A strong trade in the Calves today with good numbers forward and plenty of buyers around the ring, British Blue Bulls topped at £375 and a British Blue Heifer topped at £275.
Trade in the Lambs remaining strong, seeing a few less numbers on offer with the best Lambs topping at 300p/kg.
More pigs on offer this week seeing fats topping at 209p.
Less Dairies around this week but good prices achieved with a second calver achieving £2680 and Heifers up to £1960.
A similar trade to last week for the Barrens, seeing a top price of the day at £1197.
BARREN COWS (31);
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
A similar trade seeing a 630kg Limousin, in need of further feeding, topping the sale at 190p/kg for F Potter & Son of Yeaveley.
Holstein cows sold up to 168p/kg for a 605kg cow from JR Johnson & Son of Ipstones with an Aberdeen Angus, from K & A Gould of Thorncliffe, weighing 725kg, achieving 149p/kg.
Other top prices:-
145p 695kg Longhorn F Potter & Son
144p 650kg Longhorn F Potter & Son
140p 645kg Holstein GE Brookes&Partners
140p 785kg Holstein JW Campbell
Top headage price of the day was £1197.00 for F Potter & Son’s Limousin with Holstein up to £1099 for JW Campbell.
CLEAN CATTLE (7)
Plenty of competition for those on offer, seeing a top price of 258p/kg for a 485kg Charolais Heifer, with a 445kg Hereford Heifer from, W R Turnock & Sons of Onecote, selling up to 196p/kg for 490kg.
A 475kg Simmental Steer, from K A Gould of Thorncliffe, achieved 236p/kg and a 715kg British Blue Steer from G W Mellor of Sutton, requiring further feeding, exchanged hands for 204p/kg.
Top headage price was £1458.60 for Mr Mellor’s Steer with Heifers up to £1251.30.
PIGS (144).
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer –Ed Groves (07964 510145)
An increased entry saw 144 pigs on offer. A few plainer sorts on offer today, none the less, still a solid trade throughout with fats topping at 209p and. sows to 140p.
More porkers this week, top price of 208p, from B Elkin, Hilderstone, who had others to 201p and 284p. J&B Fentem had pigs to 205, 202 &201p. Iron Age pigs to 68p.
Cutters topped at 201p from J&B Fentem, who had others to 185, 184,183,180. D B Goldstraw saw 294p for boars. B Elkin saw 180p for boars.
Bacon Pigs to 209p, from Massie Farms, who had others to 207,204×5, 203, 202. B Vernon saw 206p JA&B Minhsull saw 205p and S Bailey to 204p.
Heavies to 160p for 120kg pigs, JR Mosedale saw 148p for heavy pigs.
Sows were a sharper trade to 140p (£420) for a 300kg sow from R Rowlinson and 91p (£273) for F Sharpely for 300kg sows.
Porkers (25) av 170.54p/kg or £116.58/head
Cutting Pigs (41); av 166.39p/kg or £133.93/head
Bacon Pigs (69); av 192.91p/kg or £184.13head
Heavies (5) av. 145.70p/kg or £182.42/head
Sows (2) av 115.50p/kg or £346.50/head
DAIRIES (20)
Selling time – 11:30am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
Another bouncy trade for milkers saw a lovely second calver, from the Broomhouse Herd of Messrs Eason, reach £2680. They also had another second calver to £1960.
Heifers topped at £1960 from Andrew Mills of Ratcliffe on Wreake.
Herd sale booked for a fortnights time with entries already being taken for the Christmas Show and Sale on 19th December.
SHEEP SECTION
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)
LAMBS (875)
Slightly fewer numbers, likely due to the fall in trade over the preceding few days, deterring vendors from gathering Lambs.
A lot of Lambs forward today which are looking weathered, unsurprising given how many dry days we have had in the last month!!
Trade remaining solid throughout for better finished and shaped Lambs, topping at 300p/kg, and plenty at 280p and better. Best big Lambs topping at £167.70.
Overall average at 225p/kg only 2p back on the week, comparing very well to the national trend.
Sample prices:
290p 37kg I Walker, Stone
290p 38.7kg I Walker, Stone
286p 39kg RJ Critchlow, Grindon
293p 39.5kg L Renshaw&IS Brassington
285p 41.1kg B Vernon, Rocester
290p 42.3kg CE Smith, Longford
290p 45kg FS&MJ Heath, Pipe Gate
300p 45.2kg R&S Bailey, Macclesfield
300p 45.6kg R&S Bailey, Macclesfield
270p 52.3kg W,REA&WD Sessions, Trusley
290p 53.3kg FS&MJ Heath, Pipe Gate
285p 56kg DC&ME Andrews, Flash
259p 59kg W,REA&WD Sessions, Trusley
CULL SHEEP (224)
A lot less forward, seeing a sharper trade generally but still back on the prices we have been used to.
Best Ewes to £150 for Texels and plenty at £120-£140 but second quality types, particularly Mules and hill breeds, remain difficult to sell well.
Overall average up £10/head to £84.
CALVES (125)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Oliver Hiles (07801 530899)
Better numbers and a fantastic trade this week with a big number of farmer buyers looking for calves and lifting prices across the board.
35 CONTINENTAL BULLS
They set off fast and remained dear until the end with all calves looking better sold, 8 better Bulls topped £330 with a high of £375for an Andrew Hulme special Blue. Medium Bulls £230-£300 with just a few plainer bred calves less money.
26 Blues av. £264-£375 DW & P Hulme
1 Sims to. £250 DR&A Shuker& Sons
4 Lims av £190-£350 FE Whittaker & Sons
2 Char/blo to £285 S Bailey
2 INRA 95 av £267-£285 J Hughes
33 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
Dearer on the week with some astonishing prices achieved. Andrew Hulme did the double with his Heifer at £275 with 4 best today over £240. Medium Heifers ‘trade of the day’, £150-£200 with the smaller and younger sorts under £120.
23 Blues av. £165-£275 DW & P Hulme
4 Sim av £141-£260 PN Holdcroft
5 Lim av £87 -£240 DR&A Shuker& Sons
30 NATIVES
Aberdeen Angus Bulls strong money with many again wanting the Natives.
9 Angus Bulls av £166-£210 C Heath & Sons
4 Here Bulls av £115-£200 C Heath & Sons
2 Linc av £147-£225 Birch Bros
7 Angus Hfs av £76 -£105 J Moor
7 Here Hfs to £108 G & E Critchlow
27 BLACK & WHITE BULLS
Better sorts to £100 with the majority £24-£50.
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SATURDAY 2nd DECEMBER
Closing Date for Entries Friday 24th November
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TUESDAY 5TH DECEMBER 2023
CHRISTMAS PRIMESTOCK SHOW & SALE
Schedules Available Online
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SATURDAY 16TH DECEMBER
Store & Breeding Cattle Sale
Closing Date for Entries Friday 8th December
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SATURDAY 6th JANUARY
Store & Breeding Cattle Sale
Closing Date for Entries Friday 29th December