Livestock & Dairy: Bakewell Market

Numbers down in some departments with lambing in full swing and field work calling in arable areas but we still ended up with 620 Cattle and 1061 Sheep.

One item of news is a slight change in the Blue Tongue Rules.  This is not as straight forward as it first appears and our advice to vendors wishing to sell store stock out of the restricted zone is to contact APHA for advice and guidance.

Store and Breeding cattle numbers were 341 this week with trade still on the rise.

Steers reached an astonishing £2780 to average £1659 despite a good many weanlings in the entry.

Heifers produced an even more extraordinary result with the best to £3000 and the average £1246 for a very mixed sample including many small and young cattle.

Cows with calves are very scarce and very dear with the on offer at £2840.

Whilst store numbers were down the finished cattle entry was up with a total of 171 on offer, Top figures 471p/kg and £3548 with the 86 heifers averaging 388.2 pence, Steers reached 437p/kg to average 391.1p/kg.

A much smaller sample of 72 OTM Cows sold on a lightly easier trade with top figures 360p/kg and £2685, the averages were 268.9p/kg and a hefty £1807 per head.

Calf numbers about the same at 36 with bulls to £550 and heifers £525.

Many fewer sheep than last weeks massive entry with only 1061 in total.

Only 6 New Season lambs on offer selling to 450p/kg to average 448.9p and realising £191.16 per head, fewer hoggs with 914 forward, Top figures 390p/kg and £197.78 per head. The sqq settling at 323.9 and the overall 325.0p. A small turnout of 116 cull sheep saw ewes to £234 to average £149.09.

FORTHCOMING FIXTURES

Thursday 3^RD April: Thursday Lunchtime Sheep Sale

Monday 14^th April – Easter Lamb Show

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72 BARREN, OTM AND FEEDING COWS overall ave 268.9p/kg or £1832

(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)     

A very modest entry of 72 cows today sold on a solid trade although not quite the fire of last week with the average about 9p less on the week.  They are still good to sell with some excellent prices throughout the sale, top price was360p for a 1 calf underage Lim from Brian Chadwick, Onecote with 344p for a 31 month old Shorthorn from Matt Pilkington, Kniveton with the best cow at 340p (£2345) from Mark Rowlinson, Ramsor, best cows still comfortably £3 plus with plenty 260p-290p.

If you have any to sell at present, give me a call on 07801 530899.

Gross Prices:

38 Black & White and ex dairy cows ave 243.3p/kg

A similar average to last week tells the story

4 OTM clean 327-334p

Best Fed cows 255-282p

Big Parlour Holsteins 240-250p

Leaner sorts 220-240p

Only a handful under 210p

The best today:

1 OTM Bulls

8 OTM Clean

171 FINISHED CATTLE ave 389.4p/kg

(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)

A mammoth entry of clean cattle with something for everyone.  Not quite the glamorous average of last week but still records broken within the top prices

34  Young Bulls ave 379.5p/kg

Only 10 last week and 34 today and some well fed bulls on offer, top prices and a new record at Bakewell was 460p for a B Blue from Keith Belfield, Sheen (£3330) with Malcolm Bennett at 448p (£3548). 13 dairy bulls today had Holsteins to 335p for Des Sims and Dairy Shorthorns to 350p for James Hole.

Results:

Gross Prices:

51 Steers ave 391.1p

A better average but some lovely, heavy, meated clean today. Better sorts all £4 and better with 2 best at 437p from Keith Belfield and at the same price Don Lownds both closely chased by Ian Brown at 436p, 6 today over £3000 with the best at £3361, £3278 and £3242 for a trio of (31-35 Mths) heavy weights from Charli Asher ( TB Dalton, Brailsford).

Results:

Gross Prices:

 86 Heifers ave 388.2p/kg

Not the fancy average of last week but more dairy bred heifers about that looked well sold but had their effect on the average.  Better sorts still excellent to sell with a stunner from Keith Harrop selling at 471p (new record) or £3485. Peter Gaunt had 459p and Mark Sweetmore 458p. 17 Natives today had Longhorns to 392p and Angus to 390p.

Results:

Gross Prices:

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

A smaller entry with numbers at 341 this week but if numbers were down prices were going in the opposite direction with trade the dearest we have ever seen.

The sale commenced with a handful of breeding cattle including

£2840   Lim x Hfr, 26 Mths & Bull Calf                RS Torr, Tissington

£2160   Lim x, 58 Mths & Bull Calf                       G Walker, Ashover

£1960   Hereford Feeding Cow                            A & A Spooner, Macc Forest

30 Feeding Bulls

Many of them small or young

Sample Results:

186 Steers ave £1659

The highest average yet despite a good many reared calves and weanlings in the entry.

Angus crosses attracting very fierce competition but all types selling at prices that could not have been dreamed about a few months ago.

Sample Results:

115 Heifers  Ave £1246

A big spread of age, size and quality but all types finding as ready market. £3000 reached for a 23 Mth Ped Limousin Heifer.

Rougher coated cattle suitable for immediate turnoutwere very much in favour.

Sample Results:

36 CALVES (Auctioneer Natasha Hall)

Trade just as hot, Blue Bulls to £550 and Blue Heifers to £525.

Angus Bulls to £495 and Angus Heifers to £300, Black & Whites to £205.

More calves welcome on a Monday to meet demand.

Bulls

B Blue                 £550     RE Poyser & Son

A Angus             £495     L Hadfield & Sons

Lim                      £495     TW Kent & Co

B Blue                 £490     L Hadfield & Sons

Hfrs

B Blue                 £525     L Hadfield & Sons

B Blue                 £490     RE Poyser & Son

B Blue                 £480     DW Berresford & Son

A Angus             £300     E Mellor

920 LAMBS, 116 EWES & RAMS & 25 STORE SHEEP

(Auctioneer Peter Oven)

A Smaller entry of 1061 sheep included 920 lambs.  New season lambs just 6 this week peaked at 450p/kg (£191.16) to average 449p/kg.

In the old season lambs demand for meated sorts very good with the best butchers types peaking at 390p/kg, heavy weight butchers lambs to 382p/kgand overweight to 340p/kg. Top gross today of £198/head with overall average 325p/kg

Leading Prices:

Averages:

25 store hoggs on offer to £105

 115 Ewes & Rams with 1 Billy Goat

(Auctioneers Mark Elliott & Holly Swift)

A reduced entry of ewes & rams this week, likely as a result of the huge numbers last week but trade fast from start to finish.

114 ewes to average £149 to top at £234 for a shapey texel ewe and the top ten pens to average £205

Half meated mules to £140

Teeswater ewe to £184

1 Charolais tup tup £164

1 Billy Goat to £118