A noticeably quieter day today across all sections with the hot weather upon us.
BARREN COWS
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
Less barrens about today, in line with the rest of the market.
Top headage price of the day was £1844.40 for a Hereford cow, selling to 232p/kg for J & J Housley of Grindon who also had another Hereford cow selling to the top ppk of the day at 236p to gross £1357.
Other top prices: –
Frie 232p £1450 Johnson & Son
Hol 226p £1638 WE Turnock & Sons
Jers 211p £1245 TC Sykes
The overall average was 211.87/kg and the average per head was £1287.11.
PIGS (70)
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
Less pigs sold to a solid trade topping at 170p. Nothing under 100p, gilts 150p – 170p, boars, 110p – 130p.
Cutters sold to 150p J&B Fentem.
Bacon pigs 170p to B Minshull, Massie Farms to 165p, 163p, 161p, 160p, 159p. DB Goldstraw 162p. C Hine to 152p, 147p.
Heavies to 163p for B Minshull. Massie Farms to 161p.
Sows to 32p for Massie Farms.
Pig Averages.
Cutting Pigs (12); av 129.47p/kg or £105.63/head
Bacon Pigs (45), av 147.22p/kg or £140.48/head
Heavies (11), av 142.32p/kg or £164.06/head
Sows (2), av. 31p/kg or £73.92/head
DAIRIES
Selling time – 11:00am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
In-Calf Heifers to £2000
Newly Calved Cows 2nd -4th Calf to £1900
A Mixed entry with new vendors present which was good news for all.
The milker entry included the start of the dispersal for Morson Bros at Hartington.
Top call £1900 for the Morson’s for a 2020 born cow giving 38kg with other milkers at £1880.
A lorry load of in-calf heifers from Nottinghamshire saw spirited bidding with the better goods regularly £1900 and above for heifers due July to end of August, mainly to the Angus bull and a top of £2000.
Purchasers note: a run of in-calf heifers from a retiring local vendor next week, details to follow!
SHEEP SECTION
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)
SPRING LAMBS (189)
Generally, a smaller entry as expected for a Bank Holiday Tuesday but good demand throughout.
A smaller entry met a faster trade.
Best lambs flying away to 577p/kg and plenty at 520p/kg and better. Best big lambs grossing £234/head.
Overall average very strong at 496p/kg and £205.63/head.
More now required each week.
Sample Prices: –
537p 38kg J Tavernor & Co, Great Haywood
577p 39kg IE, M & A Wilson, Hollington
576p 39.4kg J Tavernor & Co, Great Haywood
542p 40kg J Tavernor & Co, Great Haywood
543p 42.5kg J Tavernor & Co, Great Haywood
532p 42.5kg O Wardrobe, Horton
520p 45kg J&B Fentem & Sons, Allsop en le Dale
492p 47kg O Wardrobe, Horton
450p 52kg J&B Fentem & Sons, Allsop en le Dale
HOGGS (231)
Again, a smaller entry selling well to a top of 460p/kg and top headage of £253.
Average at 438p/kg SQQ and 421p/kg overall and an average of £191/head.
Sample Prices: –
432p 37.8kg MJ Wain, Matlock
421p 39kg J Tavernor & Co, Great Haywood
425p 40kg R Challinor, Dilhorne
451p 40.4kg D Williams, Basford
460p 40.4kg D Williams, Basford
440p 42kg J Fernyhough, Swythamley
451p 42.8kg R&M Phillips, Ladmanlow
450p 45.3kg MJ Wain, Matlock
434p 45.8kg J Tavernor & Co, Great Haywood
430p 48.5kg R&M Phillips, Ladmanlow
412p 51kg RM Hughes, Congleton
415p 56kg J Naylor, Hulme End
430p 57kg R Challinor, Dilhorne
422p 60kg J Naylor, Hulme End
CULL EWES (163)
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
Less ewes as expected with the sunny weather, selling to £270 for Frank Rushton. On the whole a leaner show of ewes with more grazing sorts on offer.
Fed Continentals £180 – £250
Plainer Sorts £140 – £180
Mules to £185, Generally £120 – £170
Fed Hill Ewes £90 – £120
Very Lean Ewes £60 – £110
Sample Prices:
GA Rushton £270
D Williams £240
R Challinor £230, £210
R&M Philips £205
FW Hall £202, £194
Tups to £212 for R&M Phillips, I Walker £190, J Wild £180
Overall average £142.67/head.
CALVES (75)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Holly Swift (07973 982453)
A reduced post bank holiday offering as expected with many vendors busy shearing or making hay while the sun shines! Some new vendors in today which is great to see, and all calves well bid for.
22 CONTINENTAL BULLS
Topping at £850 for a very smart Limmy from Johnson & Son, seven over £700 and very few under £400 with trade seeming a shade easier than the previous weeks highs.
13 Blues av £616 to £780 WR & FM Ford
4 Lims av £644 to £850 Johnson & Son
1 Sim to £540 H & E Bailey
3 Blonde av £523 to £530 WH Townsend&Son
31 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
Bigger show of heifersthan bulls today and trade very fast with plenty of buyer demand. Top call £630 from the Mellors with a posh Limmy heifer with very few under £360.
17 Blues av £483 to £620 DW & P Hulme
6 Sims/Lims av £483 to £630 NG,JMH & H Mellor
7 Blonde av £499 to £560 WH Townsend & Son
1 Char to £455 CR Upton
12 NATIVES
Trade as hot as the weather for the natives today with averages well up on the week.
3 AA Bulls av £428 to £585 WR & FM Ford
2 Here Bulls av £518 to £585 CR Upton
3 AA Heif av £437 to £450 WR & FM Ford
2 Here Heif av £438 to £485 M & WJ Jolliffe
2 S/H Heif av £350 to £350 LTL Partners
3 BLACK & WHITE BULLS
One at £175 and two at £150 – good demand for the black and white bulls here at Leek.
7 WEANLINGS
7 month Hereford steers to £785 and 7 month Hereford heifers to £685 from A Allsop.
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SATURDAY 6th JUNE
Catalogued Sale of Store & Breeding Cattle
Closing Date for Entries Friday 29th May
Next Sale Saturday 20th June
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SATURDAY 6th JUNE
Fortnightly Sale of Ewes & Hoggs with Lambs at Foot – Please advise of entries! Sale at 11am.
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