Livestock & Dairy: Bakewell Market

Another hot day with modest entries and only 485 cattle and 909 sheep on offer.

The finished cattle trade was thankfully well up on the week, OTM cattle also better and store cattle maintaining the current very high level of prices.

The store & breeding cattle section had a decent summer show of 227 head with a full line up of buyers working hard to secure their favoured lots.

Steers sold to £2,200, heifers £2,240 and feeding bulls £1,750.

In the breeding section cow & calf outfits hit £3,00 and Lim stock bulls sold at £3,500 and £3,000.

Finished cattle numbers looked good at 117 and trade was very much better than we have seem for many weeks.  Top figures 468p and £3,298.

Out usual barometer of trade the results for the 54 heifers saw the per kilo average at a remarkable 373.2 pence and the per head figure £2,220.

OTM numbers holding up well at 83 with prices doing the same.

Top figures 315p and £2,618 and the average very satisfactory at 254.3p/kg and £1,699 per head.

58 Calves on offer with trade well up to expectations bulls to £820 and heifers £520.

In the sheep section lambs came in well with plenty of full trailer loads and a total of 753 on offer.

Trade easing as expected at this time of year, but not by much.

Top figures 429p/kg and £225.38 per head.

The SQQ average 384.5p making a typical lamb in the 39-45 kg bracket worth £163.37.

142 cull sheep forward with ewes to £262 to average a hefty £175.12

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Forthcoming Fixtures

Thursday 16th 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.

83 BARREN, OTM AND FEEDING COWS overall ave 254.4 pence or £1700

(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)

A tremendous trade once again and although the average is a little less, trade certainly was not with some saying it was even better on the week.  5 better or younger sorts north of £3/kilo with Tim Fountain at the top of the pile at 315p for a 36 month old Limmy heifer with the best cow at 306p for a young and shapey Limmy for Nigel Birch.  Cows remain in short numbers and trade is here for them.  If you have any to sell, give me a call and we can sell them to best advantage in Bakewell.

Results:

Gross Prices:

37 Black & Whites averaged 229p/kg

Better fed cows 245-267p

Big Holsteins 230-240p

Parlour type cows 210-230p

Plainest end under 200p

The best today:

4 OTM Steers

117 FINISHED CATTLE Ave 355.9p/kg

(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)

Trade has found a new gear and a different feel around the ring than we have had for a couple of months.

22 Bulls Ave 336.4p (up 11 pence)

All better to sell with more appetite amongst the buyers including a new order at Bakewell.  Steven, Steff & Owen Wells won the gold & silver medal with pure Limousins at 416 and 410p.  Sucklers with weight 367p+.  Dairy bred blues to 361 with Friesians to 323p (twice)

Results:

Gross Prices:

41 Steers Ave 345.2p/kg up 7 pence

Better sold with a fantastic four at the head of the pile over £4/kilo.  Craig Wint had the leading price at 436p for a Baz with Phil & Emma Watson’s pair at 416 and 409p and the best of a trio from Steven Jones at 406p.  13 big B/W’s also in today’s averages.

Results:

Gross Prices:

54 Heifers Ave 373.2p/kg up 25 pence

The true barometer of trade, the heifer average looks way better.  Top price of 468p (equal to 2 weeks ago) for Craig Wint (steer/heifer double – Well Done!) Jonathan Hall had 460p with bigger sorts from David Goddard at 438 and 431p.  17 natives saw Angus to 374p and Herefords to 370p.

Results:

Gross Prices:

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

A decent turnout of 227 head kept bidders busy with trade very sharp and earlier doubts about the finished cattle trade having no effect on prices.  Let us hope that the increased returns are here to stay.

The sale commenced with a selection of Breeding Cattle:

Feeding cows selling between £920 & £1800.

27 Feeding Bulls

Sample Results

63 Steers Averaged £1468

A larger proportion of small and young cattle in the entry hence the low average.

Make no mistake trade was tremendous from start to finish.

Sample Results:

109 Heifers average £1366

A mixed sample, but plenty of demand for all types.

Sample Results:

58 CALVES (Auctioneer Tash Hall)

A bumper entry of calves this week as the weather was slightly cooler.  Bulls to a top of £820 for a British Blue from GW & WL Neville.

Heifers topped at £520 for a B Blue from G Matkin.

Top 10 calves £666

B/W up to £215

Bulls

B Blue                 £820     GW & WL Neville

B Blue                 £765     GW & WL Neville

Lim                      £730     G & M Limer

B Blue                 £700     GW & WL Neville

Sim                      £660     G Matkin

Hfrs

B Blue                 £520     G Matkin

B Blue                 £495     G Matkin

B Blue                 £490     G Matkin

B Blue                 £480     GW & WL Neville

Sim                      £455     G Matkin

767 Lambs &142 Ewes & Rams

(Auctioneer Peter Oven)

A total entry of 909 sheep included a larger number of 767 lambs.  The better quality of creep fed lambs still over 400p/kg to a top of 429p/kg for Sam Galtrey with best big lambs grossing over £225/head.  Meated big lambs well bid for, for all types.  Overall average 385.62p/kg.

Leading Prices

Averages

Old Season Lambs to 322p/kg – ave 260.86p/kg

142 Ewes & Rams

Auctioneers Mark Elliott & Holly Swift

Very few plain ewes forward today and trade good from start to finish.

Customers for everything including heavy and smart middle mules and smaller horned.

Better continentals regularly £220 and above with the best 6 lots averaging £242.33.

Stronger Mules £160 plus.

Well fleshed but medium frame Swales to £147 for the very best.  Continentals topped at £262 for the Pearson family at Peak Forest.

Very few tups forward to a top of £200 for a small well shaped Texel.

Grazing ewes wanted by several customers, please send us a few as trade is strong.

Ewes to £262 ave £175.12