Livestock & Dairy: Bakewell Market

Bakewell Market Monday Livestock Sale

A distinctly frosty morning with vendors more than happy to drop & go so they could get back in to a warm vehicle as quickly as possible.

Stock numbers good for the time of year with 823 cattle and almost 1700 sheep on offer.

It would appear that lockdown has assisted the meat trade because all categories of livestock remain in strong demand.

The store & breeding cattle section was busy again with a total of 498 head on offer.  Steers sold to £1,280, heifers £1,300 and feeding bulls £740.

There was plenty of interest in the selection of breeding cattle with cows & calves to £1,300 and in-calf cows £1,000.

The special entry of pedigree Simmentals saw i/c cows to £1,820 and stock bulls £1,600.

The 127 finished cattle looked very well sold with top figures 272p and £1,602.

58 Heifers averaged 205p a figure which gives a good indication of the strength of demand.

A useful entry of 138 OTM and feeding cows sold to 179p and £1,471, the average looking solid at 110p.

A similar entry of 61 calves with bulls to £342 and heifers £228.

In the sheep section there were 1,156 lambs with the best on offer to 243p and £115.11.  The SQQ average emerged at 206.5p down a bit on the week, but almost 30p better than last year.

There were 527 cull sheep on offer with ewes to £130 and an average of £76.22.

Forthcoming Events

• Thursday 26^th November: Regular Lunchtime Sheep Sale
• Monday 30^th November: Normal Market
• Thursday 3^rd December: Regular Lunchtime Sheep Sale
• Sunday 6^th December: Derbyshire Carol Service – ONLINE ONLY
• Monday 7^th December: Normal market, show quality stock to be sold in normal sections
• Friday 11^th December: Final Round Up of Store Sheep
• Monday 14^th December: Normal Market
• Monday 21^st December: Last market before Christmas
• Monday 28^th December: NO MARKET
• Monday 4^th January: Back to business as normal

138 Barren, OTM and Feeding Cows Overall Average 110.5p (Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)
an increased entry of 138 overage cattle and a better average, up 2 pence on the week as the regulars battled hard to secure a good load.  Two lovely blue cows topped the day at 179 and 172p for Keith Belfield, Sheen.  Better sorts generally over 145p with a number of keeping cows 120-130p

70 Black & White and ex-dairy cows Ave 97.7p

Above half the entry with more B&W’s than we have had for a long While.  Better Friesian sorts to 132p with better cows generally over 118p.  Big Holsteins 105-115p with smaller cows 90-110p and plain in the 70’s and 80’s.

Sample Results:

And Gross Prices:

13 OTM Steers

 3 OTM Bulls

127 FINISHED CATTLE – overall average 192.1p (Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)

Similar numbers to last week and the equivalent week last year and trade much improved today.  Christmas buying now in full swing and some remarkable top calls.

11 Finished Bulls ave 189.2p/kg

Only a few this week with the top 6 bulls over 205p and a top of 212p for Messrs Fearn, Wardlow Mires.

Sample Results:

And Gross Prices:

CHRISTMAS SHOW & SALE

MONDAY 7^TH DECEMBER 2020

• Judging in the pens at 9am
• NO Onlookers or spectators
• 30 Cattle booked in already

Speak to Oliver with entries or for any information

58 Steers – overall average 180.5p/kg

15 Natives, 13 B&W, and 30 Continentals with some excellent quality throughout and an outstanding trade.  Steven Wells topped with a Limousin at 242p/kg with better sorts generally 220p plus.  Angus to 193p, Herefords to 189 and Devons to 185p

Sample Results:

And Gross Prices:

58 Finished Heifers – overall average 205.3p/kg

A good show of butcher’s heifers today and outstanding quality in the entry and prices unseen at Bakewell for a long while.  S & G Evans had a lovely run of 5 well bred and fed cattle selling to 272p and 271p and purchased by RW Walmsley, Quality Butchers at Catterton, York.  Katy Allen had a tremendous Blue at 266p.  14 Natives had Angus to 219p, Herefords to 198p and Longhorns to 210p.  3 Dairy heifers 9non breeders) sold to 156 pence (twice)

Sample Results:

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STORE & BREEDING CATTLE – (Auctioneer Alastair Sneddon)

Another entry of almost 500 head or 498 to be precise.

All sold and with a tremendous trade from start to finish.  There was demand for all categories of stock and plenty of highlights along the way.

We were favoured this week with a number of large consignments which allowed some strong bunches of cattle to be sold together.

These bigger lots of around 10 cattle sold together definitely attracted a premium and it hastened the progress of the sale which is in everybody’s interests at this difficult time.

The sale commenced with some 60 breeding stock which included:

Cows & Calves

In Calf Cattle

Bulling Heifers

The section also included a special entry of Pedigree Simmental Cattle from Storer Smith Simmentals of Uttoxeter and featured:

Feeding Bulls

45 this week to include:

223 Steers ave £816

A wonderful trade for all types with plenty of buying power either present or represented.

Angus & Hereford crosses looking very well sold.  Very fierce competition for bigger bunches with sample results as follows:

171 Heifers ave £702

Plenty of demand and some tremendous prices achieved.  Angus and Hereford crosses selling particularly well.

It is of course still Drop & Go, but vendors need not worry about prices with results exceeding expectations in most cases.

Sample Results:

61 CALVES (Auctioneer Ivor Lowe)

Another sharp trade with bulls seeing B Blue to £342 and Limousin to £305.  Same story in the heifers with better sorts regularly over £200 with B Blue peaking at £228.

No real strength in terms of Black & White but these regularly upward of £50 to a top of £82

An entry of reared calves those around 2-3 mnths with B Blue bulls to £395 and heifers to £322.

1,692 Sheep including 1,165 Finished Lambs & 527 Cull Sheep

 (Auctioneer Peter Oven)

A total entry of 1692 head of sheep included 1165 lambs.  Best sorts still a good trade to peak at 243p/kg with 14 pens over 225p/kg.  A larger proportion of half fleshed sorts were becoming harder to sell.  The overall average 206.51p/kg with top gross of £115/head.

Leading Prices: –

Averages:

Old Season Lambs to 159p/kg – Average 139.14p/kg

527 Cull Sheep

The best ewes good to sell, but definitely a resistance from buyers for the secondary sorts.  Top call £130 for best Beltex from Madders & Johnson at Tixall.  The Mellors family from Epworth had £127 for their best types with others over £110.

Big Suffolk ewes around the £100 mark with best Mules around £72.00.  A few Swale ewes between £46 and £52.

Best rams at £134 for a Texel from Harry Young with others at £105 and £99.

Cast Ewes        To: £130          Ave: £76.22    

Cast Rams       To: £134          Ave: £84.92