A beautiful spring day for the Easter Spring Lamb Show and Sale with the Champion Lamb, for R Brough & Son of Monyash reaching 840p.
Plenty of Calves around and good prices being achieved from old and new vendors alike, seeing a top price for Bulls of £465 and Heifers up to £290.
A good firm trade in the Barren shed with a top price of 229p/kg being achieved for a Simmental Cow.
A few less on offer in the Dairies but prices still reaching £2120 for a Friesian Heifer.
BARREN COWS (33)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
A good firm trade throughout, seeing a top price of 229p/kg for a 650kg Simmental, from AP Freeman of Rugeley, to gross £1488.50 with a 635kg Simmental, from the same home, making 222p/kg to gross £1409.70, A third Simmental, weighing 630kg achieved 180p/kg.
Montbeliarde Cows, an 810kg for RJ Clowes & Sons of Kingsley, sold to 179p/kg and a 630kg British Blue Cow for S Kidd of Longnor reached 178p/kg. A 795kg Charolais, from Sheila Kidd of Quarnford, achieved 175p/kg.
Other top prices:
174p 390kg Saler S Kidd, Longnor
171p 685kg B&W JC&D Hudson, Hollinsclough
170p 785kg B&W FJ Gould & Son, Longnor
170p 690kg Here SFG Clowes, Rudyard
170p 735kg Here AP Freeman, Rugeley
CLEAN CATTLE
A small entry with a Simmental Steer at 700kg achieved 217p/kg and a 550kg Simmental Heifer selling for 209p/kg.
Top headage price £1519.00
PIGS (84)
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
An increased entry sold on a fast trade topping a 216p. sows topped at 153p and a cull boar to 102p.
Porkers topped at 216p from JG Belfield sheen and 186p for boars from C Blackshaw.
Cutters topped at 215p from JG Belfield. J&B Fentem saw 212p and R Brough 207p, 196p and 194p.
Bacon pigs topped at 216p for JG Belfield, J&B Fentem to 214p, S Bailey to 214p and B Minshull to 209p.
Heavies to 195p from C Hine and 190p for J&B Fentem.
Sows topped at 153p and 146p from the Godber Family at Belper who also had a cull boar to 102p.
Pig Averages.
Porkers (2) av. 200.00p/kg or £143.91/head
Cutting Pigs (13); av 203.29p/kg or £163.25/head
Bacon Pigs (61); av 198.39p/kg or £182.23/head
Heavy Pigs (5); av 180.94p/kg or £202.66/head
Sows (2) av 149.50p/kg or £191.36/head
DAIRIES (13)
Selling time – 11:30am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
Dairies to £1780
Dairies to £2120.
Quality was in short supply on Tuesday in the dairy shed, however, best Heifers reached £2120 for a Friesian Heifer from the Trivetts of Ratcliffe Culey, Atherstone.
Cows topped at £1880 for a second calver from Andrew and Jane Brookes of Field, who also had a second calver at £1850.
SHEEP SECTION
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)
SPRING LAMBS (82)EASTER SHOW AND SALE
A modest entry for the easter show and sale with an early easter this year. A big thanks to Karl James from W James Butchers, Baddeley Green for judging the lambs.
Champion lamb went to R Brough & Son, Monyash selling to 840p or £319.20 to Danny Hill on behalf of M Najib & Sons.
Sample Prices:
450p 30kg RG&AS Willimason, Wetley Rocks
530p 38kg IE M & A Williamson, Hollington
500p 38kg J&GJ Fryer, Horton
560p 43kg RG&AS Willimason, Wetley Rocks
590p 43kg IE M & A Williamson, Hollington
490p 45kg D Bennett, Somersal Herbert
560p 47kg RG&AS Willimason, Wetley Rocks
475p 48kg IE M & A Williamson, Hollington
425p 47kg H Lyons, Congleton
HOGGETS (918)
A solid entry sold on a fast trade a few less than last week with 917 head sold. Meated sorts keenly bid after with a few plainer sorts still adding up well in the lump.
Overall average at 377p/kg or £166.95.
Best Hoggs to 441p/kg from Rob Machin and David Willaims and plenty of pens at 410-440p/kg.
Best big Hoggs coming to £237.25/head.
Sample Prices: –
346p 32kg J Walker, Stafford
440p 38kg R&S Bailey, Cloudside
410p 39k H Hodgkinson, Earl Sterndale
395p 39kg J Wright, Hartington
435p 40kg EA Sessions, Dalbury Lees
440p 44kg SJ Pace, Congleton
441p 45kg R Machin, Rudyard
424p 46kg W Prime, Sudbury
441p 47kg D Willaims, Basford
428p 49kg H Hodgkinson, Earl Sterndale
418p 50kg J Belfield&R Deakin-Gallimore, Leigh
400p 53kg EA Sessions, Dalbury Lees
388p 54kg Thomas Alleynes High School
408p 56kg C Plant, Elkstones
CULL EWES (182)
A reduced entry sold on a solid trade. A large proportion of hill types forward, with the overall quality less than previous weeks.
Top price £185 for texel ewes. Top 14 pens over £150.
Meated texel types £150+
Meated mules £100- £115
Plainer mules £70-90
Hill types £50-80.
Tups topped at £172 for texels.
Overall average £106/head.
CALVES (125)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Oliver Hiles (07801 530899)
Good numbers and a few extra seasonal buyers at ringside led to a solid trade for all on offer.
31 CONTINENTAL BULLS
Good calves are an unreal price at the moment with the six best over £370 with a few over £400. James Hodgkinson had two British Blues (12 weeks old) at £465 and
£440 with a 39-day old, from Norman Mellor, at £405. Medium Bulls £230-£300 with smaller Calves under £200.
19 Blues av £254 to £465 H Hodgkinson&Sons
8 Sims av £267 to £370 H&E Bailey&Partners
3 Lims av £235 to £295 J Kirkham
29 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
Extra buyers led to strong prices throughout the day. British Blues peaked at £290 on two occasions for Messrs Goodwin & Jolliffe with the best ten over £230.
Mediums £160-£210 with smaller sorts under £150.
18 Blues av £206 to £290 NE Goodwin & Son
£290 MA&WJ Jolliffe
3 Sims av £189 to £235 H&E Bailey&Partners
7 Lims av £150 to £190 JC&D Hudson
34 NATIVES
Plenty of Aberdeen Angus and Herefords today and good money for all, dependant on size and shape.
6 Her Bulls av £195 to £255 KW Powell
15 Angus Bulls av £97 to £308 McLeavy
3 Her Hfs av £166 to £195 KW Powell
9 Angus Hfs av £108 to £255 DI Ball & Son
31 B&W BULLS
Strong Friesians sold to £262 for Iam Gregson and £230 for Graham Turnock with the smaller end generally £27-£70, depending on
size and age.
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SATURDAY 30th MARCH
Sale of 711 Store & Breeding Cattle
Catalogues Available Online
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SATURDAY 30th MARCH
First Fortnightly Sale of Ewes &
Hoggs with Lambs at Foot – Please advise of entries! Sale at 11am
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SATURDAY 13TH APRIL
Sale of Store & Breeding Cattle
Entries Close Friday5th April
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SATURDAY 13TH APRIL
Fortnightly Sale of Ewes & Hoggs
with Lambs at Foot – Please advise of entries! Sale at 11am
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SATURDAY 13TH APRIL
Sale of Store & Breeding Pigs – 10.30am
Sale of Store & Breeding Goats – 11am
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