Just short of 1,000 head of sheep on offer with 100% clearance. Hoggs topped at 416p/kg, seeing a top headage price of £183.15 with Ewes topping at £225/head.
Calves still a roaring trade with a British Blue bull roaring away to £710 and a Charolais heifer reaching £670, plenty more could be sold to meet buyer demand.
Quieter day in the dairies, top price achieved was £2030 for a second calver Ayrshire.
Top price for barrens was 308p/kg with a top headage price of £2102.40
BARREN COWS & BULLS (24)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
A similar entry and another strong trade for all types.
Top price was 308p/kg for a 455kg Friesian for DR & A Shuker & Sons of Bosley with a Limousin X 720kg cow for R & L Vernon of Rocester being well sold for 292p/kg to gross £2102.40.
A Brown Swiss at 720kg, from JC & D Hudson of Hollinsclough achieved 274p/kg to gross £1972.80.
An 800kg Holstein cow from WE Turnock & Sons of Onecote sold for 274p/kg to gross £2192 with a 655kg Simmental X achieving 269p/kg from Waller Farms Ltd, another Brown Swiss at 600kg also sold for 269p/kg and a 520kg lean Hereford cow was particularly well sold at 239p/kg.
Overall average 231.21p/kg and £1287.54 including a high number of smaller, leaner cows.
An 840kg Friesian Bull for TC Sykes of Macclesfield achieved 289p/kg to gross £2427.60.
CLEAN CATTLE
A 454kg lean Friesian heifer sold to 236p/kg to gross £909.40.
PIGS (81)
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
Trade a bit sparkier for pigs this week, top price 203p for Massie farms, gilts 190-203p, boars 165-170p.
Porkers sold to 194p for J&B Fentem, who had boars to 170p.
Cutters sold to 167p & 165p for J&B Fentem.
Bacon pigs sold to 203p, 202p, 201p, 200px2 for Massie Farms, JA&B Minshull to 200p, J&B Fentem to 199p, 198p, 195p x2. PF+PD Parsons sold to 199p, C Hine to 194p, 191p.
One heavy 115kg boar sold to 140p for PF+PD Parsons.
Sows a flying trade with good sows forward, top price 108p for a nice sow from PF+PD Parsons who had others to 87p, 71p. JA&B Minshull sold to 106p for a nice young sow, S Bailey to 100p, R Rowlinson to 89p, C Hine to 70p.
Pig Averages.
Porkers (4); av 188.16p/kg or £139.24/head
Cutting Pigs (2); av 166.04p/kg or £134.49/head
Bacon Pigs (66); av 185.80p/kg or £175.53/head
Sows (7); av 90.06p/kg or £229.90/head
DAIRIES
Selling time – 11:30am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
A small entry this week with in-calf heifers, Shorthorn and Friesian types, in the shed.
Top call £2030 for the Needhams at Ipstones for a Pedigree Ayrshire 2nd calver sold giving 27kg.
A smart dairy Shorthorn heifer, sold giving 20kg, sold well at £1900 from the Kirkham Family.
David Brailsford at Chesterfield showed his Honeycroft heifer, born January ’22, sold in-calf to Aberdeen Angus at £1980 to a local Leek purchaser.
With an anticipated entry of over 140 head next week on behalf of David Wrench from Marton who is retiring off the farm with his machinery dispersal on farm already scheduled for late April.
SHEEP SECTION
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)
HOGGS (816)
A good entry again selling on a faster than expected trade for the best shaped heavy weight types.
Best flying away to 416p/kg and plenty at 370p – 410p.
Big weights continue to be hard to place with 52kg plus averaging 286p/kg or £160/head for 170 head.
Top headage of £183.15.
SQQ average at 335p/kg and 318p overall or £147/head.
Sample Prices: –
386p 38kg H&J Smith & Sons, Biddulph Moor
377p 40.1kg R Challinor, Dilhorne
401p 40.5kg JG Jackson, Wardlow
416p 42.4kg SJ Pace & Co, Congleton
390p 42.8kg JE Swindells, Leek
410p 43.7kg SJ Pace & Co, Congleton
400p 44.5kg R Tomkinson & Son, Butterton
370p 46.8kg NJ Williams, Newtown
375p 48kg R Tomkinson & Son, Butterton
330p 55.5kg D Williams, Basford
CULL EWES (135)
Similar numbers to last week, trade up on the week. Meated ewes a good trade but not enough forward today, lots of lean plain ewes forward which are still well bid for.
Top price £225 for DJ&P Smith, JA Nicholls to £220, R Tomkinson to £220, DJ Austin to £210, R&L White to £210, R&M Philips to £200, £187, 182, D Williams to £180, CM Rowlinson to £180, N Brown to £170.
Continentals £170+
Mules topped at £187 generally £130-£160
Hill types topped at £101 for meated Swales
Lean ewes and small hill types £70-90.
Tups sold to £225 for CM Rowlinson, D Williams to £215, JA Nicholls to £212
Overall average £130.76
CALVES (112)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Oliver Hiles (07801 530899)
Less on offer but what a trade these calves are and today particularly dear at the bottom end.
21 CONTINENTAL BULLS
Unbelievable to sell with nowhere near enough for the buyers at ringside. A lovely British Blue (19 days), from Ruben Sales, topped the day at £710 with the top ten all £450 +. Mediums £420 – £450 with only three under £400.
10 Blues av £470 to £710 PIR sales
2 Sims av £420 to £455 H&E Bailey&Partners
7 Lims av £472 to £560 NG, JMH & H Mellor
1 INRA av £385 to £455 G Hatton
24 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
Just like the bulls, with prices off the clock again. Nine best over £400 including two over £600. Top £670 for a Charolais (7 weeks) from Richard Gould with a 21-day old Limousin from Norman Mellor at £620. Mediums £330 – £400 with only two smalls under £300.
9 Blues av £357 to £450 GW Myatt&Partners
3 Sims av £353 to £415 GW&MA Hicklin
10 Lims av £407 to £620 NG, JMH & H Mellor
2 Char av £485 to £670 FJ Gould & Partners
37 NATIVES
The dearest ever seen!
22 AA Bulls av £280 to £455 PR&JJ Holgate
13 AA Heifs av £216 to £345 PR&JJ Holgate
2 Here Heifs av £251 to £270 G&E Critchlow&Son
20 BLACK & WHITE BULLS
Every one sold for rearing with no best sorts but mediums generally £50 – £115.
10 REARED
British Blue Bull (4mths) £720 Robinson Partners
British Blue Bull (2½mths) £540 JBS Eardley & Son
British Blue Heifer (3mths) £440 JBS Eardley & Son
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SATURDAY 12th APRIL
Catalogued Sale of 631 Store & Breeding Cattle
Catalogues Now Available Online
Next Sale Saturday 26th April
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SATURDAY 12th APRIL
Sale of Ewes & Hoggs with Lambs at Foot
Please Advise of Entries
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TUESDAY 15TH APRIL 2025
On behalf of D R Wrench
Brookside Farm, Marton, Macclesfield, Cheshire
118 HOLSTEIN FRIESIANS
• Incl 54 Fresh Heifers, 13 Cows (Many due May)
• 51 In-calf Heifers, All due Autumn
• Pedigree Aberdeen Angus Stock Bull
• Herd Average 7300kg 4.91%F 3.80%P cc120
• Cubicles & Herringbone
• Homebred
• BVD Tag & Tested, BVD & Lepto Vaccinated, Johnes Monitored
(Following the Pedigree & Commercial Entry)
For further details & catalogues Contact (01889) 562811 Ref: MEE/AW
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