Livestock & Dairy: Bakewell Market

Another strong gathering of stock in all departments with a total of 741 cattle and 1532 sheep on offer.

Cattle trade in all sections continues at levels not seen before with finished cattle to £3,117, OTM’s to £3,024 and store bullocks to £2,240.

Oliver’s department saw good numbers in both sections with a total of 144 finished cattle and 121 OTM’s, the trade of the finished cattle was equally as dear as last week and culls reported as averaging some 11p/kg up on last week.

In summary heifers averaged 369p/kg, topping at 430p/kg with steers averaging 356p/kg to a top of 419p/kg, whilst OTM’s averaged an excellent 246.89p/kg to a top of 340p/kg.

More store cattle about totalling 425 with no let up in trade whatsoever selling to a packed ringside with steers to £2,420, heifers to £2,160 and bulls to £2,000.

A similar entry of sheep with 1,070 hoggs not a lot different to last week to return an average of 323.41p/kg and tops of 378p/kg and £210 per head, whilst cull ewes looked very well sold to a top of £259.

A few calves about totalling 51 with trade sharp for all seeing B Blue bulls to £560 and heifers to £345

FORTHCOMING FIXTURES

Thursday 20th February: Thursday Lunchtime Sheep Sale

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121 BARREN, OTM AND FEEDING COWS overall ave 246.9p/kg or £1640

(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)     

11 pence dearer on the week

Yes, they are more money again with all of the buyers upping their bid price in order to secure cows.  12 cattle today sold over £3/kilo and an unbelievable 24 crossed the £2000 mark.  A one calf, 32 mnth old Limmy x heifer from Frank Lomas made 337p (£2089) with other younger things 317-334p.  Best cow was a 7 year old Limmy from the Wells family at 306p (£2142).

Plenty of well fed cross bred cows 270-300p.  Trade is as hot as ever for cows.  If you have not sold any for a while, why not give us a try at Bakewell?

Results:

Gross Prices:

48 Black & White and ex dairy cows ave 226p/kg

More than ever.

The best today:

7 OTM Bulls

12 OTM Steers

144 FINISHED CATTLE ave 359.1p

(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)

A STAND ON TRADE!

Very dear again but no more money than last week with things very similar on the week and some special highlights amongst the best.

21 Young Bulls ave 325.2p/kg

Brilliant to sell with a new high price for a bull in Bakewell of 398p (£2714) for a posh Limmy from Robert Hardy, Cauldon Low, who had another black bull at 389p.  Two big bulls over £3000 for John Ottewell and Steven Franks.  6 B/W’s to 285p

Results:

Gross Prices:

38 Steers ave 356.3p

Unreal to sell once again and some real bite for the best suckler bred sorts.  Geoff Evans had a tremendous heavyweight at 419p (£3117) with Mark Hadfield close behind at 414p and Charlotte Hadfield at 400p.  Herefords to 369p and Angus to 368p, an odd B/W steer at 311p (£2288).

Results:

Gross Prices:

85 Heifers ave 369.8p/kg

Excellent to sell once again and some amazing prices with the top 20 over £4/kg.  Roger & Lee White won the race with a stunning Limmy at 430p (£2760) with their other at 418p.  Keith Harrop had 420p with Peter Gaunt and Ben Langton at 418p.  21 Natives had Angus to 382p with 3 B/w heifers today, although over 30 mnths sold to 287p.

Results:

Gross Prices:

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

Increased numbers on the week and another outstanding trade for all classes of stores which saw best steers to £2420.  Numerous buyers in attendance with many going home without the numbers they needed.  Get in touch if you have stock to sell.

Breeding Cattle

3 cows and calves to £2220 for a Lim cow with a Lim steer calf, scanned 2 mnths back in calf to Lim from KCR Lomas, Brassington

31 Feeding Bulls

To include:

199 Steers ave £1405

What a trade, flying from start to finish.  The figures speak for themselves.

Sample Results:

185 Heifers ave £1169          

Not so many bigger heifers but still an outstanding trade throughout.  Topping the day was a cracking Limousin heifer from JP Austin, Ashbourne at £2160

Sample Results:

51 CALVES (Auctioneer Ivor Lowe)

A few more about with no let up in trade selling to a packed ringside of prospective purchasers.

Tops saw bulls peaking at £560 for a B Blue closely followed at £530 and a Simmental peaking at £410.

A similar story in the heifers with blues to £345 and £290 and a Simmental at £320.

Just a light show of Black & White’s but looking very well sold to a top of £125.

Bulls

B Blue                 £560     L Hadfield & Sons, Peak Forest

B Blue                 £530     JE Seals & Son, Shirland

B Blue                 £495     NC Gregory, Blackwell

Sim                      £410     DG & JA Ball, Fulford

AA                        £320     JE Seals & Son, Shirland

Fries                    £125     FR Platts & Son, Bamford

Hfrs

B Blue                 £345     NC Gregory, Blackwell

Lim                      £300     GS & L Wheeldon, Atlow

Sim                      £320     DG & JA Ball, Fulford

1070 LAMBS, 460 EWES & RAMS & 2 STORE SHEEP

(Auctioneer Peter Oven)

A total entry of 1532 sheep included 1070 lambs.  Best fleshed butchers lambs still in demand to 374p/kg with heavyweight butchers lambs to 378p/kg and overweights to 342p/kg.  Best big lambs grossed over £210/head.  The overall average 322.97p/kg which included several lots of horned lambs.

Leading Prices: –

Averages:

Just 2 in lamb ewes sold to £295

460 Cull Sheep

(Auctioneers Mark Elliott & Holly Swift)

With another big entry the biggest framed Mules and the best Suffolks still a very strong trade, but in fairness we could have done with some very best Texels to fulfil a few orders.

Generally, trade in line with last week but the better end Gritstones and Swales a few pounds dearer, but they must have flesh.

Top call £240 for the Hawksworths at Shardlow with the Mellors at Doncaster and the Harrisons of Priestcliffe over £215/head.

The killing tups good to sell, but yet again flesh is needed to maximise.  Texels to £259 for Neil Pearson with Charolais to £238 for David Wood.

Ewes to £240                Ave £135.63

Rams to £259                Ave £161.44