Bagshaws Home

Archives: Reports

Leek Market Report

TRADE ON FIRE – TOP OF £2440, 12 OVER £2000

The trade for milkers on Tuesday matched the weather been too hot to handle for many purchasers.

A smaller pedigree entry met a flying trade with a Seagull-Bay MVP daughter from Andrew & Joanna Bunting reaching £2260 with a lovely crossbred heifer from Edward Whittaker reached £2110.

However it was the entry of 11 fresh heifers from the Johnson family of Longnor that really set the trade alight with the first through the ring reached £2400. The entry topped at £2440 with 10 passing the £2000 mark and averaging out at £2148. The Johnsons have another 8 entered for next week.

Calves topped at £300 also from the Buntings with the two stock bulls also selling well, the Limousin reaching £2400 and the Beef Shorthorn £2100.

Machinery Dispersal Report-Shirley Farm

“Exceptional support for extremely well-maintained kit at Whiston Dispersal”

The machinery dispersal sale held on behalf of Richard and David Green at Shirley Farm, Whiston, Stoke attracted wide support as the machinery, Land Rover, Sundries and Effects were in superb order and had been extremely well cared for.
The stars of the show were undoubtedly the two John Deere tractors, Gator and Land Rover but there was a large array of items for sale prior to those items.

In the smaller items;

  • Stainless Milk Buckets £30 each
  • Alkaline Foam Applicator £200
  • Silage Sheet Cover £70 each
  • Set of Parlour Pit Matting £175
  • Six Stud Spare Trailer Wheel £120
  • 8ft Cattle Manger Troughs £60 each
  • IAE Galvanised Calf Crush has seen little work and sold at £490
  • 10ft Galvanised Wall Mounted Hay Racks at £200 each

In the collectables;

  • Stone Gate Post achieved £260 each
  • Set of 5 Stone Steps at £400
  • Old Stone Pig Sty Slide Feeder Bases at £60 each

All the machinery together with the tractors and Land Rover etc were in pristine order and the family should be commended for the way in which they presented things for sale as they were superbly well finished.

  • Howard rotavator sold at £450
  • Allman Small Mounted Sprayer £260
  • Krone Easy Cut R280V Mower Conditioner £7,950
  • Krone 4 Rota Mounted Tedder £5,000
  • Krone Swadro 800/26 Twin Rota Trailed Rake £11,900
  • McHale F5500 Round Baler (only 9,200 bales) £17,000
  • McHale Orbital Trailed Wrapper (under 5,000 bales) £9,800

Trailers and tankers saw spirited bidding from a wide area including North Wales and Cumbria with;

  • Marshall 4 Ton Tipping Trailer achieving £2,200
  • Redrock 850 Gallon Vacuum Tanker £4,040
  • Redrock 1600 Gallon Vacuum Tanker £9,800
  • Superb Teagle 8150 Trailed Straw Chopper £8,700

Purchasers had traveled from a wide area to bid at the tractors, gator and land rover with representation from Somerset and Ireland as well as local counties. The John Deere 5080R c/w Loader 62 Plate achieved £29,000. With the John Deere 6115 M (15 Plate) at £44,100 to a local farmer. The John Deere Gator (68 plate-733 hours only) achieved a superb £15,050 and the Green Partnerships items finished with their superb Land Rover Defender (14 Plate-only 18,800 miles at £30,200.

Within the sundry vendors items there was a charity donation of lots from Mr Robert Bentley of Foston and he must be thanked for his donation and delivery on his items which achieved over £150.
Other sundry vendor items included;

  • Agri-Mac 6 Ton Tipping Trailer £3,100
  • Ursus C 385 2WD tractor £2,500
  • Ford 6410 (F Reg-poor cab) £4,500
  • Easterby ET10 Twin Axle Bale Trailer £3,660
  • Ifor Williams P6G Small Calf Trailer £1,200
  • Lely Rotund 510 Mounted Tedder £2,200
  • John Deere 331 Mounted Mower Conditioner (2017 model) £7,500

All ready sales booked for August and September for confidential and hands on advice please call Mark Elliott on 07973 673092.

Leek Market Report

A funny days trading maybe due to the sunny weather saw the best to £2100 from Messrs Beech of Sutton, Macclesfield with others from the same home to £1960 and £1810 the second of which was a Shorthorn x.

Another Shorthorn x from Edward & Diane Bennett of Whiston reached £1800. A Holstein heifer from Messrs Phillips of Winkhill reached £1920.

Next week is Pedigree week and we also have a superb entry of 10 fresh heifers from Messrs Johnson of Longnor.

Leek Market Report

Dairy trade was buoyant again on Tuesday with all categories selling well.

Top price was a very pretty British Friesian heifer from the Kirkby family of Oakham at £2000. Hot in pursuit was a sweet heifer from R Thompson of Sudbury at £1980.

Another heifer from G Brown of Spondon reached £1920 as did a smashing third calver from Adrian Barber of Gnosall. Messrs Brown of Spondon also had a second calver to £1880.

Numerous others were in that £1700 to £1850 bracket.

Get in touch if you have stock to sell, more needed to satisfy demand.


Machinery Dispersal Report-Yew Tree Farm

The Bagshaws team travelled far north to Huddersfield for the dispersal on the 2nd July on behalf of Mr John Sykes at Farnley Tyas.

John’s family had farmed in the village since 1947 and a large crowd attended the sale with support from a wide area including Ireland, Wales, Yorkshire, Staffordshire and all localised area.

The stars of the show included the Valtra N101 4WD on 11 Plate and a very well kept Manitou MLT 625-75 H Premium Telehandler.

In the smaller lots;

  • 9 Hole Drawbars to £30
  • Single Phase SIP Compressor £280
  • 3 Phase Roller Mill £220
  • Old PTO Generator £360
  • Calving Aid £80
  • Submersible Pump £35

There were a wide array of sheeted doors, gates and other equipment as John Sykes had fabricated many heavy duty gates for use on the farm as a hobby.

  • IAE Water Troughs to £70
  • Sheeted Doors £200 each
  • Fabricated 4 Section Pens £320
  • Superb Bateman Galvanised Weigh Crush c/w Weigh Cells and Reader £1,900

The equipment on the farm had been well kept and maintained with the;

  • Fella TH450 D 4 Rotor Mounted Tedder £2,200
  • Welgar RP202 Special Round Baler at £7,600
  • Mounted McHale 991 LBER Wrapper at £5,940

The excellent Graham Edwards GET126- 12ft Twin Axle Livestock Trailer achieved £3,540 with a little used Fleming MS-1000 Barrel Spreader at £3,800.

In the tractor section;

  • David Brown 885 (T Reg) at £1,680
  • Massey Ferguson 390 c/w Chiltern Loader (F Plate) £12,500
  • Same Explorer 2-90 4WD (02) went to a Staffordshire farmer at £14,200

As detailed above, the Valtra 101 4WD had undertaken just over 2,400 hours on a 11 plate and after spirited bidding travelled far away at £29,300.

The Manitou MLT 625-75 H Premium Telehandler was very well kept on a 65 Plate and sold at £26,400 with the short unit spread-a-bale mini model achieving an excellent £5,950.

There was a wide range of non-vat items including churns up to £80, Bamford Belt Drive Grinder at £210 and mini milk cans and mincers up to £105.

Further sales being booked for July and August with the Darley Moor Collective Sale catalogues just out.

Sterndale & Peak Final Dispersal Sale

Deman Rae Tops At Sterndale & Peak

A huge crowd of Holstein breeders and enthusiasts from across the UK and Ireland travelled to Fernydale Farm for the Final Dispersal Sale of the Sterndale & Peak Holstein herd.  Owned by Bill Nadin & Yasmin Bradbury who over the years have built up a reputation for breeding excellence based on a solid foundation of prolific cow families with generations of high scoring Excellent cows.

The trade topped at 21,000gns for an outstanding Excellent cow with the overall average for 197 Holsteins coming to £3437 with 23 animals selling for £5,000 or more.  Demand for embryos was strong, they topped at 1,250gns to average £961.

Topping the sale at 21,000gns was Sterndale Deman Rae, she was bred from ten Excellent dams going back to Roxy.  Her first three dams were Excellent 94 and sired by Snowman, Goldwyn & Kite the next dam by Talent was purchased by Bill & Yasmin for 7,500gns in the Ad Astra Sale in 2006 from Stanhope Holsteins from Vancouver Island.  Sterndale Deman Rae was classified Excellent 92 in her third lactation and had recently calved her fourth, her Leasperron Stronger daughter followed her in the ring and sold for 4,800gns, both of these special animals now join the Willsbro Holstein herd in Cornwall.

A beautiful Lambda two year old from the Rae family sold for 7,200gns to the Bunting family from Dumfries.  Sterndale Bylambda Rae oozed style, she was bred from a VG87 Byway from a full sister to the dam of the top seller.  

Peak Goldwyn Rhapsody is one of the most recognised Holstein cows in the world and several special lines from this legend featured in the sale.  Rhapsody was a three time Supreme Champion at UK Dairy Expo and a three time All Britain winner.  Selling for 19,500gns was Milliedale Lambda Rhapsody who was sired by Lambda from an Excellent 91 Commander from an Excellent 95 Dusk who topped the 2017 sale at 10,500gns, next dam was the Excellent 97, Peak Goldwyn Rhapsody.  This impressive Lambda heifer was purchased by New Chapter Holsteins.  Her dam, Milliedale Commander Rhapsody EX91 sold for 5,200gns to the Bunting family from Dumfries who also purchased a July born daughter of Peak Goldwyn Rhapsody EX97 sired by Doorman Darlingo for 9,000gns.   

A Sidekick daughter of Peak Goldwyn Rhapsody EX97 sold for 8,500gns to the Willsbro Holstein herd in Cornwall.  She was a powerful framed in calf heifer carrying a pregnancy to Peak Tropic for October. 

Peak ABS Lambda Rhapsody sold for 8,500gns to Mr Garvey from N. Ireland, she was a great granddaughter of Peak Goldwyn Rhapsody EX97.  She had recently calved in her second and has the potential to develop into a high scoring Excellent cow.

One of the standout cow families at Sterndale has been the Ghost cow family and selling for 7,500gns was Sterndale Lindell Ghost a maximum classified second lactation cow who completes ten generations of Excellent classified cows.  She was purchased by M&C Millar, Coleraine, N. Ireland.  Sterndale Sil Ghost sold for 7,200gns to the McNeil family from Cairnpat Farm near Stranraer.  She had classified maximum points in her third lactation and was the ninth generation of direct Excellent cows. 

The Jodie cow family has been a major success at Sterndale and selling for 16,000gns was Sterndale Jordy Awe Jodie Red, a ultra stylish show heifer sired by Jordy Red and classified Very Good 87.  Her third dam was Sterndale Sterling Jodie Red  the All Britain wining two year old in 2014 who sold in the Newabbey Dipsersal for 18,000gns.  She was purchased by  the Willsbro Holstein herd in Cornwall.

Our next sale at Borderway takes place on Wednesday 7th July and features 330 dairy cattle in the Borderway Monthly Dairy Day sale.  The online catalogues for this sale is available at www.harrisonandhetherington.co.uk   or can be ordered from the Pedigree office on 01228406230.  The online Live Bidding platform is available for all our dairy sales, please register for this service at least 24 hours prior to the event.    

Averages
63 Cows in milk  –  £3971.67
60 Heifers in milk  –  £3699.50
12 In Calf Heifers  –  £3841.25
16 Bulling Heifers  –  £3025.31
41 Heifer Calves  –  £2336.89
5 Bulls  –  £2919.00
27 Embryos  –  £961.99
197 Holsteins  –  £3437.02

Leading Prices
Lot          Price                      Purchaser
82           21,000gns            Willsbro Holsteins, Pawton Dairy, Wadebridge
114         19,500gns            New Chapter Holsteins
89           16,000gns            Willsbro Holsteins, Pawton Dairy, Wadebridge
98           9000gns                A. Bunting & Son, Midtown Farm, Dumfries
97           8500gns                Willsbro Holsteins, Pawton Dairy, Wadebridge
151         8500gns                A. Garvey, N. Ireland
118         7500gns                M&C Millar, Coleraine, N. Ireland
28           7200gns                A. Bunting & Son, Midtown Farm, Dumfries
69           7200gns                R. McNeil, Cairnpat, Stranraer
93           7000gns                M&C Millar, Coleraine, N. Ireland
115         7000gns                Willsbro Holsteins, Pawton Dairy, Wadebridge
124         7000gns                M&C Millar, Coleraine, N. Ireland
125         7000gns                D Moss, Bleasdale, Preston

For help and advice, please don't hesitate to get in touch.

Contact Us

Please enter your email address below to sign-up for news and updates:

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.