Over 1,200 sheep entered this week with ewes to £321, Hoggs to 494p/kg or £245/head and Spring Lambs to 525p/kg or £249/head
The Pedigree Dairy Sale topped at £3550 for a second calver
Calves to £840 for a British Blue bull and a Limousin heifer to £705
Pigs to 182p/kg for Gilts and Sows on a flyer at 131p/kg
BARREN COWS
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
Top headage price a touch down on the week at £1872.30 but still a good price non the less for a Friesian cow from B Swindells of Leek which sold to 237p/kg.
A 650kg Holstein sold to 270p/kg to gross £1755 for WE Turnock & Sons of Onecote.
Other top prices: –
B/Blue 255p £1760 JD Alcock
B/Blue 254p £1562 CJ&CA Tunnicliffe
Angus 248p £1475 CJ&CA Tunnicliffe
Sim 246p £1636 MR Beardmore
Hol 243p £1689 HS & A Callwood
The overall average was 219.50/kg, in line with last week and the average per head was £1372.50/head.
PIGS (130)
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
Less pigs forward this week with trade similar to last week. Gilts very much in demand topping at 182p for B Minshull, sows a flyer selling to 131p or £280 for Massie farms.
Porkers sold to 145p for B Barlow.
Cutters to 135p for PF+PD Parsons.
Bacon pigs to 182p, 178p, 175p 174p for Massie farms and B Minshull to 182p, 175p, 170p. J&B Fentem to 140p & C Hine 140p.
Heavies topped at 170p for J&D Kidd, M R Banham to 130p.
Sows to 131p, 100p, 55p for Massie farms. C Hine to 60p.
Pigs Pig Averages: –
Pork Pigs (7); av 108.59 p/kg or £73.69/head
Cutting Pigs (12); av 99.74 p/kg or £80.70/head
Bacon Pigs (92), av 129.63p/kg or £122.88/head
Heavies (10), av 117.11p/kg or £131.75/head
Sows (8), av. 57.61p/kg or £131.50/head
DAIRIES
Selling time – 11:00am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
LEEK PEDIGREES TO £3550
A solid trade for milkers at the May Pedigree Sale saw a top price of £3550 for a second calver from the Meldamar Herd of Messrs Shepherd. By Mingus she was sold giving 42kg and went to a regular purchaser.
Close behind at £3450 was a very stylish heifer from the Leaventhorpe Herd of John Allen by Winstar Parfect Cirrus. Other heifers reached £3000 from Messrs Cotton of Whiston.
Overall, another two-tier trade with first and best second quality milkers selling well and low second and third being steadier.
SHEEP SECTION
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)
SPRING LAMBS (240)
A big jump in numbers forward and these were easily absorbed by the buyers and a good trade throughout.
Best sorts selling to 525p/kg and plenty of lambs at 510p – 520p. Best big lambs grossed £249/head. Overall average £197/head.
More forward weekly please!
505p 35kg BG & SV Buxton, Sudbury
522p 39kg IE, M & A Wilson, Hollington
505p 40kg D Williams, Basford
509p 41.4kg J & GJ Fryer, Horton
520p 43.2kg J Belfield & R Deakin-Gallimore
524p 43.2kg J Belfield & R Deakin-Gallimore
525p 47kg J Belfield & R Deakin-Gallimore
500p 47.5kg J Belfield & R Deakin-Gallimore
498p 50kg J Belfield & R Deakin-Gallimore
HOGGS (505)
A good entry for time of year meeting a very fast trade to a top of 494p/kg and a top headage at £245/head.
Overall average very strong at £199/head for the whole entry or 433p/kg SQQ, 395p overall.
Sample Prices: –
450p 37kg JG Jackson, Wardlow
445p 38.3kg DJ Austin, Longford
494p 42kg D Williams, Basford
465p 43kg JG Jackson, Wardlow
476p 46.5kg D Williams, Basford
456p 50kg G Wheeldon, Chelmorton
454p 50kg RA & KD Day, Cheddleton
435p 52.8kg D Williams, Basford
424p 53.5kg AV Marsden, Great Hucklow
410p 57kg D Williams, Basford
CULL EWES (537)
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
More than double the entry of last week with vendors taking advantage of the pre festival trade. All types very dear on the week topping at £321 for Jackie Trueman, Adlington
Fed Continentals £230 – £280
Plainer Sorts £180 – £220
Mules to £215, Generally £165 – £190
Fed Hill Ewes £110 – £140
Very Lean Ewes £60 – £110
Sample Prices:
J Trueman £321, £285
J Belfield £281, £242, £223, £216
BG&SV Buxton £278, £230
J Tavernor £276, £244
H Heath £274, £237
JA Nicholls £270
F Potter £262
G Whitehouse £255
R Wood £250
GG Burton £242
DJ Austin £241, £226
RJB Contractors £240
JE Corcoran £240
D Williams £240
M Hazelhurst £237, £229, £227
FS & MJ Heath £232, £226
B Jones £231, £225
Tups to £300 for D Williams, £242 for J Trueman, £232 for G Webster, £230 S Frith.
Overall average £173/head
CALVES (106)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Holly Swift (07973 982453)
A better entry which met similar trade on the week and many more could have been sold to a packed ringside of buyers, more numbers required. Not a single calf under £105.
21 CONTINENTAL BULLS
An average of £688 right through (just £13 less than last week) but topping at £840 for a British Blue bull and nothing under £570.
9 Blues av £683 to £840 RG & AS Williamson
8 Sims av £643 to £755 PN Holdcroft
4 Lims av £739 to £830 F Yates & Son
27 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
A bigger offering of Continental heifers than bulls this week with averages at least £50 up on the week for all Continental breeds to average £556 right through to a top of £705 with only one under £400.
7 Blues av £614 to £690 Robinson Partners
7 Sims av £557 to £650 PN Holdcroft
13 Lims av £586 to £705 TH Allsopp
30 NATIVES
Appearing a lesser trade on the week but generally a smaller entry (size wise) but generally demand still strong.
17 AA Bulls av £351 to £600 Birch Brothers
3 Here Bulls av £393 to £495 GR Spink
2 S/H Bulls av £475 to £590 RT Rushton & Son
6 AA Heif av £349 to £560 A & JE Goldstraw
2 Here Heif av £355to £435 RT Rushton & Son
13 BLACK & WHITE BULLS
Very well bid for up to £300 for a strong Friesian from DR & A Shuker & Sons. None under £105 to average £193/head.
15 WEANLINGS
Averaging £742 right through to top at £940 for a strong British Blue heifer (7 months), all bar three over £700.
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SATURDAY 23rd MAY
Catalogued Sale of 389 Store & Breeding Cattle
Catalogues Now Available Online
Next Sale Saturday 6th June
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SATURDAY 23rd MAY
Fortnightly Sale of Ewes & Hoggs with Lambs at Foot – Please advise of entries! Sale at 11am.
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