Dairy Heifers to £3050
British Blue Bull calves to £730
Lambs to 385p/kg or £193.76/head, Ewes to £230
Pigs to 213p/kg or £215.13/head
Barrens to 285p/kg or £2366.40/head, Clean 360p/kg or £2322/head
Don’t forget the Christmas Primestock Show & Sale, Tuesday 2nd December – Details Below……
BARREN COWS
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
A 635kg Hereford topped the barren section today for Roy Sant of Endon, selling to 285p/kg to gross £1809.75 with a second Hereford weighing 760kg selling to 277p/kg to gross £2105.20 for D & V Farms of Rushton Spencer.
A British Blue cow was the top price per head, weighing 870kg she sold to 272p/kg to gross £2366.40 for W J Braddock of Hulme.
Other top prices included: –
Frie 255p to £1848 JW Brandrick & Son
Here 244p to £1769 Hambleton Bros
Hols 240p to £1764 WE Turnock & Sons
Here 236p £1380 Hambleton Bros
An Aberdeen Angus bull weighing 790kg sold to 250p/kg to gross £1975 for Morson Bros of Hartington.
The overall average was 215.61/kg.
CLEAN
A Limousin heifer topped the clean section today at 360p/kg to gross £2322 for AM & JE Kirby of Rutland and a Holstein heifer sold to 298p/kg to gross £1802 for P F Hulse of Consall.
Overall average for clean cattle was 329.99/kg.
PIGS (123)
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
A good show of pigs once again, fats sold to 213p for B Minshull to gross £215.13.
Gilts generally 200p plus and boars 160-170p.
Porkers sold to 157p for J&B Fentem.
Cutters sold to 203p for B Minshull, J&B Fentem 198p, 195p, 192p. W Gregson 198p and 171p for boars.
Bacon pigs sold to 213p for JA&B Minshull who had others to 200p. Massie Farms to 210p, 205p x2, 204p x3, 203p, 202p, 201p. C Hine to 202p. J&B Fentem to 200p x2.
Heavies to 159p for DB Goldstraw.
Sows to 60p for Massie Farms.
Pig Averages.
Pork Pigs (3) av 157.00p/kg or £115.66/head
Cutting Pigs (37) av 175.80p/kg or £142.59/head
Bacon Pigs (71) av 195.60p/kg or £185.29/head
Heavies (3) av. 159.00p/kg or £ 169.60/head
Sows (4) av. 44.66p/kg or £120.59/head
DAIRIES
Selling time – 11:30am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
MILKERS TO £3050
A nice entry forward on Tuesday saw the best heifer to £3050 from David Brailsford of Chesterfield with others to £2750 and £2600.
Cows peaked at £2060 for a fresh fourth calver.
More numbers needed to satisfy demand. If you have stock to sell call Meg Elliott on 07967 007049.
SHEEP SECTION
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)
LAMBS (580)
A seasonal entry seeing a firmer trade and again, best shaped lambs in string demand.
Best lambs topping at 385p/kg for heavy weights from Roger and Simon Bailey but plenty of others at 350p – 370p/kg from multiple vendors.
Commercial lambs a firmer enquiry but it pays to feed your lambs!
Overall average at 328p/kg.
Sample Prices: –
385p 35kg R&S Bailey, Rushton Spencer
356p 35kg J Belfield & R Deakin-Gallimore
376p 38kg P Nadin, Meerbrook
364p 38.3kg J & P Smith, Rushton Spencer
375p 41kg J & P Smith, Rushton Spencer
370p 42kg D B Goldstraw, Meerbrook
379p 45.5kg FS & MJ Heath, Pipe Gate
361p 44kg SR & G Marsden, High Peak
362p 45kg D B Goldstraw, Meerbrook
355p 49kg D Williams, Basford
366p 50kg FS & MJ Heath, Pipe Gate
346p 51kg Mosley & Son, Wormhill
346p 56kg D Williams, Basford
CULL EWES (130)
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
A few less ewes about this week with trade definitely up a gear. A big show of grazing ewes with meat few and far between but looking very dear on the day for the goods on offer.
Top call £230 for P Nadin, Meerbrook
A Shaw £195, £170
PF Gilman £192
JW Bailey £170
J Belfield £170
Fed continentals £180+
Plain sorts £130-£150
Mules to £158 generally £125-£135
Hill Sheep £70-£90
Overall average £119.59
CALVES (133)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Oliver Hiles (07801 530899)
Good numbers and trade remains outstanding with all calves once again looking dear.
53 CONTINENTAL BULLS
Certainly as expensive as last week with all the regulars as well as some seasonal buyers operating. Two best Blues over £700 with Messrs Furness & Taylor at £730 and Andrew Hulme at £710. Majority of the mediums £450 – £550 with just a handful under £400.
41 Blues av £495 to £730 Furness & Taylor
2 Sims av £427 to £490 R J Clowes & Sons
5 Char av £303 to £325 C & A Coates
50 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
Not quite as expensive as the bulls but loads of competition for all shapes and sizes. Five best heifers over £500 and a top of £570 for a super Blue for Andrew Cotton. Medium heifers £340 – £440 with a few smaller sorts under £300.
41 Blues av £372 to £570 FA & TM Cotton
4 Char av £351 to £490 D & G Tudor
20 NATIVES
Off the clock again with sky high prices.
10 AA Bulls av £427 to £570 Furness & Taylor
£670 GR & D Hawkins
2 Here Bulls av £422 to £430 AM & JE Kirby
3 Here Heif av £363 to £390 AM & JE Kirby
5 AA Heif av £257 to £325 CA Day & Son
9 BLACK & WHITE BULLS
A posh Monty made £390 with Friesians to £270 and Holstein to £240.
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SATURDAY 6th DECEMBER
Catalogued Sale of Store & Breeding Cattle
Entries Close Friday 28th November
Next Sale Saturday 20th December
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SATURDAY 29th NOVEMBER
Catalogued Sale of 6,024 Store Lambs & Breeding Sheep
Catalogue Now Available Online
Next Sale Saturday 13th December
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