Darlington Farmers Auction Mart held their weekly sale of cast cattle, store and breeding stock and their fortnightly sale of fodder on Monday 24th November 2025. Forward were 299 cattle, 1211 sheep and 172 bales of fodder.
98 Cast Cows/OTM sold to 384ppk or £2924
4 Stock Bulls sold to 230ppk or £2037
16 Breeding Cattle sold to £2700
40 Young Bulls sold to £2360
75 Store Steers sold to £2720
66 Store Heifers sold to £2200
870 Store Lambs sold to £145
341 Feeding Ewes/Rams sold to £230
172 Bales of Fodder sold to £44
Cast Cattle – The cows continued their recent momentum to see thirty pass 300 pence per kilo leaving them with an all in average of 272ppk and £1835. A superb Limousin OTM heifer from WJ & AS Bowes & Sons, Stainton Hill House topped the prices per kilo when she sold for 384 pence (£2730), following next at 376ppk was an Aberdeen Angus OTM from A & AG Moralee, Lowfield Farm ahead of a British Blue from P & CM Graham, Dyance Farm at 374ppk. Leading the trade for the older cows was a superb Limousin from D & J Hunnam & Son, Rise Slowly Farm when she sold for 332ppk and an impressive £2924. Other notable performances included a 5-year-old Limousin from WR Thompson, Sloshes Farm at 336ppk and a fantastic Friesian from JT Forster & Son, Killerby Farm which reached a whopping £2307 (264ppk).
Cast Cows – Top prices ppk 384 WJ&AS Bowes & Sons. 376 362 310 300 A&AG Moralee. 374 P&CM Graham. 368 IR Appleton. 350 GP Dobinson. 336 WR Thompson. 332 TW Hutchinson. 332 D&J Hunnam & Son. 330 314 298 E Scott & Sons. 328 F Ward. 324 C&JC Stephenson. 322 JB Luck & Son. 320 SJ Bainbridge. 316 312 MJ Marley. 316 F&JS Gargett. 312 310 G Te-Lintelo. 310 296 ER&GI Younger. 310 308 306 A Wilson. 308 Whitehead Farm Ltd.
Lead Grossing Cast Cows £2924 D&J Hunnam & Son. £2730 £2711 £2340 WJ&AS Bowes & Sons. £2696 P&CM Graham. £2601 JB Luck & Son. £2502 IR Appleton. £2480 £2146 W&R Kemp & Son. £2448 £2337 £2152 £2079 A Wilson. £2426 £2049 F&JS Gargett. £2360 GP Dobinson. £2377 R&J Carter. £2353 £2276 A&AG Moralee. £2345 F Ward. £2323 £2290 E Scott & Sons. £2315 £2105 Whitehead Farm Ltd. £2307 JT Forster & Son. £2263 PM Hill.
Cast Bulls – Top prices ppk 230 WT Hall. 230 ME&CM Bell. 210 R&J Carter. 200 A Wilson.
Lead Grossing Cast Bulls £2037 ME&CM Bell. £1975 WT Hall. £1967 R&J Carter. £1310 A Wilson.
Store Cattle – An excellent top end saw trade remain sharp and two terrific vendors share the top dozen places on the leader board. A pair of thumping 20-month-old Aberdeen Angus steers from B & B Kitching & Son, Elstob Cottage Farm led the way when they sold for an amazing £2720, four from this good home averaged a brilliant £2540. Next in line at £2650 was a lovely 19-month-old Parthenais steer, this one was the pick of a great run from D Robson & Sons, Merryshields Farm as a marvellous run of thirteen steers and heifers from this prolific home averaged £2210. Earlier in the day a delightful 8-year-old Limousin cow with a 2-month-old heifer calf from L Booton, Manor Farm sold well at £2700 and a buoyant bull trade was topped at £2360 by a cracking Limousin from AJ Marr & Son, Old Ravensworth Farm.
Cows & Calves £2700 £2520 L Booton. £2320 £2150 £1950 £1820 £1800 WT Hall. £1480 DH Craig.
Store Bulls £2360 £2020 £1900 £1640 AJ Marr & Son. £2160×2 £2080×2 £2000 E Parsons. £2080 £1780 £1600×3 £1520 Wilkinson & Son. £1740 £1660 £1460 £1380 A Gregg. £1700 £1640×2 £1600 Barningham Estate Farms Ltd. £1580×3 AP Taylor. £1320 W Denham. £1240×2 £1180×2 £1020×2 WT Hall. £1100 WR Thompson.
Store Steers £2720×2 £2520 £2200 B&B Kitching & Son. £2650 £2570 £2360 £2340 £2300×2 £2280 £2260 £1910 D Robson & Sons. £2120 £2080 £1980 DG&PD Ayre. £2100 £1800×3 GT&MA Wearmouth. £2090 £2020 A Newton. £2010 £1980 £1810 £1700 E Taylor & Son. £2000×3 D Walker. £1980×4 £1880 K Buckle. £1900 IW Cairns. £1900×2 W Denham. £1870 N Wilson. £1740 R&J Carter. £1700×2 AW Dixon.
Store Heifers £2200 £1920 £1840 £1800 D Robson & Sons. £2130 £1900 £1770 £1730 IW Cairns. £1940 JS Wiper. £1930 N Wilson. £1840×2 GL&M Steel. £1830×2 £1810 £1740×2 £1700×2 F Crawford. £1800 J Walton. £1790×2 £1780 DR Smith. £1780 D Walker. £1780 K Buckle. £1750 £1720 AC Walton. £1730×2 £1720 E Peacock. £1680JS Wiper.
Store Sheep – Less lambs around and a distinct shortage of the best quality, a drop in numbers is certainly justified as the monsoon season hit the region this weekend. The sale averaged a pleasing £115.27 as all creeds and colours remain highly sought after. Topping the day at £145 was a smart Dutch Spotted lamb from PA Thompson, Stanhope Road, behind him a whole host of the stronger sorts sold £130 to £140, healthy runners £110 to £130 and only the very small and a few tup lambs traded under £100. Top of the Mule lambs this week were thirty-two from GM & V Bayles, Haithwaite Farm at £118 whilst horned lambs saw a pen of thirteen Rough Fell from W Brass & Sons, Low Broom Flats sell for £110 with Swaledale lambs selling to a high of £76.
Feeding ewes were fabulous again as a below par offering of quality somehow still managed a three-figure average. Top of the day at £230 was an excellent Texel ewe from C Everitt, Jollybody Farm, the same good feeding then followed with a pair at £212. Lowland ewes typically traded £140 to £170, over 100 Mule ewes averaged £102 and sold to a top of £156 from RRC Andrew, Home Farm and a splendid Swaledale trade saw eighty forward average £69.10 and sell to a staggering top of £108 for five from K Sayer, Scotland Farm.
Store Lambs:
Texel- £140 £130 £122 £121 M Gallon. £140 JE Suddes & Son. £132 £128 £127 M Bell. £126 J Butterfield & Son. £132 £123 GM&V Bayles. £126 £123 J Atkinson. £126 PA Thompson. £122 £121 £120 JH Johnson. £120 £116 Mark Cunliffe-Lister. £120 HS Hutchinson. £119 GP Addison. £118 JR&J Crowe. £117 L Daley. £117 T Bean & Sons.
Continental- £139 £137 £132 £117 GT&M Tweddle. £138 £137 £136 £133 Raby Home Farm. £131 £129 £110 JE Suddes & Son. £116 H&P Hutchinson. £116 JH Johnson. £114 MC Rutter. £114 D Rutter. £112 JR Dowd. £112 B Bell. £111 GP Addison. £110 J&KA Mclaughlin.
Cheviot- £138 £123 JH Johnson.
Suffolk- £133 JH Johnson. £131 JR&J Crowe. £130 HS Hutchinson. £117 £112 L Daley. £117 F&A Gilchrist. £114 T Bean & Sons. £114 Ainsty Farms Direct. £106 JE Suddes & Son.
Beltex- £131 GM&V Bayles.
Mule- £118 GM&V Bayles. £115 £96 HS Hutchinson. £84 D Rutter.
Dutch Spotted- £145 £131 PA Thompson.
Rough Fell- £110 £78 W Brass & Sons.
Swaledale- £76 HS Hutchinson.
Feeding Sheep:
£230 £212 £164 £120 C Everitt. £172 £160 £118 JD Brannen. £172 £149 £146 £140 £138 £121 P Evans. £172 £156 RRC Andrew. £166 £132 £130 RI Jones. £158 £124 £116 T Bean & Sons. £156 £128 M Gallon. £146 C Longstaff. £142 GP Addison. £138 x2 £127 JP&R Ward. £132 Raby Home Farm. £128 J Atkinson. £120 J Jopling. £116 Camphill Village Trust.
Fodder:
Over year round Silage bales sold to £44
6 string square wheat straw bales sold to £39
Mini Heston oat straw bales sold to £30
Round wheat straw bales sold to £22
