A busy day in the dairy shed today with the Pedigree sale in full swing, seeing a top price of £3450 and an average of £2257 for milkers.
The calf shed was thriving again with 122 on offer and a trade well on par with last week if not surpassing it. A British Blue bull sold to an incredible £530 and British Blue also topped the day in the heifers at £358.
Strong trade in the pig shed with a few more on offer than last week, reaching a top of 200p/kg for fat pigs.
Best lambs topped at 370p/kg with plenty more in the 340p – 360p/kg range. Top headage price of the day was £185.26/head.
More ewes around this week with a top price of £220 and Tups selling up to £250/head.
BARREN COWS (22)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
Very similar number and trade to last week, selling on a strong trade with a good company of buyers around the ring.
Topping the day was a Montbeliarde cow, weighing 625kg, selling to 185p/kg to top at £1156.25/head for D & EA Jeffery of Roston, close behind was a cross bred cow weighing 745kg, which sold to 180p/kg for WG & J Clark of Bradnop, which also took the top headage price of the day at £1341.
A Simmental cow, weighing 560kg for D & EA Jeffery sold to 178p/kg, to top at £996.80/head.
Holstein topped at 177p/kg for a 695kg cow for GW & MA Hicklin of Onecote and 177p also, for a 590kg cow for Pearson & Son of Macclesfield.
An Ayrshire cow sold to 176p/kg for WG & J Clark of Bradnop, weighing 675kg and a Hereford cow at 660kg sold to 173p/kg to a top of £1141.80/head.
A Friesian overage steer, weighing 495kg, sold up to 218p/kg to top at £1079.10/head and a Hereford steer, weighing 655kg sold to 186p/kg for D & EA Jefffery.
Overall average was 165.27p/kg.
CLEAN CATTLE
A small entry this week, seeing young Friesian bulls to 248p/kg, weighing 490kg, to a top price of £1215.20/head for JE Archer & Sons of Hilton with another at 460kg selling to 239p/kg from the same vendor.
Overall average of 243.64/kg
PIGS (133)
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
More pigs on offer this week trade similar to last week. Top price 200p twice for DJ Pope, Buckingham
Cutters for PF+PD Parsons to 195p and 188p. J&B Fentem to 176p.
Bacon pigs to 200p x2, 193p, 182p, 180p for DJ Pope, Buckingham. PF+PD Parsons to 196p, 181p, 180p x2. J&B Fentem to 195p. B Minshull to 190p.
Heavies to 176p for J&B Fentem, C Hine to 166p, J&B Fentem to 160p.
Sows sold 50p for B Palfryman, 40p for PJ Saunders and 40p for DJ Pope.
In piggers to £215, £160, £150×2, £120 for B&M Elkin, Hilderstone.
Pig Averages.
Cutting Pigs (5); av 171.16p/kg or £144.12/head
Bacon Pigs (67); av 156.51p/kg or £146.23/head
Heavy Pigs (17); av 151.36p/kg or £164.80/head
Sow (4); av; 39.61p/kg or £94.78/head
DAIRIES (61)
Selling time – 11:30am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
Top of £3450
All Milkers Average £2257
A blistering trade to start the New Year off at Leek with heifers reaching £3450, £3300 and £3250, achieving an overall average of £2258.
Topping the day was a Tirsvad K & L Mingus daughter from the Stubbs family of Tissington. Giving 31kg she was clinched by Andrew Hulme of Basford who also went on to take a Seagull-Bay-MJ Applejax from the Needham family of Rushton Spencer at £3300.
Hot in pursuit at £3250 was a heifer by Donte from the Shieldhouse herd of Messrs Weston. She went to the Gordon family of Leigh.
Cows reached £2700 for a second calver by Denovo Citizen from Messrs Easom, heading to Richard Moss of Yarlet.
Trade was on fire throughout for all milkers with youngstock also making good money to £1060.
SHEEP SECTION
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)
LAMBS (845)
Another consistent entry saw a slightly easier trade, in line with elsewhere but meat still very good to sell.
Best topped at 370p/kg and plenty at 340p – 360p/kg. More commercial and feeding lambs in the entry but well bid for throughout.
Best big lambs at 341p/kg or £185.26/head and heavy lambs average £157/head.
Overall average at 325p/kg or £141/head.
More best shaped, well finished lambs could be sold.
Sample Prices: –
346p 36.7kg DM Foster, Cheadle
348p 36.7kg P Yates, Rugeley
341p 37.8kg JW Naylor&Sons Ltd, Flagg
342p 39kg B Shaw, Buxton
342p 39kg B Shaw, Buxton
354p 40kg DJ&P Smith, Rushton Spencer
341p 40.5kg B Butterworth&Son, Barnton
343p 41kg S&J Reeves, Hope Valley
370p 41kg BM Robinson, Swythamley
341p 43.5kg JB Rowlinson & Son, Gawsworth
341p 46.7kg CC&CJ Lovatt, Rushton Spencer
336p 50.3kg W James& S Etches, Horton
340p 51.1kg TH Taylor, Bradwall
334p 55kg CC&CJ Lovatt, Rushton Spencer
CULL EWES (324)
More numbers forward and a good show of quality. Top price £250 for a tup from B Robinson, Swythamley, ewes to £220 for M Shaw, Disley and D Williams, Basford to £220. FE Shenton, Hulme End to £200, the Greasley Family, Kedleston to £192, RG&CG Moss, Bromley Wood to £192, DB Goldtsraw to £192. R&S Bailey to £190, JF Kirkham, Hartington to £179.
Meated Continentals £165 plus
Plainer continentals £130-£160
Mules topped at £149 generally £110-£130.
Hill types and very small lean ewes £50-£90
Overall average a pleasing £138.
CALVES (122)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Oliver Hiles (07801 530899)
Similar numbers and trade just as strong as last week with the best, if anything, even stronger.
43 CONTINENTAL BULLS
Very good to sell with every calf from the best to the worst all chased hard by the potential buyers. Six best bulls topped £425 with a couple of beauties at £510 and £530 from Andrew Hulme. Medium bulls £300 – £360 with a few smaller sorts under £300.
33 Blues av £322 to £530 DW&P Hulme
6 Lims av £299 to £425 NE Goodwin & Son
1 Char to £455 D&G Tudor
2 INRA av £285 to £290 J Hughes
43 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
Even dearer than the bulls by comparison and some smart calves on offer. Better sorts £300 + and up to £358 for Messrs Clowes. Mediums £260 – £300 with smaller sorts under £200.
27 Blues av £257 to £358 R&T Clowes
2 Sims av £267 to £305 H&E Bailey&Ptnrs
12 Lims av £236 to £350 NG,JMH&H Mellor
2 INRA av £256 to £282 J Hughes
25 NATIVES
Very strong money today. Look at the Aberdeen Angus averages.
7 AA Bulls av £295 to £428 PE Holmes&Son
8 Here Bulls av £175 to £295 BE Wain
6 AA Heif av £259 to £325 PE Holmes&Son
3 Her Heif av £177 to £202 C Heath&Sons
11 BLACK & WHITE BULLS
Generally strong again with the better calves sought after for rearing.
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SATURDAY 1st FEBRUARY
Catalogued Sale of Store & Breeding Cattle
Entries Close Friday 24th January
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SATURDAY 8th FEBRUARY
Catalogued Sale of Store Lambs & Breeding Sheep
Entries Close Friday 31st January
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