The rain barely let up in Leek on Tuesday, but the spirits were not dampened, and trade was good seeing a bumper number of Calves on offer with 179 entries with plenty of buyers around to take them home.
Pig numbers up a touch this week with fats topping at 205p/kg .
Top price in the Barrrens of 199p/kg, top headage price of £1706.25 from a good sharp trade.
The herd sale in the dairy ring attracted a good number of buyers and a good trade was seen for all qualities that were offered.
Sheep entries down a touch which saw a strong demand, Spring Lambs up to 470p/kg, Hoggs at 430p/kg and Ewes to £161/head.
BARREN COWS (26)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
A good sharp trade with a top price of 199p/kg for a 625kg Holstein from A Povey & Sons with a 875kg Aberdeen Angus from Rushton Spencer achieving
195p/kg and a 625kg Friesian at 190p/kg.
Other top prices:
825kg Holstein – 185p/kg JW Campbell
650kg Lim X – 182p/kg DA Shuker
720kg Mont – 179p/kg SC,FE&JA Harvey
765kg Holstein – 178p/kg D&J Moseley
650kg Angus – 175p/kg Rushton Spencer
Top headage price was £1706.25 for an Aberdeen Angus, £1526.25 for a Holstein.
A 740kg Hereford Bull sold particularly well for 175p/kg with a headage price of £1295.00.
PIGS (95);
Selling
time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
An increased entry given last week’s trade. Trade on the whole was not bad with fats topping at 205p, a larger number of plain under finished pigs on show today which is reflected in the averages.
Porkers topped at 196p for J&B Fentem.
Cutters topped at 205p from S Bailey, J&B Fentem had a run to 195p x2, 194p, 193p, 192p, 190p. Sam Harper sold to 190p.
Bacon pigs topped at 200p from J Ball, Sandbach, PF+PD Parsons saw 198p & 196p. J&B Fentem to 195p, C hine to 195p, New vendor BA Hughes, Malpas sold to 194p.
Heavies topped at 170p twice from PF+PD Parsons and C Hine. B Minshull sold to 150p.
A handful of sows sold to 60p, 50p and 30p.
Pig Averages.
Porkers (4); av 172.16p/kg or £128.26/head
Cutting Pigs (39); av 182.19p/kg or £143.93/head
Bacon Pigs (40); av 185.42p/kg or £170.00/head
Heavy Pigs (9); av 113.61p/kg or £126.81/head
Sow (3); av; 48.13pp/kg or £104.77/head
DAIRIES (79)
Selling time – 11:30am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
Top of £2080
A smashing trade for milkers particularly for the herd, with a top price of £2080 for a February calved Ayrshire fourth calver giving 44kg.
A third calver due in September reached £1820 with a second calver due in November making £1730.
Trade was swift throughout with all qualities in strong demand.
Excellent entry of 60 already forward for next week’s pedigree sale. Catalogues will be out shortly.
SHEEP SECTION
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)
SPRING LAMBS (30)
A small entry as early Lambing farmers struggle to finish Lambs due to rain every day!
Trade not as fast, most buyers are reluctant to switch on to new season lambs due to the lack of supply.
Best Lambs to 470p/kg and top headage of £211.71.
Sample Prices:
470p 37.5kg RG&AS Willimason, Wetley Rocks
460p 38kg RG&AS Willimason, Wetley Rocks
445p 38.3kg IE,M&A Wilson, Hollington
460p 40kg IE,M&A Wilson, Hollington
455p 43.3kg RG&AS Willimason, Wetley Rocks
HOGGETS (511)
A reduced entry, which coincides with a general reduction in demand due to the Ramadan Festival.
As it happened, the reduced entry met strong demand to a top of 430p/kg and a top headage of £234/head.
Best meated sorts saw an exceptional demand for all weights.
Overall average at 380p/kg or £171/head!!!
Numbers required again going forward.
Sample Prices: –
430p 34kg R Tomkinson & Son, Butterton
402p 35kg J&D Skidmore, Chelmorten
420p 38.8kg T Eardley, Congleton
425p 39.3kg T Eardley, Congleton
426p 42.9kg SJ Pace & Co, Congleton
422p 43kg SJ Pace & Co, Congleton
430p 43kg R Tomkinson & Son, Butterton
418p 44kg D Williams, Basford
428p 4.3kg SJ Pace & Co, Congleton
408p 44.5kg D Tomlinson, Buxton
424p 48kg FS&MJ Heath, Pipe Gate
419p 50kg FS&MJ Heath, Pipe Gate
414p 53.3kg LAJ Turner & Son, Rownall
423p 54.3kg FS&MJ Heath, Pipe Gate
400p 58kg FW Hall & Son, Sutton on the Hill
CULL EWES (127)
A few less numbers about as expected, trade on the whole held up well with a number of lean plain sorts in the mix. Top price £161 for Texels from GT Worsley. Best continental types £140+.
Mules topped at £110
Plain mules generally £80-90
Hill types £40-60
Overall average £96/head
Tups topped at £150 from K&A Smith, Longford.
Overall average £101.14
CALVES (179)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Oliver Hiles (07801 530899)
The biggest entry of the season to date and trade very good from start to finish.
61 CONTINENTAL BULLS
Numbers on offer but the buyers were there and ready for them. Top ten over £330 with a high of £385 for a British Blue from the Mellor Family, Earl Sterndale. Mediums
£250-£300 with smaller calves £170-£230 and a few cross bred spring calving sorts under £150.
44 Blues av £208 to £385 NG,JMH,&H Mellor
7 Sims av £262 to £365 H&E Bailey&Partners
7 Lims av £245 to £330 NE Goodwin & Son
50 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
Again, big numbers and a lot from one spring calving herd. Super star Limousins from Norman Mellor and Family sold to £292. Top ten over £230. Mediums £160-£210
with smaller cross bred sorts around £100.
32 Blues av £119 to £280 PWJ&S Wilson
2 Sims av £185 to £235 DG&JA Ball
12 Lims av £192 to £292 NG,JMH,&H Mellor
43 NATIVES
Big numbers with some grand Aberdeen Angus on offer.
17 Angus Bulls av £110 to £225 Pearson & Son
24 Angus Hfs av £66 to £208 Pearson & Son
1 Her Hfs to £150 BE Wain
23 B&W BULLS
Generally less money with a few rearers £60-£80 amd the smaller sorts £10-£30.
2 REARED ABERDEEN ANGUS BULLS
Three and four months old, made £420 from Messrs Hughes, Cheddleton.
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SATURDAY 13TH APRIL
Sale of Store & Breeding Cattle
Catalogues Now Available Online
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SATURDAY 13TH APRIL
Fortnightly Sale of Ewes & Hoggs
with Lambs at Foot – Please advise of entries! Sale at 11am
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SATURDAY 13TH APRIL
Sale of Store & Breeding Pigs – 10.30am
Sale of Store & Breeding Goats – 11am
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SATURDAY 27TH APRIL
Sale of Store & Breeding Cattle
Entries Close Friday 19th April
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SATURDAY 27TH APRIL
Fortnightly Sale of Ewes & Hoggs
with Lambs at Foot – Please Advise of Entries! Sale at 11am
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