The calf shed is simply on fire with a stunning British Blue bull hitting an incredible £890!! A British Blue topped the heifers at £685.
Just short of 1,000 head of sheep on offer with Spring Lambs up to 412p/kg, Hoggs to 391p/kg and Ewes to £226/head.
Small entry of dairies on offer but a brisk trade with a heifer hitting the top spot at £2160.
A remarkable trade in the Barrens with a top price of 312p/kg and a top headage price of £2450.
Pig trade slightly less on the week with more around, seeing a top price of 191p/kg.
BARREN COWS (17)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
A short entry but a remarkable trade, seeing a 715kg Limousin X cow from HG Nutter selling for 312p/kg to gross £2230.80.
A 625kg Black & White young cow from W & A Carbutt achieved 306p/kg to gross £1912.50.
The heaviest cow of the day, from WE Turnock & Sons, at 875kg, sold for 280p/kg to gross £2450.00 with a 655kg Black & White from JAS Agricultural selling for 281p/kg and a 565kg Hereford from ET Simpson achieved 280p/kg to gross £1582.00.
Overall average was 252.88p/kg and £1524/head.
CLEAN CATTLE
A clean Limousin heifer from Nigel Gibbs, weighed 555kg and sold for 376p/kg to gross £2086.80.
PIGS (112)
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
A few more pigs about this week with trade slightly less on the week. Fats to 191p or £203.52 and sows to 40p.
Cutters sold to 187p for J&B Fentem who had others to 185px2, 184p. Boars to 160p for JG Belfield.
Baconers to 191p for Massie Farms who had others to 190px5, 189p. C Hine to 188p & 181p. B Minshull to 187p, JG Belfield to 187p, PF+PD Parsons to 185px3. J&B Fentem to 185p. W Stamper to 184p and 180p.
Heavies to 192p for DB Goldstraw, C Hine to 170p. B Minshull to 160p.
Sows to 40p for Marsden & Paddock.
Pig Averages.
Cutting Pigs (23); av 168.55p/kg or £134.98/head
Bacon Pigs (71); av 173.16p/kg or £166.87/head
Heavies (16) av 139.02p/kg or £155.53/head
Sows (2); av 29.09p/kg or £64.00/head
DAIRIES
Selling time – 11:30am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
Dairies to £2160
A fantastic trade for the quality forward saw a very sweet heifer from John & Shirley Kirkham reach £2160.
Older cows topped at £1900.
More milkers are needed to satisfy demand with many purchasers going away empty handed.
If you have stock to sell, contact Meg Elliott on 07967 007049 or Anna Wildgoose on 07532 237232.
SHEEP SECTION
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)
SPRING LAMBS (27)
A small entry selling to a brisker trade with the best at 412p/kg and an average at 360p/kg.
Sample Prices: –
384p 39.8kg IE, M&A Wilson, Hollington
412p 40kg IE, M&A Wilson, Hollington
375p 40kg RE Harrison, Runcorn
365p 46kg IE, M&A Wilson, Hollington
315p 53kg JA&AJ Coxon, Church Broughton
HOGGS (804)
Another big entry selling on a good trade, better than expected.
Two thirds of the entry were heavy or overweight, which remain hard to sell but perhaps a little firmer than other outlets.
Top headage at £191/head.
Heavy weights very good to sell and dearer on the week to produce an SQQ average of 335p/kg.
Sample Prices: –
390p 38.6kg J Ball, Cheddleton
380p 38.9kg CP Brocklehurst&Son, North Rode
391p 39.6kg J Ball, Cheddleton
379p 40.8kg RG Hall, Congleton
388p 41.6kg I Walker, Stone
390p 42.9kg SJ Pace & Co, Congleton
388p 43kg SJ Pace & Co, Congleton
380p 46.7kg FS&MJ Heath, Pipe Gate
370p 46.7kg FS&MJ Heath, Pipe Gate
380p 47.2kg FS&MJ Heath, Pipe Gate
350p 52kg FS&MJ Heath, Pipe Gate
332p 52.7kg D Williams, Basford
334p 53.6kg EA Sessions & Sons, Dalbury Lees
CULL EWES (133)
Less ewes on offer, trade dearer on the week with a better show of goods on offer. No real strong pure ewes today. Top price £226 for R&S Bailey.
Top prices: –
R&S Bailey £226, £220. PT Chadfield £211×2, CM Rowlinson £200, IE M & A Wilson, £200. TW Carnwell £190.
Continentals £165+
Mules Topped at £165 generally £110-£130.
Hill types topped at £130 for well meated Woodland ewes.
Small and Lean ewes £60-£90.
Overall average £143/head
CALVES (98)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Oliver Hiles (07801 530899)
STOP PRESS – BULL CALVES TO £890 (30 Days)
Left to right: –
£770 British Blue (21 Days) G & G Tudor
£890 British Blue (30 Days) R&T Clowes & Son
£680 British Blue (20 Days) PJ Davies
Wow what a day at Leek with all prices even more than ever.
43 CONTINENTAL BULLS
Unbelievable, with new buyers around looking for calves and every calf looking more money. Prices peaked at a RECORD £890 for a smart British Blue bull (30 days) from David Clowes, Dilhorne with Daz Tudor at £770 and P J Davies at £680. Limousin from David Wainwright at £725 with five more over £600. Medium bulls £460 – £550 with just four under £400.
22 Blues av £540 to £890 R&T Clowes & Son
6 Sims av £515 to £550 WH Townsend & Son
14 Lims av £507 to £725 DF&A Wainwright
28 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
Like the bulls, a piece dearer and the buyers are looking for more. Norman Mellor & Family won the day at £685 for a posh British Blue with another trio over £500. Mediums £400 – £470 with smaller sorts under £400.
11 Blues av £458 to £685 NG,JMH&H Mellor
4 Sims av £392 to £455 WH Townsend & Son
12 Lims av £386 to £595 RG&AS Williamson
23 NATIVES
Possibly dearer than anything else.
5 AA Bulls av £380 to £430 Dalton Farms
9 AA Heifs av £296 to £385 Birch Bros
6 Here Heifs av £156 to £265 C Heath & Sons
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SATURDAY 10th MAY
Catalogued Sale of Store & Breeding Cattle
Entries Close Friday 2nd May
Next Sale Saturday 24th May
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SATURDAY 10th MAY
Sale of Ewes & Hoggs with Lambs at Foot
Please Advise of Entries
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