Relatively quiet day in Leek today in most sections but 100% clearance throughout and trade remaining strong.
BARREN COWS
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
More barrens about this week, seeing a top headage price of £2225 for an 890kg Simmental which sold to 250p/kg for L Renshaw & IS Brassington of Church Broughton.
Top price pp/kg was 264p for a Simmental weighing 515kg to gross £1359.60 for TC, VF & IT Lomas of Saverley Green.
Black & White cows topped at £1611, selling to 262p/kg for J & R Maydew of Consall.
Other top prices: –
Lim 263p £1499 TC, VF & IT Lomax
S Dev 262p £1729 TC, VF & IT Lomax
Simm 260p £1456 F & J Barlow
Simm 258p £1342 TC, VF & IT Lomax
Here 256p £1421 TC, VF & IT Lomax
S/Dev 249p £1469 TC, VF & IT Lomax
Simm 248p £1686 F & J Barlow
Simm 246p £1500 IF & RW Smith
Frie 244p £1891 W, A & PW Carbutt
The overall average was 230.50/kg and the average per head was £1411.41.
CLEAN
A smart Charolais steer topped the clean cattle today at 311p/kg to gross £2301.40 for PL & CJ Swindells of Bosley who also had another Charolais to 298p/kg, grossing £2071.10.
A Holstein heifer sold to 270p/kg to gross £1498.50 for J & R Maydew of Consall.
Overall average was 282.16p/kg or £1661.20/head.
PIGS (117)
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
A few more pigs on offer today, trade similar to last week. Top price on the day 206p for cracking gilts from B Minshull. Sows to 40p.
Cutters to 150p for RP Thompson. 134p for PF+PD Parsons. JG Belfield to 130p.
Bacon pigs to 178p, 154p for B Minshull. Massie Farms to 161p, 159p, 158p, 157p. RP Thompson 159p.
Heavies to 206p and a whopping £280 for a cracking gilt off B Minshull. B Minshull to 178p. Massie Farms to 162p. C Hine to 150p. PF+PD Parsons 126p.
Sows to 40p for Massie Farms, PJ Saunders 36p, 31p.
Pigs Pig Averages: –
Cutting Pigs (11); av 129.47p/kg or £100.77/head
Bacon Pigs (75), av 132.85p/kg or £125.41/head
Heavies (15), av 144.84p/kg or £165.41/head
Sows (10), av. 27.29p/kg or £70.61/head
DAIRIES
Selling time – 11:00am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
More in calvers this week and trade good.
Mick and Kay Hulse topped the day with £2320 for a really smart heifer, due end of July to Aberdeen Angus.
The best four averaged £2255 with some purchasers going home empty handed.
In the milkers, some heifers and second calvers forward with a pedigree second calver from the Kennerley family at Betley, sold giving 36kg at £2080 and a heifer (May ’23) from Paul and George Swindell at £2100.
More groups of cattle coming forward and Pedigree Day on 16th of the month.
SHEEP SECTION
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)
LAMBS (280)
A smaller entry than is required with all buyers now very actively seeking lambs each week.
Best sorts to 540p/kg and plenty at 520p/kg and better.
Big lambs very well bid for to a top of £292.80 and others at £250 and better.
An overall average at £210/head and 487p/kg for the whole sample.
Sample Prices: –
530p 37.5kg IE, M & A Wilson, Hollington
540p 38kg D Williams, Basford
527p 40kg IE, M & A Wilson, Hollington
540p 41.4kg D Williams, Basford
520p 42kg RG&AS Williamson, Wetley Rocks
510p 42kg R & L White, Belper
532p 42.4kg D Williams, Basford
520p 43kg GG Burton, Repton
530p 44kg J Tavernor & Co, Great Haywood
527p 45.4kg D Williams, Basford
510p 46.5kg E & D Kemps, Derby
510p 47kg RG&AS Williamson, Wetley Rocks
508p 48.3kg D Williams, Basford
502p 50kg J&B Fentem & Sons, Allsop en le Dale
490p 53kg IR Spendlove, Belper
480p 61kg IR Spendlove, Belper
HOGGS (77)
Numbers drying up very quickly but demand very strong.
Best sorts to 456p/kg and £281.20/head.
Many more could have been sold. Averages of 420p/kg or £189/head for a very mixed sample.
Sample Prices: –
455p 39kg IR Spendlove, Belper
450p 41.4kg IR Spendlove, Belper
456p 43.5kg MJ & VP Oliver & Sons, Congleton
440p 47kg JD & KR Jones, Butterton
420p 51kg MJ & VP Oliver & Sons, Congleton
420p 53.5kg MJ & VP Oliver & Sons, Congleton
424p 54.7kg NJ Williams, Newtown
418p 56kg B Vernon, Rocester
432p 60kg R & S Bailey, Cloudside
CULL EWES (88)
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
A very small offering of ewes today, trade held strong for those half meated types, while grazing types were harder to place. Top price £350 for B Vernon.
Fed Continentals £170 – £250
Plainer Sorts £140 – £170
Mules to £177, Generally £130 – £170
Fed Hill Ewes £90 – £120
Very Lean Ewes £60 – £110
Sample Prices: –
B Vernon £350, £175
R&S Bailey £285
FS&MJ Heath £280
S&A White £201
S Wilton £200
Tups to £157 for MJ&VP Oliver.
Overall average £172.28/head
CALVES (123)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Oliver Hiles (07801 530899)
Good numbers and trade outstanding once again with farmer buyers returning and needing numbers.
34 CONTINENTAL BULLS
Wonderful to sell with a packed ring of potential buyers looking for numbers. Limousin topped the day at £900 for Jack ‘Danny Boy’ Kirkman, Alderwasley with five more over £800. Mediums £550 – £680 with smalls under £500.
23 Blues av £611 to £815 R & T Clowes & Son
2 Sims av £657 to £680 RJ Clowes & Sons
6 Lims av £739 to £900 D & PW Kirkman
3 Blonde av £545 to £600 WH Townsend&Son
31 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
The dearest they have been for some time with an army of buyers looking for replacements. Four over £700 and up to £795 for a lovely cow making Limmy from John Kirkham, Sutton. Medium heifers £500 – £600 with just a few under £500.
11 Blues av £550 to £740 Woodward Partners
3 Sims av £606 to £635 RJ Clowes & Sons
13 Lims av £581 to £795 J Kirkham
4 Blon av £537 to £625 EJ & VC Gilman
37 NATIVES
The best trade seen for a while with the tremendous run of Angus sired calves selling to a new high in Leek of £850 for a 32-day old bull calf from Messrs Holgate, Alderwasley.
15 AA Bulls av £561 to £850 PR & JJ Holgate
8 Here Bulls av £480 to £630 E Davies
3 B S/H Bulls av £370 to £390 LTL Partners
8 AA Heif av £480 to £620 GR & D Hawkins
5 Here Heif av £341 to £470 GR & D Spink
9 BLACK & WHITE BULLS
Every one selling for rearing and up to £395 for a British Friesian (21 days) from Ian Gregson with only two under £160.
7 REARED
£840 BB Bull (2½ mths) Ellis Farming
£800 BB Heif x2 (2½ mths) Ellis Farming
£800 BBX Bull (3 mths) Robinson Partners
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SATURDAY 6th JUNE
Catalogued Sale of 265 Store & Breeding Cattle
Catalogue Now Available Online
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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