Livestock & Dairy: Bakewell Market

BAKEWELL MARKET

Monday 13^th September

A very busy day at Bakewell with 776 Cattle and 2,128 Sheep.  Strong trade in all departments with cattle dearer than ever and a sheep prices a shade easier, but holding up well for the time of year.

The Store & Breeding Cattle section was well supported with 475 on offer.  Yet again records were broken with Steers to £1,480 and Feeding Bulls to £1,090.  In the Breeding department Cows & Calves sold to £2,300.

A good entry of 133 Finished Cattle maintained recent levels with top figures 282p/kg and £2,097 per head.

The 76 Heifers which included a decent number of Native crosses averaged a remarkable 242.8p.

Some 115 OTM & Feeding Cows were forward this week with the best on offer to 205p and £1,715 per head.

Despite a mixed sample the average emerged at a creditable 143.2p.

49 Calves on offer and clearly in good demand with Bulls to £475 and Heifers to £210.

In the Sheep department the largest entry of lambs for some time with 1,736 forward.

Trade was back a touch on the week with the best to 269p/kg and £134.50 per head and the SQQ average was 227.4p about 10p above last year’s figure.

392 Cull Sheep this week Ewes to £159 to average £94.48.

Forthcoming Market Fixtures

Thursday 16^th September: Mule Ewe Lamb Show & Sale alongside the regular Lunchtime Sheep Sale, See our Facebook page for special entries

Friday 17^th September: Show & Sale of Any Other Breed Ewe lambs

Friday 24^th September: Store Lamb Sale

Friday 1^st October: Theave & Ewe Sale

Farm Sales

Saturday 18^th September: Grouse Cottage Farm, Ashover

A CAUTIONARY TALE

Sheep trailers with spring loaded ramps can bite!

A Bakewell customer suffered a serious injury to his hand after lambs jumped onto the unlocked ramp whilst his fingers were in the way.

You have been warned.

Announcement

Geoff Cooper of Home Farm, Wirksworth has passed away, he was the brother of the late Ken Cooper. His funeral will take place on Tuesday 21st September at 11am at St Mary’s Church, Wirksworth.

News from The Farming Life Centre

The FLC will be working with DEFRA and the Prince’s Countryside Fund to deliver a FREE programme of support to help you prepare your farm for the upcoming changes.  Sign up by calling 01629 810903 or email rachelmetcalfe@thefarminglifecentre.org.uk .  Participants will receive one-to-one support, an environment workshop, a business workshop plus additional events and resources.

On Thursday 14th October at Bakewell Market (10am – 3pm, lunch provided) we will host a FREE workshop aimed at helping you build resilience into your farm business and plan for succession.  Heather Wildman will help you plan for the future, identify visions and goals, work out where you want to be and how to get there.  Open to individuals and groups.  Participants will leave with a personalised action plan and template.  Register by calling 07969951101 or email lorna@thefarminglifecentre.org.uk.

We would like to say a very special thank you to Nick and Felicity Gilman and all involved in helping to organise the Youngish Farmers Night which took place recently at The Winking Man pub. £3800 was raised in total, split equally between the FCN and the FLC. This much appreciated donation will help us continue to support farming families in the area.

116 Barren, OTM and Feeding Cows Overall Average 143.3p

(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)

Exactly the same numbers and trade as last week.  Only a few Continentals on offer today with a very high percentage of Dairy cows on offer, some of which would be very lean.  Best Limousin cows topped at 205p for a lovely cow from Ian Mellor, Kniveton to gross £1533.  OTM clean heifers sold from 192 to 205p with great big cows from Messrs Ponsonby at 190p or £1660 with others up to £1715.  Better sorts all 170p plus with plenty more 150-170p.

Sample Results:

And Gross Prices:

77 Black & White and ex-dairy cows Ave 128.1p/kg

Double the numbers and some best cows looked well sold, but plenty of plainer sorts about today.

1 OTM Heifer: 170p

10 best fed cows: 150-164p

Big Holsteins: 135-150p

Parlour Cows: 115-130p

The plainer Cows: 90-110p

Best Cows today

2 OTM Bulls

8 OTM Steers

133 FINISHED CATTLE – overall average 237.5p (Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)

Up 14p on the week – Up 43p on 2020

Once again, as dear as we have seen them with buyers for the best and the rest.

32 Finished Bulls ave 220.9p/kg

Top 10 over 240p with a couple at 268p and 260p from Mark Shenton, Handforth both being pure Blondes and grossing up to £1800.  Adam Neachell had 256 and 254p for Blues with Robert Hardy at 249p or £1867.  Big bulls sold over £2000 with the Edge Family topping the day at £2097 for a well fed Limousin with 2 others at £1909 and £1808.  B&W’s sold to 202p for Messrs Cresswell.

Sample Results:

And Gross Prices:

28 Steers – overall average 243.9p

As dear as we have ever had them with some amazing prices and returns.  Stan & Geoff Evans topped the day at 279p or £1852 with his only Bullock.  Michael Hadfield had 5 and selling to 277 and 270p for well bred and fed Limousin.  10 Native today had Hereford to 248p and Lincoln to 235p.

Sample Results:

And Gross Prices:

 73 Finished Heifers – overall average 242.8p/kg

A shed full of well fed and bred heifers and a trade to match anywhere.  Top 9 over 270p with 4 topping 280p and up to a high of 282 and 281p for tremendous handy weight Limousin from Adam Neachell, Aldridge.  Stan Evans had 2 big heifers at 280p (£1971) (£1764).  Chris Shenton had 278p and Michael Wynne had 275p, 274p and 269p.

10 Hereford sold to 245p and 7 Angus x to 236p.

Sample Results:

And Gross Prices:

STORE & BREEDING CATTLE – (Auctioneer Alastair Sneddon)

A very good entry of 475 Store & Breeding Cattle included some very high-quality consignments which attracted some very brisk bidding and resulted in a number of significant highlights.

The sale commenced with a selection of 63 Breeding Stock which included:

21 Feeding Bulls

There were just 21 Feeding Bulls with sample prices as follows:

227 Steers ave £912

A very broad selection of quality this week with a good many young dairy cross steers at the start of the sale, but later on some marvellous runs of beef bred types attracting plenty of interest and realising some remarkable figures.  Angus & Herefords selling well and rather more black & whites about, there was no slackening of interest in those.

Sample Results:

173 Heifers ave £829

Some wonderful cattle in this week’s selection which clearly appealed to the specimen hunters as the following results will demonstrate.

Young cattle sold at £1,620 and £1,260 for Jonathon Hall at Longnor and Mr AG Tomkinson had a 19 mnths B Blue x to £1,640 and a 16 mnths Lim to £1,480.

Angus & Hereford crosses selling well and good level bunches commanding a premium.

Typical Prices:

49 CALVES (Auctioneer Ivor Lowe)

An excellent trade again with the top prices speaking for themselves. B Blue Bulls to £475, but no highlights in terms of prices for the Heifers, this due to the lack of quality in the entry and not the level of demand.

Black & White sold at recent rates but with quality at a distinct premium to a top of £270.

2,128 Sheep including 1736 Lambs & 392 Ewes & Rams

(Auctioneer Peter Oven)

A total of 2128 sheep included a very good entry of 1736 lambs.  Despite trade dipping slightly at the end of last week, quality meated lambs regardless of weight were still very keenly bid for to a top of 269p/kg for heavy weight butchers lambs, with best butchers lambs to 260p/kg and light weight lambs to 266p/kg.

The overall average was 227.49p/kg.

Leading Prices: –

Averages:

 Cull Sheep

Nearly 400 Ewes and Tups this week saw less big Texels with frame forward.

The very best to £159 with smart bred Texels from the Bennett Family in Cheshire.

Best Suffolks to £139 for Maurice Gregory with the better end of the Mules just touching the £100 mark.

No very best Swales or Woodlands this week with some plainer swales up to the early £50 range.

Big Texel Tups to £138.

More sheep required to fill orders!!!

Ewes to £159  Ave: £94.48

Rams to £138  Ave: £112.22