Livestock & Dairy: Bakewell Market

Busiest Monday of the year to date with a total of 865 cattle and 1654 sheep in total.

An excellent gathering of 572 Store & Breeding cattle with trade on fire with purchasers present from far and wide with steers to £1850 and heifers £1880.

Oliver reported a similar story in the finished ring with finished cattle following their recent run of form with steers to 330p/kg and heifers 319p/kg with numerous grosses of over £2000.

A similar story with the OTM’s with trade reported as even dearer than last week with the best to 290p/kg and an overall average of 194.03p/kg.

Finished hoggs little changed on last week averaging 241p/kg and ewes similar again with best continentals to £163.

Calves light on numbers but those forward rewarded with a good trade to a top of £380.

FORTHCOMING FIXTURES

Thursday 2^nd March: Thursday Lunchtime Sheep Sale

Friday 17^th March: HPLS Store Cattle Sale

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We have been asked to inform you

The Funeral of

Richard Walker

Of Heathy Grange Farm, Tideswell

will take place on

Tuesday 14^th March

at 1.30pm

Tideswell Church

116 Barren, OTM and Feeding Cows overall average 194.5p /kg or (£1,296.00)

(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)                    

The price of cows remains at an all time high with the product in short supply nationally and many firms promising big prices to buy cattle.  The only way to value them to your best advantage however, is to market them through Bakewell where we  have a full line up of end users looking to bid freely and own cows.  60 vendors today enjoyed the trade with the general standard of cows not up to last weeks high mark.  Best cows today reached a new record high of 290p of £2244 for a super Blue x Cow, 8yrs from Jonathon & Josh Hall, Longnor.  Ian Woodward had a good run of Char and Lims at 274,266, 265 and 250p.  43 cows at £2 and over with the top 12 over 235p.

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

Results:

Gross Prices:

41 Black & White and ex dairy cows at 185.7p

As dear as last week:

10 better fed cows 204-218p

Fleshed Holsteins 190-200p

Leaner Parlour Holsteins 170-180p

Leaner cows 150-170p looks best sold today

Only a few under 150p

The best today:

4 OTM Bulls

2 OTM Steers

152 FINISHED CATTLE – overall average 264.1p/kg

(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)

More on offer and very much on par with last week for the quality on offer.  A number of non F/A ‘out of spec’ cattle would affect the averages but look well enough sold on the day.

27 Young Bulls ave 252.5p/kg

A trio of best big Lims topped £3/kilo and a new high price of 326p/kg for Charlie Boden, Mellor with his other two at 318p (£22391) and 308p (£2266).  David Goddard had 274p (£2164) with other big bulls over £2000. Friesians sold to 243p for Chris Beever.

Results:

Gross Prices:

56 Steers ave 266.1p/kg

18 over 300p and the top 12 over £2000 are the two biggest highlights if the day, but some real quality at the top end.  PJ Blackshaw had a grand run of Limmys today topping at 330, 320 and 312p.  James Wardman had 316p, Keith Harrop up to 312p and Geoff Evans at 310 and 308p.  10 Native had Angus to 286p and Hereford to 246p but a run of non F/A heavy Angus affected the average. Friesians sold at 240p

Results:

Gross Prices:

 69 Heifers ave 267.1p/kg

Not the sparkling average of last week but a good solid trade with all cattle sold to a good audience of buyers.  14 best over £3/kilo with returning man Geoff Evans winning the day at 319p (£1965) with his other at 313p (£2109).  Too many good cattle to mention at these super new prices.  14 natives had Hereford to 274p, Angus to 238p and Lincoln to 248p, but as with the steers, some plainer non assured cattle hit the averages.  All in all, a superb day in the prime ring.

Results:

Gross Prices:

STORE & BREEDING CATTLE – (Auctioneers Alastair Sneddon & Oliver Hiles)

A bumper entry at the end of February with the buyers looking to re stock the sheds after good finished cattle returns.

26 Breeding Cattle with results as follows:

14 Feeding Bulls

All very well bid for with sample results as follows:

315 Steers

Sample Results:

217 Heifers

Sample Results:

CALVES (Auctioneer Ivor Lowe)

An excellent trade for all types with a number of potential purchasers going home short of requirements.

B Blue again topped the day with bulls to £360 and heifers to £380.

Black & Whites dearer on last week to a top of £70.

Bulls

B Blue                 £360     TN Palfreyman & Son, Flagg

Saler                    £170     JF Hayes, Shottle

Holst                   £70        RS Hall, Peak Forest

Heifers

B Blue                 £380     TN Palfreyman & Son, Flagg

B Blue                 £250     BD Hudson, Ipstones

Lim                      £180     JF Hayes, Shottle

1094 Lambs & 560 Ewes & Rams (Auctioneer Peter Oven)

A total entry of 1654 sheep included 1094 lambs.  Another excellent show of lambs with Bakewell once again setting the trend for the week with prices up on other markets at the end of last week.  Top price of 294p/kg for best butcher’s lambs with heavy butchers’ lambs to 284p/kg (£139) and overweight lambs to 246p/kg.  The overall average 241.61p/kg.

Leading Prices: –

Averages:

Cull Sheep

In the cull ewes and rams numbers back up with demand still very good throughout.  Best Texel ewes sold to £163/head with heavy Suffolk ewes to £140 and Mules to £104/head.

Ewes to £163                Ave £86.39

Rams to £142                Ave £75.83