Dairy trade continues to go from strength to strength with very few animals selling below £1700 despite the superb silaging weather and a mixed quality on offer.
John Stone of Onecote saw three of his four heifers pass the £2000 mark with British Friesians from Messrs Seabridge of Sandon over £1800. More numbers are needed to satisfy demand. Good entries are already forward for next weeks pedigree sale.
The catalogue will be online later in the week but it still no to late to get stock entered. Contact Meg Elliott on 07967 007049.
The three 4WD McCormick tractors for sale on behalf of the Hammond family at Eaton Brook Farm, Church Eaton, Nr Stafford attracted interest from a wide area including Devon, Yorkshire and Wiltshire.
The genuine dispersal arose as a result of the end of the tenancy we had a good crowd on sale day and the Staffordshire weather benefitting all.
In the Small Lots: • Vink Calving Aid £150 • Wall Mounted Cow Brushes £95 each • Silage Covers £120 each • Heavy Duty Gates £130 • Galvanised Water Troughs £70 each
The Galvanised IAE Cattle Crush c/w Foot Trimming Crush £1,600 and virtually unused Short Galvanised Gates to £105 each.
There was only a small range of equipment and machinery to include; • Mounted Manual Fleming Chain Harrows £1,000 • Ifor Williams 12ft Livestock Trailer £4,300 • Strautmann 301401 Tub Diet Feeder (2019) £9,800 • Malone Twin Axle MT 35 Forage Wagon £20,500
As detailed above the McCormick tractors attracted wide interest as follows; • McCormick X4.35 4WD (65 Plate-4,360 Hours) £11,000 • McCormick X5.40 Power Plus 4WD (65 Plate-3,750 Hours) £23,000 • McCormick X6.35 4WD (70 Plate-1,030 Hours) £28,100
Within the Included Items; New Holland 940 Conventional Baler (Damaged Pick-Up Reel) sold well at £1,580
Further Sales booked for June and July 2022. Entries open for July Collective Sales call 01889 562811 for entry. For more details on upcoming sales visit our website www.bagshaws.com
The herd sale on behalf of the Hall family of Sudbury, Derbyshire attracted a fantastic crowd with trade setting off at an electric pace that continued throughout the day.
A massive 75 passed the £2000 mark, 60 of those been milkers with prices peaking at £2700.
Topping the day at £2700 was a fresh calved heifer by ABS Onyx to Messrs Hammersley of Thurvaston. Hot in pursuit at £2620 was a milking heifer by ABS Eldridge. Due in August with her second she was clinched by Messrs Holland of Sudbury who went on to make a number of other choice purchases.
The blistering trade for milk saw them all average £1753 without calves and £1831 with.
In-calf heifers were similarly sought after peaking at £2420, 14 passing £2000 and all 62 averaging just short of £1700.
Young calves reached £490 with all 430 lives sold averaging an amazing £1313.
Trade continues to remain solid for dairies with the entry on Tuesday selling extremely well.
Two heifers topped at £2260, the first from the Shepherd family of Bakewell and the second from John Stone of Onecote. Cows also from the Shepherds topped at £2120.
Trade was consistent throughout with the majority of the entry between £1700-£2000 with all milkers including a number with faults averaging £1790.
More numbers are needed to satisfy demand. Please get in touch if you have stock to sell. Contact Meg Elliott on 07967 007049.
A very large crowd gathered for the Dispersal of the Shieldhouse Herd of Holsteins and A-Shieldhouse Herd of Ayrshires on behalf of the Weston Family of Roston, Ashbourne. They were no doubt drawn by the real quality on offer which saw a top price of £3000 and the entire herd average a superb £1831.
Topping the day was a fresh second calver by De Vlottenburg Fantasy. She had given 9711kg in her heifer lactation. Sold giving 45kg she went to the Minshall family of Tean.
Hot in pursuit at £2800 was a February calved third calver by Nafta. Due in again in January to Dynamite she was giving a massive 52kg and went to John Bayley of Nuneaton. Another second calver by Fantasy calved in February reached £2560 to a Stafford purchaser.
Ayrshires topped at £2360 for a milking heifer due again in November to Ryland Red to Messrs Sales of Leek.
In total 29 passed the £2000 barrier to average out an exceptional £1831 which included some with faults.
The commercial section saw a mixed quality forward which sold to a very strong trade topping at £2400 for second calver from Phillip Brocklehurst of Mobberley with heifers from John Stone of Onecote to £2100.
Overall the strong trade continues to hold if not improve. Please get in touch if you have stock to sell.
Another blistering trade in the Dairy Shed on Tuesday saw both cows and heifers soaring above £2800 again and 11 in excess of £2000. The whole commercial entry including a number with faults averaged £1737.
Topping the day in the Commercial Section was a superb heifer from the Meldamar Herd of the Shepherd family of Bakewell. A Westcoast Alcove daughter, she was sold giving 38.4kg and went to Andrew Hulme of Basford.
Another from the same home by Seagull-Bay MVP reached £2580 to J Bayley of Nuneaton who also took a second calver at £2180. Andrew Hulme went on to take another Alcove daughter at £2460.
The Riley family of Longnor saw their 31kg heifer reach £2360, with Messrs Platts of Hope Valley seeing their two heifers make £2140 and £2260 respectively.
The herd sale on behalf of James Harrison of Cheadle despite including a number of older cows sold exceptionally well. He topped the days trade with a third calver by Fontaine. Calved in April and giving 54kg she was eventually clinched by John Bayley at £2860 with another third calver by Mozzarella making £2500 to the same home.
The last lot of the day, an impressive second calver by Fontaine reached £2620 to A J Minshall, Tean.
Next week we have the very impressive Pedigree Herd of Holsteins and Ayrshires to sell on behalf of the Weston family. Head to the website to take a look at the catalogue.
“Large Crowd and Very Windy Day at Hilderstone Dispersal”
Mark Elliott
The retirement dispersal on behalf of the Brassington family at Blakelow Farm at Hilderstone attracted interest from North Wales, Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire together with Wiltshire as well as all surrounding counties.
Within the Small Items and Livestock Sundries;
Sheep Race Guillotine Gate £98
Metal Troughs Up to £20 each
Ring Feeders £72
IAE Galvanised Cattle Race Gate £290
Short Single Phase Auger £185
Machinery Section;
Fleming Mounted Scraper £280
Lely Hibiscus 425S Mounted Rake £2,800
Lely Lotus 4 Rotor Mounted Tedder £2,680
New Holland 940 Conventional Baler £1,900
The McHale equipment attracted wide interest with the McHale F540 Round Baler at £10,300 and the McHale 991 BE Trailed Wrapper at £7,000.
There had been a lot of pre-sale interest in the Massey Ferguson 165 which had been on the holding for many decades after spirited bidding this multi-power version on an L Plate achieved £5,800 to a Staffordshire collector.
The Case JXU 105 c/w Quicke Loader and Damaged Cab sold locally for £16,800 with the Dieci 26.6 Agri Farm Turbo Telehandler c/w Q Fit Headstock selling at £14,200 to a dairy farmer within two villages of the sale field.
Antiquities sold extremely well with;
Milk Unit Buckets £23 each
Glazed Sinks to £20 each
Old Esso Drums to £38 per lot
Round Cast Pig Troughs Up to £100 each
There were various included items including;
Kubota 900 RTV (non road reg, showing 1,650 hours) at £3,400
Agrimaster Compact Hedgcutter £1,620
Agrimaster 1.9 Metre Mounted Flail Mower £1,350
Ifor Williams 10ft Livestock Trailer at £3,000
Lely Lotus Stabilo 4 Rotor Mounted Tedder £5,300
A comprehensive entry of Galvanised Gates and Barriers saw;
Large Gates £120 each
Stock Yard Gates £155 each
Short Cattle Hurdles £75 each
Further sales near Stafford and South of Tamworth booked for June 2022, please check the website for further details. www.bagshaws.com
