The wintery weather and several of our customers supporting the London protest resulted in a quieter market on Tuesday, nevertheless, this didn’t dampen the spirts of the customers that were in attendance
A good show of Pigs forward despite the weather, seeing a top of 241p for fats and heavy gilts reaching heights of £431.20/head!
Over 600 head of sheep on offer with Lambs reaching a high of 371p/kg and heavy lambs reaching a top headage price of £182.88. Ewes topped at £222/head.
Less calves on offer but still a buoyant trade with a Simmental bull topping at £425 and a British Blue heifer reaching £322
Pedigree Sale trade was very fast in spite of the inclement weather, reaching a top of £3320
BARREN COWS
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
A very fast trade up to 213p/kg for a 705kg Aberdeen Angus cow from JM Robinson of Swythamley to gross £1501. 65 with others up to 174p/kg for a 650kg Black & White from RG & AS Williamson and 171p/kg for a 705kg Black & White from GW Myatt & Partners.
A Friesian cow, for EJ & VC Gilman of Congleton, weighing 705kg, sold up to 158p/kg to gross £113.90.
A Simmental bull, from JC & D Hudson of Hollinsclough, sold to 173p/kg to gross £1513.75.
The overall average was 165.49p/kg or £1172.19/head.
CLEAN CATTLE
A small entry of cattle which mainly require further feeding.
Top price was 222p/kg for a British Blue heifer from G Baskerville & Co of Kings Bromley to gross £1095.
A Black & White bull for S Parker of Stanton achieved 194p/kg to gross £1358.
PIGS (114)
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
Despite the inclement weather, a good show of pigs forward, quality on the whole would be less than previous weeks. A good consignment of sows and clean gilts look very well sold. Top price 241p for fat pigs, sows to 151p and heavy clean gilts to 193p.
Cutting pigs sold to 234p for S Bailey, Knypersely who had others to 214p. J&B Fentem sold to 232p, 231p, 214p and 209p. Sam Harper sold to 210p and S&S Harper to 200p.
Bacon Pigs sold to 241p for Massie Farms who had others to 237p, 235p, 234p, 233p x2, 232p. S Bailey sold to 235p, J&B Fentem to 234p x 2, 231p. C Hine to 230p. Bernard Minshull sold to 229p, 224p and 219p.
Heavies topped at 200p for a 109kg boar from Bernard Minshull.
A run of heavy gilts from new Vendor J&M Stuart, Preston sold to 193p for a 194kg gilt, 184p for a 206kg gilt. 140p and 136p for 308kg and 317kg gilts top headage £431.20 !!
Sows topped at 151p or £385.05 for new vendor SJ Branson, Gadddesby who had others 149p, 145p & 142p.
Pig Averages.
Cutting Pigs (21); av 196.30/kg or £160.31/head
Bacon Pigs (78) av 213.52p/kg or £201.59/head
Heavy Pigs (5); av 120.72p/kg or £131.58/head
Clean gilts (4); av. 157.64p/kg or £403.95/head
Sow (4); av; 146.82p/kg or £333.64/head
DAIRIES
Selling time – 11:30am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
A great trade at Leek in spite of snow and buses to London with Michael Stubbs of Tissington topping the day with Tissington Mingus Periwinkle 3rd, a superb bodied fresh heifer at £3320.
The four Tissington heifers were all giving 31kg plus, topping at 34kg with good legs and feet and smart udders, they averaged a very credible £2880 per head.
There was good support from regular purchasers including the Hulme and Parker families, together with the Baileys and Baskervilles.
The top five heifers averaged over £2700 per head.
Milky Holstein cows to £1940 for the Needhams at Bradnop.
Within the in-calf heifers and youngstock, Alan Shirt saw Holstein heifers to £1450, due December to Aberdeen Angus with a run of served heifers, around 18mths, from a Staffordshire farm up to £840.
The Threaphurst Pedigree Limousin bull, from the Bennett family, sold well with spirited bidding to £2880 to a Derbyshire suckled calf producer.
SHEEP SECTION
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)
LAMBS (491)
A small entry on a snowy day, coupled with a lot of vendors supporting the London protest.
Best lambs very well bid for, topping at 371p/kg and plenty at 320-340p/kg.
Heavy lambs in strong demand again, up to £182.28/head or 332p/kg for overweight.
More could have been sold to vendors’ advantage.
Overall average at 302p/kg or £137.04/head.
Sample Prices: –
340p 38kg JM Robinson, Swythamley
328p 40kg JE Swindells, Leek
318p 40kg JE Swindells, Leek
330p 42.3kg J Gilman & Partners, Macclesfield
314p 43kg J Ball, Cheddleton
336p 43.5kg J Ball, Cheddleton
371p 45kg FS & MJ Heath, Pipe Gate
317p 47.8kg FS & MJ Heath, Pipe Gate
318p 50kg WJ Prime, Sudbury
318p 51kg J Ball, Cheddleton
310p 51.5kg KW&AM Minshull, Bosley
316p 53kg LF Horton & Sons, Northwich
308p 55kg KW&AM Minshull, Bosley
308p 57.5kg J Curley, Sutton
CULL EWES (127)
A smaller entry of ewes due to the inclement weather and vendors in London supporting British Farming.
A mixed entry of ewes sold to a solid trade from start to finish, many more could be sold!!
Once again meat has commanded a premium with meated types looking well sold on the day.
Lean sorts still well bid for albeit at a price.
Top price £222 for ewes from David Williams Basford. Frank Heath, Pipe gate sold ewes to £210.
Better continental types generally £150-£170
Mules sold to £135 with better sorts £115-£130
Plain ewes £70-£90
Hill types and real lean small sorts £25-£50.
Overall average a pleasing £119.24
CALVES (77)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Oliver Hiles (07801 530899)
Less on offer, mainly due to the weather and the number of people supporting in London but a strong trade seen with buyers in attendance for all breeds and shapes with tops of £425 for a Simmental calf from H & E Bailey & Partners.
77 on offer today with nearly equal numbers, seeing 39 bulls and 38 heifers on offer.
22 CONTINENTAL BULLS
All shapes and sizes represented again and a similar quality to last week. Eight over £300 to top at £425 for H & E Bailey & Partners.
13 Blues av £243 to £400 DW & P Hulme
1 INRA95 to £330 J Hughes
2 Sims av £372 to £425 H&E Bailey&Partners
4 Lims av £205 to £280 JP & SR Slack
2 Char av £293 to £315 D & G Tudor
22 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
Topping at £322 today for RG & AS Williamson for a British Blue calf. Better sorts around £230 +.
10 Blues av £152 to £322 RG&AS Williamson
4 INRA95 av £167 to £230 DW & P Hulme
4 Sims/Lims av £126 to £210 H&E Bailey&Partners
3 Char av £205 to £270 D & G Tudor
1 Blonde to £300 EJ & VC Gilman
28 NATIVES
A strong Aberdeen Angus topping the trade todayin the native section to £322.
9 AA Bulls av £128 to £332 CA Day & Sons
9 AA Heif av £75 to £208 CA Day & Sons
2 Here Bulls av £113 to £120 R Wain & Sons Ltd
3 Here Heifs av £135 to £200 C Heath & Sons
5 S/Horn av £77 to £200 R wain & Sons Ltd
5 BLACK & WHITE BULLS
Up to £122 for a Holstein calf, from A Povey & Sons.
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SATURDAY 23rd NOVEMBER
Catalogued Sale of Store & Breeding Cattle
Entries Close Friday 15th November
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TUESDAY 26th NOVEMBER
Forthcoming Dairy Sale
On behalf of DRK Agriculture, Smiths Green Farm, Lower Withington, Macclesfield
200 NZ FRIESIANS
Dispersal of the Entire Autumn Calving Herd. All Newly Calved,
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Catalogued Sale of Store Lambs & Breeding Sheep
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