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Leek Market for Tuesday 15th October 2019
An excellent Show & Sale on behalf of the Shorthorn Society as part of the monthly Pedigree sale this Tuesday. Top price of £2120 for a heifer from the Steeples family with the Shorthorns selling to £1860.
A good number of lambs about and trade still remaining firm. Top price of 200p/kg or £96.60/head with an overall SQQ average of 163p/kg. Cull sheep topped at £116.
Cull cattle trade remains hesitant, but a strong entry forward, with barrens selling to 129p/kg for a Hereford cow, with clean cattle to 176p/kg.
Less calves about and buyers about for them, but a top of £310 for a British Blue bull calf with heifers to £270.
A nice entry of pigs this Tuesday, with all qualities forward, selling to 128p/kg for cutters, and sows to 58p/kg.
BARREN COWS (71);
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
A larger number of cattle about this week and prices less due to a large number of cattle about nationally.
Top price of 129p/kg for a 740kg Hereford from EM & CP Naden, Cheddleton. Limousins sold to 115p/kg for a 655kg cow from JH & IEA Bennett, Brandside.
Other top prices;
111p 700kg Simmental – EM & CP Naden, Cheddleton
110p 630kg Hereford – EM & CP Naden, Cheddleton
109p 865kg Simmental – D Klucznik, Longsdon
108p 670kg Holstein – W E Turnock & Sons, Onecote
106p 715kg Holstein – IJ & AM Barks, Blackshaw Moor
106p 685kg Holstein – IJ & AM Barks, Blackshaw Moor
106p 785kg Hereford – HA & TR Mycock, Grindon
104p 690kg Limousin – GW & SM Pattinson, Weaver
103p 845kg Shorthorn – S Kirkham, Hartington
Overall average of 85.66p/kg or £575.21 per head.
Top headage price of £954.60 for the 740kg Hereford from Peter Naden, with Simmentals to £942.85 and Shorthorns to £870.35.
CLEAN CATTLE (18);
Selling time – 10:45am approx.
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
Trade still similar with a nice number forward. Top price of 176p/kg for a 515kg Limousin steer from Hambleton Bros. Other steers sold to 152p/kg for a 610kg Limousin from A W Kennerley & Son, Betley, with a 590kg Hereford from R G Chaddock, Gillow Heath.
Heifers topped at 164p/kg for a 540kg Limousin from E A Sessions & Sons, Dalbury Lees. Hereford heifers sold to 131p/kg and 130p/kg twice.
Top headage price of £927.20 for the Limousin steer from A W Kennerley, with others at £916.50 and £906.40, and heifers to £885.60.
Leek Market Store Report for Saturday 12th October 2019
Bakewell Market Report for Monday 7th October 2019
Wet and relatively cold conditions brought Cattle into market in good numbers, but Sheep were down as a consequence of 6 day restrictions following purchase of Breeding Sheep and Rams. The result 739 Cattle but only 1,395 Sheep.
The Store & Breeding Cattle section was again well supported with a total of 404 head. Plenty of interest and several new buyers operating resulted in a strong trade. Steers peaked at £1,150, Heifers £1,260 and Feeding Bulls £800, Cows and Calves reached £1,030.
In the Finished section there were 132 Cattle on offer peaking at 230p and £1,537.
OTM and Feeding Cows were out in force and a very mixed sample topped at 162p and £1,171. The average back a bit possibly due to quality rather than demand at 103.4p.
Only 58 Calves this week and not the best of samples. Top figures Bulls £260 and Heifers £185.
In the Sheep department Lamb numbers were well down, but trade was well up.
The 857 Finished Lambs reached top figures of 238p and £103.58 with the SQQ average a respectable 169.6p.
504 Cull Sheep forward trade sharper, Ewes to £130 to average £67.90.