BARREN COWS
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
More Barrens available today seeing a solid trade with a Simmental at 730kg topping the day at £1803.10 from JM Robinson of Swythamley.
A 765kg Holstein followed closely for HM, H & S Shann of Sheen selling to £1759.50.
Other Top Pices: –
Here 770kg £1756 J M Robinson, Swythamley
Char 625kg £1750 JF Barber, Quarnford
AA 830kg £1743 J M Robinson, Swythamley
D S/H 720kg £1714 G&LBelfield&Son, Quarnford
BB 620kg £1662 J F Barber, Quarnford
Frie 695kg £1654 C Powell, Shrewsbury
Here 720kg £1620 Waller Farms, Sutton
The overall average for barrens was 207.47/kg or £1355.97/head.
An overage Simmental Bull weighing 835kg sold to £1920.50 for EJ & DC Kidd of Quarnford.
PIGS (86)
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145
Less pigs forward, trade just as difficult, best gilts topped at 170p generally 130p – 150p. boars very hard work topping at 120p generally 40-90p.
Bacon pigs sold to 170p for S Bailey, Massie Farms 154p, 151p. G. Weston 139p. J&B Fentem 130p, 120p.
Heavies to 160p for DB Goldstraw. Massie Farms 154p. G Weston 150p. C Hine 136p, 130p. PJ Saunders 135p. GR Weston 130p.
Bacon Pigs (53), av 98.31p/kg or £94.43/head
Heavies (26), av 135.44p/kg or £151.33head
DAIRIES
Selling time – 11:00am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
DAIRIES TO £4000
A paralytic trade for milkers on Tuesday saw the best to £4000 and all but one over £3000 to average £3408.
Topping the day at £4000 was a Secretariat daughter giving 35kg from David Brailsford of Chesterfield. Hot in pursuit at £3800 was a 30kg heifer from Edward and Dianne Bennett of Whiston.
Cows topped at £3650 for a second calver from the Phillips family of Winkhill who also saw their heifer reach £3600.
A smashing run of Shorthorn calves from the Broadlane herd of Messrs Norbury of Sproston topped at £470 to average £455.
More are certainly needed to satisfy demand so please get in touch if you have stock to sell.
SHEEP SECTION
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894) & Ed Groves (07964 510145)
LAMBS (867)
A good entry, selling on a good trade with all buyers working hard to fulfil orders and more could have been sold to vendor’s advantage.
Best lambs regularly at 360p and better to a top of 375p/kg. Generally, few of the best shaped lambs to bid at and some orders were not filled. More needed each week!!!
Commercial quality lambs noticeably dearer on the week with plenty trading at 325p – 340p/kg and looking well sold.
Overall average at 341p SQQ, 336p overall or £155/head.
More required each week!!!
Sample Prices: –
354p 37.7kg H Salt & Son, Grindon
369p 42.5kg I Walker, Stone
370p 44kg RG&AS Williamson, Wetley Rocks
375p 44.4kg FS&MJ Heath, Pipe Gate
374p 45kg I Walker, Stone
366p 45kg SR&G Marsden, High Peak
375p 45.8kg RG&AS Williamson, Wetley Rocks
369p 46kg S Galtrey, Matlock
370p 47.5kg KS& JR Burgess, Macclesfield
369p 48kg I Walker, Stone
360p 50kg FS&MJ Heath, Pipe Gate
351p 51kg RG&AS Williamson, Wetley Rocks
346p 52.5kg RG&AS Williamson, Wetley Rocks
350p 54.3kg Marcus Jones, Rudyard
338p 55kg RG&AS Williamson, Wetley Rocks
CULL EWES (448)
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
A larger show of ewes today met a strong trade from start to finish with a very mixed entry of goods with plenty of lean grazers in the mix. Top price on the day £340 for G Whitehouse.
Fed continentals £200 – £250+
Plainer sorts £140 – £170
Mules to £187 generally £130 – £160
Hill types £90 – £130
Very Lean ewes £40 – £70
Sample Prices:
G Whitehouse £340, £225, £220
K&A Smith £280, £220
R Bassett £275
KS&J Burgess £252, £220
F Potter £250, £200
S Galtrey £240, £200
JM Robinson £228, £220
E Salt £222, £212
J Percival £210
D Bailey £210
RG&AS Williamson £210
JM Slack £210, £200
FD Moss £202
M Jones £303
JB Rowlinson £200
Overall average £146.40/head
CALVES (117)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Oliver Hiles (07801 530899)
Consistent numbers and trade remains good.
35 CONTINENTAL BULLS
Look at the averages, a good bit more but some very nice calves on offer. Four best over £800 with a lovely shapey Simmental at £860 from Angela Bailey. Mediums £550 – £650 with only a couple under £500.
23 Blues av £630 to £830 R E Poyser
3 Sims av £705 to £860 H&E Bailey & Prtns
6 Lims av £662 to £800 I & GE Gregson
2 Char av £517 to £730 FJ Gould & Son
36 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
Strong money for all with plenty of bidders at ringside and some of the regulars unable to compete at these prices. Two over £700 with Jack (Danny Boy) Kirkman at £710 for a shapey Limousin and a Charolais at £700 for Keith Minshull. Better heifers generally £540 + with mediums £420 – £520 and three smaller sorts under £400.
18 Blues av £527 to £670 SC Harvey
10 Lims av £494 to £710 D & PW Kirkman
5 Char av £446 to £700 KW & AM Minshull
2 Baz av £460 to £470
29 NATIVES
Always good to trade at Leek.
18 AA Bulls av £496 to £585 G & L Belfield & Son
1 Here Bulls to £500 J & R Maydew
9 AA Heif av £350 to £510 WE Turnock & Sons
1 Here Heif to £420 BE Wain
9 BLACK & WHITE BULLS
Four proper Friesians from J Knight, Horton sold from £310 to £380 to aerage £338 with Holsteins to £290 for John Hughes.
8 REARED CALVES
£850 AA Steers (x4, 5mths) I & GE Gregson
£730 AA Heifer (5mths) C P Wardle
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SATURDAY 24th OCTOBER
Catalogued Sale of Store & Breeding Cattle
Entries Close Friday 16th October
Next Sale Saturday 7th November
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SATURDAY 17th OCTOBER
Catalogued Sale of 10,399 Store Lambs & Breeding Sheep
Catalogue Now Available Online
Next Sale Saturday 31st October
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