The rain didn’t deter trade in Leek on Tuesday, seeing 1,382 head of sheep on offer producing a top price of 346p/kg for best lambs and a top of £203/head for Ewes.
A British Blue bull topped the calf section at £400 with a British Blue also topping the heifers at £288.
Dairies sold up to £2500 for a second calver, the pedigree sale is next week followed by a special sale of 174 Holstein Friesians, see advert below.
Barrens sold on a firm trade with a top price of 225p/kg for a Friesian and clean cattle up to 260p/kg.
BARREN COWS (33)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
Another firm trade with a good company of buyers. Top price was 225p/kg for a 585kg Friesian cow from WSW Mills of Leicestershire and a 555kg British Blue from G Baskerville selling to 219p/kg.
A 645kg Holstein cow, again for WSW Mills, achieved 186p/kg.
A 765kg Holstein cow for WE Turnock & Sons was well sold at 186p/kg.
An 870kg Holstein, from WG & J Clark of Bradnop sold to 175p/kg.
A non-Farm Assured 860kg Shorthorn cow, from GG Hall & Son of Croxden, sold for 168p/kg with an 845kg Shorthorn, from the same vendor achieving 169p/kg.
Another 825kg Holstein, from SJ Hooley of Macclesfield, sold to 166p/kg.
Top headage price was £1522.50 and £1422.90 for Holsteins and Shorthorns up to £1444.80 and £1428.05.
CLEAN CATTLE
A small entry, seeing a 560kg British Blue Steer for TJ Partington at 260p/kg to gross £1456.00 and another 560kg Steer from the same vendor achieved 249p/kg.
British Blue heifers, from G Baskerville & Co, at 535kg achieved 232p/kg.
PIGS (98)
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
A few less pigs in with quality less on the day as well, trade would be 5p less on the week. Fat pigs topped at 212p and sows to 100p.
Porkers topped at 194p for J&B Fentem, Sam Harper to 180p, 170p. M Halliday to 172p.
Cutting pigs to 205p for J&B Fentem, others to 195p. PF+PD Parsons to 190p.
Bacon pigs to 212p for S Bailey. Massie Farms to 210p, 209p x2 & 208p. J&B Fentem to 209p, PF+PD Parsons to 207p, 206, 205p.
Heavies to 170p from G Tomlinson 170p.
Sows to 100p from RA Hughes, C Price to 80, 68p, 50p.
Pig Averages.
Pork Pigs (15) av. 145.32p/kg or £101.82/head
Cutting Pigs (9) av 197.97/kg or £155.07/head
Bacon Pigs (64) av 201.40p/kg or £187.55/head
Heavy Pigs (3) av 166.01p/kg or £190.92/head
Sow (4) av; 80.10p/kg or £99.32/head
DAIRIES
Selling time – 11:30am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
DAIRIES TO £2500
Another buoyant trade for milkers saw regular vendors Mick and Kay Hulse of Consall top the market for a very pretty second calver giving 37kg at £2500.
Close behind at £2440 was a 25kg heifer from Edward and Diane Bennett of Whiston.
First time vendors Messrs Venables of Siddington saw all of their three heifers pass the £2000 mark making £2080 x2 and £2160 respectively.
Don’t forget next week is Pedigree week with nearly 50 entered already and in addition we have the very exciting sale on behalf of David Wrench (See advert below).
If you have stock to sell, please do not hesitate to contact Meg Elliot on 07967 007049.
SHEEP SECTION
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)
LAMBS (1135)
A good number forward with again, a high proportion of lambs lacking the required weight and finish.
Best lambs very well bid for to a top of 346p/kg, best heavy lambs to £179.14.
Overall average at 275p/kg, impacted by the number of lean lambs forward.
Sample Prices:-
294p 37.5kg JM Robinson, Swythamley
324p 41kg JM Robinson, Swythamley
316p 42kg FS&MJ Heath, Pipe Gate
312p 44kg NJ Williams, Newtown
316p 45kg H Salt & Son, Grindon
346p 46.7kg FS&MJ Heath, Pipe Gate
344p 47kg NJ Williams, Newtown
326p 47kg J&W Knight, Horton
328p 48.8kg R Hall, Uttoxeter
325p 51.2kg N Brown, Marston Montgomery
326p 52.2kg NJ Williams, Newtown
290p 56kg N Brown, Marston Montgomery
CULL EWES (247)
A good entry of ewes forward trade up on the week on the whole with better sorts forward, still a good number of hill types and feeding ewes in the mix. Ewes topped at £203 for J&JA Venables, Lower Whithigton, who had others to £199, £196 and £185. H Simmons to £180.
Continental types £150+
Best mules £110 – £120
Plain cutting ewes £90-£105
Grazing ewes £70-£90
Hill types £40-60
Tups to £178 for David Lovatt, Rushton.
Overall average £99
CALVES (138)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Oliver Hiles (07801 530899)
A smart entry once again with the best as good as ever to sell but the mediums very dear by comparison.
42 CONTINENTAL BULLS
Very few real best calves on offer but these sold easily past £350 to a high of £400 for a British Blue from Andy Williamson. Mediums £240-£340, depending on shape and age with smaller bulls under £200, (only six today).
29 Blues av £271 to £400 RG&AS Williamson
4 Sims av £275 to £330 TD&DA Higginson
7 Lims av £258 to £390 RG&AS Williamson
36 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
Dearer than the bulls overall but some better sorts amongst the heifers. Ten best £260 plus and up to £288 for a lovely British Blue from David Clowes. Mediums all £220-£260 with just seven under £200.
23 Blues av £227 to £288 R&T Clowes & Son
9 Sims av £246 to £280 TD&DA Higginson
4 Lims av £225 to £278 RG&AS Williamson
36 NATIVES
Some better sorts look well sold today!
7 Here Bulls av £162 to £220 WE Turnock & Sons
13 AA Bulls av £238 to £310 PE Holmes & Son
4 Here Heif av £110 to £140 CP&RY Goodfellow
12 AA Heif av £154 to £262 GR&D Hawkins
15 BLACK & WHITE BULLS
A very smart Montbeliarde made £295 for Messrs Townsend, Sudbury, with the Friesians to £118 and the majority of smaller sorts £20-£50.
9 PART REARED SIMMENTALS
4 Simmental bulls (2mths) made £470 and the Simmental heifers of the same age made £390.
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SATURDAY 14th SEPTEMBER
Catalogued Sale of 650 Store & Breeding Cattle
Catalogues Now Available Online
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SATURDAY 14th SEPTEMBER
Sale of Store & Breeding Pigs – 10.30am
Sale of Store & Breeding Goats 11am
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TUESDAY 17th SEPTMBER 2024
Sale of the Entire Milking Herd of 200 Cows & Heifers all having calved in the last 6 weeks, Cubicles & Herringbone, Bulk Sample 4.20%F 3.74%P cc103 on behalf of D Wrench, Brookside Farm, Marton, Macclesfield, Cheshire. See poster below.
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SATURDAY 21st SEPTEMBER
Catalogued Sale of Store Lambs and Breeding Sheep Including Special Show & Sale of Breeding Ewe Lambs
Entries Close Friday 13th September
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TUESDAY 24th SEPTMBER 2024
Sale of the Entire Milking Herd of 145 Cows & Heifers In-milk & In-Calf on behalf of R & H Bates & Sons, Cocksmoss Farm, Marton, Macclesfield, Cheshire. See poster below.
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SATURDAY 28th SEPTEMBER
Catalogued Sale of Store & Breding Cattle
Entries Close Friday 20th September
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SATURDAY 28th SEPTEMBER
Catalogued Sale of Breeding Rams
MV and Non MV Sections
Sale to Commence at 10am
Entries Close Friday 20th September
