Livestock & Dairy: Bakewell Market

A really busy day with no fewer than 910 cattle and 1,413 sheep consigned by a total of 249 individual vendors.

Trade good in all sections, but in the store & breeding cattle ring prices were higher than ever.

There were 542 head of store & breeding cattle with a special entry of pedigree Limousins from Clark Farms of Ringinglow taking top honours with the best 17 mnths heifers to £3,300 with 4 more hitting the £3,000 mark.

Store steers not far behind with a top of £2980 to average £1,617.  The heifers averaged £1,554 and feeding bulls sold to £1,920.

Cows with calves sold to £2,840 with stock bulls to £3,450.

There was a massive entry of finished cattle with 197 on parade.

Trade still excellent with top figures 438p/kg and £4,344 per head.

The average for the 95 heifers was a solid 379.8p/kg with the per head figure £2,314.

A good show of 125 OTM and cull sows with the top figures 390p/kg and £3,360 per head.

The average looking healthy at 277.4 pence and the cows averaging a remarkable £1,835 per head.

46 calves this week selling on a tremendous trade with bulls to £690 and heifers £545.

In the sheep department there were 23 Spring lambs selling to 480p/kg and £204.70 per head.

The SQQ average emerged at 330p/kg.

Only 180 cull sheep on offer but looking very well sold, ewes reached £268 to average £174.97.

FORTHCOMING FIXTURES

Thursday 10^th April: Thursday Lunchtime Sheep Sale

Monday 14^th April – Easter Lamb Show

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125 BARREN, OTM AND FEEDING COWS overall ave 277.4p/kg or £1897

(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)     

Good numbers and trade back up 9 pence on the week with a full complement of buyers all working hard to secure a load.  Trade peaked at 390 pence for a 33 month old Simmental with other OTM’s and 380 and 375p.  Best cow today was 370p for a smart Limmy for John Grummett, Smisby with the better fleshed or bred sorts 320p plus.  Come and see the trade for yourself.  You will not be disappointed!

Results:

Gross Prices:

67 Black & White and ex dairy cows ave 247p/kg

Unbelievable to sell – 11 over £2000

3 x 30-36 mnths old heifers 298-318p

11 best cows 275-295p, Nelly at £2000+

Holsteins 250-270p

Leaner sorts 230-250p

Plainest end under 220p

The best today:

4 OTM Bull s

9 OTM Steers

197 FINISHED CATTLE ave 373.7p/kg

(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)

The biggest entry for as long as I have known for the start of the new Tax year.  72 vendors today showed cattle and bulls with the £4000 mark surpassed today by a Limmy bull.

21 Young Bulls ave 366p/kg

A tremendous trade as we have come to expect and some remarkable top prices.  John Ottewell had 2 heavyweights at 434p each (£3654 & £3255) with a big pure Limmy at £4344 (400p) from Joe Nicholls, Draycott in the Clay.  B/W’s to 364p with a big strong B/W at £2992 for David Gyte.

Results:

Gross Prices:

81 Steers ave 368.8p

Very big numbers with the averages showing a bit less, but not as many show stoppers in the entry.  The best remain remarkable to sell with a top of 438p for a posh Limmy from George & James Blackshaw, Bakewell with a trio of big boys over £3000.  33 Natives today had Herefords to 394p and Angus to 388p with B/W to 327p.

Results:

Gross Prices:

 95 Heifers ave 379.8p/kg

Excellent to sell for the mixed entry, better sorts comfortably over 400p/kg.  Nigel & Julie Birch had 434p for a Blue x with Phil Hooley at 429p alongside Richard Swindell both with posh suckler bred sorts.  2 big girls over £3000 for Keith Harrop and David Mycock, Bonsall.  20 Natives to 390p for Herefords and 388p for Angus.

Results:

Gross Prices:

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

The largest entry so far this year with 542 in total.

Buyers out in force with several new faces operating.

Trade as good as or better than anything previously seen as the details will reveal.

The sale commenced with 14 breeding cattle including

33 Feeding Bulls

Sample Results:

275 Steers ave £1617

An outstanding selection of all shapes and sizes with a big range of prices but all making their money.

A definite premium being paid for the well matched bunches with buyers keen to assemble a load.

Angus crosses as usual very keenly sought and outside cattle with “hair and bone” on the wanted list.

Sample Results:

220 Heifers  Ave £1554

Some superb bunches and individuals in this week’s entry with top honours going to the Clark Farms entry of Pedigree Limousin heifers (see below)

All classes of cattle in great demand as the following results will show.

Sample Results:

Clark Farms, Ringinglow

46 CALVES (Auctioneer Natasha Hall)

More calves and trade on fire.

Blue bulls up to £690 and closely followed at £685 and £670.

Blue heifers to a top of £545

Lim bulls to £580

B/W’s to £340

Top 10 bulls averaged £582.50

Nearly 20% of the entry over £500

Bulls

B Blue                 £690     C Shirt

B Blue                 £685     JE Seals & Son

B Blue                 £670     JE Seals & Son

B Blue                 £620     C Shirt

B Blue                 £610     SG Salt & Son

Lim                      £580     C Shirt

Hfrs

B Blue                 £545     JE Seals & Son

B Blue                 £465     C Shirt

B Blue                 £410     R Bradbury & Sons

1205 LAMBS, 180 EWES & RAMS & 28 STORE SHEEP

(Auctioneer Peter Oven)

A total entry of 1413 sheep included 21 new season lambs with demand very good for best types.  Top price of 480p/kg and £205/head with an overall average 442.19p/kg

Leading Prices:

In the old season lambs a very good entry but a large proportion of the entry over 50kg and these are getting harder to sell apart from the very best.  Best butchers lambs to 376p/kg, heavy weight butchers lambs to 380p and light weights to 372p/kg.

Over weights sold to 329p/kg with a top gross of £191.18.  The overall average 330p/kg.

Leading Prices:

Averages:

A total of 28 Store Sheep saw ewes and lambs to £165

180 Ewes & Rams

(Auctioneers Mark Elliott & Holly Swift)

An increased entry from last week and plenty of superb sheep on offer with all types met again with fast bidding.

173 ewes to top at £268 for Toby Hall for a pen of Texels.

Top 10 ewe pens averaged £228.

Pens of well fed Mules to just over £200.

7 tups to £269 for SW & Philip Mason for a pair of strong Texels.

Ewes to £268  ave £175

Tups to £269   ave £198