Calves are on a roll, setting a new record for Leek was a British Blue bull which topped at £640 with a British Blue heifer reaching £490!
An exceptional trade in the Barren section with Black & White cows topping at 298p/kg and a top headage price of £1922, more cows needed to meet demand.
Over 1200 head of sheep on offer with Hoggs topping at 442p/kg and a top headage price of £211.20 and Ewes topping at £265/head.
Top in the Dairy shed was £2580 for an in-milk heifer and an entry of dairy calves gained plenty of interest to top at £440.
BARREN COWS
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
A similar entry sold on an exceptional trade. Best Black & White cows to 298p/kg from W, A & PW Carbutt, Siddington, and top headage at £1922, again for a Black & White cow from CS Hooley, Pexhill.
Best dairy cows 270p/kg and better with plenty of others at 230p-270p/kg and plenty of meated cows at £1700-£1900/head. Bottom book is a herd worked, lightweight cow, still grossing over £1000.
More cows could be sold each week to the vendors advantage with an increasingly competitive ring of buyers.
Overall average at 230p/kg or £1540/head for almost all black & White cows this week.
CLEAN CATTLE
A small entry selling very well. A Dairy bred Limousin heifer sold to 327p/kg from TW & CM White, Shottle to gross £1733.
A Dairy heifer from R E Poyser sold to 292p/kg to gross £1474.60.
More could be sold each week.
PIGS (119)
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
More pigs about this week and trade on the whole very similar,perhaps a touch less. Gilts generally 190p+ boars 165p+. Overweight and under finished pigs 120p -150p. fats to 198p and Sows a flyer to 89p more sows and big gilts required each week.
Cutters sold to 195p for R Rowlsinon, Ramshorn. J&B Fentem to 192p, B Mushull to 187p, S Bailey to 168p.
Bacon pigs to 198p for PF+PD Parsons who had others to 194p, 192p. Massie Farms to 196p, 195p, 194p x2. J&B Fentem to 192p, 187p, 186p, 185p. B Minshull to 187p. M Fradley to 185p 170p. C Hine to 185p, M Banham to 183p.
Clean gilts to 97p, 93p and 91p for Massie farms for 198kg to 212kg gilts.
Sows sold to 89p for M Fradely, R Rowlisnon to 81p, S Bailey to 72p, A Worth to 40p.
Pig Averages.
Cutting Pigs (9); av 175.42p/kg or £142.48/head
Bacon Pigs (97); av 169.30p/kg or £158.56/head
Heavy Pigs (3), av 146.39p/kg or £151.27/head
Sow (4); av; 70.92/kg or £180.32/head
DAIRIES (27)
Selling time – 11:30am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
In-Milk Heifers to £2580
Dairy Calves to £460
A good day post pedigree sale and a feature of the sale were a group of 25-day old well-bred heifer calves.
In the milkers, top place went to a stylish newly calved 26-month-old home bred heifer from Frank Cookson at Agden Brook who had 3 heifers over £2200.
Plenty of customers for all categories with a real variety from Montbeliarde through to Friesians and pedigree Holsteins.
A third of the entry over £2200 and more needed to fulfil demand with Mr Cookson topping at £2580.
As detailed, the heifer calves created a good deal of interest to a top of £440 for the Furness Partnership at Elton with a 21-day old heifer.
Montbeliarde heifers to £2500 for the Smith’s at Quarndon, Derbyshire.
Best three heifer calves averaged £418 with the best seven in-milk heifers averaging £2474.
A date for the diary is the up-and-coming herd dispersal on behalf of the Wellwood family. Nearly all fresh it is not one to miss.
SHEEP SECTION
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)
HOGGS (924)
A good entry of Hoggs sold on a solid trade with an SQQ average of 345p and 341p overall. Average headage of £155/head, including plenty of lightweight sorts.
Best Hoggs raced away to 442p/kg and plenty of well-shaped, well fleshed hoggs at 370p/kg and better.
Best big hoggs at £211.20/head and plenty at £160-£190/head.
Sample Prices: –
370p 36kg B Shaw, Buxton
398p 38.5kg IG Forrester, Trent Vale
442p 41kg D Williams, Basford
376p 41.8kg GH&M Torr, Bradnop
375p 42kg I Walker, Stone
371p 44.7kg J Ball, Cheddleton
400p 45kg R&S Bailey, Rushton Spencer
378p 46.3kg D Williams, Basford
389p 46.7kg R&S Bailey, Rushton Spencer
394p 46.7kg DH&J Lovatt, Rushton Spencer
357p 53kg AW Wilshaw, Meerbrook
CULL EWES (288)
Similar number of ewes to last week but trade definitely up on the week. Best fed ewes in demand for all types, runs of plainer mules and plainer white faced ewes looking very dear on the day.
More ewes required each week with trade looking to continue!!!
Top price for R&S Bailey at £265 for Texels, no other real pure big framed continentals on show today. BG&SV Buxton, Sudbury sold to £222 twice, Adam Shaw, Sturston sold to £212, R Tomkinson & Son to £210. D Bennett, Somersal Herbert to £210, D Willaims to £200, I Walker to £191, D Goldtraw to £190, H Lyons to £190, Morson Bros to £190, DR Flower £189.
Continentals £180+
Mules topped at £172, Meated sorts £140-£160
Plain Mules £120-£140
Hill types and lean ewes £70-£100
Tups topped at £240 & £180 for D Bennett, Somersal Herbert, BG&SV Buxton, Sudbury £225. AJ Suppan to £180.
Overall average a pleasing £146.46.
CALVES (74)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Oliver Hiles (07801 530899)
Calves at new heights with trade topping today at £640 for a British Blue bull and a British Blue heifer at £490, again, more calves needed to meet demand.
Dearer on the week again, just take a look at the averages and top prices!
29 CONTINENTAL BULLS
Dearer than ever, with seven over £500, 19 over £400 and the top ten averaging £518.
Trade topping the Continental Bull section for a British Blue at £640 for Johnson & Son, being a new record at Leek, with Andy Williamson having two British Blues at £530.
16 Blues av £445 to £640 Johnson & Son
7 Sims av £407 to £482 SJ Hooley
6 Lims av £392 to £520 NG,JMH&H Mellor
29 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
Unreal again, ten over £400 this week, topping at £490 for RG & AS Williamson for a British Blue heifer and only seven smaller sorts under £300.
15 Blues av £362 to £490 RG&AS Williamson
1 Char to £475 D&G Tudor
7 Sims av £342 to £450 SJ Hooley
6 Lims av £337 to £452 NG,JMH&H Mellor
8 NATIVES
Small numbers again but still a fast trade.
5 AA Bulls av £274 to £355 RJ Mellor
3 AA Heifs av £163 to £168 JC&D Hudson
8 BLACK & WHITE BULLS
Sold to £85.
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SATURDAY 1st MARCH
Catalogued Sale of 605 Store & Breeding Cattle
Catalogues Available Online
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TUESDAY 4th MARCH
Sale of the Entire Spring Calving New Zealand Friesian Herd (Approx 240 Head) on Behalf of R J & E E Wellwood, Saltby Dairy Unit, Saltby, Melton Mowbray Leicestershire.
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SATURDAY 15th MARCH
Catalogued Sale of Store & Breeding Cattle
Entries Close Friday 7th March
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