Happy New Year to all and a big thank you to you all for your trade over the past year.
A wintry Tuesday sale for the first sale of the year but trade didn’t seem to be too affected.
A few less sheep on offer, which was to be expected with the weather but those on offer were rewarded with an excellent trade seeing Hoggs up to 369p/kg and Ewes up to £130/head.
Dairies topped at £2820 for a second calver for the Easom Family.
Plenty of calves on offer with 135 forward, with two Limousin bulls topping the day at £480 and a British Blue topping the heifers at £410.
More Pigs forward, seeing a top price of 200p/kg for fat pigs.
BARREN COWS
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
A small entry due to inclement weather saw plenty of trade, up to 193p/kg for a 42-month-old Holstein, weighing 670kg from WE Turnock & Sons.
A foreign tagged Holstein, weighing 725kg, from NG & J Clarke of Bradnop, achieved 164p/kg and another 750kg crossbred sold to 155p/kg.
Top headage price was £1293.10.
CLEAN CATTLE
An entry of Friesian Bulls from regular vendor JE Archer & Sons of Hilton topped at 259p/kg, weighing 525kg, with other similar bulls at 255p/kg, 254p/kg and 253p/kg.
Top headage price was £1415.25.
PIGS (132)
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
More pigs forward with a poorer show of pigs on the whole. Top price 200p for fats and 90p for sows. Better gilts 190-200p, boars 175-185p.
Cutters sold to 188p for F Bowers, Milwich Heath, M Banham to 140p.
Baconers sold 200p twice for PF+PD Parsons, who had others 197p, 187p, 186p, 185p x3. J&B Fentem to 197p, 195p, 192p. B Minshull to 195p. The Seabridge Family to 194p, C Hine to 193p.
Heavies topped 178p for MR Banham, who sold others to 157p, 152p, 150p,x2. J&B Fentem to 175p. M Groom to 150p, & 130p.
Sows to 102p for B Minshull, W Stamper 90p & 52p, J&B Fentem to 60p.
Pig Averages.
Cutting Pigs (10); av 127.15p/kg or £98.75/head
Bacon Pigs (83); av 168.37p/kg or £160.04/head
Heavy Pigs (21); av 147.49p/kg or £167.93/head
Sow (5); av; 55.40p/kg or £126.67/head
DAIRIES
Selling time – 11:30am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
29 Milkers and In-Calvers
A great start to the New Year in spite of the Staffordshire weather.
Vendors were well rewarded with the Easom Family topping the day from their Broomhouse Herd at £2820.
The Easom, Hulse and Bennett Families all had cattle £2200 or above with the top four milky strong heifers averaging £2280and an exceptional run of strong cows, seeing the top five average exactly £2506 per head.
As detailed, Oliver Easom topped the day with his Broomhouse second calver giving 44kg with excellent stature, she went on to sell to Henry & Carol Bloxham at Stafford.
Plenty of bidders for stronger types with heifers topping at £2540 for the Easoms and others at £2360 for Edward & Diane Bennett.
Mick & Kaye Hulse topped at £2240 with a smart run of four milky cattle.
Grazing type cows to £1720 for the Kennerlys at Lower Withington.
IN the in-calf heifers, Richard Lomas of Chesterfield saw spirited bidding to £2040 for 29-month-old strong Holsteins, in-calf to named sire Aberdeen Angus.
SHEEP SECTION
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)
LAMBS (643)
A snowy day saw a reduced entry following an eventful weekend. Those forward were rewarded with an excellent trade and competition on all types and weights.
The best types sold to 369p/kg and plenty at 350p and better. Best big lambs to £195/head, with 53 overweight types averaging £178/head.
Overall average at 334p/kg for a mixed sample in terms of quality, and average of £148.30/head.
Sample Prices: –
350p 34kg W Stamper, Preston
362p 37kg NE Goodwin & Son, Upper Hulme
347p 39kg GW Myatt & Partners, Endon
369p 39kg W Stamper, Preston
359p 40.8kg SJ Pace & Co, Congleton
350p 42.8kg D&L Wain, Ilam
353p 42.9 SJ Pace & Co, Congleton
354p 45kg B & B Farming, Stafford
352p 45.9kg JB Rowlinson & Son, Gawsworth
350p 48.4kg Mosley & Son, Wormhill
352p 49kg AW Wilshaw, Meerbrook
CULL EWES (191)
A much smaller show of ewes as expected given the recent poor weather conditions. Trade definitely dearer on the week and many more could be sold each week. Meated ewes very good to sell with buyers looking to secure meat. Once again, a good number of hill types forward with over 50 welshies forward.
Best texels topped at £250 for Roger Bailey, Robin Smith to £206 twice, D Williams to £205. A Williams to £180 x2, J Tavernor to £170 & £169. Christine Gilman to £165.
Continental types £160+
Mules topped at £161, generally £130-150
Hill types and small lean ewes £50-80
Tups sold to £250 for D Williams, DE & GE Storer to £138.
Overall average £130
CALVES (135)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Oliver Hiles (07801 530899)
Happy New Year to all of the customers in the calf shed and a good start to the year with 135 on offer which is good for the horrid snowy morning.
43 CONTINENTAL BULLS
The best as good if not better than ever but the smaller calves looked better value today. Two tremendous Limousin bulls (5wks) topped the sale and finished at £480 each for Norman Mellor & Family, Sterndale. Best £320+; Mediums £240-£300 with smaller or plainer bulls under £200.
29 Blues av £248 to £435 DW & P Hulme
1 Sim to £378 H&E Bailey&Ptnrs
8 Lims av £358 to £480×2 NG,JMH&H Mellor
5 Cha/IN av £275 to £300 J Hughes
38 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
Good to sell with a few stronger calves looking well sold. Eight best topped £300 and up to £410 for a tremendous calf from the run from Messrs Mellor. Andrew Hulme had £388, £385 and £330 for his British Blues. Mediums were better sold £180-£270 depending on size and age with a few smalls under £150.
31 Blues av £227 to £410 NG,JMH&H Mellor
3 Sims av £212 to £255 H&E Bailey&Ptnrs
2 Lims av £282 to £295 RG&AS Williamson
2 Cha/IN av to £255 J Hughes
26 NATIVES
Always good to sell at Leek.
4 AA Bulls av £188 to £288 JP&SR Slack
6 Her Bulls av £141 to £190 DI Ball & Son
7 AA Heif av £114 to £155 R Wain & Sons
8 Her Hfs av £131 to £170 C Heath & Sons
1 W/B to £180 Foker Grange Farm
28 BLACK & WHITE BULLS
Better sold to average £67 with three over £100.
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SATURDAY 11th JANUARY
Catalogued Sale of 2,908 Store Lambs & Breeding Sheep
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