A great day for the Spring Lamb show and sale with the overall Champion going to Ian Wilson & Family which went on to sell for £11/kg to gross £418.
The pedigree sale in the dairies had a good day also, with the top price of £3640 going to a powerful heifer from Messrs Stubbs. The final dispersal of Mr Wrench topped at £2440.
The Barren shed saw a top price of 335p/kg and the top headage price of the day was £2224. A lean Hereford stock bull grossed at £1965.60
BARREN COWS (23)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
A very pleasing average of 255.46p/kg and a remarkable £1628.80 per head.
Top price of the day was 335p/kg for a 545kg Black & White from J R Johnson & Sons of Ipstones with a Limousin X from DA Shuker of Weston Coyney weighing 580kg making 279p/kg.
The heaviest cow of the day was an 800kg Black & White, from WE Turnock & Sons, achieved 278p/kg and another 815kg Black & White from D R & A Shuker & Sons of Bosley exchanged hands for 277p/kg.
Other prices include: –
271p/kg – 660kg B & W DR&A Shuker & Sons
268p/kg – 670kg B & W PJ Davies
268p/kg – 775kg X Breed WF & J Clark
267p/kg – 680kg B & W JAS Agricultural Ltd
364p/kg – 735kg B & W RE Poyser
Top headage price was £2224.00 and £2077, both being dairy bred cows.
Overage steers at 34 months topped at 346p/kg for a 655kg Shorthorn from N Bonsall to gross £2266.30 with a 680kg Shorthorn achieving 326p/kg to gross £2216.80.
STOCK BULLS
Two stock bulls sold up to 234p/kg for an 840kg lean Hereford for JH & IEA Bennett & Sons of Brandside to gross £1965.60 with a 580kg Black & White bull from MM & CJ Sutton achieving 208p/kg.
CLEAN CATTLE
A 23-month-old Aberdeen Angus bull from JAS Agricultural UK Ltd, at 675kg sold well to 339p/kg to gross £2288.25.
PIGS (147)
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
Pigs similar to last week. Top price on the day was 195p/kg for fat pigs, gilts were generally 190p + and boars 160p +. A poorer show in the sows, topping at 60p/kg.
Porkers sold to 185p/kg for J&B Fentem, SL Seabridge sold to 163p.
Cutters sold to 192p for J&B Fentem, with others to 190px3, SL Seabridge sold to 190px2 and also had others 163p.
Bacon pigs sold to 195p x4 and 194p for Massie Farms. Wendy Stamper to 192p and 190p, PF & PD Parsons sold to 192p, JA & B Minshull to 190p x 2, J & B Fentem at 190p and Chris Hine to 190p and 189p.
Heavy pigs topped at 124p for 133kg Gilts for PF & PD Parsons.
Sows generally a poorer show with nothing really sparkling on offer topping at 60p for Burnleigh Farm who had others at 50p and 42p. Wendy Stamper sold to 40p and 38p.
Pig Averages.
Porkers (5); av 181.03p/kg or £132.52/head
Cutting Pigs 30); av 176.41p/kg or £146.48/head
Bacon Pigs (74); av 174.97p/kg or £164.16/head
Heavy Pigs (2); av 121.73p/kg or £148.51/head
Sows (6); av 41.71p/kg or £60.40/head
DAIRIES
Selling time – 11:30am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
Pedigrees to £3640
A fiery trade at the April Pedigree Sale at Leek saw a powerful heifer from the Tissington herd of Messrs Stubbs reach £3640 with a second from the same home at £3300.
Cows and heifers from the Meldamar herd were much sought after, with their heifer reaching £2950 and three second calvers making £2920, £2820 and £2800 respectively.
The final dispersal on behalf of David Wrench peaked at £2440 for New Zealand Friesian heifers with in-calf heifers from the same home to £1980.
The pedigree Aberdeen Angus bull created a great deal of interest with the Critchlow family, eventually clinching him at £4780.
SHEEP SECTION
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)
SPRING LAMBS (106)
A good entry for the Easter Show saw a very strong demand, particularly for the best types.
The pre-sale show was very kindly judged by Mr Rob Mollatt of Mollatts Farm Butchers, who have recently taken on Ipstones butchers shop. He awarded champion of the day to a lamb from Ian and Andrew Wilson of Hollington, who are regular vendors. The lamb went on to sell for £11/kg, grossing £418 and will be available to purchase from Ipstones shop. Thanks to all vendors, purchasers and the judge for their support.
Other prize winners from the Wilson family, selling to 860p/kg, 800p, 660p and 650p and lambs from John and Gaz Fryer to 700p/kg.
Away from the show, best shaped lambs generally 420p – 450p/kg, plenty of others at 400p + and commercial quality 350p-390p depending on weight and finish.
Regular supply of lambs now required weekly to sustain orders.
HOGGS (635)
A reduced entry saw an excellent trade, with prices actually up on the week, despite it being against the run of events nationally.
Best hoggs regularly 390p – 420p and the best flying away to 430p/kg for very well fed hoggs from James Ball, closely followed by Stuart Rushton at 428p/kg.
Big hoggs continue to be harder to sell, but dearer on the week with a top gross of £208.31 from Jack Belfield and Family.
SQQ average at 350p and 331p overall.
Sample Prices: –
380p 31kg J Ball, Cheddleton
428p 38.5kg S Rushton, Cheadle
430p 39.9kg J Ball, Cheddleton
395p 41kg JB Rowlinson&Son, Gawsworth
404p 42.2kg CG Buckston, Sutton on the Hill
425p 43kg J Ball, Cheddleton
399p 44.5kg DJ&P Smith, Rushton Spencer
410p 45.7kg JM Robinson, Swythamley
400p 46kg CG Buckston, Sutton on the Hill
402p 46kg FS & MJ Heath, Pipe Gate
372p 49.3kg GW Myatt & Partners, Endon
335p 55.4kg D Williams, Basford
359p 56.5kg J Belfield & Family, Leigh
303p 68.8kg J Belfield & Family, Leigh
CULL EWES (186)
Average for Ewes up on the week with trade generally a bit sharper. Fed ewes definitely a premium today no matter the type, however a lot of lean ewes on offer which look well sold on the day.
No real pure powerful texels on offer today, top price on the day was from W & N Sherratt of Hartington at £268.
Jack Belfield and Rosie Deakin-Gallimore saw £262 three times, £255, £240, £200, CG Buckston achieved £243 and FS & MJ Heath reached £240, GT Worsey to £240, EA Sessions to £220, PG Read £210, PF Gilman £195×2. R&K Woods £192 for a pen of 16.
Continental Ewes £170+
Mules topped at £195 better sorts £140+
Swales to £88
Plain small ewes £60-£80
Only a few tups on offer topped at £241 for D Willaims. R&K Woods to £170.
Overall average £143/head
CALVES (108)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Oliver Hiles (07801 530899)
Similar numbers and the trade remains amazing with the top four bulls north of £600.
28 CONTINENTAL BULLS
On fire for all shapes and sizes. The best are always good to sell but the second and third quality are also off the clock. Top call today was £730 for a British Blue from Andrew Hulme with a trio of other bulls at £645, £630 and £615. Medium bulls £400 – £480 with a few smaller bulls under £400.
13 Blues av £439 to £730 DW & P Hulme
5 Sims av £410 to £475 WH Townsend&Son
10 Lims av £484 to £645 RJ&KA Steele
27 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
Even dearer than last week flyer with plenty of buyers wanting numbers. The best three over £500 and up to £540 for a smart British Blue from Graham Turnock, Onecote. Medium heifers £300 – £400 with just six under £300.
20 Blues av £356 to £540 WE Turnock&Sons
1 Sims to £355 WH Townsend&son
6 Lims av £353 to £540 F Yates & Son
29 NATIVES
The dearest we have ever seen!
9 Here Bulls av £341 to £428 J&W Knight
9 AA Bulls av £330 to £465 WN Sherratt&Son
4 Here Heifs av £267 to £320 KW Powell
3 AA Heifs av £199 to £220 Harrison Partners
18 BLACK & WHITE BULLS
A posh British Friesian bull made £305 for J & W knight with the better end £75 – £100 and smaller calves £20 – £50.
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SATURDAY 26th APRIL
Catalogued Sale of Store & Breeding Cattle
Entries Close Friday 18th April
Next Sale Saturday 10th May
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SATURDAY 26th APRIL
Sale of Ewes & Hoggs with Lambs at Foot
Please Advise of Entries
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