Calves still a strong trade in Leek with a Limousin bull topping at £770 and British Blue and Limousin heifers both reaching £620
Best lambs to 395p/kg or £215.28/head and Ewes to £265
Barrens topping at 276p/kg or £1935/head and clean cattle to 316p/kg or £2443.60/head
Lots of pigs on offer this week, topping at 208p/kg
Dairies to £2320
BARREN COWS
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
Barren cows topped at 276p/kg for a Simmental cow weighing 655kg to gross £1807.80 for J C & D Hudson of Hollinsclough.
J Gilman & Partners of Bosley had a 600kg Limousin to 266p/kg to gross £1596 and also a Hereford weighing 750kg to 258p/kg to gross £1935 being the top headage price of the day.
A 750kg Aberdeen Angus sold to 256p/kg to gross £1920 for an Ipstones vendor.
Other top prices: –
S/Horn 250p £1600 A Shaw
Hols 247p £1679 W S W Mills
Frie 243p £1689 P N Holdcroft
Jers 240p £1620 T C Sykes
Hols 220p £1430 J & R Maydew
CLEAN
A 530kg British Blue steer achieved 316p/kg to gross £1674.80 for Roston Farms Ltd, Roston who also had a 555kg Friesian steer to 304p/kg to gross £1687.20 and a 515kg Highland steer to 273p/kg to gross £1405.95.
Top headage price of the day was £2443.60 for an 820kg Aberdeen Angus steer which sold to 298p/kg, also for Roston Farms Ltd.
PIGS (192)
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
Massive entry of pigs today sold to a solid trade given the numbers. Gilts generally 190p – 205p, boars 150p – 160p, top price on the day 208p for H Hollins.
Porkers sold to 100p for A Worth.
Cutters sold to 203p for G R Weston who had hoggs to 194p, 181p. B Minshull to 196p for gilts, boars to 166p. JG Belfield to 182p, S Bailey to 172p.
Bacon pigs sold to 208p for H Hollins, PF+PD Parsons sold to 205p, 200p, 195p. Massie Farms to 204p, 203p, 202p, 201p, 200p, 197p. SL Seabridge 194p, J&B Fentem to 194p, 193p, 192p. G R Weston to 192p. DB Goldstraw to 192p.
Heavies sold to 181p for PF+PD Parsons, MR Banham to 160p.
Sows sold to 20p for JG Belfield.
Pig Averages:
Pork Pigs (5); av 96.61p/kg or £66.08/head
Cutting Pigs (25); av 171.05p/kg or £137.12/head
Bacon Pigs (150); av 177.13p/kg or £167.69/head
Heavies (8), av 141.80p/kg or £156.16/head
Sows (4), av.20.00p/kg or £54.10/head
DAIRIES
Selling time – 11:30am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
DAIRIES TO £2320
A good entry of 21 Milkers met a slightly mixed trade but maybe reflected the quality forward.
Topping the day was a smashing cow from the Wayne family of Ible. Sold giving 49kg she made £2320.
Heifers topped at £2000 from R W Collishaw of Hickling with a second calver from the same home making £1940.
A Friesian heifer from the Kirkham family of Vincent House reached £1850, they also had a Shorthorn heifer to £1810.
SHEEP SECTION
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)
HOGGS (655)
A seasonal entry sold on a faster trade and good demand throughout.
Best lambs to 395p/kg and plenty at 370p/kg and better. Best big lambs up to £215.28 or 363p/kg.
Overall average at 337p/kg SQQ or 325p/kg overall with plenty of under finished types in the entry.
Sample Prices: –
332p 31kg JA Hine, Biddulph
392p 35kg S Proctor, Longnor
382p 36.5kg B M Robinson, Marston Montgomery
395p 36.7kg JA Hine, Biddulph
352p 36.7kg B Shaw, Buxton
393p 37.7kg B Jones, Idridgehay
362p 38.7kg S Proctor, Longnor
390p 39.7kg B Jones, Idridgehay
350p 40.2kg GT Worsley & Son, Chapel en le Frith
388p 40.4kg B Jones, Idridgehay
374p 46kg B Jones, Idridgehay
381p 46.5kg A Challinor, Great Haywood
355p 50kg R Machin, Rudyard
360p 52kg D Williams, Basford
336p 60kg D Williams, Basford
320p 63kg J Gilman & Partners, Bosley
CULL EWES (150)
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
A few less ewes about this week, a yarding of good ewes with fed ewes amongst them, top price on the day £265 for D Williams.
Sample Prices:
D Williams £265, £250, £195
JB Wright £240, £220, £195
R&S Bailey £240
D Machin £212
J Mifflin £200
Best continentals £180 – £240
Plainer continental sorts £150 – £180
Mules to £172 Generally £120 – £140
Hill types £80 – £110
Very lean small types £40 – £90
Overall average a respectable £145.22/head.
CALVES (114)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Oliver Hiles (07801 530899)
Nowhere near enough calves for the trade with a packed ring of buyers raising calves to record levels.
25 CONTINENTAL BULLS
Less bulls and more heifers today with the averages as high as ever. Limousin dominated the top prices with the best six bulls over £630 and up to £770 for a superb bull from Peter Gilman. Medium bulls £500 – £600 with smaller sorts under £500.
8 Blues av £492 to £590 Robinson Partners
1 Sim to £470 P Bennett & Son
15 Lims av £578 to £770 P F Gilman
1 Pied to £505 FA & TM Cotton
37 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
More about with the British Blues recording a record average today. Eleven best over £500 with £620 being achieved on two occasions for a British Blue from Richard Furness and a Limousin for Peter Gilman. Mediums £400 – £500 and eight smaller types under £400.
22 Blues av £488 to £620 Furness Partnership
2 Sims av £402 to £435 DR & A Shuker
11 Lims av £413 to £620 P F Gilman
28 NATIVES
Unbelievable prices today.
10 AA Bulls av £472 to £560 Pearson & Son
2 Here Bulls av £455 to £520 Furness Partnership
10 AA Heif av £334 to £410 FA & TM Cotton
4 Here Heif av £418 to £465 Furness Partnership
2 W/B Bulls av £427 to £430 PR Lawley
9 BLACK & WHITE BULLS
Friesians to £280, Swiss to £370 and Holstein to £145.
15 REARED
£595 AA Steers x3 (3mths) Pearson & Son
£500 AA Heifers x5 (3mths) Pearson & Son
£510 Mont Heifers x2 (2mths) CS & J Prince
********************************************
SATURDAY 14th FEBRUARY
Catalogued Sale of Store & Breeding Cattle
Entries Close Friday 6th February
Next Sale Saturday 28th February
********************************************
SATURDAY 7th FEBRUARY
Catalogued Sale of 2,336 Store Lambs & Breeding Sheep
Catalogue Available Online
********************************************