Livestock & Dairy: Bakewell Market

A small Tuesday market following the Bank Holiday with 174 cattle and 735 sheep consigned by 82 vendors.

Trade was well up to expectations with every animal changing hands.

A modest entry of 77 store & breeding cattle sold at recent levels of trade with plenty of bidders around the ring and some great prices achieved.

The much wished for rain was making its presence felt and allaying fears of a serious drought.

Highlight of the sale was a Ped Lim cow and calf from Mr Joe Nichols of Draycott which made £4,100.

In the steers and heifers section steers sold to £2,500, heifers £1,980 and feeding bulls £1,240.

It will be back to normal next Monday with a special entry of 14 cows and calves already booked in.

There were 47 finished cattle, a useful turnout for a Tuesday market.

Top figures 418p/kg and £2,938 per head.

The average for the 35 heifers was 382.3p/kg and £2,385 per head, proof that prices remain strong.

Only 24 OTM cattle on offer with the top figures 359p/kg and £3,618 for an outstanding Limousin cow.

The overall average was a healthy 260.2 pence.

Just 24 calves this week with bulls to £625 and heifers to £580.

In the sheep section there were 255 Spring lambs selling to 393p/kg and £173.24 per head.  The SQQ average was 314.8p.

The 248 hoggs were a mixed lot as might be expected at this time of year.

The best on offer sold to 314p and £154.65 per head with the SQQ average 276.4p.

The final section being 197 cull sheep with ewes to £220 to average £118.

FORTHCOMING FIXTURES

Thursday 29^th May: Thursday Lunchtime Sheep Sale

26 BARREN, OTM AND FEEDING COWS overall ave 260.2p/kg or £1601

(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)     

Only a few and cows very much in line with last week.  A tremendous pure Limmy cow from Joe Nicholls was the stand out cow and topped at 359p or £3618.  10 B/W’s today sold to 269p or £1888 for Ian Lomas, Griffe.

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47 FINISHED CATTLE ave 377.1p/kg

(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)

A pleasing entry for the Bank Holiday market and whilst the best remain good, the lesser goods are seeing slightly lower prices due to continued deadweight drops in prices.

2 Young Bulls

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10 Steers ave 367.9p/kg

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35 Heifers ave 382.3p/kg

The best still usefully sold and over 400p/kg with a couple from Keith Harrop at 418p.

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STORE & BREEDING CATTLE – (Auctioneer Alastair Sneddon)

A small sample with only 77 head on sale, but despite the low number, buyers were out in force and trade was very satisfactory.

Things got off to a good start with a ped Lim cow & calf from Mr Joe Nicholls of Draycott which made £4,100.

40 Steers

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32 Heifers  

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24 CALVES (Auctioneer Ivor Lowe)

Those forward were rewarded with an excellent trade for all with Limousins topping the sale at £625 and £590 for Bulls and Heifers respectively.

All other types looking equally as well sold and many more could have been sold to an advantage.

Bulls

Lim                      £625     RS Torr, Tissington

Char                    £600     RS Torr, Tissington

B Blue                 £402     TW Kent & Co, Yeaveley

Hfd                       £330     T & CJ Hadfield, Wheston

Hfrs

Lim                     £580     WJ & DM Madin, Holymoorside

Char                    £470     RS Torr, Tissington

AA                        £280     G & L Belfield, Quarnford

538 LAMBS & 197 EWES & RAMS

(Auctioneer Peter Oven)

A good Bank Holiday entry of 736 sheep included 290 Spring Lambs.  Demand good for best butchers types with a top of 393p/kg and £173/head.  Overall average 319.18p/kg.

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Old Season Lambs

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197 Ewes and Rams

(Auctioneer Peter Oven)

Just 197 cull ewes and rams saw brisk bidding with best Texel ewes to £220 and rams to £208.

Ewes to £220 ave £118

Tups to £208 ave £140.40