Livestock & Dairy: Bakewell Market

Blustery weather over the weekend and a frost on Saturday morning indicates that Winter on its way.

Changing the clocks always upsets arrival times, but eventually everything arrived leaving us with a total of 770 cattle and 1,562 sheep, a very respectable entry for the time of year.

Plenty of excitement in the store & breeding section with the special entry of Pedigree Limousins from Clark Farms, Sheffield hitting the highlights at the start of the sale.

Maiden heifers topped at £3,700 and the 52 mnth stock bull attracted fierce competition resulting in a hammer price of £5,100.

The remaining store cattle sold exceedingly well with steers to £2,500 ave £1,530, heifers to £2,440 ave £1,427 and feeding bulls to £2,500 ave £1,185.

There were 115 finished cattle with trade slightly sharper.  Top figures 430p/kg and £3,280 per head.

Our regular indicator of trade being the average for the 55 heifers which managed 381.9p/kg and £2,366 per head.

Turning to the OTM department there was a decent entry of 147 head with top figures 317pkg and £3,117 per head.  The average was a shade dearer at 242.4 pence and £1,619 per head.

In the calf section, a usual number with an entry of 74.  Bulls sold to £605 and heifers to £500 so it is reasonable to assume that trade was outstanding.

In the sheep department there was a decent entry of 1,257 lambs with top figures 374p/kg and £193.70 per head.

The SQQ average was 324.9p making a typical lamb in the 39-45kg range worth £140.17 a useful increase on recent weeks.

Fewer ewes forward this week with only 305 on offer.  The best sold to £194 to average £104.08.

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Thursday 30th October – Thursday Lunchtime Sheep Sale

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147 BARREN, OTM AND FEEDING COWS overall ave 242.4p/kg or £1619

(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)

Up 3 pence on the week

Good numbers and a solid trade with the average just a little bit better which is encouraging to see.

10 better sorts over £3/kilo with a high of 317p (£2199) for a 12-year-old Limmy from Ian Mellor, Kniveton, with strong Blue cows from Messrs Allcock, Brassington up to £2570.  Trade remains good and could get even better.  If you would like any information on how we market barren cows in Bakewell, give me a call on 07801 530899.

Results:

Gross Prices:

74 Black & White and ex dairy cows ave 227p

Dearer on the week

Best cows 255-274p

Big Holsteins 230-250p

Leaner cows 210-220p

Plainest end under £2

The best today:

3 OTM Bulls – All worthy of a mention and over £3000

115 FINISHED CATTLE ave 375.4p/kg

(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)

Up 12 pence on the week

Trade is like a ‘ball of fire’ I said 2 weeks ago they were more and today was very dear once again.

35 Young Bulls ave 366.1p/kg

Very dear today with the regulars working hard, but finding it hard going.  7 best over 408 pence and up to 430p for a lovely red Limousin from the Wells family at Monyash with a big very shapey Blue from Ben Langton at £3280.  B/W’s sold to 340p for Messrs Mason, Hulland.

Results:

Gross Prices:

25 Steers ave 375.1p

Only 25 but what an average with some trade about.  Matt Langton (DG Allen) had a couple at 419p each with a nice run from John & Frank Kunica (Belper Skip Hire) at the top of the charts also.

Results:

Gross Prices:

55 Heifers ave 381.9p/kg

Wow! Simply on fire with all the wholesalers and butchers alike trying to get in front before the Christmas rush starts. A double top of 430p for Matt Langton and Keith Harrop with all the better shaped sorts over 410p.  17 natives saw Angus to 400p, Herefords to 372p and Devons to 370p.

Results:

Gross Prices:

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

Another good entry of 434 store & breeding cattle with some wonderful specimens on sale.

Trade was outstanding from the off with the special entry of pedigree Limousin from Clark Farms of Sheffield taking top honours.

The selection of 9 maiden heifers, 17-19 mnths made from £2500 to £3,700 to average £3,133.

The 52-month stock bull with excellent calving and gestation length made £5,100.

Other cattle in the breeding section included.

Feeding Bulls

Feeding bulls were more numerous with 47 forward – a very varied selection.

141 Steers ave £1530

A good mix of cattle with buyers operating at all price levels.

Plenty of confidence on show and some remarkable results achieved.

Sample Results:

214 Heifers ave £1427

A big day for heifers which outnumbered the steers by a considerable margin.

No shortage of demand with some tremendous prices achieved for bunches and individuals.

Sample Results:

74 CALVES (Auctioneer Natasha Hall)

Slightly less calves on offer with 74 forward, trade continues at a pace with a big ring of prospective purchasers looking for quality rearing calves.  Better sorts of bulls easily over £450 with the best bull of the day a B Blue at £605 from Furness & Taylor.

In the heifers a strong show of continentals with the best topping at £500 for a B Blue from JE Seals & Son.

Bulls

B Blue                 £605     Furness & Taylor

B Blue                 £600     RG Emmott

B Blue                 £595     RG Emmott

B Blue                 £565     RG Emmott

Hfrs

B Blue                 £500     JE Seals & Son

B Blue                 £485     Furness & Taylor

B Blue                 £470     DJ Metcalfe & Co

B Blue                 £465     GW & WL Neville

B Blue                 £435     GW & WL Neville

1257 LAMBS & 305 EWES & RAMS

(Auctioneer Peter Oven)

A total entry of 1562 sheep included another excellent entry of 1257 lambs.  Demand well up on last week’s high level with overall average up over 20p/kg.  Best butchers lambs to 374p/kg with heavy weight butchers lambs to 369p/kg and overweights to 342p/kg with a top gross of £193.70/head.  Twelve pens selling at 360p/kg and above.

Overall average 324.95p/kg.

Leading Prices:

Averages

305 Ewes and Rams

(Auctioneers Mark Elliott & Holly Swift)

A much-reduced entry compared to the previous 6 weeks but trade up on average £5 on the week with an overall average of £106.70.

283 ewes forward and a very mixed entry to top at £194 for some big Suffolks from Steven Buckley and the top ten pens above £164, but no number of big, best ewes today, plenty of medium sorts at £140-150. A larger proportion of smaller grazing sorts today with plenty around the £70-£80 mark and up to £102.

22 rams to £222 for 3 smart texel sorts from Little Onn, other big strong sorts close behind at £205 and £181 from PJ Blackshaw and the Byard’s.

Ewes averaged £104 to £194

Rams averaged £137 to £222