Livestock & Dairy: Bakewell Market

Another warm day with many farmers still busy with the grass harvest and some moving on to straw carting.

Entries modest with 511 cattle and 698 sheep.

Trade solid in all sections, finished cattle about the same as last week, OTM’s selling well and lambs holding their own at a time of year when they are usually falling fast.

236 store & breeding cattle on offer with trade even sharper than last week.

Steers to £2,440, heifers £2,140 and feeding bulls £1,860.

The shortage of numbers is certainly driving the trade with buyers having to work very hard to secure loads.  In the breeding section a Ped Lim cow & calf made £3,600.

Finished numbers looked good at 149 with trade much as last week.

Top figures of 456p and £3,486 tells part of the story.

The 58 heifers averaged a healthy 384.4p and £2,076 per head.

85 OTM cattle was a decent entry for the time of year and these sold on a good trade with top figures 332p and £2,465.

The overall average was a very respectable 260.8 pence or £1,739 per head.

Calf numbers about the same at 41 with trade well up to expectations bulls to £750 and heifers £390.

In the sheep department there were 539 lambs which looked well sold on the day.  Top figures 440p/kg and £238/head.

The SQQ average was 391.0 pence making a typical lamb in the 39-45kg bracket worth £167.52.

A small show of 152 cull ewes saw ewes reach £255 to average £162.84.

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May we respectfully ask that you use the footbaths and boot wash in order to reduce the risk

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Forthcoming Fixtures

Thursday 9th July – Thursday Lunchtime Sheep Sale

Please note we have updated our policies regarding the unloading and loading livestock:

• Vendors/Hauliers are responsible for livestock until safely loaded onto the docks. It is the Vendor/Hauliers responsibility to chain and secure gates.

• Once unloaded, all livestock movements are under the direction and control of the Market Drovers.

• Vendors may assist with livestock movement at the discretion of the Drovers.

• Any assistance is voluntary, undertaken at the vendors own risk and must be in accordance with Drover instruction.

• We advise that Purchasers/Hauliers seek Drover assistance prior to loading cattle/sheep.

• If Purchasers/Hauliers choose to load livestock without Drover assistance, they do so voluntarily and at their own risk.

• It is the Purchasers/Hauliers responsibility to chain and secure gates.

• Please ensure that pass-out documentation matches animal identification prior to loading.

The funeral of

Frank Pilkington

Of Ivy Ash Farm

Kniveton

Will be held on

Friday 10^th July at 12 Noon

At

St Micheals & All Angels Church

Kniveton

85 BARREN, OTM AND FEEDING COWS overall ave 260.8 pence or £1739

(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)

Average up 13 pence

A very good show of cows today with plenty of continentals as well a meated B/W in the entry leading to an improved average overall.  Trade remains very strong with a full team of buyers operating with strong orders to buy cows.  Better end 280p plus with a high of 332p for a 30 month old clean heifer from Nigel Potter, Yeaveley with a further 6 over 300p.  The cows remain good to sell with the processors keen for cow meat at present.  If you have any to sell, give me a call for any up to date prices or information on 07801 530899.

Results:

Gross Prices:

23 Black & Whites averaged 234p/kg

Only a few but strong money.

3 OTM clean 284-290p

Best cows 240-269p

Bigger Holsteins 225-240p

The best today:

7 OTM Steers

149 FINISHED CATTLE Ave 338.8p/kg

(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)

More numbers and trade strong throughout maintaining last week’s strong prices.

38 Bulls Ave 325.8p

Strong trade throughout for all shapes and sizes with some big bulls about.  Top call of 416p or £2654 for Ben Langton with a pure Limmy, Neil Pearson at 412p for his pure Lim.  Big bulls from David Goddard grossed up to £3486.

Results:

Gross Prices:

53 Steers Ave 338.7p/kg

Bigger numbers in the bullocks today and trade strong throughout with plenty of the best suckler bred types 380-400p and some stronger commercial steers 340-380p.  418p was the top call for John Grummett who also had 399p twice and 397p.

Results:

Gross Prices:

58 Heifers Ave 348.5p/kg

Just like the bullocks, trade for all with butchers competing at the top end and securing the top prices.  The Golden Boot winner today was Ben Langton who sailed away at 456p for his posh B Blue x.  Hazledine Farms had 442 and 428p for a couple of posh Lims with Matthew Morris’s grand run of his heifers up to 428p.  18 natives saw Angus to 358p and Herefords to 342p.

Results:

Gross Prices:

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

Numbers at a Summer low with only 236 head on offer, not nearly enough to satisfy the demand from the full line up of buyers.

The sale commenced with a small selection of Breeding Cattle:

Feeding cows sold to £1850.

26 Feeding Bulls

113 Steers Averaged £1706

A good show of cattle and a great trade as indicated by the tremendous average.

All types keenly sought and a real tussle for the well matched bunches.

Sample Results:

84 Heifers average £1553

Plenty of interest in all types including the advertised Belted Galloways which made £1780.

Sample Results:

41 CALVES (Auctioneer Ivor Lowe & Tash Hall)

Less calves on offer today with only 41.  The overall quality of calves is down with only a couple of best.  Bulls topped at £750 for a British Blue from G & M Limer.  Heifers to a top of £390 for a Hereford from GJ Tideswell.

Bulls

B Blue                 £750     G & M Limer

Lim                      £730     G & M Limer

B Blue                 £420     BD Hudson

Hfd                       £400     GJ Tideswell

B Blue                 £395     JM & D Shepherd

Hfrs

Hfd                       £390     GJ Tideswell

Hfd                       £350     GJ Tideswell

Hfd                       £280     T & CJ Hadfield

Hfd                       £280     T & CJ Hadfield

545 Lambs &153 Ewes, Rams & Goats

(Auctioneer Peter Oven)

With good harvesting conditions the sheep shed was a lot quieter today with only 698 on offer.  The 539 finished new season lambs saw brisk bidding right to the end especially for the stronger lambs.  Light weights sold to 422p with medium weights to 430p and heavy weights to 440p, top gross of £238/head.

Overall average 395.7p/kg.

Leading Prices

Averages

Old Season Lambs to 290p/kg – ave 266.73/kg

1 Goat attracted brisk bidding to £90 (300p/kg)

152 Ewes & Rams

Auctioneers Mark Elliott & Holly Swift

A reduced entry again of ewes and rams and plenty more could have easily been sold to meet buyer demand, with buying power present for all types.  If you have any ewes or tups to sell, please do bring them forward.

Top ten lots averaged £236.80 with a pleasing overall ewe average of £162.84. Top call was £255 for a smart texel ewe from Mark Sweetmore, big Suffolks just behind at £252 and £250. Half meat mules well bid for and plenty over £150, horned ewes to £139 and very few sheep under £100.

Only 4 tups today to average £192.50 and top at £232 for a texel from the Browns at Moddershall.

Overall average just down on the week but still a pleasing £163.63