Bakewell Market Cattle Sale

A smaller entry for February after the bumper crop of over

800 for the January sale. With finished sattle returns at an all time high and quality store cattle replacements thin on the ground, the stage was set and the buyers pulled out all the stops to secure the quality on offer.

The averages for the cattle were way up on the year and also on the remarkable sale that we held four weeks earlier in January, for the first time at the suckled calf sales the steers averaged over £1,000 (up £85 on 2020) the heifers averaged £872 (up £157 on 2020) and the bulls levelled at £954 (up £125). The next sale will be held on Friday, March 19

60 YOUNG FEEDING BULLS, AVERAGE £954.50

£1200 Lim 11 months AL Smith, Selston; £1100 Sim 8 months Mosley & Co, Chelmorten;

£1,020 B Blue x3 7-8 months AC Simpson, Bradwell; £1,010 Lim x2 9 months AH&T Carr, Waterfall; £980 Lim x2 9 months J Simpson, Stoney Middleton; £960 Lim x4 7-8 months MA Salisbury & Son, Hayfield; £890 Sim x5 8 mnths BE&TR Robinson, Tideswell

£850 Lim x2 8-11 mnths SC Yates, Bradwell.

55 STEERS, AVERAGE £1003.00

£1,290 Lim x2 12 months AL Smith, Selston; £1,285 Lim x2 12 months TJ&H Oakes, Rocester; £1,240 Lim 19 months LG Parkin, Unstone; £1,180 Lim x5 11-12 mnths TJ&H Oakes, Rocester; £1,180 Lim x2 12 months AL Smith, Selston; £1100 Char x4 9-10 mnths PE Yates, Quarndon; £1,060 B Blue 8 months JA Hall, Longnor; £1,000 AA 11 months LG Parkin, Unstone

80 HEIFERS, AVERAGE £872

£1,230 Lim 11 months PE Yates, Quarndon; £1,190 Lim x3 15-16 months Ashford Hall Farms, Bakewell; £1,080 Lim 15 months Ashford Hall Farms, Bakewell £1,060 B Blue 8 mnths JA Hall, Longnor; £990 Char 9 months DL Batterbee, Sparrowpit; £920 Lim x2 8 months SJ Buckley & Partners, Doveholes; £920

Lim x2 12 months TJ&H Oakes, Rocester; £820 Lim x4 8 months PJ Chappell, Alton.