Bakewell Market

Another busy day with a total of 735 cattle and 2,088 sheep on offer.

The store cattle section was once again well supported with 424 stores and 26 breeding cattle on offer. Trade again was distinctly upbeat with steers to £1,205 and heifers to £1,095.

Finished cattle numbers up on the week with 122 on offer, with trade a little easier in line with the national trend. Trade held up well nevertheless with heifers to 254p/ kg and steers to 225p/kg.

OTM numbers also up on the week at 119p/kg with trade very similar to return an average of 116p/kg.

A similar entry of calves with quality sorts at a distinct premium. An excellent show of sheep with the lamb average bucking the national trend to return a very respectable average of 207p/kg, with cull ewes equally well sold to a top of £128 per head. Forthcoming Fixtures

• Thursday, October 29: Sale of cows and calves for Messrs Porter Brothers, Teversal.

119 BARREN, OTM AND FEEDING COWS, OVERALL AVERAGE 117.8P

Similar numbers to the previous week with the average pence per kg showing 1.3p less on the week.

They certainly did feel a little less but all reports of the previous week claiming the bottom had dropped out of the cows was wide of the mark.

Top cow was a pure Limousin (5yrs) from Roy Mycock, Buxton at 178p or £1335. Better cows comfortably over 140p.

47 BLACK & WHITE AND EX-DAIRY COWS AVERAGE 106.1P

Perhaps a little less, but not a lot. Best sold to 140p for P Furness, Monyash, with better sorts still over 130p. Big Holsteins 110120p with leaners cows 100-110p and plain cows under £1.

Sample results: 178p/kg 750kg Lim RA & EF Mycock, Buxton; 177p/kg 710kg Char JA Bryer & Son, Windley 161p/kg 736kg Lim FN Biggin, Holmesfield; 160p/kg 810kg Blonde x BD & JH Ponsonby, Tideswell Moor; 156p/ kg 728kg Lim BD & JH Ponsonby, Tideswell Moor; 150p/kg 876kg B Blue x RW Ardern & Sons, Topley Pike; 146p/kg 740kg Baz R Mason, Kniveton; 146p/kg 752kg Char DC Hoggard, Newark; 146p/kg 864kg Sim Greasley Estate, Notts; 143p/ kg 600kg Lim CR Darlington, Hartington; 142p/kg 568kg Baz R Mason, Kniveton; 141p/kg 696kg Lim S Wilton, Taddington; 140p/kg 784kg Holst P Furness, Monyash

Gross prices: £1,335.00 750kg Lim RA & RF Mycock, Buxton; £1,314.00 876kg B Blue x RW Ardern & Sons, Topley Pike; £1,296.00 810kg Blonde x BD & JH Ponsonby, Tideswell Moor; £1,261.44 864kg Sim Greasley Estate, Notts; £1,256.70 710kg

Char JA Bryer & Son, Windley; £1,184.96 736kg Lim FN

Biggin, Holmesfield; £1,145.54 902kg B Blue x S & A Taylor, Cumberworth; £1,135.68 728kg Lim BD & JH Ponsonby, Tideswell Moor; £1,131.52 832kg Sim Greasley Estate, Notts £1,124.84 922kg Hfd C Molloy, Hucknall.

1 OTM BULL

130p/kg £1339 Sim D Hadfield & Daughter, Tideswell.

5 OTM STEERS

143p/kg £1,118 Char (4 1⁄2 yrs) DC Hoggard, Newark; 134p/kg £1,297 Hfd (6yrs) DC Hoggard, Newark

122 FINISHED CATTLE, OVERALL AVERAGE 188.3P

Thirty more than the previous week and exactly the same average.

10 FINISHED BULLS, AVERAGE 167.1P/KG

Very small numbers but solid enough prices, two smart big boys from Messrs Fearn and expertly fed by David Goddard sold at

204p (£1,680) and 200p (£1,516) Sample results: 204p/kg 824kg Lim S & D Fearn, Wardlow

Mires; 200p/kg 758kg Lim S & D Fearn, Wardlow Mires; 180p/ kg 538kg Sim LA Renshaw & IS Brassington, Ashbourne

Gross prices: £1,680.96 824kg Lim S & D Fearn, Wardlow Mires; £1,516.00 758kg Lim S & D Fearn, Wardlow Mires; £1,368.90 810kg Blond x TC James, Eccleshall.

42 STEERS, OVERALL AVERAGE 184.8P/KG

A good solid trade with all buyers present and bidding well for the increased entry. Two suckler sorts topped the day at 225p from Henry Wilton and David Brentnall with all the better sorts comfortably over £2. Six natives sold to 204p for Angus with eight black and whites to 178p

Sample results: 225p/kg 570kg Lim H Wilton, Taddington; 225p/ kg 586kg Blonde x D Brentnall, Underwood; 216p/kg 602kg Lim Thorp Farms Ltd, Baslow; 215p/kg 566kg Lim H Wilton, Taddington; 214p/kg 572kg Char H Naylor & Son, Kirk Langley; 211p/kg 516kg Blonde x D Brentnall, Underwood; 209p/kg 578kg Char H Naylor & Son, Kirk Langley; 208p/kg 552kg Char H Naylor & Son, Kirk Langley; 204p/kg 596kg AA Meadow Place Farms, Youlgreave.

Gross prices: £1,352.40 690kg

Sim WP Wilson, Hilton; £1,349.66 754kg B Blue x WP Wilson,

Hilton; £1,332.00 666kg Lim EA Gagie, Uttoxeter £1,318.60 694kg Lim Thorp Farms Ltd, Baslow; £1,318.50 586kg Blonde x D Brentnall, Underwood; £1,300.32 602kg Lim Thorp Farms Ltd, Baslow; £1,282.50 570kg Lim H Wilton, Taddington; £1,245.32 764kg AA RW Ardern & Sons, Topley Pike £1,231.32 662kg Lim EA Gagie, Uttoxeter; £1,228.16

608kg Blonde x D Brentnall, Underwood.

70 FINISHED HEIFERS, OVERALL AVERAGE 194.2P/KG

Double the number of the previous week with the average 5p less on the week, but an unbelievable 26p more on the year.

Steven Wells topped the day with a super pair of black Limousins at 254p and 250p and selling to RW Walmsley, Quality Butchers at Catterton, York.

Nigel Birch sold his pair at 230 and 219p and Messrs Charlesworth had up to 227 for their run of 5. 11 Herefords sold to 189p/kg and 3 Angus to 188p/kg

Sample results: 254p/kg 554kg B Blue x MJ Wells & Son, Monyash; 250p/kg 530kg B Blue x MJ Wells & Son, Monyash; 230p/kg 522kg Lim NA Birch, Monyash; 227p/kg 502kg Lim FR J & D Charlesworth, Bradbourne; 226p/kg 506kg Lim BA & B Perkins, Oughtibridge; 225p/kg 520kg Lim R Wharmby, Birch Vale; 225p/kg 510kg Lim R Merryman, Dronfield; 224p/ kg 522kg Char A Mosley & Son, Brassington; 224p/kg 540kg Lim P Redfearn, Marple; 224p/kg 612kg Lim MR Kidd, North Rode; 220p/ kg 604kg Lim MR Kidd, North Rode; 219p/kg 568kg Lim WT & HP Grindon & Son, Warslow; 219p/kg 482kg Lim NA Birch,

Monyash; 219p/kg 484kg B Blue x PJ & PA Mitchell, Fradswell. Gross prices: £1,425.52 692kg B Blue x DM Elliott & Son, Little Hucklow; £1,407.16 554kg B Blue x MJ Wells & Son, Monyash; £1,370.88 612kg Lim MR Kidd, North Rode; £1,328.80 604kg Lim MR Kidd, North Rode; £1,325.00 530kg B Blue x MJ Wells & Son, Monyash; £1,302.08 626kg Lim DM Elliott & Son, Little Hucklow £1,243.92 568kg Lim WT & HP Grindon, Warslow; £1,237.94 662kg Lim A Hoggarth, Hope Valley; £1,236.30 634kg B Blue x RW & R Walker, Ashgate; £1,215.52 568kg Sim MR Kidd, North Rode. 450 STORE & BREEDING CATTLE

The store and breeding department was yet again well supported with 450 cattle forward.

There were some strong highlights but generally the trade shows a steadying with purchasers aware of Covid in cutting plants reducing killing days and the possibility in changes in demand, as well as straw shortages.

The very best beef bred types are a real joy to sell to a top of £1,205 for steers and £1,095 for heifers.

In line with recent weeks weathered cattle 18 months plus were harder to sell, but the very

good youngest types saw spirited bidding from a wide number of buyers.

26 BREEDING CATTLE

A mixed sample. £1,150 pedigree Lim bull, 53 months J Tavernor, Gt Heywood; £940 pedigree Galloway bull, 43 months A Webster, Stanton by Dale; £940 pedigree S Devon Cow, 41 months Hough Park Farms, Hulland

Ward; £1,140 Lim x cow c/w 35-day old heifer calf MJD Farms, Alstonefield.

9 FEEDING BULLS

Sample prices: £765 Lim x 12 months Messrs Bennett, Birch Cross; £720 Sim x 10 1⁄2 months VH Mellor, Chelmorten.

246 STEERS AVERAGE £805

A few very top end types around which sailed away. Top call £1,205 for a run of Sim steers (1517mths) from the Cafferty Family at Ashover with others from the same holding at £1,100. Malcolm Adams had £1,190 for Lim steers.

Generally, the Friesian and Shorthorn steers looked very well sold with the biggest, best Friesians to £890 for Philip Wheeldon.

Best shaped suckler bred small stores 8-10 months just as good a trade as the previous week. Sample prices: £645 Angus x 6-7

months R Hughes, Stanley;

£710 Lim x 11 months Park Farms, South Anston; £825 Fries 20 months Geoff Chadfield, Darley Moor; £795 Hfd 16-17 months JP & SL Hotchin, Parwich; £845 S Horn 24-27 months PJ Wheeldon, Sheen; £900 Devon 15-16 months Peter Mosley, Rivelin; £890 Fries 24 months PJ Wheeldon, Sheen £900 Lim 14 months DJ Hoult, Barton under Needwood;

£920 S Horn 22 months Ivan Green, Waterfall; £1,045 Blonde x 15 mnths John Gould, Sheen

£965 Lim x 17 mnths Eric Ball, Hilderstone; £1,055 B Blue

16-18 months GM Grindey &

Son, Hartington; £1,095 Angus x 16-18 months RB & GE Fretwell, Penistone; £1,190 Pure Lim

18-19 months Malcolm Adams, Denstone; £1,205 Pure Sim 15-16 mnths P Cafferty, Ashover. 169 HEIFERS, AVERAGE £716.85

A few less heifers than recent weeks and buyers slightly selective. Again, the plums easy to sell and any cattle not warmed with corn and looking weathered just slightly harder to place. Typical returns: £655 B Blue x 13 months Mrs ME Collin, West Hallam; £635 Blonde 12 months JD Brown, Bonsall; £760 Sim 1718 months RJ Hoult, Barton under Needwood; £775 Devon 16-17 months Peter Mosley, Rivelin;

£855 B Blue x 17-22 months John Sessions, Hatton Fields; £850 B Blue x 13-15 months W Watts, Thurgoland; £920 Lim 16 months MJ & RD Bradbury, Biggin by Hartington; £910 Blonde 18 1⁄2 months J Gould, Sheen; £925 Saler 18-23 months J Watson, Ashover; £970 Lim 17 1⁄2 months JW & RG Ede, Youlgreave; £990 Hfd 17 1⁄2 months CH & AJ Berrisford, Cheddleton; £1,000 Hfd 15-19 months I Wilson, Hollington Tean; £1,095 Pure Sim 15-18 months P Cafferty, Ashover.

57 CALVES

A slightly more selective calf trade with a smaller gathering of purchasers around the ring.

Best sorts just as well sold with B Blue bulls to £335 and heifers to £260, but second quality a little easier than seen of late. black and white calves with plenty of interest with the best of these to £165,

Bulls (top price, average, vendor: Hfd £220.00 £145.00 JW Brandrick & Son, Beamhurst;

Sim £130.00 £105.00 NC Gregory, Blackwell; Holst £72.00 £34.89 WJ Adams & Son, Mackworth; Saler £145.00 JF Hayes, Shottle; Fries £165.00 £129.67 JW Brandrick & Son, Beamhurst; AA £152.00 Birch Bros, Sheen; B Blue x £335.00 £222.22 JW Handford & Sons,

High Peak; Norw Red £31.00

£29.00 Moor Farmers, Flagg Heifers; Hfd £150.00 £127.50 JW Brandrick & Son, Beamhurst; Saler £210.00 £176.67 JF Hayes, Shottle; AA £60.00 Moor Farmers, Flagg; B Blue x £260.00 £209.00 RG Emmott, Lyme Park; Lim £152.00 W Bradbury, Earl Sterndale.

2,089 SHEEP INCLUDING 1,419 FINISHED LAMBS & 662 CULL SHEEP & 8 STORE LAMBS

A very good entry of 2089 head of sheep saw demand very brisk from start to finish.

Despite trade dipping the second half of the previous week, Bakewell bucked the trend and kept prices at the previous week’s level, with the overall average of 207.7p/kg only 1p back. The very best butchers’ lambs peaked at 247p with heavy weight butchers’ lambs to 228p/kg.

The best big lambs grossed over £120/head.

Leading prices: 35kg 220p/kg N Beswick, Buxton; 36.3kg 223p/kg M Gregory, Peak Forest; 37.7kg 224p/kg P Ritter & Son, Peak Forest; 38.2kg 231p/kg P Ritter & Son, Peak Forest; 40.4kg 230p/kg M Gregory, Peak Forest; 42.2kg 223p/kg S & D Fearn, Wardlow 43.1kg 224p/kg M Gregory, Peak Forest; 44.1kg 229p/kg J Trueman & Partner, Cheshire 44.6kg 247p/ kg GA Titterton, Milwich; 46.9kg 228p/kg GA Titterton, Milwich; 47.2kg 214p/kg J Butler, Calow; 48.2kg 214p/kg J & J Walton &

Son, Tideswell; 49.7kg 226p/kg GA Titterton, Milwich; 52.1kg 196p/ kg M Hambleton, Alstonefield; 58kg 195p/kg M Gregory, Peak Forest

Averages: Standard to 231p/kg average 209.91p/kg; Medium to 247p/kg average 207.6p/kg; Heavy to 228p/kg average 198.5p/kg; Overweight to: 196p/kg average 190.28p/kg; Old Season Lambs to 166p/kg, average 154.13p/kg.

662 CULL SHEEP

A very good entry of cull sheep saw more buyers operating including several grazing men.

The best ewes peaked at £128 no fewer than four times with a total of eight pens over £120/head.

The strong mule ewes saw prices back slightly on the week but still selling in the £70-£80 bracket.

Best Suffolk ewes over £100/head.

Cast ewes to £128 average £69.51. Cast rams to £310 average £171.20;Long term store lambs to £60/head.

Bakewell Thursday

796 SHEEP INCLUDING 568 FINISHED LAMBS, 209 CULL

EWES & 19 STORE SHEEP.

568 LAMBS AVERAGE 198.73P/KG A reduced entry but trade distinctly sharper than that seen nationally the previous day and indeed slightly above last Thursday’s market average. Quality again at a distinct premium with top prices of 240p/ kg and £110 per head.

Leading prices: 35.1kg 221p/ kg CH Gregory, Sheldon; 43.6kg 230p/kg CT Worsley & Son,

High Peak; 40.3kg 2230p/kg FH Sargent, Etwell; 43.5kg 227p/kg BD & A Yates, Middleton; 45.6kg 240p/kg B Ford, Lymehandley 45.7kg 223p/kg B Ford, Lymehandley.

Averages: 25.5-32kg to 193p/ kg average 184.75/kg; 32.1-39kg to 21p/kg average 193.85p/kg; 39.1-45.5kg to 230p/kg average 201.93p/kg; 45.6-52kg to 240p/ kg average 194.72p/kg; 52kg + to 198p/kg average 181.42p/kg

209 CULL SHEEP, AVERAGE £70 PER HEAD

Another sharp trade with strong continentals to £120.

19 STORE SHEEP

A small entry with store lambs to £64 and older breeding ewes to £86.

Leek Market

Tuesday saw the monthly Pedigree Dairy Sale, including the Special Show and Sale on behalf of the Shorthorn Society.

Trade was exceptional from the start with a top of £2,380 for Holsteins and £2040 for Shorthorns.

More barren cattle this Tuesday and an improved trade with some decent quality forward selling to 166p/kg, to average 108.66p/kg overall.

Fewer lambs forward and trade in-line with the national trends, being back on the week.

Lack of the best quality had an overall effect on the average, however, top pens at 221p/kg, and plenty over 200p/kg. Ewes up to £118, to average £64.80.

Calves continue to sell well and some good quality forward, selling to £390 for a British Blue bull calf, and £290 for a British Blue heifer calf.

A lack of demand for pigs this Tuesday, with a top of 122p/kg for bacon pigs.

BARREN COWS (66)

An uplift in trade with a few more about and a decent entry of cattle. Top price of 166p/kg for a 670kg Friesian from ET Hanson & sons, Hasthorpe, with a 745kg Simmental at 141p/kg and a

725kg Simmental cow at 141p/kg.

Other black & whites sold up to 135p/kg for a 830kg Holstein from Bradda Farm, Biddulph Moor and a 590kg Limousin at 133p/kg for VM & GW Hall, Highwood.

Other top prices: 131p 815kg Holstein A Povey & Sons, Doveridge; 130p 615kg Angus

J R Mosedale & Son, Longford: 129p 745kg Hereford Messrs Bostocks, Gillow Heath; 129p 775kg Holstein FT Lemon & Son, Alkmonton; 129p 710kg Holstein P F Gilman, Thorncliffe; 129p 785kg Simmental A & K Farming, Heaton; 128p 780kg Hereford Messrs Bostocks, Gillow Heath; 127p 730kg Hereford Messrs Bostocks, Gillow Heath; 127p 680kg Friesian S L Seabridge, Stone; 126p 635kg Simmental S Cooper, Elkstones; 126p 800kg Holstein W E Fearn, Ashwood Dale.

Overall average of 108.66p/kg or £720.88 per head. Top headage price of £1120.50 for the Holstein cow from Bradda Farm, Biddulph with other black & whites to £1,112.20 and £1,067.65 with Simmentals to £1050.45 and £1012.65.

A OTM 1060kg Aberdeen Angus bull sold at 116p/kg for

A E Allcock, Waterhouses to gross £1229.60.

CLEAN CATTLE

A smaller entry sold well for the stock on offer up to 172p/ kg for a 635kg Angus heifer from D Forster, Bosley, with a 575kg Hereford bull at 161p/kg and steers to 159p/kg for a 720kg Simmental and 155p/kg for a 755kg Simmental, both from J Dooley, Whitemore.

Top headage price of £1,170.25 and £1144.80 for the Simmental steers, £1092.20 for heifers and £925.75 for bulls.

DAIRIES (203)

Holsteins to £2,380 and Shorthorns to £2,040. A phenomenal entry in the October Pedigree Sale which included the Shorthorn Society Show and Sale saw nearly 200 catalogued with eventually just over 200 sold.

Trade yet again for production animals was hot with numerous passing the £2000 mark.

Topping the day was regular vendors Messrs Easom of Oakerthorpe with a S-S-I Modesty Magictouch daughter. She was eventually clinched by Stockton Heath Ltd for £2,380, who also took a second from the same home at £2,240.

The Webster family of Stocksbridge, Sheffield, saw their Progenesis Granite daughter reach £2,320 to D Green of

Lach Dennis.

Andrew Bunting of Bakewell had two lovely heifers to

£2,300 and £2,200 with Michael Wainwright of Buxton seeing his reach £2280. A fantastic entry of 90 Shorthorns for the Autumn Society Show and Sale attracted great interest with trade swift for all categories including youngstock.

The judge Graham Brindley picked out a powerful third calver from the Amber Herd of Messrs Hole as his champion. By Amber Tornado and out of an 85-point dam, she was sold giving 38kg and was secured by a local purchaser for £1,800.

However it was a fantastic heifer from the Leisure Herd of Messrs Howe of Buxton by Rantonhall

Aubrey that created most interest.

After spirited bidding she was eventually clinched by D Green of Lach Dennis for £2,040. Messrs Hole also had a heifer to £1940 to join the Foldspride Herd of M Tidmarsh.

In-calf Heifers reached £1,680 for Cotonhall Rio Proud Countess from Rob Kite with yearlings to £680 from the Misterton Herd of S J Cartwright and calves to £460 from the Quarnford Herd of Messrs Tunnicliffe.

PIGS (136)

A reduced trade which was reflected in the averages.

Cutting pigs sold to 107p/kg for a pair of 85kg pigs from

J & B Fentem, who also sold cutters at 104p/kg twice, 96p/ kg and 94p/kg twice. Bacon pigs topped at 122p/kg for a pair of 97kg pigs from MC & EA Beattie, Allostock who also sold a 96p/kg at 119p/kg and a 94kg pig at 114p/ kg with the Fentem family selling bacon pigs at 115p/kg and 109p/ kg with Bernard Minshull, Buxton realising 111p/kg for 97kg pigs and the Parsons of Whitchurch selling 96kg pigs at 113p/kg.

Heavier pigs sold up to 106p/kg for 105kg pigs from the Parsons family who also sold heavy pigs at 103p/kg and 88p/kg.

A dip in demand for cull sows and a top of 60p/kg for a 288kg sow from Rosie Watson who also sold a 266kg sow at 44p/kg with other sows at 36p/kg for 253kg and 240kg sows from Bernard Minshull.

Store pigs sold to £22/head for a pen of 10 weaners from R P Wilson, Markeaton and a pen of 17 weaners at £21 for Alan Worth, Marton.

Averages: Cutting Pigs (16) average 99.20p/kg or £81.67/head; Bacon Pigs (78) average 102.36p/ kg or £97.10/head; Heavy Pigs (8) average 95.05p/kg or £103.49/ head; Cull Sows (7) average 38.87p/kg or £100.35/head.

SHEEP SECTION BUTCHERS LAMBS (562)

A much reduced entry which was disappointing given the exceptional level of trade we have been experiencing, but not surprising five the store and breeding sheep sales giving rise to six-day rule issues and increment weather conditions not allowing lambs to finish well.

Trade is certainly back nationally with talk of lockdown making supplies of the catering sector very nervous. There was, however, have a pleasing sale on the day at 100% clearance was easily achieved with competitive bidding throughout.

Many more lambs could have been sold on the day with some buyers left disappointed.

Best lambs sold to 221p/kg from James Ball of Cheddleton with best sorts generally 205- 220p depending on weight and finish.

Generally a lack of best lambs forward and orders for best shaped handy weight lambs went unfulfilled.

Sample prices: 210p 38.5kg A Shaw, Sturston; 221p 42kg J Ball, Cheddleton; 220p 43kg DH & J Lovatt, Rushton Spencer; 218p 42.3kg A J Gilman, Elkstones

220p 46.7kg A Mycock, Flagg

214p 50.3kg DH & J Lovatt, Rushton Spencer; 210p 48.5kg J Gilman & Partners, Bosley.

CULL SHEEP (182)

Less about and trade not as fierce as a few weeks ago but still solid with grazing buyers showing interest in better types.

Top price of £118 for R & S Bailey for a pen of Texel ewes. Mules finding their level at £70 plus for the better end and £50 - £60 for the leanest types.

CALVES (139)

A few more about and a similar trade to the previous week.

40 CONTINENTAL BULLS AVERAGE £238.48

The best a wonderful trade with the four best topping £375 to a top of £390 for a Blue from Messrs Cotton, Tean, closely followed at £388 for G W Myatt, Endon. Mediums bulls £230 - £300 with smaller bulls under £200. 26 Blues average £256 to £390 - FA & TM Cotton. Five Sims average £166 to £258 - S & M Huxley & Son. Six Lims average £222 to £375 - R J Salt & Partners.

34 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS AVERAGE £193.61

Just like the bulls, plenty of bidders for the best with a lovely fresh Blue at £290 for H & E Bailey, Brown Edge. Mediums heifers £200-£230 with smalls under £200. 20 Blues average £211-£290 - H&E Bailey & Partners; 7 Sims average £167 to £245 - H&E Bailey & Partners; 5 Lims average £149-£278 - ME&DJ Gregory; 2 Char/blo to £235 - D&G Tudor.

40 NATIVES

Best Angus bulls topped at £230 for Messrs Cotton, Tean, with heifers continuing the recent good trend of high prices with Angus at £190 and Herefords to £175 for PT Beswick.

25 BACK & WHITE BULLS

More interest in best rearers with Friesians at £125, Holsteins to £170; Montys to £175 and £135. Smaller bulls generally £30-£50.

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