100% clearance throughout the market today with just short of 1,000 sheep on offer with lambs selling to 355p/kg, topping at £188.50/head and ewes to £268.
Less calves on offer but trade is booming with British Blue bulls to £760 and a Limousin topping the heifers at £675.
Seeing good numbers in the Pigs selling to 231p/kg topping at £228.69/head.
Barrens to 271p/kg for a Holstein and clean to 318p/kg for a Friesian steer.
Dairies to £2860 for a third calver.
BARREN COWS
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
Holstein topped the Barren shed today weighing 615kg she sold to 271p/kg for W E Turnock & Sons of Oncote with the same vendor having a second Holstein weighing 535kg to 250p/kg.
A Montbeliarde cow weighing 630kg sold to 261p/kg for D & G Tudor of Kingsley Moor.
Other top prices: –
Hol 248p to £1996 LTL Partners, Leigh
AA 248p to £1612 NG & P Sidebottom, Marple
Hol 239p to £1744 P R Lawley, Bagnall
Hol 237p to £1635 WE Turnock & Sons, Onecote
Frie 232p to £1508 JWBrandrick&Son,Beamhurst
Top headage price of the day was £1996.40 for the Holstein for LTL Partners, Leigh.
A 940kg Hereford bull sold to 250p/kg to gross £2350 for E T Simpson of Winkhill.
The overall average was 218.98p.
CLEAN
A Friesian steer sold to 318p/kg to gross £1669.50 for D & E A Jeffery of Roston who also had a Simmental steer to 295p/kg to gross £1784.75.
A Hereford steer sold to 276p/kg to gross £1269.60 for K & A Smith, Ashbourne.
Overall average for clean cattle was 274.26/kg.
PIGS (150)
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
Similar numbers of pigs to last week with trade up a gear from last week, fats topped at 231p or £228.69.
Big gilts sold to 121p.
Porkers sold to 212p for J&B Fentem.
Cutters sold to 219p for J&B Fentem who had others to 207p and boars to 177p, 176p.
Bacon pigs sold to 231p, 230p, 229p, 228p x2, 226p, 225p x3 for Massie Farms. JA&B Minshull to 224p, 222p, 218p, 210p. RP Thompson 214p, PF+PD Parsons to 213p, 211p. DB Goldstraw to 212p, C Hine 212p. J&B Fentem to 210p x2.
Heavies to 184p for C Village to gross £211.60 who had others to 170p.
No sows but a good show of heavy clean gilts to 121p, 111p, 102p for DC & CJ Tunnicliffe. PF+PD Parsons to 104p.
Pig Averages.
Pork Pigs (2) av 212.00p/kg or £156.88/head
Cutting Pigs (20) av 186.38p/kg or £150.23/head
Bacon Pigs (105) av 204.52p/kg or £194.00/head
Heavies (8) av 147.86p/kg or £179.46/head
Clean Gilts (4) av 108.89p/kg or £243.36/head
DAIRIES
Selling time – 11:30am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
Dairies to £2860
A fantastic cow, fresh with her third, from the Mills Family of Ambergate topped at £2860. They also had a second calver at £2550 and another second calver at £2320.
Big entries for next week with towards 40 fresh milkers in the Pedigree sale and a part herd dispersal of 50 milkers all calved in the last eight weeks from the Mycock Family of Over Haddon.
More milkers are needed to satisfy demand. Please get in touch if you have stock to sell. Contact Meg Elliott on 07967 007049.
SHEEP SECTION
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)
LAMBS (757)
A good entry saw a solid demand with new orders in operation.
The best lambs to 355p/kg and plenty at 340p – 350p, particularly for handy weight sorts. Best big lambs to £188.50.
Commercial lambs generally 300p – 320p depending on breed, weight and finish. A few runs of Mules selling on a solid trade but impacting the average.
Overall average at 314p/kg or £141/head.
Sample Prices: –
347p 35.5kg J M Robinson, Swythamley
339p 36kg J M Robinson, Swythamley
352p 39.7kg R M Hardy, Cauldon Lowe
348p 40.3kg R M Hardy, Cauldon Lowe
352p 41kg D B Goldstraw, Meerbrook
348p 42kg Mosley & Son, Wormhill
344p 42.5kg C E Smith, Longford
345p 47kg D B Goldstraw, Meerbrook
355p 47kg S & J Reeves, Hope Valley
336p 50kg P F Gilman, Thorncliffe
336p 52kg D Williams, Basford
334p 55kg J E Swindells
CULL EWES (177)
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
A lot less ewes this week with trade holding strong for all types, a mixed yarding of grazing types and half meat ewes would dominate once again with meat a real premium for all types. More needed each week. Top price £268 for ewes and £238 for tups.
Sample Prices: –
R&S Bailey £268, £220
M&C Hall £238
T&T Goodwin £200
D Williams £190
Mosley & Son £185
Tups to £238 for M&C Hall
Continentals £160 plus
Mules to £150 generally £115-£135
Hill types £80-£100
Feeders £95-£115
Overall average £133.18/head
CALVES (118)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Oliver Hiles (07801 530899)
Trade has taken another jump up with the outstanding trade of last week being surpassed and by a distance in places.
44 CONTINENTAL BULLS
Half the number of last week but averages and prices way up. Seven best topped £700 with a strong British Blue (10 wks) at the top at £760 with Daz Tudor’s Charolais (26 days) at £730 and Phillip Holdcroft’s Simmental (21 days) also £730. Medium bulls £350 – £550 depending on size and potential with a few smaller bulls under £330.
26 Blues av £483 to £760 F T Lemon & Son
7 Sims av £485 to £730 P N Holdcroft
9 Lims av £430 to £590 J Kirkham
2 Char av £660 to £730 D & G Tudor
26 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
Less numbers but trade on fire once again, A trio of tremendous British Blues from Andy Williamson sold at £675, £665 and £650 with other better bred heifers over £500. Medium heifers £350 – £480 with just a few under £300.
18 Blues av £459 to £675 RG & S Williamson
2 Sims av £472 to £540 R J Clowes & Son
4 Lims av £241 to £350 N E Goodwin & Son
2 Pied av £395 to £400 FA & TM Cotton
37 NATIVES
Quite simply the dearest we have ever seen.
22 AA Bulls av £411 to £605 MJ & D Needham
9 AA Heifs av £264 to £350 P E Holmes & Son
1 Here Heif av to £430 E Davies & Partners
3 W/B Heif av £261 to £295 R & T Clowes & Son
11 DAIRY BULLS
A super Montbeliarde bull made £470 for Andrew Cotton with Holsteins to £220 for Dave Povey.
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SATURDAY 22nd NOVEMBER
Catalogued Sale of Store & Breeding Cattle
Entries Close Friday 14th November
Next Sale Saturday 6th December
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SATURDAY 15th NOVEMBER
Catalogued Sale of 7,736 Store Lambs & Breeding Sheep
Catalogue Now Available Online
Next Sale Saturday 29th November
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