BARREN COWS
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
A Limousin cow topped the barrens today at £1956.40, selling to 268p/kg for E Etches of Elkstones.
Friesian cows sold to a top of £1635.20 at 224p/kg for S J Hooley of Macclesfield.
Other Top Pices: –
Fri 750kg £1515 S J Hooley, Macclesfield
Hols 670kg £1407 WE Turnock & Sons, Onecote
Fri 580kg £934 J Kirkham, Sutton
The overall average for barrens was 183.40/kg or £1087.54/head.
CLEAN CATTLE
Clean cattle topped at £1808.80 for a British Blue steer which sold to 304p/kg for T J Partington of Burton on Trent. A Simmental steer sold to £1717.60, also selling to 304p/kg from the same vendor.
PIGS (100)
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
Similar numbers forward trade a bit less on the week topping at 180p for S Bailey for best gilts. Gilts generally 130p – 150p, boars 90p – 110p. sows to 40p.
Cutters sold to 130p for J&B. Fentem.
Bacon pigs sold to 180p for S Bailey. 172p for DB Goldstraw. 138p for Massie farms. 137p. GR Weston 134p. J&B Fentem 115p.
Heavies sold to 161p, 150p, 138p for DJ Pope. Massie Farms 141p, 140p. C Hine 140p, 137p.
Sows to 40p for DJ Pope and 30p for R Rowlinson.
Pork Pigs (2), av 85.00p/kg or £68.00/head
Bacon Pigs (91), av 104.41.79p/kg or £100.25/head
Heavies (22), av 126.61p/kg or £143.07/head
Sows (1), av 34.91.00p/kg or £96.70.00/head
DAIRIES
Selling time – 11:00am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
MILKERS TO £3580
1st Quality Heifers average £3153
In-Milk Cows to £2950
Overall Average £2666
A pre pedigree sale entry but trade was very fast with only one strong good bodied cow that shot away to £2950 for Paul & George Swindell at Chelmorton. This 4th calver was sold giving 44kg and stayed local at Leek.
Half the entry sold to £2600 or above with top price of the day £3580 for regular exhibitor Stuart Greenall of Tansley. This magic daughter, born May ’23 saw spirited bidding and was sold giving 34kg.
The Wainwrights at Dowlow were in to see us again with a smart fresh heifer giving 26kg at £3280 to another local purchaser at Basford. Traditional Friesian heifers were well sold in the £2200 to £2350 range.
The special entry of young Pedigree Dairy Shorthorn calves were all 30 to 36 days old with a top of £355 seeing others to £345 and £320.
SHEEP SECTION
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894) & Ed Groves (07964 510145)
LAMBS (972)
Once again, a large entry of lambs this week, trade overall down on the week, in line with the national trend.
Again, plenty of store types forward which would be better sold in the Saturday store sales.
Commercial lambs 325p – 345p/kg with best export types 350p – 370p topping at 376p. Plain sorts in and around 300p – 310p/kg.
Big lambs forward in large numbers today and a bit harder to place as is reported across the country, but the very best sorts adding up nicely to £234.72
Overall averages at 328p/kg SQQ and £149.90 overall.
Sample Prices: –
342p 38kg R M Hadfield, Castleton
338p 38kg JA Nichols, Wetley Rocks
358p 39kg Beechwood House, Crewe
411p 40kg G Whitehouse, Ashbourne
365p 42kg S Down, Sandon
376p 43kg R&S Bailey, Cloudside
364p 44kg JD&KR Jones, Butterton
360p 45kg JA Nichols, Wetley Rocks
365p 46kg S Down, Sandon
360p 46kg JA Nichols, Wetley Rocks
358p 46kg J Tavernor & Co, Great Haywood
353p 46kg PW&JA Mansfield, Hyde
360p 47kg G Whitehouse, Ashbourne
372p 49kg R&S Bailey, Cloudside
328p 51kg R&M Philips & Sons, Ladmanlow
331p 52kg G Whitehouse, Ashbourne
330p 52kg NJ Williams, Newtown
348p 53kg FS&MJ Heath, Pipe Gate
CULL EWES (272)
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
More ewes forward and trade definitely up on the week. Top price £325 for Texel ewes from GA Titterton, Milwich. Overall, a mixed show on the week with plenty of grazers in the offering. More ewes required to meet buyer demand.
Fed continentals £200 – £250+
Plainer sorts £130 – £170
Mules to £203 generally £140 – £170
Hill types £90 – £120
Very Lean ewes £40 – £70
Sample Prices: –
GA Titterton £325, £265, £252, £230, £220, £200
Marcus Jones £300, £270, £190
Andrew Williams £285
JS&A Whitehurst £265, £225
R Wood £260, £210
A Trigg £252, 220, £205
R Lowe £240
D Edge £230
S Down £230
G Jones £225
A Leason £225
D Williams £225
R&M Philips £215
A H & T Carr £214
TW Fountain £210
Tups to £210 for D Williams
Overall average £160.50 head
CALVES (127)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Oliver Hiles (07801 530899)
Identical numbers to last week and a variety forward to suit all buyers.
39 CONTINENTAL BULLS
With good demand around the ring and prices to match. Highs of £860 (twice) for the Furness family for a pair of shapey British Blues with nearly half the entry over £700.
27 Blues av £653 to £860 Furness Partnership
6 Sims av £543 to £680 TD & DA Higginson
5 Lims av £447 to £685 J Kirkham
1 Cahr to £700 D & G Tudor
27 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
Not just as many about today but plenty of quality with a British Blue heifr to £720 from D W & P Hulme and thirteen over £500.
18 Blues av £489 to £720 DW & P Hulme
3 Sims av £417 to £510 TD & DA Higginson
5 Lims av £518 to £665 J Kirkham
1 Blon to £300 EJ & VC Gilman
27 NATIVES
Amazing – the story remains that they are good to sell in Leek with perhaps no run of huge calves like in previous weeks.
7 Here Bulls av £401 to £525 AJ & T Myatt
7 AA Bulls av £410 to £610 PE Holmes
1 B/SH Heif to £630 G G Hall & Son
3 Here Heifs av £295 to £385 SJ Hooley
9 AA Heif av £391 to £510 GR & D Hawkins
28 DAIRY BULLS
With the highlight being a strong Montbeliarde bull from D & J Moseley at £535, eight Holstein /Friesian types over £200 and well over 75% over £90.
6 WEANLINGS
To £650 for a Limousin heifer (3mths) and £535 for a Limousin steer (3mths) all from Quixhill Farm, Denstone.
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SATURDAY 10th OCTOBER
Catalogued Sale of 569 Store & Breeding Cattle
Catalogue Now Available Online
Next Sale Saturday 26th October
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SATURDAY 17th OCTOBER
Catalogued Sale of Store Lambs & Breeding Sheep
Entries Close Friday 9th October
Next Sale Saturday 31st October
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