More Lambs on offer today, seeing pleasing results, topping at 361p and a top headage price of £184.80.
94 Pigs forward on a bumper trade, seeing a top price of 240p/kg and a top headage price of £237.66.
Dairies on form with a top price of £3320 and an overall average in the dairy entries of £2228.
Calves a little short on numbers with the buyers left wanting more, seeing £428 for a Limousin bull and £345 for a British Blue heifer.
BARREN COWS
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
A smaller entry but again, plenty of trade. Top price of the day was 183p/kg for a 545kg Hereford cow for J Salmon of Werrington with a 750kg Aberdeen Angus from John Hine of Biddulph achieving 172p/kg.
Other Top Prices: –
510kg Angus 169p/kg WL Brough
645kg Mont 169p/kg NE Goodwin & Son
630kg Angus 169p/kg WL Brough
690kg Angus 168p/kg WL Brough
Top headage price of the day was £1290 for Mr Hine’s Aberdeen Angus cow.
CLEAN CATTLE
A 575kg Friesian heifer achieved 236p/kg to gross a pleasing £1357.
PIGS (94);
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
Simply off the clock, quite possibly the dearest they have ever been!!!! No fat pigs under 200p/kg. The averages very much speak for themselves, with 94 head forward and quality in abundance. Top price for fats 240p twice or £237.66/head. Only one saddleback sow sold to 149p or £348.66.
Porkers topped at 235p from G&M Pawson, Lymn. TJ Nicholls saw pigs to 230p and 219p. J Ball Sandbach to 229p and B Minshull to 227p.
Cutters sold to 240p from D Goldstraw, B Minshull to 238p, 234p and 225p. J&B Fentem to 238p x2, 228p x2, 227p. C Hine to 232p, RA Hughes to 226p.
Bacon Pigs to 240p from D Goldstraw, J&B Fentem to 239p & 237p. Massie Farms to 239p, 237p x3, 235p. B Minshull to 236p, C Hine to 233p and MK Fradley to 231p.
Only a handful of heavy pigs but quality pigs nonetheless topping at 208p from J Ball and RA Hughes to 206p.
One sow from B Bennison, Nantwich sold to 149p or £348.66. More quality sows are required each week to meet demand.
Pig Averages:
Porkers (7) av 227.06p/kg or £160.24/head
Cutting Pigs (33) av 227.48/kg or £185.64/head
Bacon Pigs (47) av 231.96/kg or £218.19head
Heavy Pigs (3) av 206.66p/kg or £225.95/head
Sows (1) av 149.00/kg or £348.66/head
DAIRIES
Selling time – 11:30am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
Top of £3320
Whole Entry Average £2228
A blistering trade on Tuesday for dairies saw the entire entry average £2228 with a top of £3320.
Three superb heifers from the Brassington Family of Calf Heath, Wolverhampton, all giving 36-37kg, justly topped the day, all clinched by Andrew Hulme of Basford for £3320, £2940 and £3100 consecutively, to average an amazing £3120.
A tremendous run of five second calvers from the Easom Family of Oakerthorpe peaked at £2540 twice over with all five averaging £2284.
The dairy shed will be full next week with the herd Dispersal on behalf of the Davenport Family where there is a lot of summer milk on offer. Mick Hulse of Consall already has six fresh calvers entered so good numbers in the commercial section also expected.
SHEEP SECTION
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)
LAMBS (561)
Nice to see an increase in numbers, and met with a very solid trade, better than expected and better than experienced elsewhere.
Best lambs racing away in 330-360p/kg bracket, topping at 361p from the Williams Family.
Big lambs well bid for, up to 354p/kg for heavies and 330p/kg for overweight. Top headage of £184.80 and heavies averaging £152/head.
More could be sold each week.
Overall average 303p/kg.
Sample Prices:-
328p 37kg RWM&PM Barnett, Holmes Chapel
342p 38.5kg RWM&PM Barnett, Holmes Chapel
328p 39kg DJ&P Smith, Rushton Spencer
331p 39.5kg SR Chesters & ZV Jolliffe, Withington
333p 41kg P Allen, Ashbourne
333p 43.8kg DR Flower & Son, Alstonefield
361p 45kg D Williams, Basford
354p 48.5kg PG Read Farming, Uttoxeter
350p 48.5kg D Williams, Basford
350p 52kg D Williams, Basford
CULL EWES (257)
More ewes forward, best meated ewes very much in demand and well bid for. A large proportion of hill types and feeding types forward today were met with competitive bidding. Top price £247 for a Texel from Roger Bailey, best Texel types £180+ on a number of occasions.
Best continental types £150 plus
Best mules to £120
Plainer feeding/hill types £60-80
Tups topped at £178 from the JC&D Hudson, Wetton.
Overall Average a pleasing £110.63
CALVES (70)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Oliver Hiles (07801 530899)
Short on numbers but not on buyers or trade with prices off the clock, once again.
28 CONTINENTAL BULLS
Prices sky high again with the buyers desperate for numbers but with calf numbers low everywhere the buyers are having to work hard. Eight better bulls easily £350+ and up to a high of £428for a lovely Limousin from Messrs Whittaker of Bosley. Mediums £280-£320 with just a handful under £250.
13 Blues av £287 to £372 J&R Maydew
7 Sims av £299 to £370 PN Holdcroft
6 Lims av £294 to £428 FE Whittaker & Sons
2 Blo av £341 to £385 EJ&VC Gilman
17 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
Just like the bulls with fresh buyers looking at the calf prices in disbelief. Four better heifers over £300 and up to £345 for a British Blue from Messrs Shuker, Bosley. Mediums £230-£290 with a handful of smalls under £200.
10 Blues av £228 to £345 DR&A Shuker
3 Sims av £239 to £248 PN Holdcroft
3 Lims av £264 to £342 NG,JMH&H Mellor
10 NATIVES
An unreal price.
4 Her Bulls av £245 to £260 J&W Knight
2 AA Bulls av £265 to £290 WH Townsend & Son
4 AA Heif av £151 to £165 DR&BA Cotton
10 BLACK & WHITE BULLS
British Friesians sold at £190, £148 and £125 for Messrs Knight with heifers up to £100 twice.
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SATURDAY 3RD AUGUST
Catalogued Sale of Store & Breeding Cattle
Entries Close Friday 26th July
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SATURDAY 3RD AUGUST
Sale of Store & Breeding Pigs – 10.30am
Sale of Store & Breeding Goats 11am
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SATURDAY 17TH AUGUST
Catalogued Sale of Store & Breeding Cattle
Entries Close Friday 9th August
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SATURDAY 17TH AUGUST
Catalogued Sale of Breeding Sheep
MV & Non MV Sections
Entries Close Friday 9th August
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FORTHCOMING DAIRY SALES
On Instruction, From M Davenport, Cote Hill Farm, Osgodby, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire
120 HOLSTEINS & BROWN SWISS
- Comp 74 Milkers, 22 In-calf Heifers & 24 Youngstock
- Including a number of Pedigree Brown Swiss
- NMR Recorded
- Herd Average: 7407kg 4.45%F 3.57%P cc113
- Cubicles & Herringbone
- Vacc Lepto, BVD Tag & Tested & Johnes Monitored
- 4 Yearly TB (Last Test Feb’ 24)
TUESDAY 30TH JULY 2024
(Following the Usual Commercial Entry)
For Further Details Contact Meg Elliott on 07967 007049
Or Anna Wildgoose on 07532 237232
