100% clearance in Leek again this week with over 1,000 head of sheep on offer, seeing Hoggs top at 495p/kg to £221.37/head and Ewes to £318
180 Pigs on offer to a solid trade, topping at 252p/kg or £252.58/head
Calves to £840 for a British Blue bull and a Blue Heifer to £685
Dairies to £2820 for a fresh heifer
Barrens to 256p/kg or £1945.60 and Clean Cattle to 347p/kg or £2067.90
BARREN COWS
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
A firm trade in the barrens with a Friesian weighing 760kg topping the day at 256p/kg to gross £1945.60, being the top headage price of the day, for RG & AS Williamson of Wetley Rocks.
Johnson & Son of Halmer End had a 670kg Holstein to 254p/kg to gross £1701.80 with a 645kg and a 790kg Holstein selling to 243p/kg and 240p/kg to gross £1567.35 and £1896 respectively for Robinson Partners of Rudyard.
Other top prices: –
Hols 232p £1392 A & JE Goldstraw
Frie 226p £1808 RG & AS Williamson
Frie 224p £1411 Robinson Partners
Hols 216p 1252 LTL Partners Ltd
The overall average was 225.76/kg or £1487.20/head.
CLEAN
An entry of Friesian bulls for J E Archer & Sons of Hilton topped at 347p/kg weighing 585kg to gross £2029.95. Top headage price of the day was for a Friesian bull weighing 610kg which sold to 339p/kg to gross £2067.90 for the same vendor.
The overall average was 333.86p/kg or £1923.86/head.
PIGS (180)
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
A strong entry of pigs sold to a solid trade topping at 252p for Dave Goldstraw, top headage £252.58 for Massie Farms for 115kg gilts. More spark in the sows selling to 40p to average 32p.
Porkers sold to 190p for B Minshull. B Barlow to 180p, 170p. D Pope, Thame to 170p.
Cutters sold to 220p for DJ Pope Thame, who had others to 216p, 212p. N Brown and family to 216p, 204p. B Minhsull 215p. G Weston 205p.
Bacon pigs sold to 252p for D Goldstraw. Massie Farms to 233p, 230p, 220p, 228p, 225p, 224p, N Brown to 228p, G Weston to 226p, 219p, J&B Fentem to 218p, C Hine 214p, S Bailey 214p, D Pope 213p, K Lloyd-Hughes 208p.
Heavies sold to 229p for Massie Farms who had others to 220p, 219p, 218p, G Weston to 209p, K Lloyd-Hughes 202p.
Sows to 40p for S Bailey.
Pig Averages.
Pork Pigs (11); av 156.68p/kg or £113.95/head
Cutting Pigs (39); av 193.67p/kg or £156.88/head
Bacon Pigs (96), av 209.25p/kg or £1196.72/head
Heavies (27), av 187.69p/kg or £213.13/head
Sows (5), av. 32.88p/kg or £73.39/head
DAIRIES
Selling time – 11:30am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
DAIRIES TO £2820
A great trade for milkers saw a top price of £2820 for a fresh heifer from Edward and Dianne Bennett of Whiston.
An entry of 22 youngstock from the Foster family met a very swift trade with prices topping at £1120.
Plenty of entries for next week’s pedigree sale, the catalogue will be available on-line shortly.
If you have entries get in touch, call Meg Elliott on 07967 007049.
SHEEP SECTION
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)
HOGGS (808)
A good entry and an excellent trade.
Best types regularly 450p/kg and better and plenty at £200/head and better.
Very best lambs selling to 495p/kg. Best big lambs topping at £221.37.
Commercial type lambs also good to sell, generally at 340p – 380p/kg depending on weight and finish.
Overall average at 384p/kg or 392p SQQ. Average at £174/head.
Sample Prices: –
438p 38kg A F Ball, Marston Montgomery
427p 39kg L Wright, Hartington
473p 40.4kg MR & AS Challinor, Dilhorne
495p 41.4kg D Williams, Basford
486p 43.2kg D Williams, Basford
491p 43.5kg R & S Bailey, Cloudside
476p 44kg FS & MJ Heath, Pipe Gate
468p 44.6kg SJ Pace & Co, Congleton
478p 45.4kg R & S Bailey, Cloudside
450p 47kg EA Sessions & Sons, Ashbourne
469p 47.2kg J & GJ Fryer, Horton
442p 47.4kg AJ Gilman, Elkstones
454p 47.4kg R & S Bailey, Cloudside
450p 48kg AS Agriculture, Modershall
440p 48.4kg LAJ Turner, Rownall
444p 48.7kg J & GJ Fryer, Horton
430p 48kg M Jones, Rudyard
442p 49kg R & S Bailey, Cloudside
410p 52kg R & S Bailey, Cloudside
368p 53kg J Gilman & Partners, Bosley
366p 56kg LAJ Turner, Rownall
CULL EWES (217)
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
The same number of ewes to last week with trade similar to last week. Fed ewes a premium with all types in demand.
Fed Continentals £170 – £260
Plainer Sorts £140 – £170
Mules to £191, Generally £145 – £175
Fed Hill Ewes £90 – £120
Feeding Ewes £50 – £100.
Sample Prices:
Ben & Sarah Robinson £318
J Trueman £310, £290, £282
J&GJ Fryer £275, £250
D Williams £275. £238
G&GE Read £265
G Whitehouse £247
R&S Bailey £245
WE Turnock £240
MR&AS Challinor £230
A Williams £220
A Shaw £220
T Hibbert £208
Tups to £240 E A Sessions, Dalbury Lees.
Overall average a respectable £164.46/head.
CALVES (82)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Oliver Hiles (07801 530899)
78 calves and 4 weanlings on offer, selling to a packed ring of buyers and more could have been sold.
22 CONTINENTAL BULLS
Topping at £840 for the Hulmes for a very strong British Blue with a British Blue and a Simmental not far behind at £750 and a Limousin at £730.
15 Blues av £598 to £840 DW & P Hulme
4 Lims av £533 to £730 FJ Gould & Son
2 Sims av £598 to £750 H&E Bailey&Partners
1 Blon to £495 WH Townsend & Son
28 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
A bigger show of heifers this week to top at £685, again, for a British Blue from the Hulmes and five over £600.
20 Blues av £515 to £685 DW & P Hulme
4 Sim av £431 to £550 H&E Bailey&Partners
2 Lims av £485 to £490 NG, JMH & H Mellor
1 Blon to £415 WH Townsend & Son
1 Char to £635 D & G Tudor
22 NATIVES
Very well bid for today, over 50% above £400 topping at £520 for a very nice Welsh Black bull at £620 from Mr Lawley.
1 AA Bull to £600 KW & AM Minshull
6 Here Bulls av £482 to £580 E Davies & Partners
1 W/B Bull to £620 P R Lawley
10 AA Heif av £265 to £470 Woodward Partners
2 Here Heif av £475 to £500 FJ Gould & Son
1 W/B Heif to £390 P R Lawley
7 BLACK & WHITE BULLS
To top at £425 for a dairy Shorthorn bull from S & S Brain but selling at £90 and above.
4 WEANLINGS
4 Hereford weanlings (5 months) £730.
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SATURDAY 14th MARCH
Catalogued Sale of 478 Store & Breeding Cattle
Catalogue Now Available
Next Sale Saturday 28th March
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