A blistering day in the dairy shed with the pedigree sale in full swing with a top of £3650
Calves still reaching top prices with a British Blue bull at £530 and British Blue and Simmental heifers both reaching £440, more calves needed to meet demand
Hoggs reached a top of 400p/kg and a top headage price of £233.10, more numbers required to meet demand
Ewes topped at £280, and Rams reached a high of £300
Pig trade sharper this week with a top price of 200p/kg for fats.
BARREN COWS
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
A good company of buyers in attendance today and everything was bid for very keenly.
Top price of the day was 233p/kg for a Galloway weighing 815p/kg to achieve the top price of the day which was a pleasing £1898.95 for JA & J Bilsborrow of Macclesfield.
A Limousin weighing 700kg achieved 229p/kg with a headage price of £1603 for D A Shuker and a 520kg Montbeliarde realised 226p/kg to achieve a top headage price of £1175.20.
An overage Hereford steer, weighing 445kg reached a top of 256p/kg for RA Lomas & Partners of Matlock.
Overall average achieved was 232.48p/kg with an average headage price of £1432.07.
CLEAN CATTLE
Top price of 248p/kg was achieved for a Dairy Shorthorn heifer weighing 475kg to reach £1178/head for RA Lomas & Partners of Matlock with another Dairy Shorthorn from the same vendor, weighing 415kg to reach a top headage price of £996.
PIGS (98)
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
Less pigs forward this week, trade sharper on the week with a quality entry. Top price for fats 200p, gilts generally a premium 190-200p, boars 165-180p and sows to 75p.
Cutters sold to 198p for S Bailey who had others to 196p. PF+PD Parsons to 192p, JA&B Minshull to 190p. PJ Saunders to 187p and 164p.
Bacon pigs sold to £200p for J Ball & 195p. Massie Farms to 197p, 196p, 195px2, 193p. J&B Fentem to 194p, 191p. PF+PD Parsons to 194p, 193p, 192p. C Hine to 192p, 190px2.
Heavies sold to 160p for J&B Fentem.
173kg clean gilt from S Bowers to 75p
Sows to 62p for PJ Saunders, 61p for R Rowlinson. 60p for G&A Pawson. 58p for A Worth.
Pig Averages.
Cutting Pigs (12); av 183.14p/kg or £145.90/head
Bacon Pigs (79, av 180.93p/kg or £172.99/head
Heavy Pigs (2); av 160.00p/kg or £168.00/head
Sow (5); av; 63.20/kg or £190.40/head
DAIRIES (54)
Selling time – 11:30am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
Top of £3650
5 Over £3500
Pedigrees averaged £2570
Just when you think trade can’t be bettered it reaches another height altogether with all classes selling at a blistering pace.
In total, 7 passed the £3000 mark with 5 heading north of £3500 to top at £3650 for a Pine – Tree Pursuit daughter from Brian and June Needham of Rushton Spencer. Purchased by Andrew Hulme of Basford he also went on to take a Vogue Solar Power daughter from the same home at £3600. A third heifer, from the same home by Farnear Delta Lambda reached £3500 to Ed Clowes of Kingsley.
Two other heifers reached £3600, the first from the Nadin family of Buxton was clinched by Rich Torr of Tissington and the second from Eric Weston of Roston was purchased by Luke Neville of Tansley.
Cows topped at £3200 for a 12 generation VG/EX second calver, again from the Nadin family. She headed to the Bradbury family of Earl Sterndale. Another second calver from the Broadley family made £2950 to Sam Bailey of Enson Lane.
Ayrshires were keenly sought after peaking at £2650 for a third calver from the Needham family of Bradnop.
In-calf heifers from Richard Lomas topped at £2450 for a Rubicon daughter to A Myatt.
All milkers averaged a phenomenal £2570.
A date for the diary is the up-and-coming herd dispersal on behalf of the Wellwood family. Nearly all fresh it is not one to miss.
SHEEP SECTION
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)
HOGGS (715)
A similar entry but a lot of underfinished sorts forward which is a shame, but competitive bidding for all.
Best lambs very sharp to a top of 400p/kg and plenty of best types at 360p/kg and better.
Best big lambs coming to £233.10 for outstanding lambs from Frank Heath.
Overall average at 332p/kg.
Numbers required next week!!!
Sample Prices: –
387p 44.8kg M Jones, Rudyard
371p 40.9kg SJ Pace & Co, Congleton
369p 44.8kg GH&M Torr, Bradnop
400p 45.8kg R&S Bailey, Rushton Spencer
386p 48.7kg R&S Bailey, Rushton Spencer
380p 48.7kg FS&MJ Heath, Pipe Gate
360p 47.5kg D Williams, Basford
368p 50.3kg M Jones, Rudyard
360p 53kg D Williams, Basford
368p 53.3kg FS&MJ Heath, Pipe Gate
344p 58kg D Williams, Basford
CULL EWES (284)
More ewes about this week, with trade not just as sharp but averages looking healthy given the quality of entry with runs of lean ewes in the mix. Top price £300 for a tup from ID&TJ Gregory, Peak Forest. Texel ewes to £280 from W&N Sherratt, Hartington.
Top prices £300, £199×3 ID&TJ Gregory. £280, £186 WN Sherratt, £240 R&S Bailey, £230, £182, £162 B Vernon, £210, £190, £185, £180 D Williams, £200, £199, £172, £168×2 R&K Woods, £196 N Richardson
Better continentals £160+
Plainer sorts £120-£150
Mules topped £155, generally £105-£120
Hill types and small lean ewes £30-80
Overall average a pleasing £121.07.
CALVES (69)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Oliver Hiles (07801 530899)
Calves even dearer again with no where near enough to satisfy the buyers appetites.
14 CONTINENTAL BULLS
Look at this – 13 British Blues averaged £434 with four over £500 from four different vendors with only a handful failing to reach £400. Andrew Hulme had £530 and Graham Myatt £515.
13 Blues av £434 to £530 DW & P Hulme
1 Lims to £380 LS Riley
20 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
Unreal again and even dearer than last weeks records. Messrs Wilkinson had £440 for a British Blue and Angela Bailey £440 for a Simmental with another British Blue at £428 for Sue Wilson.
10 Blues av £351 to £440 R Wilkinson & Son
3 Sims av £368 to £440 H&E Bailey & Patns
7 Lims av £259 to £340 RJ&KA Salt
22 NATIVES
Dearer than ever with some amazing prices.
2 Here Bull av £312 to £345 BE Wain
7 AA Bulls av £307 to £430 GR&D Hawkins
2 Lin/Red av £435 to £470 Birch Bros
7 AA Heifs av £212 to £285 GR&D Hawkins
3 Her Heif av £246 to £285 BE wain
11 HOLSTEIN BULLS
Averaged £126 with a stronger bull at £225 and 5 others £138 – £185.
2 REARED CALVES
Aberdeen Angus steer (6 months) sold to £598 for CS & J Prince.
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SATURDAY 1st MARCH
Catalogued Sale of Store & Breeding Cattle
Entries Close Friday 21st February
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TUESDAY 4th MARCH
Sale of the Entire Spring Calving New Zealand Friesian Herd (Approx 240 Head) on Behalf of R J & E E Wellwood, Saltby Dairy Unit, Saltby, Melton Mowbray Leicestershire.
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