Livestock & Dairy: Bakewell Market

Another busy market at Bakewell with 256 vendors consigning stock.  There were 813 cattle and 1,944 sheep on offer with a good solid trade maintained in all departments.

A decent show of 427 store & breeding cattle with some excellent sorts on offer and plenty of interest shown.

Steers reached £1,780 with a remarkable average of £1,069 to include all comers.

Heifers topped at £1,710 and Feeding Bulls £1,300.

In the breeding section cows and calves reached £1,760.

A healthy number of prime cattle, 142 in total.  Top figures 321p/kg and £2,217 per head.

The average for the 66 heifers looked good at 268.6 pence.

A big turnout of 175 OTM cattle with top figures 238p/kg and £2,261 per head.  The average much as last week at 167.2 pence.

69 calves this week – numbers seem to be building up at Bakewell, bulls sold to £390 and heifers £325.

Over in the sheep department there were 1,389 lambs on offer.  Top figures 336p/kg and £163.20 per head.

The SQQ average was 258.3p with the overall which included all the heavier lambs at 260.1 pence.

There was a strong trade for the 550 cull sheep with ewes to £188 average £90.16.

FORTHCOMING FIXTURES

Thursday 28^th September: Thursday Lunchtime Sheep Sale

Thursday 28^th September: Farm Sale at Semi Bungalow Farm, Walsall, WS8 6LP

Friday 29^th September: Sale of Theaves & Ewes, Bakewell

Saturday 30^th September: Ram Fair, Bakewell

Saturday 30^th September: Farm Sale at Brook Farm, Little Packington, CV7 7HN

175 Barren, OTM and Feeding Cows overall average 167.2p/kg or £1109

(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)     

Massive numbers – Superb Trade

A very large entry of 175 cows from 69 vendors from across the Peak District and surrounding areas with one vendor travelling over 130 miles to sell cows at Bakewell! The reason for good numbers is a good fair trade for all cows on offer with purchasers bidding freely for the cattle on offer.  Prices today peaked at an amazing 280p per £2,217 for a super Limousin heifer (35 mnths) from Messrs Boden & Davies with their best cow at 238p or £2261.  All the better fed cows over 200p with a lot of beef cows 180-200p.

Results:

Gross Prices:

75 Black & White and ex dairy cows ave 153.8p/kg

All well sold with good buying support.

1 best young 1 calf heifer (26 mnths) 218p

2 clean heifers (under 30 mnths) 192-195p

Best cows 170-177p

Big Holsteins 155-170p

Smaller parlour cows 140-150p

Plain cows 125-140p

Only 5 under 120p

The best today:

 6 OTM Bulls

5 OTM Heifers

142 FINISHED CATTLE ave 258.2p/kg

(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)

Similar numbers on the week with the average up 7 pence on the week with the best fleshed cattle good to sell.

18 Young Bulls ave 237.5p/kg

Generally, the same as last week with all buyers firing the shots to buy bulls.  David Goddard returned to top of the pile at 280p (£2032) for a strong Limmy followed by Ben Jones at 272p for a smart Blue

Results:

Gross Prices:

58 Steers ave 253.5p/kg

Good numbers and trade very good for the best fleshed cattle with a number of “store” types in the entry, but at Bakewell we operate a green (restricted) market so these can be purchased for further feeding to the AFU buyers at ringside.  Best shaped Limousins rose to 300p (£1830) for John Grummett with the smarter goods 270-290p.  16 Natives had Hereford to 263p, Longhorns to 262p, Angus to 262p and Shorthorn to 270p.

Results:

Gross Prices:

66 Heifers ave 268.6p/kg

The same story as the steers with the best flesh good to sell, but leaner or smaller sorts a little harder work, but having said that the heifer average is 4 pence up on the week.  Alex Townroe sold 4 today and won the gold medal today at 321 pence for a lovely red Limousin to gross £1919.  Michael Wynne and Peter Gaunt both had 312 pence for well bred and fed heifers.  20 best heifers topped 290 pence, 13 natives saw Hereford to 250p, Angus to 268p and Shorthorn to 258p.

Results:

Gross Prices:

STORE & BREEDING CATTLE – (Auctioneer Alastair Sneddon)

Another good show with 427 head of cattle on offer.

Buyers present from near and far and plenty of interest at all price levels.

The sale started with a few breeding cattle which included:

These were followed by a handful of Feeding Bulls, to include:

 226 Steers ave £1,069

Some wonderful cattle on parade with prices to match.  Angus and Hereford crosses selling particularly well.  Black & Whites a little more numerous than usual and clearly wanted.

Sample Results:

171 Heifers ave £848

A good selection with plenty to choose from and fierce competition at all price levels.

Many of the cattle sold in level bunches where appropriate which saw many buyers “pushing the boat out” to secure 5 or 6 at one go.

Angus & Hereford crosses very much in favour.  Top figures remain the domain of the continentals.

Sample Results:

69 CALVES (Auctioneer Ivor Lowe)

Another respectable entry with trade equally as dear as last week with the best quality in particularly strong demand.

Best bulls regularly £300 plus with a B Blue to a top of £390 and a heifer of the same breed to £325.

Black & Whites a similar trade to that seen of late but no real strength within the entry and topping at £55.

Bulls

B Blue                 £390     E Morten & Sons, Barmoor Clough

B Blue                 £345     RE Poyser & Son, Onecote

Angus                 £342     Holtwood Farm, Doveridge

Baz                       £262     Holtwood Farm, Doveridge

Sim                      £288     G Matkin, Idridgehay

Hfrs

B Blue                 £325     TN Palfreyman & Son, Flagg

B Blue                 £265     AE & E Bowler, Shottle

Hfd                       £215     Holtwood Farm, Doveridge

1394 Lambs & 550 Ewes & Rams (Auctioneer Peter Oven)

A very good entry of 1944 sheep included 1394 lambs.  Best meated butchers lambs well bid for to peak at 336p/kg with heavy weight sorts to 301p/kg and overweights to 300p/kg.  A larger proportion of grass-fed sorts sold very well in the 245-255p/kg bracket.  The overall average 260.12p/kg.  The top gross of £163.20/head.

Leading Prices: –

Averages:

550 Cull Sheep

A very good show of 550 cull and grazing ewes saw demand very brisk throughout with several grazing buyers out in force battling for ewes to take on for further feeding on fresh ground.  Best heavy Texel ewes peaked at £188 with the top 10 pens averaging £172.  Big Mules sold in the £90-£100 bracket.

Ewes to £188                Ave £90.16

Rams to £168                Ave £106.40