Livestock & Dairy: Bakewell Market

Bakewell Market Thursday Lunchtime Sheep Sale Thursday 24th March

 

  BAKEWELL MARKET

THURSDAY LUNCHTIME SHEEP SALE REPORT

24th March 2022

 

600 Sheep including 449 Finished Hoggs, 116 Cull Sheep and 35 Store Sheep

 

 A very good show of 600 included 449 lambs.  Demand for the handy-weight meated sorts very brisk with two pens to 330p/kg and 6 pens over the 308p/kg barrier.  Top gross price of £141.24 per head.  The big lambs still harder to sell with best to 224p/kg.  Overall average 263.25p/kg.

 

Leading Prices:

35.33kg 298p/kg BE & TR Robinson, Tideswell
36kg 324p/kg M Shaw, Tideswell
37.17kg 283p/kg C Ford, Whaley Bridge
39kg 288p/kg C Ford, Whaley Bridge
40.2kg 330p/kg M Shaw, Tideswell
42.8kg 330p/kg M Shaw, Tideswell
43.3kg 319p/kg W Hague & Son, Bradfield
44kg 288p/kg J Shirt & Son, Tideswell

 

Averages:

32.1 – 39.0kg To: 324p/kg Ave: 249.75p/kg
39.1 – 45.5kg To: 330p/kg Ave: 268.82p/kg
45.6 – 52kg To: 258p/kg Ave: 242.45p/kg
52kg+ To: 224p/kg Ave: 215.08p/kg

 

 116 Cull Sheep

Just 116 cull ewes and rams met brisk bidding with 7 different buyers operating on numerous accounts.  More Cull Sheep needed to fill order books.  Best Beltex ewes to £192 with Texel to £188, Mules to £138, Gritstone to £102, Swales to £93 and Jacob to £90.

 

Ewes to £192  Ave: £105.31

Rams to £159  Ave: £112.36

Goats to £97

35 Store Sheep

Just 35 Store Sheep this week saw feeding lambs to £82 to average £77.85.  Cade lambs to £13.

 

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Auctioneer:

Peter Oven

Market Associate