Darlington Farmers Auction Mart held their weekly sale of cast cattle, store and breeding stock and their fortnightly sale of fodder on Monday 30th March 2026. Forward were 268 cattle and 225 sheep.
34 Cast Cows/OTM sold to 400ppk or £3760
3 Stock Bulls sold to 428ppk or £3766
1 Cow & Calf sold for £1300
27 Young Bulls sold to £2240
70 Store Steers sold to £2480
132 Store Heifers sold to £2180
56 Ewes & Lambs sold to £350 per family
52 Store Hoggs sold to £215
32 Feeding Ewes/Rams sold to £248
663 Bales of Fodder sold to £72
Cast Cattle – Some super continental cattle joined a dozen milkers this week, despite a light show of numbers they all found a very fast trade to leave a super sale average of 297ppk and £2139 per head. The cow of the day by some margin was a tremendous 12-year-old British Blonde from P Weightman & Sons, Hallfield Farm which weighed 940kg and sold for a sumptuous 400ppk and £3760. A pair of excellent Limousin cows from AC Simpson & Son, McNeil Farm followed the leader both selling over 360ppk and £3000. Top of the bulls at an equally impressive 428ppk and £3766 was an excellent cross bred OTM from G & JH Tomlinson & Son, Sunniside whilst a hefty 1178kg Limousin from K & A Harker, Worsall Grove also impressed reaching £3510. Native breeds were topped today by some smart Aberdeen Angus from A & AG Moralee, Lowfield Farm with a top in the lump of £2385 and a best per kilo of 322 pence. Dairy cow prices were headed by JE Holliday & Son, Woodland House when they sold Montbéliard’s to 286ppk and £2090 and Holstein Friesian’s to 250ppk and £2100.
Cast Cows – Top prices ppk 400 342 P Weightman & Sons. 378 362 350 342 324 AC Simpson & Son. 344 288 MF Hall. 326 A&MJ Henshaw. 322 316 290 A&AG Moralee. 318 JP&R Ward. 314 TT Hall & Son. 312 276 GS Dixon. 302 Northfield Farms. 286 250 JE Holliday & Son. 282 E Taylor & Son. 266 Stainton Hill Farms. 252 249 AR&C Booth.
Lead Grossing Cast Cows £3760 £2999 P Weightman & Sons. £3364 £3080 £2975 £2342 £2248 AC Simpson & Son. £2385 £2244 A&AG Moralee. £2370 A&MJ Henshaw. £2366 MF Hall. £2166 TT Hall & Son. £2100 £2090 JE Holliday & Son. £1950 Northfield Farms. £1937 £1899 AR&C Booth & Sons. £1885 JR&P Ward. £1872 G Thompson & Sons.
Cast Bulls – Top prices ppk 428 G&JH Tomlinson. 298 K&A Harker. 280 DW Dresser
Lead Grossing Cast Bulls £3766 G&JH Tomlinson & Son. £3510 K&A Harker. £2766 DW Dresser.
Store Cattle – A much higher percentage of dairy crosses this week was offered, trade continued at recent strong levels. The young bulls began proceedings and remained in high demand, two vendors topped at £2240 as a superb 12-month-old pure bred Beef Shorthorn from P Turnbull, West House Farm was matched by a shapely British Blue from G & JH Tomlinson & Son, Sunniside. Top of the store cattle at £2480 was a strong Limousin steer from W Walker & Sons, High Copelaw, the same good home followed with another at £2380 ahead of the aforementioned Tomlinson’s who sold an Aberdeen Angus steer at £2340. Topping the females this week was a smart Limousin heifer from JT & M Atkinson, Market Place which sold for £2180 just ahead of a Simmental from Copeland Farms, West Auckland at £2170. Smaller cattle destined for a summer grazing remain highly sought after, the majority of the grass bound youngsters continue to trade £1500 to £2000 dependant on breed and quality.
Store Bulls £2240 G&JH Tomlinson & Son. £2240 £1960×2 £1880 P Turnbull. £1800×2 £1700 £1600 £1560 £1390 DG&GM Robinson. £1560 £1510 £1320 JK Gregory. £1500×3 JP&R Ward. £1490×3 JW Richardson. £1220×2 £940×2 AW Sanderson.
Store Steers £2480 £2380 W Walker & Sons. £2340 G&JH Tomlinson. £2320 D&G Spry. £2030 E Taylor & Son. £1980×2 £1900×2 Forster Hall & Sons. £1960 £1920×2 £1810×4 £1740 £1700 JC&HA Charnock. £1940 £1890 £1780 W Emerson. £1900 JT&M Atkinson. £1880×4 £1780 High Mains Partnership. £1830 C&M Burnett. £1730×3 Northfield Farms.
Store Heifers £2180 £1830 JT&M Atkinson. £2170 Copeland Farms. £2120 £2000 W Walker & Sons. £2070 £1940×4 £1900 £1890 WSI Anderson. £2060×2 A&AG Moralee. £1940 £1920 £1880×2 £1860×3 KM&S Sayer. £1910×3 £1850 JC&HA Charnock. £1880 Juaul Farms. £1860 £1790×5 JP Phelan. £1850×3 High Mains Partnership. £1820 E Taylor & Son.
Breeding Sheep – As the ewes and lambs begin to trickle forward the early trade looks very good indeed. Topping the trade at £350 was a pen of five continental shearlings with twins at foot from J Demuschamp, Kirkley House Farm; the same good run also sold similar pens at £345 and £340. An excellent run of Blue Texel and Dutch spotted ewes all with single lambs from H Murray, The Beeches were keenly bid for life as they all sold between £280 and £305 whilst some tidy Blackface ewes with Mule lambs from S & J Myers, Rudland Farm also sold well with twins to £250 and singles to £200.
Shearlings & Lambs- £350 £345 £340 £330 £265 J De Muschamp.
Ewes & Lambs- £305 £302 £295 x2 £290 £288 £280 Haig Murray. £250 £235 £200 £190 S Myers.
Feeding Sheep – The numbers begin to really dry up now; trade remains absolutely tremendous. Top of the hoggs at £215 was a thumping Texel tup from KO Stones, Nun Cote Nook. Feeding ewes sold to £205 for a Texel from JR & J Crowe, Bishops Close but top of the day was a strong feeding Suffolk tup from A Martin & Co, Brandon House when he reached £248.
Store Hoggs- £215 KO Stones. £190 JR&J Crowe. £184 £180 DW Robinson. £178 £172 E Walsh. £173 £150 £138 £129 AG Williamson. £169 A Martin & Co. £165 £160 £158 D Walker. £80 £78 C&JC Stephenson.
Feeding Ewes- £248 £190 £180 A Martin & Co. £225 D Walker. £205 x2 £182 £178 £132 JR&J Crowe. £180 £150 £145 £132 Victoria Wilson. £160 £135 DW Robinson. £156 Jack Brittain. £138 S Myres. £135 £118 TG Rigg. £132 £95 S Pybourne. £125 J Wigham.
Fodder- Trade remains buoyant for the very best quality, some resistance perhaps is creeping in however as can happen once the clocks change.
4 string square hay bales sold to £72
Round hay bales sold to £54
6 string wheat straw bales sold to £60
Round Wheat straw bales sold to £42
Small square hay bales sold to £8.50
Small square wheat straw bales sold to £3.50
