Livestock & Dairy: Bakewell Market

After snow, ice, gales and floods all since last Monday it is remarkable that stock numbers were as good as they were with 710 cattle and 958 sheep on offer.

Conditions were not conducive to sheep sorting, so it is hardly surprising that there were only 647 lambs on sale, but those that were able to come sold very well indeed.

Store & breeding cattle numbers were back a bit after last week’s bonanza, but there were still 364 on offer and a decent trade prevailed for a very mixed lot.

Steers reached £1,840 for an animal from the family of the late Robert Wood of Gratton Moor and the average for steers was a remarkable £1,143 demonstrating the strength of demand.  Heifers topped at £1,690 also a Robert Wood animal with the average £918.  Feeding bulls sold to £1,340 also from the same vendor.  The breeding cattle section highlights included Limousin cows and calves to £2,700 and £2,460.

Finished cattle prices continue to raise eyebrows with top figures 375p/kg and £2,684 per head.

The average for the 51 heifers was 318.5 p/kg and an astonishing £2,684 per head.

Please remember that this is a regular week with 146 commercial cattle.  We will have to wait until next week to see what results the Christmas Primestock Show produces.

Good news also from the OTM department with 145 forward.

Top figures 272p/kg and £1,943 per head.

The average looked good at 176.6 pence bearing in mind the varied assortments.

55 calves this week with bulls to £470 and heifers £260.

Sheep numbers were down partly due to the weather, but also because a number of regular vendors have sold their last lambs of the season.

The resulting shortage boosted prices with the best at 319.8 pence making a typical lamb in the 39.1 – 45.5kg weight range worth £137.27.

Cull sheep numbers also less with ewes to £215 to average £121.81 per head.

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145 BARREN, OTM AND FEEDING COWS overall ave 176.6p/kg or £1154

(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)     

Another large show of cows with Bakewell being the preferred place to market the cows.  Trade very much the same on the overall quality of the entry with only a handful of best cows to bump the averages up.  Best young 33 mnth old Limousins from Paul Willmot, Ashover topped the section at 272p (£1550) with a good cow from Messrs Taberner at 266p.

Results:

Gross Prices:

65 Black & White and ex dairy cows ave 155.1p

Generally similar on the week.

2 OTM clean 198 & 218p/kg

Best Cows 180 – 189p/kg

Big Holsteins 170 – 180p/kg

Parlour Cows 160 – 170p/kg

Plainest sorts 140 – 150p/kg

A few extreme cows under 130p/kg

The best today:

3 OTM Bulls

11OTM Steers

146 FINISHED CATTLE ave 297.1p/kg

(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)

A similar entry to last week and an identical average with trade on fire at present ahead of next weeks Christmas Show & Sale.

35 Young Bulls ave 278.5p/kg

Very dear again and some amazing prices at the top of the heap.  David Goddard topped both lists with his Limmy at 338p (£2284) and his Blond at £2684 (826kg @ 325p).  Weight pays.

4 B/W bulls averaged 254p/kg and topped at 263p for Paul Redfern, Marple Bridge.

Results:

Gross Prices:

60 Steers ave 290.8p/kg

A very fast trade again and some unreal prices, 35 continental steers averaged 311.1p and topped at 370p for a showy B Blue x for PJ Blackshaw who also had 355p for a Lim x.  Best sorts easily 320p, 10 natives had Angus to 315p and 15 B/W’s today up to 251p for Roger Ardern.

Results:

Gross Prices:

51 Heifers ave 318.6p/kg

The best average ever for heifers.  Wow! They get better and better to sell and some amazing prices all the way to the end, Philip Hooley won the day with a lovely pair of red Limousin heifers that sold at 375p/kg to Messrs Meakin Bros, Butchers at Leek.  2 others over 370p/kg and 5 more in the 360’s.  11 Native had Angus to 330p for Messrs Mycock, Friden.

Results:

Gross Prices:

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

Decent numbers forward with a total of 364 in the section.

Trade solid from the off with bidders present for all categories from the small suckled calves off very hard hill farms to the short finish continental crosses in the over £1500 price bracket.

The sale started with a few breeding cattle which included:

Feeding Bulls

Next came 27 feeding bulls of all shapes and sizes with examples as follows:

181 Steers ave £1143

Plenty of demand for all types hence the outstanding average.

Angus & Herefords always in favour with some superb continental crosses taking top honours.

Sample Results:

142 Heifers ave £918             

A very mixed lot, but all well sold.

Some cattle starting to show the effects of the weather, which comes as no surprise.

Trade strong for all types with prices ranging from £390 to £1690 and most place in between.

Sample Results:

56 CALVES (Auctioneer Ivor Lowe)

Another reasonable entry with trade equally as strong as recent weeks with a large gathering of prospective purchasers and a good trade for all types.

Continental bulls saw Blond to £395, B Blue to £470 and Limousin to £420 with heifers to a top of £260.

Just a small selection on B/W’s with plenty of interest with a top price of £180.

Bulls

B Blue                 £470     L Hadfield & Sons, Peak Forest

Lim                      £420     SG Potter, Bonsall

Blond                  £395     SG Potter, Bonsall

AA                        £250     ER Herridge & Son, Tissington

Hfd                       £235     Holtwood Farm, Doveridge

Fries                    £180     GJ Tideswell, Marchington

Hfrs

Lim                      £260     TN Palfreyman & Son, Flagg

Lim                      £245     D & JK Mellor, Onecote

B Blue                 £245     Springfield Farm Ltd, Holly Lane

AA                        £215     ER Herridge & Son, Tissington

Hfd                       £160     ER Herridge & Son, Tissington

647 LAMBS & 311 EWES & RAMS

(Auctioneer Peter Oven)

A total entry of 958 sheep included a smaller show of 647 lambs.  Demand was very brisk right from the start with the overall average up almost 30p/kg on last week.  Best butchers lambs peaked at 350p/kg and top gross of £193.75/head.  Overall average 319.8p/kg.

Leading Prices: –

Averages:

311 Cull Sheep

(Auctioneers M Elliott & H Swift)

Demand very brisk from start to finish and purchasers for everything.

The best ewes saw very spirited bidding with meated Texels regularly £170 plus, the best 8 pens averaged a superb £193 per head.

Top call for Texels at £215 for the Hinchcliffe Family with the Hambletons at £200. The Gagies at Hoon and the Hadfields at Cold Eaton all over £192 with their best pens.

Best Mules above £140, horned ewes to £95 and Suffolk x to £168.