Livestock & Dairy: Bakewell Market

A catch up market after than Bank Holiday week with 704 cattle and 1,470 sheep on offer.

Trade good in all departments with lambs a better trade and both finished and OTM cattle a shade dearer.

A decent entry of 442 store & breeding cattle attracted buyers from far and near with representatives from Wales, Northamptonshire and North Yorkshire together with a strong line up of regulars.  Steers reached £2,500 ave £1,669, heifers to £2,340 ave £1,548 and feeding bulls to £1,620.

Trade for stores looks to be set fair so if you have cattle to sell do not hesitate to let us know.

If you want a farm visit or extra promotion for a special entry speak to Alastair Sneddon on 07973 982441.

133 finished cattle this week, top figures 432p/kg and £3,282 per head.

The average for the 49 heifers was a healthy 358.1 pence and £2,167 per head.

61 calves on offer with trade remaining very strong, bulls to £1,060 and heifers £950.

In the sheep section there was plenty of demand for the 1,100 lambs on offer.

Top figures 376p/kg and £212.16.  The SQQ average was an excellent 330.9 pence.

This made typical lambs in the 39-45 kg bracket worth £139.72.

Another good turnout of 341 cull sheep sold on a lively trade with ewes reaching £292 to average £148.72 for a sample that matched plenty of leaner sorts.

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Forthcoming Fixtures

Thursday 10^th September – Thursday Lunchtime Sheep Sale

Friday 11^th September– 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.

68 BARREN, OTM AND FEEDING COWS overall ave 220.8 pence

(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)

A full compliment of buyers led to a marginally better trade, the average showing 3 pence lift on the week which is certainly encouraging to see.  Better end nicely over 250 pence including 4 over £3.  Overage clean to 310 pence for a 1 calf slip Simmental from CJ Stone, Buxton with another Blue from D Critchlow  at 304p and a Limmy cow from Andrew Carr also at 304p.  Grazing and farmer feeders all looking for cows all looking for cows to improve and this would make up a big part of the entry today.

Results:

Gross Prices:

38 Black & Whites averaged 193p/kg

Certainly, better at the bottom end.

3 OTM clean 260-292p

Better fed cows 210-234p

Big Lean Holsteins 190-205p

Plain or smaller cows 170-190p

Very plain under 150p

The best today:

133 FINISHED CATTLE Ave 347.2p/kg

(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)

Better numbers than a fortnight ago and a sharp trade throughout with a good run of commercial cattle with a few better sorts for the butchers amongst them.

46 Bulls Ave 329.8p

Better numbers and with a new order at ringside trade was fast from start to finish.  4 best over 400p and a high of 428p for a pure Limmy sort from The Wells Family, Monyash with a couple from Catherine Potter at 421 and 405p and Josh Hall had 402p all with suckler bred and shapey sorts.  Heavy well fed bulls 360-390p with 14 dairy B/W’s in the entry today with the best of these 275-296p.

Results:

Gross Prices:

38 Steers Ave 354.99p/kg

A solid trade with the best good to sell as ever, but more life at the middle and bottom end today.  Hazledine Farms had the pick today at 423p closely followed by Frankie Kunica at 420p.

Results:

Gross Prices:

49 Heifers Ave 358.1p/kg

All shapes and sizes including a few very best sorts for the butchers at the top of the pile.  Josh Hall maintained his spot at the top of the pile with his Blue at 432p with a couple more from Phil & Emma Watson at 428 and 422p.  12 Natives sold to 372p.

Results:

Gross Prices:

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

A good entry of 442 cattle met a strong line up of buyers to produce an outstanding trade with bidders struggling to secure a load.

There were some superb cattle in the entry a real credit to their producers and which resulted in some great highlights as detailed below.

Only a handful of breeding cattle which included:

Feeding cows to £1800 for P Wood, Wirksworth

15 Feeding Bulls

Sample Results

233 Steers ave £1669

A decent selection with customers present seeking all types.

Well matched bunches attracted the usual premium.

Sample Results:

185 Heifers average £1548

Plenty of interest at all price levels with excellent results throughout.

Sample Results:

61 CALVES (Auctioneers Ivor Lowe & Tash Hall)

A bumper entry of calves as we are back to normal after from the Tuesday market last week.

Bulls upto £780 for a British Blue from G & M Limer.

Heifers topped at £695 for a British Blue from GW & WL Neville,

A small selection of reared calves at the end topped at £1060 for two 4 month old Lim bulls from G & M Limer, the same vendor topped the reared heifers for two 4-5 month old British Blues at £950.

Bulls

B Blue                 £780     GW & WL Neville

B Blue                 £720     GW & WL Neville

Lim                      £705     D Fotherby & Sons

B Blue                 £695     D Fotherby & Sons

Sim                      £560     G Matkin

Hfrs

B Blue                 £695     GW & WL Neville

B Blue                 £650     GW & WL Neville

Lim                      £620     D Fotherby & Sons

B Blue                 £615     GW & WL Neville

1129 Lambs & 341 Ewes & Rams

Auctioneer Peter Oven

A very good entry of 1470 sheep included 1100 new season lambs.  Demand very good throughout with well fed meated lambs wanted.  Best butchers lambs sold to 376p/kg with heavyweights to 372p and the best 10 pens averaging 370.3 pence,  Top gross of £212.16.  Overall average 330.98p/kg

Leading Prices

Averages

341 Ewes & Rams

Auctioneers Mark Elliott & Holly Swift

Numbers good but more could have been well sold and trade strong from start to finish.  Yet again at Bakewell a very diverse entry from the big and stylish to the small and needing further grazing/feeding.

Top call £292 for smart continentals from Craig Wint & family at Alton.

Generally, all types good to sell with the better types with good shape and finish regularly £230 and above.

Stronger Suffolks but not the finest nicely over £200 per head and better Mules over £150.

The top 10 pens averaged £262.

Plenty of grazing types very well bid for, very few rams today with a strong Shropshire x from Richard Spencer at £182.

339 ewes ave £148.72

2 rams ave £136.00

Overall average £148.64