Livestock & Dairy: Bakewell Market

A busy day for the last Monday before Easter with 668 cattle and 1,596 sheep on offer.

An outstanding trade for all categories of sheep.  Calves off the clock, Store cattle attracting such comments as ‘the dearest ever seen’ and OTM cattle on the week with only finished cattle failing to reach last week’s figures.

There was a decent entry of 452 store cattle with a tremendous trade from start to finish with the younger and smaller cattle looking particularly well sold.  Steers sold to £2,560 to ave £1,648, Heifers to £2,390 ave £1,467 and young bulls to £1,900 ave £1,322.

There were 105 finished cattle forward and a good solid trade for all, but with prices a shade less than last week.

Top figures 437p/kg and £3,950 per head.

The average for the 71 heifers was a respectable 369.4p and £2,369 per head.

OTM cattle continuing to be in short supply with only 81 on offer.  Top figures 375p/kg and £2,616 per head.  The average was a useful 256.4 pence and £1,658 per head.

As previously mentioned, the 30 calves were in great demand with bulls to £840 and heifers £690.

In the sheep department it was the Easter Lamb Show.  Spring lambs are in short supply with Easter being early this year.

There were 86 forward and clearly very much wanted.

The champion lamb made 900p/kg to gross £387, full details later in this report.

The SQQ average for Spring lambs was 607.9p/kg making a typical lamb in the 39-45kg range worth £254.09.

A good turnout of 1,216 hoggs sold very well indeed with top figures 499p/kg and £243/head.

The SQQ average was 432.2p/kg making a typical lamb in the 39-45kg bracket worth £186.76.

284 cull sheep this week with ewes to £299 ave £162.88.

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Thursday 2^nd April – Thursday Lunchtime Sheep Sale

We have been asked to inform you that

The Funeral for

Philip Hooley

Will be held on

Wednesday 15^th April at 11am

at St Saviour’s, Wildboarclough

After at Ryles Arms, Hollin Lane, Sutton.

Clare & Lisa would like to invite as many friends of their Dad’s to attend the celebration of his life and after at Ryles Arms to share their memories

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81 BARREN, OTM AND FEEDING COWS overall ave 256.5p/kg or £1658

(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)

Less cows about nationally and in Bakewell they remain good to sell with the average up 6 pence on the week and some feeding cows looking particularly well sold.  Top call today was 375 and 370p for 2 Lim cows from Dan & Sam Byard, Tupton, both going for feeding to improve their value.  Best 10 cows sold over 310p.  As said, plenty of feeding buyers looking for good quality or young guaranteed barren cows to try and improve their value.

Results:

Gross Prices:

33 Black & White and ex dairy cows ave 221p/kg

From the very best to the plainest end, but all sold to advantage.

The best today:

2 OTM Steers

105 FINISHED CATTLE ave 372.01p/kg

(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)

A good quality entry this week with some super specimens and some excellent prices at the top end.

13 Young Bulls ave 357.4p/kg

Only a few today but a good price for each and every one.  John Ottewell had 430p for a Blue x (£3121) with dairy bred Blues from Ben Jones at 388 and 384p.

Results:

Gross Prices:

21 Steers ave 356.6p/kg

Short on numbers, but not on trade.  Keith Harrop had the best today at 388 & 385p for Blue x bullocks, with a big lad from David Smith at £2700.

Results:

Gross Prices

71 Heifers ave 369.4p/kg

A good show of heifers and plenty of trade for all sorts.  Nick Hollinshead had the pick of the trade with his high quality heifers selling to 437, 424, 412 & 406p.  Sue Jeffery had 420p.  The top 12 all over £4/kg.  Two big girls today over £3000 at £3048 for Charlie Boden (Lim, 33 mnths) and Clive Bacon at £3010.

Results:

Gross Prices:

STORE & BREEDING CATTLE – (Auctioneers Alastair Sneddon & Meg Elliott)

A decent entry of 452 store cattle sold on a particularly sharp trade with the smaller and younger cattle looking very dear indeed.

Don’t forget that next week’s market is on Tuesday and if you have store cattle to sell, we need the details by 12 noon on Thursday.

Only a couple of breeding cattle:

47 Feeding Bulls

Sample Prices:

199 Steers ave £1648

Fantastic trade at all price levels as the following figures will demonstrate.

If you have stores to sell do not hesitate to call us.  Bakewell buyers would love the chance to bid at them.

Sample Results:

203 Heifers ave £1467

Outstanding prices right through the sale with demand outstripping supply.

Well matched bunches attracting the usual premium.

Sample Results:

30 CALVES (Auctioneer Ivor Lowe)

They just keep on getting dearer with nowhere near enough on offer for the level of demand seen today.

A smart B Blue bull from the Wheeldon’s at Atlow peaked at £840 with heifers from the same home at £690.

Native bred and B/W’s looking particularly dear with Holsteins to a top of £260.

Bulls

B Blue                 £840     GS & L Wheeldon, Atlow

B Blue                 £730     GS & L Wheeldon, Atlow

B Blue                 £675     JM & D Shepherd, Hassop

Lim                      £685     D Fotherby & Sons, Wormhill

Holst                   £260     JM & D Shepherd, Hassop

Hfrs

B Blue                 £690     GS & L Wheeldon, Atlow

Lim                      £495     D Fotherby & Sons, Wormhill

86 SPRING LAMBS, 1216 OLD SEASON LAMBS 284 EWES & RAMS & 10 CADE LAMBS

(Auctioneer Peter Oven)

A total entry of 1596 head of sheep included 86 Spring lambs for the Easter Show & Sale.  The judge for the day was John Bailey who had excellent quality lambs before him.  Philip Brough & Family taking most of the prizes.

Light Pairs

1^st          R Brough & Son             39.0kg                 710p/kg             PJ Bailey

2^nd         R Brough & Son             37.0kg                 700p/kg             J Kemp

3^rd          R Brough & Son             38.5kg                 700p/kg             J Kemp

Light Single

1^st          R Brough & Son             36.0kg                 790p/kg             J Kemp

2^nd         R Brough & Son             36.0kg                 730p/kg             J Kemp

3^rd          R Brough & Son             33.0kg                 720p/kg             W & G Yates

Heavy pairs

1^st          R Brough & Son             40.0kg                 720p/kg             Ashfold Quality Meats

2^nd         R Brough & Son             40.0kg                 730p/kg             J Kemp

3^rd          R Brough & Son             39.5kg                 720p/kg             W & G Yates

Heavy Single

1^st          R Brough & Son             43.0kg                 900p/kg             C Voce

2^nd         R Brough & Son             45.0kg                 700p/kg             J Kemp

3^rd          R Swift & Sons                46.0kg                 600p/kg             J Kemp

Native

1^st          MR & ER Glover             39.5kg                 515p/kg             TG Sargeant & Son

2^nd         A Birch                              42.0kg                 430p/kg             C Voce

The Champion lamb was the heavy single which grossed £387.00.

Standard           To 790p/kg       Ave 599.48p/kg

Medium             To 900p/kg       Ave 614.5p/kg

Heavy                 To 600p/kg       Ave 516.31p/kg

In the old season lambs a total of 1216 saw trade once again off the clock to peak at 499p/kg for best butchers types, heavy butchers lambs to 475p/kg and over weights to 448p/kg with a top gross of £244/head.  The overall average 431.86p/kg up 16 pence on the week.

Leading Prices

Averages

10 Cade Lambs on offer today sold to a top of £41 to average £28.50

284 Ewes & Rams

Auctioneers Mark Elliott & Holly Swift)

A good trade from start to finish with all categories well bid for and premium sorts dearer.

Top price £299 for John Spillane with other good continentals £290 & £294.

Plenty of heavy and stylish ewes £230 and above. The top 10 pens £271.20.

No massive Mules forward, but good fleshed mediums over £145 per head with a smaller proportion of horned ewes forward native types saw Gritstone to over £120.

In the rams a very mixed entry with all the better end over £190 and a top of £274 for premium fleshed Texels.

100% clearance in all sections overall average £164.53.

Ewes ave £162.88

Rams ave £192.25