BARREN COWS
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
A quieter day in the barrens and not enough on offer to meet demand.
Top price of the day was a 580kg British Blue cow which topped at £1438.40 for JH & KA Thornhill of Disley.
Other top prices: –
£1330 Hols 665kg HM, H & S Shann, Sheen
£1305 H/land 725kg A&G Blackburn, Bollington
£1296 Hols 810kg HM, H & S Shann, Sheen
£1152 Hols 670kg HM, H & S Shann, Sheen
£1100 Hol 705kg WE Turnock & Sons, Onecote
Overall average was 174.89/kg or £1157.56/head.
CLEAN
A 505kg Aberdeen Angus heifer sold to £1666.50 for S & J Ryder of Dilhorne.
PIGS (90)
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
A smaller entry of pigs this week with pigs coming from as far as Scotland!!. Trade still buoyant with gilts generally 160p – 170p, boars 110p – 130p. Top price on the day 170p for Massie Farm. Clean gilts a strong trade to 120p.
Keep the pigs coming; please get in touch if you have pigs to sell.
Cutters top at 130p for J&B Fentem who had others to 122p.
Bacon pigs topped at 170p for Massie farms who had others to 167p, 165p, 163p, 162p, 160p. G R Weston to 162p. B Minshull to 160p. J&B Fentem to 160p, 148p,130p, GR Weston 144p.
Heavies to 165p for Massie Farms. C Hine 130p, 126p, 115p.
Clean gilts to 120p, 100p, 90p for S Hessin, Keith, Scotland !!
Pig Averages.
Cutting Pigs (9), av 113.06p/kg or £93.58/head
Bacon Pigs (59), av 140.12p/kg or £134.95/head
Heavies (10), av 140.14p/kg or £150.23/head
Clean Gilts (8), av 117.45p/kg or £177.50/head
DAIRIES
Selling time – 11:00am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
Dairies to £2780
A mixed quality of commercial milkers saw a top of £2780 for a fresh heifer from the Wayne family of Ible.
The herd dispersal of loose housed Friesian cows on behalf of the Robinson family of Hickling topped at £1730 for a second calver giving 21kg with others to £1710.
Next week we have the dispersal of the Marchside herd of Montbeliardes on behalf of the Prince family of Marchington. (See the advert below).
FORTHCOMING HERD SALE
On Instructions from C S & J Prince, Forestside Farm, Marchington, Uttoxeter, Staffs
125 MONTBELIARDES
Being the Dispersal of the Entire MARCHSIDE Herd
* Comp 78 Cows & Heifers In-milk & In-calf, 16 In-calf Heifers & 31 Youngstock
* Sires include Milton, Ogive, Pittsburgh, Piaggio, Syrocco, Rodelice & Rooftop
* Cubicles & Herringbone
* Herd Average: 7630kg 3.96%F 3.33%P cc138
* BT & BVD Vaccinated & Johnes Monitored
TUESDAY 8th SEPTEMBER 2026
(Following the Usual Commercial Entry)
SHEEP SECTION
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)
LAMBS (760)
A smaller entry due to the bank holiday clash saw an exceptional trade with all types very well sold and more could have been sold to vendor’s advantage.
Best types flew away to 382p/kg and plenty at 360p and better for best shaped well-fed lambs.
Best big lambs flying to £203/head and plenty at £180 plus.
More good shaped well-fed lambs wanted weekly!!!
Overall average an exceptional 338p/kg.
Sample Prices: –
360p 39kg B Shaw, Buxton
360p 43kg F Potter & Son, Yeaveley
368p 43.3kg J Tavernor & Co, Great Haywood
370p 44kg D Williams, Basford
364p 44.7kg PJ Harrison, Priestcliffe
366p 45kg J Swindells, Leek
376p 45.4kg R Swift & Sons, Stafford
381p 46.5kg R Swift & Sons, Stafford
375p 47kg J Swindells, Leek
382p 47kg S & J Reeves, Edale
375p 48.7kg R Swift & Sons, Stafford
360p 50kg EJ & WM Webster, Cauldon
356p 52.5kg D Williams, Basford
355p 54.8kg R Swift & Sons, Stafford
356p 57kg PJ Harrison, Priestcliffe
326p 61kg F D Moss, Meerbrook
CULL EWES (117)
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
A few less ewes as expected with the bank holiday and wet weather, top price on the day £340 for JD&KR Jones, Butterton. Once again, a mixed offering with mainly hill types and lean feeding ewes selling to a very strong trade, meats easiest placed just lacking in numbers of fed ewes.
Fed Continentals £180 – £240+
Lean sorts £140 – £170
Mules to £205 generally £130 – £160
Hill types to £90 – £130
Lean feeding sorts £80 – £130 depending on frame
Sample Prices: –
JF&KR Jones £340, £280, £232
J Redfern £240
SR&G Marsden £220
GT Rowlinson £215, £205, £190, £188
DM Foster £200
JB Rowlinson £195
CE Smith £185
Tups sold to £182 for C Grindey
Overall average £145/head
CALVES (68)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Holly Swift (07973 982453)
I don’t think Oliver will believe the trade in the calf shed today – 68 calves have averaged £538.60 to include twelve black & white dairy bulls, a real delight to sell. British Blue heifers were in demand with seasonal purchasers coming especially for them today. Topping at £740 twice, with British Blue bulls to £810. Simply not enough calves to meet buyer demand with some going home with empty trailers.
26 CONTINENTAL BULLS
Off the clock and not enough to satisfy potential purchasers. Topping at £810 for RE Poyser for a British Blue, thirteen over £700 and only two under £500.
24 Blues av £657 to £810 RE Poyser
1 Lim to £720 KW Cresswell
1 Sim to £350 RJ Clowes & Sons
20 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
Amazing trade which had to be seen to be believed. Only two under £520, British Blues at £740 twice, £730 twice, £710 twice and nine in the £560 – £700 bracket. Limousins as good a trade at £660 – £520. Seasonal purchasers in for the heifers today.
17 Blues av £634 to £740 NE Goodwin & Son
A & JE Goldstraw
3 Lims av £607 to £660 KW Cresswell
10 NATIVES
Trade just as good here at Leek. Top call £695 for a strong Aberdeen Angus bull and £650 for a very smart Hereford bull.
3 AA Bulls av £655 to £695 JP&SR Slack & Sons
1 Here Bull to £650 GR Spink
4 AA Heif av £400 to £470 Woodward Partners
1 Here Heif to £500 GR Spink
1 B/Gal Heif to £390 A & JE Goldstraw
12 BLACK & WHITE DAIRY BULLS
To £470 for a Montbeliarde bull from A Povey & Sons, plenty of Black & White (Holstein/Friesian) calves to £180 and above. Overall average of £174.
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SATURDAY 12th SEPTEMBER
Catalogued Sale of Store & Breeding Cattle
Entries Close Friday 4th September
Next Sale Saturday 26th September
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SATURDAY 5th SEPTEMBER
Catalogued Sale of 5,462 Store Lambs & Breeding Sheep
Catalogue Now Available Online
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