Christmas Pedigree Show and Sale in the Dairy shed this week with the top price of £3950
Still strong numbers in the calf ring with 171 on offer, topping at £725 for a British Blue bull and Blue’s also topping the heifers at £525
Lambs selling on a strong trade, topping at 410p/kg or £219.24/head and ewes topping at £240/head
Barrens to 247p/kg or £1931.55/head with clean to 320p/kg or £1856/head
Another good show of pigs, topping at 249p/kg or £240.53/head
BARREN COWS
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
A solid entry in the barrens this week with the top price being 247p/kg for a British Blue cow weighing 730kg to gross £1803.10 for B & BM Rowlinson of Bottomhouse.
A Montbeliarde cow weighing 700kg sold to 246p/kg to gross £1722 for SC, FE & JA Harvey of Waterfall who had a second Monbeliarde weighing 595kg to 245p/kg, grossing at £1457.75.
Other top prices included: –
Mon 241p to £1602 B & A Poyser, Onecote
Frie 240p to £1692 CS Hooley, Macclesfield
Here 238p to £1737 FW Kirkham, King Sterndale
Hols 237p to £1932 P & M Critchlow, Cubley
Frie 235p to £1551 CS Hooley, Macclesfield
Frie 230p to £1564 J & W knight, Horton
An 840kg Limousin bull sold to 251p/kg to gross £2108.40 for EJ & DC Kidd of Quarnford.
The overall average was 205.87p/kg or £1347.15/head
CLEAN
A small entry of clean cattle on offer today with Hereford steers topping at 320p/kg, weighing 580kg and grossing £1856 for Roy Sant of Endon.
Overall average was 314.54p/kg.
PIGS (173)
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
Another large show of pigs and a stand on trade from last week for the best pigs, the quality on the whole would not just be as good as last week but lesser sorts looking well sold, lighter types less than 75kg at a reduced rate with outlets wanting them heavier. Gilts generally 210-230p and boars 170-190p top price 249p or £240.53.
Porkers sold to 202p for PF+PD Parsons. Distance travellers LR Jones, Conwy sold to 173p.
Cutters sold to 211p for PJ Saunders who had boars to 178p. J&B Fentem to 210p and boars to 185p. PF+PD Parsons 205px2. LR Jones to 197p, 196p.
Bacon Pigs sold to 249 for Massie Farms who had others to 240p x2, 239p, 233p, 230p, 229p. SL Seabridge sold to 234p, MR Banahm sold to 233p 230p. J&B Fentem sold to 232p, 218p, 213p, DB Goldstraw sold to 220p. PF+PD Parsons sold to 217p, S Bailey to 217p.
Heavies sold to 181p for 117kg hoggs from MR Banahm, C Hine to 174p for boars.
Sows sold to 72p for A Riley who had another at 52p. Anything out of spec 20p.
Pig Averages.
Pork Pigs (22) av 158.41p/kg or £111.96/head
Cutting Pigs (36) av 188.56p/kg or £152.61/head
Bacon Pigs (105) av 212.17p/kg or £196.49/head
Heavies (4) av 177.64p/kg or £199.85/head
Sows (6) av 34.17p/kg or £77.75/head
DAIRIES
Selling time – 11:30am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
Leek Christmas Show & Sale to £3950
The drop in milk price is finally taking a hit on dairy prices nationally however despite this trade still topped at £3950 at the Christmas Show and Sale at Leek.
Meldamar Milano Ruth 196 from the Shepherd family of Bakewell showed great presence in the ring. Sold giving 35kg she was clinched by Andrew Hulme of Leek. The Shepherd family also went on to take the Show Champion with their third calver which was eventually sold for £2750. Reserve Champion was the second placed cow from the Braemarhouse Herd of Messrs Mellor. She made £2500.
Hot in pursuit at £3920 was Tissington Adorable Periwinkle 3 from the Stubbs family of Tissington. By Stantons Adorable, she was giving 37kg and went to the Torr family also of Tissington. They bought a second from the same home at £2900. The Stubbs third heifer also by Adorable made £3650 to A Hulme.
The Weston family of Roston saw their Bomaz Monument daughter reach £3020.
A big thank you to all vendors and purchasers throughout the year and also to the generous sponsors of the Show. Wishing everybody a very Happy Christmas and hopefully a prosperous new year.
SHEEP SECTION
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)
LAMBS (701)
A reasonable entry sold on a very good trade with best shaped lambs very keenly bid for.
Best sorts flew away to a top of 410p/kg and overweights sold to 406p/kg or £219.24. Plenty of the best shaped lambs 360p – 385p/kg.
A lot of weathered lambs in the entry, selling well but at lower rates, generally 300p – 330p/kg, depending on finfish. 46kg – 48kg hardest to sell on the day with heavyweights and handy weights both good to sell.
SQQ average at 336p/kg and 329p/kg overall. Overall average at £151.25/head.
Don’t forget, sale of sheep next week on Monday 22nd December. Sale at 3.30pm, weighing from 12noon.
Sample Prices: –
384p 39kg M Jones, Rudyard
356p 39kg S Wilton, Wetley Rocks
385p 40kg M Jones, Rudyard
384p 40.2kg Mosley & Son, Wormhill
380p 42kg D Williams, Basford
375p 42.7kg AJ Suppan, Stockport
382p 44kg J E Swindells, Leek
362p 44.2kg S Leslie, Ashbourne
364p 44.5kg J Gilman & Partners, Bosley
366p 45.3kg J E Swindells, Leek
410p 46kg D Williams, Basford
402p 46kg J E Swindells, Leek
366p 47kg S & J Reeves, Hope Valley
387p 47.5kg M & M Heath, Rushton Spencer
382p 50kg M & M Heath, Rushton Spencer
370p 51kg D Williams, Basford
406p 54kg J E Swindells, Leek
350p 59kg D Machin, Rudyard
CULL EWES (208)
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
Similar number of ewes to last week, not as many pure continentals forward and a mixed yarding of half meat and lean grazing ewes forward. Trade off the clock for the goods on offer, we have buyers for all types!!
Many more ewes are required next week and over Christmas!!
Top price £240 for a Charollais ewe from Marcus Jones, Rudyard.
Sample Prices:
M Jones £240 and £151 for Mules
D Williams £217, £196.
GT Worsley £215
CM Rowlinson £210, £180
B Vernon £198.
M Wood £185
D Machin £185
Mosley & Son £185
Meated Continentals £175-215
Mules topped at £175 generally £130-£145
Grazing Mules £110-£130
Hill types £90-£110
Tups topped at £212 for GW Myatt
Overall average £141/head
CALVES (171)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Oliver Hiles (07801 530899)
A large entry of calves for the last regular prior to Christmas, although calves will be wanted next Monday for the special pre-Christmas market.
49 CONTINENTAL BULLS
Trade remarkable again with all shapes and sizes represented with a few stronger calves in the entry today. Richard Emmott had the pick of the entry today with his three tremendous British Blue bulls selling at £725, £700 and £695 with Mark Hodgkinson also selling a British Blue at £700. Top ten British Blues all over £620, medium bulls £390 – £500 with smaller types under £350.
42 Blues av £479 to £725 RG Emmott
2 Sims av £555 to £595 H&E Bailey&Partners
5 Cha/Blo to £430 WH Townsend & Son
48 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
A solid price for all with the British Blues in particular well sought after. Andy Williamson had the top trio at £525, £495 and £480. Nineteen better sorts over £400 with mediums £315 – £390.
35 Blues av £374 to £525 RG&AS Williamson
8 Sims av £361 to £445 H&E Bailey&Partners
2 Lims av £265 to £390 NE Goodwin & Son
59 NATIVES
Big numbers and trade as strong as ever.
16 Here Bulls av £294 to £405 Rowland Partners
13 AA Bulls av £347 to £630 E Davies & Partners
11 Here Heif av £241 to £330 Rowland Partners
19 AA Heif av £233 to £395 WE Turnock & Sons
9 BLACK & WHITE BULLS
Friesians to £200, Holstein to £275 and a Shorthorn at £170 with only a couple under £150.
6 REARED
£605 Here Bull (6mths) Rowland Partners
£580 BB Heif (4-5mths) AD & PJ Moseley
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SATURDAY 20th DECEMBER
Catalogued Sale of 214 Store & Breeding Cattle
Catalogue Now Available Online
Next Sale Saturday 3rd January
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SATURDAY 10th JANUARY
Catalogued Sale of Store Lambs & Breeding Sheep
Entries Close Friday 2nd January
Next Sale Saturday 10th January
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