Livestock & Dairy: Bakewell Market

BAKEWELL MARKET

Monday 16^th  May 2022

Busy again at Bakewell with 805 cattle and 947 sheep entered.  Plenty of confidence evident no doubt helped by the overnight rain.

In the Store & Breeding section there was another big show with a total of 515 on offer.  Buyers were out in force with several fresh faces round the ring clearly seeking cattle to graze.

As a consequence, trade was exceptional with steers to £1440 and heifers to £1400.

Feeding Bulls reached £1220 and in the breeding section cows with calves reached £1,850 and two stock bulls were well bid for at £4,550 for a Limousin and £3,300 for an Angus.

Finished cattle numbers remain strong at 134 with trade to match.  Top figures 320p and £2,136 with the average for the 52 heifers on sale at a creditable 243.2p

Another decent entry of OTM cattle saw a superb trade with the best to 225p and £1,962.  The average was a solid 180.7p.

More calves about with 49 in total clearly selling well with bulls to £360 and heifers £380.

In the sheep section Spring lambs numbers are on the increase with 265 forward and finding a ready sale.  Top figures 391p and £178.30 per head with the SQQ average 346.7p.

The old season lambs (hoggs) are drying up in both numbers and quality, top figures for the 354 on offer were 320p/kg and £174.20/head.

The SQQ figure emerged at 271.6p.

In the cull sheep section 328 ewes sold to £192 to average £124.67.

FORTHCOMING FIXTURES

Thursday 19^th May:  Regular Lunchtime Sheep Market

Thursday 19^th May: WCPGW

 FARM SALES

Friday 20^th May – Stockley Hill Farm, Palterton, Chesterfield

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News from The Farming Life Centre

The Farming Life Centre team will be having a stand at the ABC on the first Monday of every month.  Please stop to say hello or pop across if you’d like to find out more about what we do.

Bacon Butty Project – We will be taking our Bacon Butty Project to Harden Clough Farm, Edale on Friday 27^th May by kind permission of the Metcalfe family.  Call in at the farm between 10am and midday for a cuppa and a bacon bap!

Farm Diversification workshop – Nick and Julie from Growing Rural Enterprise will be delivering a workshop on Wednesday 18^th May, 10am-3pm, from the conference room at the ABC.  Helping farm businesses to refresh and reflect on new and existing diversification enterprises, look into marketing and promotion and develop a personalised action plan.  Lunch included. All welcome.

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‘Down To Earth’ Farm Walk: Soil health and crop management – Understand soil and nutrient health, seed selection and crop management.  Hear from our expert speakers: Agronomist Ross Dilks, Soil Health Advisor Charlotte Allen, Seed Species Specialist Helen Mathieu.  Join us on Monday 23^rd May 11am – 2.30pm at Simply Milk, Home farm, Hassop Rd, Hassop, DE45 1NU by kind permission of the Dilks family.  Lunch included.

Massey Feeds Mill Tour – Tuesday 7^th June, 7.30pm – 9pm, Massey Feeds Holmes Chapel Mill – Mill Tour: Gain a glimpse into the world of animal feed manufacture.  Hear about Massey’s sustainable ruminant feeds with no palm kernel or soya products – a UK 1^st!  Supper and transport included.

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 107 Barren, OTM and Feeding Cows Overall Average 180.3p or £1240.15

(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)

An excellent trade once again, very much what we have come to expect with the average a penny up on the week or £19/head better on last week.  61 vendors showed cows this week to a total of 14 different accounts at ringside with the cows meat harder to sell on the continent but not so in the market today.  19 best today topped £2/kilo with a smart heifer 32 mnths at 225p closely followed by a super Limousin cow at 224p for PW Lomas and a pure-bred Lim at 218p for Ashford Hall to gross £1962.  Unbelievably, feeding buyers still operating at these high levels and looking to buy the lean cows to improve their value.

Sample Results:

And Gross Prices:

48 Black & White and ex Dairy Cows ave 169.1p/kg

Very strong money today and 5/10 pence better sold.

8 best over 187p

Big Holstein 170-185p

Leaner Holstein 150-165p

6 Plainest Cows 134-155p

Top today:

5 OTM Bulls

1 OTM Steer

134 FINISHED CATTLE – overall average 234.18p

(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)

48 Vendors selling to 21 different accounts

Obviously less about and a very similar trade with the best heifers easy to sell and up to 320p for a posh Limousin and Steers up to 304p.

36 Finished Bulls ave 216.2p

Some good numbers as last week with 20 continental and 16 B/W about.  Pure bred suckler sorts topped at 272p for Roy Mycock and 256p (£2119) for Messrs Boden & Davies, Mellor with other heavy Char at £2136 (224p) for Messrs Prue, Woolley Moor.  B/W sold to 218p for Chris Beever, Alport.

Sample Results:

And Gross Prices:

46 Steers – overall average 238.5p

Some lovely cattle on offer and the best cattle are good to sell.  12 best over 260p and up to 272p with a special handy weighted Lim x at 304p for Simon Shaw-Browne, Edwinstowe.  A grand run of Lims from John Grummett sold to 272p or £1904.  8 Angus to 254p and Hereford to 225p.

Sample Results:

And Gross Prices:

51 Heifers – overall average 243.3p/kg

Three best over 300p all handy weights and up to a high of 320p or £1689 for Richard Shaw, Stanley.  Heavy weight sold up to 278p or £1929 for James Wardman.  10 Natives had Angus to 230p and Hereford to 244p.

Sample Results:

Gross Prices:

STORE & BREEDING CATTLE – (Auctioneer Alastair Sneddon)

Plenty of variety in the entry of 515 cattle and a tremendous crowd of buyers around the ring when the sale commenced.

There were several special entries in the breeding section (if you have animals to bring that would benefit extra promotion, give Alastair Sneddon a call on 07973 982441 and you can send a photograph, or if you haven’t yet grasped modern technology one of us can call and take pictures)

The sale set off with some 67 Breeding Cattle with results as follows:

There were plenty of bidders for the 2 Stock Bulls which sold as follows:

Feeding Cows sold to £1570 for a Lim x, W Tomlinson, Retford

Feeding Bulls

There were a handful of Feeding Bulls.

Sample Prices as follows:

 219 Steers ave £991

A truly remarkable average bearing in mind the number of young cattle in the sale.  Particular interest in grazing cattle and a tremendous trade from start to finish.  Angus and Angus crossed definitely in favour and Blue crosses attracting particular interest.

Sample Results:

208 Heifers ave £873

A decent show with examples at all ages and qualities, but all found a ready market as the following prices demonstrate.

Sample prices as follows:

49 CALVES (Auctioneer Ivor Lowe)

An increase in numbers forward and a strong trade throughout, although the very best calves might have been a little easier.

Bulls topped for B Blue at £360 and £295 with a Limousin at £250 and plenty of interest in the heifers with the best of these to £380.

A few more B/W about today and these well bid for to a top of £95.

Bulls

B Blue                 £360     GS & L Wheeldon, Atlow

B Blue                 £295     GS & L Wheeldon, Atlow

Lim                      £250     JE & CM Fletcher, Peak Forest

Angus                 £192     Norman & Coupe, Stonedge

Mont                   £170     J & J Walton, Tideswell

Holst                   £95        GHW Dakin, Snitterton

Heifers

B Blue                 £380     GS & L Wheeldon, Atlow

Lim                      £210     GHW Dakin, Snitterton

Lim                      £190     W Bradbury, Earl Sterndale

619 Lambs, 328 Ewes & Rams & 3 Store Sheep (Auctioneers Peter Oven & Mark Elliott)

A very good entry of 947 sheep included 265 new season lambs.  Demand was very brisk with a fresh face in the lamb section for best quality sorts.  Philip Brough topped the day with a pen of heavy weight butchers lambs selling at 391p/kg grossing over £178/head with 2 pens from Bernard Archers both selling at 382p/kg grossing £161/head.  Overall lamb average 346.72p/kg up 14p on last week.

Leading Prices: –

Averages:

Old Season Lambs

Just 354 old season lambs this week with several farms being end of the run, but several pens of Dutch Texel and Beltex sorts saw bidding to 320p/kg for the handy weight sorts with heavy butchers types to 302p/kg.  Top gross price today of £174.20/head.

Leading Prices:-

Averages:

328 Cull Sheep

A total of 328 cull ewes and rams saw trade up £10/head on last weeks high levels, demand very brisk for all types from start to finish.   Best pure-bred Texel peaked at £192 with Texel x to £173 and heavy Suffolks to £150.  Meated Mule ewes sold in the £115-£140 bracket with horned ewes in the £70-£90 bracket.

Ewes to £192                Ave £124.67

Rams to £150               Ave £129.31