Bakewell Market
With the exception of Store Cattle, all sections were well supported and trade very satisfactory.
A total of 200 cattle and 1,313 Sheep were on offer.
Vendors of Store Cattle had opted to enter their stock for Monday, January 10 and there were thought to be sufficient numbers to mobilise the longer distance buyers for Monday’s sale.
What few stores there were on offer attracted plenty of interest and fierce competition with all vendors more than satisfied with the result.
In calf heifers sold at £1,530 and £1,520, Feeding Bulls to £850 and 18 month Sim heifers to £990.
In the Finished Cattle section, 94 head sold on a decent trade with top figures of 289 pence for both Steers and Heifers.
Top gross price was £1,866 and the average for the 32 heifers was a solid 230.2 pence.
Some 64 OTM and Feeding
Cows looked very well sold with top figures 196p and £1,449 per head.
The overall average was a tremendous 140.8 pence.
Just 22 Calves this week with Bulls to £400 and Heifers £330. There were excellent entries in the Sheep section for a Bank Holiday market with 1,065 what are now called ‘Old Season Lambs’ on offer.
Top figures 346p/kg and £168.80 per head.
The SQQ average looking good at 288.98 pence.
Trade was fantastic for the 236 Cull Sheep with ewes to £194 and an astonishing average of £118/head.
63 BARREN, OTM AND FEEDING COWS OVERALL AVERAGE 140.8P
Half numbers for the New Year sale and cows have kicked off the year considerably dearer than they finished in 2021. All the regular buyers at ringside looked like they meant business today and had to ‘step on’ if they wanted to buy them. Top price today was 196p for a 29 1⁄2 mnth old (1 calf) Simmental from the Jackson Family, Wardlow with Charlie Taberner at 193p for a 1 calf
(40 mnths) Limousin. No show stopping cows today but some good, well-fed commercial meat cows for the buyers to bid 150180p for.
Sample Results:
196p/kg 496kg Sim JD Jackson, Wardlow
193p/kg 632kg Lim CW
Taberner, Tean
184p/kg 788kg Holst E Morten & Sons, Barmoor Clough
179p/kg 638kg Saler Mosley & Kirkwood, Darley Dale
178p/kg 624kg B Blue x J
Bristow, Sleaford
174p/kg 762kg Lim CW
Taberner, Tean
166p/kg 666kg MRI JW
Handford & Sons, Aspenshaw 159p/kg 844kg Lim LW Elkin, Blythe Bridge
159p/kg 700kg Lim LW Elkin, Blythe Bridge
158p/kg 820kg B Blue x M Gregory, Perrydale
And Gross Prices:
£1449.92 788kg Holst E Morten & Sons, Barmoor Clough £1341.96 844kg Lim LW Elkin, Blythe Bridge
£1325.88 762kg Lim CW Taberner, Tean
£1303.56 852kg Holst AJ & ME Minshall, Tean
£1295.60 820kg B Blue x M Gregory, Perrydale
£1286.52 852kg MRI JW
Handford & Sons, Aspenshaw £1271.82 902kg Holst TW & G Fountain, Marston Montgomery £1246.20 804kg Lim CW Taberner, Tean
£1230.00 820kg Holst AJ & ME Minshall, Tean
£1219.76 632kg Lim CW Taberner, Tean
25 Black & White and ex-dairy cows Ave 134.1p/kg
Much dearer than last year.
The best over 150p
Fed Holsteins 135 – 145p
Parlour Holsteins 120 – 130p Leaner Sorts 110 – 120p
Plain Cows Only a couple under £1
The best today:
184p/kg £1449 Holst Hfr, 29 mnths E Morten & Sons, Barmoor Clough
166p/kg £1105 MRI Hfr, 33 mnths JW Handford & Sons, Aspenshaw
157p/kg £1152 Fries Cow, 5 yrs G & M Limer, Taddington 153p/kg £1303 Holst Cow, 6 yrs AJ & ME Minshall, Tean
151p/kg £1286 MRI Cow,
6 yrs JW Handford & Sons, Aspenshaw
150p/kg £1230 Holst Cow, 7 yrs AJ & ME Minshall, Tean
2 OTM Bulls
146p/kg £1351 Blonde, 8 yrs A Birchenough, Doveholes
2 OTM Steers
198p/kg £1092 Lim, 33 mnths WP Wilson, Hilton
94 FINISHED CATTLE – OVERALL AVERAGE 220.1P
A good turnout for the first sale of the year, particularly on a Bank Holiday as it was. Many thanks to all vendors for sending cattle and being well rewarded with a full line up of buyers at ringside and all accounts operating.
17 FINISHED BULLS AVE 194.3P
Don’t look at the average as it doesn’t tell the whole story with only 6 suckler bulls today and selling up to 246p for a Blue x Lim from John Ottewell closely followed by a posh Limmy from Robert Merryman at 245p. Friesians sold to 184p for Steven Potter, Bonsall.
35 Steers – overall average 211.7p
Sample Results:
246p/kg 742kg B Blue x JT Ottewell, Calow
245p/kg 552kg Lim R Merryman, Dronfield
245p/kg 722kg Lim JT Ottewell, Calow
224p/kg 744kg Char S & D Fearn, Wardlow Mires
223p/kg 696kg Char S & D Fearn, Wardlow Mires
220p/kg 754kg Char S & D Fearn, Wardlow Mires
214p/kg 512kg B Blue x A Merryman, Dronfield
And Gross Prices:
£1825.32 742kg B Blue x JT Ottewell, Calow
£1768.90 822kg Lim JT Ottewell, Calow
£1666.56 744kg Char S & D Fearn, Wardlow Mires
£1658.80 754kg Char S & D Fearn, Wardlow Mires
£1552.08 696kg Char S & D Fearn, Wardlow Mires
£1352.40 552kg Lim R Merryman, Dronfield
45 STEERS – OVERALL AVERAGE 222.2P/KG
A good show with something for everybody including some special big Bullocks at the top end. Don Lownds won the day with his trio of red Limousins at 289, 278 and 266 grossing up to £1866. Dennis Prince and David Hadfield both had 270 for strong meated suckler bred sorts. 13 Native Angus to 256p with 8 B/W selling to 193p. Sample Results:
289p/kg 646kg Lim D Lownds, Reapsmoor
278p/kg 656kg Lim D Lownds, Reapsmoor
270p/kg 682kg Lim DS & A Prince, Back of Ecton
270p/kg 594kg Sim D Hadfield & Daughter, Tideswell
267p/kg 666kg Lim DS & A Prince, Back of Ecton
266p/kg 700kg Lim TW & G Fountain, Marston Montgomery 266p/kg 688kg Lim D Lownds, Reapsmoor
264p/kg 658kg Stab JA Mosley & Sons, Stannington
263p/kg 634kg B Blue x D
Hadfield & Daughter, Tideswell 262p/kg 698kg Lim DA & A
Prince, Back of Ecton
262p/kg 540kg Lim D Hadfield & Daughter, Tideswell
258p/kg 652kg Sim D Hadfield & Daughter, Tideswell
258p/kg 654kg Baz CM Wint, Alton
256p/kg 660kg AA GJ Bailey, Gayton
254p/kg 596kg Lim RA & CW Bentley, Church Broughton Averages:
£1866.94 646kg Lim D Lownds, Reapsmoor
£1862.00 700kg Lim TW & G Fountain, Reapsmoor
£1841.40 682kg Lim DS & A Prince, Back of Ecton
£1830.08 688kg Lim D Lownds, Reapsmoor
£1828.76 698kg Lim DS & A Prince, Back of Ecton
£1823.68 656kg Lim D Lownds, Reapsmoor
£1778.22 666kg Lim DS & A Prince, Back of Ecton
£1737.12 658kg Stab JA Mosley & Sons, Stannington
£1689.60 660kg AA GJ Bailey,
Gayton
£1687.32 654kg Baz CM Wint, Alton
32 FINISHED HEIFERS – OVERALL AVERAGE 230.3P/KG
Just like the Steers with a few specials on offer, but also some good commercials and a number of natives and B/W to pull the average. Roger Tomkinson had the trade selling to 289p for a butchers Blue. Don Lowndes had 3 heavies all in the 280s with Mark Hadfield back selling at 273p. 8 Natives had Angus to 244p and Hereford to 212p with 3 B/W non breeders selling to 172-174p.
Sample Results:
289p/kg 516kg B Blue x AG Tomkinson, Thorpe
284p/kg 630kg Lim D Lownds, Reapsmoor
282p/kg 628kg Lim D Lownds, Reapsmoor
281p/kg 606kg Lim D Lownds, Reapsmoor
273p/kg 534kg Lim RM Hadfield Ltd, Castleton
270p/kg 594kg Lim BA & B Perkins, Oughtibridge
268p/kg 674kg Lim TW & G Fountain, Marston Montgomery 264p/kg 508kg B Blue x RA & CW Bentley, Church Broughton 262p/kg 564kg Lim AG Tomkinson, Thorpe
258p/kg 526kg Sim NA Birch, Monyash
252p/kg 620kg B Blue x CM Wint, Alton
252p/kg 540kg Lim RM Hadfield Ltd, Castleton
251p/kg 528kg Lim NA Birch, Monyash
And Gross Prices:
£1806.32 674kg Lim TW & G
Fountain, Marston Montgomery £1789.20 630kg Lim D Lownds, Reapsmoor
£1770.96 628kg Lim D Lownds, Reapsmoor
£1702.86 606kg Lim D Lownds, Reapsmoor
£1603.80 594kg Lim BA & B Perkins, Oughtibridge
£1562.40 620kg B Blue x CM Wint, Alton
£1491.24 516kg B Blue x AG Tomkinson, Thorpe
£1486.56 652kg Lim L Hallam, Hayfield
£1477.68 564kg Lim AG Tomkinson, Thorpe
£1457.82 534kg Lim RM Hadfield Ltd, Castleton
STORE & BREEDING CATTLE
Only a handful of cattle on offer, but those who chose to bring them were rewarded with a tremendous trade.
In Calf Heifers:
£1530 B Blue x, 21 mnths i/c to Angus SJ & L White, Wingerworth £1520 Sim x, 26 mnths i/c to Angus SJ & L White, Wingerworth Feeding Bulls
Sample prices:
£770 Lim x 9 mnths L Stanhope, Barlow
£850 Sim 11-16 mnths JC Shepherd, Dungworth
£715 Mont x 14-16 mnths B Cooper, Tintwhistle
Heifers ave £771
Sample prices as follows:
£540 Lim x 7 mnths JM & CE Shardlow, Trussley
£990 Sim x 18 mnths DJ & AP Morten, High Lane
There are currently 200 Store & Breeding Cattle already entered for Monday, January 10 as of lunchtime on Tuesday, January 4,
22 CALVES
Trade dearer than seen for some time, with all types in extremely strong demand.
Top of the tree was a Simmental bull at £400 with a heifer of the same breed from the same home at £330. BB heifers to £240 on three occasions.
Not many Black & Whites forward but those present were rewarded with a strong trade for all with a top of £200.
Simmental Bull £400 GH Gregory, Sheldon
Simmental Hfr £330 GH Gregory, Sheldon
B Blue Hfr £240 RE Poyser & Son, Onecote
1065 LAMBS & 236 EWES & RAMS
A very good Bank Holiday entry of 1,313 head of Sheep included an excellent show of 1,065 lambs. Best handier weight sorts peaked at 348p/kg with best butchers lambs to 346p/kg, heavy butchers lambs to 338p/ kg and overweight butchers lambs to 298p/kg top gross price of £168.80/head. The overall average 288.92p/kg.
Leading Prices: 33kg 298p/kg JG Jackson, Wardlow
33.6kg 320p/kg P Ritter & Sons, Peak Forest
35.9kg 348p/kg P Ritter & Sons, Peak Forest
37.5kg 294p/kg A Townsend, Tideswell
40kg 346p/kg RS Torr, Tissington 40.5kg 337p/kg P Ritter & Sons, Peak Forest
41.6kg 330p/kg R Simpson & Son, Longnor
42kg 326p/kg SR & PM Prince,
Rocester
43kg 342p/kg A Townsend, Tideswell
43.2kg 338p/kg DM Elliott & Son, Little Hucklow
44.09kg 318p/kg J & J Spillane, Buxton
45kg 321p/kg R & S Salisbury, Abney
46kg 338p/kg RD & SR Furness, Wheston
46.6kg 325p/kg R & S Salisbury, Abney
47.6kg 338p/kg R & S Salisbury, Abney
50kg 300p/kg P Furness, Monyash 53.5kg 298p/kg JE & CM Fletcher, Peak Forest
56kg 290p/kg S & D Fearn, Wardlow
Standard To 348p/kg Average 288.86p/kg
Medium To 3469p/kg Average 289.65p/kg
Heavy To 338p/kg Average 285.10p/kg
Overweight To 298p/kg Average 277.12p/kg
Just one pen of long-term Store Lambs sold at £70/head.
236 CULL SHEEP
The Bank Holiday saw a few fewer but the trade was excellent from start to finish and all categories sold well.
Jason Craddock made the journey down from the north yet again to top the day with his excellent Texels at £194/head with his total entry averaging a superb £193 each.
Best Continental £140 to £168 dependent on style and size with best Mules towards the mid£120 range.
Gritstone Ewes made over £100/ head and plenty of demand.
Cull rams needed with the best 4 Texels over £147 to top at £167. The total entry for ewes averaged nearly £120/head.
Ewes To: £194 Ave: £118
Rams To: £167 Ave: £121.50
Goats To: £89
Bakewell Thursday
1,067 SHEEP INCLUDING 831 FINISHED LAMBS, 172 CULL SHEEP AND 64 STORE LAMBS
A very good entry of 1067 sheep included 831 lambs and 172 Cull Sheep. Demand still very brisk throughout with best lightweight sorts peaking at 347p/ kg, best butchers lambs to 320p/kg and heavy butchers lambs to 298p/kg. The best lambs grossed over £167/head and an overall market average of 275.75p/kg which included several pens of mules and horned lambs.
Leading Prices:
33.1kg 347p/kg P Ritter & Sons, Peak Forest
36.6kg 338p/kg R Bradbury, Tideswell
38kg 324p/kg MP Elliott & Son, Eyam
39.1kg 322p/kg MP Elliott & Son, Eyam
39.7kg 318p/kg AC Langridge, Uttoxeter
40.5kg 320p/kg AC Langridge, Uttoxeter
42.3kg 294p/kg MJ & H Hammersley, Litchfield
42.8kg 317p/kg S Bradbury, Tideswell
45kg 319p/kg TW Fountain, Marston Montgomery
46kg 298p/kg G Ford, Tunstead Milton
48.2kg 284p/kg G Ford, Tunstead Milton
Averages:
32.1 – 39.0kg To: 347p/kg Ave: 274.3p/kg
39.1 – 45.5kg To: 320p/kg Ave: 276.8p/kg
45.6 – 52kg To: 298p/kg Ave: 267.64p/kg
52kg+ To: 260p/kg Ave: 256.3p/ kg
CULL SHEEP
A very good show of 172 Cull Ewes and lambs attracted very brisk bidding with best Texels to £170, Beltex x to £150, Lleyn to £137 and Jacob to £100.
Ewes to £170 Ave: £87.18 Rams to £160 Ave: £126.11
FEEDING LAMBS
Just 64 Feeding lambs included several longer-term sorts with a top of £91 to average £78.48.
Leek Market
An excellent trade for dairies for the first sale of 2022 achieving for super prices up to £2,300 for heifers with 5 over £2,000.
A good number of sheep forward meeting a solid trade with lambs up to 312p/kg and numerous pens of 280p/kg. Average of £115.50 per head! A fast trade once again for ewes with leading prices of £178.
A small entry of barrens sold up to 149p/kg twice and £1150.05. Clean topped at 230p/kg for a 595kg Limousin heifer.
A huge demand for calves again this Tuesday with buyers out in force. Top prices of £445 & £432 for Blue Bulls and heifers to £305.
A large entry of pigs this Tuesday
CLEAN CATTLE
A small entry sold up to 230p/kg for a 595kg Limousin heifer from Chris Barnsley to gross £1368.50.
A run of Friesian steers sold at 187p/kg for a 680kg steer, 186p/kg for a 660kg steer and 179pkg for a 725kg steer, all from K J White & Co, Swinscoe.
DAIRIES TO £2,300
A superb trade for the first dairy sale of 2022 with many more needed to satisfy demand.
Five swept passed the £2,000 mark with a framey heifer from Messrs Platt of Bamford topping the day at £2,300.
Two heifers from the Leaventhorpe herd of John Allan made £2160 and £2110 with cows topping at £2110 for a fourth calver from the Broadley family of Hartington, Buxton.
A Brown Swiss X second calver from Messrs Callwood of Knutsford reached £2,010. Trade was exceptionally strong for all qualities with many purchasers going away empty handed.
Young calves were also sought after with Holsteins topping at £330 and a pretty Shorthorn heifer from Messrs Swinson to £320.
Get in touch if you have stock to sell. Contact Meg Elliott on 07967 007049.
PIGS (213)
A huge entry of pigs this Tuesday and trade was down on the last
few weeks which is reflected in the averages.
Pork pigs sold up to 89p/kg for a pair of 68kg pigs from A I Grace, with a trio of 71kg pigs at 83p/kg for J & B Fentem who sold another pen for 75p/kg.
Cutting pigs topped at 109p/kg for 82kg pigs from Massie Farms; 107p/kg for 85kg pigs from P J Bowers, Mow Cop; 103p/kg for 84kg pigs from J G Belfield,
Sheen; 102p/kg for 85kg pigs from D Goldstraw, Meerbrook; 99p/kg for 85kg pigs from Massie Farms. Bacon pigs sold up to 110p.kg for 90kg pigs from Massie Farms, who also sold others at 108p/kg, 107p/kg (x2), 105p/kg and 104p/ kg (x3). 98kg pig sold for 104p/ kg from S Bailey, and a 98kg pig made 104p/kg for PF & PD Parsons.
Heavy pigs topped at 86p/kg for a 129kg pig from J & B Fentem, with 106kg and 115kg pigs at 76p/ kg for J G Belfield, Sheen, 74p/kg for 114kg pigs from PF & PD Parson and 74p/kg for a 74kg pigs from D J Pope, Thame
Cull sows sold up to 45p/kg for a 246kg pig from R Spendlove; a 170kg sow at 41p/kg for C Wardle, 39p/kg and 35p/kg for 698kg and 368kg sows from P J Saunders Averages:
Pork Pigs (9); av 80.61p/kg or £57.59/head
Cutting Pigs (50); av 91.88p/kg or £75.58/head
Bacon Pigs (126); av 89.87p/kg or £84.24/head
Heavy Pigs (13) ; av 75.2p/kg or £85.38/head
Cull Sows (7); av 37p/kg or £84/ head
SHEEP SECTION BUTCHERS’ LAMBS (685)
A seasonal entry met a solid trade but not quite as fierce as we have been used to. Best lambs still very well bid for at 300p + but generally less at this level.
Big lambs continue to be wanted, up to 296p for overweights and £158.66 per head.
Overall average of 273p/kg or £115.50 per head.
Sample prices:
312p 34.2kg M Jones, Rudyard 307p 38kg J Gilman & Partners, Bosley 305p 34.4kg M Jones, Rudyard
311p 42.7kg D B Goldstraw, Meerbrook 310p 45kg H Hodgkinson & Sons,
Earl Sterndale 305p 39.5kg H Hodgkinson & Sons, Earl Sterndale 305p 42.7kg J H Mellor, Nantwich 288p 52kg R & S Bailey, Cloudside 296p 53.6kg R & S Bailey, Cloudside 283p 52.4kg KW & AM Minshull, Bosley 268p 58kg N E Goodwin & Son, Upper Hulme More lambs required each week with some orders unable to get started today.
CULL SHEEP (283)
A decent entry selling on a fast trade, topping at £178 for best Texels, with others at £174, £170 etc. Best Suffolks to £141 and best Mules to £120.
Overall average a very strong £99.50 for an entry including a good number of hill sheep.
CALVES (98)
An unbelievable trade on Tuesday for the calves with an ever increasing number of buyers led to one of the strongest trades for a long time.
34 CONTINENTAL BULLS
Buyers galore for calves this week and as always quality sells at a premium but second and third rate sorts look equally as well sold this week. 15 better calves this week topped £320 including a couple of Andrew Hulme specials at £445 and £432. Giles Clark has £388 and Richard Emmott £375, all with Blues.
Mediums £260 - £300 and 5 smaller sorts under £200.
24 Blues av £308 to £445 - DW & P Hulme, Basford
1 Sim to £370 - H & J Smith & Sons, Biddulph Moor 6 Lims av £208 to £325 - DG & JA Ball, Fulford
1 Char to £348 - D & G Tudor, Kingsley
2 Blondes av £247 to £320 - B E Wain, Siddington
18 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
Only 18 but could have sold a hundred on this trade.
Top 10 over £270 with a trio over £300 to £305 for KW Twemlow, Swinscoe.
7 Blues av £242 to £300 - R G Emmott, Disley - AJ & T Myatt, Blythe Bridge
3 Sims av £236 to £285 - J, C & D Hudson, Wetton
8 Lims av £223 to £305 - K W Twemlow, Swinscoe
25 NATIVES
Maintained the recent strong prices, heifer particularly well sold.
6 HERE BULLS
av £156 to £210 - J & C
& D Tomlinson
6 AA BULLS
av £213 to £288 - S & J Ryder
9 HERE HEIFERS
av £157 to £210 - G R Spink
3 AA HEIFERS
av £135 to £220 - S & J Ryder 21 Black & White Bulls
3 MONTY BULLS
sold at £340, £210 and £205 with 18 Holsteins to £90 to average £40