A Simmental bull topped trade in the barren shed at £2985.65 with the top priced barren cow achieving 275p/kg
Dairies topped at £2800 for a Broomhouse special
Lambs sold to 410p/kg with a top headage price of £202.40 with Ewes to £240
Pigs on a flying trade, topping at 230p/kg, seeing a top headage of £222
Calves continue to fly with a British Blue bull topping at £720 and a Limousin topping the heifers at £695
BARREN COWS (29)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
More Barrens on offer this week seeing some spirited bidding around the ring.
The highlight of the day was a Simmental bull weighing 1055kg and selling to a top of 283p/kg to achieve a very pleasing top headage price of £2985.65 for JM Robinson of Swythamley.
Topping the barren cow trade was an Aberdeen Angus which achieved 275p/kg, weighing 630kg to a headage price of £1732.50 for PJ Simpson of Winkhill who also sold another Aberdeen Angus weighing 730kg to 265p/kg to gross £1934.50.
Other Top Prices:-
263p 590kg £1551 S/Horn MJ C & PM Reeves
258p 670kg £1728 Here PJ Taylor
257p 580kg £1490 Norw RA Smith & Co
253p 790kg £1998 Hols LTL Partners LTD
250p 705kg £1762 Frie W,A & PW Carbutt
Overall average for barrens was 233.1p/kg.
CLEAN CATTLE
A 630kg Hereford steer sold to 300p/kg to gross £1890 for TJ Partington of Burton on Trent and a 585kg Aberdeen Angus heifer sold to 341p/kg to achieve £1994.85 gross for PJ Simpson of Winkhill who also had another Aberdeen Angus heifer, weighing 530kg, achieve 337p/kg to gross £1786.
Overall average 301.97p/kg.
PIGS (100)
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
100 pigs sold today and an absolute flying trade for all types. On the whole a good show of pigs, topping at 230p or £222/head for fat pigs, gilts 210p+ and boars 170p+. Sows to 81p or £262.
Porkers sold well to 218p for C Blackshaw who had others to 215p. J&B Fentem to 212p. R Stubbs to 180p.
Cutters sold to 219p for J&B Fentem who had others to 214p, 209p, 205p. R Stubbs 175p.
Bacon pigs sold to 230p or £222/head for B Minshull. Massie Farms 225p, 221px2, 220px3., 217p, 215p x3. C Hine 219p. J&B Fentem to 213p, 210px2. Boars to 180p for C Hine.
Heavies sold to 154p for 110kg boars from B Minshull.
Sows to 81p twice or £262.44 for J Blackshaw.
Pig Averages.
Pork Pigs (9); av 184.16p/kg or £117.45/head
Cutting Pigs (18); av 198.81p/kg or £159.93/head
Bacon Pigs (68) av 204.47p/kg or £191.96/head
Heavies (2) av 154.00p/kg or £169.40/head
Sows (2), av 81.00p/kg or £251.10/head.
DAIRIES
Selling time – 11:30am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
A good post pedigree week entry with some quality cattle forward and trade good.
The Easom family at Broomhouse sent four strong cows to a top of £2800 with his second at £2660.
In the heifers, Andrew Hadfield at Chamber Farm had a really smart Friesian heifer to top at £2360, sold giving 30kg.
The best four heifers averaged a credible £2245 with the best four milky cows levelling at £2340.
In-calf cows saw spirited bidding with Mr Webster at Lemmington receiving £1460 for his 7½ year old Friesian in-calf cow which was in-calf to a Simmental bull.
Older milky cows in demand with plenty £1500 – £1890 per head.
A feature of the sale was a superb Friesian heifer calf 34 days old, from the Wilson family of Blithbury, which blasted away to £455.
Demand good for all types and herd sales in the pipeline.
If you have stock to sell, please get in touch: –
Meg Elliott – 07967 007049
or Anna Wildgoose – 07532 237232.
SHEEP SECTION
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)
LAMBS (500)
A seasonal entry met with a good firm trade with plenty of bidding, seeing a top price of 410p/kg (twice) for Linda Wright and Ian Wilson & Family.
Best big lambs sold to a top of £202.40/head for Ashley Williams.
More numbers now required every week as all buyers require more Spring lambs weekly.
Sample Prices: –
410p 37.5kg L Wright, Hartington
380p 38kg JB Wright, Hartington
401p 38.6kg IE, M & A Wilson, Hollington
410p 39kg IE, M & A Wilson, Hollington
394p 39kg IE, M & A Wilson, Hollington
400p 40.9kg IE, M & A Wilson, Hollington
393p 41kg J&GJ Fryer, Horton
394p 42kg JE Swindells, Leek
400p 43kg H White, Snelston
391p 43.5kg CG Buckston, Sutton on the Hill
390p 44kg RE Harrison, Runcorn
380p 49kg AD Williams, Basford
370p 53.5kg AD Williams, Basford
368p 55kg AD Williams, Basford
A small entry of Hoggs saw a firm trade for the best quality and a steady trade for the rest.
Top price was 300p/kg for a 47kg Texel X for Rob Machin of Rudyard.
Other Sample Prices: –
250p 41kg RD Machin, Rudyard
230p 43.5kg EG Slack & Sons, Buxton
300p 47kg RD Machin, Rudyard
260p 47kg CE Smith, Longford
262p 65kg KM Twemlow & Co, Swinscoe
CULL EWES (118)
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
Similar numbers to last week and trade pretty similar, perhaps a touch less with a lot more feeding ewes on offer. Fed ewes well bid for and more wanted each week, grazing sorts a respectable trade and keenly bid for. Best ewes up to £240/head for Rob Machin.
Sample prices:
R Machin £240, £195, £193, £180.
Marcus Jones £210, £200, £150 (Mules).
IE&M&A Wilson £195.
EG Slack £180×2, £175.
R&K Woods £171.
Best Continentals £165+
Plainer sorts £130-£150
Mules to £150 generally £110-£120
Grazing Ewes and Hill types £50-90.
Overall average £126/head
CALVES (126)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Oliver Hiles (07801 530899)
Better numbers and trade even stronger than last week’s high prices.
38 CONTINENTAL BULLS
Some lovely bulls on offer and the buyers certainly appreciated the quality and bid well for them all. Twelve best sold over £620 and up to a high of £720 for a British Blue from Andy Williamson. Medium bulls £450 – £600 with just six smaller calves under £420.
20 Blues av £528 to £720 RG&AS Williamson
8 Sims av £477 to £630 PN Holdcroft
8 Lims av £571 to £660 NG,JMH& M Mellor
2 Blon av £555 to £570 EJ & VC Gilman
36 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
A stunning trade and some excellent calves about. Ten best over £500 including two over £600 and up to £695 for a smart Limousin from E Moss, Cloudside. Mediums £400 – £500 with ten under £400.
20 Blues av £438 to £615 SM McLeavy
3 Sims av £448 to £565 SJ Hooley
5 Lim av £462 to £695 E Moss & Son
2 Char av £377 to £440 S Bailey
2 Blon av £452 to £470 EJ & VC Gilman
35 NATIVES
As dear as we have ever seen them.
10 AA Bulls av £343 to £580 GV & P Matkin
8 Here Bulls av £431 to £515 J & W Knight
14 AA Heifs av £246 to £450 GV & P Matkin
3 Here Heifs av £321 to £360 Rowland Ptns
7 REARED
£660 for 4 Simmental heifers (2mths) SJ Hooley
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SATURDAY 5th JULY
Catalogued Sale of Store & Breeding Cattle
Entries Close Friday 27th June
Next Sale Saturday 19th July
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SATURDAY 5th JULY
Sale of Store & Breeding Pigs 10.30am
Sale of Goats Approx 11am
Please Advise of Entries
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