Livestock & Dairy: Bakewell Market

Another respectable gathering of stock for the end of July with a total of 549 cattle and 1291 sheep on offer and trade reported as strong in all departments.

Finished cattle totalled 125 with Oliver indicating prices equally as strong as recent weeks to a top of 442p/kg and £3231in the lump, whilst the OTM’s possibly a shade easier to average 252p/kg but also reflecting a number of plainer Black & White cows within the entry.  Top price nevertheless of 373p/kg and £3470 in the lump.

Store & breeding cattle a little reduced given the time of year with a total of 202 and Meg reporting trade equally as strong as recent weeks with breeding bulls to £4650, steers to £2480 and heifers to £2160.

Calf numbers showed a substantial increase in numbers to 98 with plenty of interest which saw bulls to £730 and heifers £635.

Sheep numbers very similar but pleasing to see a sharper lamb trade to return an overall average of 347.39p/kg which is up 50p on the same week last year with tops of 399p/kg and £214 in the lump.  Cull sheep numbers also similar and trade very sharp for all types to £223 and averaging £146 per head.

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Thursday 31st July: Thursday Lunchtime Sheep Sale

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124 BARREN, OTM AND FEEDING COWS overall ave 252.8p/kg or £1633

(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)

A good lift in numbers but trade a bit less in the week with the averages back on last week.  No disaster though and cattle still good to sell, but at slightly lower levels.

Generally, not as many good cows on offer and a higher than usual percentage of plain B/W’s on offer.  Best end still nicely over £3/kilo with a high price of 373p for a Lim x heifer, 34 mnths for Messrs Hall, Marchington with the best cow at 342p (£2147) for a smart Limmy from Andrew & Helen Carr, Waterfall.

Results:

Gross Prices:

60 Black & White and ex dairy cows ave 227.9p

A bigger percentage and more leaner sorts on offer.

Best fed cows 250p+

Big Holsteins 235-245p

Plainer cows 210-230p

The plainest end – either side of £2/kilo

The best today:

6 OTM Bulls

125 FINISHED CATTLE ave 373.1p/kg

(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)

A good entry but less numbers than last week met an exceptional trade throughout with all sorts looking dear.

30 Young Bulls ave 366.1p/kg

Lots of competition with the top 7 (from 4 vendors) over £4/kilo and up to a high of 432p for a pure Limmy from Poplars Farming, who had another big lad at £3120.  Alan Maier had 2 strong bulls also over £3k at £3100 and £3026.

3 Friesians sold to 318p and £2374.

Results:

Gross Prices:

38 Steers ave 367.2p

Some excellent quality at the top with the best 8 suckler sorts over £4/kilo and up to 431p and 429p for John Grummett, Smisby with Geoff Evans at 421p (£2913) and Richard Boothby at 419p.  8 Natives had Herefords to 379p and Red Poll to 344p.

Results:

Gross Prices:

57 Heifers ave 381.4p/kg

A cracking average and some quality cattle on offer.  The top 23 over 400p/kg with the best up to 442p for a very smart black Limousin from Luke Mosley, Brassington with Richard Boothby at 436p and Danny (Poplars Farming) at 434p.  12 natives saw Angus at 414p and Herefords to 349p.

Results:

Gross Prices:

STORE & BREEDING CATTLE – (Auctioneer Meg Elliott)

A few less stores on offer but trade good for the entry forward.

Breeding Cattle

Only a handful about but a real trade for those shown topping at £2920 for an exceptional blue cow with a heifer calf at foot from the Naylor family of Bakewell.

28 Feeding Bulls

Sample Results:

110 Steers ave £1518 (up £60)

A similar number to last week with all well sought after.

Sample Results:

55 Heifers ave £1381 (up£74)

Sample Results:

98 CALVES (Auctioneer Natasha Hall)

A large entry of calves on offer of all shapes and sizes with a busy ring of prospective buyers.

Bulls topped at £730 for a B Blue from H Tinker & Sons and a Lim followed behind at £680 from H Hodgkinson & Sons,

Top call in the heifers was £635 for a Lim from TN Palfreyman & Son.

Bulls

B Blue                 £730     H Tinker & Sons

Lim                      £680     H Hodgkinson & Sons

Lim                      £660     H Hodgkinson & Sons

B Blue                 £620     GW & WL Neville

B Blue                 £590     GW & WL Neville

Hfrs

Lim                      £635     TN Palfreyman & Sons

B Blue                 £625     TN Palfreyman & Sons

Lim                      £570     J Cawser

963 SPRING LAMBS & 337 EWES & RAMS

(Auctioneer Peter Oven)

Another excellent entry of 1296 sheep included 946 new season lambs.  Demand very brisk throughout with trade up on last week to a top of 399p/kg and £214.52/life.  Best butchers lambs from Sue Torr topped at 399p/kg with others to 384p/kg, heavy lambs to 371p/kg and overweights to 346p/kg.  Overall market average 347.39p/kg.

Leading Prices:

Old Season Lambs to 310p/kg ave 234.83p/kg.

333 Ewes and Rams

(Auctioneers Mark Elliott & Holly Swift)

A good entry with buyers for all categories and grazing purchasers out in force.  Plenty of strong continental sorts £180 plus with the best from Mark Hambleton topping the day at £223.

The top 9 pens averaged an excellent £213.45.

Strong Mules over £150 with the very best £170 plus.  Best Swales towards £130.  Generally, all categories as dear or just a little dearer than recent weeks, but fair to say that some very long strong Texels could have been well sold and more are wanted.

Ewes to £223 ave £146.00        

Tups to £224 ave £155.00