Over 1,100 head of sheep on offer again this week with lambs topping at 390p/kg and ewes selling to £255/head
Pigs topped at 251p/kg or £251/head
Barrens to 291p/kg or £2429.85/head
Clean to 317p/kg or £1933.70/head
Dairies to £1920
Charolais Bull calves to £750, £660 for Blue Heifers
BARREN COWS
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
Top price in the Barrens today was 291p/kg for an 835kg Limousin which grossed £2429.85, being the top headage price of the day, for M A Bowyer of Cheadle. Another Limousin weighing 455kg sold to 250p/kg, grossing at £1137.50 for EJ & DC Kidd of Quarnford.
A 500kg Friesian sold to 264p/kg, weighing 500kg, to a top headage price of £1320 for B J Archer of Hilton.
Other top prices included: –
AA 247p to £1852 JM Robinson
AA 246p to £1832 G Battram
Lim 241p to £1313 EJ & DC Kidd
Frie 232p to £1496 J & W Knight
Here 224p to £1456 JH & IEA Bennett&Sons,
Frie 212p to £1441 J & W Knight
Here 212p to £1484 EA Sessions & Sons
Hols 210p to £1270 WE Turnock & Sons
S/Horn 206p to £1297 GK Tunnicliffe & Sons
The overall average was 210.94/kg.
CLEAN
A 610kg Friesian heifer sold to 317p/kg to gross £1933.70 for D & EA Jeffery of Roston with Friesian steers at 575kg to 300p/kg, grossing £1725 for Roston Farms, and Simmental steers weighing 525kg to 300p/kg to gross £1575 for D & EA Jeffery of Roston.
Holstein sold to 274p/kg to gross £1534.40 for R, E & DR Bennett of Whiston.
The overall average was 298.15p/kg.
PIGS (140)
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
A good show of pigs with Christmas well on the way, demand is up, fats topped at 251p or £251.16. gilts generally 210p – 230p, boars 170p – 190p.
Porkers sold to 187p for W Gregson, Preston.
Cutters sold to 239p for J&B Fentem who had others to 212p. Boars to 170p & 162p for B Minshull.
Bacon pigs to 251p for F Bowers, Milwich Heath. Massie Farms to 246p, 239p x2, 238p, 237p, 236p, 235p, 234p, 233p, 226p. J&B Fentem to 241p, 235p x2, 231p x2, 219p, 215p. PF+PD Parsons to 208p.
Heavies to 200p for 108kg gilts from PF+PD Parsons. C Walley to 191p for 110kg gilts. R Rowlinson to 189p for a 129kg gilts. 161kg gilt to 156p for Massie Farms.
Sows remain difficult to place, trading around the 30p mark.
Pig Averages.
Pork Pigs (5) av 182.40p/kg or £130.97/head
Cutting Pigs (10) av 211.36p/kg or £175.85/head
Bacon Pigs (101) av 212.45p/kg or £201.83/head
Heavies (11) av 155.67p/kg or £189.78/head
Sows (11) av 24.14p/kg or £55.21/head
DAIRIES (71)
Selling time – 11:30am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
Trade was steadier overall on Tuesday but a lot of this was a reflection on quality.
Topping the day at £1920 was a September calved cow in the herd.
Youngstock sold on a strong trade with yearlings at £900.
A large entry forward for next weeks Christmas Pedigree Show and Sale with 80 entered to date. Come and have a mince pie and buy a cow!
SHEEP SECTION
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)
LAMBS (953)
A good entry forward post-Christmas show saw a better-than-expected demand but heavy weight meeting prices consistent to other places.
Best shaped lambs in very good demand, topping at 390p/kg and plenty at 360p – 380p/kg.
Commercial lambs generally 300p – 330p/kg, depending on weight and finish.
SQQ average at 322p/kg and 315p/kg overall with nearly half the entry being heavy or overweight.
Sample Prices: –
348p 32kg AH & T Carr, Waterfall
341p 34.8kg J Fernyhough, Swythamley
348p 38.3kg JA Hine, Biddulph
368p 39kg JA Hine, Biddulph
358p 39.3kg S Rushton, Cheadle
380p 40.3kg S Rushton, Cheadle
376p 41kg FS & MJ Heath, Pipe Gate
378p 41kg R & L White, Turnditch
362p 43kg FS & MJ Heath, Pipe Gate
380p 43.2kg I Woodward, Duffield
380p 45.6kg M & M Heath, Rushton Spencer
357p 46kg W&N Sherratt & Son, Hartington
360p 46.3kg FS & MJ Heath, Pipe Gate
390p 48kg J Tavernor & Co, Great Haywood
371p 50.5kg M & M Heath, Rushton Spencer
362p 52kg A J Gilman, Elkstones
378p 54kg R & L White, Turnditch
345p 54kg FS & MJ Heath, Pipe Gate
332p 58kg A J Gilman, Elkstones
CULL EWES (193)
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
A solid trade for ewes today topping at £255 for Texel ewes from Adam Shaw, Sturston. A mixed show of ewes with grazing types and meated sorts on offer, grazing ewes a solid trade with multiple buyers looking for ewes, meated types in demand and look well sold on the day.
Sample Prices:
A Shaw £255, £196
W&N Sherratt £220, £210, £170
J Tavernor £210, £185
M Shaw £192
D Williams £185
Meated Continentals £160 – £190
Best sorts £200-£220
Mules topped at £171 generally £125-£145
Grazing Mules £110-£120
Hill types £70 – £110
Tups topped at £180 for FJ Dean & Son
Overall average £137/head
CALVES (103)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Oliver Hiles (07801 530899)
Numbers start to dry up but the price remains at an all-time high.
44 CONTINENTAL BULLS
A stunning trade right from top to bottom with strong demand for all qualities. Four best topped £640 and topped at £750 for a tremendous Charolais from Daz Tudor. Medium bulls generally £400 – £530 with just a handful of bulls under £400.
28 Blues av £460 to £645 FA & TM Cotton
3 Sims av £431 to £485 RJ Clowes & Sons
8 Lims av £525 to £660 SM McLeavy
5 Char av £517 to £750 D & G Tudor
20 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
Short on numbers with most vendors having more bulls on offer today. Trade, just like the bulls, stunning. Sheila McLeavy had the top price at £660 for a British Blue with the top five over £470. Mediums £400 – £450 with six smaller types under £400.
18 Blues av £411 to £660 SM McLeavy
2 Char av £460 to £485 R & T Clowes
29 NATIVES
Always dear at Leek and today was no exception.
15 AA Bulls av £232 to £400 WE Turnock & Sons
2 Here Bulls av £435 to £460 FJ Gould & Son
4 B S/H Bulls av £237 to £315 LTL Partners
3 AA Heif av £265 to £275 AJ & T Myatt
3 Here Heif av £238 to £285 FJ Gould & Son
2 B S/H Heif av £212 to £220 LTL Partners
10 BLACK & WHITE BULLS
A smart Montbeliarde made £480 for Woodward Partners with a Brown Swiss at £210 and Friesian to £170.
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SATURDAY 20th DECEMBER
Catalogued Sale of Store & Breeding Cattle
Entries Close Friday 12th December
Next Sale Saturday 3rd January
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SATURDAY 13th DECEMBER
Catalogued Sale of 3,433 Store Lambs & Breeding Sheep
Catalogue Available Online
Next Sale Saturday 10th January
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