Overall, a good day’s trade in Leek throughout.
Dairies, 135 on offer today, lots of quality on offer with the best to £2720 to The Eason Family and many others reaching £2000 plus.
Lambs saw a modest entry with best lambs topping at 300p/kg and a top headage of £151.74
Pigs, Fat pig trade remains strong with a top headage of £238.43 and Sows in good demand topping at £342/head
Calves saw similar numbers to last week with a solid trade. A good number of buyers saw two best Bulls reach the £400 mark.
Barren cows topped at 196p/kg for J&R Maydew, Consall. We have a good number of buyers in attendance each week looking forall types of clean cattle.
BARREN COWS (17);
Selling time– 10:00am
Auctioneer –
Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
A small entry today but a full compliment of Buyers around the ring with trade slightly less but stillcomparing well with other centres and the national trends.
Top prices were:
196p/kg 565kg Simmental J&R Maydew, Consall
190p/kg 675kg Holstien WE Turnock & Sons, Onecote
178p/kg 555kg Holstien J&R Maydew, Consall
178p/kg 650kg Holstien WE Turnock & Sons, Onecote
Other prices included 169p/kg for a 685kg Simmental and 160p/kg for a 580kg Hereford.
A 710kg, 39 month Hereford Steer from JS Hine of Biddulph Park sold for 185p/kg and a 1055kg Simmental stock Bull from RG & AS Williamson of Wetley Rocks was well sold at 180p/kg.
Top Headage price was £1899 for two Simmental Bulls,
Holstien Cows up to £1282.50 and £1247.40 and a Brown Swiss at £1185.00.
Overall average 154.92p/kg
CLEAN CATTLE;
A 500kg Hereford Heifer waswell sold and exchanged hands for 200p/kg, £1000.
There are a good number of buyers in attendance each week looking for all types of clean cattle.
PIGS (104);
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
Fat pig trade remains strong topping at 229p/kg or £238.43 averages looking very healthy at 220p/kg. Sows in good demand againtopping at 118p/kg and £342/head.
Only a few porkers topped at 219p/kg from R Brough, Pikehall with others to 218p/kg.
Cutters topped at 228p/kg from M R Banham, Bromsgrove, others from the same home to 225p/kg. J&B Fentem had a run to 228, 227, 226×2, 224 & 221p/kg.
Bacon Pigs topped at 229p/kg from Massie Farms, Stafford who had others to 227p/kg x7. J&B Femtem 229p/kg. MC & E Beattie had pigs to 227p/kg.
Heavies topped at 211p/kg for a 113kg gilt from R Rowlinson, Ramshorn. JR Mosedale topped at 182p/kg for a 107kg pig.
Sows topped at 118p/kg for a 290kg sow from R Rowlinson, Ramshorn. M R Banham topped at 114p/kg for a 274kg sow with another at 92p/kg for a 315kg sow.
Porkers (9) Av. 218.00 p/kg or £160.83/head
Cutters (27) Av. 219.50 p/kg or £174.87/head
Baconers (60) Av. 220.97 p/kg or £208.30/head
Heavies (5) Av. 146.80 p/kg or £212.86/head
Sows (3) Av. 107.44 p/kg or £314.79/head
DAIRIES
(135);
Selling time – 11:30am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark
Elliott (07973 673092)
DAIRIES TO £2720
12 £2000+
A real bouncy trade for
milkers on Tuesday probably reflecting the quality on offer from vendors saw
the best to £2720 and nearly 50% of the entry pass the £2000 mark.
The Easom family of
Oakerthorpe had a lovely run of 7 in topping the day at £2720 with others to
£2680, £2280, £2140, and £2120 respectively.
The Johnson family of Longnor
also had a great run of heifers forward making £2540, £2350, £2420 and £2410.
Andrew Broadley saw his
heifer reach £2280 with another from Phillip & Marilyn Critchlow of Cubley
at £2200.
The herd dispersal of 100+
Holsteins on behalf of C Sherwin topped at £1780.
The Monthly Pedigree Sale in
a fortnight is shaping up into a big one with numerous vendors with 12 plus fresh
heifers entered. There will also be two Herd Dispersals on the same day.
Further details out shortly.
SHEEP SECTION
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)
SPRING LAMBS (568);
A modest entry of lambs sold a solid trade best lambs 275p/kg plus topping at to 300p/kg and a top headage of £151.74.
Commercial lambs generally 250-260p/kg.
Overall average 267.48p/kg
Sample prices.
283p 38.4kg M&M Heath, Rushton Spencer
278p 39kg RG Pynton, Gridley
277p 38kg TB Thornely, Stanton
300p 40.4kg F Potter, Yeavley
298p 40kg IE M & A Wilson, Hollington
287p 45kg GT Rowlinson, Denstone
282p 50kg JW&B Bennett, Abbots Bromley.
281p 47.4kg HR Johnson, Longnor
280p 46.2kg DV Hollands, Blore
286p 52.5kg B Hunter, Quarnford
281p 54kg TB Thornley, Stanton
268p 53kg SP Taylor, Packmoor
CULL SHEEP (101);
A lot less forward this week average £12 up on the week topping at £151/head from AE & HR Stubbs, Bramshall. Overall average £110.66.
CALVES (113);
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Oliver Hiles (07801 530899)
Similar numbers and a solid trade from start to last.
50 Continental Bulls
A good trade throughout with numerous farmer buyers around the ring and looking to purchase numbers. Two best Bulls sold at £400 with the top 10 at £340 and
above. Medium Bulls £230 – £300 with just the plainer bred calves under £200.
21 British Blues av £251-£400 R&T Clowes & Son
10 Simmentals av £233-£284 RG&AS Williamson
8 Limousin av £210-£400 FE Whittaker & Sons1
1 Charolais £352 D&G Tudor
41 Continental Heifers
Plenty of demand if the goods are right and buyers looking for quality. 10 better sorts sold over £245 and up to £298 for a quality British Blue for JL Wainwright.
Medium £170-£220 with smaller or younger calves under £150.
24 British Blues av £179-£298 JL Wainwright
9 Simmentals av £152-£252 TD&DA Higginson
6 Limousins av £128-£245 F Yates & Son
2 Charolais £290 D&G
Tudor
18 Natives
Less on offer but a strong price.
9 Angus Bulls to £230 Woodward Partners
6 Angus Heifers to £196 FE Whittaker & Sons
1 Herford Heifer £134 Foker Grange Farm
4 Black & White Bulls
Sold to £96 for a Friesian for P&H Botham, Calton.
NEW TB RULES FROM THE 1ST AUGUST 2023
If your farm holding has a 12 monthly herd TB test, then
cattle purchased onto that holding from a high-risk area (as mapped at https://tbhub.co.uk/)
must be Post-Movement Tested. I.e. Cattle must be
Post-Movement tested 60 to 120 days after purchase on your holding. For more
details, please speak to our Market Office.
Customers selling Livestock at Leek Auctions must have
fully completed movement forms which declare what TB-test interval takes place
on your holding so that we can pass this information onto the purchasers.
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SATURDAY 12TH AUGUST
Fortnightly Sale of Store & Breeding Cattle
Entries close Friday 4th August
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SATURDAY 12TH AUGUST
Sale of Store & Breeding Pigs – 10.30am
Sale of Store & Breeding Goats – 11am
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SATURDAY 12TH AUGUST
Sale of Early Lambing Breeding Sheep
Entries Close Friday 4th August
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SATURDAY 26TH AUGUST
Fortnightly Sale of Store & Breeding Cattle
Entries close Friday 18th August
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