Livestock & Dairy: Bakewell Market

Not a bad turnout for a Tuesday market with trade solid in all sections.

A change in the weather due any day which we hope will improve the keep situation.

A pleasing entry of 79 store cattle sold on an excellent trade with prices much as last week.

Out of the limited selection steers sold to £1,800 and heifers £2,240.

Back to normal numbers next week with a special entry of 20 cows & calves already on the list.

39 finished cattle sold on a decent trade with top figures 408p and £3,080 per head.

The 18 heifers averaged 360p indicating the quality of the sample rather than the level of demand.

Just 18 OTM cattle on offer with top figures 316p and £2,008 per head.  The average was a healthy 248.0 pence.

In the sheep section there were 448 lambs forward with a big range of quality.

Some superb well meated lambs attracting plenty of interest, the under finished ones selling at a different price level.

The best on offer sold to 350pkg and £164.50.  The SQQ average was 301.0p with the overall average 304.8p demonstrating the demand for the heavier well fleshed lambs.

A surprisingly large Tuesday entry of cull sheep included ewes to £235 to average £126.90 for a rather mixed sample.

Forthcoming Fixtures

Thursday 28^th August: Thursday Lunchtime Sheep Sale & Store Lamb Sale

Friday 29^th August: Store Lamb Sale

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18 BARREN, OTM AND FEEDING COWS overall ave 248.06p/kg

(Auctioneer Ivor Lowe)

As expected, a much quieter Tuesday entry but trade much in line with top prices of 316p/kg and £2008 per head.

Results:

39 FINISHED CATTLE ave 357p/kg

(Auctioneer Ivor Lowe

9 Young Bulls ave 323.86p/kg

A wide variety in terms of quality but a competitive trade for all with tops of 420p/kg and £2923

Results:

12 Steers ave 376.53p

All types looking well sold with tops of 400p/kg and £3080

Results:

18 Heifers ave 360.04p/kg

All types again looking well sold to 408p/kg and £2928.

Results:

STORE & BREEDING CATTLE – (Auctioneer Alastair Sneddon)

Rather a good entry for a Tuesday market with a total of 79 cattle on offer.  There was sufficient buying power to ensure fair play and prices were much the same as last week.

The quality of cattle in the entry was somewhat mixed with some consignments clearly showing the signs of the very dry conditions that we have experienced lately.

Sample Results:

43 CALVES (Auctioneer Natasha Hall)

A smaller entry today with best rearing calves very much still in demand.

Bulls to top at £580 for a Lim from H Hodgkinson & Sons.

Heifers to top at £500 for a B Blue from JE & CM Fletcher & Co.

Bulls

Lim                      £580     H Hodgkinson & Sons

Lim                      £545     H Hodgkinson & Sons

B Blue                 £520     JE & CM Fletcher & Co

Lim                      £475     JR Hallam

Lim                      £460     H Hodgkinson & Sons

B Blue                 £410     RE Poyser & Son

Hfrs

B Blue                 £500     JE & CM Fletcher & Co

B Blue                 £470     RE Poyser & Son

B Blue                 £370     WJ Adams & Son

448 SPRING LAMBS & 211 EWES & RAMS

(Auctioneer Peter Oven)

A total entry of 659 sheep included 448 lambs.  Best meated lambs still well bid for to a top of 350p/kg with overall average of 305p/kg.

Leading Prices:

Averages

211 Ewes and Rams

(Auctioneers Peter Oven)

In the cull ewes a very good Bank Holiday entry of 211 included a large proportion of plainer sorts.  Plenty of buyers present with 5 grazing men trying hard to purchase ewes.  Best shaped pure Texels to £228 with heavy Texel x Mules to £235 and heavy Mules to £188.

Ewes to £235 ave £126.90       

Tups to £213 ave £155.84