Total entry of 505 of store and breeding cattle on offer with the best quality cattle continually looking particularly well sold with younger sorts also in good demand.
Breeding Section
There were less suckler cows on offer this week with a Limousin cow with a Hereford heifer calf at foot with the cow being PD’d back in calf to the Hereford from John Davies of Biddulph Moor exchanging hands for £1400 with another Hereford cow with a Hereford heifer calf of similar note from the same vendor at £1280.
K Parker from Rugeley sold a Hereford cow with a Simmental steer calf at foot with the cow being PD’d back in calf 5 months to the Hereford for £1470.
In calf cows sold up to £1030 from Mr Brown of Gawsworth.
Young Bulls
There was more young bulls on offer this week with top price being £795 for a bunch of 4, 14 month British Blues from WE Turnock & Sons with a Shorthorn 9 month old bull from Andrew Trueman of Quarnford at £750, 3 Holstein x bulls at 14 months of age from WE Turnock & Sons at £705, a 12 month old Hereford at £616 from the same vendor, 11 month old Limousin bull from WE Turnock & Sons again sold for £555 with others at £530 for Holsteins, £520 for 6 month old British Blues.
There were a number of smaller sorts on offer which reduced the average to £527.37.
Steers
There were 258 steers on offer with the top price of the day being £1160 for a bunch of 4, 27 month old Herefords from Beechcliffe Farms Partners of Trentham with a bunch of 3 Angus, 18 months old from TJ Hargreaves of Gratton at £1125 and another bunch of 3, 18 month old Angus from the same vendor at £1000.
British Blue steers from RG & AS Williamson from Wetley Rocks sold up to £1120 at 13 months of age with a pair of 26 month old British Blues from the same vendor at £1095 and a single 23 month old at £1035.
A bunch of 4 good quality Simmental steers at 23 months of age from R Shaw of Biddulph at £1095 with a bunch of 3 from the same vendor 21 months of age at £1050.
3 Limousin steers from J Hudson of Ipstones at 18 months of age sold for £1040 with a single 16 month old from G Goodwin of Wetley Rocks at £995 and a pair from J Hudson of Ipstones at 17 months of age at £980.
A pair of 17 month old Charolais from S Kidd of Quarnford were well sold at £995 with 5, 25 month old dairy Shorthorn steers from M Renshaw of Butterton at £975 and a 18 month old Bazadaise from A Buxton of Bollington at £910. Montbeliarde steers from J Carr of
Cheddleton at 22 months of age sold up to £870. A bunch of 3 Danish Red steers from Mollatt Partnership of Field sold for £825 with Holsteins at 17 months of age up to £750 from the same vendors.
Young cattle sold up to £900 for a excellent shaped 8 month old Limousin from P Watson of Stockport with a 10 month old Limousin from J & A Worthington of Macclesfield at £870, a 9 month old Limousin at £835 from J Davies of Biddulph and a Blonde 10 month old from EG Taylor & Partners of Rugeley at £830.
Overall average for steers was £685.19.
Heifers
There were 186 heifers on offer with the top price of the day being £1170 achieved for a pair of excellent shaped 31 month old Charolais from KW Dakin of Lower Withington with another 19 month old Charolais from R Worthington of Edale at £1110 and a pair of 17 month old from S Kidd at £1080.
British Blue heifers from RG & AS Williamson of Wetley Rocks sold up to £1130 with a pair from the same vendor at £1095 at 24 months of age and 2 British Blue heifers from S & C O’Rourke of Martin at £1060.
Younger British Blues at 18 months of age from J Bailey & Sons of Greenway Bank sold for £1020.
Limousin heifers from RG & AS Williamson of Wetley Rocks sold up to £960 at 20 months of age with a bunch of 3, 22 months old Simmentals from R Shaw of Biddulph at £945.
Younger cattle sold up to £750 for 12 month old Limousins from DA & LM Moss of Rushton Spencer and another 12 month old Limousin from SB Mellor & Sons of Winkhill at £705. A pair of 12 month old British Blue heifers from TD & DA Higginson of Knutsford at £680
Overall average for heifers was £672.47.
