“The annual Darley Moor sale attracted over 2000 lots with four auctioneering team operating at various times during the day and a wide variety of lots successfully sold.“
In general, the quality of the 2026 lots was of a better standard which resulted in spirited bidding particularly in the smaller lots and trailers and a very good success rate of sales on behalf of all the vendors.
In the Smaller Lots
Qnty of 4.8 Metre Boards £400
Bags of Logs £110
Galvanised Dog Pen £320
Jumps and Wings for Horse Jumps £240
Various Roof Sheets £250 per lot
Small Scaffolding Tower £210
Livestock Items
IAE Calf Crush £500
Set of Three Gates £270
8ft Feed Bin £160
Qnty Cattle Hurdles £360
IAE Rack £225
Two-Mesh Base Gates £265
C24 Timber Packs £500
Modulamb Crutching Crate £410
Portequip Creep £550
Tote Bins c/w Pallet Slides £300
Vintage Items
Castrol Vintage Oil Cabinet £330
Stone Trough £2,050
Amanco Engine £444
Chaff Cutter £200
Lister Jnr Engine £200
BCS Rotavator £380
Stiga Titan Mower £800
Smaller Machinery
Grays Muck Grab £320
Sanderson Bucket £900
Loader Bucket (Euro) £450
Kilworth Pan Mixer £700
Login ATV Topper £900
Wipeout Trailed Weed Wiper £1,000
Simba Rolls £3,050
Ritchie Bale Squeezer £800
Kuhn Fertiliser Spreader £2,200
Machinery Sundries
JCB 526 Bonnet and Tank £440
Ford Front Grill £110
JCB Cone and Pin Headstock £250
Pressure Washers £420
Hiab Crane £1,300
John Deere Hitch £200
Belle Wacker Plate £480
There was a varied range of tractors including a few modern classics with prices as follows:
Massey Ferguson 35 3 Cylinder £2,650
Massey Ferguson 35X 3 Cylinder Multi Power £2,900
Nuffield 6 Cylinder Conversion £2,300
John Deere 2140 2WD c/w Loader (V Reg) £3,600
JCB 185 Fastrac (M Reg) £9,400
Ford 6610 2WD (A Reg-Column Change) £6,000
John Deere 6400 4WD c/w Loader (N Reg) £9,000
Massey Ferguson 3080 (K Reg) £6,700
JCB 526S (P Reg) £9,100
Mini Clarke Bobcat £2,500
JCB 531-70 (04) £6,600
JCB JS70 £6,050
A 4 Door 3 Litre Toyota Hilux from a local farm sold on 70,000 miles (16 Plate) at £9,150.
Damaged Gator (2004 Plate) £3,200
Takeuchi 216 Mini Digger On Rubber Tracks £7,400
Husqvarna Combi 103 Petrol Driven Outfront Mower £2,150
In the Main Machinery and Trailers
A large crowd gathered with prices as follows:
Welgar RP200 Baler £2,150
Claas Liner 3100 Rake (Fault Declared) £6,800
Krone 8 Rotor Tedder £7,200
Marshall Barrel Spreader £3,400
Bailey 11 Ton Twin Axle Dropside Trailer £8,000
Marshall 10 Ton Low Level Dropside Trailer £2,700
Ifor HB505R Horse Trailer £2,000
Mobile Sheep Race £1,200
JNC 8 Ton Floor Trailer £3,400
Sales booked for May and into Summer. If you are considering a sale call Mark Elliott
on 07973 673092 for confidential advice. www.bagshaws.com
Another respectable entry in all departments with cattle numbers totalling 798 head and sheep1227.
Store Cattle numbers again close to capacity totalling 533 with these including 15 breeding animals and the remainder being 518 stores which saw Steers to £2500 and averaging £1592, Heifers to £2480 and an average of £1405. Plenty of optimism out there despite falling finished cattle trade and selling to the usual large gathering of potential purchasers.
Over in the finished cattle end Oliver reported another steadier trade in line with last week but fewer cattle forward totalling 98. Whilst they are undoubtedly less the top end still looks relatively respectable with tops of 432p/kg and £3190 per head.
OTM numbers still strong at 129 with those not seeing the same reductions as with the finished cattle and an average st 244p/kg and tops of 325p/kg which would look relatively comparable with recent weeks.
Calves as dear as they have ever been with Bulls to £845 and heifers to £685.
Sheep numbers totalled 1227 with Hoggs continuing to dry up but still a respectable average of 414p/kg to tops of 464p/kg and £223 Per head.
Spring lambs showing a pleasing increase in numbers at 164 but larger numbers nationally seeing trade drop back a little to average 459p/kg but still a pleasing top price of £254 per head.
Cull ewe numbers similar at 436 head and trade looking strong to a top of £299.
Market as normal next Monday despite it being a Bank Holiday.
“Great crowds at Rugeley dispersal with support from a wide area including Ireland”-Mark Elliott
The dispersal sale on behalf of Richard Brown saw around 500 lots numbered and a large run of included items in addition to those pristine tractors etc from the farm.
In the Smaller Lots:
Diesel Space Heater £110
Single Phase Air Compressor £380
Lots of Crash Barriers Up to £380 per lot
Bolt On Q Fit Brackets £66
Steam Cleaner £320
Set of Large Sockets £42
Pairs of Loader Tines £50 per set
There was a small run of non-vat items including:
Set of White Railings £48
Stack of Lin Bins £58
In The Cattle Sundries:
Galvanised Troughs to £70 each
Wyedale Hopper Feeders £150 each
Hang On Hay Racks £70 each
8ft Galvanised Feed Troughs on Legs Up to £200
Hurdles in Sets of 6 £125 per Set
Bunker Feeders and Large Items attracted wide interest with:
Wide Feeders Up To £240
Cattle Race Yoke With Side Gates £580
Six Cattle Hurdles £460
Sims Steel 1 Ton Tote Bin £450
Stallion 8 Teat Hang On Calf Feeders Up to £100 per unit
Out in the field there was a wide range of machinery and arable and grassland equipment with principal prices as follows:
Rear Mounted Twin Bale Lifters £460
Landy PTO Mounted Pressure Washer £500
Set of Coronet Style Chain Harrows £900
Storth PTO Slurry Stirrer £1,300
Flemming Flat Roll c/w Transport Kit £4,800
Cattle Related Items included:
Glendale Mobile Cattle Race System £7,200
Tractor Tow Livestock Trailer £5,900
An excellent AJP Long Drawbar Dolly Unit achieved £2,150 with the Pottinger Toro 5100 Twin Axle Forage Box at £8,800 and the Ifor Williams Tri Axle Livestock Trailer at £3,400.
