A quiet Tuesday in Leek after the Bank Holiday Weekend but a solid entry of Lambs with better trade than anticipated with best Lambs to 310p/kg.
A small entry of Barren Cows entered, seeing a top price of 180p/kg for a 600kg Holstien, still getting a good compliment of buyers, seeing a firm trade. More cattle needed.
Pigs remain a very strong trade with Fats to 244p/kg and averages looking a healthy 235p/kg
Small dairy entry this week reflecting the uneasiness in the Dairy industry. Top price of £1740 realised for S Greenall
111 Calves entered this week with British Blue heifers seeing a particularly good trade.
BARREN COWS (14);
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894) A small entry for the Bank Holiday Tuesday saw a good compliment of buyers and another firm trade.
Top price was 180p/kg for a 600kg Holstien from WE Turnock and Sons with the same price per kg for a 580kg average steer from Messrs Salt of Hollington.
Other top prices included: –
179p/kg for a Simmental 635kg Cow Ipstones
170p/kg for a Charolais 730kg Cow Werrington
167p/kg for a Charolais 765kg Cow Werrington
Top headage prices were £1277.55 and £1241.00 for Charolais Cows.
Average was 148p/kg.
CLEAN CATTLE
A small entry but plenty of trade. Freisian Bulls from JE Archer & Sons met with spirited bidding, selling up to 227p/kg for a 630kg bull with others at 580kg at 226p/kg, 545kg at 224p/kg and 590kg at 222p/kg
Top headage price £1430.10
A British Blue Steer from TJ Partington of Burton on Trent exchanged hands at 210p/kg to gross £1207.50 with a 600kg Hereford Steer from the same vendor achieving 196p/kg to gross £1176.00.
PIGS (113);
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
Trade remains on fire best fats to 244p/kg x2. Averages looking healthy at 235p/kg +. No sows today.
Porkers on fire to 241p from J Ball, Sandbach.
Cutting pigs topped at 242p from J&B Fentem, others from thew same home to 241p, 240p, 239p. Boars to 230p.
PF+PD Parsons topped at 240p, 239x2p. J Ball had pigs to 240p & 238p.
Baconers topped at 244p from S Bailey & Massie Farms to 244p, 243×2, 242×3 240p. J&B Fentem topped at 241p & 240p . MC&E Beattie topped at 240p x2, 239p x2.
Heavies topped at 190p from A Lockett for a 114kg pig and 140kg pig to 189p.
Pig Averages.
Porkers (4); av 241.00p/kg or £174.12/head
Cutting Pigs (32); av 235.49p/kg or £192.51/head
Bacon Pigs (71); av 237.07p/kg or £225.91/head
Heavies (2); av.189.50p/kg or £293.67/head
DAIRIES (10);
Selling time – 11:30am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
Dairies to £1740
Another mixed days trading reflecting the current uneasiness within the Dairy industry.
Stuart Greenall of Tonsley topped the day at £1740 for a 6g Shield Red Daughter with Friesian types to £1630.
Some nice sales coming over the forthcoming two weeks. See further details below.
SHEEP SECTION
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)
SPRING LAMBS (936);
Another solid entry selling on a better trade than anticipated, with strong bidding particularly on the best shaped Lambs.
Best Lambs to 310p/kg and best types generally 275p/kg and better.
Overall average at a solid 256p/kg or £107/head.
Top headage at £151.25
Sample prices;
292p 38kg O Wardrobe, Horton
282p 38.5kg D Slaney, Freehay
283p 39.4kg SFG Clowes, Rudyard
281p 41.7kg JM&ADJ Hayes, Alstonfield
281p 43kg DJ&P Smith, Rushton Spencer
288p 44.2kg S&J Reeves, Hope Valley
309p 44.4kg R & S Bailey, Cloudside
309p 44.4kg R & S Bailey, Cloudside
310p 45.2kg R & S Bailey, Cloudside
290p 45.5kg S&J Reeves, Hope Valley
CULL SHEEP (275);
A similar entry seeing a similar trade overall, but best Ewes slightly firmer on the week.
Best fed Ewes to £147/head and best Mules to £115/head. Strong horned Ewes around £60/head.
Overall average at £85.09, a reflection of the quality of the entry.
CALVES (111);
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Oliver Hiles (07801 530899)
Exactly the same number forward as last week and the Blue Heifers a particularly good trade especially the best types.
Top call of the day £378 for a long shapely Simmental Bull, 32 days old from the Higginson Family at Mobberley.
40 CONTINENTAL BULLS
Best sorts good to sell, the others a little easier.
1 Charolais to £345 D&G Tudor
25 Blues av £190 to £332 JW Handford
4 Sims av £260 to £378 TD&DA Higginson
10 Lim av £263 to £352 KW Twemlow
34 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
The best, a very good trade.
2 Char to £245 D & G Tudor
17 Blues av £199 to £295 RG&AS Williamson
10 Sim av £179 to £235 TD&DA Higginson
5 Lim av £136 to £240 NE Goodwin & Son
28 NATIVES
Smaller sorts harder to move and no Herefords forward.
10 Angus |Bulls to £210 FE Whittaker & Sons
13 Angus Heifers to £108 AW Gilman
2 Brown Swiss Bulls to£105 DR&A
Shuker
3 Dairy Shorthorn to £67 RD Kite
7 BLACK AND WHITE
Top price £77 and £68 with smaller types £34-£50 per head.
NEW TB RULES FROM THE 1ST AUGUST 2023
If your farm holding is in an Edge or
Low Rish Area then cattle purchased onto that holding from a high-risk area (as
mapped at https://tbhub.co.uk/) must be Post-Movement Tested. I.e.
Cattle must be Post-Movement tested 60 to 120 days after purchase on your
holding. If your farm is in a High Risk Area then you don’t need to post
movement test. For more details, please speak to our Market Office
Customers selling Livestock at Leek
Auctions must have fully completed movement forms which declare what TB-test
interval takes place in your parish so that we can pass this information onto
the purchasers.
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SATURDAY 2ND SEPTEMBER – 10AM
**First Sale of the Season**
Catalogued Sale of Store & Breeding Sheep to Include Special Show & Sale of Shearlings
Sale to Commence 10am
Entries Close Friday 25th August
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THIS TUESDAY 5TH SEPTEMBER 2023
Dispersal of the 22 In-calf Heifers (Due Sept-Jan) & 50 Youngstock on behalf of the Sigley Partnership, Park House Farm, Consall, S-O-T. Herd Av: 10352 3.87%F
3.17%P cc108. By Mr Grey, Mambo, Luca & Santos
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SATURDAY 9TH SEPTEMBER
Sale of Store & Breeding Pigs – 10.30am
Sale of Store & Breeding Goats – 11am
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TUESDAY 12TH SEPTEMBER 2023
On behalf of A C & Mrs M T Bentley, Ewelme Farm, Marsh Gibbon, Bicester, Bucks
256 HOLSTEINS NMR Recorded Herd
Comp 118 Cows & Heifers In-milk & In-calf, 52 In-calf Heifers & 86 Youngstock together with an Aberdeen Angus Stock Bull. Nominated Sires
Herd Average: 8680kg 4.17%F 3.27%P cc125 Bulk Sample: 4.07%F 3.42%P cc82
Young Herd Viz: 48 Hfrs, 35 2nd & 24 3rd & 4th Calvers, Cubicles & Herringbone
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