A bumper entry of 210 calves on offer this week with Blue bulls to £720 and Blue heifers to £520
Barrens sold on a good trade with a top of 338p/kg with more needed each week and clean cattle to 383p/kg
Lambs sold to 365p/kg or £192.20/head with ewes to £275/head
Pigs topped at 202p/kg
Dairies sold to £2960 for a second calver
BARREN COWS
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
Excellent trade in the Barrens today with more needed each week to satisfy demand.
Top price of the day was a Shorthorn cow weighing 665kg, topping at 338p/kg to give the top gross of the day of £2247.70 for an Ipstones vendor.
Limousin cows topped at 278p/kg weighing 775kg to gross £2154.50 for H Salt & Son of Grindon.
Other top prices: –
Lim 274p to £1863 K L Potts, Mottram St Andrew
Hols 269p to £2111 Morson Bros, Hartington
Hols 260p to £2093 W E Turnock & Sons, Onecote
S/Horn 249p to £1954 J G Tatton, Cheddleton
The overall average was 235.23/kg, an increase of 20p/kg on last week.
CLEAN
Limousin topped the clean cattle with a heifer weighing 485kg selling to 383p/kg to a gross of £1857.55 for FS & MJ Heath of Pipe Gate.
A Holstein heifer weighing 485kg sold to 312p/kg for A C Scott of Congleton who also had a Holstein steer weighing 460kg to 280p/kg.
Overall average for clean cattle was 325.79/kg.
PIGS (155)
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
A huge show of pigs with 155 seen and sold today, trade less and in line with other outlets and the falling deadweight, although a respectable trade, still seeing gilts generally 190-200p, boars 155-165p.
Cutters sold to 195p J&B Minshull. 192p, 190p for J&B Fentem. JG Belfield to 190p.
Baconers to 202p, 201p, 200p x3, 199p, 198p, 197p, 194p for Massie Farms. PF+PD Parsons 200p, 194p, 193p, 192p. C Hine 196p. JA&B Minshull to 192p. JG Belfield 190p, 188p.
Heavies to 190p for PF+PD Parsons, Roston Farms to 160p, 159p, 150p.
Sows to 70p for TW J Dury.
Pig Averages: –
Cutting Pigs (29) av 170.91p/kg or £140.73/head
Bacon Pigs (109) av 181.75p/kg or £171.99/head
Heavies (12) av 136.22p/kg or £169.59/head
Sows (5) av 38.93p/kg or £6891/head
DAIRIES
Selling time – 11:30am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
Dairies to £2960
Another electric trade for milkers saw a top price of £2960 for a very sweet second calver from the Wayne family of Ible. They also had a second calver to £2700.
A 25kg heifer from Edward and Dianne Bennett reached £2880.
More milkers are needed to satisfy demand. Please get in touch if you have stock to sell. Contact Meg Elliott on 07967 007049.
SHEEP SECTION
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)
LAMBS (761)
A good seasonal entry sold on a solid trade to a top of 365p/kg or £192.20. Best lambs generally 345p/kg and better.
Commercial quality lambs in good demand providing they were well fed and good meat, generally 310p – 330p depending on size and shape.
Overall average at 321p/kg.
Sample Prices: –
351p 36.7kg D B Goldstraw, Meerbrook
344p 38.5kg B & G Barlow & Son, Meerbrook
351p 39.8kg A Shaw, Sturston
334p 43.2kg ID & TJ Gregory, Peak Forest
364p 43.7kg FS & MJ Heath Pipe Gate
365p 45.5kg J Tavernor, Great Haywood
343p 45.8kg J B Rowlinson & Son, Gawsworth
338p 47.9kg Mosley & Son, Wormhill
348p 51kg P Nadin, Meerbrook
327p 54kg J & W Knight, Horton
310p 62kg J & W Knight, Horton
CULL EWES (317)
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
More ewes on offer today with better sorts in the yarding, trade well up on the week. Top price £275 for Dave Willaims, Basford. plenty of pens over £200 today.
Sample Prices: –
D Williams £275, £220
JB Rowlinson £264, £220
R&S Bailey £260
W Smith £220
S K Smith £200
SR&G Marsden £192
FD Moss £192
Tups to £165.
Continentals £165 plus
Mules to £165 generally £120-£135
Hill types £80-£100
Feeders £90-£110
Overall average £126.50/head
CALVES (210)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Oliver Hiles (07801 530899)
The biggest entry for a couple of years on the back of the excellent trade we have been experiencing at Leek week in, week out.
86 CONTINENTAL BULLS
Bumper numbers for us here at Leek and a remarkable trade once again with all sizes, breeds and shapes represented. The best were remarkable to sell with the top sixteen over £600 with a trio over £700, all British Blues from Sally Shone (£720), Richard Emmott (£720) and Brian Goodwin (£700). Mediums generally £400 – £500 with smaller sorts under £400.
52 Blues av £404 to £720 A & S Shone
to £720 R G Emmott
17 Sims av £537 to £690 R J Clowes & Sons
7 Lims av £407 to £580 N E Goodwin & Son
10 Char av £353 to £670 J Hughes
2 Pied av £450 to £450 F A & T M Cotton
52 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
Not quite as dear as the bulls today but still plenty of buyers for all shapes and sizes. Eight best topped £400 with a couple of beautiful British Blues from Andrew and Sally Shone at £520 and £500. Mediums £250 – £380 with smaller sorts a little less.
29 Blues av £300 to £520 A & S Shone
8 Sims av £276 to £425 D Johnson
3 Lims av £286 to £305 C V Whilock & Sons
10 Char av £242 to £280 S Bailey
55 NATIVES
Bumper numbers and a solid trade throughout.
29 AA Bulls av £238 to £400 GW Myatt & Partners
2 Here Bulls av £342 to £355 Rowland Partners
22 AA Heifs av £154 to £270 M J & D Needham
15 BLACK & WHITE BULLS
Best Friesians to £185 and £200 for Messrs Day, Upper Hulme with the majority under £100.
2 PART REARED CALVES
BB Bull (4mths) to £825 FT Lemon & Son
BB Bull (3mths) to £760 J Bailey & Sons
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SATURDAY 8th NOVEMBER
Catalogued Sale of 540 Store & Breeding Cattle
Catalogue Now Available Online
Next Sale Saturday 22nd November
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SATURDAY 15th NOVEMBER
Catalogued Sale of Store Lambs & Breeding Sheep
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Next Sale Saturday 29th November
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