A very pleasing 100% clearance in Leek on Tuesday with some excellent entries forward and and very pleasing prices achieved
1,123 head of sheep on offer with Lambs selling on a fast trade up to 364p/kg and Ewes looking stronger than they have in recent times, topping at a very pleasing £290
A larger entry of Barrens on offer with a 580kg Charolais cow topping at 230p/kg
Big numbers in the calves today with 144 on offer, topping the bulls was a British Blue at £465 with a British Blue also topping the heifers at £335
147 Dairies on offer comprising of a herd sale that topped at £1860 for a fourth calver and the commercial entry topping at £2540 for a Montbeliarde X heifer
Another good entry in the pig shed which sold on a fast trade with 128 on offer seeing fat pigs sell up to 236p/kg
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BARREN COWS (58)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
The largest entry of Barrens for some time with plenty of bidders and trade.
Top price of the day was 230p/kg for a 580kg Charolais from S Kidd Farmers of Longnor with a 635kg British Blue cow, from new vendor RD Shaw, selling for 195p/kg and a 625kg Hereford cow, from John & Jill Housley of Grindon, selling to 194p/kg.
Other top prices: –
188p/kg – 640kg BB RD Shaw
188p/kg – 690kg BB RD Shaw
187p/kg – 540kg SH HJ Whitfield
187p/kg – 730kg Hol WE Turnock & Sons
186p/kg – 850kg Her DA & LM Moss
186p/kg – 770kg AA S Kidd Farmers
186p/kg – 610kg BB RD Shaw
Several other cows made over 170p/kg.
Top headage price was £1581.00 for a Hereford from DA & LM Moss and £1432.20 for a 770kg Aberdeen Angus from S Kidd Farmers. Holstein sold up £1365.10 for WE Turnock & Sons.
CLEAN CATTLE
A short entry with only lightweight cattle on offer which were well enough sold up to 230p/kg for a 460kg British Blue heifer for Robert Harrison of Kingsley with others up to 216p/kg for a 510kg Shorthorn heifer from the same vendor.
PIGS (128)
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
Another large entry of pigs & quality in abundance!! Demand was brisk from start to finish for all types. Fats sold to 236p, gilts 220-230p, boars 205-215p and sows to 145p.
Cutters sold to 232p for J&B Fentem who had others to 230p. S Bailey to 229p.
Bacon pigs sold to 236p x2 for Massie farms who had others to 235p x2, 234p, 233p, 232p x2. PF+PD Parsons sold to 236p, 235p, 230p. J&B Fentem to 234p, 231p. S Bailey to 233p, Bernard Minshull to 228p, 222p, 220p, W Stamper to 218p. DB Goldstraw to 213p for boars.
Heavies sold to 233p or £270.28 for PF+PD Parsons who had others to 226p, 198p. B Minshull to 197p x2.
Heavy clean gilts sold to 160p for SJ Branson. J&M Stuart to 130p, 105p & 94p.
More sows sold to 145p from SJ Branson who had others to 144p, 134p x2, 132p. W Stamper to 135p & 100p. R Rowlinson to 122p, J&B Fentem to 102p, Sid Bowers to 75p.
Pig Averages.
Cutting Pigs (14); av 214.15kg or £172.70/head
Bacon Pigs (85); av 219.78p/kg or £206.64/head
Heavy Pigs (10); av 203.07p/kg or £224.18/head
Clean gilts (3); av.105.89p/kg or £278.50/head
Sow (12); av 118.93p/kg or £258.19/head
DAIRIES
Selling time – 11:30am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
147 DAIRIES
HEIFERS TO £2540
A tremendous entry of milkers including the herd dispersal on behalf of the Kennerley family met a swift trade with plenty of purchasers for all qualities.
Topping the day at £2540 was a smashing Montbeliarde X heifer from the Ellis family of Ashover giving 34.2kg.
A sweet heifer from Martin Riley of Newtown reached £2320.
Milky cows were much sought after with a Montbeliarde X fourth calver from Mick and Kay Hulse reaching £2180.
The herd sale of New Zealand Friesians attracted a great crowd topping at £1860 for a fresh fourth calver.
Bulling heifers from Messrs Darwin peaked at £925.
SHEEP SECTION
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)
LAMBS (773)
An increased entry despite a very wet weekend saw a very fast trade.
Best lambs very well bid for, topping at 364p/kg and plenty at 330p and better.
Big lambs grossing up to £210.60 for big Texels and plenty of heavy lambs at £160 and better.
Overall average a very solid 321p/kg for a generally mixed quality sample.
Sample Prices: –
340p 40.1kg SJ Pace & Co, Congleton
342p 41.5kg W Stamper, Preston
364p 42.5kg PJ Harrison, Priestcliffe
338p 43kg S & J Reeves, Hope Valley
339p 43kg WB & DE Gyte, Barmoor Clough
346p 44kg J Ball, Cheddleton
350p 44.7kg FS & MJ Heath, Pipe Gate
339p 46kg WJ Prime, Sudbury
340p 46kg DJ & P Smith, Rushton Spencer
338p 49.5kg D Williams, Basford
338p 50kg D Williams, Basford
336p 50kg AG Tomkinson, Thorpe
334p 52.5kg WJ Prime, Sudbury
335p 54kg D Williams, Basford
325p 55.5kg WJ Prime, Sudbury
324p 65kg P Johnson, Stoke on Trent
CULL EWES (350)
More than double the number of ewes to last week and trade up on the week. Still a good number of swales and hill types in the mix! Meat very much in demand.
Top price £290!!! for three Texels from Ben Vernon, without a doubt the dearest sold on a Tuesday for a long time.
FS & MJ Heath sold to £251 for Beltex. JB Rowlinson, Ramshorn sold to £213 for two pens. David Williams to £212, K&A Smith to £212 and Helen White to £203.
Better Continentals £170 +
Medium continentals £130-£160
Mules topped at £180, better sorts £130-£150
Better hill types £70-£110, leaner smaller sorts £50-£70
Tups topped at £235 for Harry Lyons who had others to £170. M Wood to £220 & £175, A Cole to £180, S Ruhston to £178
Overall average a pleasing £125.01
CALVES (144)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Oliver Hiles (07801 530899)
Double the entry of last week and a good trade throughout that got dearer as the sale progressed. Plenty of buyers for all qualities, including one or two who went home empty handed.
44 CONTINENTAL BULLS
They started strong and got better as the buyers found the trade. Two superb British Blues topped at £465 and £425 for Messrs Wilson, Blithbury with four more topping £380, medium rearing bulls £240-£310 with smaller sorts just under £200.
28 Blues av £269 to £465 PW, J & S Wilson
2 Sims av £343 to £395 J,C&D Hudson
11 Lims av £237 to £385 J Kirkham
41 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
Just like the bulls and easy to place with buyers wanting numbers. Four best £300 plus and up to £335 for Graham Turnock, Onecote. Medium £180-£230 with smaller sorts a little less.
25 Blues av £195 to £335 WE Turnock & Sons
2 Sims av £235 to £270 EB & BM Sutton
11 Lims av £198 to £290 RJ Clowes & Sons
3 Blon av £208 to £238 EJ & VC Gilman
42 NATIVES
As good as anything at Leek.
13 AA Bulls av £162 to £270 R Wilkinson & Sons
6 Here Bulls av £206 to £246 SJ Hooley
12 AA Heif av £107 to £192 CS & J Prince
9 Here Heifs av £155 to £215 SJ Hooley
1 S/Horn to £192 Ellis Farming
17 BLACK & WHITE BULLS
Still strong money with a few rearing buyers, a best Friesian to £98 for Ian Gregory and Holstein to £125 for James Maydew.
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SATURDAY 30th NOVEMBER
Catalogued Sale of 4,906 Store Lambs & Breeding Sheep
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SATURDAY 7th DECEMBER
Catalogued Sale of Store & Breeding Cattle
Entries Close Friday 29th November
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SATURDAY 14th DECEMBER
Catalogued Sale of Store Lambs & Breeding Sheep
Entries Close Friday 6th December
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SATURDAY 21st DECEMBER
Catalogued Sale of Store & Breeding Cattle
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