Darlington Farmers Auction Mart held their weekly sale of Cast Cattle, Breeding & Store Stock, Prime Hoggs and Cast Ewes on Monday 1st February 2021. Forward were 291 Cattle and 1017 Sheep.
74 Cast Cows & OTM sold to 220ppk or £1540
8 Stock Bulls sold to 182ppk or £1765
1 Cow & Calf sold for £1550
38 Store Bulls sold to £1185
59 Store Steers sold to £1485
102 Store Heifers sold to £1400
477 Store Hoggs sold to £144.50
312 Prime Hoggs sold to 314ppk or £144
228 Cast Sheep sold to £138
Cast Cattle & OTM – Again the cow trade holds firm, the red meat trade is so far proving the post Brexit doom prophets totally wrong, the EU was certainly well represented as cows with German, French and Irish passports all contributed to todays 130 pence per kilo average. Unusually today the report will begin with the stock bulls, three brilliant specimens today sold beyond £1700 and are all truly worthy of mention; a fleshy 1154kg 11 year old Limousin from J Layfield, Nackshivan Farm, Willington sold for £1731 whilst a Charolais OTM from J B Thompson, Plum Tree Farm, Glaisdale sold for 182ppk and £1741 however top of the pile was the pride and joy of J & A Moralee, Hardriding Farm, Bardon Mill. A sensational 1243kg Belgian Blue at the ripe old age of 13 was amazingly bought by the Moralee’s back in October 2011 at the dispersal sale of R.L. Ramshaw, Guisborough which was conducted by our late colleague Stephen Aitken, today after a fruitful career at Hardriding he sold for £1765, more than half of his purchase price almost 10 years ago. Top priced cow per kilo a beautiful 5 year old British Blue from S & R E Williamson, Littleburn Farm, Hamsterley at 220ppk, she amassed a gross value of £1474 and was only headed by one other cow a 5 year old Limousin from J R & M Richardson, Etherley House, Winston sold for a wonderful £1540. Top priced dairy cow today £1062 and 146ppk from Little Newsham Farms whilst the Native charge was led by B H & S Hodgson, Nampara with Aberdeen Angus at 150ppk and £1353.
Cast Cows Leading PPK – 220 S & R E Williamson. 200 180 M Robinson & Sons. 188 170 148 146(x2) 144 J Layfield. 168 J R & M Richardson. 154 G C & K J White & Son & Son. 154 C P Brown. 150 142 132 B H & S Hodgson. 148 130 J Armstrong. 146(x2) 138 K O Stones. 146 Little Newsham Farms. 144 M Barker Farms. 140 W Robson. 140 134 I & R A Watson. 140 W Weightman. 138 G P Addison. 134(x2) G S Bainbridge. 134 E Peacock. 130 T H Vickers & Son.
Stock Bulls Leading PPK – 182 J B Thompson. 174 T B Marley. 154(x2) 152 W Walker & Sons. 150 J Layfield. 142 J & A Moralee. 118 J Peacock.
Cast Cows Leading Gross – £1540 £1036 J R & M Richardson. £1474 S & R E Williamson. £1445 £1387 £1166 £1117 £1070 £947 J Layfield. £1410 £1189 M Robinson & Sons. £1353 £1188 £1145 B H & S Hodgson. £1232 £1166 £1081 K O Stones. £1171 W Weightman. £1124 M Barker Farms. £1062 £1031 Little Newsham Farms. £1016 £901 C P Brown. £970 £967 G S Bainbridge. £960 G C & K J White & Son. £948 I & R A Watson. £931 C N & P Penk. £921 Wilkinson & Son. £920 G P Addison.
Stock Bulls Leading Gross – £1765 J & A Moralee. £1741 J B Thompson. £1731 J Layfield. £1235 J Peacock. £1223 T E Marley. £1171 W Walker & Sons.
Store & Breeding Cattle – The best end of the store cattle were certainly in high demand, a lovely run of bulls from R A Patterson & Son, White House Farm, Capheaton thoroughly dominated their section as the homebred Limousin’s twice reached £1185 and the pen of 9 returned an average over £1100. A fast trade for the clean cattle, an absolutely outstanding run of forward Limousin stores from K & M M Henderson of West Witton Row Farm were the showstoppers, the 21-23 month old homebred superstars witnessed steers twice sell to £1485 and heifers to £1400, 9 from this home averaged a phenomenal £1355. As usual the native bred cattle were much sought after, a quality quartet of 21-24 month old Aberdeen Angus from G & J H Tomlinson & Son, Sunniside Farm averaged an impressive £1182. The yearling cattle are now rising by the week with a faint smell of Spring perhaps now drifting over the horizon, steers from Tarn Bros, Toft House Farm £1175 and T T Hall & Son, Church Farm £1135 perhaps the most impressive of the younger beast along with a smart heifer from R Peart, Mayland Hall at £1100.
Cow & Calf – £1550 Cowclose Farm
Store Bulls – £1185(x2) £1155(x2) £1135(x2) £1085 £985 £950 R A Patterson & Son. £905 C & M Burnett. £875 £710(x4) R W Raper & Sons. £840 M Gallon. £825(x4) £800 High Hedley Hope Farm Ltd. £780(x2) £720 D W Ogle. £740 £700 W S I Anderson. £730 J Vickers. £710(x3) F Gilchrist.
Store Steers – £1485(x2) £1345(x2) £1335(x2) £1265 K & M M Henderson. £1315 J T Parkin. £1305(x2) H Walton & Son. £1210 £955 F Crawford. £1205(x2) L Kidd. £1175 Tarn Bros. £1160 J G Wilkinson & Son. £1135(x2) T T Hall & Son. £1120 £1100 £1050(x2) £1030 £980 £945 E W Holmes. £1095 £1080(x2) D G & P D Ayre. £1015 High Harbour Farms. £980 D R Smith. £960 B Watson. £960 J A Robinson.
Store Heifers – £1400 £1205 K & M M Henderson. £1235 £1195(x2) £1105 G & J H Tomlinson & Son. £1220 E Wilson. £1205 L Kidd. £1195(x2) £1190 £1155 £1080(x3) £1070(x2) J H Johnson. £1180 J S Wiper. £1155 £1075 £1070 £1060 J G Wilkinson & Son. £1140 £1075 E W Holmes. £1100 £1075 J D & M S Mortimer. £1100 R Peart. £1085 £1080 £1075(x2) G H & R G Stobbs. £1080 J T Parkin. £1075 E Scott & Sons. £1065 B Watson. £1060 J A Robinson.
Store Hoggs – Once again the store hogg trade was truly magnificent, an average just pennies away from £100 with some unbelievable returns. Take heed, before anyone dares to curse a troublesome Texel or a bothersome Beltex this coming lambing time they are at the moment, quite literally, little bars of gold. The top slot at a magnificent £144.50 went to W Ramsay & Son, Blakeley Hill Farm with a single Beltex, 17 from Blakeley Hill returned a fabulous average of £125.21. Chasing all the way were a fantastic run of Texels from I Spedding, Harelaw Farm as the 26 of them peaked at £138 and averaged even more than the Ramsay’s at a magical £128.08. An absolute whirlwind trade for all weights, breeds and sizes; Mule’s peaked at £113.50 with Swaledale’s to a top of £63.50 as the store hogg buyers are in top gear with their foot hard to the floor.
Store Hoggs –
Beltex £144.50 £143.50 £120.50 £117.50 W Ramsay & Sons. £129.50 Northfield Farms. £127.50 £113.50 S Thompson & Son.
Texel £138 £136 £132 £131 £126 £124 £122 £113 I Spedding. £136.50 £118.50 £107.50 RA Patterson & Son. £121 £108.50 Northfield Farms. £120.50 £118.50 GP&A Carter. £119 £109.50 W Ramsay & Sons. £117.50 IW Cairns. £117.50 D&HM Hodgson. £114.50 £111.50 DR Smith. £114.50 Bowes Bros. £114.50 £110.50 £108.50 W Love Ltd. £113.50 High Harbour Farms. £111.50 JP Campbell. £107.50 £100.50 £90 P Armstrong.
Continental £124 JR&J Crowe. £118.50 D&HM Hodgson. £117.50 R Davies. £116.50 High Harbour Farms. £112.50 IW Cairns. £110.50 S&RE Williamson. £102.50 £100.50 Bowes Bros. £100.50 GH&RG Stobbs. £99.50 RA Patterson & Son.
Suffolk £119.50 W Ramsay & Sons. £117.50 S&RE Williamson. £113.50 JH Johnson.
Mule £113.50 J&E Spry. £111.50 DR Smith.
Prime Sheep – The prime sheep trade rolls along merrily into February as once again the evening sale had a more than healthy ringside of eager buyers, no doubting that the hogg trade for the beginning of February is as good as we have seen for some time, todays sale levelled at 256ppk with an SQQ of 270ppk. Top of the pence per kilo this week were J E Braithwaite & Son of Prys House, Richmond with a wonderful trio of 42kg Beltex selling for 314ppk (£132). A good day for the Beltex was confirmed when a terrific 47kg hogg from P N & J V Noble of Saltburn-by-the-Sea sold for £144.
Prime Hoggs – Top prices ppk 314 295 276 270 JE Braithwaite & Son. 306 288 239 233 High Harbour Farms. 306 262 PN&JV Noble. 300 263 262 258 246 241 WA Wardman Ltd. 290 266 J Gray. 285 262 239 233 T&R Quinn & Son. 275 270 251 J Davis. 274 264 L&S Barker. 272 R Wood & Son. 271 265 I Marshall & Sons. 270 248 246 NA Thompson. 262 250 GS Bainbridge. 259 R Herbert. 252 248 S&RE Williamson. 251 241 240 R Nattrass & Sons. 243 232 WA Stephenson.
Lead Grossing Hoggs £144 £126 PN&JV Noble. £141 £124 £123 £121.50 £120.50 WA Wardman Ltd. £135 £121.50 £116.50 £115.50 J Davis. £133 £132 £116 JE Braithwaite & Son. £125 £119.50 C Dawson. £124 S&RE Williamson. £123.50 £122 £121 £119.50 High Harbour Farms. £123.50 £120.50 £119.50 T&R Quinn & Son. £123 £122.50 R Nattrass & Sons. £123 £119.50 WA Stephenson. £120 NA Thompson. £119.50 £117 I Marshall & Sons. £119.50 R Herbert. £119.50 R Wood & Son.
Cast Ewes – Something for everyone as a varied show averaged £73, a scattering of very good ewes sold well peaking at £138 from M Jopling & Son, Low Wiserley Farm, Wolsingham whilst others from the aforementioned Noble’s and also High Harbour Farm and Josh Burton chased them all the way.
Lead Grossing Cast Sheep £138 £105 £91 £84 £81 M Jopling & Son. £128 £123 PN &JV Noble. £125 £98 £90 £85×2 £79×2 High Harbour Farms. £120 Joshua Burton. £95 WA Wardman Ltd. £93 £91 S&RE Williamson. £91 £88 £87 J Hird. £90×3 GP Addison. £88×2 Anna Herbert. £87 £86 GW Dobson & Son. £86 RA Patterson & Son. £86 D&HM Hodgson. £85 I Marshall & Sons. £85 NA Miller. £83 £82 IW Cairns
