100% clearance for the last sale of 2025 with over 1150 head of sheep sold, seeing lambs topping at 430p/kg and ewes to £265/head
Barrens sold to 275p/kg for a Holstein cow and clean cattle sold to 338p/kg for Friesian bulls
Pigs sold to 240p/kg or £239/head with more required to meet demand
Calves topped at £700 (x3) for British Blue bulls and heifers sold to £575 for a smart Limousin
We would like to wish all our customers a very Happy New Year and look forward to seeing you in 2026!
BARREN COWS
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
A small entry for the post-Christmas sale seeing a top price of 275p/kg for a Holstein cow weighing 680kg to produce a top price of £1870/head for F Yates & Son of Oldham.
Simmental cows sold to 268p to gross £1862.60/head for JM Robinson of Swythamley.
The top headage price of the day was £2362.80 for a 895kg Simmental from D & A Stonier of Congleton.
The overall average was a very pleasing 256.14/kg or £1901.85/head
CLEAN
A small entry of Friesian bulls sold to a top of 338p/kg to achieve a top headage price of £2011.10 for J E Archer & Sons of Hilton.
Overall average was 332.86/kg with an average headage price of £1876.48.
PIGS (109)
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
Not enough pigs to meet demand at the post-Christmas sale with buyers looking to restock fridges. Top price 240p or £239.00. Gilts 220-240p boars 170-200p.
Porkers sold to 170p for young Mr Taylor of Packmoor.
Cutters sold to 240p for GR Weston, Longsdon. B Minshull to 222p, 191p. J&B Fentem to 190p, 189p for boars. Gloucester’s, from the late John Lockett sold to 182p.
Bacon pigs sold to 230p twice for Massie farms who had others to 237p x2, 236p x2, 235p x4, 234p. J&B Fentem to 230p, 228p, 224p. C Hine to 229p.
Heavy boars to 162p for C Hine.
Pig Averages.
Pork Pigs (4); av 170.00p/kg or £118.15/head
Cutting Pigs (21); av 186.97p/kg or £151.00/head
Bacon Pigs (83) av 221.63p/kg or £211.53head
Heavies (1) av 162.00p/kg or £184.68/head
SHEEP SECTION
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)
LAMBS (861)
A good entry for the time of year saw a very pleasing trade, albeit back from the pre-Christmas flyer!
Best lambs still very well bid for, topping at 430p/kg (twice) and other pens at 400p/kg and better. Best shaped lambs generally 350p – 380p/kg.
Big lambs well bid for to top at £200.08 and plenty £180 +.
Overall average at 331p/kg and 335p/kg SQQ which included a few runs of Mules and under finished sorts.
More required weekly so satisfy regular orders.
Sample Prices: –
400p 36kg JW Fentem, Biggin
378p 40kg S Bailey, Biddulph
430p 41.5kg R & S Bailey, Rushton Spencer
362p 41kg H White, Snelston
370p 42kg RG&AS Williamson, Wetley Rocks
430p 43kg AW Wilshaw, Meerbrook
388p 43kg JE Swindells, Leek
360p 43.2kg Mosley & Son, Wormhill
388p 46kg RG&AS Williamson, Wetley Rocks
367p 46kg RG&AS Williamson, Wetley Rocks
375p 46.8kg AL Challinor, Great Haywood
379p 47.2kg JB Rowlinson & Son, Gawsworth
366p 48kg J&P Smith, Rushton Spencer
380p 52kg R & S Bailey, Rushton Spencer
360p 54kg R & S Bailey, Rushton Spencer
360p 54kg A Porter, Cauldon Lowe
358p 55kg JW Fentem, Biggin
358p 55kg RG&AS Williamson, Wetley Rocks
CULL EWES (289)
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
Good numbers forward again this week, a very mixed show of ewes sold to a solid trade throughout. Meat once again a premium with grazing types looking very well sold on the day. Top price £265 for a texel ewe from O Woodward, Duffield.
Sample prices:
O Woodward £265
B Vernon £250, £220
H R Johnson £230
D Tomlinson £225
JM Robinson £220
JB Rowlinson (Ramshorn) £215, £210
S J Pace £212
JB Rowlinson (Gawsworth) £210
O Wardrobe £210
DJ Slaney £200, £192
JM&ADJ Hayes £200
Better continentals £185-£225
Plainer sorts £140 – £180
Mules to £172 Generally £130-£160
Hill types £70-£100
Very lean small types £40-£70
Tups sold £170 for Jake Leadbetter
Overall average a respectable £132/head given the entry.
CALVES (60)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Oliver Hiles (07801 530899)
Just a small show for the in between market but almost as many buyers as calves with the regulars unable to get sorted.
28 CONTINENTAL BULLS
Some good sorts on offer today with an overall average for Continental bulls of £559. Nine best topped £610 with a trio at £700 from Andrew Hulme (x2) and Messrs Furness & Taylor, Wormhill. Medium bulls £460 – £550 with just a couple under £400.
21 Blues av £559 to £700 DW & P Hulme (2)
Furness & Taylor
2 Sims av £585 to £610 H&E Bailey&Partners
4 Lims av £518 to £570 JC & D Hudson
1 Char to £670 Furness & Taylor
16 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
Trade is “off the clock” with seasonal buyers looking to put a few together. A smart Limousin made £575 from Brian Goodwin with medium £420 – £460 and only a trio under £400.
12 Blues av £426 to £495 A Povey & Sons
1 Sim to £545 H&E Bailey&Partners
1 Lim to £575 NE Goodwin & Son
2 Char av £485 to £490 FJ Gould & Son
14 NATIVES
Dearer than ever.
2 Here Bulls av £400 to £450 FJ Gould & Son
3 Here Heif av £320 to £360 BE Wain
7 AA Heifs av £322 to £360 WE Turnock & Sons
1 W/B Heif to £320 Woodward Partners
2 BLACK & WHITE BULLS
Up to £300 for PJ Davies, Werrington.
PRODUCE
A small load of round baled silage (2025 – second cut) achieved plenty of interest and sold to £38.50 per bale.
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SATURDAY 3rd JANUARY
Catalogued Sale of 153 Store & Breeding Cattle
Catalogue Available Online
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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