949 sheep, 151 cattle and 105 pigs entered today with 100% clearance across the board.
Lambs to 390p/kg to gross £214.50/head
Ewes to £250/head
Barrens to 253p/kg to gross £1897/head
Clean to 370p/kg to gross £2257/head
Pigs to 209p/kg to gross £219
Dairies to £2600
British Blue bull calves to £600, Blue heifers to £500
BARREN COWS
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
Topping the day was an Aberdeen Angus cow weighing 630kg which sold to 253p/kg for R F lomas & Partners of Macclesfield.
Top headage price of the day was for a 765kg Holstein which sold to 248p/kg to top at £1897.20 for W E Turnock & Sons of Onecote.
Other top prices: –
Angus 248p to £1599 RF Lomas & Partners
Hol 246p to £1697 PF Gilman
Angus 246p to £1857 RF Lomas & Partners
Hol 245p to £1849 WE Turnock & Sons
Mont 244p to £1756 R & T Clowes & Son
The overall average for was a pleasing 219.51p/kg.
CLEAN
Top call of the day was 370p/kg for a 610kg Limousin heifer which sold to £2257 for AM & JE Kirby of Rutland.
Simm 328p to £1607 B & T Shore
Simm 324p to £1539 B & T Shore
Overall average for clean cattle was 316.80p/kg.
PIGS (105)
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
A good show of pigs today with plenty of trade. Gilts topped at 209p on three occasions and were generally 200p +. Boars sold to 170p and were generally 160p-170p.
Porkers topped at 161p for J&B Fentem.
Cutters sold to 207p for S Bailey, B Minshull to 200p, J&B Fentem to 196p, 186p.
Bacon pigs sold to 209p for R Scragg, Massie Farms to 209p, 207p, 205p, 204p x2, 201p. RP Thompson, Market Drayton to 207p, B Minshull to 206p, B Palfreyman to 204p, C Hine to 202p.
Heavies sold to 209p for B Palfreyman to gross £219.45, Boars to 156p for RP Thompson and 149p for B Minshull.
Sows to 100p for S Bailey and 84p for C Hine.
Pig Averages.
Pork Pigs (3), av 160.67p/kg or £120.50/head
Cutting Pigs (18); av 175.84p/kg or £141.85/head
Bacon Pigs (76), av 194.83p/kg or £183.24/head
Heavies (6), av 171.84p/kg or £186.73/head
Sows (2), av 94.28p/kg or £225.32/head
DAIRIES
Selling time – 11:30am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
Cows to £2600
A nice entry of 21 milkers on Tuesday topped at £2600 for a second calver from the Mills family of Ambergate.
A sweet heifer from Martin Riley of Longnor reached £2380. Others from Michael and Caroline Wainwright reached £2200.
Get in touch if you have stock to sell.
Meg Elliott on 07967 007049
Anna Wildgoose on 07532 237232
SHEEP SECTION
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)
LAMBS (702)
A smaller entry following Saturday’s Ram sale saw a better show of quality and a very sharp trade.
Best sorts very well bid for, topping at 390p/kg and plenty at 350p – 380p/kg. Best big lambs topped at £214.50.
Commercial quality lambs generally 300p – 310p/kg depending on finish.
Overall average 315p/kg or £143.33/head.
More meated lambs required each week!
Sample Prices: –
332p 39kg B Shaw, Warslow
361p 41.4kg RG & AS Williamson, Wetley Rocks
349p 41.8kg J Swindells, Leek
352p 42kg RG & AS Williamson, Wetley Rocks
344p 42.8kg A H & T Carr, Waterfall
348p 45kg S & J Reeves, Hope Valley
350p 46.7kg A J Gilman, Elkstones
344p 45kg J Tavernor & Co Great Haywood
351p 46kg J Tavernor & Co Great Haywood
375p 48kg R & S Bailey, Rushton Spencer
374p 50.3kg RG & AS Williamson, Wetley Rocks
388p 52kg J W Bailey, Congleton
375p 53kg D Williams, Basford
390p 55kg A J Gilman, Elkstones
CULL EWES (255)
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
A good number of ewes forward with the vast majority once again grazing types. Meat and frame in demand topping at £250 for Reg Critchlow who had another at £200.
Sample prices: –
D Williams £235
R&S Bailey £225
S Ollerenshaw £210
P Woodward £185
Best continentals £160+
Plainer sorts £130-£150
Best Mules to £145 generally £120-£140
Leaner mule sorts £80-£100
Hill types and small grazing ewes £40-£80
Overall average £103.64
CALVES (97)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Holly Swift (07973 982453)
A smaller entry today of 97 calves and 6 weanlings but they were sold to a packed ringside of buyers and more could have been sold.
19 CONTINENTAL BULLS
A reduced entry today with tops of £600 for a British Blue from R & T Clowes. All Continental bull sold today for £300 + with averages up plenty on the week!
17 Blues av £443 to £600 R & T Clowes
1 Sim to £415 TD & DA Higginson
2 Lims av £492 to £520 J Kirkham
25 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
A larger show of heifers than bulls today and averages again up on the week. Top call today for a British Blue at £500 from the Shukers. Only two under £200 and the rest £230 +.
20 Blues av £390 to £500 DR & A Shuker
3 Sims av £303 to £360 TD & DA Higginson
2 Lims av £383 to £410 GR Spink
24 NATIVES
Good to sell again and topping at £580 for an Aberdeen Angus bull for S McLeavy, with other Aberdeen Angus bulls close behind at £505 from A & R Needham & Son.
13 AA Bulls av £361 to £580 S M Mcleavy
5 AA Heifs av £291 to £330 A & R Needham
3 Here Bulls av £292 to £380 G & R Spink
3 Here Heifs av £266 to £300 J & W knight
28 BLACK & WHITE BULLS
Topping at £238 for a Holstein from A & R Needham and other strong sorts from Mr Knight at £220. 16 above £150.
6 WEANLINGS
Mr Upton sold to £740 for a trio of Hereford bulls at 6-7 months old.
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SATURDAY 11th OCTOBER
Catalogued Sale of Store & Breeding Cattle
Entries Close Friday 3rd October
Next Sale Saturday 25th October
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SATURDAY 4th October
Catalogued Sale of 9,143 Store Lambs & Breeding Sheep
Catalogues Now Available Online
Next Sale Saturday 18th October
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