Livestock & Dairy: Bakewell Market

Decent entries with 741 cattle and 1,600 sheep on offer.

Cattle prices still sky high and the sheep trade usefully increased from last week.

Another very large entry of 464 store and breeding cattle sold on a tremendous trade with top figures £1,700 for steers, £1,590 for heifers and £1,500 for feeding bulls.

In the breeding section cows and calves sold at £1,360 and in calf heifers £1,550.

117 finished cattle this week with yet another increase in trade.

Top figures 330p and £2,276 per head.

The average for the 60 heifers was an astonishing 291.0p with the per head average a remarkable £1,760.

If you fancy selling your finished cattle live and have not sold at Bakewell before, have a word with Oliver Hiles on 07831 530899.

OTM cattle were out in force with an entry of 131.

Trade well above expectations with top figures 260p and £2,321 per head.

The average-another record breaker, at 197.0p.

Calves – thin on the ground this week with only 29 forward, bulls to £295 and heifers £230.

In the sheep section the 1,168 hoggs were better sold with the best on offer to 306p and £149.33 per head.

The SQQ average looking a little more cheerful at 241.7p.

432 cull sheep on offer with trade firmer, ewes sold to £212 to average £97.41.

FORTHCOMING FIXTURES

Thursday 23rd February: Thursday Lunchtime Sheep Sale

Friday 17^th March: HPLS Store Cattle Sale

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Peak Farmers Group
February
Our next meeting will take look at how genetic data can help give your farm the edge and will take the form of a farm walk and talk led by genetics expert Marco Winters, AHDB Head of Animal Genetics.

Join us to learn more about: How and why data is analysed for breeding characteristics, indexes and what goes into them (including the new Envirocow which supports environmental efficiency), new traits such as TB advantage, genomics and carcase traits.

This will take place on Tuesday 28th February from 10am – 12.30pm, followed by lunch, at Old House Farm, Friden, Hartington, SK17 0DY.

March
For our March event we will be exploring the benefits of the Annual Health and Welfare Review which is now open for expressions of interest.  Charlie Mays of LLM Farm Vets and Farm Manager David Howlett will be helping us get to grips with what the new scheme entails and the benefits it will bring.  This will take place at Dunsa Farm, Chatsworth on Wednesday 15th March, 10am-12.30pm, closing with lunch and followed by an optional farm walk at 1pm.

To book a place at either event please call 07483 373435 or email info@peakfarmersgroup.co.uk

131 Barren, OTM and Feeding Cows overall average 197.01p /kg or (£1,332.00)

(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)                    

Records tumble again!

Unbelievable is the only word to describe the beef trade at present and cow meat is very much in vogue at the moment with the price of cows lifting on a weekly basis, the only question is how long can this continue?  Unfortunately, I don’t have an answer to this question, but all I can suggest is that you sell any passengers that you have in Bakewell to enjoy the record prices that are on offer.  69 vendors of cows in Bakewell today with an unbelievable 64 cattle topping £2/kilo and 20 over 230p. Top call today was a 1 calf 35 mnth old Limousin from John Morris, Dronfield with many more worthy of a mention and all can be seen in the top price list.

I would love the opportunity to market your cattle, please give me a call for a confidential, no obligation opinion of what we can do.

Results:

Gross Prices:

57 Black & White and ex dairy cows at 180.1p

The best ever, 30% over £2/kg:

17 best fed cows 201-226p

Fleshed Holsteins 190-200p

Parlour Holsteins 170-185p

Leaner cows 160-170p

Plainest cows very few under 150p

The best today:

7 OTM Bulls

2 OTM Steers

117 FINISHED CATTLE – overall average 282.6p/kg

(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)

Better than ever!

Just when you think that the top has been reached and they can’t get any better, Wham Bam Thank you Ma’am!!!

15 Young Bulls ave 259.5p/kg

Sold to a new record top price at Bakewell of 316p (£1921) for a posh Limmy from David Goddard.  John Ottewell’s 2 heavyweight Lims made 293 and 288p (both over £2,100) with Fries up to 236p for P Furness.

Results:

Gross Prices:

42 Steers ave 278.9p/kg

A trade that would make any  body sit up and take notice with the clean cattle today beyond all expectations.  15 steers topped £3/kg with the top 9 over £2000.  First time vendor and last in to the ring was Graham Lloyd, Northwich with 5 red Limousin steers up to 330, 326, 321p/kg etc.  Nigel Birch had 324p and Sue Jeffrey at 321p.  Natives saw Angus to 246p and Longhorns to 294p with B/W at 238,235 and 231p/kg.

Results:

Gross Prices:

60 Heifers ave 291.1p/kg

More Records Broken!

An amazing 25 heifers over £3/kg today with a record average of 291.1p/kg.

Top price was 328p for a lovely heifer from TV star Keith Harrop followed by a smart trio form Clive Bacon Wadshelf.  Top gross today was £2195.20 from Clive Bacon for a 686kg Lim.

Results:

Gross Prices:

STORE & BREEDING CATTLE – (Auctioneer Alastair Sneddon)

The numbers keep coming and we had another excellent entry of 464.  Buyers were out in force and prices were again eye watering.  Fantastic results in the prime ring have kept finishers in good spirits and keen to purchase replacement animals.

The entry included some very well bred stock, but not as many strong animals as we have seen in the past.

The sale started with a few Breeding Cattle with results as follows:

There were 12 Feeding Cows making from £640 to £1,060.

20 Feeding Bulls

All very well bid for with sample results as follows:

248 Steers ave £1077

A good selection with some very smart young cattle with prices to match.

Strong cattle also very dear, but the entry was short of the biggest best.

Angus and Herefords very much in demand and outstanding prices for Black & Whites with Ayrshires also collecting honours.

We were able to group cattle well this week with bunches of up to 8-10 animals.  These made buyers really ‘push the boat out’ as the following results will demonstrate.

Sample Results:

164 Heifers ave £960

Outnumbered by the steers the entry of 164 heifers included some very fine specimens.  Prices well up to recent standards and plenty of highlights as the following results will show.

Sample Results:

29 CALVES (Auctioneer Ivor Lowe)

Another strong trade for a generally mixed sample with B Blue bulls to £295 and heifers to £230.

All types in keen demand with a large gathering of prospective purchasers and top priced B/W to £140.

Bulls

B Blue                 £295     TN Palfreyman & Son, Flagg

Lim                      £180     TW Kent & Co, Yeaveley

Fries                    £140     D Fotherby & Sons, Wormhill

Hfd                       £190     AP Critchlow, Wheston

Heifers

B Blue                 £230     TN Palfreyman & Son, Flagg

B Blue                 £175     AE & E Bowler, Shottle

1168 Lambs & 438 Ewes & Rams (Auctioneer Peter Oven)

An increased entry of 1600 sheep included 1168 lambs.  After the TV coverage at the weekend of the sheep sale at Bakewell vendors were out in force with numbers well up on last week and prices likewise.  Best butchers lambs peaked at 303p/kg and heavy weight butchers lambs to 306p/kg with overweight lambs to 252p and £158.76/head.

The overall average a very respectable 242.73p/kg.

Leading Prices: –

Averages:

432 Cull Sheep

A good entry of 432 cull ewes and rams saw demand much better throughout with the first pen in the market topping the day at £212/head for a pen of Texels.  Heavy Suffolk in the £120-135 bracket, Mules in the £85-£105 range.

Ewes to £212                Ave £97.41

Rams to £164               Ave £117.00