Livestock & Dairy: Bakewell Market

BAKEWELL MARKET

Monday 7^th March 2022

With great uncertainty on so many fronts and fuel, feed and fertiliser prices rising by the hour, we are all horrified by the events in Ukraine and want to do something to help so have decided to raise funds to send to the Disasters Emergency Committee.

Next week the Bagshaws Partners will donate £1 per head for all stock sold on the three sale days Monday, Thursday and Friday.

There will be bucket collections around the market so that farmers may make contributions if they wish.

Trade at Bakewell remained solid for the 640 Cattle and 1,497 Sheep on offer.

There were 384 head of Store & Breeding Cattle with a tremendous trade from start to finish.  Steers sold to a remarkable £1,680 with Heifers at £1,470 and Feeding Bulls £1,040.

In the Breeding Cattle Section Cows with Calves made up to £1,950 with in calvers to £1,160.

In the Finished Cattle department, there were 124 on offer with top prices 303p/kg and £1,996.

The average for the 41 Heifers was 235p/kg with the 62 Steers at 240.5p to indicate the general level of trade.

A decent section of 106 OTM and Feeding Cows which sold at levels never previously seen at Bakewell.

Top figures 220p/kg and £1,820 per head with a record average of 163.2p.

Calves scarce and dear with only 26 on offer, Bulls sold to £392 with Heifers to £340.

Turning to the Sheep, there were 1,054 Hoggs forward with the best on offer to 298p and £140.71 per head.

The SQQ average was 260.9p.

The Cull Sheep entry was 451 with Ewes to £205 to average a substantial £108.71.

FORTHCOMING FIXTURES

Thursday 10^th March:  Regular Lunchtime Sheep Market

Friday 11^th March: Orange Sale for TB restricted cattle

Friday 18^th March: HPLS Cattle Sale

FARM SALES

Wednesday 9^th March: Brook Farm, Atlow

Friday 11^th March: Plardiwick Farm, Stafford

Friday 18^th March: Burns Farm, Church Warsop

Saturday 19^th March: Lower Castle Hayes Farm, Burton on Trent

ANNOUNCEMENTS

We have been asked to inform you that the funeral of

Eric Tricklebank of Wardlow

Will be held on Wednesday 9^th March at 3.30 pm

At Chesterfield Crematorium

MARKET STAFF TRAINING DAY

Last Friday saw the long-awaited staff training day which had been postponed twice due to COVID.

The Martsafe presentation was delivered by Zanna Dennis from the Livestock Auctioneers Association (LAA)

The session included information about safety and welfare for both humans and livestock with particular attention paid to understanding animal behaviour and how to minimise stress in the Market

106 Barren, OTM and Feeding Cows Overall Average 164.4p or £1112

(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)

UNBELIEVABLE – THE DEAREST EVER!

Cows are certainly at hot ticket at present with prices today beyond all expectations.  I full accept that the cattle are dearer everywhere, but surely the trade at Bakewell has to be one of the best in the Country.  9 Cows today topped £2/kg with a pure Blonde at 220p for CW Shenton, Handforth.  22 Cows over 180p, Angus to 175p and Hereford to 168p.

Sample Results:

And Gross Prices:

24 Black & White and ex-dairy cows Ave 154.3p/kg

Quite unbelievable, look at the results that speak for themselves.

12 best over 168p

Holstein types 150-165p

Leaner Cows 130-145p

Plain sorts only a few under 120p

The best Today

6 OTM Bulls

124 FINISHED CATTLE – overall average 233.8p

(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)

Another very good entry of clean cattle this week and an uplift in price with a couple of best heifers back over £3/kg.

21 Finished Bulls ave 210.1p

Best suckler bred bulls to 271 and 270p for Keith Harrop, with big lads to 240p (£1996) for CW Shenton.  Beef Shorthorn sold to 219p with best Friesian to 211p.

Sample Results:

And Gross Prices:

62 Steers – overall average 240.5p

A bumper show of Steers this week that outnumbered the heifers and some well-bred and fed cattle in the offering.  14 best sorts sold over 260p and a stunner from John Grummett topped at 280p and all the best sorts over £1800.  Angus to 266p, Hereford to 238p and even Friesian Steers in the entry today that are in the average.

Sample Results:

And Gross Prices:

41 Heifers – overall average 235.5p/kg

Less on offer but also not as many good bred cattle.  Best heifers an absolute joy to offer with Mark Hadfield topping the day with a beautiful black Limousin at 303p and Steven Wells at 300p with a Blue and selling to butchers in Stoke and Rochdale.

Sample Results:

Gross Prices:

STORE & BREEDING CATTLE – (Auctioneer Alastair Sneddon)

A decent turnout of 384 head with a very strong trade for all varieties.

Clearly the increased cost of feed is concentrating minds amongst the buyers, but so far there has been no effect on trade.

The sale commenced with a few Breeding Cattle which included:

27 Feeding Bulls

Then followed some 27 Feeding Bulls which included:

192 Steers ave £981

A fantastic trade right through, even dearer than last week with the top price £1,680.

Angus, Hereford and Black & Whites all finding a ready sale at figures well in excess of expectations.

There were plenty of young cattle in the sample, but the average was still just short of £1000.

Sample Results:

150 Heifers ave £909

Some very fine specimens in the sample with prices to match.

Angus and Hereford selling very well.

Large bunches attracted spirited bidding as the following figures demonstrate.

Sample prices as follows:

CALVES (Auctioneer Ivor Lowe)

Another excellent trade with better quality sorts in particularly strong demand.

Best bulls saw B Blue to £392 and £375 with Limousin to £355 and heifers topping at £340, again for a B Blue.

Black & White again light on numbers with the strongest of these to £54.

Bulls

B Blue                 £392                    JE Seals & Son, Shirland

B Blue                 £375                    W Bradbury, Earl Sterndale

B Blue                 £350                    Pidcock & Matkin, Teversal

Lim                      £355                    JE Seals & Son, Shirland

Heifers

B Blue                 £340                    TN Palfreyman & Son, Flagg

Lim                      £252                    JE Seals & Son, Shirland

1056 Lambs & 453 Ewes & (Auctioneer Peter Oven)

A very good entry of 1509 Sheep included 2 Spring lambs and 1054 Old Season Lambs.  Demand for meated sorts still very brisk with best lighter weights to 294p/kg, best butchers lambs to 298p/kg, heavy weight butchers lambs to 293p/kg.  The overweight lambs were a better trade this week to 256p/kg and top gross of £141/head.  Overall market average 260.99p/kg which included several lots of horned lambs.

Leading Prices: –

New Season Lambs

Just two forward weighing 47.5kg and sold at 270p/kg.

453 Cull Sheep

A very good show of 453 Cull Sheep saw prices for all types very brisk.  Best Texels in short supply, but demand still outstanding to peak at £205/head.  Heavy Mule ewes sold in the £115 – £130 bracket with meated horned ewes in the £70 – £90 bracket.

Ewes    To: £205           Ave: £108.68

Rams   To: £179           Ave: £125.69

Goats  To: £88