Monday 21st March – Darlington Auction Mart had forward:
82 Cast Cows sold to 242ppk & £1751
3 Cast Bulls sold to 198ppk & £2015
5 OTM Steers sold to 220ppk & £1316
1 Cow & Calf sold to £1300
41 Store Bulls sold to £1280
136 Store Steers sold to £1525
94 Store Heifers sold to £1335
247 Store Hoggs sold to £148
26 Feeding Ewes sold to £116
2 Store Goats sold to £110
Cast Cows – Week in and week out our report seems to read ‘you have to see the trade to believe it’ and ‘unbelievable’ – ‘dearer than ever’ is another superlative that’s been used a lot in recent weeks, well today you could use any or all of them phrases to describe an absolutely phenomenal trade. A whole market average of 174ppk, including over a third of the entries being Dairy Bred, whether it be Limousin or Longhorn Stabiliser or Shorthorn trade can only be described as being ‘Out of this world’ Darlington Auction Mart require more cows on a weekly basis and can guarantee top prices for all weights and grades. A top price of 242 ppk was reached for a Young Blonde Heifer which realised £1631 – part of a consignment of 4 which travelled from Cumbria averaging a tasty 206ppk & £1454 for vendor PJ&ES Rogerson, Great Asby. Local producer JC Johnson, Beanley Carr Farm sold the lead grossing cow-a 12-year-old Limousin that realised £1751 while the lead grossing cast bull was a 5-year-old Limousin from T Common & Son, Low Ardley weighing in at just over a tonne the hammer fell at just short of 200ppk leaving him to add up to just nicely over £2000. Top of the Dairy Tree at 186ppk was AR&C Booth, Bolton-on-Swale whose trio of Friesians averaged 174ppk & £1122 and N&AD Brass & Son, Ox Close Farm led the way with the lead grossing Dairy cow, a Friesian which sold for £1480 – staying with the Dairy breeds A Willey, Broomfield Farm had a consignment of 9 Montbeliarde cows straight out of the parlour at 5.30 this morning averaged 171ppk & £1354.
Cast Cows – Top prices ppk 242 202 194 188 PJ&ES Rogerson. 220 194 R Mortimer. 208 188 C Harle & Sons. 208 182 JRP Vickers & Sons. 208 180 L Brown. 206 190×2 182 178 176 J Layfield. 200 196 178 N Swinbank. 198×2 196 190 188 AC Simpson & Son. 190 182 180 178 176 F Ward. 190 WH Brown. 190 JC Johnson. 188 RA&M Thompson. 186 184 DE Stones. 186 AR&C Booth. 186 T Common & Son. 182 S&RE Williamson. 178 176×2 A Willey. 176 TW Clark & Son. 174 N&AD Brass & Son.
Lead Grossing Cast Cows £1751 JC Johnson. £1631 £1596 £1387 PJ&ES Rogerson. £1569 £1431 £1335 £1308 F Ward. £1552 £1542 £1479 £1457 £1403 AC Simpson & Son. £1524 £1414 L Brown. £1518 £1465 £1368 £1339 A Willey. £1487 £1305 J Layfield. £1485 £1320 JRP Vickers & Sons. £1480 N&AD Brass & Son. £1415 C Harle & Sons. £1377 JD&IW Sayer & Tallentire. £1359 DE Stones. £1359 £1272 R Mortimer. £1346 JL&JA Sunter. £1339 Little Newsham Farms. £1296 AR&C Booth. £1281 N Swinbank. £1269 RA&M Thompson.
Cast Bulls – Top prices ppk 198 T Common & Son. 184 A Willey. 150 SG Hall.
Lead Grossing Cast Bulls £2015 T Common & Son. £1738 A Willey. £1056 SG Hall.
OTM Steers – Top prices ppk 220 206 204 198 190 Raby Home Farm.
Lead Grossing OTM Steers £1316 £1185 £1122 £1062 £1036 Raby Home Farm.
Store Cattle – Trade still incredibly strong although there was quite a mixed show of store cattle forward, including a high percentage of Native Breeds. T&DI Allen & Son, Chatterley did the double quite nicely achieving the top price for bulls and heifers respectively. A Limousin steer sold by A&MJ Henshaw was the top price on the day at £1525 part of a quality consignment from Mainsgill Farm. A run of strong Steers from GW Young & Sons, Flex Farm, Hawick made the trip from across the border more than worthwhile with a top price of £1440×2 returning an average of £1387. The Willeys from Chopwell followed up their success in the geld ring with a quality run of steers that peaked at £1385.
Cows & Calves £1300 BA&C Pearson Ltd.
Store Bulls £1280 £1240 £1140 T&DI Allen & Son. £1120×2 £1110 £1090×3 JR&M Richardson. £1090 £925 C Henderson. £1025 £1005 £990 Deerness Valley Dairy. £975 £930×2 £875×3 £755 RA Patterson & Son. £975 £955 £820 DW Humphrey. £890 £800×4 £770 £765×2 Carling Farms.
Store Steers £1525 £1445 £1405 £1345 £1305 £1260 £1245 £1235 £1195×2 A&MJ Henshaw. £1440×2 £1395 £1385×2 £1380 £1375×2 £1355 £1345 GW Young & Sons. £1385 £1275 £1245 A Willey. £1385 £1295 GL&M Steel. £1210 £1100 GH&RG Stobbs. £1195 JC Thwaite & Son. £1185×3 GA Willey. £1175 JW Richardson. £1150 £1130 £1095 GW&M Singleton & Sons. £1140 £1075 R Errington & Son. £1110 DG&PD Ayre.
Store Heifers £1335 T&DI Allen & Son. £1255 £1210 TL Anderson. £1250 £1090 G Calvert & Sons. £1245 £1155 £1140 £1125 £1100 JG Wilkinson & Son. £1200 GW Dent. £1160 R&W Todd. £1150×2 £1140×2 LW Martin. £1145×5 FE Pinkney. £1110 £1080 R Errington & Son. £1080×2 £1045×2 G&EM Nixon. £1070×2 £1045 £1035 JG Wall & Sons.
Store Sheep – With the sweepings up now coming forward as well as a vast variety of hill type hoggs buyers still keen for all classes of store sheep, Mules reached £104 from JD Bousfield, Boldron. Hill Cheviots to £80 and Swale hoggs reaching £78 from KT Anderson, Edmundbyers. However, taking the top spot today was 4 pure Dutch Spotted Tup Hoggs from JT Wilson, Burnhope.
Store Hoggs – £148 £145 JT Wilson £116 PG & J Bond £108 T James £104 £97 J Bradley £104 £100 £96 T Bell £104 £100×2 JD Bousfield £103 £98 £87 LE Harrison £101 £93 £87 T & DI Allen £98 £96 £94 £87 £82 GS Dixon £95.50 £93 £90 £88 £84 £80 KT Anderson
Store Goats – £110 £75 V Wilson
Feeding Ewes – £116 £91 £44 Hagg Farm £32 A Davy
