Livestock & Dairy: Bakewell Market

Busiest section was the Store Cattle department with 330 head on offer which included a consignment over 50 young bulls from Messrs Porter Brothers of Teversal. These attracted a great deal of interest and started the sale in style. The store cattle trade has evidentially moved up another notch with Steers to £1270, Heifers to £1200 and Young Bulls to £1010 for the first pen of Porter Bros.

There were good things to report about the finished cattle trade. The 96 on offer sold to 229p and £1447. The average for the 36 heifers was 201.2p and even more noteworthy was the overall average of 191.3p a very respectable figure.
82 OTM and Feeding Cows this week and an excellent trade all through. The figures 166p and £1665 with the overall average a healthy 131.4p.

Calf numbers back a bit at 36 with Bulls to £280 and Heifers £195.

In the sheep department not quite as many lambs as last week at 738. Top figures 270p and £122.36 per head, the sqq average looked good at 222.7 pence.
Ewes peaked at £157 and averaged a very decent £86.69.

FORTHCOMING FIXTURES

• Thursday 9th July – lunchtime sheep sale at 12 noon, together with ewes with lambs at foot & Store Ewe Hoggs sold through the ring at 1pm. All entries and enquires to Peter Oven.
Email peter.oven@bagshaws.com

• Thursday 16th July – Monthly Breeding Cattle Sale at 10.30am. Already entered – Genuine Reduction Sale 18 Lim & Her cows with 19 Calves at foot and Ped Lim Stock Bull. Enquiries to Oliver Hiles on 07801 530899.