Livestock & Dairy: Bakewell Market

Respectable entries of stock in most departments for the Tuesday Market following New Year’s Day.

Those vendors who chose to consign stock were well rewarded with decent prices in all sections.

Only a handful of store cattle which sold very well demonstrating that confidence is high and demand good.

If you have cattle tested and ready to sell, do not hesitate, book them in.

There were only 26 animals on sale with B Blue x Strs, 19 mnths to £1,020 and B Blue x Hfrs, 19 mnths to £1,000 and of the younger cattle £650 for Lim x suckled calf steers, 4-6 mnths to £650 and heifers £630.

There were 31 calves with bulls to £312 and heifers £190.

The finished cattle was well supported with 66 head on sale.

Top figures 335.0p and £2,382 per head.

The average for the 25 heifers was an excellent 309.7p with the overall average for all 66 animals at 295.9p.

Only 30 cull cows forward with top figures 206p and £1,469.  The overall average a useful 157.4 pence.

In the sheep section numbers were close to normal with 1,069 Hoggs on sale.

Top figures 324p and £180.59 per head.

The SQQ looked very healthy at 281.4 pence.

There were 280 cull sheep with ewes to £224 to average £114.40.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

If you are selling Finished or Cull Cattle or Sheep we need to know if:

1. You are Farm Assured
2. You have a VAN Number

or

3. Neither of the above apply

We will be announcing the status of your stock at the time of sale

If you have already got your vet attestation number then please let us have it, either write it on the top of your Market Declaration or let us have a copy of the form from your vets.

Please make sure your name is on the form from the vets.

A DATE FOR YOUR DIARY: 19^TH JANUARY 2024 – HPLS STORE CATTLE SALE

FORTHCOMING FIXTURES

Thursday 4^th January: Thursday Lunchtime Sheep Sale

Friday 12^th January: Farm Sale at Ford Valley Farm, Eckington, S21 5RE

Friday 19^th January: HPLS Store Cattle

30 Barren, OTM and Feeding Cows overall average 157.4p/kg or £997

(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)     

Happy New Year to all customers in the barren ring and a new season brings good news with cows dearer as expected with renewed orders at ringside.  Just 6 continentals today with 4 Native suckler and 20 Dairy cows in the entry, a UTM slip Friesian heifer from Rusty Mycock topped at 206p with strong cows from Belper Skip Hire at 198p or £1469.  Strong B/W cows sold up to 182p for a strong cow from Geoff & Malcolm Limer, Taddington.

Results:

Gross Prices:

66 FINISHED CATTLE – overall average 295.9p/kg (Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)

New Year – New price structure, with cattle simply as dear as I have ever had them with all the regulars either there or represented.

2 Young Bulls

Both B/W and sold up to 197p/kg for a Holstein.

39 Steers ave £291.4p/kg

Some outstanding cattle today, but just unreal to sell with the top 19 over 300p and 10 over 320p and a top price of 331p, for one of a super run from Charlie Asher (TB Dalton) who had others at 329, 328p etc.  17 North of £2000 today with Roger Ardern at the top with a well-fed Angus to £2382 (316p).  9 Natives today saw Hereford also to 296p, Shorthorns to 294p and Lincolns to 270p.  8 B/W had Fleck to 274p (£2022).

Sample Results:

And Gross Prices:

25 Finished Heifers ave 309.7p/kg

Wow! Just look at the average and all the prices, 19 made over 300p meaning that just 6 fell under that price.  Keith Harrop led the race for New Year honours at 335 and 328p (twice) for suckler bred continentals with the butchers well represented at ringside looking to re stock their fridges after good Christmas sales.

Natives today with Angus to 326p/kg

Sample Results:

And Gross Prices:

STORE & BREEDING CATTLE – (Auctioneer Alastair Sneddon)

Just 26 animals forward but plenty of interest and all sold at decent prices.

Sample Results:

31 Calves (Auctioneer: Ivor Lowe)

A reasonable Tuesday entry of 31 calves with plenty of demand for all types with B Blue Bulls to £312 and heifers to £190.

Bulls

B Blue                 £312     WJ Adams & Son, Mackworth

B Blue                 £305     T Farrington & Sons, Abbots Bromley

Lim                      £185     C Shirt, Over Haddon

Hfrs

B Blue                 £190     SG Salt & Son, Burton on Trent

B Blue                 £185     WT Bunting, Pike Hall

Angus                 £160     JF Hayes, Shottle

1069 Lambs & 280 Ewes & Rams (Auctioneer Peter Oven)

A very good Bank Holiday entry of 1349 sheep included 1069 lambs.  Demand very brisk right from the very first pen with best butchers lambs to 324p/kg, lightweight sorts to 323p/kg and heavy butchers lambs to 317p/kg and overweights 312p/kg.  One vendor with 3 lots of Beltex/Texel lambs averaged 314.57p/kg.  Top gross of over £180/head with 10 pens grossing over £150/head.  Overall average 282.81p/kg, which included a run of Swale lambs.

Leading Prices: –

Averages:

280 Cull Sheep

Just 280 cull ewes and rams attracted very brisk bidding with best pure Texels to £224.  A run of 50 mainly Texel x grazed ewes sold to £156 to average £126 which included 1 pen of Mules and 1 pen of Gritstones.  Best Suffolk ewes to £146 and Mules to £108.

Ewes to £224                Ave £114.40

Rams to £169               Ave £125.50