Barrens to 280p/kg topping at £2184/head
Clean Cattle to 342p/kg topping at £2159/head
Bull Calves to £680, Heifers to £660
Lambs to 375p/kg topping at £235.42/head
Ewes to £259
Dairies to £2720
BARREN COWS
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
A good company of buyers saw a sharp trade in the barrens this week with more needed to meet demand.
Topping the day was a Charolais cow weighing 780kg which sold to 280p/kg for HG & J Evans of Macclesfield which also achieved the top headage price of £2184. Another Charolais weighing 725kg sold to 259p/kg to gross £1877.75 for J F Barber of Quarnford.
Other top prices: –
Here 259p to £1929 TS Farms, Rainow
AA 248p to £2058 RE & KM Clowes, Cheadle
S/Horn 248p to £1401 J G Tatton, Cheddleton
Here 244p to £1732 S Clulow, Reapsmoor
S/Horn 242p to £1427 J G Tatton, Cheddleton
Lim 241p to £1530 JH Heath, Brookhouses
The overall average for was a pleasing 223.68/kg.
A Hereford bull weighing 1000kg sold to 273p/kg to gross £2730.
CLEAN
Clean cattle sold well today with a top call of 342p/kg for an Aberdeen Angus steer at 18 months old weighing 520kg which grossed at £1778.40 for M R Whitehurst of Leigh. This was closely followed by a Simmental bull weighing 635kg at 16 months of age which sold to 340p/kg to gross £2159 for J M Robinson of Swythamley.
Stabiliser X steers topped at 336p/kg with a gross of £1831.20 for D A Whitehurst of Leigh.
An entry of four Friesian bulls weighing 605kg, 590kg x2, and 565kg sold to 336p, 335p, 334p and 333p respectively to gross £2032, £1976, £1970 and £1881 for J E Archer & Sons of Hilton.
Overall average for clean cattle was a very pleasing 333.3p/kg.
PIGS (134)
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
A strong entry of pigs today with 134 seen and sold to meet a strong demand with averages 10p up on the week. best girls 210p+ boars 165p-180p.
Porkers sold to 199p for J&B Fentem who had boars to 172p.
Cutters sold to 201p for J&B Fentem who had others at 200p, PF+PD Parsons to 195p.
Bacon pigs sold to 225p x2 for Massie Farms who had others to 223p, 218px2, 217p, 214p, 230p. A Shinton to 218p to gross £218. PF+PD Parsons to 216p, x2, 214p, 203p, Drew Bailey to 210p. J&B Fentem to 204p. D Goldtraw to 203p. C Hine to 200p.
Heavies sold well with good pigs forward to 181p for JA&B Minshull or £211. a Shinton to 175p, D Bailey to 171p.
Cull boars to 28p.
Sows sold to 149p for a young 151kg sow from AI Grace, J&B Fentem to 65p and 53p.
Pig Averages.
Pork Pigs (10) av 171.40p/kg or £120.67/head
Cutting Pigs (22) av 181.28p/kg or £143.78/head
Bacon Pigs (86) av 199.80p/kg or £187.83/head
Heavies (10) av 167.53p/kg or £184.29/head
Sows (4) av 70.62p/kg or £133.30/head
DAIRIES
Selling time – 11:30am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
MILKERS TO £2720
All over £2100 to Average £2378
A lovely run of heifers on offer at Leek, met a swift trade topping at £2720 for a 25kg heifer from Edward and Dianne Bennett of Whiston.
Close behind at £2620 was a smashing heifer from the Kennerley family at Betley who also had a second to £2420.
Every milker passed to £2100 to average an excellent £2378.
More needed to satisfy demand. If you have stock to sell contact Meg Elliott on 07967 007049 or Anna Wildgoose on 07532 237232.
SHEEP SECTION
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)
LAMBS (792)
A seasonal entry after a busy breeding sale on Saturday saw a solid trade with lambs a shade sharper on the week to average 318p/kg.
Best selling to 375p/kg and plenty at 350p – 370p. Heavy lambs very good to sell, topping at £235.42 per head and multiple lots at £200 +.
Commercial lambs generally 290p – 310p depending on weight and finish.
More could be sold each week.
Note to vendors that the lightweight and under finished lambs would be better sold in the store sales.
Next store lamb sale Saturday 18th October.
Sample Prices: –
347p 39kg NE Goodwin & Son, Upper Hulme
355p 42kg S Rushton, Cheadle
361p 43kg IE M & A Wilson, Hollington
349p 43.8kg J Gilman & Partners, Bosley
364p 43.8kg FS & MJ Heath, Pipe Gate
358p 44.6kg FS & MJ Heath, Pipe Gate
360p 45kg IE M & A Wilson, Hollington
4350p 46.6kg PJ Harrison, Priestcliffe
352p 47kg PJ Harrison, Priestcliffe
375p 48kg R&S Bailey, Rushton Spencer
370p 49kg D Williams, Basford
346p 51kg J Gilman & Partners, Bosley
352p 54kg D Williams, Basford
346p 55kg J Belfield & R Deakin Gallimore
340p 62kg J Belfield & R Deakin Gallimore
320p 70kg N Richardson, Reapsmoor
310p 71kg J Belfield & R Deakin Gallimore
CULL EWES (326)
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
More ewes on offer this week with a yarding mainly of grazing ewes. Meat was the trade of the day with powerful Texles to £259 for C E Smith Longford and £255 for DH & J Lovatt.
Sample Prices:-
R&S Bailey £220
D Williams £190, £170
IE M & A Williams £180 £170
FE Shenton £170
Tups to £180
Best continentals £170+
Plainer sorts £130-£150
Best Mules to £145 generally £110-£130
Leaner mule sorts £80-£100
Hill types and small grazing ewes £40-£80
Overall average £100.55
CALVES (190)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Oliver Hiles (07801 530899)
The biggest entry for a few months with more vendors bringing a trailer load.
60 CONTINENTAL BULLS
Big numbers and a good price for all with the best in particular very good to sell. Ten best over £550 including four over £620 and a high of £680 for a British Blue from Andrew Hulme, Basford. Medium bulls regularly £450 – £500 with smalls £350 – £400 and just a handful of little calves under £200.
40 Blues av £446 to £680 DW & P Hulme
12 Sims av £432 to £625 PN Holdcroft
4 Lims av £443 to £580 NG, JMH & H Mellor
4 Char av £311 to £435 Summerfield Holstein
46 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
Excellent to sell again but not just the fire of the bulls. Ten very good, smart heifers topped £500 with a high of £660, again for Andrew Hulme. Medium heifers £340 – £420 with smaller or plainer types under £280.
29 Blues av £381 to £660 DW & P Hulme
6 Sims av £339 to £520 PN Holdcroft
9 Lims av £291 to £575 E Moss & Son
2 Char av £247 to £340 J Hughes
56 NATIVES
Bigger numbers and some trade about.
7 Here Bulls av £269 to £505 PJ Davies
32 AA Bulls av £252 to £535 PE Holmes & Son
5 Here Heifs av £199 to £265 Furness Partners
10 AA Heifs av £162 to £315 PE Holmes & Son
2 B/SH Bulls av £292 to £355 D & LA Critchlow
16 BLACK & WHITE BULLS
Better sorts £80 – £100 with smaller types £40 – £70.
12 REARED CALVES FROM 4 VENDORS
£750 Mont Steer (4mths) SC, FE & JA Harvey
£480 Lim Bull (3mths) SA Wayne
£570 AA Heif (4mths) G Hatton
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SATURDAY 11th OCTOBER
Catalogued Sale of 653 Store & Breeding Cattle
Catalogue Now Available Online
Next Sale Saturday 25th October
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SATURDAY 18th October
Catalogued Sale of Store Lambs & Breeding Sheep
Entries Close Friday 10th October
Next Sale Saturday 1st November
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