Livestock & Dairy: Bakewell Market

A good solid turnout with 645 cattle and 1,199 sheep on offer and trade generally good.

Store & breeding cattle numbers well over 100 up on the week at almost 400 head.  Trade very strong after recent Spring weather and plenty of confidence around the ring.

The entry included a special retirement dispersal from H Willison from Whitwell, Worksop.

Charolais cow & calf outfits sold at up to £3,800 with others at £3,300 and £3,250.

In the regular stores the best steers topped at £2,720 to average £1,607 for an entry including a good many young cattle.

Heifers peaked at £2,380 and feeding bulls £2,080.

108 finished cattle – a few less than last week sold on a solid trade with top figures 450p/kg and £3,338 per head.

The average for the 69 heifers was 376.9 pence and a respectable £2,429 per head.

A few more OTM cattle on offer with 95 this week.  Top figures 350p/kg and £3,513 per head with the average looking good at 250.5 pence and £1,608 per head.

Calves remain very dear indeed, there were 44 on offer with bulls to £675 and heifers £520.

In the sheep section we saw the first new season lambs which sold to 542p/kg and £257.40/head.  The overall average settling at 520.39p/kg.

Finished hoggs are a very variable commodity at this time of year with many vendors bringing their tail end charlies.

The best on offer made 452p/kg and £273.36 per head, the SQQ average was 415.7 pence and a typical hogg in the 39-45kg bracket sold at £178.47.

Cull ewes thin on the ground with only 211 forward, the best to £258 to average £158.66.

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Thursday 26^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

95 BARREN, OTM AND FEEDING COWS overall ave 250.52p/kg or £1578

(Auctioneer Ivor Lowe)

Similar numbers to last week with trade also very similar to last week.  Best sorts again upward of £3/kg and tops of 350p/kg and £3,513/head.

Results:

Gross Prices:

46 Black & White and ex dairy cows ave 235p/kg

The best today:

286p/kg             P Furness, Monyash

271p/kg             C Beever, Alport

266p/kg             Pidcock & Matkin, Teversal

259p/kg             C Beever, Alport

256p/kg             P Rowbottom, Leek

255p/kg             P Furness, Monyash

108 FINISHED CATTLE ave 372.01p/kg

(Auctioneer Ivor Lowe)

13 Young Bulls ave 381.88p/kg

Average up on the week for a small sample with tops of 428p/kg and £3338 per head.

Results:

Gross Prices:

26 Steers ave 354.07p/kg

Results:

Gross Prices

58 Heifers ave 376.96p/kg

Results:

Gross Prices:

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

A better entry than last week with a total of 398 on offer.

Spring definitely in the air with plenty of farmer buyers looking for young cattle now that the grass is looking rather greener.

The sale started with a retirement dispersal from Mrs HM Willison from Worksop.  These attracted a great deal of interest and very brisk bidding.

Cow & Calf outfits sold as follows:

15 month old maiden heifers made £2,280

If you have a bunch of cattle that would benefit from extra publicity, do not hesitate to give Alastair Sneddon a call on 07973 982441

 Feeding Bulls

Sample Prices:

199 Steers ave £1607

Very strong demand for the small cattle at the start of the sale.

A good solid trade for the many Angus & Hereford crosses and general highlights for the top quality continentals.  As ever, well matched bunches attracted a premium with buyers keen to secure a load.

Sample Results:

162 Heifers ave £1537

A decent selection with some fine individuals and also a number of well balanced bunches.

All found a ready market with prices if anything firmer than last week.

Sample Results:

44 CALVES (Auctioneer Natasha Hall)

A similar entry of calves with all breeds and types very well bid for from start to finish.

The best bulls to a top of £675 for a British Blue from DJ Metcalfe & Co and £615 from D Fotherby & Sons.

Heifers seeing Limousins to £520 from TW Kent & Co and £505 from D Fotherby & Sons.  A smaller entry of B/W’s with the strongest up to £285.

A small entry of reared calves with the best steer at £740 for a 6 mnth AA, heifers to £840 for a 6 mnth old Limousin from C Lawley.

Bulls

B Blue                 £675     DJ Metcalfe & Co

B Blue                 £615     D Fotherby & Sons

B Blue                 £565     GW & WL Neville

B Blue                 £555     JM & D Shepherd & Sons

B Blue                 £540     GW & WL Neville & Sons

B Blue                 £525     D Fotherby & Sons

Hfrs

Lim                      £520     TW Kent & Co

Lim                      £505     D Fotherby & Sons

B Blue                 £450     Mycocks Agri Ltd

AA                        £430     JE & CM Fletcher & Co

B Blue                 £410     BD Hudson

988 LAMBS & 211 EWES & RAMS

(Auctioneer Peter Oven)

A smaller entry of 1199 sheep included the first show of the season of Spring lambs with an outstanding trade to peak at 572p/kg and £247.40 per head with an overall new season lamb average of 520.39p/kg.

Leading Prices

In the old season lambs a total of 981 on offer.  Some very brisk bidding for all weight ranges with a top of 470p/kg and £273/head.  Lighter weight sorts sold to 452p/kg with heavy weights to 452p/kg.  Overall average 415.77p/kg.

Leading Prices

Averages

211 Ewes & Rams

Auctioneers Mark Elliott & Holly Swift)

There were no pure Texels forward, but the near premium a real good trade.

Top call £258 for Keith Swift and family and also the Shentons at Handforth.

A run of 7 pens of the best meated continentals averaging an excellent £247.14.

Strong Mules £150 plus with plenty of meated crossbreds £178 to nearly £200/head.

Slaughter rams good to sell with any flesh nicely £100 plus and the better sorts £160 plus.

Ewes 100% clearance ave £158.66

Rams 100% clearance ave £139.27

Overall average £157.65