Livestock & Dairy: Bakewell Market
Bakewell Market Report 2024-12-09
Another busy Monday market at Bakewell with farmers keen to take advantage of the current outstanding level of trade.
There were 655 and 1,524 sheep on offer with plenty of demand for all.
344 store and breeding cattle, a particularly good entry for the time of year. Prices seem to have moved up yet another notch with steers to £1,850 (ave £1,104), heifers £1,790 (ave £1,035) and feeding bulls £960.
In the breeding section there was a special entry of pedigree Belted Galloways with cow and calf outfits totalling £1,910, £1,700 and £1,660. The 37 month old stock bull made £1,300.
Finished cattle continue to appear in decent numbers at Bakewell with 151 in total. Top figures 360p/kg and £2,939, with the average for the 72 heifers a healthy 303.3 pence.
Another good show of 118 OTM and feeding cows saw top figures 256p and £2,054 per head. The average looked good at 183 pence for a very mixed sample.
42 calves this week with bulls to £465 and heifers £300.
In the sheep department there were 1,210 lambs with top figures 355p and £174.10 per head.
The SQQ was a solid 311.8 pence.
314 cull sheep on offer with ewes to £200 to average £123.49
FORTHCOMING FIXTURES
Thursday 12th December: Thursday Lunchtime Sheep Sale
Auctioneer:

Alastair Sneddon
Senior partner
Livestock, auctioneering and professional services
118 BARREN, OTM AND FEEDING COWS overall ave 183.1p/kg or £1179
(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)
A few less cows and trade just a shade easier on the week, although we didn’t have all those good cows that we do tend to get on show week. Best still good to sell with the better end 230p+ and a top of 256p for a 30 month old heifer from Jonathan Salisbury, Hayfield.
Results:
256p/kg | 532kg | Lim | MA Salisbury & Son, High Peak |
252p/kg | 614kg | AA | AJ & GH Bland, Mottram |
240p/kg | 514kg | B Blue x | ME Forrester, Tean |
238p/kg | 510kg | Char | SJ Thompson, Kilburn |
238p/kg | 726kg | Lim | BA & SW Mills, Redmires |
238p/kg | 484kg | Lim | MA Salisbury & Son, High Peak |
236p/kg | 450kg | Hfd | SJ Thompson, Kilburn |
232p/kg | 592kg | Char | FW Hall & Sons, Sutton on the Hill |
231p/kg | 744kg | Lim | D Fretwell, Ashbourne |
231p/kg | 686kg | Lim | D Fretwell, Ashbourne |
229p/kg | 684kg | Lim | K Harrop, Alport |
222p/kg | 798kg | Lim | NJ Williams, Newtown |
Gross Prices:
£1771.56 | 798kg | Lim | NJ Williams, Newtown |
£1756.80 | 976kg | AA | C Deaville, Bottom House |
£1727.88 | 726kg | Lim | BA & SW Mills, Redmires |
£1718.64 | 744kg | Lim | D Fretwell, Ashbourne |
£1712.52 | 852kg | Hfd | C & FM Percival, Youlgreave |
£1679.58 | 774kg | B Blue x | RM Hadfield Ltd, Castleton |
£1656.00 | 800kg | Sim | FW Hall & Sons, Sutton on the Hill |
£1610.40 | 732kg | Lim | JA Hall, Longnor |
£1584.66 | 686kg | Lim | D Fretwell, Ashbourne |
£1584.10 | 730kg | Lim | R Simpson & Son, Longnor |
£1579.76 | 806kg | AA | C Deaville, Bottom House |
53 Black & White and ex dairy cows ave 160p
The best just as good to sell but more leaner cows on offer.
2 OTM clean 237 & 244p
Best Friesian Cows 184-196p
Better Holstein types 170-180p
Leaner types 150-165p
The plainest end under 140p
The best today:
244p/kg | £1581 | Mont, 30 mnths | R Bennett & Son, Hope |
237p/kg | £1549 | Norw, 30 mnths | R Bennett & Son, Hope |
196p/kg | £1454 | Fries, 6 yrs | JR Hallam, Hayfield |
195p/kg | £1033 | Ayr, 30 mnths | J Brough & Son, Rudyard |
194p/kg | £1420 | Fries, 4 yrs | A Sims, Hulland |
191p/kg | £1424 | Fries, 4 yrs | L Hadfield & Sons, Peak Forest |
190p/kg | £1307 | Fries, 7 yrs | J Lomas & Sons, Brassington |
189p/kg | £1379 | S Horn, 7 yrs | RJ Neville & Sons, Ashover |
185p/kg | £1350 | Fries, 9 yrs | FJ Gould & Son, Longnor |
184p/kg | £1247 | Fries, 5 yrs | JR Hallam, Hayfield |
180p/kg | £1414 | Holst, 10 yrs | NW & DA Goodwin, Tansley |
5 OTM Bulls
240p/kg | £2054 | B Blue | L Powdrill, Heage |
3 OTM Steers
223p/kg | £1690 | Lim, 38 mnths | RW Valle, Apperknowle |
Auctioneer:

Oliver Hiles
Market Associate
151 FINISHED CATTLE ave 295.8p
(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)
Trade remains on fire with the averages and prices very similar to 2 weeks ago as the finished cattle sales continue at pace.
33 Young Bulls ave 280.9p/kg
Trade very fast again and possibly even dearer than last week. Prices peaked at 346p (£2394) for Steff Wells, Monyash and an unbelievable £2939 (291p) for a big boy from Charlie Boden, Mellor. Trade of the day looked to be the dairy bulls with 17 on offer today to average 255p. Ayrshires to 173p, Dairy Shorthorn to 239p, Friesians to 270p and Flec to 266p.
Results:
346p/kg | 692kg | Lim | MJ Wells & Son, Monyash |
338p/kg | 660kg | Lim | S & D Fearn, Wardlow Mires |
330p/kg | 652kg | Lim | S & D Fearn, Wardlow Mires |
330p/kg | 576kg | B Blue x | S & D Fearn, Wardlow Mires |
325p/kg | 732kg | Lim | S & D Fearn, Wardlow Mires |
322p/kg | 600kg | Lim | P & E Watson, Ashover |
321p/kg | 866kg | Lim | Boden & Davies Ltd, Mellor |
306p/kg | 674kg | Lim | S & D Fearn, Wardlow Mires |
Gross Prices:
£2939.10 | 1010kg | Lim | Boden & Davies Ltd, Mellor |
£2779.86 | 866kg | Lim | Boden & Davies Ltd, Mellor |
£2531.20 | 904kg | Char | Boden & Davies Ltd, Mellor |
£2394.32 | 692kg | Lim | MJ Wells & Son, Monyash |
£2379.00 | 732kg | Lim | S & D Fearn, Wardlow Mires |
£2360.00 | 800kg | B Blue x | JT Ottewell, Calow |
£2230.80 | 660kg | Lim | S & D Fearn, Wardlow Mires |
£2151.60 | 652kg | Lim | S & D Fearn, Wardlow Mires |
£2123.80 | 740kg | B Blue x | JT Ottewell, Calow |
£2062.44 | 674kg | Lim | S & D Fearn, Wardlow Mires |
46 Steers ave 295.5p/kg
Trade remarkable again with all the wholesalers working hard to secure the genuine cattle at Bakewell.
Jack & Gill Storer topped the long list of high prices with a lovely black Limmy at 355p (£2300) just topping David & Charlotte Hadfield at 352p for another showy Limmy. 9 Natives today to 311p for both Hereford and Angus and 8 B/W’s today to 250p for David Gyte.
Results:
355p/kg | 648kg | Lim | GM & DE Storer, Wincle |
352p/kg | 544kg | Lim | D Hadfield & Daughter, Wincle |
339p/kg | 636kg | Lim | D Lownds, Reapsmoor |
338p/kg | 628kg | B Blue x | JW Blackshaw, Bakewell |
335p/kg | 662kg | Lim | RG Bacon, Wadshelf |
332p/kg | 674kg | B Blue x | JW Blackshaw, Bakewell |
330p/kg | 626kg | B Blue x | JW Blackshaw, Bakewell |
330p/kg | 586kg | Baz | D Lownds, Reapsmoor |
330p/kg | 708kg | Lim | RG Bacon, Wadshelf |
329p/kg | 634kg | Lim | RG Bacon, Wadshelf |
328p/kg | 594kg | B Blue x | Easom & Sons, Oakerthorpe |
328p/kg | 584kg | Lim | Belper Skip Hire, Moorwood Moor |
Gross Prices:
£2336.40 | 708kg | Lim | RG Bacon, Wadshelf |
£2300.40 | 648kg | Lim | GM & DE Storer, Wincle |
£2237.68 | 674kg | B Blue x | JW Blackshaw, Bakewell |
£2217.70 | 662kg | Lim | RG Bacon, Wadshelf |
£2156.04 | 636kg | Lim | D Lownds, Reapsmoor |
£2122.64 | 628kg | B Blue x | JW Blackshaw, Bakewell |
£2095.20 | 720kg | B Blue x | M Hambleton, Alstonefield |
£2094.96 | 696kg | AA | WB & DE Gyte, Barmoor Clough |
£2085.86 | 634kg | Lim | RG Bacon, Wadshelf |
£2076.80 | 704kg | Lim | JWA Jeffery, Sudbury |
£2065.80 | 626kg | B Blue x | JW Blackshaw, Bakewell |
£2041.48 | 634kg | Lim | JW Blackshaw, Bakewell |
£2041.00 | 628kg | Lim | D Lownds, Reapsmoor |
£2003.32 | 638kg | Lim | JW Blackshaw, Bakewell |
72 Heifers ave 303.3p/kg
Good numbers and trade tremendous again, although none at £9/kg today. Proper commercial sorts 330p plus and up to a high of 360p for a lovely Limmy shown by Frank Kunica, t/a Belper Skip Hire, Moorwood Moor, sold to a John Bayman, Quality Butchers at Oldham. Keith Harrop had 358 & 352p for his best. 19 Natives saw Hereford to 302p and Angus to 320p.
Results:
360p/kg | 574kg | Lim | Belper Skip Hire, Moorwood Moor |
358p/kg | 588kg | Blond x | K Harrop, Alport |
352p/kg | 618kg | Char | K Harrop, Alport |
347p/kg | 632kg | Lim | K Harrop, Alport |
346p/kg | 626kg | Char | K Harrop, Alport |
340p/kg | 542kg | B Blue x | D Hadfield & Daughter, Buxton |
340p/kg | 542kg | B Blue | J Hall, Longnor |
340p/kg | 590kg | Lim | Belper Skip Hire, Moorwood Moor |
340p/kg | 672kg | B Blue | K Harrop, Alport |
340p/kg | 648kg | Blond x | MT Sweetmore, Hollinsclough |
336p/kg | 598kg | Blond x | MT Sweetmore, Hollinsclough |
332p/kg | 658kg | Sim | Moor Farmers, Flagg |
332p/kg | 630kg | Lim | Belper Skip Hire, Moorwood Moor |
330p/kg | 720kg | Blond x | MT Sweetmore, Hollinsclough |
Gross Prices:
£2376.00 | 720kg | Blond x | MT Sweetmore, Hollinsclough |
£2284.80 | 672kg | B Blue x | K Harrop, Alport |
£2241.12 | 696kg | Blond x | MT Sweetmore, Hollinsclough |
£2203.20 | 648kg | Blond x | MT Sweetmore, Hollinsclough |
£2193.04 | 632kg | Lim | K Harrop, Alport |
£2184.56 | 658kg | Sim | Moor Farmers, Flagg |
£2183.16 | 678kg | B Blue x | JW Dawes & Son, Coal Aston |
£2175.36 | 618kg | Char | K Harrop, Alport |
£2165.96 | 626kg | Char | K Harrop, Alport |
£2136.16 | 676kg | AA | Moor Farmers, Flagg |
£2105.04 | 588kg | Blond x | K Harrop, Alport |
Auctioneer:

Oliver Hiles
Market Associate
STORE & BREEDING CATTLE – (Auctioneers Alastair Sneddon & Meg Elliott)
An excellent show of store & breeding cattle sold on a fantastic trade with prices up another level and some outstanding results achieved.
The auctioneer drew attention to the new note in the catalogue regarding unwanted pregnancies in store heifers. This is a serious welfare issue and we ask for your co operation in reducing the problem. The clause reads this:
HEIFERS
Important note: if you are selling store heifers- Unwanted pregnancies.
If you have any doubt whatsoever that the heifers you are selling might be in calf, please tell us so that it can be declared at the time of sale.
All store heifers are sold `clear of the bull` unless you tell us otherwise and unexpected pregnancies cause all sorts of problems.
Thank you for your help with this.
The sale started with a special entry of Pedigree Belted Galloway cattle from Neil Richardson of Longnor. These attracted a great deal of interest with cow and calf outfits selling as follows:
£1910 | Gall Cow, 80 mnths & Hfr Calf |
£1700 | Gall Cow, 91 mnths & Hfr Calf |
£1660 | Gall Cow, 155 mnths & Hfr Calf |
£1700 | Gall Hfr, 29 mnths in calf |
£1,300 | Gall Stock Bull, 37 mnths |
Feeding Bulls
Then followed 15 feeding bulls with examples as follows:
£940 | Hfd x | 13 mnths | N Beardsley, Muggington |
£960 | Lim x | 15 mnths | J Holmes, Ashover |
£820 | AA x | 17 mnths | R Slack, Wingfield |
£480 | Fries | 8 mnths | GJ Tideswell, Uttoxeter |
156 Steers ave £1104
A decent selection with keen competition for all types.
Angus and Hereford crosses in great demand.
Some excellent runs of well matched bunches driving the trade and producing outstanding results.
Sample Results:
£700 | Lim x | 4-6 mnths | RJ & WJ Wigley, Middleton |
£720 | Ped x 4 | 6 mnths | NW Goodwin, Tansley |
£1240 | Lim x 4 | 8-10 mnths | FG & JR Critchlow, Sheen |
£650 | B Blue x | 4-8 mnths | E Salt, Doveholes |
£900 | Lim x | 7 mnths | SR Bardwell, Hathersage |
£740 | Hfd x | 8-10 mnths | JR Byard, Wingerworth |
£770 | AA x | 11 mnths | Quixhill Farm, Denstone |
£1100 | Blond | 13 mnths | LS Riley, Longnor |
£1300 | B Blue x | 14-16 mnths | J & J Walton, Tideswell |
£950 | Hfd x 4 | 14-16 mnths | ED Ironmonger, Bonsall |
£1080 | Fries 5 | 15-17 mnths | P Furness, Monyash |
£1360 | Sim x 3 | 16 mnths | Allen & Storer, Taddington |
£1160 | Sim x 6 | 16-18 mnths | Allen & Storer, Taddington |
£1080 | Hfd x | 20 mnths | JW Brittain, Staden |
£1510 | Hfd x | 14-15 mnths | VH Mellor, Chelmorten |
£1060 | Holst | 16-17 mnths | AS & EL Burton, Buxton |
£1470 | Hfd x 7 | 17-18 mnths | P Brittain Cartledge, Staden |
£1370 | Hfd x | 18 mnths | Mrs EJ Mottram, Gratwich |
£1680 | Lim x | 19 mnths | KCR Lomas, Brassington |
£1690 | B Blue x | 18-25 mnths | I & M & A Wilson, Tean |
£1480 | Lim | 18 mnths | GS & L Wheeldon, Atlow |
£1560 | Lim x | 20 mnths | CF Edge & Partners, Alsop |
£1450 | S Horn x | 21 mnths | J Taylor & Son, Bonsall |
£1420 | Mont x | 24 mnths | WH Townsend, Sudbury |
£1310 | Mont x | 19-21 mnths | L Marsden & Son, Fulwood |
£1470 | B Blue x | 24 mnths | JW & J Pearson, Alfreton |
£1660 | B Blue x | 21 mnths | Ivy Farm, Higham |
£1480 | Char x | 21 mnths | Ivy Farm, Higham |
£1260 | Lim x | 18 mnths | DJ Abbott, Brackenfield |
£1360 | Sim x | 28 mnths | JS Bramall, Totley |
£1850 | Sim x | 29 mnths | MJ Burnett & Son, Rowsley |
£1780 | Lim x | 31 mnths | MJ Burnett & Son, Rowsley |
£1370 | Sim x | 20-22 mnths | D & VM Wardman, Overton |
147 Heifers ave £1035
A decent selection with bidders operating strongly at all price levels.
These sample results indicate the level of trade.
Sample Results:
£760 | Lim x | 4 mnths | RJ & WJ Wigley, Middleton |
£750 | B Blue x | 16 mnthsP | E Salt, Doveholes |
£1000 | Hfd | 19 mnths | A & A Spooner, Macclesfield |
£800 | AA x | 8-10 mnths | A & A Spooner, Macclesfield |
£1270 | Lim x | 19 mnths | D & LA Critchlow, Sheen |
£1020 | Lim x | 7 mnths | D & LA Critchlow, Sheen |
£900 | Lim x | 12-15 mnths | S Lynam, Whatstandwell |
£710 | B Blue x | 11 mnths | Miss N Beardsley, Muggington |
£1080 | Char x | 13-17 mnths | S White, Tissington |
£900 | Hfd x | 15-16 mnths | HG Wild, Chinley |
£930 | Angus x 4 | 4 mnths | HG Wild, Chinley |
£1020 | Lim x | 19 mnths | P Hill & Co, Rosliston |
£1140 | Sim x 6 | 16-25 mnths | Allen & Storer, Taddington |
£880 | Hfd x 3 | 14 mnths | JW Brittain, Staden |
£1630 | AA x | 18 mnths | Furness & Taylor, Wormhill |
£1240 | Hfd x | 18 mnths | Philip Brittain, Staden |
£1500 | Dev x | 16-18 mnths | MI Mosley & Co, Stannington |
£1320 | Stab | 20 mnths | SJ Buckley & Partners, Doveholes |
£1440 | Lim x 3 | 18-19 mnths | KCR Lomas, Brassington |
£1370 | B Blue x | 22-25 mnths | I & M & A Wilson, Tean |
£1320 | Lim x | 17 mnths | GS & L Wheeldon, Atlow |
£1490 | Lim x | 21 mnths | CF Edge & Partners, Alsop |
£1140 | Lim x | 16 mnths | WH Townsend & Son, Sudbury |
£1130 | Char x | 21 mnths | JW & J Pearson, Brackenfield |
£1280 | AA x | 18 mnths | L Webster & Co, Tissington |
£1390 | Lim x | 26 mnths | R Simpson & Son, Longnor |
£1620 | Lim x 5 | 23-24 mnths | Green Dales Farm, Alderwasley |
£1790 | Lim x | 30 mnths | MJ Burnett & Son, Rowsley |
£1700 | Lim x | 29 mnths | MJ Burnett & Son, Rowsley |
£1320 | Lim x | 25 mnths | Leasows Partners, Uttoxeter |
£1150 | AA x | 25 mnths | Leasows Partners, Uttoxeter |
Auctioneer:

Alastair Sneddon
Senior partner
Livestock, auctioneering and professional services

Meg Elliott
Auctioneer and Valuer, Market Associate
42 CALVES (Auctioneer Ivor Lowe)
A few less about with trade up a gear, B Blue bulls to £465, Angus to £450 and heifers to a top of £300.
Second quality looking equally as well sold and competitive bidding for the B/W’s to a top of £98.
Bulls
B Blue £465 E Morten & Sons, Barmoor Clough
B Blue £430 RE Poyser, Onecote
Angus £450 GV Matkin, Kirk Ireton
Hfd £195 GJ Tideswell, Marchington
Fries £98 Wager & Son, Hartington
Hfrs
B Blue £300 PL Boam, Monyash
B Blue £290 D Fotherby & Sons, Wormhill
Sim £220 DG & JA Ball, Fulford
Auctioneer:

Ivor Lowe
Partner
Property and professional services
1210 LAMBS & 314 EWES & RAMS
(Auctioneer Peter Oven)
A very good entry of 1524 sheep included 1210 lambs. Meated lambs very much in demand with best butchers lambs to 355p/kg, heavyweight butchers lambs to 338p/kg and overweight to 312p/kg. Top gross of £174.10. The overall market average 311.82p/kg.
Leading Prices: –
35.1kg | 336p/kg | M & C Hambleton |
37.0kg | 339p/kg | M & C Hambleton |
38.6kg | 327p/kg | JG Jackson |
40.5kg | 338p/kg | K Bradbury |
41.0kg | 355p/kg | B Jones |
42.8kg | 339p/kg | RS Torr |
43.7kg | 332p/kg | JW Blackshaw |
44.5kg | 353p/kg | B Jones |
45.2kg | 352p/kg | R Brough & Son |
47.8kg | 328p/kg | JB Drabble |
48.2kg | 328p/kg | K Bradbury |
51.4kg | 338p/kg | K Bradbury |
55.8kg | 312p/kg | S Oliver |
Averages:
Standard | To 339p/kg | Average 304.53p/kg |
Medium | To 355p/kg | Average 313.4p/kg |
Heavy | Top 338p/kg | Average 309.69p/kg |
Overweight | To 312p/kg | Average 295.91p/kg |
314 Cull Sheep
(Auctioneer M Elliott)
A good trade from start to finish with the last vendor of the day having the second top price.
No very best big Mules forward today but the seconds still over £120/head. The Hadfield family topped the day at £200/head with a long pure Texels. Second and third honours to David Wartig and Andrew & Jill Gagie at £189 & £188.
Big Suffolk crosses to £172 with others over £150/head and the top 10 pens averaged £184.
Only 2 pens of horned ewes forward and these were showing little flesh.
In the Rams Texels to £210 for the Read family at Over Peover with others at £169 and £160.
Ewes to £200 Ave £123.49
Rams to £210 Ave £141.20
Auctioneer:

Peter Oven
Market Associate

Mark Elliott
Partner
Farm and dispersal sales, livestock auctioneer