Livestock & Dairy: Bakewell Market

Despite ‘haymaking’ weather over recent days we still ended up with 575 cattle and 1,117 sheep at Bakewell with decent prices reported from all sections.

There was a seasonable entry of 253 store & breeding cattle and a right royal trade throughout the sale.

Finishers had to work even harder than usual to secure stock to top up their yards.  Steers peaked at £1,890 with a record average of precisely £1,200 which demonstrated the quality of cattle and the strength of demand.  Heifers topped at £1,650 and that average at £1,041 is also one for the record books. Feeding bulls reached £1,560 to average £975.

In the breeding department cows and calves sold to £1,800 with Lim stock bulls to £2,850.

There was an excellent turnout of 164 finished cattle keeping the market busy at what is often a quite time of year.

Top figures 331p/kg and £2,307 per head.  The average for the 78 heifers was a solid 282.7 pence. A good result all round.

110 OTM cattle on parade with top figures 256p and £2,750.  The average looked good at 181.0 pence.

A few more calves about with 48 forward and plenty of interest.  Bulls sold to £460 and heifers £365.

Over in the sheep shed there were 767 lambs.  Top figures 342p and £157.86 per head.

The SQQ ended up at a respectable 291.2 pence.

There were 335 cull sheep with ewes to £190 to average a creditable £114.44.

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110 BARREN, OTM AND FEEDING COWS overall ave 181.1p/kg or £1206

(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)     

Extra cows again this week with the locals taking advantage of the improved trade that we have had for the last couple of weeks.   Trade today very similar although the average is a couple of pence less on the week, I think it is more to do with the quality than demand.  Trade today peaked at 256p (£2201) for a pure blue cow from Messrs Tinker, Rotherham with the top 13 cattle over 220p and the bigger sorts generally over £1600.  27 Native cows today with Hereford cows to 193p and Angus to 231p.

Results:

Gross Prices:

36 Black & White and ex dairy cows ave 155.6p

A few less B/W’s today and generally more parlour cows.

No OTM clean today

Better cows 170-187p

Parlour Holsteins 150-165p

Leaner Holsteins 140-150p

Smaller & Plain cows under 140p

The best today:

2 OTM Bulls

3 OTM Steers

164 FINISHED CATTLE ave 275.5p/kg

(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)

Bigger numbers, better cattle, more demand and improved prices with the beef buyers working hard to secure a load.

28 Young Bulls ave 275.5p/kg

A grand selection this week with the top 5, pedigree bulls over 300p and 10 big bulls over £2000.  Steven & Ben Jones returned to the top of the pile at 326p (£2079) with big boys from David Goddard rising to £2307.

Results:

Gross Prices:

58 Steers ave 266.1p/kg

Bumper numbers of clean today and some excellent quality throughout, John Grummett had the pick today with Limmys both at 316p with one at £2300.  Natives today had Angus to 290p, Herefords to 274p and Longhorns to 256p.  6 B/W bullocks up to 238p (£1899) for Neil Massey.

Results:

Gross Prices:

78 Heifers ave 282.8p/kg

A bigger entry and again quality from start to finish and more trade about.  Peter Gaunt had a tremendous run of red Limousin heifers that sold up to 331, 326 and 325p/kg etc with plenty 315p plus today.  27 heifers sold over 300p and 16 over £2000.  Angus to 272p.

Results:

Gross Prices:

STORE & BREEDING CATTLE – (Auctioneers Alastair Sneddon & Meg Elliott)

Not a bad entry for the time of year with a total of 253 animals forward.  Buyers were out in force desperate to acquire cattle to keep their finishing yards full.

If you have half a mind to sell store cattle do not hesitate, Bakewell buyers would love the chance to bid for them.

The sale commenced with 33 Breeding Stock which included:

23 Feeding Bulls

Sample prices as follows:

119 Steers & Heifers ave £1200

A strong assortment with a marvellous trade and a record average.

Rather more 48-month testing area cattle than we have seen for a while appealing to particular buyers and helping the trade.

Sample prices that show just how strong the demand currently is.

Sample Results:

78 Heifers ave £1041

Some fine specimens and bunches all sold well with very fierce competition at all price levels.

Sample Results:

48 CALVES (Auctioneer Ivor Lowe)

An increased entry with trade strong again for all types.

Of the bulls there was plenty of interest in all types with B Blues to £460, Blondes to £440 and Natives topping at £255 for an Angus, whilst the heifers to £365 and £300, both for B Blue.

Bulls

B Blue                 £460     JW Naylor & Sons, Flagg

Lim                      £450     WJ & DM Madin, Holymoorside

Sim                      £385     G Matkin, Idridgehay

Lim                      £315     JR Hallam, Hayfield

Mont                   £238     J & J Walton, Tideswell

AA                        £255     M Sellors, Grange Mill

Hfrs

B Blue                 £365     G Matkin, Idridgehay

Char                    £240     PL Boam, Monyash

1117 SHEEP INCLUDING 767 LAMBS & 337 EWES & RAMS

(Auctioneers Ivor Lowe & Mark Elliott)

767 Lambs ave 292.68p/kg

Trade a little easier on the week in line with the National trend, but stronger well finished looking best sold with tops of 342p/kg and just over £150/head.

A number of leaner and smaller types within the entry having an adverse effect on the overall average with an overall average of just over £125/head.

Leading Prices: –

Averages:

335 Cull Sheep

A lovely run of ewes with some vendors travelling good distances and well rewarded.

The best probably a little dearer but the middle Mules just a tad cheaper and some Welsh and small types forward.

Top call £190 for 2 long Texels from Paul Chadfield and Jackie Trueman close behind at £187.  Biggest Swales touching £100 but they must be framey and meated.

Mules as detailed above not just as fast but the bigger well fleshed sorts £136 plus.

In the rams big Texels to £179 and £168 with others at £144.