Darlington Farmers Auction Mart held their weekly sale of cast cattle, store and breeding stock and also their fortnightly sale of rearing calves on Monday 8th September 2025. Forward were 288 cattle, 1567 sheep and 100 calves.
50 Cast Cows/OTM sold to 376ppk or £3027
6 Stock Bulls sold to 318ppk or £2865
6 Breeding Cattle sold to £2660
6 Stirks sold to £1160
11 Young Bulls sold to £1740
94 Store Steers sold to £2370
115 Store Heifers sold to £2280
2 Ewe Lambs sold to £240
1270 Store Lambs sold to £168
295 Feeding Ewes/Rams sold to £238
100 Rearing Calves sold to £790
Cast Cattle – An eclectic mix carried more weight than we see some weeks to result in the show of twenty-three Holstein’s, thirteen native breeds and twenty continentals average a pleasing 257ppk and £1834 per head. Some classy cows rose to the top of the leader boards, best of them all per kilo at 376 pence was a brilliant 5-year-old British Blue from N Gill, Moory Lea; an excellent Aberdeen Angus OTM steer from EA & N Thompson, Bromley Green followed at 372ppk ahead of an 11-year-old Limousin from G Sedgewick, Ricknall Grange at 344ppk and a 6-year old from GC & KJ White & Son, Rigg Farm at 342ppk. Three terrific Limousin cows from AC Simpson & Son, McNeil Farm thundered their way to the top of the gross value list, best of all at 901kg was a superstar which sold for 336ppk adding her up to a mighty £3027. Native breed cows held their own to say the least and sold to a top of 296ppk from Mayfield Beef Shorthorn’s and £2475 for an Aberdeen Angus from D&M Lowes, Wilson House. F Sturrock & Sons, Home Farm set the black and white pace selling a 5-year-old at 246ppk and another twice her age topped the gross values at £1854. Stock bulls this week were led by a Limousin from AJ Marr & Son, Old Ravensworth at 314ppk and an Aberdeen Angus from Leas Farm Ltd, Howarth at £2709.
Cast Cows – Top prices ppk 376 N Gill. 372 EA&N Thompson & Son. 344 316 G Sedgewick. 342 328 282 240 GC&KJ White & Son. 336 332 326 AC Simpson & Son. 328 264 C&JC Stephenson. 296 280×2 G Te-Lintelo. 288 268 JJ Horn. 276 250 D&M Lowes. 274 248 JV Hodgson & Son. 264 242 JR Calvert. 260 J Brannen. 246 236 224 FS Sturrock. 240 Stainton Hill Farms. 240 Reveley Farms. 240 R&A Chapman.
Lead Grossing Cast Cows £3027 £2652 £2647 AC Simpson & Son. £2607 £2505 G Sedgewick. £2475 £2299 D&M Lowes. £2394 £1803 C&JC Stephenson. £2362 EA&N Thompson & Son. £2359 JV Hodgson & son. £2294 £2206 £2130 G Te-Lintelo. £2277 £2030 £1770 £1646 GC&KJ White & Son. £2146 N Gill. £2020 £1941 JJ Horn. £1854 £1790 £1659 FS Sturrock & Sons. £1843 Stainton Hill Farms. £1811 JR Calvert.
Cast Bulls – Top prices ppk 318 Hollins View Farm. 314 AJ Marr & Son. 274 238 Leas Farm Ltd. 232 F Hare & Sons.
Lead grossing Cast Bulls £2865 Hollins View Farm. £2709 £1944 Leas Farm Ltd. £2515 AJ Marr & Son. £1953 F Hare & Sons.
Store Cattle – On rumbles the store ring with numbers remaining well ahead on the year as the lack of grazing is potentially bringing them forward early. The low grain prices are thankfully ensuring that the trade continues in good order for those somewhat backed in to a corner and needing to sell, arguably a smidgen easier however still very competitive against any other outlet. A quality quintet of stretchy Charolais steers from B&L Robson, Gawen House led the way today when they sold for £2370 apiece. Next in line at £2300 was a smart 29-month-old Limousin steer from W Ramsay & Sons, Blakeley Hill Farm which was duly followed by our top heifer, an 18-month-old Limousin from WO Grix & Partners, Hill Head Farm at £2280. As they did in the cow ring the native breeds fought their corner, top at £2130 was a thumping Hereford heifer from GL & M Steel, Bunker Hill whilst the leading native steer at £2080 was an Aberdeen Angus from A Todd, Kirby Knowle. Top of the young bulls at £1740 was a stretchy 12-month-old Charolais from WT Hall, Humber Hill.
Cows & Calves £2660 FJ Forrest. £1720 IW Cairns.
Bulling Heifers £2280 £2080 C Stafford.
Store Bulls £1740 £1620 £1300 WT Hall. £1600 N Gill. £1400×2 £1340 £1020 £900 JK Gregory. £1270 £1260 D Smith.
Store Steers £2370×5 £2270 £2200 £1980 B&L Robson. £2300 £1980 W Ramsay & Sons. £2200 £2120 £2040 £1960 £1820 L&BM Kidd & Son. £2160 JC&HA Charnock. £2100×2 £1980 WO Grix & Partners. £2080 £1900 £1860 A Todd. £1980 DR Smith. £1930×2 £1880 £1840 ML Tallentire. £1880 GL&M Steel. £1880 TW Brown & Sons. £1870×3 F Hare & Sons. £1870 B Needham. £1840 £1770 £1760×2 £1740 £1730 £1710×2 Messrs Shepherd.
Store Heifers £2280 £2200 £2140 £2120 £2060 £2020 £1940 £1920×2 WO Grix & Partners. £2160 £2120 32100 £2020 £1900 £1820 D Robson & Sons. £2130 GL&M Steel. £2040 £1860 J Corner. £2040 £1980 £1900×2 DR Smith. £2000 £1880 E Scott & Sons. £1970 £1910 £1840 £1800 P Leese. £1930 £1900 W Ramsay & Sons. £1880 KW MJ & SW Ward. £1790 B Needham. £1700×3 RC Morgan.
Store Sheep – Dearer again, probably up a fiver with anything and everything forward, a sensational top end mixed themselves with plentiful mules, tups and rare breeds and still left a sale average of £102.82. A trio of wonderful Beltex lambs from J Musgrave, Manor Farm led the way when they sold for a tremendous £168, following at £161 were the best four from a great run shown by MR Cass, Beacon Farm. The two mentioned top vendors shared many of the highlights as the marvellous twenty-six from Manor Farm averaged £147.64 and a brilliant fifty-five from Beacon levelled at £142.51. Just shy of two-hundred Mule lambs this week averaged a pleasing £91.32, top at £119 was a strong single from J Featherstone, Thornley Park with thirty-five from DM & PM Nelson & Sons, Skelding Grange next at £111 and fifteen from KT Anderson & Son, Hepple Hill following at £109.
Feeding ewe trade remains superb, none came close to catching a phenomenal Texel from MR Cass when she sold for £238. Eighty-six Mule ewes topped at £154 from PJ Anderson, Lydgate Avenue and averaged £92.16 whilst Swaledale’s topped at £70 from K Rafferty, Hawthorne Farm and Blackface £69 from R Appleton, East Murton. Following the feeders were just the two breeders but very well worthy of mention; a flashy pair of Dutch Spotted gimmer lambs from Rebecca Taylor, White Hurworth Farm sold for a fantastic £240 each.
Store Lambs:
Beltex – £168 £158 £140 £136 J Musgrave. £140 £130 £122 L Turnbull.
Texel – £158 £155 £148 £140 £137 £136 £135×2 MR Cass. £156 J Musgrave. £139 £120 PJ Anderson. £130 £118 £114 JL Alderson. £126 G I’anson. £125 IW Cairns. £120 £115 Kirkbride & Bell. £120×4 A&R Thompson. £118 DM&PM Nelson & Sons. £117 MC Rutter. £115×2 Petch Farms. £114 L Turnbull. £113 JM Rowlandson. £110 N Back. £108 W Coatsworth.
Continental £131 J Musgrave. £118 £109 W&V Bryson. £113 LD Laws. £112 D Wearmouth. £110 £108 JF Harland. £108 IW Cairns.
Mule – £119 J Featherstone.
Suffolk – £112 F&A Gilchrist. £109 JR Allan.
Mule £111 DM&PM Nelson & Sons. £109 KT Anderson & Son.
Gimmer Lambs:
Dutch Spotted £240 R Taylor.
Feeding Ewes:
Texel – £238 £176 £150 £114 £98 MR Cass. £195 PJ Anderson & Son. £172 G I’anson. £107 £100 C Harle & Sons.
Continental – £156 £118 CH&MC Phalp. £150 £139 £108 S Thompson & Son. £144 P Armstrong. £104 S Plews. £104 MR Cass.
Mule – £154 PJ Anderson & Son. £120 P Henderson. £119 CH&MC Phalp. £118 MR Cass. £117 G I’anson. £116 £103 £88 £78 G Hall. £107 JS Wiper. £94 A Kelly. £88 K Rafferty.
Charollais – £144 MR Cass.
Cheviot – £127 CH&MC Phalp.
Beltex – £102 W&V Bryson.
Rearing Calves – Numbers plentiful, quality variable as a larger proportion of Holstein and native breeds assembled. Trade not hardly as sharp as the barnstormer of two weeks ago still held its own and saw them all in average £444.90 per head. Top of the day at £790 was a weaned British Blue bull from M Radford, Wyville Grange whilst the leading heifer was another strong British Blue, this on from Deerness Valley Dairy, Tow Law sold for £750. Also selling in the £700’s today; a couple more bull calves from Deerness Valley and a smart pair of August born Limousin heifers from S Temple, Gloster Park Farm, Amble.
1 Limousin bull calf average £640
1 Charolais bull calf average £640
11 British Blue bull calves average £620
2 Hereford bull calves average £605
5 Inra 95 bull calves average £524
2 Simmental bull calves average £370
2 AOB bull calves average £350
17 Holstein bull calves average £227
4 Limousin heifer calves average £693
4 British Blue heifer calves average £628
5 Hereford heifer calves average £556
11 Inra 95 heifer calves average £445
7 Charolais heifer calves average £440
14 Aberdeen Angus heifer calves average £365
1 Friesian heifer calf average £190
Bull Calves:
British Blue – £790 M Radford. £780 £735 Deerness Valley Dairy. £590×2 £570×2 £560×2 £240×2 H Gibb & Son.
Hereford – £670 Deerness Valley Dairy. £540 SM Temple.
Angus – £640 Deerness Valley Dairy. £630 DR Smith. £570 £550 M&RK McKenzie. £560 JL Miles & Sons. £500 H Gibb & Son. £450 ML Farming. £420 £300 £170 JT Forster & Son. £385×2 £340 JT Forster & Son.
Charolais – £640 SM Temple. £490 H Gibb & Son. £210 WD Richardson.
Limousin – £640 SM Temple.
Inra 95 – £560 £540×3 ML Farming. £440 Baysleap Dairy Farm Ltd.
Simmental – £410 £330 RW Raper & Sons.
Friesian – £330 £320 £290 £280 R Tookey & Son. £300×2 £210×4 WD Richardson. £280 JL Miles & Sons. £175 JT Forster & Son. £170 ML Farming. £160 RW Raper & Sons. £150 H Gibb & Son.
Heifer Calves:
Limousin – £710×2 £700 SM Temple. £655 D&HM Hodgson.
British Blue – £670 £655 D&HM Hodgson. £440 H Gibb & Son.
Hereford – £630 £560×2 £540 £490 Deerness Valley Dairy.
Angus – £510×3 Deerness Valley Dairy. £460 £450 £440 JL Miles & Sons. £410 RW Raper & Sons. £390 £360 £200 £190 £150 JT Forster & Son. £390 H Gibb & Son.
Inra 95 – £480×2 £470×2 £460 £455 £450×3 £440 £300 Baysleap Dairy Farm Ltd.
Charolais – £460×4 £390×2 Baysleap Dairy Farm Ltd. £460 SM Temple.
Friesian – £190 WD Richardson.
