The Dairy Pedigree sale was in full swing in Leek today, topping at £3850
Calves topped at £755 for a blue bull and £710 for a blue heifer
Lambs sold to 350p/kg with a top headage price of £192 and Ewes topped at £250/head
Barrens sold to 274p/kg to a top headage price of £1975
Lots of pigs on offer today seeing 197p/kg for the best
BARREN COWS
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
Topping the barrens today was a 625kg Friesian cow which achieved 274p/kg to gross £1712.50 for DR & A Shuker & Sons of Bosley.
A Highland cow at 605kg sold to 2699/kg to gross £1627.45 for Broad Oak Farm of Bosley.
S J Hooley of Macclesfield sold a 740kg Shorthorn to 267p/kg to gross £1975.80, being the top gross price of the day and a 765kg Dairy Shorthorn to 258p/kg to gross £1973.70.
Other top prices: –
Hol 249p £1917 WE Turnock & Sons
Nor 246p £1574 SJ Hooley
A/Ang 245p £1923 Waller Farms
Here 240p £1560 Hambleton Bros
Frie 228p £1333 G W Myatt & Ptns
The overall average for was 215.25p/kg.
CLEAN
Limousin heifers topped at 348p/kg, weighing 585kg to top at £2035.80/head for AM & JE Kirby of Rutland who also had a 585kg Hereford to 328p/kg to gross £1918.80.
A 545kg Simmental steer topped at 318p/kg to gross £1733.10 for P Partington of Burton.
Overall average for clean cattle was 331.64p/kg.
PIGS (139)
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
A large show of pigs today with trade a bit less than last week, shop gilts to 197p with gilts generally 190p+ boars 160p – 170p. Sows sold to 89p.
Porkers sold to 190p for J&B Fentem, SL Seabridge sold to 190p.
Cutters sold to 193p for J&B Fentem, who had others at 192p, 190p. Boars to 170p for S Bailey.
Bacon pigs sold to 197p for PF+PD Parsons and Massie Farms. PF+PD Parsons sold to 192p. Massie Farms to 193p, 192p, 191p, 190p. C Hine to 192p.
Heavy pigs sold to 188p for B Minshull for a cracking pen of 106kg gilts. J&B Fentem had boars to 150p.
Sows sold to 89p for R A Hughes who had others to 80p, 77p,73p. J&B Fentem to 62p, 49p.
Pig Averages.
Pork Pigs (8); av 167.86p/kg or £121.28/head
Cutting Pigs (26); av 175.72p/kg or £142.60/head
Bacon Pigs (82) av 174.38p/kg or £164.80/head
Heavies (7), av 168.02p/kg or £180.50/head
Sows (7), av 64.79p/kg or £153.18/head
DAIRIES (62)
Selling time – 11:30am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
Pedigrees to £3850
Another electric trade in the dairy shed on Tuesday saw the pedigree entry top at £3850, twelve pass the £3000 mark, thirty over £2000 and all milkers average £2544.
Heading the day was a superb heifer from the Easom family of Oakerthorpe by Pine-Tree Gardner, she boasted an 85 point, 10,500kg dam, sold giving 37kg she was clinched by Andrew Hulme of Basford.
A lovely show of second calvers from the Mellor family of Earl Sterndale were much sought after, topping at £3550 with others to £3500, £3420 and £3020.
The Shepherd family of Bakewell saw their second calver to £3350.
A smashing run of heifers from Michael & Caroline Wainwright reached £3350.
Trade was swift throughout for all qualities and breeds.
Get in touch if you have stock to sell.
Meg Elliott on 07967 007049
Anna Wildgoose on 07532 237232
SHEEP SECTION
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)
LAMBS (982)
A decent entry of lambs forward and trade much sharper on the week for what was generally a poorer show of lambs.
Best types at 340p/kg and better to top at 350p/kg or £192/head for heavies. Commercial quality lambs either side of 300p/kg depending on weight and finish.
Overall average at 309p/kg with a lot of under finished types in the entry.
Sample Prices: –
330p 38kg FS & MJ Heath, Pipe Gate
334p 41.6kg JE Swindells, Leek
338p 43kg JE Swindells, Leek
340p 43.5kg S & J Reeves, Edale
340p 44kg C Needham, Foxt
346p 44kg HR Johnson & Sons, Longnor
334p 47kg AD Williams, Basford
332p 48kg J & I Knight, Horton
350p 51kg AD Williams, Basford
330p 49.5kg JE Swindells, Leek
340p 55kg AD Williams, Basford
320p 60kg J & I Knight, Horton
CULL EWES (270)
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
More cull ewes on offer this week. Better framed sorts but still a large amount of grazing ewes on offer. Meated ewes are a pleasure to sell.
Top price £250 for FS&MJ Heath, Pipe gate who had another pen of 5 to £220.
Sample Prices: –
IE Buxton £220, £200, £175.
J Ball £212, £210
J Tavenor £194
Brookside Farm LTD £189
S Ollerenshaw £170
Best Continentals £160+
Leaner sorts £120-£150
Mules to £155 generally £120-£135
Lean Mules £85-£105
Hill types and Feeders £50-£90.
Tups to £160
Overall average £113/head
CALVES (161)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Holly Swift (07973 982453)
A superb day in the calf shed with an increased entry of 161 calves and weanlings which were sold to a ringside of buyers. Both bulls and heifers being topped by British Blues at £755 and £710 respectively.
45 CONTINENTAL BULLS
Trade fast for the continentals with over 60% of the entry over £400 today, topping at £755 for a strong British Blue from the Shone family of Leek but followed closely behind at £720 for a Limousin from Messrs Mellor at Buxton. Have a look at the averages….
24 Blues av £434 to £755 A & S Shone
9 Lims av £538 to £720 NG, JMH & H Mellor
5 Sims av £466 to £555 PWJ & S Wilson
6 Char av £425 to £685 D & G Tudor
1 INRA to £295 Mr Hughes
28 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
The heifers were topped today by a very nice British Blue at £710 from the Hulmes. Other strong calves regularly over £350 – £400 today.
17 Blues av £383 to £710 DW & P Hulme
7 Lims/Sims av £279 to £420 TD&DA Higginson
3 Char av £460 to £485 MA & NJ Jolliffe
1 INRA to £165 J Hughes
40 NATIVES
Generally good demand for the natives today to top at £365 for a Hereford bull.
7 Here Bulls av £365 to £420 AM & JE Kirby
12 AA Bulls av £305 to £502 Mr Bloor
12 Here Heifs av £220 to £302 AM & JE Kirby
9 AA Heifs av £246 to £370 G Hatton
35 BLACK & WHITE BULLS
An increased entry of black & white bulls today to top at £225 for a smart Friesian from J & W Knight. Four over £200 and over half of the entry above £100.
13 WEANLINGS
Topping at £910 for a 6-month-old Blue bull from the Robinson Partners and a Blue heifer from the same home at £700. All nine bulls above £700.
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