Weather from all four seasons fell upon a bumper crowd forward for Darlington Farmers Auction Mart's summer collective sale of tractors, implements and machinery, which attracted buyers from as far a field as Ireland and Aberdeenshire and saw an 83% clearance.

Top price was £25,200 paid for a New Holland T4.75 tractor followed by £18,500 for a Land Rover Defender.

LEADING prices

Machinery and implements – £25,200, New Holland T4.75; £18,500, Land Rover Defender; £13,200, New Holland TS90; £12,800, Massey Ferguson 4455; £8250, Scania 82; £8000, Bailey trailer; £7500, Vaderstad drill; £7250, Herbst dump trailer.