Darlington Farmers Auction Mart held their weekly sale of cast cattle, store and breeding stock on Monday 15th September 2025. Forward were 299 cattle and 1419 sheep.
58 Cast Cows/OTM sold to 352ppk or £2502
3 Stock Bulls sold to 328ppk or £3414
9 Stirks sold to £1050
6 Young Bulls sold to £2000
104 Store Steers sold to £2700
119 Store Heifers sold to £2180
3 Gimmer Lambs sold for £160
998 Store Lambs sold to £140
418 Feeding Ewes/Rams sold to £165
Cast Cattle – A fleshier offering on the whole resulted in trade being up significantly on paper, in reality, slightly firmer on the week to see the sale average 275ppk and £1849. Top per kilo at 352 pence was a super British Blue heifer from D & B Harding, Thornhill Farm; following at 350ppk was an excellent 6-year-old Limousin cow from T Ducker, Coppice House plus great cows from M Shepherd, Fulthorpe Farm at 348ppk and TW Hutchinson, Bail Hill Farm at 344ppk. Top of the gross values in the cows was the aforementioned cracker from M Shepherd; a fleshy 4-year-old Limousin she weighed 719kg and realised £2502. Hereford’s set the pace in the native breed section as W & R Kemp & Son, Wigdon Walls sold an excellent OTM heifer at 322ppk and A Wilson, Calf Close sold a 6-year-old at £2280. Three stock bulls this week were all terrific Limousin’s; JB Luck & Son, Milestone House led the way at 328ppk and £3414 with a pair from J Layfield, Nackshivan Farm sold saw a best of 320ppk and £3139.
Cast Cows – Top prices ppk 352 308 D&B Harding. 350 T Ducker. 348 326 320 317 308 286 M Shepherd. 344 TW Hutchinson. 324×2 304 294 282 280 270 266 WA Wardman Ltd. 322 276 W&R Kemp & Son. 320 256 MW Cook & Son. 292 284 258 A Wilson. 292 C&JC Stephenson. 292 286 J Layfield. 292 276 266 RD Anderson. 290 284 266 Skelton Farming Ltd. 288 GA Lambert. 282 276 GP Dobinson. 274 C&M Burnett. 258 F Hare & Sons. 254J&MJ Walton.
Lead Grossing Cast Cows £2502 £2323 £2297 £2199 £2070 £2056 M Shepherd. £2425 £2318 J Layfield. £2417 £1940 RD Anderson. £2384 £2206 £2186 £2165 £2138 £2069 £1973 £1890 WA Wardman Ltd. £2355 MW Cook & Son. £2335 TW Hutchinson. £2310 T Ducker. £2308 £1936 £1882 Skelton Farming Ltd. £2280 £1865 A Wilson. £2115 GP Dobinson. £2035 £1829 W&R Kemp & Son. £2034 J&MJ Walton. £1975 GA Lambert. £1946 D&B Harding. £1813 C&JC Stephenson.
Cast Bulls – Top prices ppk 328 JB Luck & Son. 320 280 J Layfield.
Lead Grossing Cast Bulls £3414 JB Luck & Son. £3139 £2774 J Layfield.
Store Cattle – The forward, short keep stores remain an absolutely wonderful trade, arguably some of the smaller and more weathered cattle would look a fraction easier compared to the monumental prices of late. Top of the day at £2700 was a sensational 17-month-old Limousin steer from R G Richardson, East Farm. Second spot this week also went to a Limousin steer, this one hailed from D Robson & Sons, Merryshields Farm and sold for £2490. Top of the native breeds at £2300 was a cracking Aberdeen Angus steer from B & L Robson, Gawen House whilst the leading lady was another Limousin from R G Richardson which sold for £2180. Earlier a scattering of young bulls sold to a top of £2000 from R L Dent, Mount Pleasant Farm with a shapely 11-month-old British Blue.
Store Cattle-
Steers- £2700 £2200 RG Richardson. £2490 £2370 £2320 £2260 £2190 £2170 £2160 £2130 £2120 £2060 D Robson & Sons. £2370 GS Bainbridge. £2300 £2200 x2 B&L Robson & Sons. £2120 x2 £2020 S&RT Lowson. £2100 GL&M Steel. £1950 £1820 £1800 £1790 x2 R Laws & Sons. £1950 MH Hodgson. £1940 £1890 K Mitchelson. £1910 x5 F Hare & Sons. £1890 x4 £1800 K Buckle. £1890 £1880 P Leese. £1890 £1860 TW Brown & Sons. £1890 D Forrest. £1860 AE Barker. £1820 x4 BJS Farms.
Heifers- £2180 £2060 RG Richardson. £2100 £2040 GS Bainbridge. £2030 C&N Waters. £1990 GL&M Steel. £1950 £1800 MH Hodgson. £1950 S&RT Lowson. £1880 TT Hall & Son. £1840 x2 £1760 x2 K Buckle. £1820 x2 £1790 x5 £1750 x3 £1720 x2 £1710 x3 BJS Farms. £1780 £1760 J Dent. £1780 £1760 MJ Dent. £1740 AE Barker. £1740 M Gallon. £1720 P Leese. £1720 Humbleton Farm. £1710 I Newton & Son.
Bulls- £2000 £1800 RL Dent. £1500 £1460 AP Taylor. £980 Juaul Farms.
Store Sheep – The rain has arrived in the region and more faces appeared in the buyer’s gallery, greeting them was a real Noah’s Ark of breeds and creeds with tup lambs aplenty; all classes however remain in high very demand. The mixed offering still achieved a sale average of over £98. Top call went to twenty strong Suffolk lambs from GW Dobson & Son, Wood Close whilst the kings of the continentals at £132 were a quartet of Beltex from MR Cass, Beacon Farm. A host of horned lambs this week topped at £92 from B & R Dixon, Rigg Hall whilst the top Mules proved to be four from M Whorlton, Shepherds House at £105.
Another enormous show of feeding ewes continued in their recent rich vein of form, two lots led the way at £165 as three Texel’s from J & A Ridley, Aydon North were joined by a strong Suffolk from AJ & KM Foster & Son, Coquet Nook. Mule ewes were also topped by the Coquet Nook consignment with seven at £136 whilst the horned ewes were topped at £92 by a pen of twenty-five from B & R Dixon, Rigg Hall.
Store Lambs:
Suffolk – £140 £130 GW Dobson. £119 M Radford. £110 RG McNeal.
Beltex – £132 £128 MR Cass. £128 £122 £108 KM Burrell. £118 JV Hodgson & Son.
Texel – £130 £115 KM Burrell. £124 £118MR Cass. £119 DM&PM Nelson & Sons. £118 M Radford. £115 B&R Dixon. £115 N Armstrong. £112 R Peart. £111 LF&HC Wood. £110 J Jopling. £109 E Peacock.
Continental – £125 £124 JR&J Crowe. £125 £121 £113 A Smith. £113 AW Sanderson. £111 £110 JF Harland. £108 D Wearmouth.
Feeding Ewes- £165 £140 £121 £116 £108 J&A Ridley. £165 £162 £136 £126 £108 £106 £102 £91 AJ&KM Foster & Son. £164 £122 £112 £88 LF&HC Wood. £156 £90 A&D Heyes. £150 £112 S Thompson & Son. £146 £134 MR Cass. £142 £140 S Sanderson. £132 JL Alderson. £125 £115 S Beeforth. £120 £92 £88 B&R Dixon. £116 £107 £97 A Rooke & Sons. £112 £100 £97 DG&PD Ayre. £110 AW Sanderson.
Gimmer Lambs-
Dutch Spotted- £160 Rebecca Taylor.
