TUESDAY 31st MARCH 2026
A sunny Tuesday brings a spring in the step for all stock in the market today with strong prices achieved across the board.
Barrens to 254p or £2146.20 for a Holstein cow from D&J Moseley
A large show of pigs sold to 215p or £224.00 for fats to average 167p and sows to 43p
Dairies to £3050 for the Kennerley Family.
Springers well in demand and an exceptional trade selling to 655p or £280 to average 559 or £217.
Hoggs as dear as last week selling to 494p or £228/head. Ewes selling to £275
Similar number of claves selling to £950 for Blue Bulls.
BARREN COWS (14)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
A nice entry post bank holiday and a solid trade seen for the goods on offer. Top price on the day 254p or £2146.30 for D&J Moseley for a Holstein cow.
An Aberdeen Angus stock bull sold to 286p to gross £2302.30 for Pearson & Son.
Top prices: –
Frie 252p £1650 BE Wain
Shor 240p £1620 P&R Griffin
Shor 239p £1720 P&R Griffin
Sim 238p £1499 JC&D Huson
The overall average was 229.12p/kg or £1481.89/head.
More barren and clean cattle required each at Leek!!
PIGS (161)
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
A good entry of pigs sold to a mixed trade, best gilts sold to 215p generally 185-205p boars 130-150p, topping at 165p. 2nd quality pigs 120-150p. Sows to 43p
Porkers sold to 160p for G Goodall
Cutters sold to 203p for JA&B Minshull, HJ Fithon to 200p. J&B Fentem to 197p, 180p.
Bacon pigs sold to 215p, 210p, 208p, 206p, 205p. GR Weston to 204p, 200p, 199p. J&B Fentem to 191p, 190p. PF+PD Parsons to 185p.
Heavies sold to 160p for PF+PD Parsons.
Sows to 43p, 42p, 41p for K Lloyd-Hughes
Pigs Pig Averages.
Pork Pigs (3); av 141.67p/kg or £104.37/head
Cutting Pigs (18); av 174.24p/kg or £141.52/head
Bacon Pigs (106) av 175.38p/kg or £165.65/head
Heavies (20) av 122.09p/kg or £138.57/head
Sows (3) av. 41.67p/kg or £87.51/head
DAIRIES
Selling time – 11:00am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
Dairies to £3050
A nice run of milkers forward saw the best heifer to £3050 from the Kennerley family
of Betley, Crewe. A Delta Lambda daughter, she was sold giving 36kg.
A neat heifer from the Broadley family made £2400.
Dairy Shorthorn youngstock topped at £700.
SHEEP SECTION
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)
Spring Lambs (24)
A small entry after last weeks show seeing an exceptional demand and more required weekly!
Best lambs selling to 665p/kg for a wonderful pen from Rob and Andy Williamson of Wetley Rocks. Best big lambs selling to 600p/kg and gross an exceptional £280/head.
The averages tell the story; 559p/kg or £217.33/ head including some light weight types.
More next week please as two orders were unable to get started.
Hoggs (747)
A very pleasing entry for bank holiday Tuesday seeing demand holding very firm and all regular orders operating.
Best types continue to attract a premium, selling to 494p/kg, and plenty at 450p and better. Big types grossing up very well, with heavies averaging just over £200/head.
Overall averages being 432p/kg SQQ, 409p/kg overall and £192/head, for what was generally a lower quality show of sheep.
Sample prices;
460p – 38kg – R P Hall
444p – 39kg – C Naylor
472p – 42kg – B M Robinson
494p – 43kg – D Williams
493p – 44kg – Pilkington Farmers
471p – 45.5kg – J Tavernor
485p – 46kg – D Williams
481p – 47kg – R Swift & Sons
465p – 49kg – R Swift & Sons
422p – 55kg – R P Hall
Good numbers required weekly!!
CULL EWES (101)
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
Not enough ewes to meet demand!! A mixed show with some leaner ewes in the mix, top price £270 for PT Chadfield.
Fed Continentals £200-£250
Plainer Sorts £150-£190
Mules to £191, Generally £140-£170
Fed Hill Ewes £90-£140
Feeding Ewes £60-£100.
Sample Prices:
PT Chadfield £270, £240
RP Hall £265
D Williams £260
S Frith £229, £220
B Bennion £225
GH&M Torr £225
D&CJ Redfern £220
J Pennington £212
ED Butters £210
P Riley £202
Tups to £220 for P Smith
More ewes required over the coming weeks.
Overall average a respectable £165.50/head.
CALVES (111)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Holly Swift – 07973 982453
Just one more in number than last week and more could of have been sold. Calves’ nit quite selling to the four figures like last week but still topping at a very pleasing £950, with the mediums feeling a shade less generally.
23 CONTINENTAL BULLS
Truthfully feeling a shade less than the previous few weeks, but still topping at £950 for a Blue Bull and five over £700, plenty in the £350-£500 bracket today.
13 Blues av £531 to £950 RE Poyser
5 Lims av £613 to £770 RG+AS Williamson
4 Char av £520 to £670 CJ+SA Campbell
1 Sim to £710 for RJ Clowes
38 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
A very good show today to top at £625 for a very smart blue heifer from the Williamsons, others close behind at £600 and 6 over £500 with plenty £300-£400.
22 Blues av £428 to £625 RG+AS Williamson
8 Lim av £465 to £600 NG TMH +H Mellor
6 Sim av £425 to £490 TD+DA Higginson
2 Char av £333 to £390 CS+J Prince
41 NATIVES
Dear trade good for the natives
17 AA Bulls av £464 to £655 Foker Grange
3 Here Bulls av £453 to £500 CR Upton
16 AA Heifers av £356 to £505 Foker Grange
5 Here Heifers av £350 to £440 CR Upton
9 DAIRY BULLS
Very good to sell. Brown Swiss calves to £330 from DR+A Shuker, the remaining 8 Holstein/Ayrshire calves selling above £100 to average £158
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SATURDAY 11th APRIL
Catalogued Sale of Store & Breeding Cattle
Entries Close Friday 3rd April
Next Sale Saturday 25th April
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SATURDAY 11th APRIL
Fortnightly Sale of Ewes & Hoggs with Lambs at Foot – Please advise of entries! Sale at 11am.
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