Livestock & Dairy: Bakewell Market

A quieter day with only 522 cattle and 1,983 sheep on offer, but plenty of excitement when it came to trade.

The store & breeding cattle section had fewer on offer, hardly surprising after last week with a total of 1,004 store cattle sold at Bakewell, and of course those who purchased last Friday at the HPLS sale were unable to show stock today.

There were 272 store & breeding cattle with a great trade for all.

Steers sold to £2560 to average £1647 with heifers to £2300 to average £1485.  Feeding bulls reached £1920 to average £1420.

In the breeding section a Charolais cow with twin calves made £3200 and a 49 mnths pure Charolais stock bull made £2900.

Finished cattle numbers down for the reason already stated, but trade slightly firmer top figures 469p and £3766.  The heifer average was 376.0p and £2380 per head.

Fewer OTM cattle on offer with 91 forward, top figures 352p and £3376 averages 256.7p and £1674 per head.

Calves in short supply with 43 on offer.  Trade very strong indeed with bulls to £700 and heifers £670.

There was a decent turnout of 1565 hoggs with a great trade from start to finish.  Top figures 480p/kg and £217.20/head.  The SQQ looking very good at 410.5p, this made a typical animal in the 39-45kg weight range worth £178.65.

More cull sheep on offer with ewes selling to a remarkable £275 to average £150.22.

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Forthcoming Fixtures

Thursday 19^th March – Thursday Lunchtime Sheep Sale

Thursday Lunchtime Sheep Sale –  26^th March

Flock Dispersal of In Lamb Ewes

Comp: 170 NC Mule Ewes, scanned in lamb 194%

To Texel & Suffolk

Due 1^st May

7 Tups

91 BARREN, OTM AND FEEDING COWS overall ave 256.8p/kg or £1674

(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)

Less cows and a similar trade overall with the overage cattle becoming more scarce, trade is strong! So, if you have cows to market, get in touch and send them to Bakewell.  Better sorts still comfortably over £3 with a high of 352p (£2238) for a 33 month old Simmy from Messrs Hudson, Barrow Moor with the best cow at 348p (£2101) from Paul Kirkham, Hognaston.

Results:

Gross Prices:

48 Black & White and ex dairy cows ave 232p

OTM Clean 254-294p

Best Fed Cows 254-275p

Big Holsteins 230-250p

Leaner types 210-220p

Plainest end under 200p

The best today:

3 OTM Bulls

4 OTM Steers 

116 FINISHED CATTLE ave 375.1p/kg

(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)

Similar numbers to last week, the average being 15 pence more tell the story of today.

14 Young Bulls ave 366p/kg

Look at the top calls with some magical prices today, Keith Belfield led the way at 456p (£3520) and 427p (£3766) with PJ Dale at 430p (£3053).  Dairy Shorthorns to 338p and Holsteins to 330p.

Results:

Gross Prices:

44 Steers ave 376.5p/kg

Good numbers and trade amazing with the upcoming festival boosting trade.  John Grummett had the pick today with his 4 at 469, 448, 440 and 428p (£3201).  Plenty more in the £4 club.  15 Natives had Herefords to 406p and Angus to 400p.

Results:

Gross Prices

58 Heifers ave 376.1p/kg

Good cattle and a good trade with cattle in big demand.  Keith Harrop had a super run today and peaked at 454p (£2805) for a shapey Blond with Mark Sweetmore and Richard Boothby both at 445p.  17 Natives saw Angus to 388p and Herefords to 382p.

Results:

Gross Prices:

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

Less cattle forward this week with only 272 on offer.  Plenty of demand and more cattle could have been sold with ease.

The sale commenced with a few breeding stock including:

 Feeding Bulls

Sample Prices:

130 Steers ave £1647

A very mixed selection with brisk bidding for all varieties.

Sample Results:

120 Heifers ave £1485

Plenty of interest with all types finding a ready market with trade as strong as ever.

Sample Results:

43 CALVES (Auctioneers Natasha Hall & Ivor Lowe)

Trade up a notch again this week with all types a fierce trade from start to finish.

Best continental bulls saw B Blues to £700 and £680 with heifers seeing Limousins to £670 and Blues to £560.

B/W’s possibly dearer than seen for sometime with the strongest of these to a top of £330.

A nice run of reared calves attracted significant interest with steers seeing B Blue to £1,015 and heifers of the same breed to £900 and Charolais to £880.

Bulls

B Blue                 £700     G & R Waller, Bollington

B Blue                 £680     GW & WL Neville, Tansley

Angus                 £520     G & L Belfield, Quarnford

Hfd                       £505     GJ Tideswell, Marchington

Fries                    £300     G & L Belfield, Quarnford

Fries                    £265     T & CJ Hadfield, Wheston

Hfrs

B Blue                 £560     GW & WL Neville, Tansley

1565 LAMBS, 418 EWES & RAMS & GOATS

(Auctioneer Peter Oven)

A total entry of 1983 sheep included an increased show of 1565 lambs.  Demand very brisk from start to finish with best Beltex x to 480p/kg with other butchers lambs to 464p/kg and 6 pens over 450p/kg.  Top gross of £217.20/head with an overall average of 410.56p/kg up 2 pence on last week.

Leading Prices

Averages

418 Ewes, Rams & Goats

Auctioneers Mark Elliott & Holly Swift)

With over 400 penned there was spirited bidding from start to finish and buyers for all categories.  Generally, meated continentals all £230 and above with the biggest and best all over £250.  Top price of the day was £275 for Andrew Henshaw & Family at Fairfield for strong Texels.

Some fair runs of meated Mules forward showing aged flesh but no absolute storming big weights.  The Mules topped at just over £150.

The top 5 pens averaged £253.60 and were all Texels.

Meated Swales towards £120 with some bigger Gritstone crosses around £138.

In the rams best Texels to £232 with David Gibson at £214.  Suffolks to £142.

Two small nanny goats sold at £120/head.

100% clearance in all sections.

Ewes ave £150.22

Rams ave £166.41