100% clearance throughout the market this week but a quiet day in some sections as people are making hay whilst the sun is shining!
BARREN COWS
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
Top headage price in the barrens today was £1836.00 for a 765kg Friesian cow which sold to 240p/kg for SJ Hooley of Macclesfield.
A pair of Shorthorn cows weighing 605kg and 625kg sold to 266p and 258p/kg to gross £1609.30 and £1612.50 respectively.
Other Top Prices: –
Hols 755kg £1721 SJ Hooley
Frie 745kg £1676 SJ Hooley
B/Sw 745kg £1646 DR & A Shuker & Sons
S/Horn 690kg £1525 D & J Moseley Ltd
Overall average was 223.02p/kg or £1518.37/head.
CLEAN
Hereford steers topped the clean cattle, selling to 334p/kg to gross £2070.80 for TJ Partington of Burton on Trent.
PIGS (115)
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
A larger show of pigs selling to 205p for fat pigs, gilts 165-185 boars 120-135p.
Porkers sold to 110p for J McAleenan
Cutters to 205p for OJ Davies, Holyhead who had others to 200p and boars to 140p. J McAleenan to 160p.
Bacon pigs sold to 192p for Massie Farms who had others to 188p, 187p, 186p. B Minshull to 188p. J&B Fentem to 183p, 178p, 172p.
Heavies to 170p for C Hine, M Banham 132p.
Pig Averages: –
Pork Pigs (3), av 110.00p/kg or £81.40/head
Cutting Pigs (16), av 164.77p/kg or £132,85
Bacon Pigs (82), av 154.31p/kg or £150.80/head
Heavies (14), av 112.82p/kg or £125.47/head
DAIRIES
Selling time – 11:00am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
Excellent trade in the dairy shed.
A very smart entry forward this week and trade just as good as recent weeks with all the powerful milky cattle £2700 and above and only one animal in the entry below £2050.
The Easom family showed eight very good cows and heifers from their Broomhouse herd with a top of £3550 for a well statured second calver sold locally giving 50kg.
The best four high yielding cows averaged a very pleasing £3412.50.
Heifers topped at £3000 from the Easom’s, sold giving 34kg with Stuart Greenall at Crich receiving £2950 for his May ’23 born 30kg heifer3
The top six heifers averaged £2778.
More cattle needed to fulfil demand with the Pedigree catalogue out before the sale on the 21st of the month.
SHEEP SECTION
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)
LAMBS (463)
A small entry as hay making takes priority for some vendors saw a very pleasing trade compared to prices quoted elsewhere.
Best sorts very well bid for, to a top of 438p/kg from Alan Wilshaw and family and plenty at 420p and better. Best big lambs to £222.36.
Two tier trade emerging with the poorer shaped grass-fed lambs harder to place.
Overall average very pleasing at a whisker below 400p/kg and £175/head.
Sample Prices: –
429p 41kg RC & JM Torr, Macclesfield
425p 42kg J Tavernor & Co, Great Haywood
426p 43.3kg D Williams, Basford
438p 46kg A Wilshaw, Meerbrook
424p 46.4kg JW Fentem, Biggin
421p 47kg J Tavernor & Co, Great Haywood
412p 48kg H White, Snelston
436p 51kg D Williams, Basford
384p 53kg R Charles, Ashbourne
CULL EWES (124)
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
Less ewes about this week and buyers desperately short on numbers top price £354 for a tremendous Texel ewe from A Williams, Eccleshall. More ewes required over the coming weeks.
Fed Continentals £220 – £280
Plain sorts £160 – £200
Mules to £211 generally £165 – £195
Better Hill Types £100 – £140
Feeding types: £70 – £110 depending on frame.
Sample Price: –
AP Williams £354, £276, £271, £225
I Walker £280, £215
RC & JM Torr £274
E J Williams £245
A Shinton £240, £230, £226
S Bailey £229
M Jones £220
R&M Philips £220, £191
R Challinor £220
J Archer £215
Tups to £234 for J Kirkman, Alderwasley
Overall average £170/head
CALVES (160)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Oliver Hiles (07801 530899)
More calves on offer as Leek is the preferred place to market calves to best advantage with a good line up of buyers who appreciate the quality.
48 CONTINENTAL BULLS
More about but the combines are starting to roll in the East and consequently the bulls are a little less. Eleven better bulls still made £700 and above including two over £800 for two six-week-old British Blues for returning Sally Shone, Bradnop who made £815 and £805. Medium bulls £550 – £670 with smaller bulls a little less.
20 Blues av £637 to £815 A & S Shone & Son
6 Sims av £542 to £645 SJ Hooley
16 Lims av £510 to £700 PF Gilman
6 Char av £529 to £695 KW & AM Minshull
42 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
Similar story to the bulls with calves looking more buyable than of late. A trio of best sold over £600 and up to £660 for a British Blue from Graham Turnock. Mediums £390 – £550 with smaller sorts in the £300’s.
20 Blues av £457 to £660 WE Turnock & Sons
7 Sims av £430 to £515 JC&D Hudson
13 Lims av £483 to £625 J Kirkham
2 Char av £442 to £445 MA & WJ Jolliffe
43 NATIVES
Always look well sold at Leek.
12 AA Bulls av £519 to £625 PF Gilman
11 Here Bulls av £494to £595 GT Worsley & Son
10 AA Heif av £390 to £500 PF Gilman
10 Here Heif av £410 to £490 J & W Knight
13 BLACK &WHITE BULLS
Averaged over £200 with all selling for rearing.
13 REARED CALVES for four vendors
£540 Hol Bull (5mths) Pearson & Son
£470 Hol Bullx 4 (3mths) PA & J Swindell
£940 BB Steer (3mths) A & S Shone & Son
£890 BB Heifer (3mths) A & S Shone & Son
£800 Lim Heifer (4mths) CJ & RA Hutchinson
£890 Hol Steer (9mths) CJ & RA Hutchinson
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SATURDAY 18th JULY
Catalogued Sale of Store & Breeding Cattle
Entries Close Friday 10th July
Next Sale Saturday 1st August
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SATURDAY 1st AUGUST
Sale of Store & Breeding Pigs – 10.30am
Sale of Store & Breeding Goats – 11am
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SATURDAY 18th JULY
Catalogued Sale of Breeding Sheep
MV and Non MV Sections
Entries Close Friday 10th July
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