Livestock & Dairy: Bakewell Market

A very busy day with 2,217 Sheep and 739 Cattle on offer but despite the large entries trade was very strong in all sections.

There were 442 Store and Breeding Cattle forward which sold on another tremondous trade with all types in great demand.

Steers topped at £2600 to average £1588 and heifers £2520 to average £1442.  Feeding Bulls sold to £1650 and in the breeding department Cows and Calves sold to £3700 and In Calf to Heifers £1720.

There were 113 Finished Cattle forward with top figure 434p/kg and £3092 per head.

The 51 heifers averaged a solid 371.8p and £2229 per head.

OTM cattle were out in force with a decent turnout of 112 head, trade was excellent with top prices 337p/kg and £3019 per head.  The average was a respectable 254.6p and £1671 per head.

A good number of calves with 78 on offer and a very strong demand, bulls sold to £685 and heifers £590.

In the sheep section there was the largest Monday entry for quite some time.  The 1548 lambs looked very well sold with top figures 360p/kg and £199.80 per head.  The Sqq average was 309.9p and the oversll 313.4p making a typical lamb in the 39 to 45kg weight range worth £131.75.

A massive entry of 668 Cull Sheep sold on a cracking trade with ewes to £241 to average £112.59

Forthcoming Fixtures

Thursday 2^nd October: Farm Sale, Carr House Farm, Wingerworth

Friday 3^rd October: Theaves & Ewes

Saturday 4^th October: Ram Fair

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127 BARREN, OTM AND FEEDING COWS overall ave 254.6p/kg or £1671

(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)

More cows and very much a stand on trade as they were as good to sell as last week, some good sorts on offer again sold to a smart company of buyers.  Best cows today still comfortably over 300p/kg and the best cow at 337p being a 10 year old Lim for Messrs Fretwell, Ashbourne.  Less younger sorts on offer today but plenty of trade for the keeping cow for further feeding.  If you would like any information on the way we market and sell cows here at Bakewell give ma a call on 07801 530899.

Results:

Gross Prices:

58 Black & White and ex dairy cows ave 234p

Simlair money with cows generally not as plain as they were a month ago.

4 underage heifers 290-298p

Best cows 260-290p

Big Holsteins 245-260p

Parlour Holsteins 220-240p

Plainer Cows Either side of £2 p/kg

The best today:

4 OTM Bulls

113 FINISHED CATTLE ave 360.1p/kg

(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)

 Trade remains good and possibly even better for the best meated cattle on offer

29 Young Bulls ave 350.9p/kg

Less bulls but trade just as strong as last week. 4 best over £4 and a top of 418p for a B Blue from Mark Sweetmore. 8 Dairy bulls today sold to 318p Dairy Shorthorn

Results:

Gross Prices:

33 Steers ave 350.7p

Not quite the overall quality of last week but some good bred cattle throughout the entry.  Messrs Prince, Ecton had 401p, 394p & 386p for there best.

Results:

Gross Prices:

51 Heifers ave 371.8p/kg

Good numbers about and some well bred and fed cattle at the top end of the entry.  Messrs Baxter, Copt Oak, Leicester had the pick today at 434, 422 and 416 with a lot of the better sorts over £4.  6 bigger made heifers topped £2800 and to £2881 for Keith Harrop.

12 natives sold to 391p for Angus from Philip Hooley,

Results:

Gross Prices:

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

Another good entry of 442 head, a very consistent number for a weekly sale sold on a wonderful trade to a full line up of buyers, some of whom struggled to get started because of the level of prices.

The sale commenced with some 46 breeding stock which included

Breeding Stock

Feeding Bulls

Only a handful of feeding bulls this week which included

206 Steers ave £1588

A good selection to suit all tastes and pockets and plenty of demand at all levels

Sample Results:

179 Heifers ave £1442

A nice show of heifers with trade strong from start to finish.

The sale was assisted by selling some good level bunches which certainly commanded a premium.

Sample Results:

57 CALVES (Auctioneer Natasha Hall)

Less numbers of calves forward this week.

A good entry of calves with all types well bid for from start to finish.  Bulls to top at £685 for a B Blue from JE & CM Fletcher & Co, Heifers topped at £590 for a B Blue from Furness & Taylor.  Black & Whites to to0 at £165 from JE & CM Fletcher & Co

Bulls

B Blue                 £685     JE & CM Fletcher & Co

Lim                      £595     SG Potter

B Blue                 £590     JE & CM Fletcher & Co

Char                    £515     A & EM Howe & Sons

Lim                      £485     D Fotherby & Sons

Here                    £420     SG Potter

Hfrs

B Blue                 £590     Furness & Taylor

Lim                      £445     SG Potter

B Blue                 £420     Furness & Taylor

B Blue                 £410     S & LM Kirby

B Blue                 £405     RE Poyser & Son

1549 LAMBS, 668 EWES & RAMS

(Auctioneer Peter Oven)

A total entry of 2217 sheep included another excellent entry of 1549 lambs.  Meated fed lambs regardless of weight very well bid for with best butchers lambs to 358p/kg and heavyweight butchers lambs to 360p/kg and overweight lambs saw a gross of £199.80 / head.  The overall average 313.47 p/kg

Leading Prices:

Averages

668 Ewes & rams

(Auctioneers Mark Elliott & Holly Swift)

A superb entry again this week of 666 ewes and rams with a pleasing overall average of £113.58.

Top call today £238 for some pure texels from Ben Thorpe with three other bunches at £230 from Boden and Davies and plenty others above the £170-£228 mark today and the top 10 pens averaging £223.40, with generally a larger proportion of stronger ewes. Trade generally fast and the grazing sheep very good to sell, however this made the mediums look less money, but they are still a good trade. Fleshy horned ewes £95+.

9 tups to top at £241 and others at £201 for smart texel cross sorts from Little Onn

657 ewes to £238 av £111.74 – up nearly £10 on the week

9 tups to £241 av £170.78 – up £26.28 on the week