Livestock & Dairy: Bakewell Market

A full house in advance of the Bank Holiday week with 793 cattle and 1,752 sheep on offer from a total of 226 vendors.

Trade solid in all sections with store cattle again very dear, lambs up on the week, Finished cattle holding their own and OTM cattle down a bit.

There was a capacity entry of store & breeding cattle with a total of 541 on offer.

The sale commenced with a special entry of 15 cow & calf outfits from RM Calcott of Tamworth.  These attracted particular interest with examples at £4,000, £3,650, £3,600 and 4 at £3,500.

The pedigree Limousin Stock Bull from the same farm made £3,000.

In the regular run of store cattle steers reached £2,320 ave £1,596, heifers £2,220 ave £1,398 and pure Lim feeding bulls £2,350.

There was plenty of interest from start to finish with all types well bid for not least several runs of weaned calves that looked very well sold.

A few less finished cattle on offer with 88 in total.  Top prices 426p/kg and £2,937 per head.

The average for the 48 heifers was a solid 363.4 pence and £2,265 per head.

There were 82 OTM cattle this week with trade a shade easier.

Top figures 308p/kg and £2,544 per head.

The average 217.0p and £1,494 per head.

52 calves on offer with prices showing no sign of easing, bulls to £840 and heifers £685.

A decent entry of 1,342 finished lambs saw prices up on the week.  Top figures 378p/kg and £194.38 per head.

The SQQ average was 321.1 pence making a typical lamb in the 39-45kg bracket worth £137.88.

A larger entry of 400 cull sheep with ewes to £285 to average £131.66 for a selection which included a good many plain sorts.

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Forthcoming Fixtures

Thursday 27^th August – Thursday Lunchtime Sheep Sale

Friday 28^th August – Show & Sale of Store Lambs

Please note we have updated our policies regarding the unloading and loading livestock:

• Vendors/Hauliers are responsible for livestock until safely loaded onto the docks. It is the Vendor/Hauliers responsibility to chain and secure gates.

• Once unloaded, all livestock movements are under the direction and control of the Market Drovers.

• Vendors may assist with livestock movement at the discretion of the Drovers.

• Any assistance is voluntary, undertaken at the vendors own risk and must be in accordance with Drover instruction.

• We advise that Purchasers/Hauliers seek Drover assistance prior to loading cattle/sheep.

• If Purchasers/Hauliers choose to load livestock without Drover assistance, they do so voluntarily and at their own risk.

• It is the Purchasers/Hauliers responsibility to chain and secure gates.

• Please ensure that pass-out documentation matches animal identification prior to loading.

82 BARREN, OTM AND FEEDING COWS overall ave 217.1 pence or £1494

(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)

A few extras on offer with passengers being offloaded as the grass situation becomes severe.

The average is about 7 pence less on the week which looks in line with the national trends but as Bakewell is a green (restricted) market, the feeding buyers put a good base in the trade to keep the feeding cows looking well sold.  Best price was a Blue x heifer, 31 mnths from Messrs Bryer, Turnditch with the best cow at 304p (£1939) for a Blond from Stuart Mycock, Flagg.  Better end generally 250-280p.

Results:

Gross Prices:

40 Black & Whites averaged 183p/kg

Less money but still a competitive trade against the opposition.

Better cows 205-234p

Big Holsteins 185-200p

Plainer sorts 150-180p

Plainest end under 140p

The best today:

1 OTM Bull

118 FINISHED CATTLE Ave 350.6p/kg

(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)

Less on offer and the average is about 11 pence up on the week, but more down to the quality of cattle on offer today.

30 Bulls Ave 329.1p

Trade good and competitive without breaking boundaries but all looked a bit better sold this week.  Colin Pearce had a beauty at 430p (£2846) with a couple from Keith Harrop at 410p and 402p.

Results:

Gross Prices:

40 Steers Ave 350.6p/kg

All types, shapes, breeds and sizes represented and a solid price throughout.  Shapey suckler bred types to 410p for Messrs Archer, Scropton and also at 410p and 405p was Frankie Kunica T/A Belper Skip Hire, Moorwood Moor.

Results:

Gross Prices:

48 Heifers Ave 363.4p/kg

A good run and some real quality at the top end.  Tom & Jack Gratton, Riber ‘The Gratton Boys’ had a show heifer at 420p which was purchased by Joe Kemp, Butchers at Hayfield.  Frankie Kunica was in the money with heifers also at 418p selling to Ian Meakin, Butchers in Leek.

Results:

Gross Prices:

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

A wonderful entry of 541 store & breeding cattle attracted a packed ring of buyers from far and near.

The Blue tongue message remains the same as last week.

Trade for all types outstanding with particular interest in the small and young animals.  At the other end of the spectrum there were some superb short keep cattle all selling on a great trade.

The sale started with a few breeding cattle which included a special entry of 15 cow & calf outfits from RM Calcott of Tamworth.

Other breeding stock included:

18 Feeding Bulls

Sample Results

298 Steers ave £1596

Plenty of interest in all types, several runs of young cattle attracted fierce bidding and as usual well matched bunches commanded a premium.

Sample Results:

182 Heifers average £1398

Plenty to pick from with a great trade throughout.

Sample Results:

52 CALVES (Auctioneers Ivor Lowe & Tash Hall)

A very good entry of strong calves today with a total entry of 52.  Trade equally as strong from start to finish with the best bull at £840 for a Lim from TN Palfreyman & Son.

The best heifer a Lim from D Fotherby & Sons achieving a very good £685.

A small entry of reared calves with the best at £740 for a 3 month old AA bull from JW Brandrick & Son.

All bulls to average £546 and heifers £511 – a reflection of the strong entry.

Bulls

Lim                      £840     TN Palfreyman & Son

Lim                      £830     D Fotherby & Sons

B Blue                 £805     JE & CM Fletcher & Co

B Blue                 £800     JE & CM Fletcher & Co

Sim                      £680     G Matkin

Hfd                       £665     AP Critchlow

Hfrs

Lim                      £685     D Fotherby & Sons

B Blue                 £665     JE & CM Fletcher & Co

B Blue                 £625     D Fotherby & Sons

Lim                      £600     G & M Limer

B Blue                 £600     TN Palfreyman & Son

1342 Lambs, 400 Ewes & Rams & Store Sheep

Auctioneer Peter Oven

A very good entry of 1752 head of sheep included 1342 lambs.  Demand very brisk for the corn fed stronger sorts with best butchers lambs to 378p/kg with heavy types to 375p/kg and overweights to 342p/kg.  Top gross of £195/head.

Overall average 321.13p/kg.

Leading Prices

Averages

400 Ewes & Rams

Auctioneers Mark Elliott & Holly Swift

A very diverse entry with several big runs of grazing ewes sold later in the day and plainer types in all breeds and sizes looking well sold on the week and vendors well rewarded.

The biggest and shapely top 15% good to sell to a top of £285 for the Swift Family at Red House.  Best neat Texels and Beltex £250 for the Broughs and £240 plus for the Andrews Family and Swift Family.

Good small runs and continental crosses £180 plus with a few Scotties and smaller types looking a good trade in the £100-£118 bracket as these better types were only half meated and medium framed.

Plenty of men out for grazers with Stuart Hudson up to £120 for Mules (correct below) showing hard Summer conditions North of Ashbourne.

ewes ave £131.65

rams ave £129.75

Overall average £131.63