100% clearance in Leek this week over all sections.
873 sheep sold on a strong trade with hoggs topping at 466p/kg and ewes to £320
Barrens topped at 262p/kg or £2227/head with clean cattle to 378p/kg or £2164.80/head
Calves on a flier once again with British Blue bulls to £890 and heifers to £710
BARREN COWS
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
Barrens remain a firm trade with an 850kg Friesian cow selling to 262p/kg to gross £2227, being the top headage price of the day, for RG & AS Williamson of Wetley Rocks who had a second Friesian at 635kg achieving 256p/kg to gross £1625.60.
A Hereford cow weighing 700kg sold to 259p/kg to gross £1813 for S J Booth of Lymm.
An Aberdeen Angus cow weighing 590kg sold to 256p/kg to gross £1510.40 for PB Wain of Gawsworth who had a second at 635kg selling to 253p/kg to gross £1606.55.
Other top prices: –
Frie 251p £1757 R & T Clowes & Son
Simm 248p £1413 EB & BM Sutton
Hols 246p £1746 P B Wain
Fleck 238p £1297 EB & BM Sutton
Hols 230p £1334 GW & MA Hicklin
The overall average was a pleasing 231.23/kg or £1482.76/head.
CLEAN
A 450kg Limousin heifer topped the clean cattle at 378p/kg for G Mitchell & EP Murray of Knutsford who also had a pair of Limousin heifers to 370p/kg, grossing £1868.50 and £1794.50 respectively with an Aberdeen Angus heifer at 352p/kg to gross £2164.80 for the same vendor.
The overall average was 366.36p/kg or £1882.20/head.
PIGS (153)
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
A smaller entry of pigs sold to a stronger trade, best fats to 226p, gilts generally 200p – 220p boars 155p – 165p. Sows to 45p.
Porkers sold to 199p for G Weston.
Cutters sold to 219p for S Seabridge, R Hughes to 217p, J&B Fentem 203p. Hoggs to 190p for G Weston.
Bacon pigs sold to 226p x3 for Massie Farms who had others to 225p, 222p, 221p, 219p, 218p, B Minshull to 221p, 215p, J Godber to 218p, J&B Fentem to 218p and PF+PD Parsons to 212p.
Heavies to 219p for Massie Farms who had others to 211p. K-Lloyd-Hughes to 146p, 145p for heavy boars.
Sows to 45p, 34p, 23p for K Lloyd-Hughes.
Pig Averages: –
Pork Pigs (2); av 199.00p/kg or £139.30/head
Cutting Pigs (24); av 175.61p/kg or £143.19/head
Bacon Pigs (101), av 190.18p/kg or £177.30/head
Heavies (17), av 178.19p/kg or £199.78/head
Sows (5), av. 30.38p/kg or £61.06/head
DAIRIES
Selling time – 11:30am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
Milkers to £2750
A nice entry of milkers on Tuesday saw a continuation of the two-tier trade with the best selling well and lesser quality harder to place.
Topping the day was a very milky second calver from the Broomhouse herd of Messrs Easom, giving 46kg she was clinched by a new purchaser who also went on to take a second from the same home at £2500.
A nice heifer from the Ellis family of Ashover reached £2200.
If you have entries get in touch, call Meg Elliott on 07967 007049.
SHEEP SECTION
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)
HOGGS (661)
A reasonable entry saw a solid trade with only the very big or very lean hard to sell.
Best shaped lambs selling on a very strong trade as seen for the last four weeks to a top of 466p/kg and numerous pens at 420p/kg and better.
Top ten pens average 434.9p/kg from six different vendors!! More required each week!!
Overall average a new high of £165/head and SQQ of 372p/kg. Generally, a heavier entry and overall average at 355p/kg.
More needed for regular orders.
Sample Prices: –
415p 34kg J Belfield & R Deakin-Gallimore
466p 40.4kg B Vernon, Rocester
430p 42.3kg A Shaw, Ashbourne
426p 43.7kg JB Rowlinson & Son, Gawsworth
441p 45kg R & S Bailey, Cloudside
455p 45.3kg R & S Bailey, Cloudside
428p 46kg A Wilshaw, Meerbrook
424p 46.3kg SJ Pace & Co, Congleton
390p 49.8kg R & S Bailey, Cloudside
408p 51.7kg D Williams, Basford
370p 52.5kg P Kirkham & IC Bourne
349p 54.5kg FJ Gould & Son, Longnor
345p 61kg J Belfield & R Deakin-Gallimore
CULL EWES (217)
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
A few less ewes about today, trade remains strong with all types looking well sold, particularly the fed ewes. Top price Ewes from J&GJ Fryer selling to £320 for Texel ewes.
Fed Continentals £170 – £260
Plainer Sorts £140 – £170
Mules to £179, Generally £135 – £165
Fed Hill Ewes £90 – £120
Feeding Ewes £50 – £100.
Sample Prices: –
J&GJ Fryer £320, £235, £210
FS&MJ Heath £310, £240
E Walker £280, £233
R&S Bailey £270, £260
B Vernon £260
WE Turnock £260
J Belfield & R Deakin-Gallimore £250
FG&JR Critchlow £245, £223, £202
J Philips £230
D Williams £220
R Frith £220
Tups to £220 for J Philips, P&NJ Ashworth sold to £173.
Overall average a respectable £165.78/head.
CALVES (103)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Oliver Hiles (07801 530899)
We thought that they have been dear before but today they took another major leap forward in price with calves miles more money than the inflated prices that we have come to expect.
29 CONTINENTAL BULLS
I could tell you a story on every single calf today and how dear they were. The British Blue bulls averaged £135 more than last week with seven over £700 and two over £800. Mark Hodgkinson had £890 and Peter Gilman £810. Just three British Blue bulls under £600.
20 Blues av £674 to £890 H Hodgkinson&Sons
2 Sims av £645 to £700 TD & DA Higginson
6 Lims av £509 to £740 I & GE Gregson
24 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
Just as dear as the bulls with the British Blue heifers remarkably £132 more than last week. Nine best British Blues over £600 including three over £700 from Andrew Hulme.
16 Blues av £601 to £710 DW & P Hulme
1 Sim to £550 RJ Clowes & Sons
7 Lims av £333 to £510 I & GE Gregson
26 NATIVES
8 Here Bulls av £577 to £600 E Davies & Partners
1 W/B Bull to £535 P R Lawley
8 AA Bulls av £441 to £650 R&T Clowes & Son
9 AA Heif av £189 to £310 Pearson & Son
20 HOLSTEIN BULLS
Ten over £130 and ten under £80 but nearly all for rearing.
4 REARED
Four Montbeliarde heifers (4 months) made £750 each.
PRODUCE
A huge crowd gathered today for the sale of some well-made 2025 crop, 4 string, 8ft square bales of hay from Derbyshire, it went on to sell for £81.50 per bale with more expected next week.
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SATURDAY 14th MARCH
Catalogued Sale of Store & Breeding Cattle
Entries Close Friday 6th March
Next Sale Saturday 28th March
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