The Pedigree Sale was in full swing in the dairy shed with heifers topping at £3650 and cows to £3100
Blistering trade in the Spring lambs with a top price of 460p/kg and a top headage price of £216 being achieved
Pigs up on the week with fats up to 240p/kg to achieve £221.52
Calves remain a strong trade with a British Blue bull up to £700 and a Charolais heifer to £570
Barrens up on the week with a top price of 285p/kg and a top headage price of £2072
BARREN COWS (19)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
Prices up a touch on last week in the barren shed seeing a top price of 285p/kg for a 660kg Holstein from Foker Grange Farm Ltd to a headage price of £1881.
A 735kg Simmental sold to 282p/kg to achieve £2072.70 for NJ Williams.
277p/kg was achieved for a British Blue cow weighing 650kg for H G Nutter to achieve a headage price of £1800.50. Another British Blue weighing 620kg sold to 271p/kg for the same vendor to achieve £1680.20/head.
Other top prices: –
265p 725kg £1921 Hol WE Turnock & Sons
265p 700kg £1855 AA NG&P Sidebottom
260p 570kg £1482 Simm NJ Williams
The top headage price of the day was £2072 for the Simmental cow from N J Williams.
CLEAN CATTLE
A 585kg Norwegian Red heifer sold to 298p/kg for Foker Grange Farm Ltd to top at £1743.30.
PIGS (97)
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
Similar numbers to last week in the pig shed with trade definitely up on the week. Top price for fats 240p or £221.52 and 77p for sows.
Porkers sold to 240p for J&B Fentem, more handier weights required each week to fulfill orders for hog roasting pigs.
Cutters sold to 230p for J&B Fentem who had others to 217p, 192p, 189p, 182p.
Bacon pigs sold to 215p or £221.85/head for C Hine who had others to 213p. Massie Farms to 208p, 205p, 204p, 203p, 202px2. J&B Fentem to 204p, 200p. JG Belfield to 201p. PF+PD Parsons to 200p.
Heavies to 158p for JG Belfield.
Clean gilts to 121p for B Minshull or £214.50
Sows sold to 77p or £214.06 for PF+PD Parsons and 76p for JG Belfield.
Pig Averages.
Pork Pigs (2); av 240.00p/kg or £160.80/head
Cutting Pigs (14); av 19.28p/kg or £154.39/head
Bacon Pigs (76) av 191.37p/kg or £176.44/head
Heavies (1) av 158.00p/kg or 183.28/head
Cull Sows (2) av 76.54p/kg or 197.09/head
DAIRIES
Selling time – 11:30am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
Pedigrees to £3650
A bouncy trade for milkers at the June Pedigree Sale saw heifers peak at £3650 and cows at £3100.
Topping the day was a superb RS Boy Red daughter from Eric Weston of Roston. Boasting a 13187kg dam, she was old giving 31kg and went to a regular purchaser. They also had a second heifer by Cogent Koepon Ruben to £3440 to Red Earth Farms.
£3100 clinched a second calver for Richard Moss of Yarlet. From regular vendors Messrs Easom, she was by Boma2 Platt and was giving 42kg.
Ayrshires topped at £2440 for a second calver from the Broadley family of Newhaven. She headed into Wales to join the sunshine herd of Messrs Astley.
In-calf heifers topped at £2020 from R Lomas of Callow.
Heifer calves topped at £380 from Red Earth Farms.
If you have stock to sell, please get in touch: –
Meg Elliott – 07967 007049
or Anna Wildgoose – 07532 237232.
SHEEP SECTION
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)
LAMBS (461)
A small seasonal entry met a blistering trade with every type and weight seeing very strong competition and an overall average at 394p/kg.
Best Lambs flew away to 460p/kg for an exceptional pen from Ian and Andrew Wilson. Plenty of other best lambs at 420p/kg and better.
Big lambs grossed up to £216/head with a number of pens at the top side of £200 and plenty more at £180 plus.
More numbers now required every week as all buyers require more Spring lambs weekly.
Sample Prices: –
408p 37.2kg JE Swindells, Leek
298p 38kg RC & AL Adams Ltd, Great Gate
402p 38kg CG Buckston, Sutton on the Hill
412p 39kg TJ Bloor & Son, Endon
432p 39kg ME Cawser, Draycott in the Clay
460p 39.7kg IE, M & A Wilson, Hollington
425p 40kg CG Buckston, Sutton on the Hill
432p 41.2kg RG & AS Williamson, Wetley Rocks
432p 41.3kg IE, M & A Wilson, Hollington
432p 42.5kg MF Wayne & S Allen, Thorpe
424p 44kg C Elkin, Blythe Bridge
423p 44kg E & D Kemps, Etwall
422p 46.6kg RG & GC Moss, Rugeley
450p 48kg J Tavernor & Co, Great Haywood
400p 50kg JE Swindells, Leek
382p 54.5kg TJ Bloor & Son, Endon
A few old season lambs forward, seeing good demand still for an entry of tailenders. Best sorts to 310p/kg or £191.10. The entry average 298p/kg SQQ or 226p/kg overall.
CULL EWES (92)
A seasonal entry of ewes today but trade well up on the week with a good show of ewes on offer.
Top price
£250 for a Texel tup from Philip Smith, Rushton Spencer.
Ewes to £214 for WJ Sessions, Philip Smith £210. C Elkin to £210. CG Buckston £200. JM&ADJ Hayes £190, R&K Woods £189, £175.
Continentals £170+
Plain Continentals £130-£160
Mules to £175, generally £95-£130
Hill types and Grazing ewes £60-90
Overall Average £154.51
CALVES (81)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Holly Swift (07973 982453)
A respectful entry given the warm weather and many likely making hay while the sun shines but with plenty of buyers still keen for calves.
26 CONTINENTAL BULLS
An excellent entry of quality continental bulls today with ¾ of the entry over £500 and only three less than £400. Just take a look at the averages!
13 Blues av £510 to £700 RT Clowes & Son
2 Char av £573 to £630 FJ Gould & Son
4 Sims av £518 to £580 JC&D Hudson
6 Lims av £558 to £685 NG,JMH& M Mellor
1 Pied to £305 FA & TM Cotton
29 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
A good show of heifers today to top at £570 for a shapy Charolais from FJ Gould & Son. Well over half over the £400 mark.
14 Blues av £423 to £545 JW Cawser
2 Char av £413 to £570 FJ Gould & Son
2 Sims av £423 to £485 JC&D Hudson
8 Lim av £453 to £530 RG&AS Williamson
3 Pied av £365 to £385 FA & TM Cotton
18 NATIVES
Natives in shorter supply today with just 18 forward but trade for them is still fantastic. Top call £595 for a smart Aberdeen Angus bull from R & T Clowes & Son.
3 S/H Bulls av £302 to £325 Ellis Farming
3 AA Bulls av £477 to £595 R&T Clowes & Son
3 Here Bulls av £356 to £460 KW Powell
3 AA Heifs av £330 to £405 DR & A Shuker
5 Here Heifs av £327 to £420 GR Spink
9 BLACK & WHITE BULLS
With just one under £100 but averaging £150 right through. Holsteins to £210 for PA & J Swindell.
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SATURDAY 21st JUNE
Catalogued Sale of 477 Store & Breeding Cattle
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Next Sale Saturday 5th July
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