Livestock & Dairy: Bakewell Market

 BAKEWELL MARKET

Monday 20^th September

886 Cattle and 1,574 Sheep forward making a very busy day at Bakewell.

There was a bumper crop of 571 Store & Breeding Cattle which sold on a tremendous trade with outstanding prices from start to finish.

Heifers reached £1,430, Steers £1,460 and Feeding Bulls to £980.  In the breeding section Cows & Calves reached £1,600.

Demand for the stores is still being underpinned by the strong demand for finished cattle.  There were 136 this week with top figures £1,967 and 288p/kg.  The heifer average was back a bit at 220.8p largely due to the quality of the entry.

OTM cattle remain in very strong demand and the entry of 117 included examples at 227p/kg and £1,702 per head.  The overall average was a hefty 141.7p.

More Calves about with 62 on sale, Bulls to £425 and Heifers to £290.

In the Sheep department numbers were down following a variety of sheep sales which will have left many vendors with 6 day stand still issues.

The 110 lambs looked well sold on the day with the best to 287p and a top gross price of £127.02.

There were 466 Cull Sheep with ewes topping at £158 to average £82.61 for an entry which included a good many plainer sorts.

Forthcoming Market Fixtures

Thursday 23rd September: Regular Lunchtime Sheep Sale, See our Facebook page for special entries

Friday 24^th September: Store Lamb Sale

Friday 1^st October: Theave & Ewe Sale

Saturday 2^nd October: Ram Fair

Farm Sales

Saturday 2^nd October – Bentilee Farm, Abbotts Bromley

Thursday 7^th October –  Fackley Farm, Teversal

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

We have been asked to inform you that the funeral of the late Graham Barney of Moira, near Burton on Trent.

Will take place at Bretby Crematorium on Thursday 30^th September at 12.45pm.

All are welcome to this years Farmers’ Harvest Thanksgiving at 2.30pm on Sunday 17th October in the main store ring at the Agricultural Business Centre, Bakewell, DE45 1AH. We welcome the Bishop of Derby, the Rt Rev’d Libby Lane as our guest speaker as well as Bel Canto and St Anne’s Choir from Baslow to lift our worship, and Derbyshire Poet Philip Holland will creatively capture the farming year as we continue to thank God for His provision and care in these challenging times. There is free parking. The venue is well ventilated and whilst Covid safe measures will be in place we are asking people to also take personal responsibility for attending. For more information, please contact Rev’d Alan Griggs on 07710 088972. All donations for RABI & the Derbyshire Rural Chaplaincy welfare fund.

117 Barren, OTM and Feeding Cows Overall Average 141.7p

(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)

One more cow than last week and generally a very similar trade for the cattle forward.  OTM clean Heifers led the way with a lovely Limousin from Wheeldon Partners, Taddington selling to 222p for a 35 mnths old sort.  Cows sold to 188p for a Baz from Craig Wint, Alton to gross £1473.  Better cows 170p plus with plenty more 150-170p.  31 Native cows had Hereford to 182 and Angus to 175p.

Sample Results:

And Gross Prices:

53 Black & White and ex-dairy cows Ave 126.4p/kg

Generally, a very similar price and look well sold.

The best 150-162p

Big Holstein 140-150p

Leaner Holsteins 115-135p

Plainest Cows under 110p

5 OTM Bulls

4 OTM Steers

136 FINISHED CATTLE – overall average 2191.2p (Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)

Cracking good numbers again and the cattle are a very similar trade to last weeks record high.  Today however, we had 48 cattle in the entry that were not Farm Assured and also 7 that were over 30 mnths.  No complaints though as we are happy to sell all the cattle presented but some of these would have been worth more if they had been assured.  If you want to speak to me about becoming Farm Assured, please give me a call.

16 Finished Bulls ave 210.4p/kg

A cracking Limousin from John Ottewell rung the bells at 264p or £1747 with Messrs Cresswell at 237p for a Limousin x Friesian and also had a B/W at 205p.

Sample Results:

And Gross Prices:

51 Steers – overall average 219.6p

All shapes and sizes today with 23 Continental, 21 Native, 3 B/W and 4 OTM.  Best cattle an absolute joy to sell with Michael Wynne selling a show Bullock at 286p or £1967 and a couple from Jack Blackshaw at 273p (£1736) and 262p (£1682) with Michael Hadfield’s pair at 259p and 258p.  Angus sold to 258p, Hereford to 246p and Longhorn to 241p.

Sample Results:

And Gross Prices:

68 Finished Heifers – overall average 220.8p/kg

49 Continental and 19 Native including a couple of OTM, but all sold well for the goods on offer. Best showy heifers from Michael Wynne with a trio of others over 270p.  Big powerful heifers from Messrs Johnson sold at 262p (£1928) and 241p (£1928) and Hereford to 220p.

Sample Results:

And Gross Prices:

STORE & BREEDING CATTLE – (Auctioneer Alastair Sneddon)

A massive entry of 571 head caused us to close the book in advance of the usual deadline and there are now already significant numbers already booked in for Monday 27^th.

One item of interest was the Albion Cattle Society who had a stand outside the sale ring drawing attention to the breed which is celebrating their centenary.

Trade remains very firm and there were plenty of highlights within the sale.

There were 59 Breeding Cattle to open up the proceedings with notable results as follows:

25 Feeding Bulls

Next came 25 Feeding Bulls which included:

243 Steers ave £979

A good proportion of strong cattle in the entry as the overall average would indicate.  Plenty of buying power in operation and prices remaining firm right to the end of the sale.

Angus and Hereford crosses well sold as were the few Black & White on offer.

Sample Results:

244 Heifers ave £922

Some wonderful bunches of Heifers which attracted very keen competition and ensured regular highlights as the sale progressed.  Angus and Herefords looking particularly well sold as the following prices will attest.

Typical Prices:

62 CALVES (Auctioneer Ivor Lowe)

A slightly easier trade than last week with not quite so much quality in the entry.

Best Continental calves still £300 plus to a top of £425 with heifers upwards of £200 to a top of £290.

Plenty of interest in the stronger B/W with the best of these to £215.

1,574 Sheep including 1,108 Lambs & 466 Ewes & Rams

(Auctioneer Peter Oven)

A slightly smaller entry of 1574 sheep included 1108 lambs.  Despite a dip in trade at the end of last week Bakewell saw the best meated lambs very well bid for regardless of weight.  Best light weight sorts peaked at 287p/kg with butchers lambs to 254p/kg, heavy weight butchers lambs to 252p/kg and overweight catering lambs to 232p/kg.  Top gross price of £127.02/head and an overall market average of 228.82p/kg.

Leading Prices: –

Averages:

 466 Cull Sheep

A very good show of 466 cull ewes and rams included a large proportion of plain and grazing ewes which was reflected with the overall average.

The 10 best lots of Texel ewes sold at £140 or more and averaging £149.20, with a top of £158 for a Derbyshire vendor, £157 for a Yorkshire Vendor and £156 for a Cheshire Vendor.  Heavy Suffolk ewes sold to £139 with best Mules £85-£100 bracket.  A very good entry of rams saw heavy Texels to £174/head.

Ewes to £158  Ave: £82.61

Rams to £174  Ave: £94.44