Darlington Farmers Auction Mart held a sale of prime lambs and cast sheep on Sunday 28th December 2025. Forward were 1924 head.
1647 Prime Lambs sold to 402ppk or £196
277 Cast Sheep sold to £200
Prime Lambs (1647) – The lambs remain very comparable to the previous December weeks however with some large shows presented elsewhere during the past couple of days there was no extra special Christmas bonuses to be had. All in, weighed straight the sale averaged 313.5ppk and £148.67 with an SQQ average of 330ppk. Top per kilo at 402 pence was an excellent 46kg Texel from K Hall, North Farm, West Butsfield; the tidiest lambs traded typically 360-400ppk. Top gross value went to Double O Livestock, Bridge House Farm with a smart Blue Texel weighing 49kg and selling for £196 (400ppk).
A few of today’s lead grossing averages:
J&A Layfield sold 42 (50kg) average 324ppk & £162.70
WA Wardman Ltd sold 204 (54kg) average 296ppk & £161.39
JC Simpson sold 30 (46kg) average 342ppk & £158.93
W Walker sold 43 (51kg) average 310ppk & £158.42
JK&CE Farming sold 13 (52kg) average 300ppk & £158.08
Lambs – Top prices ppk 402 K Hall. 400 333 o Chapman & O Parkin. 395 342 W Denham. 390 366×2 350 W Ramsay & Sons. 382 375 351 342 340 J Layfield. 375 374 372 343 Angram Livestock. 368 350 338 JH&D Wise. 365 355 351×2 350 347 AWSM Farms. 360 Bowes Bros. 360 336 WA Wardman Ltd. 354 348 TA Greensit & Sons. 353 342 340 332 JC Simpson. 353 337 W.K M.M Lamb. 352 339 PJ&MP Gilhespy. 342 W Denham. 336 J&A Layfield.
Lead Grossing Lambs £196 O Chapman & O Parkin. £185 £164 K Hall. £182 £169 £165 £160 W Denham. £180 £175×2 £172 £170 £167.50 £167 £165×3 £164 £163.50 WA Wardman Ltd. £175 £166 £164 £162.50 J&A Layfield. £174 £170 £165 JK&CE Farming. £171 £166 £165 J Layfield. £170 TA Greensit & Sons. £168 £163 D&PH Brown. £165 Angram Livestock. £164 RE&L Frank. £163 £161 JC Simpson. £162 JK Gill & Son. £162 W Walker & Sons. £162 A Crowder.
Cast Sheep (276) – Ewes continue in good order to see a sale average of £119.69 with one third offered horned ewes and another third Mules. Two vendors reached £200 as our top tup from CH Tindale, 18 Aged Miners joined a pair of cracking ewes from Winsbury Farm Partners. Herdwick’s to £120 from Winsbury again, Cheviot ewes sold to £176 from M Robinson & Sons, East Alwent, Mule ewes topped at £158 for eleven strong girls from R D & D Elders, High Farm whilst the horned ewes topped at £114 from DA Gill, Marwood Grange.
Lead Grossing Cast Sheep £200 CH Tindale. £200 £190 £182 £178 £176 Winsbury Farm. £195 D Richardson & Co Ltd. £180 RW Dalton. £176 M Robinson & Sons. £170 A&EJ Dobinson. £170×2 W Denham. £165 £154 W Ramsay & Sons. £160 £146 W Weightman. £160 AS&AJ Horner. £158 RD&D Elders & Son. £154 G Thompson & Sons. £150 ABP Wilsons. £148 T Bean & Sons. £143 W Walker & Sons. £142 B Cowton. £136 Rose A Farms Ltd.
Our next sale of prime cattle and sheep is on Sunday 4th January 2026. Normal weekly sales resume on Monday 5th January and Thursday 8th January respectively.
On behalf of all the staff and directors of DfAM we would like to thank you for your continued support and to wish you all a healthy, happy and prosperous new year.
