Another successful day’s trade in Leek seeing 100% clearance overall but more could be sold each week in every section of the market
1,129 head of sheep on offer with Lambs selling up to 361p/kg, topping at £195.30/head and Ewes topping at £265 for a Texel
Dairies topped at £2980 for a 33kg Heifer
Calves are on a roaring trade at the moment with a Charolais Bull to £475 and a Charolais Heifer to £355
Barrens to 183p/kg and a top headage price of £1618.50
BARREN COWS
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
Another firm trade and many more cows required to satisfy the current demand.
Top price was 183p/kg for a 600kg Friesian cow for RG & AS Williamson with others up to 177p/kg for a 775kg Holstein for WE Turnock & Sons and 176p/kg for a 705kg Aberdeen Angus for WL Brough.
Top headage price achieved was £1618.50 for a 975kg Shorthorn from G G Hall & Son, closely followed by an 865kg Shorthorn at £1453.20 for the same vendor.
CLEAN CATTLE
A small entry but all were well sold.
228p/kg 445kg A/Angus steer WL Brough
214p/kg 490kg Hol heifer AM&JE Kirby
212p/kg 480kg A/Angus steer WL Brough.
PIGS (106)
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
Pigs still remain a serious trade, a few more forward with averages back a penny or two on the week. Fat pigs topped at 233p on three occasions and sows topped at 98p.
Porkers topped at 230p for B Minshull, Buxton. J&B Fentem to 230p & 219p for boars. M Banham, Bromsgrove to 225p, RA Hughes to 224p and DH&J Pouslon, Camerthen to 223p.
Cutters sold to 233p twice from PF+PD Parsons and J&B Fentem. B Minshull to 231p. Sam Harper to 230p and Tommy Nicholls to 213p.
Bacon Pigs sold to 233p for B Minshull, Massie Farms to 232p, 230px2, 229p x2. J&B Fentem to 231p. RA Hughes to 230p, C Hine to 228p and Robinson Partners to 227p.
Heavies to 224p & 190p for C Hine. PJ Saunders to 286p for 126kg pigs. M Banham had a run of 115kg to 164kg pigs selling from 158p to 176p.
Sows sold to 98p for DH&J Poulson who had others to 94p & 91p. J&B Fentm sold to 91p. C Hine to 86p and M Banham to 72p.
Pig Averages.
Pork Pigs (13) av 221.80p/kg or £153.56/head
Cutting Pigs (16) av 222.95p/kg or £175.16/head
Bacon Pigs (60) av 2323.46p/kg or £207.60/head
Heavy Pigs (11) av 175.92p/kg or £223.42/head
Sow (6) av 92.08p/kg or £190.75/head
DAIRIES
Selling time – 11:30am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
DAIRIES TO £2980
Another very fast trade for dairies at Leek with a 33kg heifer from Micheal and Caroline Wainwright topping the day at £2980. Others from the same home-made £2980 and £2420.
A lovely heifer from June Sherratt of Meerbrook reached £2440.
More numbers are needed to satisfy demand. Contact Meg Elliott on 07967 007049 or Anna Wildgoose on 07532 237232.
SHEEP SECTION
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)
LAMBS (925)
A useful increase in numbers met a firmer trade and more could have still been sold to the vendor’s advantage.
Best sorts selling to 361p/kg from Frank Heath, Pipe Gate and plenty of other best sorts at 330p/kg and better.
Heavy lambs well bid for, topping at £195.30/head. Plenty of well fleshed heavy lambs at £150-£170/head.
Overall average at 310p/kg or £132/head.
Sample Prices:-
316p 35.9kg SR Chesters & ZV Jolliffe, Withington
316p 36.7kg M Wood, Longnor
361p 39.8kg FS & MJ Heath, Pipe Gate
345p 41kg RI & AML Sidebottom, Macclesfield
336p 42.5kg S & J Reeves, Hope Valley
341p 42.8kg AR & SL Bebbington, Madeley
334p 43kg IE ,M & A Wilson, Hollington
335p 43.5kg DV Holland, Blore
350p 45.5kg FS & MJ Heath, Pipe Gate
332p 46kg S & J Reeves, Hope Valley
335p 46kg CE Smith, Longford
332p 47kg R Eaton, Holmes Chapel
CULL EWES (204)
Ewes off the clock the dearest they have been. A few plainer and hill types included today which were all met with a tremendous trade, Meated ewes £160 plus all day.
Ewes topped at £265 for a Texel from Ben Vernon. Frank Heath saw £224 and A&JE Goldstraw £200.
Meated Continental types £150-£190
Mules sold to £149, plainer mules generally £125-£140.
Plain feeding types £90-£110
Tups topped at £265 from Sam Harper.
Overall Average £137.
CALVES (80)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Oliver Hiles (07801 530899)
Calf numbers still hard to find with the trade exceptionally hot for all shapes and sizes.
24 CONTINENTAL BULLS
Off the clock and as dear as we have seen them. Just three best bulls on offer that sold at £455, £455 and £475 with plenty of medium types £320-£370. Top today was a lovely Charolais from Messrs Gould at £475.
11 Blues av £335 to £455 WE Turnock & Sons
4 Sims av £318 to £455 TD & DA Higginson
7 Lims av £286 to £372 J Kirkham
2 Char av £437 to £475 FJ Gould & Son
19 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
Strong money but nowhere near enough for the bidders at ringside. Daz Tudor topped with a Charolais at £355 and a British Blue at £290 with eight better sorts over £250.
11 Blues av £242 to £290 D & G Tudor
5 Lims av £225 to £250 J & R Maydew
2 Char av £312 to £355 D & G Tudor
17 NATIVES
Strong money but no best sorts about.
5 AA Bulls av £199 to £290 PE Holmes & Son
4 AA Heif av £144 to £162 PE Holmes & Son
6 Her Heif av £126 to £168 J & R Maydew
11 BLACK & WHITE BULLS
Four Friesians from J & W Knight sold to £215 to average £191 with a few smaller bulls generally £60-£70.
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SATURDAY 17TH AUGUST
Catalogued Sale of Store & Breeding Cattle
Entries Close Friday 9th August
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SATURDAY 17TH AUGUST
Catalogued Sale of Breeding Sheep
MV & Non MV Sections
Entries Close Friday 9th August
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SATURDAY 31ST AUGUST
Catalogued Sale of Store & Breeding Cattle
Entries Close Friday 23rd August
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