Calves still seeing a tremendous trade topping at £740 for a British Blue bull and a British Blue heifer topping at £530
Barrens a strong trade with a top price of 277p/kg and a top headage price of £1482.57
Varied trade in the dairies with something for everyone, seeing a top price of £2320 for a fresh heifer.
Nearly 1000 head of sheep on offer consisting of a handful of Spring lambs to 410p/kg, £187.50/head, just over 800 Hoggs to 409p/kg, £192.26/head and 136 Ewes to £241/head.
BARREN COWS & BULLS (27)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
A similar strong trade throughout with a top price of 277p/kg for an 807kg Limousin cow to gross £2409.90.
A Flekvieh cow from LTL Partners Ltd of Leigh achieved up to 267p/kg to gross £2095.95.
A Black & White cow from WE Turnock & Sons at 770kg sold for 253p/kg and a 770kg Black & White cow from SJ Hooley achieved 251p/kg.
Other top prices: –
250p 735kg B&W DR & A Shuker & Son
248p 670kg B&W SJ Hooley
247p 630kg B&W DR & A Shuker & Son
245p 705kg B&W SJ Hooley
Overall average a pleasing 223.38p/kg, including a number of smaller and leaner cows, and a top headage price of £1482.57.
CLEAN CATTLE
A neat, well finished Limousin heifer from David and Jane Williams & Family, weighing 570kg achieved 420p/kg to gross £2394.00.
PIGS (108)
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
108 Pigs on offer today with trade very simliar to previous weeks.
Fat pigs topped at 196p, gilts generally 190p + and boars 160p +. Sows a flyer selling to 124p.
Porkers to 187p for J & B Fentem, PJ Saunders to 170p and 168p.
Cutters sold to 196p for S Bailey, J & B Fentem to 191p, 190p and 160p. SL Seabridge to 187p and 160p.
Bacon pigs topped for Massie Farms at 195p, 193p, 192p and 191p x 2. PF & PD Parsons to 192 x 2 and J & B Fentem to 192p.
Heavies to 160p for Thomas Alleynes School.
Sows a flyer to 124p for R Rowlinson who had another to 94p, PJ Saunders to 102p, PF & PD Parsons to 84p, 80p, 79p, 72p and 66p.
Pig Averages.
Pork Pigs (10); av 177.34p/kg or £125.91/head
Cutting Pigs (13); av 175.19p/kg or £144.06/head
Bacon Pigs (68); av 174.74p/kg or £162.87/head
Heavy Pigs (3); av 146.75p/kg or £156.53/head
Sow (8); av 86.26p/kg or £228.05/head
DAIRIES
Selling time – 11:30am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
14 Dairies for the first week of the month.
A very varied entry with something for everyone to include Shorthorn, Fresh Holstein and In-Calvers.
David Brailsford topped the day at £2320 for a fresh Honeycroft heifer giving 26kg, more milky cattle could definitely have been sold.
Chesterfield vendor Richard Lomas saw in-calvers to £1760 while the Kirkham Family exhibited two sweet bagged dairy Shorthorns to a top of £1890 to average £1885.
Milky 4th calved grazing system cows to £1740.
14 days’ time, 15th April, is the Pedigree Sale and the Herd Dispersal for Mr David Wrench of Marton (see advert below), attendance is thoroughly recommended with milk in abundance and something for everyone.
SHEEP SECTION
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)
SPRING LAMBS (9)
Just a handful forward, being the first of the season, selling to a top of 410p/kg or £187.50/head.
HOGGS (813)
A reduced entry as expected saw a two-tier trade. Best shaped, well finished hoggs at 38-45kg selling very well and certainly no less on the week, however heavy hoggs very hard to place, as are the under finished types.
Best hoggs to 409p/kg and plenty at 370p and better.
Majority of 48kg and above 280p – 310p/kg and very heavy (55kg plus) at 250p – 380p/kg.
Sample Prices: –
391p 41.5kg DJ&P Smith, Rushton Spencer
402p 42kg JB Rowlinson & Son, Gawsworth
409p 42.6kg R & S Bailey, Rushton Spencer
405p 44.5kg R & S Bailey, Rushton Spencer
366p 44.7kg DJ&P Smith, Rushton Spencer
375p 45kg Mosley & Son, Wormhill
390p 46kg JB Rowlinson & Son, Gawsworth
368p 45.5kg RA&KD Day, Cheddleton
368p 46.2kg H Salt & Son, Grindon
396p 45.5kg RA&KD Day, Cheddleton
339p 55kg J Ball, Cheddleton
CULL EWES (136)
Less ewes about with trade definitely less than last weeks flyer due to the end of the religious festival. However, a much poorer show of ewes dominated by small lean ewes.
Top price £241 for BG & SV Buxton.
R & S Bailey to £200, J Phillips to £180, KW & AM Minshull to £180, D Williams to £180 and G Biddulph to £172.
Better Continentals £150 +
Plain Continentals £120 – £150
Mules topped at £149, generally £110 – £125
Hill types and small lean ewes £50 – £90
Tups to £202 for SJ Hooley
Overall average £108.
CALVES (154)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Oliver Hiles (07801 530899)
Better numbers again and some outstanding prices throughout the sale.
33 CONTINENTAL BULLS
Very strong money all through the sale. Two lovely, best quality bulls topped £700 with a top of £740 for a shapy British Blue from Peter Gilman, Thorncliffe with £700 being received for Messrs Higginson, Mobberley. Eleven Better sorts over £410, mediums £320 – £400 with a few smaller sorts under £300.
19 Blues av £360 to £740 PF Gilman
5 Sims av £462 to £700 TD&DA Higginson
9 Lims av £360 to £495 JC&D Hudson
37 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
More heifers than bulls and even more trade. The best an absolute joy to sell. Seventeen better sorts sold over £420 with customers wanting the best. Mediums £300 – £400 with a few smalls a bit less.
21 Blues av £352 to £530 DR&A Shuker&Sons
7 Sims av £441 to £470 TD&DA Higginson
9 Lims av £282 to £490 I & GE Gregson
62 NATIVES
Lots and lots, including two lots of Spring calves.
11 Here Bulls av £195 to £315 J Kirkham
16 AA Bulls av £190 to £455 Birch Bros
10 Here Heif av £144 to £265 Adaptive Farming
24 AA Heifs av £136 to £315 PE Holmes & Son
22 BLACK & WHITE BULLS
A proper Friesian made £170 for Ian Gregson with the majority £40 – £60.
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SATURDAY 12th APRIL
Catalogued Sale of Store & Breeding Cattle
Entries Close Friday 4th April
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SATURDAY 12th APRIL
Sale of Ewes & Hoggs with Lambs at Foot
Please Advise of Entries
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TUESDAY 15TH APRIL 2025
On behalf of D R Wrench
Brookside Farm, Marton, Macclesfield, Cheshire
118 HOLSTEIN FRIESIANS
• Incl 54 Fresh Heifers, 13 Cows (Many due May)
• 51 In-calf Heifers, All due Autumn
• Pedigree Aberdeen Angus Stock Bull
• Herd Average 7300kg 4.91%F 3.80%P cc120
• Cubicles & Herringbone
• Homebred
• BVD Tag & Tested, BVD & Lepto Vaccinated, Johnes Monitored
(Following the Pedigree & Commercial Entry)
For further details & catalogues Contact (01889) 562811 Ref: MEE/AW
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