Darlington Farmers Auction Mart held their weekly sale of cast cattle, store and breeding stock and their fortnightly sale of rearing calves on Monday 30th June 2025. Forward were 215 cattle and 50 calves.
56 Cast Cows/OTM sold to 348ppk or £2563
6 Cows & Calves sold to £3000
61 Young Bulls sold to £2410
55 Store Steers sold to £2480
37 Store Heifers sold to £2380
50 Rearing Calves sold to £920
Cast Cattle – On rolls the cow trade as the weekly ringside of buyers remain keen to buy from a green as feeding cows in particular remain miles ahead of the red market and deadweight options available. This week’s offering was an even three way split between continental, native and dairy cows with an all in average of 248ppk and £1705 per head. Top per kilo at 348 pence was a smart 660kg British Blue from W R Thompson, Sloshes Farm, she was followed twice at 324ppk by a Beef Shorthorn from W Denham, Dent Gate and a Stabiliser from Skelton Farming Ltd, Stanghow. Leading the gross values amongst the cows were a couple of fleshy Aberdeen Angus as DA & MAM Brown of Agglethorpe Hall topped at £2563 with JV Hodgson & Son, Piercebridge Farm following just £20 behind. Eighteen milkers crossed the scale and averaged 211ppk and £1379, the top accolades went to Holstein Friesian’s as F S Sturrock & Sons, Home Farm sold to £1771 and CN & P Penk, Pitfield Farm led the prices per kilo at 280 pence. Finally, just the two stock bulls forward were led by a fleshy Stabiliser from Skelton Farming Ltd when he sold for 282ppk and an impressive £2788.
Cast Cows – Top prices ppk 348 WR Thompson. 324 W Denham. 324 282 258 255 244 Skelton Farming Ltd. 324 J&EM Lawson. 312 W&R Kemp & Sons. 297 292 287 280 272 DA&MAM Brown. 288 JV Hodgson. 280 CN&P Penk. 276 Tallentire. 272 250 P Leese. 272 260 MR Souter. 270 TT Hall & Son. 270 260 258 JH&M&NW Brown. 256 G&JM Blackburn. 248 OJ Kendall. 246 M Dowson. 246 GW Chapman
Lead Grossing Cast Cows £2563 £2494 £2283 £2265 £2189 DA&MAM Brown. £2543 JV Hodgson & Son. £2341 £1830 P Leese. £2296 WR Thompson. £2248 W Denham. £2230 £1944 £1894 £1616 Skelton Farming Ltd. £2241 W&R Kemp & Son. £2183 J&EM Lawson. £2015 £2014 £1738 JH&M&NW Brown. £1991 G&JM Blackburn. £1944 £1697 MR Souter. £1896 N Edmondson. £1771 FS Sturrock. £1734 GW Chapman. £1729 M Dowson.
Cast Bulls – Top prices ppk 282 Skelton Farming Ltd. 219 Tallentire.
Lead Grossing Cast Bulls £2788 Skelton Farming Ltd. £1695 Tallentire.
Clean Cattle – Top prices ppk 298 G Te-Lintelo
Lead Grossing Clean Cattle £1922 G Te-Lintelo.
Breeding Cattle – A handful of cows and calves forward and despite the drought in some areas the trade remains buoyant with plenty of ringside interest. Top call of £3000 went to a lovely 6-year-old British Blue cow with a 2-month-old Aberdeen Angus calf at foot from J o Martin, Manor Farm.
Leading Prices
£3000 £2850 £1850 J O Martin. £2180 £1820 JB & L M Knight. £2100 G & JM Blackburn.
Store Cattle – A bumper show of bulls for the time of year kicked off proceedings and sold terrifically well to average £1663 with a large proportion being first dairy crosses. The top baker’s dozen hailed from three vendors and all sold over £2000; best of all was a stunning 17-month-old Limousin from D Dixon, Middle Heads at £2410. Following closely at £2400 was the pick of a fine run of 14-month-old Charolais bulls from G A Mackie, Drimmie Farm, Angus with the next in line proving to be a cracking 15-month-old Limousin from J & EM Lawson, Harpington Hill at £2380. With the bulls booming the store cattle stood on as the gift just kept on giving. A trio of terrific Aberdeen Angus steers from F Crawford, Park Farm led the way when they sold for £2480 per head, following at £2380 was our top heifer, an excellent Simmental from D R Smith, East Roughlea. Plenty of the forward stores continued to sell either side of £2000 whilst the pick of the yearlings this week was a well-made Aberdeen Angus steer from W Wearmouth & Son, Rose Hill at an impressive £1850.
Young Bulls – £2410 £2220 D Dixon. £2400 £2320 £2300(x2) £2220 £2180 £2160 £2060 £1930 £1920 £1900 £1880 £1780 £1520 G A Mackie. £2380 £2280 £2000 £1800 J & EM Lawson. £1930 £1920 £1860 £1840 £1760(x2) Wilkinson & Son. £1710 £1680 £1620(x2) R B Farming. £1640(x2) C & I Watson. £1640 O J Kendall. £1580(x3) J K Gregory. £1520(x4) J J Kemp & Son.
Store Steers £2480×3 F Crawford. £2200×2 GA Mackie. £2210 £2140 £2100 S Bolton. £2190 £1600 DR Smith. £2100 £2000×2 £1980×2 £1940×2 £1830 A Wilson. £1900×3 £1700 £1690×3 £1680×3 £1600 £1560 £1520×2 K&T Wilson. £1850 £1620 £1540 W Wearmouth & Son. £1800 £1750 GW&L Marsay. £1660×2 £1500×4 R&W Todd. £1500 J Dixon. £1480 G&JM Blackburn. £1480 W&C Iceton.
Store Heifers £2380 £2080 £2000 £1860 DR Smith. £1980 £1860 £1820 A Wilson. £1910 £1850×2 £1790 £1780 £1760×2 £1720 £1590 £1520×6 K&T Wilson. £1840 W Denham. £1740 £1500 N Back. £1730 W Wearmouth. £1620 TT Hall & Son. £1440 £1380 W&C Iceton. £1360 MW Bainbridge & Sons. £1330×2 J Dixon.
Rearing Calves – A good show offered sold to increased levels, the calf trade passed its medical with flying colours this week hopping, skipping and jumping its way to a new centre record average of £622.86; a remarkable £146 up on just two weeks ago. Highlights galore, top of the day at £920 was a superb 2-month-old British Blue bull from N & D Brass & Son, Ox Close Farm, the same good home followed at £900 with another blue bull. A smashing run of 7–8-week-old red and white British Blue calves across from K A & P J Woodman & Son Ltd, Hill House, Talkin certainly had everyone at ringside talking as they sold bulls to a top of £800 and beautiful heifers twice to £810. A smart young suckler bred Limousin heifer from J & J W Kenney, Stanleyburn topped the female calves at £820.
19 British Blue Bulls average £702.11
9 Aberdeen Angus Bulls average £557.78
2 Limousin Bulls averaged £500.00
1 Friesian Bull average £370.00
1 Limousin Heifer average £820
14 British Blue Heifers averaged £601.43
1 South Devon Heifer average £560.00
2 Aberdeen Angus Heifers average £495.00
Bull Calves:
British Blue – £920 £900 £720 £660 N&AD Brass & Son. £800 £730 £720 KA&PJ Woodman & Son Ltd. £700 £680 Deerness Valley Dairy. £670×2 £660×4 £650×2 £620 £610 H Gibb & Son.
Angus – £680 £520 £500×3 Deerness Valley Dairy. £620 £570×2 N&AD Brass & Son. £560 H Gibb & Son.
Limousin – £500×2 JR&JA Wharton.
Friesian – £370 H Gibb & Son.
Heifer Calves:
Limousin – £820 J&JW Kenney.
British Blue – £810×2 £760 £620 £460 KA&PJ Woodman & Son Ltd. £700 £660 £480 N&AD Brass & Son. £690 £590 £510 £460×2 £410 Deerness Valley Dairy.
South Devon – £560 GW Chapman.
Angus – £500 H Gibb & Son. £490 N&AD Brass & Son.
