BAKEWELL LIVESTOCK MARKET

The new Agricultural Business Centre incorporating the Bakewell Livestock Market was opened in 1998 by the Princess Royal.  It gave Bakewell a state of the art facility and put it on the map as the regional centre for the Peak District and surrounding area.

Since re-opening in 2002 after the foot and mouth outbreak Bakewell has gone from strength to strength with sales of national significance and buyers attending from all parts of the country.

Livestock throughput for 2006 give an indication of the activity at Bakewell.

213,000 Sheep
40,000 Cattle

The facilities at Bakewell are state of the art with cattle and sheep penning and sales rings all under one roof together with offices, cafes and conference facilities and even a drop-in medical clinic for the farmers.

The livestock handling facilities are particularly note worthy with extensive unloading bays, sorting and numbering races.

Lorry parking is extensive with a well equipped lorry wash and wheel disinfecting tank at the exit to the market.

The sale rings are designed to exhibit stock to best advantage and provide easy access for vendors and purchasers. The main ring has a spiral staircase for access to the rostrum and a viewing gallery overlooking the cattle penning area.

There is also wheelchair access and a lift to the seating areas.  Both main sales rings feature electronic displays of information and are linked to the office computer system.

The programme of sales at Bakewell is as follows:-

Every Monday (except certain Bank Holidays and Bakewell Show)

		Typical entry
9.30am	Sale of OTM Cattle	100 to 200
10.30am	Finished lambs/hoggs followed by Cull Ewes	1,500 to 3,000 250 to 750
11.00am	Store Cattle	200 to 400
12 noon	Finished Bulls Finished Steers and Heifers	50 to100 100 to150
12 noon	Calves	50 to 100

 

Auctioneers at Bakewell

Monday Sales
OTM Cattle	Alastair Sneddon	Oliver Hiles
Store Cattle	Norman Tweddle	Oliver Hiles
Finished Cattle	Alastair Sneddon
Calves	Peter Oven
Finished Sheep& Lambs	Mark Elliott
Cull Ewes	Peter Oven
Thursday Sales
Store and Breeding Cattle	Alastair Sneddon, Norman Tweddle and Oliver Hiles
Store and Breeding Sheep	Alastair Sneddon
Breeding Rams & Pedigree Texels	Peter Oven

 

Auctioneers contact numbers

Alastair Sneddon	07973 982441	01629 812777
Norman Tweddle	07973 982400	01889 562811
Mark Elliott	07973 673092	01889 562811
Oliver Hiles	07801 530899	01629 812777
Peter Oven	07973 982443	01629 812777

Marketing advice and on-farm inspection

We are only too happy to inspect consignments of stock on farm prior to marketing in order to advise the best time and date for sale and also to be able to contact and provide first hand details to potential buyers.

Buyers attend Bakewell sales from all parts of the UK and we like to give them as much information as possible in advance.  We have extensive mailing lists for our catalogued sales and we regularly photograph major consignments in their own surroundings in order to indicate to buyers the type of terrain in which the stock has been reared.

 

 

 

 

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