Darlington Farmers Auction Mart held their weekly sale of cast cattle, store and breeding stock on Monday 4th August 2025. Forward were 231 cattle and 1083 sheep.
57 Cast Cows/OTM sold to 396ppk or £2841
5 Stock Bulls sold to 408ppk or £3624
2 Stirks sold to £760
1 Cow & Calf sold for £3020
31 Young Bulls sold to £2220
44 Store Steers sold to £2200
90 Store Heifers sold to £2460
1037 Store Lambs sold to £162
46 Feeding Ewes/Rams sold to £202
Cast Cattle – Super scenes in the cow ring as some high quality at the top end of proceedings helped averages rise to 282ppk and £1885 per head, some sensational returns at the summit this week. Bulls first, and a wonderful trio are all very deserving of mention; an excellent 35-month-old Limousin from G C & K J White & Son, Rigg Farm sold for a stunning 408ppk and £3178, he was arguably matched by a brilliant 39-month-old British Blue from N & A D Brass & Son, Ox Close at 394ppk and £3514 whilst not to be outdone was a marvellous 6-year-old Limousin from B Watson, Baal Hill Farm at 328ppk and a day topping £3624. The cream of the cow crop was also in very high demand and the British Blue’s claimed the limelight, top per kilo at 396 pence was a cracking sort from M Robinson & Sons, East Alwent whilst top in the lump was a stunning sort from W & M Knaggs & Son, East Newbiggin at £2841. OTM heifers sold to tops of 379ppk and £2804 from T W Clark & Son, Frankland Park whereas the native breeds topped at 334ppk for an Aberdeen Angus from W & J Herbert, Woodwell House or £2505 for a hefty dairy bred Hereford cow from S Beeforth, High Crookleith. Last but not least come the Friesian’s, top calls went to Stainton Hill Farms with an OTM heifer at 300ppk and £1775.
Cast Cows/OTM Leading PPK – 396 M Robinson & Sons. 379 349 342 300 T W Clark & Son. 370 P Leese. 336 296 286 D & M Lowes. 334 308 282 280 278 W & J Herbert. 330 W J & A S Bowes & Sons. 327 300 W & M Knaggs & Son. 326 286 C Dawson. 320 318 312 A C Simpson & Son. 306 B Watson. 300 Stainton Hill Farms. 296 F Hickson & Sons. 286 J C Thwaite & Son. 284 P T Stephenson & Son. 284 282 F P & I M Jefferson. 284 J S Lynas.
Stock Bulls Leading PPK – 408 G C & K J White & Son. 394 N & A D Brass & Son. 328 B Watson. 242 236 P Prudom & Son Ltd.
Cast Cows/OTM Leading Gross – £2841 £2109 W & M Knaggs & Son. £2804 £2512 £1962 £1843 T W Clark & Son. £2735 £1958 W J & A S Bowes & Sons. £2700 M Robinson & Sons. £2571 J C Thwaite & Son. £2505 S Beeforth. £2416 P T Stephenson & Son. £2253 F P & I M Jefferson. £2236 C Dawson. £2208 £2187 £2146 A C Simpson & Son. £2181 B Watson. £2099 £1888 D & M Lowes. £2060 P Leese. £1965 F Hickson & Sons. £1900 W & J Herbert.
Stock Bulls Leading Gross – £3624 B Watson. £3514 N & A D Brass & Son. £3178 G C & K J White & Son. £2544 P Prudom & Son Ltd.
Store Cattle – A varied show typical of the season mattered little as all creeds, colours, shapes and sizes continue in excellent form. Early in the ring came an excellent 5-year-old Limousin cow with calf at foot from L Booton, Manor Farm which impressed when selling for £3020. Feeding bulls followed and twice reached the heights of £2220 when a smart 13-month-old Limousin from T C Walton, 4 Middridge Farm matched a strong Hereford from A P Taylor, Ox Close Farm. A pen of beautiful pure Limousin heifers from J & F Hartley & Sons, Low Shipley led the store cattle trade when they sold three over £2400 to a top of £2460. Following at £2280 was a strong Aberdeen Angus heifer from C Dawson, Nunstainton with our top steer next at £2200, this one also an Angus hailed from D R Smith, East Roughlea. A pen of 15-month-old Beef Shorthorn steers from W Denham, Dent Gate impressed selling to a top of £2190 whilst of the younger cattle none bettered a super 7-month-old British Blue steer from R Tiplady, Redhouse Farm at an incredible £1760.
Cows & Calves £3020 L Booton.
Stirks £760 £500 P Prudom & Son Ltd.
Store Bulls £2200 £1960 AP Taylor. £2220 £2120 £2100 £1750 TC Walton. £2100 £1940 £1880 £1780 ER&GI Younger. £2100×2 £1940 £1900 £1820 D Dixon. £1960 £1940 £1910 £1890 £1660 £1520 £1490 F Hickson & Sons. £1660 £1520 £1380 C Moffett. £1240 £1120 SG Hall.
Store Steers £2200 DR Smith. £2190×3 £2100×2 W Denham. £1990×2 R Errington & Son. £1890 £1760 £1700 £1560 R Tiplady. £1840 £1800 G Bolton. £1760 £1460 I Newton & Son. £1660 M Gallon. £1620×3 £1600 £1460×2 £1410×3 £1280×3 £1250 GW Chapman. £1500 A Tindale. £1410 D&M Lowes.
Store Heifers £2460 £2430×2 £2150 J&F Hartley & Sons. £2280 £2140 C Dawson. £2130 £2070 £1870 £1810 £1750 DR Smith. £1980 £1900 £1860 £1800 GS Bainbridge. £1960×2 £1950 CB Maddison. £1870 £1840 £1830 G Bolton. £1870×2 A Tindale. £1860 £1820 £1760 I Newton & Son. £1840×4 £1760×4 £1750×4 £1740×3 High Mains Partnership. £1790 M Gallon. £1780×2 R Errington & Son. £1760 £1700×2 £1590×3 DJ Enderby.
Store Sheep – The store lambs look a very straight go indeed, the long-term projects are certainly dearer on the week and the strong sorts remain very good as the whole sale averaged an excellent £112.18. Top of the day at £162 were four fabulous Texel’s from Luke Turnbull, South Farm, any amount of the strong lambs followed between £120 and £150. Seventy-four Mule lambs average £109 this week and sold to a top of £110.50 for a smart pen of fifty-three from first time vendors K & H Adams & Son, Potter House. Hill cheviot lambs from S Hallam, Grange Head Farm sold extremely well to see a pen of forty-two reach £100. Feeding ewe trade looks exquisite, top of £202 went to a fat Texel from T Grix, Park Farm whilst Herdwick’s sold to £114, Cheviot’s to £132 and Swaledale’s to £102.
Store Lambs
Texel – £162 £151 £126 Luke Turnbull. £140 £122 L J Daley. £140 £118 K Liversedge. £131 £122 J Burbury. £129 £125 J D & M S Mortimer. £129 T Grix. £123 £122 L F & H C Wood. £121 £115 W K Wilkinson & Sons. £121(x2) G Bolton. £121 £117 A Wilson. £118 Robert Hickson. £118 I W Cairns. £115 J D & M S Metcalfe.
Continental – £148 W Coatsworth. £139 £129 M Toas. £137 £117 J & S Thompson. £135 K Cator. £130 T Grix. £128 G Bolton. £125(x2) £117 I W Cairns. £122 J Brougham. £122 K Liversedge. £120 A Swinbank. £119 £118 £116 J W & G P Furness. £116 A Kelly.
Suffolk – £128 L J Daley. £110 K Cator. £107 £100 C G Barraclough.
Mule – £110.50 K & H Adams & Son. £108 W Burton. £90 A Wilson.
Cheviot – £100 £96 S Hallam.
Feeding Ewes – £202 £190 T Grix. £150 W Coatsworth. £148 £140 £132 £114 L J Daley. £130(x2) I W Cairns. £110 £102 C Harle & Sons. £102 J & S Thompson.
