Livestock & Dairy: Bakewell Market

HPLS HILL SHEEP Saturday 17th October

An excellent days trading with both numbers and trade both well up last year selling to a packed ringside of buyers from start to finish.

A total entry of 2,306 head and the sale starting at 10am with the ewe lambs selling to a top of £400 averaging £165.

These were followed by the shearling ewes topping at £440 to average £235 and then the older ewes which topped at £340 to average £151.

Following on were the rams and these preceded by a show, kindly judged by Joe Mitchell with the results below.

Trade was brisk throughout to a top at £1,400 and the shearlings averaging £457.

 

SHOW RESULTS

BFL Shearling & Older

1st          472        W Mellor

2nd         481        B Simpson

3rd          513        P & S Johnson

 

BFL Lamb

1st          454        Mycock & Bright

2nd         455        Mycock & Bright

 

Gritstone

1st          403        H Madin

2nd         364        R Mahon

3rd          426        R Mahon

 

Swale

1st                         RE Spooner

2nd                        R Spooner

3rd          457        J Webster

 

Cheviot

1st          552        J Webster

2nd         558        ID & TJ Gregory

3rd          465        W Mellor

 

Champion – 552 Cheviot-J Webster

 

Ewe Lambs

 

Texel x

£195 J & J Spillane
£185 MJ Wain
£185 RF & JP Critchlow
£180 RA Frith
£180 J & J Spillane
£165 J & J Spillane

 

Masham

£160 GM & DE Storer

 

BFL      

£400 B Simpson
£400 B Simpson
£270 JH Critchlow

  

Gritstone

£165 G & F Farming
£155 CR Mitchell
£150 N Muffitt
£135 A & A Spooner

 

Cheviot            

£170 AS & EL Heathcote
£150 AS & EL Heathcote

 

Herdwick

£155 MJ Wain
£145 AR Handford
£140 AR Handford
£120 PJ Rowbotham

 

Suffolk x

£190 MJ Wain
£172 DN & JE Renwick
£170 A & GM Cooper, Elton

 

Mule

£215 AR Handford

 

Shearling Ewes

 

Texel x

£285 SD & A Lomas
£260 MJ Burnett & Son
£260 P & S Johnson
£250 SD & A Lomas

 

Masham

£265 B & A Critchlow
£245 B & A Critchlow
£240 B & A Critchlow

 

BFL

£440 B Simpson

 

Gritstone

£270 CR Mitchell
£270 A & A Spooner
£270 JJ Lomas

 

Cheviot

£260 D Sharratt
£255 D Sharratt
£240 N Robinson

 

Herdwick

£180 GE Birchenall
£180 G & F Farming
£160 NH Denniff

 

Swale

£310 RE & D & D Priestley
£305 RE & D & D Priestley
£290 RE & D & Priestley
£275 Thorp Farms Ltd, Baslow
£245 Thorp Farms Ltd, Baslow
£240 Thorp Farms Ltd, Baslow

 

Draft Ewes

 

Gritstone

£210 CR Mitchell
£200 JJ Lomas
£200 S Wilson
£195 H Madin
£180 H Madin
£180 Stake Farm Partners

 

Jacob

£180 JA Edge

 

Swale

£230 Ashes Farm Services
£225 Ashes Farm Services

 

RAMS

 

Ram Lambs

 

BFL

£690 Mycock & Bright
£660 JH Critchlow
£520 Mycock & Bright

 

Char

£530 G Biddulph
£530 G Biddulph
£520 G Biddulph
£500 G Biddulph

 

Shearling Rams

Texel x

£1220 HD Fletcher, Peak Forest
£1000 P Furness
£980 Furness & Taylor
£900 P Furness
£900 L Hadfield & Sons

 

BFL

£1400 Mycock & Bright
£1000 W Allen
£850 B Simpson
£760 RD & L Worthington

 

Gritstone

£410 B Thorpe
£410 TE Smith & Son
£400 HW Wainwright

 

Cheviot

£950 ID & TJ Gregory
£900 ID & TJ Gregory
£840 W Mellor
£750 J Webster

 

Beltex

£620 M Mellor
£520 M Mellor
£500 MJ Burnett & Son

 

Suffolk

£980 S & G Mellor
£700 S & G Mellor

 

Char   

£640 ID & TJ Gregory
£590 ID & TJ Gregory

 

BFL x Texel

£740 H Hodgkinson & Sons
£680 H Hodgkinson & Sons

 

Aged Rams

 

BFL

£720 W Mellor
£560 R & A White & Son