100% clearance in all sections once again but a few less numbers in most areas following the Bank Holiday weekend.
BARREN COWS
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
Barren cows topping at £2061.90 this week for a 790kg Limousin, selling to 261p/kg for HG Nutter of Grindon with a second Limousin close behind, grossing at £1976, weighing 760kg and selling to 260p/kg for the same vendor.
Other top prices: –
Hol 250p £1887 LTL Partners Ltd
Hol 240p £1824 F Yates & Son
Hol 234p £1708 WE Turnock & Sons
Hol 229p £1477 MA & WJ Jolliffe
Hol 222p £1731 HR Johnson & Sons
Hol 220p £1650 WE Turnock & Sons
The overall average was 221.67p/kg, seeing an average of £1492.83/head!
A Montbeliarde bull weighing 970kg sold to 252p/kg to gross £2444.40 for D & J Moseley Ltd of Caverswall.
PIGS (150)
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
Less pigs about and trade is on the down, best pigs still holding well, topping at 204p for W Berry, Stocksbridge. Gilts 170 – 190p boars 125 – 135p.
Porkers sold to 150p for J&B Fentem.
Cutters to 183p for OT Davies. B Minshull to 176p. J&B Fentem to 160p, 157p, 150p.
Bacon pigs sold to 204p, 190p for W Berry. HJ Fithon to 190p. OT Davies 183p. Massie Farms 181p, 190p, 179p. DB Goldstraw 180p. GR Weston 175p.
Heavies sold to 175p for Massie Farms. C Hine to 160p, 140p, 134p.
Sows to 34p for S Bailey.
Pigs Pig Averages.
Pork Pigs (7); av 127.86p/kg or £94.07/head
Cutting Pigs (23); av 137.56p/kg or £109.69/head
Bacon Pigs (101), av 158.36p/kg or £149.23/head
Heavies (18), av 163.28p/kg or £172.69/head
Sows (1), av. 34.00p/kg or £91.35/head
DAIRIES
Selling time – 11:00am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
DAIRIES TO £3100
A nice entry of 28 Milkers met a solid trade which saw a very pretty pedigree heifer from the Inkersall herd of Stephen Crooks of Staveley reach £3100.
Cows peaked at £2460 for a second calver from the Needham family of Monyash.
More numbers coming forward in future weeks. If you have stock to sell, get in touch. Call Meg Elliott on 07967 007049.
SHEEP SECTION
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)
SPRING LAMBS (91)
More forward and more demand with best lambs all 500p and better to a top of 538p/kg and a top headage at £225.40.
Commercial types generally 440p – 490p/kg depending on breed and finish.
More now wanted on a weekly basis for increasing orders.
510p 37kg B Bennion, Willaston
515p 38kg RG & AS Williamson, Wetley Rocks
520p 39kg IE, M & A Wilson, Hollington
530p 396kg IE, M & A Wilson, Hollington
538p 39kg RG & AS Williamson, Wetley Rocks
520p 40kg D Williams, Basford
525p 41kg RG & AS Williamson, Wetley Rocks
510p 42.3kg J & GJ Fryer, Horton
490p 46kg J & GJ Fryer, Horton
HOGGS (355)
A big drop in numbers and a lack of best types and handy weights seeing trade very sharp.
SQQ average at 411p/kg for a ‘tail-end’ entry shows the strength of demand. Plenty at 450p/kg and better to a top of 485p/kg.
Heavy sorts better bid for to a top headage of £249.60.
Overall average a very strong 378p/kg with almost half the entry 52kg and over.
Sample Prices: –
468p 38kg R Challinor, Dilhorne
432p 39kg HR Johnson & Sons, Longnor
465p 40.3kg R Challinor, Dilhorne
485p 40.5kg J Tavernor & Co, Great Haywood
458p 41.5kg R Challinor, Dilhorne
452p 43kg J Forrester, Tean
448p 44kg B Vernon, Marston Montgomery
477p 44.7kg D Williams, Basford
440p 48.2kg SJ Pace & Co, Congleton
440p 48.7kg SJ Pace & Co, Congleton
440p 49kg J Tavernor & Co, Great Haywood
440p 50.5kg D Williams, Basford
420p 51.5kg SJ Pace & Co, Congleton
398p 56kg D Williams, Basford
368p 60kg J Belfield & R Deakin-Gallimore
364p 64kg EA Sessions & Sons, Dalbury Lees
CULL EWES (183)
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
A similar number of ewes and trade is definitely looking sharper. The overall show of ewes would have a lot leaner mule types in, which look very well sold, again meat in demand and keenly bid for.Top price on the day £309 for EA Sessions.
More ewes are required over the coming weeks, if you have them get them in.
Fed Continentals £190 – £250
Plainer Sorts £160 – £180
Mules to £195, Generally £150 – £170
Fed Hill Ewes £80 – £110
Very Lean Ewes £40 – £80.
Sample Prices:
EA Sessions £309, £255, £242
B Vernon £275, £232
G Biddulph £240, £210
J Tavernor £240, £203
RG&AS Williamson £238
D Williams £210
DR Flower £208
H Lyons £201
DAJ Burton £200
Tups to £220 for DR Flower and £202 for H Lyons.
Overall average £145/head.
CALVES (155)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Holly Swift (07973 982453)
No let up in calf trade at all and many more could have been sold with buyers forward for all types at Leek this week.
50 CONTINENTAL BULLS
A lovely show of Continental bulls today, toping at £900 for a British Blue. Limousins to £890 with none below £600. Nineteen over £700 and 75% over £600, just take a look at the averages….
28 Blues av £601 to £900 DW & P Hulme
1 Char to £720 CS & J Prince
3 Sims av £675 to £680 H & E Bailey
17 Lims av £719 to £890 RG & AS Williamson
1 B/Swiss to £420 DR & A Shuker
39 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
A good show of strong continental heifers and trade to match, top call £700 for a Charolais heifer. Only nine under £400. The averages again speak for themselves!
1 Char to £700 PW & P Hulme
17 Blues av £440 to £630 Robinson Partners
4 Sims av £581 to £595 H & E Bailey
17 Lims av £536 to £650 F Yates & Son
54 NATIVES
Bull averages back a touch on last week but heifers dearer generally. All sorts looking well sold this week with plenty of demand. Aberdeen Angus bulls to £660 and 34 over £300.
22 AA Bulls av £442 to £660 LTL Partners
5 Here Bulls av £454 to £555 Garnett Farms
14 AA Heif av £329 to £440 JBS Eardley & Sons
7 Here Heif av £374 to £440 BE Wain
3 B/Sh Bulls av £428 to £610 D & LA Critchlow
2 S S/h Heif to £270 CR Upton
1 L/H to £350 Garnett Farms
8 DAIRY BULLS
To £285 for a Flekvieh from D & LA Critchlow, averaging £160 right through.
4 WEANLINGS
Topping at £1100 for two smart 3 month old British Blues bulls from the Robinson Partners and £565 for a 4 month old Friesian bull from SM McLeavy.
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SATURDAY 9th MAY
Catalogued Sale of 370 Store & Breeding Cattle
Catalogue Now Available
Next Sale Saturday 23rd May
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SATURDAY 9th MAY
Fortnightly Sale of Ewes & Hoggs with Lambs at Foot – Please advise of entries! Sale at 11am.
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