Livestock & Dairy: Bakewell Market

MONDAY 17^th OCTOBER 2022

A few less stock than last week with 847 cattle and 1985 sheep on offer.

The Store & Breeding section still well supported with 479 head after several weeks of full capacity.

Trade, however, was well up to snuff with plenty of highlights and steers to £1,590, heifers to £1,460 and feeding bulls to £1,240.

In the breeding section cows and calves topped at £1940 with in calvers to £1,040 and stock bulls to £1,950.

Finished cattle numbers are holding up well with 130 this week.  Top figures 306p/kg and £2,034 per head.

Our usual barometer of trade the average for the 36 heifers looked very fair at 245.8p.

OTM & feeding cows were out in force with 137 on offer.  Top figures 228p/kg and £1,944 per head.

The average was up a shade this week at a healthy looking 166.6p.

A bumper crop of calves forward with 101 in total.  Bulls sold to £292 and heifers £235.

In the sheep section the 1,387 lambs maintained recent trends with well meated lambs making their money and the plainer sorts selling at substantially less.

The market average of course depends on the relative number of meated lambs to plain lambs.

Top prices today were 256p/kg and £149.80 per head.

The SQQ was back abit at 225p, but time will tell whether this is a good price on the week.

558 cull sheep with ewes to £155 to average £74.61

FORTHCOMING FIXTURES

Thursday 20^th October: Thursday Lunchtime Sheep Sale

Friday 21^st October: Store Sheep Sale

Friday 28^th October: Orange Sale for TB restricted cattle

Monday 14^th November: Special Entry Store & Breeding Cattle.

Annual consignment from JW & RG Ede, Youlgreave.

38 in calf Heifers (PD to Ped Lim for Feb/March/April calving

32 Lim, 2 Sim, 2 Blue & 2 Angus

Farm Sales

Thursday 20^th October: Home Farm, Wigwell

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Peak Farmers Group Farm Walk

Join us on Wednesday 19^th October 11am-2.30pm at Matlock Meadows, Snitterton Rd, Matlock, DE4 2JG by kind permission of the Dakin family with GLW Feeds.

We will be finding out about:

• Robotic milking systems in practice
• Getting to grips with the raw materials of livestock feed
• The carbon footprint of livestock feed – what you need to know
• Ice cream parlour diversification success

Free to attend, lunch included.  Contact 07483 373435 or email info@peakfarmersgroup.co.uk to find out more or book a place.

The Farming Life Centre

Join our team – do you have an understanding of the farming industry, a genuine interest in the wellbeing of those who work in it and seek a rewarding role?  If so we are recruiting a Farm Business Project Coordinator – 21 hours per week (to be worked flexibly).  Visit our website www.thefarminglifecentre.org.uk for further details and to download an application form or request an application form by emailing Rachel Metcalfe at: rachelmetcalfe@thefarminglifecentre.org.uk

 We have been asked to inform you

The Funeral of

Geoff Hodgson

will take place on

Thursday 20^th October

at 3pm

Wormhill Church

137 Barren, OTM and Feeding Cows overall average 166.66p/kg (£1,107)

(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)                    

A few more than last week and indeed the same week as last year with 54 vendors selling cows in Bakewell today and a solid trade throughout with the average up 4 pence on the week with an extra order at ringside.  15 best cows today topped 190p and sold to 228p for a lovely Lim x feeding cows from Andrew & Rachel Mycock, Flagg with heavy well-made cows from Margaret Heath at 226p of £1789.  Plenty of feeding cows about this year and they were purchased by an army of buyers who the necessary AF units.

Results:

Gross Prices:

61 Black & White and ex Dairy Cows ave 161p

More on offer and dear on the week.

6 OTM clean heifers 188-207p

Best cows 170-183p

Big fed Holstein 160-170p

Leaner parlour cows 150-160p

Plainer sorts under 150p

The best today:

4 OTM Bulls

2 OTM Steers

130 FINISHED CATTLE – overall average 219.2p/kg

(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)

All buyers very keen today for the 38 bulls, 56 steers and just 36 heifers.  41 vendors today selling to 23 different accounts.  Competition to boost the price.

38 Young Bulls ave 227.2p

Quality bulls today from John Ottewell topped the day at 273p with another at 249p and Keith Belfield had 271,257 and 249 for his suckler bred bulls.  11 dairy x bulls sold to 209p.

Results:

Gross Prices:

56 Steers ave 227p/kg

Better numbers of steers, a number that required feeding but a number of AFU’s at ringside secured that nothing was undersold.  Best meated and quality well fed steers from Stan Evans topped at 296,295, 290 and 288p.  Angus to 246p, Hereford to 232 as well as 9 B/W’s today.

Results:

Gross Prices:

36 Heifers ave 245.8p/kg

Good quality in short supply today with only 36 heifers in total with the butchers having to search hard to fill their requirements.  A trio of heifers topped 300p with Harold & Brian Ponsonby, Tideswell at the top with quality heifers to 306 and 300p.  Michael Wynne also at 300p/kg.  Hereford to 226p and Angus to 253p.

Results:

Gross Prices:

STORE & BREEDING CATTLE – (Auctioneer Alastair Sneddon)

A few less than the capacity entries we have had lately with ‘only’ 479 head of cattle on offer.

A good line up of buyers which included the odd new face and ensured that recent price levels were maintained.

Rather more young cattle on offer of various qualities all of which found their level at an appropriate price.

Older, stronger cattle were a very strong trade as these statistics will demonstrate.

The sale commenced with some 22 Breeding Cattle which included:

30 Feeding Bulls

There were 30 feeding bulls which included:

228 Steers ave £904

Plenty of trade for all ages and types.  Angus & Hereford selling well as were the black & white.  All in all, a very decent trade from start to finish.

Sample Results:

199 Heifers ave £742

A good many younger and smaller cattle in the entry, but all finding a customer.  Quality very varied with some outstanding highlights for the top-quality specimens following on from the HPLS sale last Friday.

Sample Results:

101 CALVES (Auctioneer Ivor Lowe)

A further increase in numbers forward with stronger sorts rewarded with a good trade but some smaller sorts meeting a more selective trade.

Bulls saw Limousin to £292 and B Blue to £230 and heifers seeing B Blue to £235.

Not quite so much interest in the B/W today but that said not much strength in the entry that was forward.

Bulls

Lim                      £292     WJ & DM Madin, Holymoorside

B Blue                 £280     Holtwood Farm, Doveridge

B Blue                 £260     PS & SP Kershaw, Bradford Road

Hfd                       £210     D Fotherby & Sons, Wormhill

Heifers

B Blue x              £235     JE Seals & Son, Shirland

Hfd                       £170     Pidcock & Matkin, Teversal

1389 Lambs, 558 Ewes & Rams & 38 Store Lambs

 A very good entry of 1985 sheep included 1389 lambs.  Demand back slightly on last week, but best meated lambs still wanted regardless of weight.  Best butchers lambs to 254p/kg with heavyweight butchers lambs to 256p/kg and overweight sorts to 250p/kg with a top gross of £149.80/head.  The overall average for lambs 226.64p/kg.

Leading Prices: –

Averages:

558 Cull Sheep

Another excellent show of 558 cull ewes and rams saw a sharper trade throughout with numerous grazing buyers present.  Best pedigree Texels to £139 and the top 10 pens averaging £138/head.  Heavy Suffolks sold to £138 with Mules & Masham to £105.  Best Texel rams to £165

Ewes to £155                Ave £74.61

Rams to £165               Ave £103.50