BARREN COWS
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
Less barrens about this week, seeing a top price of £1744.20/head for a Holstein from KI & EL Matkin Ltd of Alderwasley.
Top ppk was 258p for a British Blue weighing 590kg to gross £1522.20 for TB Thornley of Ashbourne.
Other top prices: –
Lim 254p £1651 TB Thornley
Frie 235p £1504 RG & AS Williamson
Hol 226p £1582 GE Brookes & Partners
The overall average was 221.21/kg and the average per head was £1446.47.
An overage Blonde steer weighing 490kg sold to 296p/kg to gross £1450 for BE Wain of Siddington.
CLEAN
A 430kg Simmental bull sold to 232p/kg to gross £997.60.
PIGS (106)
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
Similar numbers to last week, gilts very good to sell and boars very much hard work. Top price: 195p for gilts or £215. Sows to 20p.
Porkers sold to 138p for MR Banham.
Cutters sold to 195p for Ben Vernon. Massie Farms 185p, 183p, 190p, 175p, 174p. MR Banham 179p. 148p. B Minshull 170p. J&B Fentem 154p.
Heavies to 191p for C Hine, C Armstrong to 172p. M Banham 161p, 134p.
Clean gilts to 62p for Massie Farms.
Sows to 20p for R Rowlinson.
Pigs Pig Averages.
Cutting Pigs (6); av 112.06p/kg or £94.13/head
Bacon Pigs (75), av 158.12p/kg or £151.29/head
Heavies (10), av 149.95p/kg or £167.35/head
Sows (10), av. 20.00p/kg or £60.00/head
DAIRIES
Selling time – 11:00am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
DAIRIES TO £2800
A lovely trade for milkers saw a second calver from the Bentygrange Herd of Messrs Phillips top the day at £2800, with a heifer from the same home reach £2520.
An excellent entry forward for next week’s pedigree sale with towards 90 entered to date over half of which are milkers and also including some nice groups of In-calf heifers, youngstock and calves.
SHEEP SECTION
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)
LAMBS (283)
A similar entry to last week which was not enough to meet demand.
Best sorts to 510p/kg and plenty at 490p/kg and better.
Big lambs well bid for to a top of £267.30 with others at £230 and better.
An overall average at £197.01/head and 465p/kg for the whole sample.
Sample Prices: –
470p 36.4kg MR McLoughlin, Hilton
489p 37kg D Williams, Basford
460p 38kg TJ Nicholls, Stone
450p 38kg B Bennion, Willaston
490p 42.8kg JW Fentem, Biggin
491p 43.6kg J&B Fentem & Sons, Allsop en le Dale
510p 44kg E & D Kemps, Derby
498p 44kg A Woodward, Belper
490p 44kg J Tavernor & Co, Great Haywood
490p 44kg H White, Snelston
509p 44.5kg D Williams, Basford
499p 45kg E & D Kemps, Derby
485p 46.7kg D Williams, Basford
475p 46kg R Eaton, Holmes Chapel
478p 52.8kg R Eaton, Holmes Chapel
486p 55kg The Bonafide Farmers, Stoke
HOGGS (159)
A few more around this week but slowly coming to an end.
Best sorts to 425p/kg and £240.13/head.
Averages of 361p/kg or £157/head for a very mixed sample.
Sample Prices: –
420p 40kg P Smith, Rushton Spencer
422p 40.5kg P Smith, Rushton Spencer
420p 41.2kg IR Spendlove, Belper
404p 43kg IR Spendlove, Belper
400p 44kg SJ Lloyd, Ipstones
420p 46kg P Smith, Rushton Spencer
420p 46.5kg P Smith, Rushton Spencer
401p 46.5kg R & M Phillips & Sons, Ladmanlow
425p 56.5kg GA Titterton, Milwich
CULL EWES (203)
Auctioneer – Ed Groves (07964 510145)
A few more ewes forward with more needed each week selling to a solid trade. A seasonal show on offer with good fed ewes and grazing types. Fed ewes sold very well to £320 for Texels from H Hodgkinson & Sons, Earl Sterndale.
Fed Continentals £180 – £280
Plainer Sorts £150 – £180
Mules to £210, Generally £150 – £180
Fed Hill Ewes £100 – £130
Very Lean Ewes £60 – £120 depending on frame.
Sample Prices:
H Hodgkinson £320, £245, £191
G A Titterton £250, £240
D Williams £240, £210
G Biddulph £238, £220, £214, £200
R Challinor £236, £197
JS Hine £226
J Tavernor £220, £210
M Turner £219, £210, £207
R&M Philips £218, £201, £190
Tups a solid trade selling to £244, £218, £190 for RG Hall, Congleton. R&M Philips to £240, £195. J Brough to £232
Overall average £170/head.
CALVES (128)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Oliver Hiles (07801 530899)
A nice show with some quality calves on offer and trade remains as good as ever.
24 CONTINENTAL BULLS
Wow, what a price and some remarkable prices throughout the sale. Five best topped £800 with Martin Furness’s two British Blues at £950 and £820. Medium bulls £600 – £700 with a handful under £600.
17 Blues av £689 to £950 Furness & Taylor
2 Sims av £592 to £595 TD & DA Higginson
2 Lims av £525 to £730 PF Gilman
3 Char av £840 to £940 FJ Gould & Son
25 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
Just like the bulls with buyers galore and many more calves could be sold. £700 was the maximum price paid, twice for a Charolais from Richard Gould and a Limousin from John Kirkham.
12 Blues av £586 to £685 AJ & T Myatt
5 Sims av £529 to £635 J C & D Hudson
5 Lims av £581 to £700 J Kirkham
2 Char av £600 to £700 FJ Gould & Son
1 INRA to £680 KW Powell
42 NATIVES
Look at these averages. You won’t believe it!
15 AA Bulls av £598 to £670 PE Holmes & Son
7 Here Bulls av £547 to £660 GW&RI Mellor&Son
15 AA Heif av £481 to £590 PE Holmes & Son
5 Here Heif av £452 to £500 GW&RI Mellor&Son
11 BLACK & WHITE BULLS
Sold from £200 to £300 and miles dearer than we have known them.
25 REARED
£1005 Sim Steer (4mths) I Cook
£680 AA Bulls (2½ mths) JBS Eardley & Son
£900 Lim Bulls (1½mths) JD Pickford & Son
£830 BB Heifers (2-3mths) BJ&BW Brunt & Son
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SATURDAY 20th JUNE
Catalogued Sale of Store & Breeding Cattle
Entries Close Friday 12th June
Next Sale Saturday 4th July
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