Darlington Farmers Auction Mart held a late sale of breeding sheep alongside their weekly sale of cast cattle and store stock and also their fortnightly sale of rearing calves on Monday 2nd November 2026. Forward were 372 cattle, 1821 sheep and 56 calves.
78 Cast Cows/OTM sold to 332ppk or £2408
3 Stock Bulls sold to 302ppk or £2327
6 Stirks sold to £1200
6 Cows & Calves sold to £3400
33 Young Bulls sold to £2400
93 Store Steers sold to £2540
147 Store Heifers sold to £2200
35 Breeding Rams sold to £780
111 Gimmer Lambs sold to £260
35 Breeding Ewes sold to £165
421 Feeding Ewes/Rams sold to £246
1219 Store Lambs sold to £177
56 Rearing Calves sold to £760
Cast Cattle – A somewhat plainer show of cows just met a little resistance in comparison to recent high rates, the sale averaged 232ppk and £1627 per head. The top eight sold over 300ppk, to achieve this they really required either youth or hard feeding on their side; top at 332ppk was shared between Limousin OTM heifers from William Tindale, Paradise and ER & GI Younger, High Trewhitt. Top in the lump at £2408 was an excellent 8-year-old British Blue crossed cow from S Wells, Manor Farm when she sold for £2408 (314ppk). Herefords headed the native breed when AP Taylor, Ox Close sold a couple of fleshy sorts to top at 316ppk and £2141. Friesians topped per kilo at 256 pence for a heifer from AR & C Booth & Sons Ltd, Village Farm and hit a best gross value of £1987 from Little Newsham Farms. Bulls topped at 302ppk for a young British Blue from WO Grix & Partners, Hillhead and at £2327 for a good Stabiliser from Skelton Farming Ltd, Stanghow.
Cast Cows – Top prices ppk 332 W Tindale. 332 330 268 250 ER&GI Younger. 328 WH Clarke Partnership. 320 262 Skelton Farming Ltd. 316 314 AP Taylor. 314 S Wells. 288 C Harle & Sons. 282 JL&JA Sunter. 278 J&MJ Walton. 270 248 P Tindale. 270 258 252 250 S&P Brogden. 270 250 Reed & Hill. 256 AR&C Booth. 250×3 JF Harland. 250 TW Clark & Son. 248 RA Patterson & Son.
Lead Grossing Cast Cows £2408 S Wells. £2318 £1783 J&MJ Walton. £2297 £2288 £2093 Skelton Farming. £2243 C Harle & Sons. £2224 W Tindale. £2172 £1763 RA Patterson. £2141 £2076 AP Taylor. £2122 JF Harland. £2115 GW Lee. £2057 Reed & Hill. £1987 £1927 Little Newsham Farms. £1945 TW Clark & Son. £1925 SA&KW Dowson. £1878 JL&JA Sunter. £1873 £1837 P Tindale.
Bulls – Top prices ppk 302 WO Grix & Partners. 228 Skelton Farming Ltd. 212 AP Taylor.
Lead Grossing Cast Bulls £2327 Skelton Farming Ltd. £2026 WO Grix & Partners. £1638 AP Taylor.
Store & Breeding Cattle – A scattering of cows and calves began proceedings, the top price at £3400 went to C Bell, The Pry who produced a lovely 9-year-old British Blue crossed cow with a strong Limousin calf at foot. The young bulls followed and the top four spots went to a superb run of 12-14-month-old Limousins from A & D Proctor, Swarland Old Hall; the pick from the Proctor’s sold for £2400 with his stablemates all close behind to see the quartet average £2337. Store cattle appeared a great trade again, sailing to the top of the steers at £2540 was a tremendous Aberdeen Angus from B & B Kitching & Son, Elstob Hill. A super pair of Limousin steers from JH Johnson, White Lea followed next at £2460, the White Lea run also turned-out steers at £2400, £2380 and £2360 as their super six averaged £2406. Hottest in the heifers was a classy Parthenais from D Robson & Sons, Merryshields when she reached £2200, her closest rival in the heifers at £2160 was a strong Beef Shorthorn from W Weightman, Haining Law.
Stirks £1340 £1300 £1000 £940 MR Souter. £1200 £1080 D Smith. £690×2 £440×2 A Ingleston.
Cows & Calves £3400 C Bell. £2800 L Booton. £2400 £2200 £2100 RW&NV Chamley. £2250 M Radford.
Store Bulls £2400 £2370 £2300 £2280 A&D Proctor. £2220 F Fabi. £2050×4 £1800 Wilkinson & Son. £1980 £1930 £1800 £1620 JJ Kemp & Son. £1900×2 £1690 WT Hall. £1600 K Mitchelson. £1540×2 £1460×4 £1400 £1330×3 £1250 RA Patterson & Son. £1530 £1460 TK Gregory. £1100×2 JW Richardson. £1060 K Sayer.
Store Steers £2540 £2340×2 £2280×2 B&B Kitching & Son. £2460×2 £2400 £2380×2 £2360 JH Johnson. £2300 JF Harland. £2180×2 £2120 £1960 ME&TD Tailford. £2170 New Farm. £2160 £2100×3 £2060×2 K Buckle. £2110 J Bolton. £2060 £1980 F Fabi. £2030×2 £1960 £1960 F Hare & Sons. £2000×3 GW&M Singleton & Sons. £1980×3 SC Barron. £1960 K Mitchelson. £1940×2 GP Dobinson.
Store Heifers £2200 £2140 £1930×2 £1880 D Robson & Sons. £2160 £1930 W Weightman. £2150 £2090 £1920 £1890×5 New Farm. £2080×3 £1900 F Crawford. £2030 £1960 £1920 R Wood & Son. £1940×2 £1890 £1840 J&EM Lawson. £1920 JS Wiper. £1900 £1880 £1840×2 £1800 M Chambers. £1880 £1850×2 R Hickson. £1880 £1800 GL&M Steel. £1860 £1830×2 £1770 £1750×3 C Harle & Sons.
Breeding Sheep – The tups tipped their cap to the 2026 season in style as plenty of late interest was apparent at ringside. Good Charollais shearlings from CW Marwood & Son, Foulrice impressed at £780 twice and again at £700. The second featured Foulrice flock from D Whitcher chipped in with a Suffolk shearling at £750, Texel’s sold to £650 twice from Messrs Ashbridge, Mount Grace, Beltex to £600 from W Wearmouth & Son, Rose Hill and cross bred tups to G Hodgson, Rose Hill. Top of the lambs at £550 was a smart Texel from P & K Brannen, Scar Top. Half a dozen udders only Swaledale from F Johnson, West Shipley led the ewe trade when they sold at £165 apiece, gimmer lambs sold to £260 for a Dutch Spotted from B Taylor, 1 White Hurworth.
Breeding Rams:
Charollais Shearlings – £780×2 £700 CW Marwood & Son.
Suffolk Shearlings – £750 D Whitcher. £450 RN Kirby & Son.
Suffolk Lamb – £400 IE&AC Teasdale.
Texel Shearlings – £650×2 J Ashbridge. £650 £550 B&A Myers. £450 JL&M Wilkinson & Son.
Texel Lambs – £550 P&K Brannen.
Beltex Shearling – £600 W Wearmouth & Son.
Beltex X Charollais Shearlings – £600 £520 G Hodgson.
Rouge X Suffolk Shearlings – £500 £400×2 IE&AC Teasdale.
Texel X BFL Lambs – £320×2 JL&M Wilkinson & Son.
Rouge Lambs – £420 £350 IE&AC Teasdale.
NC Cheviot Shearling – £400 Springhill Partnership.
Zwartbles Shearling – £260 S Pounder.
Blue Texel Lamb – £220 A Donkin.
D.S.S Lamb – £210 E Hart.
Gimmer Lambs:
D.S.S – £260 £215 B Taylor.
Blue Texel – £180 A Donkin.
Texel – £172 A Donkin. £154 £134 £133 A&R Thompson. £129 V Wilson.
Cheviot – £144 £112 V Wilson.
Continental – £132 £105 JL&M Wilkinson & Son. £129 £108 V Wilson. £125 A Donkin.
Mule – £125 W&C Iceton.
Beltex – £116 V Wilson.
Breeding Ewes:
Swale – £165 £148 F Johnson. £112 W&C Iceton.
Texel – £158 F Johnson. £122 D Wearmouth.
Store Lambs – Very good again for the lamb sellers with another £120 average, the lambs get smaller and the price remains the same. Two tremendous Texel’s from DR Smith, East Roughlea topped the day when they sold for £177 apiece. Following at £164 was East Roughlea again ahead of eight from C Jackson, The Grainery at £157 and A & R Thompson, Dimmingdale at £155. All classes were again in demand, twenty-eight strong Suffolk’s from JH Johnson, White Lea sold for £146, Cheviot lambs topped at £136, Mules to £119 and Swaledale to £84.
Store Lambs:
Texel – £177 £164 £140 £136 DR Smith. £157 £134 £130 C Jackson. £155 £135 A&R Thompson. £150 JR&J Crowe. £143 T Bean & Sons. £142 £137 AP Martin. £138 JH Johnson. £138 £134 £132 Z Alderslade. £138 EMS Engineering. £137 £134 £132 GH Lister. £136 D&HM Hodgson. £136 J&RA Speed. £133 MR Souter. £133 TE Dobson. £132 £131 D&G Spry. £131 GP Addison. £130 I Newton & Son.
Suffolk – £146 JH Johnson. £142 £132 DR Smith. £139 S Taylor. £138 MR Souter. £137 I Newton & Son. £138 GH Lister. £135 D Rutter. £132 M Fawcett.
Charollais – £144 M Fawcett.
Continental – £141 M Raine. £140 M Fawcett. £140 D&HM Hodgson. £138 TE Dobson. £138 AP Martin. £137×2 JR&J Crowe. £137 J Shadforth. £137 T Bean & Sons. £135 A Wilson.
Cheviot – £136 JR&J Crowe.
Feeding Ewes – The feeding ewes remain a very sharp shot to average £123 this week. Top at £246 were a strong pair of Texel tups from A & R Thompson, Dimmingdale. Texel ewes topped at £232 from C Jackson, The Grainery; plenty of Mule ewes present which sold to £165 for a pen of fifteen from WH Smith & Sons, West Shields and the breed averaged £115. Horned ewes averaged £67 and sold twice to £98 as Swaledale’s from F Ward, Rogerley Hall matched Blackface from M Fawcett, Avenida.
Feeding Sheep:
Texel – £246 £219 A&R Thompson. £232 £212 £185 £170 £161 £135 C Jackson. £178 £161 M Fawcett. £171 T Bean & Sons. £170 K&PM Lough. £170 W Love Ltd. £167 M Radford. £162 JE Bullock. £158 A Rooke & Sons. £152 GM&V Bayles. £138 GP Addison. £148 AW Sanderson.
Continental – £216 A Forster. £192 £150 C Harle & Sons. £190 £152 WH Smith & Sons. £172 J&RA Speed. £170 £147 A&R Thompson. £168 JE Bullock. £164 £162 £155 £147 CH&MC Phalp. £158 K&PM Lough.
Suffolk – £187 T Bean & Sons. £158 WH Smith & Sons. £158 D Alderson.
Beltex – £178 C Jackson.
Mule – £165 £141 WH smith & Sons. £148 GT&M Tweddle. £146 JR&J Crowe. £139 W Love Ltd.
BFL – £165 D Alderson.
Rearing Calves – Thanks to the calf vendors and buyers for their patience today as the busy sheep ring held up proceedings, the vendors were well rewarded as the bulls sold to similarly high rates but the hot heifer calves surely surpassed all expectations as the females were flying. The bulls averaged £601 and the heifers a remarkable £631. Top of the day at £760 was a sweet young British Blue heifer from H Gibb & Son, Eachwick Red House, the blue heifers were brilliant throughout when the same good home followed at £750 and £730 with both R Tookey & Son, South Side and Deerness Valley Dairy hot on their heels at £720. The Tookey pen topped the Aberdeen Angus heifers at £650 and were followed at £630 by JL Miles & Sons, Littlebridge. The Gibb’s of Eachwick Red House also led the bull prices with a British Blue at £720, the Tookey’s came next, also with a Blue, at £710 ahead of two Limousin bull calves from CN Bentley, The Gables at £700.
Bull Calves:
British Blue – £720 £670 H Gibb & Son. £710 R Tookey & Son. £640 £630 £580 Deerness Valley Dairy.
Limousin – £700×2 £670 £600 £580 £560 CN Bentley.
Angus – £650 GT&M Tweddle. £650 £590 SS&D Scrivin. £600 JL Miles & Sons. £600×2 £590 £580×2 Deerness Valley Dairy. £590 £580×2 £570 £540 £420 R Tookey & Son.
Shorthorn – £570 A Wilson & J Lawrence. £500 H Gibb & Son.
Heifer Calves:
British Blue – £760 £750 £730 £620 H Gibb & Son. £720 £710 R Tookey & Son. £720 £710 £700 £660 Deerness Valley Dairy. £690 H Gibb & Son.
Angus – £650 £590 £580 £520 R Tookey & Son. £630 £590 £530 JL Miles & Sons. £620 L James. £600 H Gibb & Son. £600 £570 £560 Deerness Valley Dairy. £570 SS&D Scrivin. £450 GT&M Tweddle.
