BARREN COWS
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
Barrens topped at £1721.40 for a 755kg Hereford from ET Simpson of Winkhill which sold to 228p/kg.
Other Top Prices: –
Hol 820kg £1591 WE Turnock & Sons
Fri 620kg £1116 W, A & PW Carbutt
An Aberdeen Angus bull weighing 960kg achieved a top headage price of £2112, selling to 220p/kg for W, A & PW Carbutt of Siddington.
Overall average was 195.01/kg or £1505.44/head.
CLEAN
A 450kg Holstein heifer sold to £1080/head, 240p/kg for WR & FM Ford of Keele.
PIGS (130)
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
More pigs on offer today with 130 seen and sold, trade solid on the whole, top price 200p, best gilts 175p – 200p. Boars 120p – 150p. Sows to 39p.
Porkers sold to 130p for K Lloyd Hughes.
Cutters to 200p for B Minshull.
Bacon pigs to 184p for Massie Farms who had others to 182p, 181p, 180p. J&B Fentem 182p, 180p, 178p. C Hine 182p.
Heavies to 142p, 130p for M Banham. C Hine 130p, 110p.
Pig Averages: –
Pork Pigs (10), av 86.14p/kg or £60.56/head
Cutting Pigs (18), av 124.12p/kg or £100.05/head
Bacon Pigs (83), av 158.72p/kg or £153.35/head
Heavies (13), av 118.53/kg or £144.79/head
Sows (6), av 33.13p/kg or £95.08/head
DAIRIES
Selling time – 11:00am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
MILKERS TO £3700
HERD DISPERSAL TO £2900
A bouncy trade throughout for milkers on Tuesday saw the commercial entry top at £3700 for a lovely 27kg heifer from Michael and Caroline Wainwright of Buxton, with others to £2650 and £2480.
A big crowd gathered for the herd dispersal on behalf of Tim Ottewell of Belper which peaked at £2900 for a July calved Fleckvieh X heifer giving 24kg. Another also calved July giving 26kg made £2680. A cow calved in June reached £2600.
Next week we have the herd dispersal on 43 Friesians on behalf of the Robinson family of Hickling, Leicestershire. Visit our website to view the catalogue.
SHEEP SECTION
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)
LAMBS (872)
A seasonal entry sold on a very firm trade improved on the week and so was the general quality of the goods on offer.
Best lambs very well bid for to a top of 380p/kg and plenty at 350p – 370p/kg.
Big lambs very good to sell with a top headage of £198/head from James Swindells.
Overall average at 323p/kg which still includes plenty going for further feeding.
More best fed lambs required weekly!!
Sample Prices: –
346p 38.2kg J & M Riley, Buxton
356p 42kg SJ Hudson, Ilam
380p 44.3kg J Tavernor, Great Haywood
371p 43kg O Wardrobe, Horton
359p 43.2kg JB Rowlinson & Son, Gawsworth
348p 44kg JW Fentem, Biggin
360p 44.5kg J Tavernor & Co, Great Haywood
371p 44.5kg J Tavernor & Co, Great Haywood
371p 45kg O Wardrobe, Horton
351p 46.5kg SJ Hudson, Ilam
347p 48kg S Frith, Thorpe
359p 48kg D Williams, Basford
346p 49kg J Swindells, Leek
342p 50kg D Williams, Basford
342p 53kg D Williams, Basford
326p 55.2kg J Swindells., Leek
323p 57.6kg PJ Harrison, Buxton
322p 60kg AJ Coxon, Church Broughton
CULL EWES (207)
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
More ewes today once again a mixed yarding mainly of grazing types, meat very well bid for and wanted but those lean sorts looking well sold.
Top price £385 for Texel ewes from G Whitehouse.
Sample Prices: –
G Whitehouse £385, £250
JL Philips £260, £240
A Webster £250
JM&AD Hayes £240, £193
D Williams £210
Alcock Bros £201
F Potter & Son £200
J Gilman £200
Fed Continentals £180 – £250 +
Lean sorts £130 – £170
Mules to £165 generally £115 – £140
Hill types to £100
Lean feeding sorts £60 – £110 depending on frame.
Tups sold to £250 for R Harrison.
Overall average £143/head
CALVES (167)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Oliver Hiles (07801 530899)
The biggest entry of the Summer and the buyers were certainly ready for them with a larger gathering of buyers.
61 CONTINENTAL BULLS
Wow, what a price with the top twenty-three over £700 including five British blues over £800 and up to £920 for a 20-day old from Furness Partners, Wheston. Others from Robinson Partners (£880); Sally Shone (£840) and Messrs Brailsford (£830) all look well sold. Mediums £560 – £680 with a few smalls or X breeds under £500.
34 Blues av £616 to £920 Furness Partnership
22 Lims av £554 to £765 NE Goodwin & Son
4 Baz av £697 to £740 FA & TM Cotton
1 INRA to £600 J Hughes
52 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
Just as dear as the bulls and many more could have been sold with calves right at the end looking some of the best sold. A Simmental (lot 163) made £735 from Philip Holdcroft with another ten over £600. Mediums £450 – £550 with a X bred sorts under £400.
29 Blues av £393 to £705 FA & TM Cotton
2 Sims av £697 to £735 PN Holdcroft
12 Lims av £509 to £665 J Kirkham
5 Char av £490 to £600 J Hughes
2 Baz av £380 to £380 FA & TM Cotton
1 Blo to £570 EJ & VC Gilman
22 ABERDEEN ANGUS NATIVES
Only Aberdeen Angus today and look at the prices.
14 AA Bulls av £521 to £670 KW & AM Minshull
8 AA Heif av £381 to £530 SM McLeavy
32 BLACK & WHITE BULLS
Bigger numbers with nearly all being sold for rearing with a top of £380.
PRODUCE
Excellent trade for well-made 6×4 string bales of hay which topped at £46.50 per bale.
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SATURDAY 29th AUGUST
Catalogued Sale of 418 Store & Breeding Cattle
Catalogue Now Available Online
Next Sale Saturday 12th September
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SATURDAY 5th SEPTEMBER
Catalogued Sale of Store Lambs & Breeding Sheep
Entries Close Friday 28th August
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