The Monday afternoon Market proved to be successful with a good turnout of vendors and buyers alike.
A strong entry of Lambs forward, with 1,000 head on offer, reaching a high of 370p/kg and a top headage price of £191.16.
356 Ewes on offer, reaching a high of £222 and Tups topping at £246.
Less Calves on offer at the Monday sale but a good trade non the less with a British Blue Bull topping the day at £400 and a British Blue Heifer to £330 with many customers going home empty handed.
Less Pigs around, as expected for the afternoon sale but a top price of 231p for fat pigs was achieved.
PIGS (94)
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
Less pigs about, as expected given the abnormal sale date and time. Trade on the whole very solid. Top price for fat pigs 231p and sows to 115p
Porkers sold to 178p for Sam Harper.
Cutters sold to 212p for J&B Fentem, who had others at 184p.
Baconers dominated the entry selling to 231p for Massie farms who had others to 230p x2 and 229p. PF + PD Parsons to 229p, 222p 195p. J&B Fentem to 225p , 224p, 220p. B Minshull to 222p. C Hine to 212p
Heavies sold to 200p, 190p & 175p for J&B Fentem. 182p for PF+PD Parsons. 125kg pigs from B Wain sold to 160p and 186kg gilt from Rosie Watson sold to 148p or £275.28
Sows sold to 115p or £414 for Rosie Watson, C Hine to 96p or £259. Feeding sows to 30p.
Pig Averages.
Pork Pigs (3); av 178.00p/kg or £129.35/head
Cutting Pigs (6); av 196.70p/kg or £152.11/head
Bacon Pigs (67); av 201.01p/kg or £189.97/head
Heavy Pigs (14); av 174.49p/kg or £202.78/head
Sow (4); av; 81.73p/kg or £191.25/head
SHEEP SECTION
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)
LAMBS (1000)
The Monday afternoon sale proving to be a successful operation, with excellent numbers forward and a strong trade throughout.
Best Lambs regularly at 350p and better, to a top of 370p/kg and best big lambs to £191.16. Heavy lambs (45kg and above) averaged £160/head!!
Commercial quality lambs were well bid for at 310-330p generally, depending on finish and breed.
Overall average at 325p/kg which includes some very poor store type lambs in the entry.
Sample Prices: –
349p 38kg B Shaw, Mayfield
359p 42kg RD Machin, Rudyard
350p 44kg JE Swindells, Leek
354p 44kg R&S Bailey, Rushton Spencer
360p 44.5kg IG Forrester, Trent Vale
370p 45.6kg IG Forrester, Trent Vale
355p 46.3kg D Williams, Basford
359p 46.3kg D Machin, Rudyard
344p 49kg RD Machin, Rudyard
340p 51kg KW&AM Minshull, Bosley
337p 54kg JE Swindells, Leek
CULL EWES (356)
A fantastic show of ewes given the abnormal sale date and evening sale time. Trade on the whole very similar to previous weeks with good runs of well-fed ewes selling to a fast trade, more mules and hill types also forward today looking well sold on the day.
Top price £246 for a Rouge tup from the Redfern Family. Ewes topped at £222 for a pen from Roger Bailey, A Willaims to £210 & £190, DJ Willaims to £200 & £190 and Rob Machin to £180 & £175
Continental types £160-£180
Plainer continentals £130-£150
Better mules topped at £148, generally £110-£130
Plain mules £90-100
Hill types £50-£80
Overall average £122.27
CALVES (41)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Oliver Hiles (07801 530899)
A smaller entry as expected for the Monday afternoon market at Leek, but a buoyant trade still topping at £400 for a British Blue bull, with a British Blue heifer to £330. A great number of buyers in attendance with many going home empty handed, overall average of £254.
16 CONTINENTAL BULLS
Plenty of strong sorts on offer today, topping at £400 for BE wain and ten over £300.
16 Blues av £301 to £400 BE wain
18 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
Topping today at £330 for PWJ & S Wilson with eight over £275.
13 Blues av £260 to £330 PWJ&S Wilson
3 Lims av £234 to £272 J&R Maydew
2 INRA av £220 to £240 G Hatton
4 NATIVES
Topping at £222 for an Aberdeen Angus bull from G W Myatt & Partners.
2 AA Bulls av £202 to £222 GW Myatt & Partners
2 Her Hfs av £190 to £200 BE Wain
3 BLACK & WHITE BULLS
Overall average of £91, topping at £108 for TC Sykes.
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SATURDAY 4th JANUARY
Catalogued Sale of 192 Store & Breeding Cattle
Catalogues Available Online
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SATURDAY 11TH JANUARY
Catalogued Sale of Store Lambs & Breeding Sheep
Closing Date for Entries Friday 3rd January
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