Darlington Farmers Auction Mart held their weekly sale of cast cattle, store and breeding stock on Monday 22nd May 2023. Forward were 319 Cattle and 487 Sheep.
96 Cast Cows & OTM sold to 272ppk or £2100
4 Stock Bulls sold to 238ppk or £2653
2 Cows & Calves sold to £1580
17 Young Bulls sold to £1450
80 Store Steers sold to £1430
118 Store Heifers sold to £1480
19 Store Hoggs sold to £90
38 Feeding Ewes sold to £104
92 Ewes & Lambs sold to £275
110 Hoggs & Lambs sold to £250
Cast Cattle – The cow trade steamrollers its way through another week with absolutely no signs of the brakes coming on, another superb sale averaged over 200 pence per kilo and a brilliant £1336 per head. Top price per kilo at a wonderful 272 pence was a cracking 40-month-old Limousin from W & M Knaggs & Son, Sadberge; behind the Sadberge superstar F Ward of Frosterley sold a British Blue OTM at 262ppk and Skelton Farming produced a Stabiliser OTM at 256ppk. Top priced older cow per kilo came from B R Lawson, Whashton at 250ppk with next up a superb 9-year-old Limousin from W A Wardman Ltd, Yearby selling for 248ppk and also the days top gross value for a cow of a wonderful £2100. The Wardman pen were flying again with the days top gross valued native bred cow when an Aberdeen Angus sold for £1780 whilst the top native per kilo went to a fleshy Longhorn OTM from Raby Home Farm which sold for 228 pence per kilo. Pick of this week’s cows retiring from the milking parlour came from R & W Todd, Toft Hill when they sold a superb Friesian for 212ppk and £1416 whilst an impressive Ayrshire OTM from D K Barker, Coatham Munderville also deserves mention selling for 222ppk and £1809. Finally, to the stock bulls and trade once again proved excellent, F Ward of Frosterley led the way with a 5-year-old Limousin selling for 238ppk and £2653 with the next best a thumping 9-year-old Simmental from G H Farms Ltd selling for 216ppk and £2406.
Cast Cows & OTM Leading PPK – 272 244 W & M Knaggs & Son. 262 F Ward. 256 226 214 Skelton Farming Ltd. 250 224 B R Lawson. 248 224 214 W A Wardman Ltd. 246 240 S E Harrison & Son. 234 J R Addison & Son. 232 S & J Dent & Son. 230 D & J Hunnam & Son. 228 I M Maughan. 228 Raby Home Farm. 224 T T Hall & Son. 222 D K Barker. 222 W B Rutter & Sons. 220(x2) J R Fell. 220 Edwin Wood. 216 J M Greensit & Son Ltd. 216 J D & M S Mortimer. 212 T Common & Son. 212 W & O M Jackson & Son. 212 R & W Todd.
Stock Bulls Leading PPK – 238 F Ward. 216 G H Farms Ltd. 184 J E & S Ward. 160 W H & S M Terry.
Cast Cows & OTM Leading Gross – £2100 £1787 £1780 W A Wardman Ltd. £2050 £1873 W & M Knaggs & Son. £1920 F Ward. £1809 D K Barker. £1771 J R Addison & Son. £1763 F Hare & Sons. £1740 S & J Dent & Son. £1690 D & J Hunnam & Son. £1689 J M Greensit & Son Ltd. £1670 W & O M Jackson & Son. £1653 S E Harrison & Son. £1646 I M Maughan. £1619 £1548 £1523 Skelton Farming Ltd. £1607 J D & M S Mortimer. £1552 £1466 T W & C Emerson. £1533 Edwin Wood. £1522 J C Smith. £1514 W B Rutter & Sons. £1505 T Common & Son. £1471 J R Fell. £1456 D Alderson. £1446 B Needham. £1443 B Lowson.
Stock Bulls Leading Gross – £2653 F Ward. £2406 G H Farms Ltd. £1602 J E & S Ward. £1289 W H & S M Terry.
Store & Breeding Cattle – The hunger for feeding beast continues as all classes remain very easy to sell. British Blonde’s dominated the young bull trade as four yearlings sold over £1400, the pick of them a great sort from J J Horn, Marske sold for £1450. A very sweet 15-month-old Simmental heifer was today’s top priced store when the classy lassie from J M Greensit & Son, Hackforth reached £1480; another of the same description tied for second place at £1440 with a shapely Limousin from G C & K J White & Son, Lunedale. Top of the steers at £1430 was a shapely 19-month-old Limousin from G T & M A Wearmouth, South Stainmore with a brilliant pair of Beef Shorthorns at just 11 and 12 months old from J & E M Lawson, Morden following close behind at £1420.
Cows & Calves – £1580 £1450 C Everitt.
Young Bulls – £1450 £1440 £1435 £1170 J J Horn. £1400 £980 £880 J & S Thompson. £1080 £1040 £910 £860 W T Hall. £770 A Wilson.
Store Steers – £1430 £1355 £G T & M A Wearmouth. £1420(x2) £1390 £1300(x2) £1270 J & E M Lawson. £1330(x2) W & J Herbert. £1290 T W & G Corner. £1265 £1260(x2) K Sayer. £1255 W T Hall. £1210(x2) G E Raw. £1190 G C & K J White & Son. £1190 B Watson. £1190(x2) Forster Hall & Sons. £1190 £1150 T E Dobson. £1180 £1160 M Gallon. £1165 K James. £1160 £1150 M Shaw.
Store Heifers – £1480 £1440 £1360 £1340 J M Greensit & Son Ltd. £1440 G C & K J White & Son. £1430 £1290(x2) G T & M A Wearmouth. £1390 £1190(x2) £1180 £1160(x3) J R Fell. £1390 I Oliver. £1355 £1180 £1170 J S Wiper. £1250 B R Lawson. £1210 G E Raw. £1190 A & A G Moralee. £1190 A R Marshall. £1180(x2) Tennant. £1175 A J Lawson. £1165(x2) W A Dinsdale & Son. £1160 B J S Farms.
Store & Breeding Sheep – The feeding sheep look to be finally drying up, a varied offering saw store hoggs top at £90 from Ainsty Farms, York and feeding ewes a credible £104 for a pen of nine Mules from C H & M C Phalp, Great Ayton. Ewe and lamb trade remained solid; lowland bred hoggs with lambs also easy to sell however Mule hoggs with lambs easier on the week. A top price of £275 went to A Graham of Low Etherley with a cracking Texel ewe with a smart pair of lambs at foot, the same good home sold a ewe with a thumping single lamb for £255. Top of the hoggs were a sweet pen of ten Suffolk’s out of Mule’s with Beltex/Texel single lambs at foot from Gordon (and Julie despite her insistence that she’s not responsible for the sheep) Sedgewick, Ricknall Grange selling for a pleasing £250 per family; ten terrific Texel’s from Frank Johnson, West Shipley with smart Blue Texel singles sold well at £245 and the top pen of Mule hoggs with single lambs came from D H Dick & Sons, Great Fencote at £212.
Leading Prices
Store Hoggs – £90 £89 Ainsty Farms Direct. £78 R & R E Everitt.
Feeding Ewes – £104 £96 £88 £86 £83 C H & M C Phalp. £85 £78 D & J A Teasdale. £78 M & G Hodgson.
Ewes & Lambs – £275 £255 £220(x2) A Graham. £242 £200 G Simpson. £230 £220 D & M Buck. £230 £212 £192(x2) £180 £170 Northfield Farms. £200 Ferry & Sons. £200 £192 H Foster. £180 I Spedding.
Hoggs & Lambs – £250 £228 G Sedgewick. £245 £230 £225 F Johnson. £212 £200 £190 £180 D H Dick & Sons. £210 £206 W M Reed & Sons. £208 £205 H S Hutchinson. £200 £182 £170 M W Reed.
