Monday 20th June – Darlington Auction Mart had forward:
71 Cast Cows sold to 246ppk & £1896
5 Cast Bulls sold to 212ppk & £2459
21 Store Bulls sold to £1355
45 Store Steers sold to £1355
70 Store Heifers sold to £1290
Cast Cattle – Showing no sign of slowing down, the geld cow trade continues to be nothing short of electrifying – week in and week out the demand for the old girls and boys continues to astound everyone. Although there was a very diverse show of cull cattle forward the market average still came back at 182ppk for cows and an even better 193ppk for bulls. Top of the tree at 246ppk was a young Blonde D’Aquitaine Heifer sold by E Wilson White Hills. The 38-month-old realised a very tasty £1658.
The number 1 spot for the top grossing beast went to an 8-year-old Limousin Bull weighing in at 1160kg & 212ppk returning an impressive £2459 for his owner J Layfield, Nackshivan.
Leading the way for the highest grossing cows were 2 Shorthorns from the home of Mr Tennant, Stoneygate Farm which sold to a top price of £1896 av £1719, whilst an Aberdeen Angus cow from RE Dickson, Stubdale Farm weighing just short of a tonne, sold for £1873 completing a clean swoop for the native breeds at the top end of the table. In the dairy section it was a tie for the top price of 178ppk between Little Newsham Farms & Wilkinson, Carrsides returning at £1238 & £1180 respectively.
Cast Cows – Top prices ppk 246 234 E Wilson. 244 192 GC&KJ White & Son. 236 I Marshall & Sons. 228 202 194 190 J Layfield. 228 220×2 JR Addison & Son. 226 224 216 G Scott. 218 C Moffett. 216 A Swinbank & Son. 216 Foxton Livestock. 210 G&JH Tomlinson & Son. 206 P&S Wood. 206 200 Tennant. 198×2 190 JF Cornforth & Sons. 198 JP&R Ward. 196 N Basey & Son. 192 RE Dickson. 192 Charlotte Newton. 188 186184 180×2 A Wilson. 186 JM&M&C Wise. 184×2 M Shepherd. 184 Foxton Livestock.
Lead Grossing Cast Cows £1896 £1542 Tennant. £1873 RE Dickson. £1798 C Moffett. £1725 £1269 GC&KJ White. £1706 I Marshall & Sons. £1658 £1429 E Wilson. £1634 £1608 £1486 JR Addison & Son. £1507 £1445 £1331 £1274 J Layfield. £1495 G&JH Tomlinson & Son. £1479 £1274 JP&R Ward. £1477 N Basey & Son. £1453 £1424 £1374 G Scott. £1397 Charlotte Newton. £1367 £1265 M Shepherd. £1334 £1265 JF Cornforth & Sons. £1287 A Swinbank & Son. £1279 JM&M&C Wise. £1275 C Binks & Son.
Cast Bulls – Top prices ppk 212 J Layfield. 204 J Jimminson. 176 SG Hall. 172 RN Verity Ltd.
Lead Grossing Cast Bulls £2459 J Layfield. £1958 J Jimminson. £1584 RN Verity Ltd. £1378 SG Hall.
Store Cattle – Due to the current sunny weather conditions and the need to ‘make hay while the sun shines’, our smallest show of store cattle forward for some considerable time. Trade and demand however remain strong especially if you take into account the extra costs involved in producing fat cattle. A varied show of store bulls saw T&DI Allen, Chatterley Farm sell 5 bulls to average £1187 with a top price of £1355. In the store cattle department RF Gill & Sons, Colliery Farm’s 2 Blonde D’Aquitaine Steers were top of the leader board at £1335 closely followed by F Ward, Rogerley’s Limousin Steer at £1320. C Dawson of Nunstainton was just ahead in the heifers with a 28mth British Blue selling for £1290, closely followed by RF Gill & Sons Blonde D’Aquitaine heifer at £1265.
Store Bulls £1355 £1200×2 £1150 £1030 T&DI Allen & Son. £1300×2 £1170 £1150 £900 E Parsons. £1250 £1240 Rigel Pedigree. £960×2 £740 C Dawson. £830 £755 SA Lightfoot. £750 FB Wreford & Co.
Store Steers £1335×2 £1185×2 £1145 RF Gill. £1320 F Ward. £1145×2 £1135×2 £1120×2 £1095 £1085 £1055 £990 A Wilson. £1135 £1125 £1080 MV N&D Cutler. £1115 £1020 £990 £960 £950 £900 M Shepherd. £1080 £1045 £940 JG Wall & Sons. £1035 R&W Todd. £995 D&B Harding. £970 £950 F Ward. £950 TT Hall & Son. £890×2 £820×3 Y Robinson.
Store Heifers £1290 C Dawson. £1265 £1215 £1095 £1085 £1075×3 £1005 RF Gill & Sons. £1260 £1250 £1240×2 £1085 E Parsons. £1260 £1195×2 £1035×2 £1100×3 MJ Hutchinson. £1205 £1065 JF Cornforth & Sons. £1195 £1060 £1040 F Ward. £1100 £1040 £940 TH Richardson & Sons. £1040 £995 JG Wall & Sons. £1000 D&B Harding. £935 M Shepherd.
