Less sheep around today but a good trade seen throughout with the best lambs selling to 429p/kg and ewes topping at £224
Dairies sold to £2850 for a nice milker with a heifer topping at £2220
Calves still in demand with two British Blue bulls topping at £750 and the British Blues again topping the heifers at £590
Less pigs around today with best fats to 220p/kg
BARREN COWS (22)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
A fast trade in the barrens today seeing a top price of 280p/kg for a Friesian cow weighing 550kg from DR & A Shuker of Macclesfield, achieving a gross of £1540.
A 650kg Simmental from JM Robinson of Swythamley achieved 278p/kg to a gross of £1807/head.
A Holstein weighing 670kg sold to 268p/kg to achieve a gross of £1795 for TE & DJ Woolliscroft of Rudyard.
Other top prices: –
248p 570kg £1413 AA JE Critchlow
243p 805kg £1956 Hols GW & MA Hicklin
241p 770kg £1855 Hol WE Turnock & Sons
The top headage price of the day was £1956.15 for the 805kg Holstein from G W & M A Hicklin of Butterton.
PIGS (98)
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
Less pigs forward today but a strong entry in terms of quality. Best fat pigs to 220p and sows to 90p. Gilts 190-205p, boars 160-175p.
Porkers a solid trade with hog roast season in full swing, selling to 220p and 194p for J Davenport, Gawsworth.
Cutters sold to 200p for J&B Fentem who had others to 196p, 194p, 192p, 167p, 165p. R Stubbs 170p.
Bacon pigs sold to 201px2 for Massie Farms who had others to 198p, 197p, 195p, 194p. PJ Saunders sold to 197p, J&B Fentem to 196p, C Hine to 196p, 193p.
Clean gilts to 120p or £228 from PJ Saunders and 110p or £180.40 from AW&RA Mycock.
Cull Boars to 78p for PJ Saunders and 67p for AW & RA Mycock.
Cull sows sold to 90p for P Yates, Yoxhall, 76p for C Hine, RA Watson to 75p.
Pig Averages.
Pork Pigs (3); av 211.25p/kg or £148.58/head
Cutting Pigs (26); av 178.65p/kg or £144.08/head
Bacon Pigs (59), av 1182.53p/kg or £169.66/head
Heavies (2), av 150.00p/kg or 171.00/head
Cull Boars (3), av 54.52p/kg or 128.31/head
Cull Sows (3), av 79.34p/kg or 188.56/head
DAIRIES
Selling time – 11:30am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
Dairies to £2850
A nice entry of milkers on Tuesday saw the best reach £2850 for a really stylish second calver from the Easom family of Oakerthorpe.
A heifer from the same home reached £2220. Their entry of six averaged an excellent £2228.
Other heifers from Edward and Dianne Bennett reached £2260.
A smashing Shorthorn second calver from the Howe family if Tideswell reached £1980.
In-calf heifers sold on a strong trade, topping at £1760 for an Ayrshire heifer, due in August.
Weaned New Zealand Friesian calves from Whetstone Pastures Dairy sold to £290.
Entries are coming in nicely for next weeks Pedigree Sale, catalogues will be out shortly.
If you have stock to sell, please get in touch: –
Meg Elliott – 07967 007049
or Anna Wildgoose – 07532 237232.
SHEEP SECTION
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)
LAMBS (355)
A small entry met a very fast trade for all types.
Best lambs very well bid for, topping at 429p/kg and plenty at 400p +.
Commercial quality lambs also good to sell, at 340p – 370p generally and even heavy lambs up to 408p or £194/head.
SQQ average at 367p/kg. More required!!!
Sample Prices: –
420p 38kg MF Wayne & S Allen, Thorpe
402p 38kg IE, M & A Wilson, Hollington
402p 39kg IE, M & A Wilson, Hollington
407p 40.5kg IE, M & A Wilson, Hollington
404p 40.5kg GG Burton, Repton
400p 41kg L Wright, Hartington
410p 41.6kg IE, M & A Wilson, Hollington
394p 42kg P & NJ Ashworth, Leigh
429p 44.3kg H Taylor & Partners, High Legh
408p 46.5kg GG Burton, Repton
390p 47kg MF Wayne & S Allen, Thorpe
390p 48kg M Wood, Longnor
388p 50kg G Whitehouse, Ashbourne
Just a small entry of Hoggs, seeing a very fast trade to top at 342p or £198/head.
Overall average at 288p or £145/head.
Other Sample Prices Include: –
320p 40kg E Salt, Dove Holes
322p 48kg D Twemlow, Quarnford
330p 50.5kg E Henshall, Macclesfield
342p 50.5kg R Bailey, Rushton Spencer
302p 52kg P Allen, Ashbourne
292p 54.4kg PJ,EM&JP Simcock, Pott Shrigley
302p 55.2kg D Twemlow, Quarnford
300p 56kg L Wright, Hartington
CULL EWES (99)
A quieter day in the ewes today, as expected post festival. Trade on the whole would be back a touch, top price £224 for G Redfern, Onecote. A mixed entry with some very well meated ewes selling to a solid trade and some lean grazing ewes also selling to a competitive trade.
Sample Prices –
G Redfern £224
RG&AS Willaimson £220 x3 £195.
P&NJ Ashworth £172.
GH&M Torr £170, JW Naylor £160.
Continentals £160+
Plain continentals £130-£150
Mules £100-£125
Hill types and feeders £50-£90
Overall Average £126.16
CALVES (101)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Oliver Hiles (07801 530899)
Just a nice entry of calves this week and some lovely quality about once again.
32 CONTINENTAL BULLS
A superb average and some lovely bulls about today. Nine best over £600 including a trio over £700. Best today was £750 twice for British Blue bulls from Andy Williamson and Andrew Hulme. Mediums £400 – £580 with just four under £400.
14 Blues av £520 to £750 RG&AS Williamson
7 Sims av £530 to £740 D Johnson
11 Lims av £485 to £665 I Gregson
35 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
Like the bulls with quality calves and high prices. Five best over £555 and up to £590 for a smart Andrew Hulme special. Mediums £370 – £450 with just four under £300.
10 Blues av £397 to £590 DW&P Hulme
11 Sim av £408 to £570 TD&DA Higginson
13 Lim av £388 to £555 I Gregson
1 Char to £575 JA Clowes & Sons
23 NATIVES
As dear as we have ever seen them.
9 AA Bulls av £384 to £580 CS&J Prince
3 Here Bulls av £336 to £445 C Heath & Sons
7 AA Heifs av £317 to £490 CS&J Prince
4 Here Heifs av £248 to £400 P Bennett & Son
11 BLACK & WHITE BULLS
Average £72 today with three better Holstein sortsa over £100.
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SATURDAY 21st JUNE
Catalogued Sale of Store & Breeding Cattle
Entries Close Friday 13th June
Next Sale Saturday 5th July
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