Livestock & Dairy: Bakewell Market

BAKEWELL MARKET

Monday 13^th December

With Christmas looming and only one more Monday before the break the market was busy in all departments with 760 Cattle and 1,662 Sheep on offer.

With 492 head of cattle forward the Store & Breeding section was particularly well supported and buyers were out in force topping up their yards while supplies last.

The store trade remains very strong with Steers to £1,330, Heifers to £1,420 and Feeding Bulls £950.

In the Breeding department Cows & Calves sold to £1,300, in calvers to £1,180 and mature Stock Bulls to £1,650.

With Christmas show week behind us it was back to commercial rates again in the Finished Cattle section.  Top figures 300p/kg and £2,083 per head.

The entry totalled 103 head and the overall average was a creditable 240.7p/kg.

Farmers must have been weeding out any passengers because there were 132 OTM & Feeding Cattle on offer.

Top figures 196p and £1,716 per head.  The average was back somewhat at 129.7p reflecting a few more plain types in the sample.

Calves a bit thin on the ground with only 33 on offer.  Bulls to £340 and Heifers £240.

In the Sheep section the 1,229 lambs sold exceptionally well with the best on offer to 338p and £166.91 per head.  The SQQ average looked very healthy at 293.3p

428 Cull Sheep on offer and trade

very strong indeed.  Ewes sold to a top of £184 to average £115.36.

Forthcoming Market Fixtures

Thursday 16^th December: Lunchtime Sheep Sale

Friday 17^th December: Orange Sale for TB Restricted Cattle

Monday 20^th December: Normal Market

Thursday 23^rd December: Closed

Monday 27^th December: Closed

Thursday 30^th December: Lunchtime Sheep Sale

Monday 3^rd January: Business as Usual

Friday 21^st January: HPLS Suckled Calf Sale

Announcements

We have been asked to inform you that the Funeral of Mr Andrew Beresford of Chelmorten, previously of Stoop Farm will take place on Friday 17^th December at St John The Baptist Church, Chelmorten at 2pm

And also

The funeral for Mr Derek Cooper will be held on Wednesday 22nd December at 11am, St Michael’s and All Angels Church, Alsop-en-le-Dale.

CAPTION COMPETITION

There were 17 entries this week and because it is nearly Christmas there are joint winners as follows:-

Is this a ewe tree?

Richard Gould, Folds Farm, Longnor

And I`m hiding in the ewe tree.

Paul Carthy, Barton under Needwood

132 Barren, OTM and Feeding Cows Overall Average 129.7p

(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)

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More cows on offer and a very similar trade, although not as many of the show cows that we had last week.  Top cow today was a pure Limousin from Richard Haynes at 196p to gross £1716 with all the better bred and fed cows 170p+.  Hereford to 159p, Longhorn to 144p, Angus to 170p, Shorthorn to 136p and Highland to 115p.

Sample Results:

And Gross Prices:

63 Black & White and ex-dairy cows Ave 124.2p/kg

A higher than usual percentage and a solid price again.

The best                      over 140p

Big Holstein                127-135p

Leaner Parlour Cows  110-125p

Plain Cows                  90-110p

4 Jersey                       ave 70p

The best today:

3 OTM Bulls

2 OTM Steers

103 FINISHED CATTLE – overall average 240.7p (Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)

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Trade exceptional again and equally as good as last week but without the show cattle prices. Some superb cattle again.

20 Finished Bulls

Possibly trade of the day and looking very dear indeed.  Only 4 under 215p with a high of 278p for a superb Lim from Messrs Longden, Chinley with other best bulls 240-250p.  3 Jersey bulls today affected the overall average but look well sold in the 130p’s

Sample Prices:

And Gross Prices:

37 Steers – overall average 240.4p

A similar average to last week without the show prices.  Super star quality today sold at 292p for a black blue from Steven Wells & Family, Keith Hodgson at 290p and Peter Shaws heavyweight at 280p, 12 natives had Hereford to 229p, Angus to 244p, W Black at 227p and Lincoln to 244p.  1 B/W looked well sold at 198p.

Sample Results:

And Gross Prices:

46 Finished Heifers – overall average 249.8p/kg

A stunning average for the heifers today but loads of quality heifers about and all wanted.

Super star quality peaked at 300p on 2 occasions for a Blue heifer from Ben Simpson, Bradwell (£1086.00) and Steven, Steff & Owen Wellls (£1740.00).  Natives had Lincoln to 216p and Angus to 266p.

Sample Results:

And Gross Prices:

STORE & BREEDING CATTLE – (Auctioneer Alastair Sneddon)

A tremendous entry of 492 cattle sold on a rattling good trade with all long range buyers on parade.

A good mix of cattle with plenty of younger smaller sorts for which there was strong competition, likewise at the other end of the spectrum the short finish sorts were also in excellent demand.

The sale commenced with a small sample of Breeding Stock which included:

Cows & Calves

 100 Feeding Bulls

Next came a remarkable entry of 100 Feeding Bulls.  A very mixed bag with a good number of small young ones in the entry.

Sample prices as follows:

202 Steers ave £913

A decent selection, but all wanted and trade strong from first to last.

Angus & Hereford keenly sought and some very remarkable results for well grown Black & Whites.

Sample Results:

175 Heifers ave £757

A good cross section of size, age and type, but customers were present to bid for all categories and trade was excellent throughout.

Sample prices as follows:

32 CALVES (Auctioneer Ivor Lowe)

Another strong trade for all types with plenty of potential purchasers around the ring.

Better end Bulls saw B Blues regularly over £300 to a top of £340 and Welsh Blacks to £210.

Heifers light on numbers with B Blue upwards of £200 to a top of £240 and Limousin to £185.

Only a small sample of Black & White, but these again well bid for to a top of £100.

1234 Lambs & 428 Ewes & Rams (Auctioneers Peter Oven & Mark Elliott)

A very good entry of 1662 sheep included 1234 lambs.  Demand very brisk throughout with best meated butchers lambs to 338p/kg, heavyweight butchers lambs to 324p/kg, overweight sorts to 311p/kg and lightweight lambs to 330p/kg.  Top gross price of £166.91 per head with an overall market average of 293.38p/kg.

Leading Prices: –

428 Cull Sheep

A total of 428 Ewes & Rams sold on an outstanding trade with all types in demand.  Best heavy Texels peaked at £184 for a pen of 7 from Chamber Farm with other Texels to £174 and £165.  The top 10 pens averaged £161.20/head.  Best meated mules sold in the £100-£130 range.

Ewes to £184  Ave: £115.36

Rams to £143  Ave: £137.75