Barren cows topped at £2044.40 for a British Blue, seeing an overall average of a very respectable £1502.33/head
Clean cattle topped at £2006.90 for a Friesian Bull, averaging at £1838.73/head
A British Blue bull topped the calves at £910, and a Limousin heifer sold to £670 but the trade of the day was the natives with Herford bulls topping at £675!
Spring Lambs are short in numbers, selling to 468p/kg or £220/head, Hoggs to 470p/kg or £217.60/head and Ewes to £300
BARREN COWS
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
Not a big entry of Barren cows today and more could be sold each week to the vendor’s advantage!
Top headage price today was a very respectable £2044.40 for a British Blue cow weighing 760kg, selling to 269p/kg for J Jervis of Cheadle.
A Dairy Shorthorn weighing 745kg sold to £1728.40, selling to 232p/kg for SJ Hooley of Macclesfield.
Other top prices: –
S/Horn 256p £1498 GK Tunnicliffe & Sons
S/Horn 244p £1329 GK Tunnicliffe & Sons
Hols 234p £1673 WE Turnock & Sons
Hols 232p £1670 Foker Grange Farm
Hols 227p £1543 SJ Hooley
The overall average was 231.78/kg or £1502.33/head an increase of £63/head on a week ago!
A Friesian bull weighing 515kg sold to 216p/kg to gross £1112.40 for MM & CJ Sutton of Longsdon.
CLEAN
A small entry of Friesian bulls peaked at £2006.90/head today, selling to 329/kg for JE Archer & Sons of Hilton with an Aberdeen Angus bull grossing at £1752.80, selling to 313p/kg for the same vendor.
The overall average for clean cattle was a pleasing 318.39/kg or £1838.73/head.
PIGS (185)
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
Similar numbers of pigs today, trade much harder work, topping at 196p for fat pigs, gilts generally 185 – 195p and boars 130 – 140p.
Porkers sold to 188p for J&B Fentem.
Cutter sold to 195p for J&B Fentem who had others to 183p. GR Weston sold to 180p. PF+PD Parson sold to 170p.
Bacon pigs sold to 196p for Massie Farms who had others to 195p, 193p, 192p, 191p. B Minshull to 196p. GR Weston to 190p. K Loyd-Hughes 190p, 186p. C Hine 188p. DB Goldstraw 185p.
Sows to 40p for C Wardle.
Pigs Pig Averages: –
Pork Pigs (6); av 144.89p/kg or £101.18/head
Cutting Pigs (29), av 1145.84p/kg or £115.47/head
Bacon Pigs (136), av 160.4p/kg or £153.77/head
Heavies (11), av 111.95p/kg or £129.15/head
Sows (2), av. 34.84.00p/kg or £72.28/head
DAIRIES
Selling time – 11:00am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
DAIRIES TO £2600
A good trade for the quality forward topping at £2600 for a milky heifer from Halton Farms of Congleton. They also had another to £2450.
More entries coming forward for next week so keep an eye out for details. If you have stock to sell contact Meg Elliott on 07967 007049.
SHEEP SECTION
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)
SPRING LAMBS (31)
A smaller entry sold on a steadier trade in line with other outlets. Best lambs selling to £220/head or 468p/kg.
More best lambs wanted weekly as firms start to look to switch over.
HOGGS (533)
A reasonable entry for time of year, seeing a decent trade but not just the same spark as last week, in line with trade generally.
Best sorts to 470p/kg and plenty at 430p and better.
Heavies good to sell for the best sorts at 420p/kg but plenty of heavies at 320p – 340p/kg for 52 – 60kg types, looking good value for money.
SQQ average at 412p/kg for a more mixed sample.
Sample Prices: –
405p 30kg S Allen, Butterton
440p 34.7kg CE Smith, Longford
460p 39kg BM Robinson, Marston Montgomery
462p 40kg J Tavernor & Co, Great Haywood
442p 41kg TR Lomas, Congleton
452p 42kg D Williams, Basford
448p 42kg BM Robinson, Marston Montgomery
460p 42.3kg BM Robinson, Marston Montgomery
445p 43.3kg TG Startin, Walton on Trent
462p 43.5kg J Tavernor & Co, Great Haywood
470p 44kg A Williams, Basford
451p 45.2kg D Williams, Basford
420p 46.3kg DJ Austin, Longford
454p 46.5kg TG Startin, Walton on Trent
420p 46.7kg DJ Austin, Longford
418p 47.2kg CW Shenton, Wilmslow
420p 48kg A Williams, Basford
400p 51.5kg K&A Smith, Mammerton
CULL EWES (194)
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
Less ewes about and trade a bit more cautious, that said a plainer show of ewes on offer selling to £300 for R&S Bailey.
Fed Continentals £180 – £250
Plainer Sorts £150 – £180
Mules to £195, Generally £150 – £170
Fed Hill Ewes £80 – £110
Very Lean Ewes £40 – £80.
Sample Prices:
R&S Bailey £300, £245
IE M & Wilson £255, £200
G Whitehouse £240, £220
C E Smith £240
Brookside Farm £232
F Taylor £220
J Edward £225, £200, £198
A Bebbington £200
Tups to £150 for NG&P Sidebottom
Overall average £158/head.
CALVES (102)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Oliver Hiles (07801 530899)
Trade continues at pace with the calves exceptionally dear once again.
27 CONTINENTAL BULLS
Unreal! Look at the averages and top prices. Eleven better end over £700 and up to £910 for an Andrew Hulme special Blue with another posh Blue from Keith Minshull at £880 and Mark Hodgkinson at £790. Mediums £600 – £700 with just six under £600.
19 Blues av £652 to £910 DW & P Hulme
7 Lims av £710 to £770 RG & AS Williamson
22 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
Solid trade but not just as pricey as the bulls today. A small Limousin made £670 from Peter Gilman with four over £630. Mediums £470 – £560 with smaller sorts under £430.
17 Blues av £498 to £650 WE Turnock & Sons
4 Lims av £552 to £670 PF Gilman
42 NATIVES
TRADE OF THE DAY! More numbers and calves as dear as we have had them.
19 Here Bulls av £508 to £675 E Davies&Prtns
6 AA Bulls av £548 to £620 NC Gregory
10 Here Heif av £383 to £465 Garnett Farms
6 AA Heif av £305 to £380 Foker Grange Farm
1 B/Gal Heif to £305 A & JE Goldstraw
8 BLACK & WHITE BULLS
One Monty made £370 with the Holstein from £70 to £200.
3 REARED
£960 BB Steer (5mths) H & J Smith & Sons
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SATURDAY 9th MAY
Catalogued Sale of Store & Breeding Cattle
Catalogue Now Available
Next Sale Saturday 23rd May
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SATURDAY 9th MAY
Fortnightly Sale of Ewes & Hoggs with Lambs at Foot – Please advise of entries! Sale at 11am.
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