Darlington Farmers Auction Mart held their weekly sale of cast cattle, store and breeding stock on Monday 8th June 2026. Forward were 274 cattle and 52 sheep.
56 Cast Cows/OTM sold to 358ppk or £2462
2 Stock Bulls sold to 330ppk or £3052
4 Cows/Heifers & Calves sold to £3300
53 Young Bulls sold to £2260
65 Store Steers sold to £2210
90 Store Heifers sold to £2060
28 Feeding Sheep sold to £228
9 Ewes & Lambs sold to £350
Cast Cattle – The cow trade continued at very similar levels; a few plain cows pulled the averages back slightly to an all in 261ppk and £1644 but little to no change on the week in real terms. The top dozen or so sold over 300ppk and a similar number achieved £2000 or more. Top per kilo at 358 pence was a fleshy Montbeliarde OTM from A Willey, Broomfield Farm, Chopwell. Next in line at 342ppk was an Aberdeen Angus OTM heifer from MJ Hutchinson, Red Gap Farm whilst the top older cow per kilo at 326 pence was an excellent Limousin from JC Thwaite & Son, Cragg Hill. Top of the gross values in the cows was a tremendous 832kg Limousin from S Iceton, West Newhouse Farm when she reached £2462, following her was a thumping 879kg Hereford cow from W & R Kemp & Son, Wigdon Walls at £2443. An excellent Limousin stock bull from F Ward, Rogerley Hall impressed when he sold for a marvellous 330ppk and £3052 whereas the Friesian’s topped at a wonderful 316ppk for an OTM heifer from the in-form A Willey, Broomfield and sold to £1991 for a great cow from JD & IW Sayer & Tallentire, Town Farm.
Cast Cows/OTM Leading PPK – 358 316 A Willey. 342 322 270 MJ Hutchinson. 326 JC Thwaite & Son. 322 270 J Thompson & Sons. 312 DW Humphrey. 310 276 WO Alderson. 304 BA & C Pearson Ltd. 304 266 J & MJ Walton. 300 270 AJ Marr & Son. 296 274 S Iceton. 278 W & R Kemp & Son. 275 264 Reed & Hill. 274 JJ Horn. 270 E Taylor & Son. 268 TW & K Hutchinson. 264 ER & GI Younger. 264 J Murray.
Stock Bulls Leading PPK – 330 F Ward. 234 ER & GI Younger.
Cast Cows/OTM Leading Gross – £2462 £2049 S Iceton. £2443 W & R Kemp & Son. £2430 DW Humphrey. £2373 JC Thwaite & Son. £2192 J Thompson & Sons. £2150 Reed & Hill. £2106 BA & C Pearson Ltd. £2019 E Taylor & Son. £1991 JD & IW Sayer & Tallentire. £1976 £1957 J & MJ Walton. £1974 WO Alderson. £1944 £1873 AJ Marr & Son. £1929 £1842 A Willey. £1886 £1857 MJ Hutchinson. £1843 TW & K Hutchinson.
Stock Bulls Leading Gross – £3052 F Ward. £2351 ER & GI Younger.
Store & Breeding Cattle – Despite the falling finished beef prices confidence remains high at the store ring with all classes still very much sought after. A handful of breeders began proceedings, topping the trade at £3300 was a sweet Limousin heifer with a calf at foot from R Simpson & Sons, Temperance Farm, she was knocked down to B Lowson, Hamsterley. Healthy numbers of feeding bulls allowed the buyers to bid freely to fill yards as multiple accounts operated for all shapes and sizes. The run of the day certainly came from Harrogate based RL & AR Phillips, Firtrees Farm; the flying Phillips sold a 13-month-old Limousin at £2260 and followed with five others between £2080 and £2240. Aberdeen Angus bulls sold to £2070 for a 12-month-old from JW Carr Partnership, Wagtail Farm whilst the next best of the natives was another smart bull from Firtrees Farm, a Beef Shorthorn at £1920. The clean stores are also taking very little notice of the sticky finished beef trade, buyers aplenty and all sizes proving very, very good to cash. Top at £2210 was a super 15-month-old Limousin steer from I Newton & Son, Gibbet Hill Farm, following at £2200 was a strong British Blue steer from J Holliday & Son, Woodland House Farm. The top priced heifer accolade went to C & JC Stephenson, Pikestone with a stretchy 18-month-old Limousin; B Watson of Baal Hill followed at £2020 also with a Limousin. Plenty of native and dairy bred stores included, highlights included a 12-month-old Aberdeen Angus steer from RL & AR Phillips selling for £2040. DM McLurg, Blakeley Hill sold Aberdeen Angus heifers to £1900 whilst N & A Hunter, Woodlands Hall hit £1890 with their Beef Shorthorn heifer. Finally, a remarkable run of dairy and first crossed stores from A Willey, Broomfield Farm contained many highlights; the charging Chopwell based firm sold Montbeliarde steers to £1860, Friesian steers to £1840, Longhorn steers to £1800, Longhorn heifers to £1790 and Brown Swiss steers to £1700.
Leading Prices
Cows/Heifers & Calves – £3300 £2400 R Simpson & Sons. £1850 £1550 J Potts.
Young Bulls – £2260 £2240 £2220 £2200 £2150 £2080 £2020 £1920 £1800 £1620 £1600(x3) £1560 £1540 £1480(x2) RL & AR Phillips. £2070 £1910 JW Carr Partnership. £1820 £1800 A Bousfield. £1820 WO Grix & Partners. £1780 £1760(x2) £1640 JJ Kemp & Son. £1720 £1570(x2) W & R Kemp & Son. £1510 £1460(x2) £1390(x2) D & J Taylforth. £1400 DW Humphrey.
Store Steers – £2210 £2170(x2) I Newton & Son. £2200 £2100 JE Holliday & Son. £2040 £1880 £1800 £1760 RL & AR Phillips. £1980 £1860 £1840(x2) £1800(x3) £1700 £1660(x3) £1640 £1610 A Willey. £1870 £1850 £1820 £1780(x2) J Thompson & Sons. £1840(x2) W & J Herbert. £1800 K Sayer. £1760 R & W Todd. £1700 D Walker. £1620 £1600(x2) BJS Farms.
Store Heifers – £2060 £C & JC Stephenson. £2020 £1920 B Watson. £1920 IW Cairns. £1900(x4) RL Walker. £1900 K Sayer. £1900 DM McClurg. £1890(x3) £1800(x2) S & J Dent & Son. £1890(x2) N & A Hunter. £1860 £1780(x2) D Walker. £1840 (x2) £1780(x2) J S Foster & Son. £1840 £1790(x5) £1730(x2) A Willey. £1820 M & E Webster. £1820 £1740 SC Barron.
Store & Breeding Sheep – The numbers naturally dry up now until the store lambs kick off on 20th July, those attending needn’t worry however as trade continues in excellent form. Top of the feeding sheep were thirteen strong Teeswater tup hoggs from G Te-Lintelo, Mayfield which sold for £228, top feeding ewe at £225 was a strong Blueface Leicester from R & RE Everitt, Kirkley House Farm. Ewes and lambs hailed exclusively from WK Wilkinson & Sons, Mains House Farm today, top at £350 were a couple of Zwartbles ewes with twins, a Mule ewe also suckling two followed at £320.
Feeding Ewes/Hoggs – £228 £202 £150 G Te-Lintelo. £225 200 R & RE Everitt. £218 £210 C Taylor. £200 £140 JM Taylor. £175 WK Wilkinson & Sons.
Ewes & Lambs – £350 £320 £295 £290 £280 £255 WK Wilkinson & Sons.
