100% clearance in every section this week seeing the monthly Pedigree Dairy Sale in full swing with Heifers topping at £4000!
BARREN COWS
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
Barrens topped at £1876/head this week for a Simmental cow weighing 700kg which sold to 268p/kg from J M Robinson, Swythamley.
Also at 268p/kg was a 620kg British Blue which grossed at £1661.60 from F & J Barlow of Froghall.
Other top prices: –
Lim 251p £1757 F & J Barlow
BB 249p £1818 F & J Barlow
D S/H 248p £1724 LTL Partners LTD
Hol 245p £1800 WE Turnock & Sons
Hol 232p £1647 SJ Hooley
Hol 231p £1652 P F Gilman
D S/H 229p £1534 LTL Partners LTD
The overall average was 227.16p/kg or £1491.66/head.
CLEAN
A longhorn heifer at 400kg grossed at £1196, selling to 299p/kg for R Wilson of Hollington with a pair of Limousin heifers selling to £1082.40 and £1014.60 for the same vendor.
Overall average 276.72p/kg or £1097.67/head.
PIGS (90)
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
A few less pigs on offer and trade on the whole not too bad, top price 192p or £187. Gilts a pleasure to sell and boars remain harder work but all getting sold.
Bacon pigs to 192p for distant travellers OT Davies, Anglesey. Massie Farms to 171p, 170p, 165p, 164p, 162p. G R Weston to 160p. S Bailey 149p.
Heavies to 160p for B Minshull who had others to 144p. C Hine to 142p.
Clean gilts to 70p for OT Davies and Massie Farms to 68p, 63p.
Pig Averages: –
Bacon Pigs (68), av 135.32p/kg or £128.60/head
Heavies (11), av 121.86p/kg or £131.50/head
DAIRIES
Selling time – 11:00am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
Blistering Trade at Leek Pedigree Sale
Heifers to £4000, 26 £3000+
A scorching trade for milkers at the June pedigree sale saw virtually all passing the £2000 mark and topping at £4000 for a superb heifer from the Shepherd family of Bakewell.
Meldamar Mecca Eilwen 241 oozed style. By SBG Mecca, she boasted a EX90, 80 ton G.Dam and was sold giving 31kg. She went to the Hargreaves family of Cresswell.
The Critchlow family of Cubley were hot in pursuit at £3800 for an Applejax daughter giving 30kg. They had a second at £3750 by Delta Wirdum both clinched by Red Earth Farms of Leek.
John Allen of Tutbury saw his Raiton heifer reach £3700 to Messrs Burton of Harpur Hill.
A smashing run of 7 from regular vendors Messrs Easom of Oakerthorpe, all but one second calvers topped at £3600 to average £3092.
The Flower family of Friden had a tremendous run in including four Danish Red X heifers. All were keenly sought after topping at £3400 to average £3150.
All milkers averaged an unbelievable £2978
SHEEP SECTION
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)
LAMBS (509)
An increased entry seeing a very pleasing trade with plenty of bidders for all types.
Best lambs generally 465p – 480p/kg and a top headage price of a massive £247.50.
Overall average at 449p/kg or £187.40/head.
Sample Prices: –
468p 36.3kg H White, Snelston
465p 38kg IE, M & A Wilson, Hollington
465p 39.3kg IE, M & A Wilson, Hollington
468p 40kg GM Brown, Leigh
469p 41.9kg J&B Fentem & Sons, Allsop en le Dale
486p 42kg J Tavernor & Co, Great Haywood
475p 42kg DJ Slaney, Freehay
466p 42kg PT Chadfield, Marston Mongomery
474p 42.5kg J Tavernor & Co, Great Haywood
472p 42.8kg CE Smith, Longford
476p 43kg D Williams, Basford
472p 43.8kg D Williams, Basford
469p 44.4kg O Wardrobe, Horton
475p 45kg DJ Slaney, Freehay
466p 45.6kg J Tavernor & Co, Great Haywood
468p 47kg PT Chadfield, Marston Mongomery
460p 48kg AP Leason, Ilam
460p 49.5kg D Williams, Basford
452p 50kg PT Chadfield, Marston Montgomery
450p 55kg PT Chadfield, Marston Montgomery
Just a small entry of Hoggs with the best to £251.85/head. All either very heavy or very small and lean.
CULL EWES (137)
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
Simply not enough ewes to meet demand, more ewes required over the coming weeks. Top price £326 for Texels from D Machin. Overall, a very mixed entry selling to a solid trade for all types.
Fed Continentals £180 – £250
Plain sorts £140 – £180
Mules to £190 generally £14 – £170
Better Hill Types £90 – £130
Feeding types: £60 – £100 depending on frame.
Sample Price: –
D Machin £326, £280
D Williams £285
E Glover £250
R&M Phillips £239, £199
IE M & A Wilson £230
AP Leason £227, £210
J Tavernor £199, £180.
Tups to £222 for SR&G Marsden.
Overall average £163.19/head
CALVES (128)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Holy Swift (07973 982453)
A very similar show of numbers on last week and a lovely entry quality wise, definitely not looking any less money.
34 CONTINENTAL BULLS
Amazing to sell, all bar three over £490 over 50% above £700, averages for all bar the Charolais up on the week.
16 Blues av £696 to £870 DW & P Hulme
4 Char av £714 to £890 JW Handford & Sons
11 Lims av £660 to £850 RG & AS Williamson
1 Sim to £555 RJ Clowes & Son
2 Blond av £640 to £680 EJ & VC Gilman
28 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
Topping at £720 for a Limousin heifer, only four under £430 with demand good and buyers forward for the heifers.
11 Blues av £549 to £630 CS & J Prince
10 Lims av £478 to £720 JW Handford & Sons
4 Char av £600 to £705 KW Cresswell
3 Sims av £455 to £460 SJ Hooley
39 NATIVES
Still very good to sell and a good trade for them, looking the dearest section of the day with only two under £350.
3 Beef S/H av £418 to £440 GG Hall & Son
12 Here Bulls av £463 to £640 E Davies & Partners
12 AA Bulls av £428 to £590 GR & D Hawkins
6 Here Heif av £418 to £505 S & S Brain
6 AA Heif av £468to £595 NG, JMH & H Mellor
12 BLACK & WHITE DAIRY BULLS
Off the clock – averaging £163 right through with four above £200 to top at £295.
12 WEANLINGS
A good trade with 7-month-old Aberdeen Angus steers to £1015 and younger Aberdeen Angus steers at 4 – 5 months to £850 from P E Holmes & Son.
Aberdeen Angus heifers from the same home to £810.
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SATURDAY 20th JUNE
Catalogued Sale of 468 Store & Breeding Cattle
Catalogue Now Available Online
Next Sale Saturday 4th July
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