Livestock & Dairy: Bakewell Market

 BAKEWELL MARKET

Monday 6^th June 2022

The post Jubilee Monday Market was a shade less busy than usual with 497 Cattle and 737 Sheep on offer.  Whether, this was weather related or due to the aftermath of celebrations is hard to determine.  But if stock was in short supply buyers were out in force and trade good in all sections.

There were 269 Store & Breeding Cattle with trade even dearer than last week.

Steers reached £1,470, Heifers £1,360 and Feeding Bulls £900.

In the breeding section cows & calves sold to £1,680 and feeding cows £1,080.

Finished cattle numbered 114 with top figures 311p/kg and £2,052 per head.

The 43 heifers averaged 256.6p and £1,543 per head a good illustration of the level of trade.  Finished bulls topped at 292p and £1,966.

FORTHCOMING FIXTURES

Thursday 9^th  June:  Thursday Lunchtime Sheep Sale

FARM SALES

Friday 10^th June: Eaton Brook Farm, Stafford

Friday 17^th June: Whiteacre Hall, Coleshill

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85 Barren, OTM and Feeding Cows Overall Average 180.2p

(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)

A very strong entry for the Monday market after the extended weekend and all the buyers were certainly back to business with some commentators suggesting that cows were even dearer than last weeks record average.  Two lovely Limousin x cows topped the day from Charlie Taberner, both selling at 225p (one at £1674) with another pure Limmo close behind at 224p.  All the best comfortably over £2.

Sample Results:

And Gross Prices:

28 Black & White and ex Dairy Cows ave 171.5p/kg

Better numbers and a few extra lean cows about which look very dear.

1 OTM Heifer (46 mnths) made 213p

Better Fed Cows 180-198p

Leaner Holsteins 155-175p

Plain Cows under 150p but look well sold

114 FINISHED CATTLE – overall average 243.7p

(Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)

A solid entry of 34 Bulls, 37 Steers and 43 Heifers sold on a very fast trade with good meat sales over the weekend focusing the minds of the buyers.

34 Finished Bulls ave 225.8p

A very fast trade again with half the entry being Dairy x Bulls.  Pure Limousin from the Wells family topped the day at 292p with big Welsh Black from John Ottewell sold up to £1966.  B/W sold up to 224p from a new Cheshire vendor.

Sample Results:

And Gross Prices:

37 Steers – overall average 245.9p

Some super cattle in the entry today and a wonderful trade throughout.  Keith Harrop stole the day selling to 296p for a B Blue x to gross a superb £1965 with plenty of other cattle 270p plus.  Big well made and fed steers from Stan & Geoff Evans sold up to £1992 (288p)

Sample Results:

And Gross Prices:

43 Heifers – overall average 256.7p/kg

A cracking average and trade throughout.  Keith & Brenda Harrop topped both the steers and heifers today with their Blue x heifer today being his ‘favourite’ of the season, a superb very well bred and expertly fed 660kg heifer sold at 311p to gross £2032 and sold to Steven Woolley of Woolley Bros Meats, Sheffield.  Top 10 heifers over 280p.

Sample Results:

Gross Prices:

STORE & BREEDING CATTLE – (Auctioneer Alastair Sneddon)

A seasonal entry of 269 Store & Breeding Cattle attracted plenty of interest and sold on a tremendous trade with demand outstripping supply.

The sale commenced with some 44 Breeding Cattle which included:

Feeding Cows which sold as follows:

Feeding Bulls

Just 14 Feeding Bulls including:

 105 Steers ave £923

A decent selection with examples to suit those looking for young cattle together with a number of stronger types.  Angus crosses proving very popular as the following results will demonstrate.

Sample Results:

106 Heifers ave £801

A good selection with quite a few younger ones, hence the £801 average.

Strong trade for all with Angus and Hereford crosses clearly keenly sought after.

Sample prices as follows:

29 CALVES (Auctioneer Ivor Lowe)

A flying trade for all types but especially the better sorts.

Bulls saw Limousin to £415 and £390 with B Blue to £430 and Hereford to £360.

Whilst heifers saw B Blue to £330 and £320.

Only a small entry of B/W but those forward were rewarded with a good trade with the best to £130.

Bulls

Lim       £465     Clark Farms, Ringinglow

Lim       £390     BD Hudson, Ipstones

B Blue  £430     J & J Walton, Tideswell

Hfd        £360     D Fotherby & Sons, Wormhill

Fries     £130     D Fotherby & Sons, Wormhill

Heifers

B Blue  £330     TN Palfreyman, Flagg

B Blue  £320     BD Hudson, Ipstones

Lim       £215     JE & CM Fletcher, Peak Forest

530 Lambs & 207 Ewes & Rams (Auctioneers Peter Oven & Mark Elliott)

A small entry of 737 sheep included 404 new season lambs.  Demand still very brisk with best butchers lambs to 372p/kg with a further two pens to 370p/kg and top gross of £164.64/head.  Overall average 337.66p/kg.

Leading Prices: –

Averages:

 Old Season Lambs

In the old season Lambs demand very brisk, despite quality well mixed.  Best meated sorts 260-278p/kg with a top gross of £159.65 and overall average 244.61p/kg.

Leading Prices:-

207 Cull Sheep

A total of 207 cull ewes and rams sold on a flying trade with Mark Hambleton topping the day at £160/head.  Michael Turner selling Texels to £150 with Robin Maycock also selling Texels to £150.

Cull Ewes to £160      Ave £103.72

Cull Rams to £158      Ave £117.71