Tuesday saw the Dairy shed in full swing once again with the Pedigree Sale reaching highs of £2800 and 18 over the £2000 mark
Good number of pigs forward topping at 203p/kg for fats
1272 head of sheep forward with a top price of 336p/kg to see a top headage price of £174.72 with Ewes to £161/head
133 Calves forward, similar numbers to last week, with a Limousin bull topping at £465 and a British Blue heifer to £295
BARREN COWS (24)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
A similar entry with some decent quality cows on offer.
Top price of the day was 219p/kg for a 705kg Limousin cow from Frank Heath of Market Drayton to gross £1543.95, closely followed by another Limousin cow, weighing 635kg, which sold at 216p/kg from the same vendor, to gross at £1371.60.
SB Mellor & Son of Winkhill sold a 735kg British Blue cow to 189p/kg to gross £1389.15 with an Aberdeen Angus cow weighing 745kg, for MK & DL Griffin of Ashbourne, selling to 176p/kg to gross £1311.20.
An overage Aberdeen Angus steer, weighing 690kg, for PG Sims of Ashbourne, topped at 200p/kg to gross £1380.00.
Overall average achieved was 156p/kg.
CLEAN CATTLE
A small entry of clean cattle with a 530kg Charolais heifer, from JF Barber of Quarnford, topping the day at 180p/kg to gross at £954/head.
PIGS (101)
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
A good number of pigs forward today, quality less on the whole with trade similar to last week. Top price 203p for fat pigs and 90p for sows.
Porkers topped at 188p for Sam Harper who had others at 185p.
Cutters topped at 200p from J&B Fentem. Sam Harper to 196p and Wendy Stamper to 196p & 190p for gilts and 186p and 185p for boars.
Bacon pigs topped 203p twice for Massie Farms who had a run to 202 x3 and 201p. J&B Fentem to 202p. B Minshull to 200p x3. Dave Goldstraw had boars to 198p. Chris Hine to 195p.
Heavies sold to 190p for Dave Goldstraw who had others to 170p and 160p. JA&B Minhsull had heavies to 160p and 140p.
Sows sold to 90p for J&B Fentem who had another at 70p. Chris Hine sold to 80p.
Pig Averages.
Pork Pigs (11) av.162.09p/kg or £113.17/head
Cutting Pigs (18) av 178.87/kg or £141.61/head
Bacon Pigs (64) av 189.25p/kg or £173.34/head
Heavy Pigs (5) av 163.80p/kg or £182.80/head
Sow (3) av; 80.50p/kg or £192.93/head
DAIRIES
Selling time – 11:30am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
Pedigrees to £2800
18 Over £2000
A solid trade throughout for milkers saw the best up to £2800 for a powerful Westcoast Almamater heifer from the Mellor Family of Earl Sterndale. She went to Andrew Hulme of Basford who also took a second from the same home at £2600.
Close behind at £2700 was a Hartford Rubi-Taz daughter from the Weston Family of Roston, she also went to A Hulme.
Michael Wainwright of Buxton saw his DG Donte daughter reach £2550.
Overall, 18 passed the £2000 mark.
Next week we have the dispersal sale on behalf of the Shuker Family, (see advert below).
SHEEP SECTION
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)
LAMBS (1021)
A good entry, selling on a solid trade, being a shade sharper on the week.
Best to sell are the heavier lambs, and the best of them are easily coming to £140 + up to a top of £174.72.
Best shaped lambs to 336p/kg and numerous pens at 300p and better from a large number of vendors.
A lot of small lean lambs forward again, which distorts the average, and are facing store lamb prices.
Overall average a very pleasing 278p/kg for a mixed sample.
Sample Prices: –
315p 39kg J Belfield & R Deakin-Gallimore
312p 40kg EA Sessions & Sons, Dalbury Lees
315p 40.7kg J Belfield & R Deakin-Gallimore
326p 42kg P & C Palfreyman, Bakewell
316p 42.6kg DJ & P Smith, Rushton Spencer
325p 42.7kg RG & AS Williamson, Wetley Rocks
320p 42.9kg JB Rowlinson & Son, Gawsworth
313p 44.1kg JE Swindells, Leek
325p 45kg JB Rowlinson & Son, Gawsworth
325p 46.4kg M Jones, Rudyard
303p 45.5kg PA & CM Stirk, Biddulph
306p 51kg RG & AS Williamson, Wetley Rocks
336p 52kg D Williams, Basford
325p 52.3kg D Williams, Basford
CULL EWES (251)
A few less ewes about, trade on the whole would be solid for the entry forward. A good number of ewes forward requiring further grazing, meated ewes in good demand and short supply. Top price £161 from Ian Gregory
Meated Contintals £130-£160
Plainer Continentals £90-£120
Mules £80-£110
Hill types and feeders £50-£90
Very lean small types £20-£40
Overall average £84.86
CALVES (133)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Oliver Hiles (07801 530899)
Similar numbers and a marvellous trade throughout with the best dear but the second quality “of the clock”.
37 CONTINENTAL BULLS
Look at the averages with some superb prices throughout, particularly in the mid-range. Best, as always, a joy to sell with the best four over £400 and a top of £465 for a tremendous Limousin from Andy Williamson. Mediums £250 to £330 with just a handful under the £250 mark.
27 Blues av £288 to £440 J & R Maydew
1 Sim to £400 PN Holdcroft
7 Lims av £247 to £465 RG&AS Williamson
40 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
Good to sell again with buyers galore for all shapes and sizes. Very few best on offer, but a smart British Blue for James Maydew made £295 with the best six over £270. Mediums £180 to £240 with just five smalls under £160.
21 Blues av £203 to £295 J & R Maydew
2 Sims av £213 to £235 PN Holdcroft
15 Lims av £194 to £272 MA & WJ Jolliffe
23 NATIVES
Less on offer and a wonderful price, particularly the heifers.
5 Here Bulls av £134 to £200 FJ Gould & Son
3 AA Bulls av £180 to £250 CS & J Prince
2 Here Heif av £117 to £130 KW Cresswell
10 AA Heif £142 to £185 DR & A Shuker
1 B/SH Bull to £285 D & LA Critchlow
33 BLACK & WHITE BULLS
15 Friesian av £113 and topped at £190 for Ian Gregson.
17 Holstein (mostly ARLA) av £31 and topped at £52.
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SATURDAY 19th OCTOBER
Catalogued Sale of 10,282 Store Lambs and
Breeding Sheep
Catalogues Now Available Online
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TUESDAY 22nd OCTOBER
Forthcoming Dairy Sale
On Behalf of D R & A Shuker & Sons, Higher Key Green Farm, Bosley, Macclesfield
80 BROWN SWISS X BRITISH FRIESIANS
Comprising 80 Cows & Heifers In-Milk & In-Calf, Cubicles & Abreast.
Herd Average 7600kg, Bulk Sample 4.54%F 3.42%P cc163
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SATURDAY 26th OCTOBER
Catalogued Sale of Store & Breeding Cattle
Closing Date for Entries Friday 18th October
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SATURDAY 26TH OCTOBER
Catalogued Sale of Breeding Rams
MV and Non MV Sections and MV Females
Closing Date for Entries Friday 18th October
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