Over 1,000 head of sheep on offer with a strong trade throughout, lambs topping at 451p/kg and ewes to a £385
More calves on offer this week with trade remaining strong, British Blue bulls to £800 and heifers to £590
Barrens to 250p/kg, seeing good averages and a top headage price of £1451.58
Pigs to 193p/kg with a top headage price of £226.73
BARREN COWS
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
Top prices down a touch on the week but averages remaining strong, plenty of buyers at ringside with more Barrens needed weekly to satisfy the demand.
Top price was 250p/kg for a 530kg Holstein to gross £1325 for R, E & D R Bennett of Whiston.
A Norwegian Red weighing 625kg sold to 245p/kg to gross £1531.25 for Foker Grange Farm Ltd of Leek.
Other top prices: –
Frie 244p £1720.20 W, A & PW Carbutt
Frie 237p £1694.55 RG & AS Williamson
Nor 236p £1239.00 Foker Grange Farm
D S/H 234p £1766.70 GB Millington
Hols 229p £1683.15 Foker Grange Farm
Hols 228p £1972.20 Robinson Partners
Hols 228p £1573.20 WE Turnock & Sons
The overall average was 216.39/kg or £1451.58/head.
PIGS (201)
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
A bumper entry of pigs with a mixed show of quality sold to a competitive trade although less than last week’s flyer as expected. Top price 193p for Massie Farms.
Porkers sold to 180p for M Groom.
Cutters sold to 186p for G Weston who had others to 182p, 150p. PF+PD Parsons sold to 180p. J&B Fentem to 171p. DB Goldstraw to 150p.
Bacon pigs sold to 193p for Massie Farms who had others to 191p, 190p, 189p. GR Weston to 182p. C Hine to 176p. J&B Fentem 176p. PF+PD Parsons 176p, 175p, 170p.
Heavies to 190p for Massie Farms to gross £226.73. K Lloyd-Hughes sold to 171p. DB Goldstraw to 160p.
Sows to 80p for Massie Farms, B Minshull to 60p.
Pig Averages.
Pork Pigs (1); av 180.00p/kg or £133.20/head
Cutting Pigs (21); av 149.80p/kg or £122.48/head
Bacon Pigs (138), av 154.28p/kg or £156.33/head
Heavies (14), av 136.36p/kg or £154.79/head
Sows (10), av. 39.27p/kg or £89.55/head
DAIRIES
Selling time – 11:30am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
Heifers to £1920
A mixed Quality forward on Tuesday for milkers met a mixed trade with heifers peaking at £1920 for a 27kg heifer from Ron Tomkinson of Butterton.
More numbers expected next week with six fresh heifers from one home and three second calvers and heifers from another.
If you have entries get in touch, call Meg Elliott on 07967 007049.
SHEEP SECTION
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)
HOGGS (742)
A good entry sold on a solid trade with best types again very well bid for, to a top of 451p/kg and plenty at 410p – 440p.
Heavy lambs generally better to sell to a top of 416p/kg and 405p/kg for over weights and top headage of £217.10.
Commercial type lambs generally 320p – 340p/kg depending on weight and finish.
Overall average at 364p/kg SQQ or £162/head.
Sample Prices: –
408p 31kg B Shaw, Buxton
374p 34.8kg H Salt & Son, Grindon
380p 38kg L Wright, Hartington
396p 39kg J Plant, Onecote
440p 41kg A Wilshaw, Meerbrook
448p 41kg Hazelhurst Bros, Hyde
426p 42kg AS Agriculture, Moddershall
410p 42.5kg I Walker, Stone
439p 43kg R & S Bailey, Cloudside
440p 43.2kg R & S Bailey, Cloudside
451p 44kg FS & MJ Heath, Pipe Gate
432p 45.5kg Hazelhurst Bros, Hyde
400p 46.2kg P Smith, Rushton Spencer
396p 47.3kg AS Agriculture, Moddershall
416p 47.5kg Hazelhurst Bros, Hyde
394p 49.3kg D Williams, Basford
398p 51kg J Belfield & R Deakin-Gallimore
390p 52kg J & GJ Fryer, Horton
372p 56kg D Williams, Basford
CULL EWES (325)
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
More ewes on offer this week with more of a mixed yarding as expected. A solid trade seen throughout, very similar with last, week if not a touch dearer. Fed ewes are looking very well rewarded. Top price £385 for massive Texels from Hayden Fletcher, Peak Forrest.
Fed Continentals £180 – £260+
Plainer Sorts £140 – £180
Mules to £188, Generally £140 – £160
Fed hill Ewes £90 – £120
Feeding Ewes £70 0 -£110.
Sample Prices:
H Fletcher £385
G Whithouse £305, £275, £245
ACS Fletcher £290, £265
R&S Bailey £285
R Machin £280
D Williams £275
DB Goldstraw £275
J&GJ Fryer £270, £220
M Hazelhurst £220
TJ Nichols £210
A Williams £210
G Myatt £200
Tups to £320 and £260 for H Fletcher and £230 for D Goldstraw.
Overall average a respectable £162.34/head.
CALVES (132)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Oliver Hiles (07801 530899)
Better numbers and trade remains on top form with a full line up of buyers with strong and healthy bidding on all.
32 CONTINENTAL BULLS
As dear as ever and some remarkable prices with the medium bulls again looking best sold. Four very best over £700 with Richard Furness at the top with his posh British Blue at £800. Medium Blues £470 – £600 with just a few smaller sorts under £430.
21 Blues av £540 to £800 Furness Partnership
6 Sims av £625 to £710 TD & DA Higginson
5 Lims av £503 to £650 NG, JMH & H Mellor
28 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
Just like the bulls with buyers galore and prices beyond expectations. Eight better sorts over £530 and up to £590 for Messrs Slack. Medium heifers £420 – £500 with a few smalls under £400.
20 Blues av £469 to £590 JP&SR Slack & Sons
4 Sims av £472 to £540 H&E Bailey&Partners
4 Lims av £478 to £530 FJ Gould & Son
50 NATIVES
A couple of runs of Spring calves bulked the numbers but did not suppress the prices.
19 AA Bulls av £348 to £550 Birch Bros
6 Here Bulls av £368 to £520 Furness Partnership
23 Here Heif av £282 to £490 J Hughes
22 BLACK & WHITE BULLS
A few extras about for a change. Two stronger bulls made £305 for Messrs Slack with Friesians to £290 and smaller calves generally £40 – £90.
PRODUCE
A strong crowd gathered for the produce today with
2025 Crop Conventional bales of Hay selling to £6.20 per bale, an increase of 90p per bale on the week.
2024 6 string barn stored hay to £64.50 per bale, an increase of £12.50 per bale on the week.
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SATURDAY 28th FEBRUARY
Catalogued Sale of 500 Store & Breeding Cattle
Catalogue Available Online
Next Sale Saturday 14th March
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