DARLINGTON MART
Darlington Farmers Auction Mart held their 3 rd annual ‘Ewetopia’ show and sale of elite female
breeding sheep on Tuesday 12 th August 2025.
Forward were 173 head comprising of…
45 Gimmer Lambs sold to 850 Guineas
124 Shearling Ewes sold to 800 Guineas
4 Warranted Ewes sold to 1200 Guineas
Show Classes
Thanks primarily go to our capable judge Mr Will Summers of Hall Farm, Gainsborough who kindly
made the journey North to carry out the duties in hand, he did so in a timely and professional
manner. A super offering of quality from all the vendors ensured that the task was both challenging
and enjoyable for the Lincolnshire man in the middle. Tapped as Champion was a wonderful Texel
shearling ewe from D J Mallon, Pallet Crag Farm; a classy sort with terrific carcass she is sired by an
Ayrton bred tup lamb and out of a Loosebeare Yogi bred ewe. The reserve spot went to a superb
Charollais ewe lamb from the formidable Foulrice flock of the Marwood family, York; this certain star
of the future is sired by the home bred ram Foulrice Valient who himself is a son of a successful
Cavick stock ram. Other leading accolades (listed below) included an excellent run of Suffolk’s from
the Moorsley flock of P & K Brannen who produced smart shearlings and lambs bred from the stock
tup Strathbogie Son of a Gun.
Champion
D J Mallon, Pallet Crag – Texel Shearling – Sold for 800 Guineas to D J Summers & Son, Hall Farm
Reserve Champion
C W Marwood & Son, Foulrice – Charollais Lamb – Sold for 580 Guineas to C Goulsbra, Brickyard
Farm
Class 1 – Best Pure-Bred Texel or Beltex Any Age
1 st – D J Mallon, Pallet Crag – Texel Shearling – Sold for 800 Guineas to D J Summers & Son, Hall Farm
2 nd – E Moralee, Blackburn – Texel Shearling – Sold for 500 Guineas to D Stelling, Thorpe House
3 rd – Harry Askwith, Low Mown Meadows – Beltex 1 Crop – Sold for 1200 Guineas to H Murray, The
Beeches
Class 2 – Best Pure-Bred Native Any Age
1 st – P & K Brannen, Scar Top – Suffolk Shearling – Sold for 800 Guineas to J Lonsdale, Smailesburn
2 nd – P & K Brannen, Scar Top – Suffolk Lamb – Sold for 680 Guineas to C Goulsbra, Brickyard Farm
3 rd – Anna Herbert, West Shaws – Suffolk Lamb – Sold for 410 Guineas to B Boyle, Coxhoe
Class 3 – Best Pure-Bred Any Other Continental
1 st – C W Marwood & Son, Foulrice – Charollais Lamb – Sold for 580 Guineas to C Goulsbra, Brickyard
Farm
2 nd – C W Marwood & Son, Foulrice – Charollais Lamb – Sold for 480 Guineas to C Goulsbra, Brickyard
Farm
3 rd – Winsbury Farm Partners, Winsbury House – Black Beltex Shearling – Sold for 300 Guineas to
Double O Livestock, Bridge House
Sale
The twenty-nine vendors enjoyed a magnificent trade in front of fifty-two active buyers, numerous
unsuccessful underbidders and a monumental crowd of onlookers; the 12 th of August certainly
proved to be a glorious evening for the third annual Ewetopia sale. The sale sold to an 88% clearance
rate with the average per head checking in at £392.71 which is a staggering £127.59 increase on the
year.
The top call and new record price for this sale was a wonderful one crop pedigree Beltex ewe from
Harry Askwith of Low Mown Meadows, Crook. Making the bid which took home the excellent
daughter of the former Great Yorkshire Show champion Logie Durno Gladiator at 1200 guineas was
Haig Murray of Canonbie. Top of the ewe lambs at 850 guineas was a super Suffolk from the
Moorsley flock of P & K Brannen, a super skinned sheep by Strathbogie Son of Gun she now takes up
residence with Jake Lonsdale of Smailesburn Farm, Rookhope. Two sheep followed at 800 guineas as
our worthy champion from the Mallon’s of Pallet Crag matched the achievement of the Brannen’s
class winning Suffolk shearling ewe.
Other impressive returns went to a great Dutch Spotted shearling ewe from C J & D M Metcalfe,
Leighton Hall Farm at 750 guineas plus a classy Texel shearling from the aforementioned Haig
Murray at 700 guineas and a very correct Blue Texel lamb from Mel Whitfield-Stout at 650 guineas.
Plenty of the other smart pure-bred sheep sold regularly way beyond vendors expectations whilst
the undoubted king of the cross-bred sorts was young Ridley Craig who peaked at 400 guineas with
his Suffolk cross Beltex shearlings.
Leading Prices (All Guineas)
Ewe Lambs
Suffolk – 850 680 580 P & K Brannen. 480 410 Anna Herbert.
Blue Texel – 650 300 250 Mel Whitfield-Stout. 250(x2) C Newton. 200 Winsbury Farm Partners.
Charollais – 580 480 400(x4) C W Marwood.
Texel – 400(x2) 350(x2) P & K Brannen.
Beltex – 205(x2) 190(x2) N G Beveridge. 190(x2) Winsbury Farm Partners.
NC Cheviot 190(x2) J R Carter.
British Rouge – 350(x2) I E & A C Teasdale.
Zwartbles – 200 190 J C & A Metcalf.
AO Cont – 300 210 Winsbury Farm Partners. 280 K Stead.
Ryland – 280 250(x4) J Sewell.
Shearling Ewes
Texel – 800 500 480 400 D J Mallon. 700 480(x3) 450(x2) 420 400(x2) 380 320 300 Haig Nurray. 650
600 P & K Brannen. 550 500 300(x2) P R & V Barlow & Son. 500 E Moralee.
Suffolk – 800 720 680(x2) P & K Brannen. 380 300(x2) D G Wise. 300 L & M Evans.
Dutch Spotted – 700 580 500 350 C J & D M Metcalfe. 400 L O Stephenson. 370 Winsbury Farm
Partners. 280(x2) S Cambage.
Beltex – 420 330(x2) 320 I Craig. 400(x2) 340(x2) R Craig. 360 340 330(x4) 320(x2) 315(x2) 300(x7) C
A & J G Skidmore. 300 Winsbury Farm Partners.
AO Cont – 480 D J Mallon. 480 340 Winsbury Farm Partners. 400(x3) 370(x3) 350(x2) R Craig. 375(x3)
370(x7) I Craig. 300 I E & A C Teasdale.
Blue Texel – 380 300 Winsbury Farm Partners.
Cheviot – 350(x2) J R Carter. 350 Double O Livestock.
AO Native – 350 220 Double O Livestock.
Warranted Ewes
Beltex – 1200 520 Harry Askwith
Dutch Spotted – 400 L O Stephenson.
