Livestock & Dairy: Bakewell Market

Decent entries in all departments with a full line up of buyers operating and excellent prices achieved.

The Blue Tongue disease outbreak continues to advance from the Eastern Counties with the latest map of the restriction zone set out below.

We cannot tell what changes might occur in the coming week, but please check before you come to market next week in case any change in zone affects your farm.  We will include any further changes in Friday’s Store List.

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There were 767 cattle and 1,588 sheep on offer.

The store & breeding cattle section was well supported with 448 head on offer.  Trade was well up to snuff with steers to £1,910 and heifers to £1,820, bulls sold to £1,300.

In the breeding sections cows and calves reached £2,950 with another outfit at £2,420.

Finished cattle numbers were solid at 120 with top figures 370p and £2,449.

You can tell the strength of the trade by the average for the 46 heifers which was 302.4 pence and £1,853 per head.

The steers also looked very good with the average for the 42 animals at 293.1p and a remarkable £1,966 per head.

Another substantial entry of 132 OTM and feeding cos with top figures 248p and £2,631.  The average was a very respectable 180.7 pence.

Calf numbers down a bit at 67 possibly due to the weather.  Trade good – bulls to £520 and heifers to £450.

In the sheep department the 1,129 lambs looked well sold with the best to 348p.

The SQQ average was 282.3p making an average lamb in the 39-45kg bracket £120.

A good show of 450 cull sheep saw ewes to £199 to average £99.44 for a very mixed selection.

FORTHCOMING FIXTURES

Thursday 26^th September: Thursday Lunchtime Sheep Sale & Ewe Lambs Show & Sale

Friday 27^th September: Store Lambs  

132 BARREN, OTM AND FEEDING COWS overall ave 180.7p/kg or £1204

(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)     

Similar number and trade to last week with some well fed cows looking best sold and certainly adding up well.  An underage Blue x cow (1 calf) made 248p from David & Sue White, an 8yo pure Limousin cow from James & George Blackshaw made 243p or £2191.  A very large ped Char cow turned the scales around and grossed a remarkable £2631.  All the better cows 210p+.

Results:

Gross Prices:

56 Black & White and ex dairy cows ave 161.4p

Very similar to last week with the best adding up well.

3 OTM clean 201-228p

Best cows 185-197p

Big Holsteins 170-180p

Parlour Holstiens 155-165p

Only the leanest cows under 150p

The best today:

3 OTM Bulls

4 OTM Steers

119 FINISHED CATTLE ave 290.9/kg

(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)

THE DEAREST EVER – 56 CATTLE OVER £2,000!!

Cattle have never been as dear as they have been in Bakewell today with vendors reaping the rewards.

32 Young Bulls ave 270.9p

Much dearer on the week, but there were some good bulls to sell.  Steven & Ben Jones retained their place at the top selling to 320p and 317p for suckler bred Blues, Phil Watson at 309p and Mark Ludlam at 308p.

Results:

Gross Prices:

42 Steers ave 293.1p/kg

The average is nearly 30p dearer on the week but we did have some very posh cattle to sell albeit plenty with a lot of weight.

21 cattle past the £3/kg marker and 25 sold beyond the £2000 mark.

In pole position today was Peter Gaunt with his pair at 334 and 332p, with the best of a run was Charlie Asher (trading as TB Dalton) at 328p.

25 steers past £2000 with 12 of those over £2200.  Angus to 310p, Hereford to 282p and 4 B/W’s to 237p.

Results:

Gross Prices:

46 Heifers ave 304.2p/kg

The dearest average ever with butchers and wholesalers battling hard for the outstanding quality on offer.

A lovely sweet Limousin from Bernard Perkins, Oughtibridge made 370p closely followed by a heavyweight from Geoff Evans at 368p (£2325).

20 Heifers made over £2000.

AA to 307p, Hereford to 284p and 3 Dairy non breeders up to 214p.

Results:

Gross Prices:

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

448 head of cattle on offer with plenty of buying power in operation and some superb prices achieved.

There were several large consignments which allowed cattle to be sorted into large bunches which definitely attracted a premium.

The sale commenced with a selection of Breeding Cattle which included:

Feeding Bulls

Prices as follows:

227 Steers ave £1086

A varied selection with buyers for all types present ensuring a good result.

Fierce competition for the Angus, Hereford and Black & Whites with continentals taking top honours and some Charolais crosses doing exceptionally well.

Sample Results:

178 Heifers ave £992

Plenty to choose from and all well sold as individuals or bunches.  The finished cattle trade driving prices and some significant highlights throughout the sale.

Sample Results:

67 CALVES (Auctioneer Ivor Lowe)

A reduced entry on last week but trade just as strong as seen in recent weeks with B Blue bulls to £520 and heifers to £450.

All types in keen demand and many more could have been sold to advantage.

Black & whites also well sold on the day to a top of £220.

Bulls

B Blue                 £520     JW Lynam, The Common

B Blue                 £430     W Watts, Thurgoland

Lim                      £278     WJ & DM Madin, Holymoorside

Hfd                       £270     D Fotherby & Sons, Wormhill

Fries                    £220     JW Brandrick, Beamhurst

Hfrs

B Blue                 £450     G Matkin, Idridgehay

B Blue                 £340     W Watts, Thurgoland

Lim                      £320     TN Palfreyman & Son, Flagg

AA                        £205     JW Brandrick, Beamhurst

1138 LAMBS & 450 EWES & RAMS

(Auctioneer Peter Oven)

A very good entry of 1588 sheep included 1138 lambs.  Best Beltex light weight lambs topped the market at 348p/kg, butchers lambs sold to 320p/kg with heavyweight butchers lambs to 318p/kg and overweight breaking lambs to 309p/kg.  The lambs shown dry saw a 10p/kg bonus on the equivalent wet lambs.  Top gross of £162.87 for a pen of 7 which were shown completely dry having been inside since Saturday.

Leading Prices: –

Averages:

Cull Sheep

(Auctioneers M Elliott & H Swift)

An increased entry of ewes this week and in line with all recent weeks there was a wide range with every breed and creed forward and customers for everything.

Top call £199 for pure Texels from the Wartig family in South Yorkshire.   Plenty of good strong types £145 – £165.

Best Mules over £120 with meated mediums in the £90 bracket.  Strong Suffolks (not pure) over £130, best Gritstones over £100 and Herdwicks towards £60.

7 grazing accounts operating today with part bred Texels over £1110 per head.

Ewes to £199                Ave £99.44

Rams to £145