Livestock & Dairy: Bakewell Market

Bakewell Market Ewe Lamb Sale 2024-09-19

EWE LAMBS

SHOW & SALE REPORT

DAY 1 THURSDAY 19TH SEPTEMBER 2024

MULES & MASHAMS

2,440 catalogued

Judges Ian & Olivia Woodward

 

 A catalogued sale of 2,440 Mule & Masham ewe lambs met a packed ring of prospective buyers with clients from Yorkshire, Gloucestershire, Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Monmouthshire & Somerset as well as numerous from Derbyshire.

In the pre sale show the judges Ian & Olivia Woodward had some excellent pens before them with their chosen winning pens as follows:

 

Show Results:

 

Mules

1st G Ford

2nd R & L White

3rd Mycock & Bright

 

Mashams

1st   GM & DE Storer

2nd  R Jones

 

The sale results tell the full story with the best tupping lambs peaking at £250 (twice) and an overall average of £149.81, up £25 on last year, with leading prices even in the last catalogued pen.

 

NC Mules

£250.00 G Ford
£250.00 R & L White
£230.00 G Ford
£195.00 Mycock & Bright
£195.00 AJ & GH Bland
£195.00 MRP Critchlow
£170.00 RD & L Worthington

 

Derbyshire Mules

£145.00 R Edgecox
£144.00 AJ & GH Bland

 

Scotch Mules

£165.00 JD Wood
£155.00 JD Wood

 

Mashams

£132.00 GM & DE Storer,
£125.00 R Jones

 

Cheviot Mules

£137.00 SW Frith

 

 

DAY 2 FRIDAY 20TH SEPTEMBER 2024

TEXEL X, SUFFOLK X AND ALL OTHER BREEDS

 

The show kindly judged by Mr Richard Moss

 

 

A total entry of 5.303 on offer up by over 2,000 on last year with an excellent trade from the outset to the very end with a total clearance easily achieved.

Customers gathered from both neighbouring counties and further afield with the sale completed by 2.30pm with an overall average of some £137 per head to a top of £210.

Suffolk x attracted particular interest this year to a large potential audience topping £210 with the average at £146, up some £25 on last year and the Texel x to £191 and the average at £130, up £8 on last year.

 

Show Results:

 

Texel x

1st          ISJ Farming

2nd            R Frith

3rd          E Wayne

 

Suffolk x

1st          DN & JE Renwick

2nd         MJ Burnett & Son

3rd          WS Hudson & Son

 

Suffolk x to £210 average £146.59

£210 DN & JE Renwick, Middleton by Youlgreave
£205 DN & JE Renwick, Middleton by Youlgreave
£180 MJ Burnett & Son, Rowsley
£180 WS Hudson, Ilam
£170 DN & JE Renwick, Middleton by Youlgreave
£170 DN & JE Renwick, Middleton by Youlgreave

 

Texel x to £191 average £131.17

£191 RA Frith, Thorpe
£168 ISJ Farming Ltd, Dalbury Lees
£168 RM Hadfield Ltd, Castleton
£162 RA Frith, Thorpe
£162 RM Hadfield Ltd, Castleton
£160 WS Hudson, Ilam

 

Cheviot to £165 average £144.72

£165 B & M Frost, Bakewell
£153 B & M Frost, Bakewell
£146 B & M Frost, Bakewell

 

Char x to £150 average £117.41

£150 EG Wayne, Bonsall
£134 EG Wayne, Bonsall

 

 

 

Auctioneer:

Peter Oven

Market Associate

Ivor Lowe

Partner

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