Livestock & Dairy: Bakewell Market

BAKEWELL MARKET REPORT

Monday 1^ST June

 A new month and a change in the weather brought 209 vendors to Bakewell with stock totalling 628 Cattle and 896 Sheep.

All sections reporting trade similar or better than we have seen in recent weeks.

Not as many animals on offer than we have seen lately suggesting supplies might be shortening.

There were 341 Store & Breeding Cattle on offer, a number swollen by a special entry of 40 Cows with Calves from Messrs Hazlehurst of Adlington.

These attracted a great deal of interest with cow and calf outfits to £4000 and a Crossbred Stock bull making £7100.

In the regular Store Cattle section trade was firmer with Steers to £2200 averaging £1610, heifers to £2600 averaging £1497 and Feeding Bulls to £1400 averaging £1340.

The finished cattle section assembled 146 head with trade distinctly better than we have seen for a while.  Top figures 439p and £3014 with the average for the 67 heifers 352.1p and £2165 per head.

There was a decent entry of 95 OTM cattle with the best on offer to 317p/kg and £2879 per head. The average a solid 242.4p and £1565 per head.

46 Calves this week with prices still beyond belief, Bulls to £880 and heifers to £660.

In the sheep section numbers were sparse and trade strong.

There were 415 Spring Lambs selling to 562p/kg and 249.66 per head.

In terms of SQQ average this was a superb 503.2 pence making a typical lamb in the 39-45kg bracket worth £215.19.

Hoggs continue to dwindle as one might expect with just 224 on offer.

The best to 462p and £251.48 the SQQ emerging at 405.7p making a typical hogg in the 39-45kg bracket worth £194.66.

A modest entry of 257 Cull Sheep looked well sold with ewes to £236 to average £154.62.

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Forthcoming Fixtures

Thursday 4^th June – Thursday Lunchtime Sheep Sale

On Instructions from E. Vaughan

SUCKLER COWS WITH CALVES AT FOOT

Together with In-calf Heifers

16 Cows with Calves

13 In-calf Heifers

As Part of the Bakewell Store Cattle Section

At Bakewell Livestock Centre

Derbyshire, DE45 1AH

On

MONDAY 8^TH JUNE 2026

95 BARREN, OTM AND FEEDING COWS overall ave 242.4 pence or £1565

(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)

Trade and average very similar on the week with a full line up of buyers and a good cross section of cows from the best to the leanest bur all well bid for.  Top call of 317p or £2662 for lee White, Bamford with another Red Lim from David Goddardat 300p, Heifers for Steven Dyson made 304p and 303p with all the better end 275 plus.

Results:

Gross Prices:

42 Black & Whites averaged 216.1p/kg

Not as many best fed cows on offer.

OTM Clean Heifers       250-276p

Better Cows                     220-240p

Holsteins                            200-220p

Plainest end                     Under £2

143 FINISHED CATTLE Ave 338.2p/kg

(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)

Good News At Last

Trade takes a turn for the better with more life in the buyers and best heifers to 439p.

41 Bulls Ave 330.4p

In fairness still harder to sell than the clean but all orders operating for the increased entry.

Keith Belfield had the pick of the bulls at 385p for his Lim x B Blue with the best end 360 plus and a big bull from David Goddard at £3014.

Results:

Gross Prices:

36 Steers Ave 323.6p/kg

Two Showy sorts in the entry today really hit the money at 424p For George Blackshaw and 420p from Ben Langton.  After that Commercial types 330-360p.

Results:

Gross Prices:

66 Heifers Ave 352.1p/kg

A pleasure to sell at last with more spark to the job and improved prices across the board.  An “electric eight” crossed the £4 barrier with Ben Langton in the Gold medal spot at 439p and 408, mark Shenton had 416p, Nick Hollinshead at 409 and 400, Hazeldine farms at 408 and 400, Luke Mosley at 407 and Charlotte Hadfield at 400.

Results:

Gross Prices:

STORE & BREEDING CATTLE – (Auctioneer Alastair Sneddon)

Only 341 head this week suggesting that numbers are in decline.  We have had some very full markets in recent weeks and it is possible that there are not as many cattle still to come as some might have thought.

In any event trade seems to have strengthened and was particularly fierce in Bakewell today.

The proceedings commenced with a special entry of 40 cows with calves at foot from Messrs Hazelhurst Bros of Adlington, Cheshire.

Bidders had responded to the pre-sale publicity and the ring was packed.

The mainly Blue x Suckler Cows with Lim Calves at Foot peaked at £4000 for the best outfit with no fewer than 15 families breaking the £3000 barrier.

Also for sale was the 37month old Lim x B Blue Stock bull, the hammer eventually fell at £7100.

Other breeding stock on offer included

Feeding Bulls

Next came 38 feeding Bulls including

Steers 103 Averaged £1610 

Some fine specimens in the entry with a upbeat feel to the trade and some very satisfactory prices achieved.

Sample Results:

Heifers

A good mix with buyers present for all types.

No slackening of trade with some excellent results acheived

Sample Results:

46 CALVES (Auctioneer Ivor Lowe & Tash Hall)

A strong entry of calves today reflected by the prices achieved.  A Sim Bull Calf to top at £880 from T Farrington & Sons and Best Heifer a Hereford at £660 also from T Farrington & Sons.

All bull Calves to average £516 and heifers to £400.

Black & Whites very well bid for up to £220.

Bulls

Sim                        £880                     T Farrington & Sons

B Blue                  £840                     J & J Walton & Sons

Char                      £800                     J & J Walton & Sons

B Blue                  £790                     AE Ross & Son

Lim                        £755                     G & M Limer & Sons

Hfrs

Here                      £660                     T Farrington & Sons

Sim                        £550                     T Farrington & Sons

B Blue                  £525                     G & M Limer & Sons

Lim                        £510                     T Farrington & Sons

B Blue                  £510                     BD Hudson

639 Lambs & 257 Ewes & Rams

(Auctioneer Peter Oven)

A total entry of 896 sheep included 415 new season lambs.  Demand very brisk right from start to finish.  Best light weights sold to 562p/kg with medium weight butchers lambs to 560p/kg anf heavyweight to 500p/kg with a top gross of £250/head. Overall average 503.29p/kg

Leading Prices

Averages

In the Old Season Lambs demand followed through with plenty of bidders for all grades.  Best fed sorts still over 450p/kg with a top of 462p/kg and top gross of £251.48/head, overall average 405.7p/kg

Leading Prices

Ewes & Rams

Auctioneers Holly Swift

In the cull sheep section a total of 257 on offer attracted very brisk bidding with several grazing buyers operating today.  Best Texels sold to £236, Suffolks to £235and the top 8 pens averaging £220/head.  Strong Mules sold in the £150-£170 bracket with big horned ewes £115-£140 bracket.  Best big continental rams sold to £260

Ewes to £236 ave £154.62

Rams to £260  ave £200