Darlington Farmers Auction Mart held their weekly sale of cast cattle, store and breeding stock on Monday 22nd June 2026. Forward were 189 cattle and 54 sheep.
40 Cast Cows/OTM sold to 362ppk or £2988
4 Stock Bulls sold to 310ppk or £3754
8 Stirks sold to £840
37 Young Bulls sold to £2440
35 Store Steers sold to £2080
65 Store Heifers sold to £2040
31 Store Hoggs sold to £130
23 Feeding Ewes sold to £170
Cast Cattle – More life in the cow trade as the numbers dry naturally during grazing season; some wonderful quality at the top end helped averages rise to 266ppk and an impressive £1927 per head. A stunning Limousin OTM heifer from WI Suddes & Son, South Farm, Cornsay topped the prices per kilo when she sold for 362 pence. Other OTM heifers impressing per kilo included an Aberdeen Angus from R Leiper & Co, Bygate at 340 pence, a Beef Shorthorn from N & A Hunter, Woodlands Hall at 338 pence and a Limousin from SJ Saville & Sons, Ravenhill at 336 pence. Older cows sold on three occasions to 328ppk, two more tremendous Limousin’s from Messrs Suddes, South Farm were joined by a shapely British Blue cross from WM Reed & Sons, Lands Farm. Gross values, despite strong showings from the aforementioned Messrs Saville, Reed and Leiper it was a one, two three in the females for the quality Cornsay consignment of WI Suddes & Son, South Farm at £2830, £2935 and £2988. The best of them at a remarkable 15-years-old weighed a hefty 911kg. Four bulls offered, three Limousin and an Aberdeen Angus and quality very good indeed; top per kilo at 310 pence an 8-year-old Limousin from J & P Armstrong, Sherburn Tower. Two thumping bulls hit high prices in the lump, a 1242kg Aberdeen Angus from R Leiper & Co, Bygate sold for £2980 however way out ahead was a fantastic 1227kg Limousin from DW Humphrey, Capon Hall when he sold for an excellent 306ppk and £3754. Montbeliarde cows led the dairy brigade this week; HM Dent, East Farm sold to £1791 and WK Wilkinson & Sons, Mains House Farm reached 260ppk.
Cast Cows/OTM Leading PPK – 362 328(x2) 303 WI Suddes & Son. 340 298 R Leiper & Co. 338 266 N & A Hunter. 336 296 290 282 264(x2) SJ Saville & Sons. 328 324 270 WM Reed & Sons. 318 290 MW Reed. 314 TW & K Hutchinson. 260 WK Wilkinson & Sons. 260 P Cockburn.
Stock Bulls Leading PPK – 310 J & P Armstrong. 306 DW Humphrey. 290 JB Fletcher. 240 R Leiper & Co.
Cast Cows/OTM Leading Gross – £2988 £2935 £2830 £2151 WI Suddes & Son. £2433 £2269 WM Reed & Sons. £2404 £2302 £2296 £2182 £2024 £2014 £1939 SJ Saville & Sons. £2376 £2291 R Leiper & Co. £2268 TC Walton. £2235 £1937 MW Reed. £2191 P Cockburn. £1993 TW & K Hutchinson.
Stock Bulls Leading Gross – £3754 DW Humphrey. £2980 R Leiper & Co. £2641 JB Fletcher. £2067 J & P Armstrong.
Store Cattle – Store cattle trade sharper on the week with a definite air of optimism amongst the buyers. No doubting the highlights today as a staggeringly good show of feeding bulls attended, credit must go to four vendors in particular with stunning runs of 11–13-month-old Limousin bulls who between them produced fifteen over £2000. The top four hailed from A & D Proctor, Swarland Old Hall; the pick of the Swarland sensations sold for £2440 and their fabulous five averaged £2354. Next in the hot bull line up were WI Suddes & Son, South Farm with a top of £2320 and a trio averaging £2253. Another quality quintet deserves mention next as D Dixon, Middle Heads secured a pen average of £2164 with a top of £2240 whilst the final member of this high flying foursome was MC Robinson & Son, West Cocklaw with a fine run of stretchy sorts topping at £2200. Top of the clean store cattle this week at £2080 was an excellent Aberdeen Angus steer from D & M Scott, Redesmouth Farm; the same good feeding followed at £2060 and £2000 with some smart British Blue steers. Heifer trade peaked at £2040 from JW Richardson, Railway Terrace with a 2-year-old British Blue. Top of the under-year stores was undoubtedly a 10-month-old Charolais steer from ER & GI Younger, High Trewhitt Farm whilst standing out amongst the first dairy crosses were a couple of bucket reared British Blue heifers from DJ Enderby, Codlaw Hill at £1870.
Stirks £840 £810 £790 £750 £710 £690 £680×2 P Sobota.
Store Bulls £2440 £2420 £2380 £2330 £2200 A&D Proctor. £2320 £2280 £2160 WI Suddes & Son. £2240 £2220×2 £2140 £2000 D Dixon. £2200 £2010 ££1980×2 £1920 £1620 MC Robinson & Son. £1740×2 £1600×3 ER&GI Younger. £1720 J&P Armstrong. £1580 £1290 T Ducker. £1580 Messrs Ewebank. £1510 £1490×5 Wilkinson & Son.
Store Steers £2080 £2060 £2000 D&M Scott. £1940 £1770 ER&GI Younger. £1900 IW Cairns. £1790 Messrs Ewebank. £1750×4 £1400 Beckwith. £1710×4 BJS Farms. £1660×4 £1500×2 R&W Todd. £1470 S Cairns. £1420 £1280 M&E Webster.
Store Heifers £2040 £1780 JW Richardson. £1870×2 £1800 £1790×5 £1780 £1740×2 £1730×4 £1720×3 DJ Enderby. £1840 £1770 £1720 WI Suddes & Son. £1840 £1700 J&P Armstrong. £1800 IW Cairns. £1750×4 £1620 £1600 Wilkinson & Son. £1740×2 £1650×4 BJS Farms. £1580 GC&KJ White & Son.
Store Sheep – Still a few sweepings up appear, just four weeks to wait until the store lambs kick off. Top today at £170 was a phenomenally fat Ryeland ewe from Y Kettle, Brydale Farm, store hoggs sold twice to £130 from both D Smith, Crossfields and B Iceton, Broadleys Gate.
Store Hoggs- £130 £114 £98 B Iceton. £130 D Smith.
Feeding Ewes- £170 £149 Y Kettle. £169 £140 £102 D Smith. £158 £148 £142 £136 £120 A Donkin. £146 A Toward. £120 JD Seymour.
