Barrens to 276p/kg or £2239.25/head more required weekly to satisfy demand
Calves still strong with a British Blue bull to £725 and heifers to £575
Pigs topping at 211p/kg
Pedigree Dairy Sale topping at £3100
Hoggs to 389p/kg or £205.92/head and Ewes to £265
BARREN COWS
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
A better show of barrens on offer this week with some excellent prices achieved, topping at 276p/kg for a 715kg Limousin cow to gross £1973.40 for J Gilman & Partners of Bosley.
Holstein cows topped at 267p/kg to gross £1682.10 for a cow weighing 630kg for P & M Critchlow of Cubley and an 845kg Holstein sold to 265p/kg to gross £2239.25/head, being the top headage price of the day for J & R Maydew of Consall.
Other top prices: –
Char 262p £1768.50 HS & A Callwood
AA 260p £1716.00 J Gilman & Partners
AA 260p £1846.00 A Shaw
Frie 255p £1861.50 KW Powell
Frie 254p £1981.20 W, A & PW Carbutt
S/H 246p £1512.90 G G Hall & Son
S/H 246p £1722.00 G G Hall & Son
B/Sw 245p £1776.25 DR & A Shuker
The overall average saw an incredible £87 increase per head on the week at 222.6p/kg or £1458.31/head.
CLEAN
A mixed entry of clean cattle on offer this week with a number of smaller sorts bringing down the averages.
Friesians topped the day at 297p/kg for a 605kg steer to gross £1796.85 for Roston Farms who also had three Holstein steers to 293p/kg, 290p/kg and 276p/kg to gross £1655.45, £1638.50 and £1545.60.
A 380kg Friesian topped the heifers at 245p/kg to gross £931 for RA Lomas & Partners.
Overall average was 252.43p/kg.
PIGS (139)
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
Another good show of pigs met a competitive demand topping at 211p for gilts. Gilts today generally 190p – 205p and boars 150p – 160p.
Porkers sold to 150p for RA Hughes.
Cutters sold to 185p for RA Hughes for gilts. G Weston sold hoggs to 160p, 158p. A Shinton 155p.
Bacon pigs sold to 211p for Massie Farms who had others at 208p, 207p, 206p, 205p & 203p. PF+PD Parsons to 202p, 200p & 197p. J&B Fentem to 195p.
Heavies a few more today which were mainly boars were a bit harder work but still met good demand. PF+PD Parsons 154p. C Hine to 149p, L Harding saw 120kg boars to 134p and 122p.
Sows very much hard work today with feeding sows rough sows selling at 20p.
Pig Averages.
Pork Pigs (4); av 119.38p/kg or £86.55/head
Cutting Pigs (17); av 147.72p/kg or £119.40/head
Bacon Pigs (104), av 178.18p/kg or £168.89head
Heavies (1), av 130.20p/kg or £147.36/head
Sows (3), av. 20.00p/kg or £40.13/head
DAIRIES
Selling time – 11:30am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
Leek Pedigrees to £3100
Dairy Shorthorn Calves to £730
A surprisingly buoyant trade both for the pedigree entry and the herd sale, despite the turbulent times within the dairy industry.
Trade topped at £3100 for an unregistered heifer by Liway Sil from George Swindell of Chelmorton. Two heifers from the Meldamar Herd of Messrs Shepherd both reached £3000.
Cows topped at £2640 for a second calver from the Easom family of Oakerthorpe who also had another second calver to £2600.
Dairy Shorthorn calves from the Broadlane Herd of Messrs Norbury were an exceptional trade topping at £730.
91 through the ring with a 100% clearance. Get in touch if you have stock to sell.
Contact Meg Elliott on 07967 007049.
SHEEP SECTION
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)
HOGGS (631)
A reasonable entry reduced somewhat no doubt by the talk of reduced trade at other outlets.
Demand on the day was better than expected and best lambs were good to sell. Best at 360p/kg and better to a top of 389p/kg. Best big lambs to £205.92 and multiple at £180/head plus.
Commercial lambs generally 310p – 330p/kg for heavy weights and heavies 285p – 300p/kg.
Overall average at 317p/kg or 330p/kg SQQ.
Sample Prices: –
365p 34kg J Forrester, Tean
378p 38kg BG Clarkson, North Rode
372p 39kg M & M Heath, Rushton Spencer
387p 40.6kg RM Hardy, Cauldon Lowe
369p 40.8kg B Vernon, Rocester
389p 42kg D Wiliams, Basford
374p 43.5kg J Ball, Cheddleton
365p 44.3kg J Gilman & Partners, Bosley
368p 45kg A Wilshaw, Meerbrook
369p 46kg J Tavernor, Great Haywood
372p 48kg J Tavernor, Great Haywood
382p 52kg BG Clarkson, North Rode
344p 53kg D Williams, Basford
369p 54kg J Tavernor, Great Haywood
340p 56.5kg DH & J Lovatt, Rushton Spencer
CULL EWES (217)
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
A few more ewes about this week with trade sharp for all types, meat very much in demand today but competitive bidding for all types.
Sample prices:
D Williams £265, £199, £170
C Banks £265
RG&AS Williamson £240, £170
Barney Richardson £235
J Pennington £220
D Machin £220, £199
CG Buckston £212
Massie Farms £210.
Better continentals £170 – £240
Plainer sorts £150 – £170
Mules to £165 Generally £120 – £150
Hill types £50 – £90
Overall average £136/head.
CALVES (137)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Oliver Hiles (07801 530899)
A super entry and the trade continues to amaze with some medium calves as dear as we have ever seen them.
37 CONTINENTAL BULLS
Strong money for all classes and breeds but the medium bulls simply off the clock. Mark Hodgkinson led the way with his best British Blue bull at £725 with six more over £600. Mediums generally £440 – £580 with just four smaller bulls under £400.
25 Blues av £511 to £725 H Hodgkinson&Sons
5 Sims av £563 to £585 GW&JW Brassington
4 Lims av £465 to £495 J Kirkham
2 Blon av £480 to £560 EJ & VC Gilman
40 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
Dearer on the week with plenty of customers looking for good rearing heifers. Five British Blues over £540 and up to £575 for Andrew Hulme. Mediums £400 – £480 with nine smaller sorts under £400.
31 Blues av £430 to £575 DW & P Hulme
3 Sims av £408 to £445 H & E Bailey
2 Lims av £425 to £440 J Kirkham
4 Char av £443 to £495 GW&JW Brassington
26 NATIVES
Very very dear once again.
11 AA Bulls av £450 to £565 E Davies & Partners
8 Here Bulls av £402 to £580 E Davies & Partners
7 AA Heifs av £330 to £435 WE Turnock & Sons
24 BLACK & WHITE BULLS
Unreal trade and up to £420 for a strong 3-month-old from Andrew Stead, but all shapes and ages in demand and only two under £170.
10 REARED
£770 Lim Bull (3mths) J & R Maydew
£670 BB Bull (x2 – 3-4mths) Wheston Farms
£635 Here Steer (4mths) S Gregson