Champion from Messrs Beveridge, Tow Law.
Darlington Farmers Auction Mart held the John Norwood Spedding memorial show and sale of suckled calves in conjunction with their weekly sale of cast cattle, store and breeding stock on Monday 9th November 2026. Forward were 494 cattle and 1305 sheep.
114 Cast Cows/OTM sold to 322ppk or £3017
4 Stock Bulls sold to 280ppk or £3169
17 Cows & Calves sold to £3400
14 Bulling Heifers sold to £1680
61 Young Bulls sold to £1990
116 Store Steers sold to £2480
151 Store Heifers sold to £2170
913 Store Lambs sold to £193
392 Feeding Ewes/Rams sold to £228
John Norwood Spedding Memorial Show
Sincere thanks go to Mr S Lofthouse of Ripon who expertly handled the judging duties this morning. Taking the champion and the reserve tickets were a couple of excellent calves from NG Beveridge, Low West House, Tow Law; the top ticket went to a red Limousin sired heifer with the reserve a black British Blue crossed heifer calf. The two steer classes were duly won by the Stones family of Nun Cote Nook, Marrick. A full list of prize winners is below.
Champion
NG Beveridge, Low West House sold to TW West, Egremont for £1720
Reserve Champion
NG Beveridge, Low West House sold to TW West, Egremont for £1820
Reserve Champion also from Beveridge, Tow Law.
Limousin Sired Steer
1st KO Stones, Nun Cote Nook sold to TW West, Egremont for £1820
2nd NG Beveridge, Low West House sold to TN Callender, Stockton-on-Tees for £1800
3rd NG Beveridge, Low West House sold to P&S Lofthouse, Ripon for £1810
Any Other Breed Steer
1st KO Stones, Nun Cote Nook (BBX) sold to TW West, Egremont for £1860
2nd A Wilson, Calf Close (BSHX) sold to D Williamson, Whitby for £1500
Limousin Sired Heifer
1st NG Beveridge, Low West House sold to TW West, Egremont for £1720
Any Other Breed Heifer
1st NG Beveridge, Low West House (BBX) sold to TW West, Egremont for £1820
2nd A Wilson, Calf Close (BBX) sold to TW West, Egremont for £1760
3rd KO Stones, Nun Cote Nook (BBX) sold to S Richardson, Ripon for £1640
Suckled Calves & Store Cattle Sale Report
Maybe a bit less life in the top end of the calves as the ceiling on the finished product has unfortunately lowered in recent weeks, thus said the first draw from most vendors has now been and gone and the quality therefore naturally drops. No doubt that the more commercial end, natives and R grades would be a very sharp trade regardless of their age or size. Some sixty active buyers were in attendance from all across the north of England ensuring that the averages look really healthy compared to those at this sale twelve months ago, the heifers have enjoyed a notable lift, the steers are up nicely whereas a somewhat smaller in stature offering of young bulls are behind on paper.
Young Bulls averaged £1342 (-£118 for 6 less sold)
Steers averaged £1620 (+£41 for 30 less sold)
Heifers averaged £1483 (+£85 for 15 less sold)
Some big bullocks bludgeoned their way to the top of the price lists; Aberdeen Angus led the way when FB Wreford & Co, Fleming Field sold a 23-month-old at £2480 and B & B Kitching & Son, Elstob Cottage Farm sold a 20-month-old at £2440. Remarkably today sixteen of the top twenty steers were native breeds. A cracking quartet of 2-year-old Limousin heifers from LW Martin, Wayworth Farm set the pace in the female prices, top of £2170 with her comrades all in close attendance.
Store Bulls £1990 £1940 WT Hall. £1790 £1730×2 £1700 HE Jewitt. £1780 WO Grix & Partners. £1750 £1690 £1660 £1650 £1630 £1590 £1550 £1210 SG Horn. £1660 £1120 JF Henry. £1660 £1560 £1490 G Calvert & Sons. £1580 £1250 J Graham. £1570 £1510 £1420 T&R Quinn & Son. £1490 M Radford. £1490 £1470 £1200 AF Smith. £1390×5 £1270×5 £1180×5 AN Greenwell.
Store Steers £2480 £2400 £2180 £2090 £1910 FB Wreford & Co. £2440 £2270 £2130 B&B Kitching. £2400 £2160 WO Grix & Partners. £2030×4 GW&M Singleton & Sons. £1970 £1750 K Johnson Racing Ltd. £1940 £1890 F Hare & Sons. £1900 £1860 £1820 KO Stones. £1880 E Peacock. £1810 £1800 NG Beveridge. £1800 F Hare & Sons. £1760 £1740 B Lowson.
Store Heifers £2170 £2120 £2070 £2050 LW Martin. £2000 £1810×2 £1700×3 £1680£1630 £1600 WA Wardman Ltd. £1950 £1800×4 PD Shepherd. £1900 B&B Kitching & Son. £1820 £1720 NG Beveridge. £1760 A Wilson. £1740×2 £1700 £1680×5 £1660 £1620×2 AW Dixon. £1640 KO Stones. £1620 J Graham. £1600×2 G Anderson. £1600×2 Young & Bewley. £1600 D Stelling.
Breeding Cattle
An excellent herd reduction on behalf of P & F Wake, Bowland House, Ellerton kicked off proceedings and sold to an animated trade. Top call at £3400 was a second calved Charolais with a Beef Shorthorn steer calf at foot; she was followed by three more classy continentals at £3300. The bulling heifers from the same home were also in demand, just 13-16-months old therefore not ready to bull anytime soon they topped at £1680 for a Charolais cross.
Cows & Calves – £3400 £3300×3 £3100 £2900 £2600×2 £2500×2 £2450 £2400×2 £2300 £2050 £2000 £1900 P&F Wake.
Bulling Heifers – £1680 £1600×4 £1430×2 £1420 £1410 £1400×3 £1340×2 P&F Wake.
Cast Cattle
A pleasing cow trade given the freefalling price on the hook currently available; a plain show which included fifty dairy cows and thirty natives are way down on paper to average 216ppk and £1368 however the numbers paint a bad picture as trade was arguably only very slightly back on last week. No doubting the top female, a terrific 10-year-old Limousin cow from JC Johnson, Beanley Carr Farm which sold for an impressive 322ppk and £3017. Topping the native breeds were some excellent Beef Shorthorn’s from Upsall Castle Farm as they hit tops of £2337 and 300ppk. A plethora of dairy breeds offered, top per kilo at 250ppk was a handy Friesian heifer from J Wharton, Segbushwell whilst top in the lump was a Montbeliarde cow from GA Willey, Broomfield Farm at £1918. A small offering of stock bulls was topped by a cracking Limousin from C Binks & Son, Walworth when he tipped the scales to 1132kg and sold for 280 pence to realise £3169.
Cast Cows – Top prices ppk 322 JC Johnson. 300 250×2 242×2 236 234 Upsall Castle Farms. 294 248×2 236 R Leiper & Co. 290 238 WA Wardman Ltd. 286 284 244 JN Swinbank. 258 JC Thwaite & Son. 254 242 232 WP Livestock. 246 RA&S Darling Farms. 240×2 GA Rogerson & Son. 240 S&H Hodgson. 236 Heathcote. 234 GM Elstob. 234 G Scott. 232 M Gallon. 232 230 GA Willey.
Lead Grossing Cast Cows £3017 JC Johnson. £2337 £1990 £1944 £1921 £1904 £1689 Upsall Castle Farms. £2282 £1979 £1686 JN Swinbank. £2199 £1984 £1884 £1810 R Leiper & Co. £2004 JC Thwaite & Son. £1981 M Gallon. £1918 £1602 £1593 GA Willey. £1896 S&H Hodgson. £1807 £1696 WA Wardman Ltd. £1781 RA&S Darling Farms. £1776 GA Rogerson & Son. £1737 WP Livestock. £1686 J&G Clark.
Cast Bulls – Top prices ppk 280 C Binks & Son. 250 222 F Hare & Sons. 150 Upsall Castle Farms.
Lead Grossing Cast Bulls £3169 C Binks & Son. £1670 £1469 F Hare & Sons. £1570 Upsall Castle Farms.
Store Sheep
Store lambs stay very, very good to sell, this week’s sale averaged £125.34. Top at £193 was a Beltex tup lamb from B Cowton, Low West House, plenty of the better-bred sorts traded in the £160’s, £170’s and £180’s. A nice offering of Suffolk lambs sold to a top of £162 and averaged £127, Mule lambs topped at £130 and averaged £118, Dutch Spotted sold to £139, Cheviot’s to £132 and Charollais to £133 as all creeds and colours look in truly remarkable form.
The feeding ewe fever stays firmly in place as the motoring Monday sales continue to attract the lion’s share of our older sheep; this week the offering averaged £128. Top was tup at £228 from JD Brannen, Red Barns, following him at £214 were a smart pair of continental ewes from second time vendors MA & IJ Brumby, Market Rasen. Strong lowland ewes sold frequently £170 to £210, Mule ewes topped at £166, Goats to £155, Cheviots to £152, Jacobs to £132 and both Swaledale and Herdwick ewes to £100.
Store Lambs
Beltex – £193 B Cowton. £157 £145 £129 Adam Lowson. £133 MA & IJ Brumby.
Texel – £184 £138(x2) £136 JD Brannen. £183 £171 £163 £150 NG Beveridge. £152 JE Holliday & Son. £147 £135 £131 PJ Anderson. £145 £134 £132 A&R Thompson. £133 £132 AP & E Proctor. £132 D Rutter. £131 L & BM Kidd & Son. £131 P Armstrong.
Suffolk – £162 £137 £135 JR & J Crowe. £151 MG & WD Burton. £142 £132 JE Holliday & Son. £142 DW Robinson. £139 B Cowton. £131 WM Bainbridge. £123 GP Addison. £123 T Bean & Sons.
Continental – £155 £135 JR & J Crowe. £134 TE Dobson. £134 £117 £116 J Merryweather. £133(x2) D & HM Hodgson. £133 £127 Pear Tree Projects. £133 B Cowton. £127 Burn & Morton. £126 MA & IJ Brumby. £125 MC Rutter. £121 A Smith.
DSS – £139 MA & IJ Brumby.
Charollais – £133 A Smith. £133 £121 PD Shepherd. £125 RRC Andrew. £125 T Bean & Sons.
Cheviot – £132 JR & J Crowe. £115 S Beeforth.
Mule – £130 TE Dobson. £121 AP & E Proctor.
Feeding Ewes & Tups:
Continental – £228 £200 JD Brannen. £214 £175 £150 MA&IJ Brumby. £200 £176 £169 £159 AJ Coulson & Sons. £195 £158 PD Shepherd. £167 Rose A Farms. £166 D&G Spry. £159 CH&MC Phalp. £150 D Wearmouth. £142 GH Lister.
BFL – £210 GP Addison.
Texel – £196 CH&MC Phalp. £180 AJ Coulson & Sons. £180 £164 A Lowson. £175 £155 A&R Thompson. £164 Petch Farms. £142 GH Lister.
Suffolk – £171 CH&MC Phalp. £165 AJ Coulson & Sons. £145 CJM Hedley.
Mule – £166 £139 TE Dobson. £164 £147 CJM Hedley. £156 WA Stephenson. £150 AJ Coulson & Sons. £142 MA&IJ Brumby. £138 L&BM Kidd & Son. £138 £136 SMA & J Swinbank. £138 MG&WD Burton. £136 CH&MC Phalp. £135 RB Watson. £135 DW Robinson.
Charollais – £165 AJ Coulson & Sons.
Cheviot – £152 RB Watson. £149 £142 CH&MC Phalp.
Goat £155 J Wigham.
