A huge thank you to everyone who came to our afternoon sale on Monday, it was lovely to see such a good turnout making it a lovely festive atmosphere.
We would like to thank vendors, customers and staff for their continued support throughout the last year and wish them a very Happy Christmas.
Dressed Poultry (506)
There was a good show of dressed poultry on offer and plenty of buyers in attendance with a good atmosphere ring side.
Top price of the day was £120 for a dressed turkey from J & S Brunt of Congleton.
PIGS (29)
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
A mixed show of pigs with best sorts looking well sold with butchers wanting a few before Christmas.
Top prices:
Cutters to 215p for B Minshull.
Bacon pigs to 218p for Chris Hine.
Boars to 178p and 17p for B Minshull
Heavies to 235p or £251.45 for two nice gilts from Chris Hine.
Sows to 61p/kg
Pig Averages.
Cutting Pigs (4 ) av 120p/kg or £137.74/head
Bacon Pigs (11) av 172.07p/kg or £165.65/head
Heavies (2) av 235p/kg or £251.45/head
Sows (3) av 32.88p/kg or £53.60/head
SHEEP SECTION
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)
LAMBS (565)
A seasonal entry of lambs sold on an exceptional trade to top at 425p/kg and others at 400p/kg and above.
Light and standard weight lambs very good to sell and average 370p/kg.
SQQ average at 367p/kg and overall average 357p/kg. Plenty more could have been sold.
Overall average at £157.36/head, top at £220!!
Normal sale next week on Tuesday 30th December for which good entries are required.
Many thanks to buyers, vendors and staff for your continued support and Happy Christmas!
Sample Prices: –
388p 30kg R&S Bailey, Rushton Spencer
360p 31.5kg RM Simcock, Rainow
400p R&S Bailey, Rushton Spencer
396p 37.2kg S Rushton, Cheadle
385p 37.7kg D Edge, Macclesfield
398p 38kg S Harper, Onecote
384p 41.3kg DR Flower & Son, Alstonefield
377p 42.7kg M Jones, Rudyard
394p 43kg A & JE Goldstraw, Rudyard
377p 43kg H White, Snelston
425p 43.6kg J Tavernor & Co, Great Haywood
400p 44.8kg J Tavernor & Co, Great Haywood
420p 45kg T Gregory, Peak Forest
388p 45kg D Williams, Basford
384p 45.8kg M & M Heath, Rushton Spencer
380p 50kg AJ Gilman, Elkstones
A small entry of goats sold to 370p/kg.
CULL EWES (286)
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
SIMPLY OFF THE CLOCK!
The dearest we have ever seen them at Leek, that said a proper yarding of well-fed ewes!!! The average speaks for itself at £191/head.
Top price £299 for D Willaims.
Sample Prices:
D Williams £299, £280, £240, £218, £215, £190
A Williams £271
R Hall £270, £255, £229, £215
B Robinson £260
AJ Gilman £245, £230
R&S Bailey £240
A Shaw £235
T Gregory £230
Meated Continentals £200-£250
Second meat £160 – £190
Mules topped at £210 generally £140 – £180
Hill types £120-£140
Tups topped at £270 for Helen White, Snelston.
Overall average a massive £191.
CALVES & WEANLINGS (40)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Holly Swift (07973 982453)
A smaller show given the Monday afternoon market but trade fast and many buyers leaving with empty trailers.
15 CONTINENTAL BULLS
To top at £650 for a strong British Blue from Graham Turnock with others close behind at £645, £640 and £630, with only three under £400.
8 Blues av £539 to £650 WE Turnock & Sons
4 Cha av £508 to £565 Moors Covert Farm
2 Lims av £598 to £645 D & JK Mellor
1 Sim to £295 Moors Covert Farm
5 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
Topping at £495 for R Wilkinson & Sons, overall average £338.
7 NATIVES
Generally smaller sorts on offer today.
4 AA Bulls av £194 to £255 WR Ford
1 Here Bulls to £260 Moors Covert Farm
2 Here Heif av £215 to £270 P&H Botham
5 BLACK & WHITE BULLS
To £70 DR & BA Cotton
8 REARED
Averaging £515 right through, topping at £550 for bunches of both Hereford steers & heifers.
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SATURDAY 3rd JANUARY
Catalogued Sale of Store & Breeding Cattle
Entries Close Friday 26th December
Next Sale Saturday 17th January
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SATURDAY 10th JANUARY
Catalogued Sale of Store Lambs & Breeding Sheep
Entries Close Friday 2nd January
Next Sale Saturday 7th February
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