Calves are on a roll with a trio of 6-week-old British Blue Bulls all exceeding the £600 mark!! Topping the Heifers was also a British Blue at £480.
A good entry of sheep with just short of 1,000 head on offer, seeing hoggs up to 397p/kg with a top headage price of £198.80 and Ewes to £250.
Similar number of Pigs on offer to last week with a top price of 196p/kg.
The Dairy shed topped at £2700 for a stylish heifer.
BARREN COWS
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
Another strong trade in the Barrens with a good company of buyers around the ring leaving empty handed each week.
A Simmental weighing 575kg topped the day at 257p/kg for JH & KA Thornhill of Disley, closely followed by a British Blue, weighing 660kg, at 254p/kg for S Kidd Farmers of Longnor, to give the top headage price of the day of £1676.40/head.
A Saler cow, weighing 600kg reached 247p/kg also for S Kidd Farmers.
Two Hereford cows weighing 470kg and 670kg sold to 240p/kg and 237p/kg, both for M Beswick of Fairfield.
An overage Charolais Bull, weighing 870kg sold to 195p/kg to a top price of £1696.50 for C & EJ Whilock of Werrington.
Overall average for barrens was 227.25p/kg with a top headage price of £1676.40.
CLEAN CATTLE
A small entry of clean cattle saw a Friesian steer at 525kg sell up to 322p/kg to a top price of £1690.50 for DR & A Shuker of Bosley with another Friesian at 314p/kg, weighing 470kg for I & GE Gregson of Hanbury.
PIGS (125)
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
Similar numbers to last week and trade pretty similar, better gilts 190p+ boars 165p+. top price 196p from C Hine. Sows to 81p from JG Belfield.
Cutters sold to 196p for C Hine, PF+PD Parsons to 194p. S Bailey to 191p, JA&B Minshull to 190p, J&B Fentem to 187p, R T Wilson 186p. J&B Fentem to 186p.
Bacon pigs sold to 194p x2, 193px2 for Massie Farms. JG Belfield 194p, 190p. PF+PD Parsons 192p, 191p, 187p, 186p, J&B Fentem to 187p, 186p, RT Wilson 186p.
Heavies to 168p and 100p for J&B Fentem
Sows to 81p or £220.32 for JG Belfield
Pig Averages.
Cutting Pigs (18); av 164.71p/kg or £136.25/head
Bacon Pigs (100); av 171.55p/kg or £162.21/head
Heavy Pigs (2); av 131.93p/kg or £151.72/head
Sow (1); av; 81.00p/kg or £220.32/head
DAIRIES
Selling time – 11:30am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
Dairies to £2700
A lovely entry for a “normal” week with trade just as swift.
A very stylish Donte heifer from Ian Ellis of Chesterfield reached £2700 to Red Earth Farms who also took a second from the same home at £2560.
Eric Weston of Roston saw his heifer reach £2650 to A Myatt of Leigh with another from Edward and Dianne Bennett reach £2600, also to Red Earth Farms.
Next week is Pedigree Sale with a nice entry of milkers and youngstock already entered. Catalogues will be out in due course.
SHEEP SECTION
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)
HOGGS (816)
A good entry selling on a stronger trade than expected with reports elsewhere being down beat.
Best types remain very well bid for to a top of 397p/kg and plenty at 360p-380p/kg.
Big Hoggs remain harder to sell but still topping at £198.80 for overweight’s, with 145 overweight averaging £171/head.
Commercial quality good to sell providing not too heavy, generally trading at 320p-350p/kg depending on finish.
SQQ average at 333p/kg, including plenty of lean, light sorts and overall average at 328p/kg. Average headage at £151/head.
More best types could be sold each week.
Sample Prices: –
360p 36.8kg M&M Heath, Rushton Spencer
370p 38kg GH&M Torr, Bradnop
374p 40kg CE Smith, Longford
360p 40.3kg JM Robinson, Swythamley
387p 42.7kg J Belfield & R Deakin-Gallimore
397p 44.2kg R&S Bailey, Rushton Spencer
387p 47.2kg R&S Bailey, Rushton Spencer
363p 48.3kg AW Wilshaw, Meerbrook
361p 52kg Thomas Alleynes High School
358p 52.4kg R&S Bailey, Rushton Spencer
340p 54kg E Walker, Middlewich
CULL EWES (180)
Less ewes forward but an absolute flying trade!! More required next week!!
All types definitely dearer on the day with trade up another gear. Top price £250 for R&S Bailey, J Philips to £248×2, £210, £192 FG&JR Critchlow to £246. RG&AS Williamson to £240, £201, £200, £176, WE Turnock to £211, £196 and mules to £169 for 17. E Walker to £210, £170. D Williams to £205, G&E Fallows to £205, JP Austin to £199, M Wright £192.
Better Continentals £185+
Plainer Continentals £145+
Mules topped at £180, better sorts £140-£170
Plain ewes and hill types £70-£110
Only very small lean ewes £30-£60
More tups on offer today with the good the bad and the ugly topping at £240 for J Phillips, J Plant to £180 x2, £163, £157. AJ Suppan £170 & £150.
Overall average a very pleasing £158.62
CALVES (110)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Oliver Hiles (07801 530899)
Better numbers of calves and a vastly improved trade with calves catching up with the sky-high beef trade.
51 CONTINENTAL BULLS
Big numbers but the buyers were certainly ready for them with averages and prices miles dearer than we have ever seen them. Eleven best sold over £500 including a trio of 6-week-old British Blues from Andy Williamson at £635, £625 and £605. Andy Hulme £580, Graham Turnock £570, Andrew Cotton £555 and £545 and Peter Gilman £530, the list goes on! Medium bulls £400-£500 with smaller sorts under £400.
35 Blues av £450 to £635 RG&AS Williamson
5 Sims to £415 JC&D Hudson
11 Lims av £398 to £520 J Kirkham
33 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
Not as dear as the bulls but not the overall quality either. Five better sorts north of £400 with Messrs Heath of Stone at £480. Medium Heifers £270-£370 with just the smalls under £250.
24 Blues av £264 to £480 HW Heath & Son
5 Sims av £254 to £480 JC&D Hudson
4 Lims av £339 to £440 F Yates & Son
19 NATIVES
As dear as ever.
10 AA Bulls av £281 to £405 FA&TM Cotton
8 AA Heifs av £199 to £305 FA&TM Cotton
1 Here Heif to £255 Rowland Partners
7 DAIRY BULLS
Montbeliarde to £245 and Holsteins to £185.
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SATURDAY 15th MARCH
Catalogued Sale of 637 Store & Breeding Cattle
Catalogues Now Available Online
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TUESDAY 18T MARCH 11AM
70 HOLSTEINS, SHORTHORNS & AYRSHIRES
Fully Catalogued Sale from some of the Leading Herds in the Midlands and Surrounding Counties. A TREMENDOUS ENTRY already received from:
Bentygrange, Broomhouse (6), Bradnop (3), Brundcliffe, Chardan (3) In-calf Hfrs, Chasmar (7), Havendale (3), Honeycroft (2), Sterndale (4), Weaverdale (2), Yarlet (37)
Incl a Special Entry of 37 Youngstock from the Yarlet Herd of W A & A E Turnock, Yarlet, Stafford.
For Further Details & Catalogues Contact (01889) 562811 Ref: MEE
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SATURDAY 29th MARCH
Catalogued Sale of Store & Breeding Cattle
Entries Close Friday 21st March
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