The pick of the native breeds this week came when W & C Iceton, East Thorngarth Hill sold a Beef Shorthorn for £1241 and 168ppk whilst our milk maids peaked when young Holstein’s from A R & C Booth, Bolton-on-Swale sold at 172ppk and £1145. Top of the stock bulls this week was an impressive 10 year old Limousin from the Iron Man of Rosedale as T & R Dent of Craven Garth Farm’s bull reached 150ppk and £1414.
Cast Cows – Top prices ppk 226 JS Foster & Son. 202 JL Marks. 180 A&AG Moralee. 172 168 AR&C Booth. 168 W&C Iceton. 168 PT Stephenson. 160 R&A Chapman. 158×2 148 R Mortimer. 158 W&OM Jackson & Son. 154 152 B Watson. 152 148 144×2 140 138 136 Allison Devereux Farms. 152 136 L Adcock. 150 140 Anderson. 138 132 130 F Ward. 136 T&R Dent. 132LW Martin.
Lead Grossing Cast Cows £1493 JS Foster. £1466 JL Marks. £1241 W&C Iceton. £1204 T&R Dent. £1145 £970 AR&C Booth. £1121 £1042 £942 R Mortimer. £1111 B Watson. £1079 W&OM Jackson & Son. £1059 £1029 L Adcock. £1040 £1039 Anderson. £1026 £1005 £964 £960 £940 Allison Devereux Farms. £946 A&AG Moralee. £946 I Newton & Son. £913 £875 £843 F Ward. £900 JW Richardson.
Cast Bulls – Top prices ppk 150 T&R Dent. 126 GS Bainbridge. 120 A&AG Moralee.
Lead Grossing Cast Bulls £1414 T&R Dent. £1226 A&AG Moralee. £1015 GS Bainbridge.
Breeding Cattle – Young Limousin Bulls from C Moffett of Backandsides Farm, Hummerbeck led the prices at £1640, away from these it was all about the “Belties” as a genuine herd reduction of Belted Galloway cows from A Stewart, Mill Wood Farm, Rushyford attracted plenty of attention ringside. Leading the trade for the Rushyford consignment was a nice 7 year old cow with a bull calf at foot which sold for £1100 and heads off to take pride of place in the suckler herd at ‘The Horny Cow’ farm shop, Wilton.
Cows & Calves £1100 £1080 £1000 £980 £850 A Stewart.
Breeding Bulls £1640 £1520 C Moffett.
Store Cattle – A lot of weathered cattle are appearing as the autumn begins take its toll, the buyers of the short keep stores are certainly it seems keener on a little more flesh, to the untrained eye this could almost make the trade appear inconsistent; the younger stores remain a fine trade as something to overwinter and produce the old fashioned fertiliser must be a smart move at the moment. Leading the way were a hefty pair of 18 month old Limousin steers from P R E Marwood, Huller Bush, Marwood which sold for £1300 and £1280, close behind came a stretchy 19 month old Aberdeen Angus from J D & G Hugill, Turtle Hill Farm, Faceby at £1275. A close race to top the heifer trade this week saw the first four all within £20 of one another, leading the line was a brilliant 15 month old British Blue from J H Johnson, White Lea Farm, Roddymoor as she edged out a Limousin G H & R G Stobbs, High Wiserley Farm at £1285 and a strong pair of Aberdeen Angus from B Williamson, Marsfield Farm at £1270. The Blue’s were in the news earlier as well when the young bulls sold, the British Blue in question was a shapely 16 month old from L W Martin, Wayworth Farm, Commondale which sold for £1185, close behind was a fine 9 month old Charolais cross from E Parsons, Newstead Farm at £1155.
Calves & Stirks £440×3 £410×2 £370×4 W&V Burton.
Store Bulls £1185 LW Martin. £1155 £1140 £1095 £1085 £1010 £990 £980 £895 E Parsons. £1075 £1035 £940 £855 C Binks & Son. £800 £735 JW Richardson.
Store Steers £1300 £1280 PRE Marwood. £1275 £1155×2 £1145 £1100×2 £1090 £990 £940 JD&G Hugill. £1215 LD Laws. £1200 £1160 GH&RG Stobbs. £1150 £1105 £1050 RW Ridley. £1140×2 £1120 £1085 DR Smith. £1110×2 £1080 £915 B&L Robson. £1090 £940×3 M Shaw. £1085 M&E Webster. £1070 £1065 £1055 £1010 WM Reed & Sons. £1060 J Robson. £1030×3 J Skidmore & Co Ltd. £900×2 Godschalk Partners.
Store Heifers £1290 £1170 £1150×4 £1140×3 £1125×3 £1095×3 £1080×2 JH Johnson. £1285 £1200 £1135 GH&RG Stobbs. £1270×2 B Williamson. £1250 £1000 P Brannen. £1140 £1120 PRE Marwood. £1135 £1090 GW Dent. £1130 £1085 J Robson. £1080×2 £1070 £970 MH Hodgson. £1060 LD Laws. £1000 £980 DR Smith. £970 L Claughan. £970 £920×3 £915 £905×2 J Skidmore & Co Ltd.
Breeding Sheep – The breeding sheep season is entering its twilight, still however time for Nick Taylor of Lupton Bros, Wass Grange to make his maiden voyage to DFAM as a vendor and enjoy a fine trade, twice pens of Nick’s Mule Shearlings sold for £175 apiece. The pick of this weeks gimmer lambs came from M Metcalfe, Westgate who’s Mule’s peaked at £130 with the lovely run of 52 averaging £107. To find our top priced warranted ewes we head down the dale just one village to Eastgate and the good home of M & W Maddison, Sunderland Cleugh who’s 3 croppers peaked at £128 per head.
Shearlings £175×2 Lupton Bros. £165 £135 £130 J Musgrave. £125 £120 £95 C Slee. £125 S Cambage.
Gimmer Lambs £130 £105 £100 £95 M Metcalfe. £120 £92 W Wearmouth & Son. £88 J Musgrave.
Ewes £128 £125 £110 M&W Maddison. £110 W Wearmouth & Son. £104 £90 £85 A Naisbitt.
Store Sheep – Numbers are bringing buyers and buyers will in turn bring numbers, an unbelievable 40 active accounts were functioning this week as the store lamb trade stays very firm indeed. More success to report for Weardale as the top priced lambs hailed from Wolsingham and Messrs Cadman & Edwards, Redgate Grange with a pair of tremendous Texels selling for £125 each, next in line were two more Weardonians as P J Anderson & Son, Wolsingham and A Newton, Westgate completed the medal places on our podium. Fifteen pens sold at £100 or more with a further 220 lambs selling between £90 and £99. Feeding ewes in line with the killing trade and marginally easier on the week.
Store Lambs £125 DG&B Edwards & DJ Cadman. £119 PJ Anderson. £115 A Newton. £111 £103 £100 J&F Hartley & Sons. £110 JP Campbell. £108 £96.50 £96 £95 £94 J&D Gibson. £108 £102 £101 £93.50 K Cator. £107 A&B Herworth. £106 £99 Tom Bell. £105 £91.50 BG&TA Turnbull. £102 £90 JD&MS Mortimer. £99.50 PJ Anderson & Son. £97.50 GP Addison. £95 S Hobson. £94 A Newton. £91 K Borrowdale & A Weardale. £90.50 JP Campbell. £90 JJ Horn.
Feeding Ewes £86 DG&B Edwards & DJ Cadman. £80 £50 £43 J Butterfield & Son. £80 £62×2 T Walton. £79 Bowes Bros. £78 GH Lister. £76 A Newton. £71 S Hobson. £68 C&I Watson & Sons. £65 £48 JA&UM Fawcett. £60 I Oliver. £48 TE Dobson.
