BARREN COWS
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
Topping the barrens this week was an 800kg Holstein which grossed at £1792, selling to 224p/kg for GW & MA Hicklin of Onecote.
A 760kg Friesian grossed at £1626.40 for F Yates & Son, Longford.
Other Top Pices: –
Luing 720kg £1570 JC&D Hudson, Hollinsclough
Frie 740kg £1554 J Kirkham, Sutton
Hols 790kg £1517 F Yates & Son, Longford
S/H 685kg £1500 GK Tunnicliffe&Sons, Buxton
The overall average for barrens was 196.93/kg or £1285.53/head.
CLEAN CATTLE
A Dairy Shorthorn bull topped at £1766.40, weighing in at 640kg, selling to 276p/kg for D & EA Jeffery of Roston.
A Holstein heifer sold to 270p/kg to gross at £1593 for Pearson & Son of Macclesfield.
PIGS (140)
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145
A bumper entry of pigs selling to a steady trade. topping at 175p for OT Davies, Anglesey. Gilts generally 120-160p, boars 50p – 100p.
Cutters sold to175p for OT Davies, Anglesey. Thomas Alleynes High School to 145p.
Bacon pigs sold to 170p for S Bailey. GR Weston 170p, 160p. OT Davies 170p. Massie Farms 153p, 151p 150p. B Minshull 140p. J&B Fentem 120p, 115p.
Heavies to 170p, 158p for OT Davies. Massie Farms 161p, 153p. GR Weston 151p. C Hine 120p.
Sows to 35p, 30p, 28p.
Pig Averages: –
Pork Pigs (13), av 58.25p/kg or £46.51/head
Cutting Pigs (10), av 129.90p/kg or £101.33/head
Bacon Pigs (74), av 103.26p/kg or £99.81/head
Heavies (30), av 1118.41p/kg or £132.93head
Sows (5), av 29.91p/kg or £53.06head
DAIRIES
Selling time – 11:00am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
Scorching Trade at Leek – Heifers to £4750
Just when you think trade can’t get any better, it reaches a new level again inching closer and closer to the £5000 mark.
Trade was blistering from the start with the first cow through the ring, a third calver from the Shepherd family of Bakewell reaching £3780.
However, it was a run of 11 fresh heifers from Phillip & Marilyn Critchlow of Cubley that grabbed the attention of purchasers with an exceptional red and white heifer by Hoogerhorst DG OH Rubels-Red topping the day at £4750. An Applejax daughter reached £4300 with two others making £4000. The whole group averaged an exceptional £3966.
Michael & Caroline Wainwright of Buxton saw two of their heifers reach £4300.
Young heifer calves were keenly sought after with a smashing run from Nigel Harper of Crannage topping at £600. The whole entry averaged £521.
A purebred Limousin stock bull from William Wright made £4950.
If you have stock to sell, please get in touch.
Meg Elliott 07967 007049
Anna Wildgoose 07532 237232
SHEEP SECTION
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894) & Ed Groves (07964 510145)
LAMBS (839)
Another good entry, particularly on a very wet morning, saw a solid trade, although perhaps a little more challenging in places.
Best sorts flying away to 370p and above to a top of 406p/kg and a top headage of £259.84.
Commercial lambs generally 320p – 340p/kg depending on weight and finish.
Overall average looking very respectable at 343p SQQ, 335p overall or £157.34/head.
Sample Prices: –
371p 37.6kg Beechwood House, Crewe
380p 41.7kg FS & MJ Heath, Pipe Gate
378p 42kg JB Rowlinson & Son, Gawsworth
378p 43.6kg J Swindells, Leek
390p 45kg FS & MJ Heath, Pipe Gate
381p 45.3kg D Machin, Rudyard
370p 45kg FS & MJ Heath, Pipe Gate
370p 47.5kg A Shaw, Sturston
380p 47.7kg S & D Fearn, Wardlow Mires
371p 48.7kg J Swindells, Leek
365p 48.7kg S & D Fearn, Wardlow Mires
361p 50kg JB Rowlinson & Son, Gawsworth
359p 51.4kg J Swindells, Leek
362p 54.7kg J Swindells, Leek
370p 55kg B Ford, Stockport
335p 59kg D Machin, Rudyard
406p 64kg B Ford, Stockport
CULL EWES (310)
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
A good show of ewes topping at £380 for W&N Sherratt, overall seeing a good show of ewes with buyers for all types and a very solid trade met across the board.
Fed Continentals £200 – £280+
Plainer sorts £160 – £180
Mules to £202 generally £140 – £175
Lean mules £100 – £130
Hill types £90 – £140
Very Lean ewes £60 – £90
Sample Prices: –
W&N Sherratt £380, £301, £215
IR Spendlove £322, £270, £252, £220
B Ford £280
S&D Fearn £275, £240, £229, £210
G Whitehouse £260, £210
D Williams £255
SR&G Marsden £245, £220, £218
AD Williams £240
CE Smith £238, £220
SW Jennings £230
CA Sharpley £220
A Shaw £211
E Greenwood £210
Overall average £162.72/head
CALVES (139)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Oliver Hiles (07801 530899)
Good numbers again at a wet and miserable weather day and an appalling day to rear calves. Trade consequently was less for some commodities.
29 CONTINENTAL BULLS
The best still good and the continental bulls faired well on the day. A trio of very best topped £700 with a high of £775 for a shapey young Blue for Messrs Harvey, Waterfall. Mediums £520 – £620 with just a few under £500.
19 Blues av £580 to £775 SC, FE & JA Harvey
2 Sims av £392 to £465 Harrison Partners
7 Lims av £568 to £710 KW Cresswell
29 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
The best are still excellent to sell and plenty of customers but some mediums a little less. Three over £600 and up to £620 for Messrs Davies for a Blue. Best £500 – £600, mediums £400 – £500 and smalls under £400.
21 Blues av £454 to £620 PJ Davies
4 Lims av £551 to £605 Hobson Farms
66 NATIVES
Good numbers with a run of 25 young Angus from one farm.
22 AA Bulls av £427 to £620 CA Day & Son
30 AA Heif av £241 to £445 PE Holmes & Son
7 Here Bulls av £237 to £455 S & S Brain
5 Here Heif av £169 to £445 Furness Partners
1 L/H Heif to £455 GR & D Hawkins
1 W/B Heif to £370 JD & BF Broadley
15 BLACK & WHITE BULLS
Better sorts over £200 with the majority of the smaller rearers £80 – £160.
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SATURDAY 24th OCTOBER
Catalogued Sale of 606 Store & Breeding Cattle
Catalogue Now Available Online
Next Sale Saturday 7th November
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SATURDAY 31st OCTOBER
Catalogued Sale of Store Lambs & Breeding Sheep
Entries Close Friday 23rd October
Next Sale Saturday 14th November
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