The New Zealand Friesian herd dispersal was the highlight of the dairies with a top price of £2750 and a herd average at £1952 with the commercial entry topping at £2920
More pigs forward this week, selling on a similar trade, with a top price of 174.58p/kg
More Barrens needed to meet demand, top price this week was 247p/kg with a top headage price of £1926.60
Calves still selling on a strong trade but more needed to meet demand, a Charolais bull topped the day at £520 with a British Blue heifer reaching £468
Over 1200 head of sheep on offer this week with a top price for Hoggs at 397p/kg seeing a top headage price of £220.80/head. Best ewes topped at £270 with more required to meet demand.
BARREN COWS
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
Another very firm trade with a good company of buyers ensuring that all cows were bid for keenly.
Top price was 247p/kg paid for a 780kg Holstein from WE Turnock & Sons to gross £1926.60.
A 740kg Holstein from J & R Maydew achieved 227p/kg and a 685kg Friesian from KW Powell realised 222p/kg.
Other prices included: –
233p/kg – 630kg Simm SJ Day
228p/kg – 455kg Friesian B&A Poyser
219p/kg – 625kg Angus AB Kidd
Overall average 201.52p/kg and £1202.43 including a number of smaller leaner cows.
PIGS (124)
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
Again, more pigs forward this week, trade similar to last week but not as good a quality show of pigs. Top price 198p for fat pig, gilts generally 190p+ and boars 165p+
Porkers sold to 164p for B Minshull.
Cutters sold to 198p for A Shinton, Ellesmere who had boars to 170p. B Minshull to 194p. S Bailey to 190p, J&B Fentem to 186p, 179p. A Brown to 185p.
Bacon pigs sold to 195p, 194p, 190p for J&B Fentem. Massie farms sold to 195p, 193p, 189px2. C Hine to 190p, 186p.
Heavies sold to 170p for R Rowlinson.
A poorer show of sows sold to 71p for R Rowlinson, D Morris to 60p. Large black sows to 45p
Pig Averages.
Pork Pigs (4); av 136.58p/kg or £90.60/head
Cutting Pigs (40); av 174.58p/kg or £140.06/head
Bacon Pigs (61); av 170.11p/kg or £161.77/head
Heavy Pigs (9); av 121.60p/kg or £133.76/head
Sow (5 ); av; 52.750kg or £110.25/head
DAIRIES (27)
Selling time – 11:30am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
199 Sold
Commercials to £2920
New Zealand Herd to £2750 average £1952
Another fierce trade for milkers saw the commercial entry top at £2920 for a second calver from Messrs Easom with a heifer from the same home at £2900.
Purchasers travelled from far and wide for the herd dispersal of New Zealand Friesians, on behalf of Kieran and Gaynor Wellwood, which saw the best reach £2750. 103 over £2000 and the whole herd of 188 head average £1952.
Topping the day was a second calver by Crossans Critical, she was clinched by the Griffiths Family of Pwllheli at £2750 who also took the second highest priced animal at £2650. One of a number of bulk buyers, which included Foremore Ltd of Shepton Mallet and Kingstone Hill Farm Ltd of Abingdon.
A phenomenal 103 passed the £2000 mark to average an exceptional £1952.
50 Fresh calvers to come in two weeks (18th March) from the same home with them being unable to make the sale today due to being so fresh.
The herd came from grazing based system where minimal concentrates are fed. A freshly calved average of 21kg made them well sort after with purchasers bidding with confidence for the goods on offer.
SHEEP SECTION
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)
HOGGS (1057)
An increased entry sold on a slightly steadier trade for some sorts, but generally very well bid for. Heavy weight lambs just as good to sell but heavy weight coming forward in bigger numbers and demand for these eased back.
Best sorts to 397p/kg and plenty at 370p/kg and better. Top headage at £220.80/head.
SQQ average at 340p/kg and 329p/kg overall.
Overall average at £154/head!
More best shaped lambs could be sold each week.
Sample Prices: –
360p 38kg M Tidmarsh, Wetley Rocks
369p 38kg G&A Peach, Ashbourne
376p 40kg LAJ Turner & Son, Wetley Rocks
385p 42.6kg J&GJ Fryer, Horton
396p 42.7kg B Jones, Idridgehay
390p 44kg R&S Bailey, Rushton Spencer
397p 45kg RG&AS Williamson, Wetley Rocks
378p 45kg B Jones, Idridgehay
388p 45.4kg R&S Bailey, Rushton Spencer
380p 46.5kg R&S Bailey, Rushton Spencer
370p 49.1kg B Jones, Idridgehay
356p 57kg HR Johnson & Sons, Longnor
330p 63.5kg HR Johnson & Sons, Longnor
320p 69kg HR Johnson & Sons, Longnor
CULL EWES (200)
Less ewes this week but a better show of ewes on the whole, best ewes in demand topping at £270 twice for J Belfield and R Deakin-Galimore who had others to £220 & £180×2. R&S Bailey to £260, SWP & JA Talbot to £200, M Daniel’s to £200 GT Worsley to £196, J & GJ Fryer to £190, £182, FS & MJ Heath to £190, Angie Jones to £186 for a pen full.
Better continentals 180+
Plain continental sorts £140-£180
Mules topped at £182 generally £130-£160
Hill types and smaller lean ewes £70-£110
Tups topped at £158 for a Zwartble from Izzie Klucznik
More ewes required next week please!!!!
Overall average a pleasing £151.72
CALVES (64)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Holly Swift (07973 982453)
Slightly fewer numbers and more smaller sorts forward but trade still as strong as previous weeks and more numbers needed to meet buyer demand.
Top call was an impressive £520 for a strong bull from D & G Tudor with heifers topping at £468 for Messrs Williamson for a fantastic British Blue heifer calf.
12 CONTINENTAL BULLS
As before, more numbers are needed to meet demand with trade still very fast, topping at £520 for D & G Tudor for a Charolais with British Blues close behind at £470 for W Myatt & Partners. £365.
8 Blues av £371 to £470 GW Myatt & Partners
1 Char to £520 D & G Tudor
2 Sims av £455 to £465 H&E Bailey&Partns
1 INRA to £270 G Hatton
20 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
Heifers out supplying the bulls this week with 18 Continental heifers forward, topping at £468 for Messrs Williamson with averages around last weeks levels and trade strong again, with a superb Piedmontese heifer from FA & TM Cotton achieving £365.
10 Blues av £353 to £468 RG&AS Williamson
2 Sims av £355 to £430 H&E Bailey&Partns
6 Lims av £332 to £400 NG,JMH&H Mellor
2 Pied av £295 to £365 FA&TM Cotton
14 NATIVES
Fantastic trade in the natives this week, topping at £495 for P E Holmes & Son for an Aberdeen Angus bull, with Aberdeen Angus heifers topping at £400 for the Warrington family
5 AA Bulls av £346 to £495 PE Holmes & Son
3 Here Heif av £258 to £270 HG&CA Bloxham
6 AA Heifs av £274 to £400 J&HE Warrington
7 BLACK & WHITE BULLS
Friesian bulls to £230 for CA Day & Sons.
11 WEANED CALVES
Top call £590 for a British Blue bull with Mr Cotton following closely behind at £540 for a British Blue steer and British Blue heifers to £505 from the same home.
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SATURDAY 15th MARCH
Catalogued Sale of Store & Breeding Cattle
Entries Close Friday 7th March
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