Calves on fire this week with a new top price for Leek of £890 for a British Blue bull with Blue heifers to £650
Barrens to 292p/kg, seeing a top headage price of £2157.60
Clean cattle to 338p/kg with a top headage price of £2150.40
Over 1,000 head of sheep on offer with Hoggs to 426p/kg or £205.41/head and Ewes topping the £300 mark to £302
Another large entry of pigs, selling to 195p/kg
BARREN COWS
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
Barren cows in demand with more needed each week to meet demand.
Selling on a strong trade this week, topping at 292p/kg for a Limousin cow weighing 655kg to gross £1912.60 for J Gilman & Partners of Bosley who also had a second Limousin weighing 710kg close behind at 290p/kg to gross £2059.
A Swedish Red cow weighing 690kg achieved 247p/kg to gross £1704.30 for NE Goodwin & Son of Upper Hulme.
Friesians topped at 239p/kg, weighing 640kg, grossing £1529.60 for JW Brandrick & Son of Beamhurst.
The top headage price of the day was £2157.60 for a 930kg Shorthorn cow from D & J Moseley Ltd of Caverswall with another Shorthorn weighing 700kg achieving 226p/kg to gross £1582 for the same vendor.
Other top prices: –
Frie 213p £1448 NE Goodwin & Son
Hols 212p £1600 WE Turnock & Sons
Wagyu 196p £1097 JP & JA Gater, Light Oaks
The overall average was a very pleasing 231.19p/kg or £1617.17/head.
CLEAN
A Hereford steer weighing 330kg topped the clean cattle today at 338p/kg to gross £1115.40 for RA Lomas & Partners of Aldwark. The same vendor had a pair of Dairy Shorthorn steers to 334p and 326p to gross £1169 and £1092.10.
JE Archer & Sons had a 640kg Aberdeen Angus steer to 336p/kg to gross £2150.40, being the top headage price of the day. A pair of Friesian steers sold to 331p/kg and 318p/kg to gross £2019.10 and £1796.70 for the same vendor.
The overall average was 301.42p/kg or £1156.05/head.
PIGS (190)
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
A massive show of pigs again today with more of a mixed entry, trade 10p less on the week with a lot of mixed goods in. Best pigs sold to 195p for Massie Farms. Sows a bit more bounce today.
Porkers sold to 150p for SL Seabridge.
Cutters sold to 193p, 180p, 162p for G Weston. New vendor J Davies from Holyhead sold to 192p. M Groom to 170p.
Bacon pigs sold to 195p for Massie Farms who had others to 195p, 193p, 192p, 191p, 190p. J Davies to 193p. G Weston to 192p. PF+PD Parsons 191p, 190p, 189p.
A mixed show of heavies with the good the bad and the ugly selling to 178p for L Harding who had others to 167p, 135p. K Lloyd, Anglesey sold to 154p, 142p. R Darlington sold heavy gilts to 136p, 135p.
Sows sold to 80p for R Rowlinson, DW Brown to 65p S Bailey to 36p.
Pig Averages:
Pork Pigs (2); av 150.00p/kg or £106.50/head
Cutting Pigs (14); av 171.90p/kg or £138.38/head
Bacon Pigs (129), av 167.50p/kg or £157.95/head
Heavies (35), av 117.68p/kg or £139.03/head
Sows (4), av.47.35p/kg or £140.26/head
DAIRIES
Selling time – 11:30am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
DAIRIES TO £2600
Dairy trade continues to remain resilient, topping at £2600 for a second calver from the Broomhouse Herd of Messrs Easom. Another second calver from the same home reached £2450.
A great entry forward for the Pedigree Sale next week with 64 entered to date. Catalogues will be available on-line shortly.
SHEEP SECTION
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)
HOGGS (836)
A good seasonal entry selling on a fast trade.
Handy weights good to sell with best lambs topping at 426p/kg or £205.41/head and 360p – 380p/kg generally.
Heavyweight lambs hard going this week, achieving little more than the lighter weights in £ per head.
Average 339.71p/kg SQQ or 325.21p/kg overall.
Sample Prices: –
340p 32kg W&N Sherratt & Son, Hartington
360p 33.3kg AJ Peach, Warslow
360p 34kg R Brough, Pikehall
359p 35kg B Shaw, Buxton
391p 35kg J Belfield & R Deakin-Gallimore
375p 37kg M Jones, Rudyard
348p 39kg AJ Peach, Warslow
384p 41kg AC Langridge, Uttoxeter
396p 44kg J Belfield & R Deakin-Gallimore
348p 44.4kg SJ Pace & CO, Congleton
399p 45kg J Tavernor & Co, Great Haywood
382p 45kg A Shaw, Ashbourne
358p 45.6kg J Swindells, Leek
348p 45.8kg D Williams, Basford
360p 46kg NJ Williams, Buxton
350p 46kg M & M Heath, Rushton Spencer
399p 46.4kg R & S Bailey, Rushton Spencer
426p 47kg J Belfield & R Deakin-Gallimore
395p 52kg AS Agriculture, Moddershall
322p 54.3kg RG&AS Williamson, Wetley Rocks
328p 56.3kg D Williams, Basford
326p 60kg J Tavernor & Co, Great Haywood
CULL EWES (181)
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
A few more ewes about and trade up a gear, a mixed yarding with meated ewes a serious trade. More required over the coming weeks. Top price £302 for AC Langridge, Uttoxeter.
Sample Prices:
AC Langridge £302, £215
J Belfield £287
Furness & Taylor £285, £220
R&S Bailey £268
D Williams £225
A Wilshaw £220
WE Turnock £210
Shirley & Boam £200
S Frith £200
Tups to £218 for WD Hatch
Best continentals £200 – £260
Plainer continental sorts £160 – £200
Mules to £196, generally £130 – £160
Hill types £60 – £110
Very lean small types £40 – £90
Overall average a respectable £142.25/head.
CALVES (103)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Oliver Hiles (07801 530899)
A shortage of calves leads to improved prices again with calves at record levels and a new high price for Leek of £890.
30 CONTINENTAL BULLS
Unreal to sell with all averages continually over £500 and a new record price of £890 for a British Blue X (33 days) from Messrs Furness & Taylor, Wormhill and purchased by a local finisher. Three other bulls over £700 with plenty more £600 – £700. Only five bulls under £500.
21 Blues av £576 to £890 Furness & Taylor
6 Lims av £515 to £710 P Storer
2 Char av £505 to £510 S & S Brain
1 Blon to £500 WH Townsend&Son
20 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
The dearest we have ever seen them. Martin Furness did the bull/heifer double today with his only British Blue heifer (32 days) at £650 with another seven Blues over £525. Medium £400 – £480 with a handful of smaller calves in the £300’s.
15 Blues av £482 to £650 Furness & Taylor
2 Sims av £385 to £400 H&E Bailey&Partners
3 Lims av £420 to £495 NG,JMH & H Mellor
42 NATIVES
Good numbers and the trade as strong as ever.
16 AA Bulls av £444 to £575 Pearson & Son
21 AA Heif av £281 to £450 J Kirkham
3 Here Bulls av £391 to £485 BE Wain
2 Here Heif av £230 to £250 BE Wain
10 DAIRY BULLS
Better sorts up to £195 for a Holstein from Steve Johnson with others at £190.
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SATURDAY 14th FEBRUARY
Catalogued Sale of 394 Store & Breeding Cattle
Catalogue Now Available
Next Sale Saturday 28th February
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