Lambs to 410p/kg or £213.84/head
Ewes to £255
Barrens to 277p/kg or £2479.15
Clean to 341p/kg or £2216.50
Blue bull Calves to £745 Limousin Heifer to £545
Pigs to 228p or £214.43
BARREN COWS
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
An 895kg Limousin cow topped the barrens at 277p/kg to £2479.15/head which was the top headage price of the day for J L Mellor & Partners of Macclesfield who had another Limousin weighing 735kg selling to 266p/kg to gross £1955.10.
Waller Farms of Macclesfield had a 900kg Charolais cow to 270p/kg to gross £2430 with an Aberdeen Angus weighing 660kg achieving 262p/kg to gross £1729.20 for Waller Farms also.
Other top prices: –
Holst 257p £2004.60 WE Turnock & Sons
Holst 232p £1334.00 F Yates & Son
Holst 225p £1575.00 Foker Grange Farm
Holst 214p £1562.20 HR Johnson & Son
Ayrs 197p £1250.95 B & B Partners
The overall average was 212.07/kg or £1371.02/head
CLEAN
A British Blue heifer weighing 650kg topped the clean cattle today at 341p/kg to gross £2216.50 for AW & D Kennerley & Son of Betley with a Simmental heifer weighing 645kg sold to 336p/kg to gross £2167.20 for the same vendor.
Hereford heifers weighing 585kg achieved 336p/kg to gross £1965.60 for Messrs Allen of Ashbourne who also had a 600kg Aberdeen Angus heifer to 317p/kg to gross £1902.00.
A 600kg Aberdeen Angus bull achieved 332p/kg to gross £1992.00.
A bunch of three Friesian bulls achieved 328p/kg and 326p/kg (twice) to gross £1853.20, £1858.20 (twice).
Overall average was 291.04/kg with an average headage price of £1210.48/head.
PIGS (165)
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
A large entry of pigs this week met a strong demand. Plain sorts harder work but all finding homes. It’s nice to see a few new vendors travelling to leek today seeing a top price of 228p or £214.43. Best gilts 215p-225p, generally 195p-210p. Boars 155p-175p.
Plain or overweight pigs 80-120p.
Porkers sold to 206p for W Gregson, Preston. J&B Fentem to 199p.
Cutters sold to 210p for new vendor Harry Hollins, Market Drayton. G Weston to 205p, 204p and hoggs to 189p and 181p. Boars to 170p for W Gregson.
Bacon pigs sold to 228p for Massie Farms who had others to 222p x2, 220p, 219p, 218p, 216p, 214px2. GR Weston to 216p. Harry Hollins to 214p. PJ Saunders to 209p. PF+PD Parsons to 207p, 198p, 197p.
Heavies to 152p for Peter Hine. JA&B Minshull to 150p, PJ Saunders to 147p.
Sows to 92p for Ray Rowlinson, CJ & CA Tunnicliffe to 78p, 45p, 40p.
Pig Averages.
Pork Pigs (4); av 158.60p/kg or £115.78/head
Cutting Pigs (23); av 149.16p/kg or £121.73/head
Bacon Pigs (121), av 191.48p/kg or £179.678head
Heavies (6), av 139.98p/kg or £153.28/head
Sows (4), av. 66.58p/kg or £111.69/head
DAIRIES
Selling time – 11:30am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
Milking Heifers to £2200
In-calf Heifers to £2100
As a vendor described on the day, a resilient trade for the dairies forward despite the current turbulence within the industry.
Trade topped at £2200 for a fresh heifer from the Brassington family of Calf Heath, Wolverhampton.
Two smashing In-calf heifers from Mick and Kay Hulse sold very well, with a Swedish Red X to £2200 and a Montbeliarde X to £2040.
A big entry forward for next week with 50 entered to date in the Pedigree Catalogue and a small herd dispersal to follow, details of which will be out shortly.
SHEEP SECTION
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)
LAMBS (776)
A better entry saw a very busy trade with plenty of competition and new orders generating.
Best lambs very well bid for to a top of 410p/kg and up to £213.84/head for some excellent heavy weight lambs.
Commercial lambs generally 310p – 340p/kg for handy weight and 290p – 310p/kg for heavies.
Overall average a pleasing 328p/kg SQQ or 318p/kg overall which included plenty of power shaped types.
Sample Prices: –
386p 37.2kg JA Hine, Biddulph
364p 37.6kg T & TvGoodwin, Wetley Rocks
356p 38.7kg R & S Bailey, Rushton Spencer
370p 40kg P Smith, Rushton Spencer
410p 40.2kg R & S Bailey, Rushton Spencer
375p 41kg SR & G Marsden, High Peak
360p 41kg JA Hine, Biddulph
355p 44.5kg S & J Reeves, Hope Valley
380p 45kg J Tavernor & Co, Great Haywood
355p 47kg P Smith, Rushton Spencer
350p 48kg S & J Reeves, Hope Valley
360p 48.5kg A Wilshaw, Meerbrook
355p 53kg SR & G Marsden, High Peak
348p 56kg DH & J Lovatt, Rushton Spencer
340p 61kg J Tavernor & Co, Great Haywood
342p 62.5kg DH & J Lovatt, Rushton Spencer
CULL EWES (162)
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
A few less ewes about, trade dearer than last week on the whole. A mixed show of ewes with good meated ewes, runs of lean feeding ewes and hill types all looking well sold. Top price £255 twice for CA Furness, and RG&AS Williamson for Continentals, Mules to £178 for R+L White.
Sample Prices: –
CA Furness £255
RG&AS Williamson £255, £235
MS Lancaster £240
J Plant £220
JE Swindells £220
Marcus Jones £195
ID&TJ Gregorey £190, £185
Better continentals £170-£220
Plainer sorts £150-£170
Mules to £178 Generally £140-£160
Hill types £80-£110
Very lean small types £50-£90
Overall average a respectable £131/head.
CALVES (131)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Oliver Hiles (07801 530899)
Similar numbers and an equally good trade with the bulls in particular looking well sold.
48 CONTINENTAL BULLS
Very good to sell with a whole host of buyers wanting and needing numbers. Three best over £700 with a tremendous shapy Blue at £745 from Andrew Cotton with Sheila McLeavy and Andy Williamson both also in the £700 club. Medium bulls generally £500 – £600 with smaller rearers £450 – £500 and just a handful under £400.
34 Blues av £509 to £745 FA & TM Cotton
5 Sims av £507 to £650 H & E Bailey & Prtns
7 Lims av £427 to £540 NE Goodwin & Sons
2 Char av £582 to £600 J Hughes
40 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
Still good to sell but not as strong as the bulls today. Eleven best topped £450 with a high of £545 for a shapy Limmy for Messrs Moss. Medium heifers £340 – £430 with a few smaller under £300.
22 Blues av £387 to £480 R & T Clowes & Son
10 Sims av £360 to £460 H & E Bailey & Prtns
5 Lims av £445 to £545 E Moss & Son
3 Cha/In av £420 to £465 J Hughes
20 NATIVES
As dear as ever at Leek.
5 AA Bulls av £379 to £550 GR & D Hawkins
5 Here Bulls av £338 to £465 Rowland Partners
5 Here Heif av £234 to £290 BE Wain
3 AA Heifs av £355 to £410 J Hughes
1 W/B Heif to £355 PR Lawley
23 BLACK & WHITE BULLS
9 Beef Shorthorn Bulls av £278
14 Holstein Bulls av £147
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SATURDAY 17th JANUARY
Catalogued Sale of 514 Store & Breeding Cattle
Catalogue Now Available Online
Next Sale Saturday 31st January
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SATURDAY 7th FEBRUARY
Catalogued Sale of Store Lambs & Breeding Sheep
Entries Close Friday 30th January
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