Livestock & Dairy: Bakewell Market

Another excellent gathering of stock in all departments with a total of 742 cattle and 1715 sheep on offer from a total of 244 vendors.

Store cattle numbers totalled 466 and included a dispersal of 53 organic suckler cows, being a mixture of Hereford and Angus x cows which created significant interest and selling to a top of £2370.

Store cattle continued at recent strong rates with tops of £2460 and an overall average of £1605.

Oliver reported an improved trade for the 119 head of finished cattle which sold to a full line up of buyers with steers to 421p/kg and £3254 and heifers to 444p/kg and £3125.  Averages up on last week with heifers at 371.44 and steers 367.94p/kg.

OTM numbers back slightly at 116 with trade continuing at recent rates to return an average of 259.48p/kg and tops of 330p/kg and £3,507 per head.

Calves strong for all types with young calves to £700 and some older reared types to a top of £1010.

Sheep trade on fire with a total of 1388 hoggs returning an SQQ average of 408.42p/kg.  All types meeting fierce demand to £232 per head and 490p/kg.

327 cull sheep all being good to sell with strong continentals peaking at £258.

Normal weekly sheep sale on Thursday with HPLS Store Cattle Sale on Friday for which we have an entry of 570

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Forthcoming Fixtures

Thursday 12^th March – Thursday Lunchtime Sheep Sale

Friday 13^th March – HPLS Store Cattle Sale  

116 BARREN, OTM AND FEEDING COWS overall ave 259.5p/kg or £1722

(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)

Trade on the whole very similar on the week with all buyers working hard to secure a load.  Top price of 230p/kg (£2422) for a 12 year old Limmy cow from Jonathon Wildgoose & Family, Scarcliffe, with the better bred sorts over 300p.  Plenty of feeding men operating and taking the leaner cows with potential for growth.

Results:

Gross Prices:

51 Black & White and ex dairy cows ave 240p

5 best over £2000

Best cows 260-274p

Meated Holsteins 250-260p

Parlour Cows 230-250p

Plainer end 210-220p

Only a few under £2

The best today:

5 OTM Bulls

5 OTM Steers 

119 FINISHED CATTLE ave 360.8p/kg

(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)

Better cattle and better sold with all accounts firing hard.  Yes, cattle are not as dear as they were in January but they look well sold again today.

30 Young Bulls ave 335.4p/kg

Plenty of weighted bulls again today with the best big lads at 429 and 420p for David Goddard.  Nine natives saw Hereford to 341p and 5 B/W’s also in the entry which had their effect on the entry.

Results:

Gross Prices:

31 Steers ave 367.9p/kg

Better sold on the week with the averages nicely up.  Don Lownds had a super run today with his best B Blue x at 421p (£2610) while Charlotte Hadfield also had £4 for her Limousin.  A trio of big Limmys for S Hambleton all sold over £3000 to a high of £3254.  8 Natives saw Hereford to 374p and Angus to 388p.

Results:

Gross Prices

58 Heifers ave 371.4p/kg (Up 19 pence)

Nicely back up on the week and more bite to the trade.  Don Lownds topped both steers and heifers with his powerhouse at 441p (£3125).  Keith Harrop had 427p and 419p and Messrs Hazledine Farms to 410p.  19 Natives saw Angus to 384p and Shorthorn to 372p.

Results:

Gross Prices:

STORE & BREEDING CATTLE – (Auctioneer Meg Elliott)

A strong entry of 466 Store cattle saw a 100% clearance and a bouncy trade from start to finish.

58 In Calf Cows & Calves

The special entry of 53 in calf cows from the Harvey family of Weaver topped at £2370 for a Limousin due in May, others to £2280, £2180 and £2140.

Just one cows & calf outfit both by the Blue reached £2520.

20 Feeding Bulls

Not so many bulls forward this week saw a top of £1980 for an 18 month old Lim bull from B Wild & Son of New Mills.

Sample Prices:

237 Steers ave £1606 (up £59)

Some real quality forward which saw the average up almost £60 on the week topping at £2460 for a packet of 4 Limousin bullocks from MJ Burnett & Son, of Rowsley.

Sample Results:

£2460   Lim       21-22 mnths    MJ Burnett & Son, Rowsley

150 Heifers ave £1445 (up £63)

Heifer average also up on the week and also topping the day at £2500 for a group of 4 Limousins aged 21-23 mnths from Ashford Hall Farm.

Sample Results:

42 CALVES (Auctioneers Natasha Hall & Ivor Lowe)

A similar entry of calves this week with trade on fire for the best.

Bulls topped at £700 for a B Blue from JE & CM Fletcher & Co.  Heifers up to £575 for a British Blue from JE Seals & Son.

A smaller entry of B/W’s to a top of £145.

7 & 8 month old reared British Blue steer calves to a very good £1010 and 6 & 7 month old heifers to £740.

Bulls

B Blue                 £700     JE & CM Fletcher & Co

Lim                      £665     JE Seals & Son

B Blue                 £540     JM & D Shepherd & Sons

AA                        £465     JE & CM Fletcher & Co

Hfrs

B Blue                 £575     JE Seals & Son

Lim                      £550     JE Seals & Son

B Blue                 £545     JE & CM Fletcher & Co

B Blue                 £470     W Bradbury

B Blue                 £460     BD Hudson

AA                        £410     H & H Bradbury & Sons

1388 LAMBS, 327 EWES & RAMS & GOATS

(Auctioneer Peter Oven)

An increased entry of 1715 included a good show of 1388 lambs.  Trade beyond all expectations with best Texels to 490p/kg and 15 pens over 450p/kg with a top gross of £132/head.  A run of 182 all off keep sold to 465p ave 422.92p/kg and a run of 50 straight off turnips at Skegness ave 432p/kg.  Overall average 408.42p/kg up almost 35p/kg on the week. Even Jacobs were to 404p/kg.

Leading Prices

Averages

327 Ewes & Rams

Auctioneers Mark Elliott & Holly Swift)

A very different entry this week with better quality and style and some well fed groups throughout the day.

Top price £258 for Texels from the Barratt family at Combs with David Wartig close behind at £256.

Well meated Mules towards £170 and runs of lighter Mules £140+.

More buyers for horned types and to be fair these pens were better meated throughout that in the previous 3 weeks.  Better end Swales £106+.

The best eight pens averaged exactly £250/head.

Slaughter rams good to sell with better Texels £174 plus and a top today of £185.

Goats to £145

Ewes 100% clearance ave £142.96

Rams 100% clearance ave £133.76