Livestock & Dairy: Bakewell Market

Bakewell Market Report 05-04-2021

The decision to hold the Monday market on the Bank Holiday proved to be a great success aided by the arctic weather which deterred tourist traffic and avoided congestion in the Peak District.

There were 341 Cattle and 715 Sheep on offer with an outstanding trade in all sections and every animal changing hands.

The Store Cattle section was well supported with 335 head and there was plenty of buying power in operation to maintain recent levels of trade.

Steers sold to £1,250, Heifers £1,180 and Feeding Bulls £1,120.

It is clear that the finished beef trade is driving the demand for store cattle and this week’s finished cattle prices added fuel to the fire.

There were 54 cattle on offer with the best on offer to 286p and £1,867.  The usual yardstick of trade the average for the 35 heifers confirmed price levels at no less than 236.8p.

OTM and feeding cattle were in short supply with only 43 forward, but anyone who showed cattle would have been delighted with the results.  Top figures 194p and £1,525 with the overall average a record 154.0p.

Just a handful of calves, but all wanted, bulls to £375 and heifers £345.

In the sheep department the trade for spring lambs could not maintain last week’s amazing figures but still managed 465p and £177.72 per head.

Old season lambs and hoggs are drying up fast and there were only 488 on offer.

The shortage resulted in top figures of 414p/kg and £179.80 with the SQQ at 339.7p

The 215 Cull sheep looked well sold with ewes to £166 to average £110.69.

 

Forthcoming Fixtures

Thursday 8th April: Lunchtime Sheep Sale, See our Facebook page for special entries.

Friday 16th April: Orange Market, Sale of TB restricted cattle,

further Entries invited, please speak to Oliver Hiles

 

FARM DISPERSALS

Friday 23rd April – Burns Farm, Church Warsop, Mansfield

Friday 30th April – Highfields Farm, Tamworth

ANNOUNCEMENTS

We have been asked to inform you,

  • Mr Peter Blackshaw of Tinkersley Farm, Rowsley has passed away at the age of 87.
  • Harry Holland who farmed at Youlgreave and also in France passed away after suffering a massive stroke whilst in hospital in France.

 

43 Barren, OTM and Feeding Cows Overall Average 154.1p or £1072.20

(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles).

THE DEAREST EVER…..AGAIN!!

Another lift in price with all buyers operating for the Easter sale to average a superb 154p or £1072.  When will it stop? Who knows! But please ‘be sure to make hay whilst the sun shines’ and sell your old cows on their legs and in Bakewell Market.  Best price today was a Limousin from Andrew Dickinson at 194p or £1365, with other good cows over 180p.

Sample Results:

194p/kg 704kg B Blue x A Dickinson, Boothgate
187p/kg 788kg B Blue x RB Tabbernor & Sons, Youlgreave
187p/kg 816kg Char AO Taylor, Brinsley
185p/kg 820kg Lim E & JE Sims, Endon
183p/kg 744kg B Blue x DS Gregory, Glossop
174p/kg 840kg Fries JW Handford & Sons, Aspenshaw
170p/kg 750kg Sim RA & CW Bentley, Church Broughton
170p/kg 874kg Swed R/W JW Handford & Sons, Aspenshaw
168p/kg 692kg AA A & A Spooner, Macc Forest
168p/kg 522kg Sim EP Brailsford, Farley

 

And Gross Prices:

£1525.92 816kg Char AO Taylor, Brinsley
£1517.00 820kg Lim E & JE Sims, Endon
£1485.80 874kg Swed R/W JW Handford & Sons, Aspenshaw
£1473.56 788kg B Blue x RB Tabbernor & Sons, Youlgreave
£1461.60 840kg Fries JW Handford & Sons, Aspenshaw
£1365.76 704kg Lim A Dickinson, Boothgate
£1361.52 744kg B Blue x DS Gregory, Glossop
£1329.32 796kg Swed R/W JW Handford & Sons, Aspenshaw
£1275.00 750kg Sim RA & CW Bentley, Church Broughton
£1262.24 784kg Holst Easom & Sons, Furnace

 

20 Black & White and ex-dairy cows Ave 145.1p/kg

Unbelievable the level of trade with fierce competition for all cows, 6 best over 160p with mediums 130-147p and only 2 under 120p.

TOP 6 DAIRIES

174p/kg £1461 Fries JW Handford & Sons, Aspenshaw
165p/kg £924 Holst Easom & Sons, Furnace
170p/kg £1485 Swed JW Handford & Sons, Aspenshaw
167p/kg £1329 Swed JW Handford & Sons, Aspenshaw
162p/kg £1150 Fries P Furness, Monyash
161p/kg £1262 Holst Easom & Sons, Furnace

 

54 FINISHED CATTLE – overall average 231.1p (Auctioneer Oliver Hiles) 

RECORDS KEEP TUMBLING

A good turnout for Bank Holiday market and a ring full of butchers and wholesalers all wanting left some going home empty handed.

2 Finished Bulls ave 225p/kg

Only 2 bulls from Nigel & Julie Birch sold well

Sample Results:

225p/kg £1206 Sim NA Birch, Monyash

 

17 Steers – overall average 221.3p/kg or £1532

A superb trade for the quality cattle on offer with some excellent quality today.  Top call today was 262p or £1734 for Messrs Swinson, Denstone with his other at 253p or £1765.  PJ Blackshaw had 260p or £1809 and others at 249p (£1867) 249p (£1633) 243p (£1618) and 234p.  Keith Harrop had 256p for his only Steer with Stuart Wainwright also at 256p and 230p.

Sample Results:

262p/kg 682kg Lim RH & DT Swinson, Uttoxeter
260p/kg 696kg Lim PJ Blackshaw, Pilsley
256p/kg 672kg Lim K Harrop, Alport
256p/kg 558kg Lim SJ Wainwright, Poynton
253p/kg 598kg Lim RH & DT Swinson, Uttoxeter
249p/kg 656kg Lim PJ Blackshaw, Pilsley
243p/kg 666kg Lim PJ Blackshaw, Pilsley
234p/kg 588kg Lim PJ Blackshaw, Pilsley
230p/kg 652kg B Blue x SJ Wainwright, Poynton
219p/kg 608kg S Horn WT & HP Grindon, Warslow

 

And Gross Prices:

£1867.50 750kg Lim PJ Blackshaw, Pilsley
£1809.60 696kg Lim PJ Blackshaw, Pilsley
£1765.94 698kg Lim RH & DT Swinson, Uttoxeter
£1734.44 662kg Lim RH & DT Swinson, Uttoxeter
£1720.32 672kg Lim K Harrop, Alport
£1633.44 656kg Lim PJ Blackshaw, Pilsley
£1618.38 666kg Lim PJ Blackshaw, Pilsley
£1499.60 652kg B Blue x SJ Wainwright, Poynton
£1468.32 798kg Hfd RW Ardern & Sons, Topley Pike
£1455.24 804kg Norw Red RW Ardern & Sons, Topley Pike

 

35 Finished Heifers – overall average 236.8p/kg or £1429

The best average and top price ever for a regular weekly sale.  10 best over 160p and a high of 286p (record) and £1687 for PJ Blackshaw, Michael Wynne had a wonderful run of 8 heifers selling to 270p (£1535) to average 259p.  Keith Harrop had up to 269p for his best Blonde with Stuart Wainwright at 261p

 

Sample Results:

286p/kg 590kg Lim PJ Blackshaw, Pilsley
270p/kg 568kg Lim M Wynne, Padfield
269p/kg 556kg Lim M Wynne, Padfield
269p/kg 648kg Blonde x K Harrop, Alport
269p/kg 578kg Lim M Wynne, Padfield
264p/kg 536kg Lim M Wynne, Padfield
263p/kg 618kg B Blue x K Harrop, Alport
261p/kg 574kg Lim SJ Wainwright, Poynton
260p/kg 568kg Lim K Harrop, Alport
260p/kg 610kg Lim M Wynne, Padfield
255p/kg 676kg Lim PJ Blackshaw, Pilsley

 

And Gross Prices:

£1743.12 648kg Blonde x K Harrop, Alport
£1723.80 676kg Lim PJ Blackshaw, Pilsley
£1687.40 590kg Lim PJ Blackshaw, Pilsley
£1670.90 682kg B Blue x M Wynne, Padfield
£1625.34 618kg B Blue x K Harrop, Alport
£1586.00 610kg Lim M Wynne, Padfield
£1554.82 578kg Lim M Wynne, Padfield
£1533.60 568kg Lim M Wynne, Padfield
£1532.02 706kg Lim H & G Hollinshead, Lichfield
£1505.00 602kg Blonde x M Wynne, Padfield

 

STORE & BREEDING CATTLE – (Auctioneer Alastair Sneddon)

A decent Bank Holiday show of 225 Store Cattle sold on yet another outstanding trade.  Most of the regular buyers had made the trip together with a few ‘Wild Card’ appearances because of the holiday fixture.

The sale commenced with 17 Feeding Bulls with sample prices as follows:

£1070 Sim x 15 mnths PG & AD Godber, Kimberley
£1120 B Blue x 11 mnths RA & CW Bentley, Church Broughton
£645 Sim x 13 mnths H Fitzhugh, Heage
£490 Blonde x 3 mnths CH Ede & Son, Alkmonton
£665 Sim 7 mnths N Sherratt, Stannington

 

Breeding Cattle

£900 Ped Sim Cow, 114 mnths i/c N Sherratt, Stannington
£910 Lim x Cow, 81 mnths, Feeding Cow Roger Barton, Leverton

 

100 Steers ave £883

Sample results:

£1155 Lim x 19 mnths W Hague & Son, Bradfield
£860 Lim x 9-10 mnths W Hague & Son, Bradfield
£815 Sim x 12 mnths Marchwood Farming, Uttoxeter
£930 B Blue x 11 mnths Bullybeef Farm, Glossop
£670 Angus x 10-11 mnths A & R Alsop, Smalley
£855 Lim x 10-12 mnths MJ Brewin, Linford
£750 Angus x 10 mnths MJ Brewin, Linford
£880 Angus 9-11 mnths JA Sheldon, Wirksworth
£970 Char 9-12 mnths CS Edge, Ballidon
£895 Angus x 12-13 mnths CS Edge, Ballidon
£1180 Lim x 17 mnths JF Kirkham, Hartington
£1145 Lim x 11 mnths K & S Harper, Dungworth
£1040 Lim x 11-12 mnths RA & CW Bentley, Church Broughton
£1185 Char x 13 mnths S Chambers & K Wilton, Flagg
£1140 B Blue x 19 mnths D & S Ede Ltd, Cubley
£905 Lim x 11 mnths PW Lomas, Flagg
£1250 B Blue x 18-20 mnths CF Edge, Alsop
£1200 Sim x 19 mnths CF Edge, Alsop
£950 B Blue x 18-20 mnths MT Wainwright, Poynton
£940 Holst 23 mnths JW Oakes, Wirksworth
£980 Blonde 29 mnths DC Hoggard, Hallam
£760 Holst 11-15 mnths N & S Pearson, Peak Forest

 

104 Heifers ave £831

Excellent prices for all comers with buyers operating at all levels.

Sample Results:

£580 Angus x 7 mnths R & P Organic, Spot Acre
£805 Lim x 10-11 mnths B Higginson, Rushton
£870 Lim x 10 mnths W Hague & Son, Bradfield
£725 Hfd x 12-15 mnths RP Lawley, Draycott
£760 Angus x 13-14 mnths Bullybeef Farm, Glossop
£820 Sim x 12-16 mnths PG & AD Godber, Kimberley
£830 Char x 10-11 mnths K & S Harper, Dungworth
£1075 B Blue x 15-24 mnths D & S Ede Ltd, Cubley
£1000 Sim x 15 mnths D & S Ede Ltd, Cubley
£815 B Blue x 15 mnths DF Chadfield, Cubley
£1035 Lim x 21-24 mnths D & A Dickinson, Bradbourne
£1085 Fleck x 26 mnths D & A Dickinson, Bradbourne
£820 Lim x 11 mnths PW Lomas, Flagg
£1070 Sim x 19-20 mnths WB Moss, Rainow
£1090 Blonde x 19 mnths WB Moss, Rainow
£1075 B Blue x 19-20 mnths WB Moss, Rainow
£1180 Hfd x 24 mnths Ingram Bros, Atherstone
£800 MRI 19-22 mnths JC Shepherd & Son, Dungworth
£1005 B Blue x 21-22 mnths MT Wainwright, Poynton
£810 Hfd x 21-22 mnths JT Flint, Ible
£880 Lim x 24-26 mnths JA & AJ Coxon, Church Broughton
£1160 Hfdx 23 mnths S Raines & Son, Grange Mill
£1100 Angus x 23 mnths EW Surguy, Ashover

 

CALVES (Auctioneer Ivor Lowe)

A small Bank Holiday entry of calves met an excellent trade for all with B Blues seeing bulls to £375 and Heifers to £345.

Heifers particularly dear with the 8 Blues averaging £215.

Black & White’s light on numbers but in keen demand to a top of £132.

Bulls Top Price (£) Ave Vendor
Holst £132.00 £56.33 GM Brown & Son, Holymoorside
Saler £165.00 TN Palfreyman & Son, Flagg
B Blue x 375.00 £308.76 L Hadfield & Sons, Peak Forest
Lim £275.00 £213.50 DR & S Kirby, Eastmoor
Heifers
Saler £202.00 JF Hayes, Shottle
B Blue x £345.00 £215.25 DR & S Kirby, Eastmoor

 

715 Sheep including 500 Finished Lambs & 215 Ewes & Rams

(Auctioneer Peter Oven)

A smaller entry of 715 sheep included 12 New Season Lambs and 488 Old Season lambs.  Demand for the New Season lambs was very brisk to 465p/kg and £177.72/head

Leading Prices: –

38kg 465p/kg R Brough & Son, Monyash
39kg 455p/kg R Brough & Son, Monyash
41.3kg 430p/kg R Brough & Son, Monyash

 

In the Old Season lambs 488 forward met an increased number of buyers with butchers and farm shop purchasers battling fiercely for better fleshed sorts.  Best butchers’ lambs peaked at 414p/kg with export spec lambs to 402p/kg, heavyweight butchers lambs to 360p/kg and overweights to 330p/kg.  Best lambs grossing £179.80 with 14 pens over £170/head.

Overall market average 339.15p/kg

Leading Prices: –

36.7kg 328p/kg J Bush, Sheffield
38.5kg 328p/kg J Bush, Sheffield
42.8kg 414p/kg R Swift & Son, Little Onn
43.1kg 412p/kg R Swift & Son, Little Onn
43.2kg 402p/kg R Swift & Son, Little Onn
43.9kg 390p/kg R Swift & Son, Little Onn
44.29p/kg 382p/kg M Sweetmore, Earl Sterndale
46.2kg 360p/kg TA Twyford & Son, Alport
47.2kg 360p/kg M Wright, Hartington
51.1kg 348p/kg R Swift & Son, Little Onn
52.6kg 330p/kg R Swift & Son, Little Onn
56.6kg 314p/kg R Wood, Middleton

 

Averages:

Standard To: 328p/kg Ave: 301.86p/kg
Medium To: 414p/kg Ave: 348.5p/kg
Heavy To: 360p/kg Ave: 328.27p/kg
Overweight To: 330p/kg Ave: 315.04p/kg

 

215 Cull Sheep

Just 215 cull ewes and rams saw trade continue to be very strong with heavy Texel ewes to £166, best Suffolk x to £135 and Mules sold in the £90-£105 range.

 

Cast Ewes        To: £166          Ave: £110.69

Cast Rams       To: £147          Ave: £116.50

 

Auctioneer:

Alastair Sneddon

Senior partner

Livestock, auctioneering and professional services

Oliver Hiles

Market Associate

Ivor Lowe

Partner

Property and professional services

Peter Oven

Market Associate