Monday 22nd March – Darlington Auction Mart had forward:
44 Cast Cattle sold to 218ppk & £1840
93 Steers sold to £1500
125 Heifers sold to £1370
25 Bulls sold to £1115
2 Cows & Calves sold to £1260
20 Calves & Stirks sold to £670
214 Store Hoggs sold to £140
56 Breeding Sheep sold to £240
54 Feeding Ewes sold to £126
Cast Cows – A lighter show forward, although trade was absolutely electric, with 2 completely new buyers ringside creating a red-hot atmosphere where a whole market average of almost 155ppk was the result. A top price of 218ppk was achieved for a young Limousin Heifer just over 30 months which made the almost 200 -mile round trip from Sheffield more than worth the time and effort for Mr S Wilde, Spite Winter House – his pair of young heifers sold to a more than healthy £1665 & £1515. The lead grossing cast beast was a monster of a Charolais Cow clocking the scales at 920kilos selling for 200ppk realising £1840, she was one of a trio consigned by Dromonby Bridge Farm which averaged a whopping 1025 kilos & £1749 per head. The dairy section of cows this week was topped at 180ppk & £1020 for a young Friesian Heifer consigned by Stainton Hill Farms, Streatlam with the lead grossing dairy cow forward by FS Sturrock & Sons, Home Farm selling to £1330. Cast Bulls very much in demand with the lead grossing price of £1528 going back to Teesdale Farmer JN Watson.
Cast Cows – Top prices ppk 218 184 S Wilde.200 166 150 Dromonby Bridge Farm Ltd. 194 182 144 134 132 W Walker & Sons. 192 176 ABP Wilsons. 186×2 154 S&J Dent & Son. 180 Stainton Hill Farms. 178 K Wilson. 166 GM Blair & Partners. 162 140 J&MJ Walton. 160 154 WSI Anderson. 156 138 E Cheesmond. 150 142 W Brass & Sons. 146 M Hogarth. 146 140 F Bainbridge. 144 136 FS Sturrock. 140 HS Hutchinson. 138 AW Sanderson.
Lead Grossing Cast Cows £1840 £1835 £1573 Dromonby Bridge Farm. £1665 £1515S Wilde. £1430 £1276 ABP Wilsons. £1330 £1013 FS Sturrock & Sons. £1298 £1197 £1110 S&J Dent & Son. £1283 M Hogarth. £1281 GM Blair & Partners. £1252 £1011 W Brass & Sons. £1200 J&MJ Walton. £1046 £922 WSI Anderson. £1045 Little Newsham Farms. £1031 E Cheesmond. £950 £915 W Walker & Sons. £933 £902 F Bainbridge & Sons.
Cast Bulls – Top prices ppk 196 JV Hodgson & Son. 166 Little Newsham Farm. 150 JN Watson. 120 FB Wreford.
Lead Grossing Cast Bull £1528 JN Watson. £1501 JV Hodgson & Son. £1319 Little Newsham Farms. £820 FB Wreford.
Store cattle – Once again the store ring was absolutely packed (socially distanced of course) resulting in a blistering trade for all types of cattle – the recent spell of dry weather saw demand for grazing cattle once again accelerate. Top of the tree for store cattle was H Walton Brass Castle who saw his pen of 4 strong Limousin Steers top the market at £1500 averaging £1405. RL Walker East High Wood topped the store bull section with a Homebred Limousin which sold for £1115, his trio of heifers which sold for a top price of £1355 resulting in an average of £1162 were just a small part of the quality on offer. The top price heifer on the day was an Aberdeen Angus consigned by G&JH Tomlinson & Son, Sunniside Farm which realised £1370. Many more cattle could be sold to vendor’s advantage.
Calves & Stirks £670×2 £615×2 £600×2 £590×3 £570 £470×7 £410 G Swinbank & Sons. £370 K Wilson. 200 M Radford.
Cows & Calves £1260 £1080 JJM Lonsdale.
Store Bulls £1115 £1080 £1055 £1040 RL Walker. £1105×2 L Claughan. £990×2 £985 £965×2 E Parsons. £950 FB Wreford. £900 £880 £860 £800 £740 RW Raper & Sons. £850 £745×2 AW Sanderson.
Store Steers £1500 £1455×2 £1210 H Walton & son. £1450 £1395 JA&R Smith. £1445×2 GW&M Singleton & Sons. £1320 £1195×2 £1180 £1170 £1105 E&MA Procter & Son. £1295 DG&PD Ayre. £1285 Emma Procter. £1215×2 FB Wreford. £1190 £1155×2 A Willey. £1185×3 £1155 RN Foord. £1110 £1100 £1095×2 I Newton & Son. £1110 Humbleton Farm. £1100×2 C Leighton. £1095 £1060 £1055 TT Hall & Son. £1095 £1085 £1075 RA&SL Wearmouth. £1085 £1080 £1070 BA&C Pearson Ltd.
Store Heifers £1370 G&JH Tomlinson & Son. £1355 £1280 £1215 RL Walker. £1345×2 £1340 £1270 £1260 £1250 £1225 £1195 I Oliver. £1330×2 William Tindale. £1285 £1280 GW&M Singleton & Sons. £1280 GW&M Singleton & Sons. £1255 A Willey. £1190×2 £1145 £1085 E&MA Procter & Son. £1180 £1140 £1035×2 BA&C Pearson. £1175×3 ABP Wilsons. £1170 Humbleton Farm. £1095 £1065 £1060 £1055×3 RN Foord & Son. £1065 JS Wiper. £1045 High Hedley Hope Farm Ltd. £1035 RA&SL Wearmouth.
Store Hoggs – As the Store Hogg season drifts away there was a mixed show of sheep forward from the very best to a few obvious sweepings up. Mule Gimmer Hoggs forward by GS&SE Wilson, High House sold to £140 per head. A top price of £138 for a pair of Suffolks sold by A&B Herworth, Crake Scar set the bar high. A quality show of Hoggs from DE Stones, Hundah Farm saw his pen of Hoggs selling for a tasty £138. The Stones Family, Nuncote Nook were also in the running with their consignment of Hoggs averaging over £128 per head. A Few Breeding Sheep forward demand was once again exceptional – in particular some Texel & Suffolk Ewes & Lambs consigned by M Radford, East Underhurth which went on to sell very well at £240. GS&SE Wilson, High House had forward a consignment of Mule Hoggs – In Lamb which sold to a top price of £168.
Store Hoggs £138 £122 £110 A&B Herworth. £138 £120 DE Stones. £129×2 £128 KO Stones. £126 Pulford. £116 £108 £103 £86×2 £76 £73 JE Burton. £107 £76 D&P Heppel. £106 £100×2 £98 T&DI Allen & Son. £102 WA Stephenson. £99 £63 C Morris. £96 £89 N&MJ Parkin. £78 £66 J&EM Lawson.
Store Gimmers £140×2 £130 £128 GS&SE Wilson.
Ewes & Lambs £240 £225 £200 £180 M Radford.
In Lamb Hoggs £168 £165 £162 £160 £158 GS&SE Wilson. £115×2 Colne Valley.
Feeding Ewes ££126 £121 £120 £110 M Radford. £120 £110 £100 £75 Pulford. £90 WA Stephenson. £90 JE Burton. £83 £75 M Jopling & Son. £74 Hagg Farm. £50 T Sharp.
