Livestock & Dairy: Bakewell Market

A surprisingly busy market with 926 Cattle and 1,962 Sheep on offer.

Trade good in all sections with prices remaining buoyant in uncertain times.

The Store & Breeding Cattle section was well supported with a total of 632 head forward.  Plenty of buying power present or represented to ensure a solid trade from start to finish.

Steers to £1,270, heifers £1,125 and feeding bulls £920.

There were various cow & calf outfits with the best on offer at £1,170.

In the finished cattle section, a total of 114 animals were sold with the top figures 259p/kg and £1,565 per head.

The heifer average very similar to last week at 198.1p and steers not far behind at 192.8p.

OTM and feeding cows out in force at 117 head with top figures 179p/kg and £1,720 per head.

The average looking particularly healthy at 126.8p.

Calf numbers the same as last week at 63 with bulls to £325 and heifers £300.

In the sheep department the 1,345 lambs maintained at recent levels with the best to 241p and 119.37 per head.

The SQQ average looked good at 217.8p.

There was a decent show of 608 Cull Sheep with ewes reaching £149 to average £65.90 for a rather mixed entry.

Forthcoming Fixtures Bakewell Market

• Thursday 17^th September: Thursday Lunchtime Sheep Sale
• Thursday 17^th September: Sale of 3,095 Mule Ewe Lambs, sale starts at 11am
• Friday 18^th September: Sale of 6,848 Other Breed Ewe Lambs, sale starts at 10.30am
• Friday 25^th September: Store Lamb Sale, 6,017 Entered, further entries invited

Farm Sale Fixtures

• Wednesday 16^th September: Longstone Moor Farm
• Saturday 19^th September: Sebastopol Farm, Shirland
• Thursday 24^th September: Haselour Grange Dispersal

117 Barren, OTM and Feeding Cows Overall Average 126.8p (Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)  

58 vendors to 18 buyers

Same numbers as last week and an improved average (up 5p on the week) with some very well presented cows today.  Best meated, dry bagged and Farm Assured were good to sell today with plenty of competition throughout the day.  Top price was 178p for a clean 31 mnth heifer (1^st into the ring) from Clive South T/A Longacre, Derby.  Top Cow was a Blue at 173p with all the better Cows 150p plus.

51 Black & White and ex-dairy cows Ave 114.7p

Similar money to last week but less plainer cows about.  Meat easiest to sell with best cow at 151p for Peter Furness with a big B&W from Roger Ardern at 149p or £1239 who had another at 1306.  Better sorts 140p plus, big Holsteins 120-135p with smaller Holstein 105-115p and only a few plain under £1.

Sample Results:

And Gross Prices:

1 OTM Bull

4 OTM Steers

114 FINISHED CATTLE – overall average 194.3p (Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)  

Staying nicely over 100 cattle with 39 vendors today selling bulls and clean cattle and as always each and every one found a new home with a good ringside of buyers eager to purchase.

29 Young Bulls ave 191.1p/kg

An unbelievable average but look at the top prices.  Jonathon Salisbury topped the day at 231p, 230p and 212p etc and Keith Harrop 227p x2, 218p, 212p etc 4 big bulls sold to average £1443 from R Prue & Son, Alfreton.  B&W to 186p for David Batterbee.

Sample Results:

And Gross Prices:

40 Steers – overall average 192.8p/kg

Some excellent well fed and bred cattle about and they certainly drew admiration from the buyers, Steven Jones sold a posh Lim x Angus to 246p with Messrs Hazledine at 230p and 228p.  Angus to 207p/kg, Herefords to 195p/kg.

Sample Results:

And Gross Prices:

45 Finished Heifers – overall average 198.1p/kg

17 Natives and 28 Continentals today with some excellent well-fed heifers in the offering.  Butchers heifers peaked at an amazing 259p for a 500kg Limousin from Steven Jones (topping both steers and heifers today) and selling to RW Walmsley, Quality Butchers, Catterton, York.  Messrs Grindon had 242p and 229p for their 2 Limousins with Mark Hadfield up to 232p.  Best of the Natives in the 190’s

Sample Results:

And Gross Prices:

STORE CATTLE – (Auctioneer Alastair Sneddon)

After last weeks large entry which followed the Bank Holiday week, we expected a smaller show, but that was not the case and 632 Cattle were forward.  Buyers had been notified of the quantity and were either present or represented to ensure a decent trade, which whilst not quite as dear as some recent weeks was not far behind.

Strong cattle in particular looked very well sold as the following figures will demonstrate.

41 Feeding Bulls

Plenty of interest at all price levels:

37 Breeding Stock

A very mixed bag of cows and calves, which sold well without any particular highlights.

Typical prices

293 Steers ave £809

Some excellent bunches of quality cattle attracted fierce competition and allowed the sale to progress at a rapid pace.

Herefords and Angus in strong demand and the few pens of Black & White Steers looked very dear indeed.

Sample prices as follows:

261 Heifers ave £661

More young cattle this week, which found a ready market, but it was the stronger cattle for early finishing that attracted very strong bidding and produced plenty of highlights as the following figures demonstrate.

Typical Returns:

63 CALVES (Auctioneer Ivor Lowe)

A strong trade throughout with all types in very strong demand.

Bulls peaked at £325 for a Limousin and a Heifer at £300 for a B Blue,

A larger entry of Black & White calves saw a large gathering of prospective purchasers with these regularly over £100 to a top of £140.

1,962 Sheep including 1,354 Finished Lambs & 608 Cull Sheep (Auctioneer Peter Oven)

A total entry of 1962 head of sheep on offer included 1354 new season lambs.  Demand very brisk right from start to finish, best lighter weight sorts to 239p/kg, best butchers lambs to 241p/kg, heavy weight butchers lambs to 239p/kg and over weight to 215p/kg.  Best big lambs grossed £119.37 with overall market average 217.18p/kg.

Leading Prices: –

Averages:

Old Season Lambs to 174p/kg Average 149p/kg

Cull Sheep

An increased entry of 608 cull and grazing ewes continued at recent weeks high levels with best Texels to £149.

Cast Ewes        To: £149          Ave: £65.90    

Cast Rams       To: £82