A safe, legal route to a better future
I KNOW from my parliamentary post box, that the issue of immigration is a very significant concern for many of my constituents in Derbyshire Dales.
It is clear that the global asylum system is broken. Criminal gangs are smuggling people into the UK, resulting in loss of life, unsustainable pressures on public services, vast costs to the UK taxpayer, and inhibiting our capacity to support the most vulnerable with safe and legal routes to the UK.
Some 80 million people are on the move around the world, driven from their homes by conflict and instability. Many more people are on the move to seek better prospects, driven by a desire for a better life.
The result is increased illegal migration flows, including into Europe and into the UK, with the asylum systems collapsing under the strain of real humanitarian crises and people smugglers exploiting the system for their own gain.
The exploitation of people, by these criminal gangs is heartbreaking and must be stopped.
It is therefore extremely encouraging that the UK has now entered the world’s first
Migration and Economic Development Partnership with Rwanda.
Under the partnership, people who enter the UK illegally,
including by small boat across the Channel, may have their asylum claim considered in Rwanda rather than in the UK, with a view to receiving the protection they need in Rwanda if their claim is granted.
Let me reassure you that the UK has a proud history of supporting those in need of protection; our resettlement programmes have provided safe and legal routes to better futures for hundreds of thousands of people from across the globe.
Since 2015, over 185,000 men, women and children seeking refuge have been offered a place in this country, which is more than any other similar resettlement scheme in Europe.
This includes almost 100,000 British Nationals Overseas threatened by draconian security laws in Hong Kong, 20,000 through the Syrian scheme, 13,000 from Afghanistan and around 50,000 Ukrainians.
All of us want to help vulnerable refugees, who are fleeing conflict and instability, but we cannot do this successfully while also fighting a battle against ever-growing numbers of illegal migration.
The UK is investing £120m into the economic development and growth of Rwanda, with funding also provided to support the delivery of asylum operations, accommodation and integration, similar to the costs incurred in the UK for these services.
Furthermore, it is the case that Rwanda has one of the fastest-growing economies and enterprise cultures, with growing trade links with the UK, which this scheme will complement as part of the Government’s Global Britain agenda.
Rwanda is a fundamentally safe and secure country with respect for the rule of law. Under this agreement, Rwanda will process migrants’ claims in accordance with the UN Refugee Convention, national and international human rights laws, and will ensure their protection from inhuman and degrading treatment or being returned to the place they originally fled.
Everyone considered for relocation will be screened, interviewed and have access to legal advice. Decisions will be taken on a case-by-case basis – nobody will be relocated if it is unsafe or inappropriate for them.
Rwanda has a credible track record of hosting refugees and working constructively with the UN Refugee Agency to provide food, healthcare and jobs, with over 130,000 refugees recently resettled.
The EU and UN both resettle people in Rwanda. Since 2019 Rwanda has been working with the UN Refugee Agency and the African Union to support over 500 refugees and asylum seekers evacuated from Libya, under the Emergency Transit Mechanism.
These new measures, combined with the reforms to the asylum system and the changes to our laws in the Nationality and Borders Bill, will help deter illegal entry into the UK.
In doing so, it will help break the business model of the criminal smuggling gangs, protect the lives of those they endanger, ensure continued support for the truly vulnerable, and enhance our ability to remove those with no right to be in the UK.
Derbyshire Dales MP SARAH DINES on the humanitarian crisis of immigration
Almost a full house with 877
Cattle and 1,574 Sheep on offer for the last Monday market before the Easter Holiday.
The sheep department was particularly busy with substantial entries in all sections and of course the traditional Easter
Lamb Show.
The Store & Breeding Cattle section was well supported with a total of 546 head on offer. Trade remains very firm and Steers reached £1,590, Heifers £1,495 and Feeding Bulls £1,260.
In the Breeding Section Cows & Calves topped at £1,800.
Finished Cattle were out in force with 149 forward and trade still good. Both Steers and Heifers hit the 300p mark and the top gross price was £2,027.
The average for the 67 Heifers was 248.9p and the average gross price was a remarkable £1,450.
Many more Bulls about this week with 43 on offer selling to 280p and £1,906 per head.
Recent high levels of trade have found some OTM cattle and there was a decent entry of 157 forward. Top figures 228p and £1,957 per head. The average a very respectable 171.4p.
Just 25 Calves this week, but well sold with bulls to £485 and Heifers to £265.
In the Sheep section there was an excellent entry of 208 Spring lambs. Top prices 542p and £230.35 for the show winners.
The overall SQQ average looked good at 330.8 pence.
The 898 Old Season Lambs – Hoggs reached top figures of 339p and £163.84 per head with SQQ average at 271p. Rather more Cull Sheep about with a total of 457 on offer. Ewes sold to £162 to average a tremendous £129.80.
156 BARREN, OTM AND FEEDING COWS OVERALL AVERAGE 171.3P OR £1175
67 Vendors selling Cows to 15 different accounts. The price remains high and although they were a little less than last weeks record prices, there were still very, very dear. 17 cows topped £2/ kilo with a top call of 228p twice for pure Limousin cows from Messrs Green and Maier. Plenty of meated cows 190p plus and very little in the coloured cows under 150p.
Sample Results:
228p/kg, 852kg, Lim G & GW Green, Moorwood Moor; 228p/ kg, 678kg, Lim, AR Maier, Brassington; 223p/kg, 696kg,
Lim, CW Taberner, Tean; 220p/ kg, 756kg, Lim, PB Enterprises, Burton on Trent; 218p/kg, 670kg, Blonde x JD Brown, Derbys; 18p/ kg, 740kg, Lim, CW Taberner, Tean; 217p/kg, 746kg, Lim, CW Taberner, Tean; 213p/kg, 720kg, Lim, JD Brown, Derbys; 211p/kg, 854kg, AA N & SL Brocklehurst, Ashford; 210p/kg, 678kg, Hfd JJ Barlow, Dore; 207p/kg, 620kg, B Blue x Hazledine Farms, Watnall; 204p/kg, 684kg, AA JJ Austin, Brockhurst; 201p/kg, 782kg, AA N & SL Brocklehurst, Ashford; 201p/kg, 624kg, L Horn,dj Saxby, Litton; 200p/kg, 740kg, Lim, G
& M Limer, Taddington; 200p/ kg, 714kg, Lim, G & M Limer, Taddington.
Gross Prices:
£1942.56 852kg, Lim, G & GW Green, Moorwood Moor; £1820.86 1006kg, AA, N & SL Brocklehurst, Ashford; £1801.94 854kg, AA N & SL Brocklehurst, Ashford; £1751.1, 898kg, AA
N & SL Brocklehurst, Ashford; £1711.24 956kg, Fries, JJ Austin, Brockhurst; £1663.20, 756kg, Lim, PB Enterprises, Burton on Trent; £1662.84 894kg, Hfd, JJ Barlow, Dore; £1641.16, 922kg, B Blue x,
DF & A Wainwright, Cold Eaton; £1618.82,746kg, Lim CW, Taberner, Tean; £1613.20, 740kg, Lim, CW Taberner, Tean.
76 BLACK & WHITE AND EX-DAIRY COWS AVE 155.5P/KG
Not just a fierce as last week, but still fantastic with B/WS up to £1,711. The best fed cows 180p plus Meated Holstein 165 – 175p Leaner parlour sorts 150 – 160p Plain Cows under 150p
Best today
196p/kg, £1054, Holst, 30 mnths NJ Kirk, Brinsley; 194p/kg, £1354 MRI, 4 yrs JW Handford & Sons, Aspenshaw; 188p/kg, £1270, Fries, 3 yrs, CV Whilock & Sons, Leek; 185p/kg, £1376, MRI, 7 yrs JW Handford & Sons, Aspenshaw; 184p/kg, £1328, Fries, 5 yrs,
WB & DE Gyte, Barmoor Clough; 183p/kg, £1354, Holst, 7 yrs, E Morley & Sons, Kirk Langley; 183p/kg, £1270, Fries, 3 yrs, FJ Gould & Son, Longnor; 182p/kg, £1365, MRI, 7 yrs, JW Handford & Sons, Aspenshaw; 181p/kg, £1310, Holst, 4 yrs, Easom & Sons, Oakerthorpe; 179p/kg, £1711, Fries, 5 yrs, JJ Austin & Son, Longnor.
6 OTM BULLS
186p/kg, £1793 Lim, 10yrss & CM Jones, Idridgehay
182p/kg, £1667 AA, 4yrs DAW Clarke, Bar Beacon 172p/kg, £1957 Lim, 6yrs Willetts & Sons, Ilkeston
3 OTM STEERS
212p/kg, £1526, S Horn, 47 mnths HJ Hitchcock, Belper
150 FINISHED CATTLE – OVERALL AVERAGE 232.6P
Similar numbers to last week, but less an average. Please don’t think that the cattle are any less money today because they are not. Last week we had a fantastic show of quality meat in the market but today these were a lot more store types about, hence reducing the overall average. 43 Bulls and 107 clean today from 53 vendors creating 22 different accounts.
43 FINISHED BULLS AVE 210.7P
Just 12 Continental, Hereford and 30 Black & White Dairy Bulls on offer. First continental into the ring topped the sale at 280p for a storming Limousin from Mark Ludlam, Moorwood Moor selling to a Manchester wholesaler with two other beef bred continentals in the 270p’s.
15 Holstein ave 192p and sold to 213p
6 Friesian ave 212p and sold to 224p
6 S Horn ave 216p and sold to 225p
Sample Results:
280p/kg, 654kg, Lim MJ Ludlam, Moorwood Moor; 272p/kg,
648kg, Lim, DL Goddard, Mellor; 271p/kg, 516kg, Lim, NA Birch, Monyash; 259p/kg, 736kg, Char K Wallbank, Jacksdale; 249p/kg, 566kg, Lim, NA Birch, Monyash; 241p/kg, 590kg, Lim, J Hole & Sons, Ashover; 238p/kg, 530kg, Lim, DL Goddard, Cheshire; 233p/kg, 610kg, Blonde x, SG Potter, Bonsall; 233p/kg, 658kg, Blonde x SG Potter, Bonsall; 233p/kg, 554kg, Lim DL Goddard, Cheshire
Gross Prices:
£1906.24 736kg, Char, K Wallbank, Jacksdale; £1831.20, 654kg, Lim, MJ Ludlam, Moorwood Moor; £1762.56
648kg, Lim, DL Goddard, Cheshire; £1533.14, 658kg, Blonde x, SG Potter, Bonsall; £1524.4, 740kg, Holst, AB Massie & Son, Ockbrook; £1486.80, 708kg, Fries AB Massie & Son, Ockbrook; £1479.36, 736kg, Holst, AB Massie
& Son, Ockbrook; £1474.40, 760kg, Holst, AB Massie & Son, Ockbrook; £1453.5, 646kg, Hfd G Hinchliffe, Sheffield; £1432.08 648kg, Fries, WB & DE Gyte, Barmoor Clough.
39 STEERS – OVERALL AVERAGE 231.1P
17 Continental, 15 Native and 7 B/W’S. Meat certainly at a premium with the best-bred continentals selling up to 300p/ kilo for suckler bred sorts from Michael Wynne with all other posh cattle over 280p including a super big blue selling at £2027 (284p) for Stuart Wainwright. Hereford sold to 225p, Angus to 256p, Lincoln to 225p and B/W to 225p for a Friesian.
Sample Results:
300p/kg, 658kg, Lim,m Wynne, Snitterton; 300p/kg, 576kg,
Lim,m Wynne, Snitterton; 290p/ kg, 618kg, Lim, DS Gregory, Glossop; 290p/kg, 652kg, Lim,
D & SE Edge, Pike Hall; 284p/kg, 714kg, B Blue X,SJ Wainwright, Poynton,284p/kg, 676kg, Lim,
D & SE Edge, Pike Hall;279p/kg, 690kg, Lim, RG Bacon, Wadshelf; 256p/kg, 624kg, AA, DS Gregory, Glossop; 254p/kg, 686kg, B Blue x, H Hodgkinson, Earl Sterndale; 246p/kg, 630kg, B Blue x, Green Dales Farm, Alderwasley; 241p/ kg, 688kg, B Blue x, D Hadfield & Daughter, Tideswell.
Gross Prices:
£2027.76 714kg, B Blue x, SJ Wainwright, Poynton; £1974.0, 658kg, Lim, M Wynne, Snitterton; £1925.10, 690kg, Lim,
RG Bacon, Wadshelf; £1919.84 676kg, Lim, D & SE Edge, Pike Hall; £1890.80, 652kg, Lim, D & SE Edge, Pike Hall; £1792.92,
804kg, AA, RW Ardern & Sons, Topley Pike; £1742.44
686kg, B Blue x, H Hodgkinson & Sons, Earl Sterndale; £1728.0, 576kg, Lim, M Wynne, Snitterton;
£1687.32,774kg, AA, RW Ardern & Sons, Topley Pike.
68 HEIFERS – OVERALL AVERAGE 248.3P/KG
A bumper show and a Steer/ Heifer double for Michael and Ellie Wynne topping both at 300p with the B Blue Heifers today selling to Katie Kemp in behalf of ‘Uncle Joe’ Kemp, Quality Butchers at Hayfield.
4 Hereford to 250p, 9 Angus to 252p, a Devon at 252p and 2 Lincoln to 234p.
Sample Results:
300p/kg, 544kg, B Blue x, M Wynne, Snitterton; 298p/kg, 528kg, Lim, M Wynne, Snitterton 288p/kg, 636kg, B Blue x, K Harrop, Alport; 284p/kg, 680kg, Lim, RG Bacon, Wadshelf; 284p/kg, 662kg, Lim, RG Bacon, Wadshelf; 281p/kg, 640kg, B
Blue x, K Harrop, Alport; 278p/ kg, 606kg, Lim, K Harrop, Alport; 278p/kg, 644kg, B Blue x, K Harrop, Alport; 278p/kg, 602kg, Lim, K Harrop, Alport; 276p/kg, 654kg, B Blue x, K Harrop, Alport; 274p/kg, 608kg, B Blue x, H & G Hollinshead, Lichfield; 272p/ kg, 624kg, Char,r Merryman, Dronfield; 270p/kg, 614kg, Stab R Belfield, Leek; 270p/kg, 544kg, Lim, A Sims Ltd, Hulland; 270p/ kg, 596kg, Lim,h & G Hollinshead, Lichfield.
Gross Prices:
£1931.2, 680kg, Lim, RG Bacon, Wadshelf; £1880.08 662kg, Lim RG Bacon, Wadshelf, £1831.68 636kg, B Blue x, K Harrop, Alport; £1820.94 682kg, Lim, K Harrop, Alport; £1805.04, 654kg, B Blue x, K Harrop, Alport; £1798.40,640kg, B Blue x, K Harrop, Alport; £1790.32, 644kg, B Blue x, K Harrop, Alport; £1704.48
636kg, B Blue x, K Harrop, Alport; £1697.28, 624kg, Char, R Merryman, Dronfield; £1693.86 654kg, Blonde x, H & G
Hollinshead, Lichfield.
STORE & BREEDING CATTLE
A wonderful entry of 546 head encompassed a wide variety of stock, but buyers were present to cover all eventualities and trade remains very strong. More small cattle forward finding a ready market as grass day arrives in some parts of our patch.
29 BREEDING CATTLE
£1800, B Blue x Cow, 11 mnths, & Str Calf, Bardill Bros, Killamarsh; £1580, B Blue x Cow, 109 mnths & Str Calf, Bardill Bros, Killamarsh; £1340, Blonde x Cow, 83 mnths & Hfr Calf, HC Gilbert, Edale; £1490, Lim x Cow, 93 mnths & Bull Calf, Miss S Riley, Hartington; £168, Lim x Cow, 83 mnths & Hfr Calfjp Webster, Foolow.
VARIOUS FEEDING COWS SOLD AT UP TO £1200 AND £1350. 55 Feeding Bulls Sample Prices:
£1040,Lim x, 11 mnths, RA & CW Bentley, Church Broughton; £1260, Pure Lim, 25 mnths, PW Lomas, Flagg; £1160,Blonde, 15 mnths, JD Brown, Bonsall; £69, Hfd, 10-12 mnths, Walker Farms Ltd, Hulland; £920, B Blue x,10 mnths, BC Percival, Monyash; £1010, Blonde x, 11-13 mnths, JD Brown, Bonsall; £1010, Blonde x, 10-12 mnths, CE Mycock, Monyash; £480, Hfd x, 6 mnths JW Brandrick, Uttoxeter; £980, Sim x, 12 mnths,jc Shepherd, Dungworth.
250 STEERS AVE £853
Some big runs of young cattle selling in the £400 to £600 range pulled the average back, but trade was no less than it has been in recent weeks.
Plenty of demand for the Angus and Hereford crosses. Any outside cattle very keenly sought.
Sample Results:
£730, Lim x, 6 mnths, Park Farm Land, Anston; £660, Lim x, 7 mnths, C Titterton, Tean; £570, B Blue x, 6 mnths, R Hughes, Stanley; £800,Sim x,7 mnths, IA Falconer, Alfreton; £650, Lim x, 7-10 mnths, AJ Parker & Son, Ticknall; £690, Char x, 7 mnths M Heathcote, Hartington; £930, Blonde x,6 mnths, JT Cantrell, Macc Forest; £850, Lim x, 1012 mnths, T Neville, Tansley; £455,Angus x, 11-13 mnths, Howard & Co, Worksop; £395,
Hfd, 11-13 mnths, Howard & Co, Worksop; £855, Lim x, 11 mnths, M & R Shimwell, Hulland; £630, Lim x, 9-12 mnths, J & M Riley, Hartington; £890, Hfd x, 14 mnths, EA Cooper & Sons, Taddington £660, Angus x, 9-10 mnths, LB & AB Thompson, Longnor; £945, Lim x, 12 mnths, GA Lomas & Sons, Peak Forest; £1040, Lim x,11-14 mnths, RM Calcott, Tamworth; £1050, Lim x, 23 mnths, A Allwood & Son, Crich; £1030, Angus, 12-14 mnths, MD Webster, Sturston; £980, Angus, 14-15 mnths, S Downing & Daughters, Little Eaton; £890, Angus x, 13 mnths, E Morley & Son, Kirk Langley; £580, Holst, 9-11 mnths, E Morley & Son, Kirk Langley; £980, Lim x 13-14 mnths, HJ Burton, Brailsford; £940,
S Horn x, 10-15 mnths, J & SJ Tunstall, Heage; £790, Norw x, 1317 mnths, W Watts, Thurgoland; £1150, B Blue x, 15-20 mnths, FD Stubbs, Tissington; £1260, B Blue x, 15 mnths, NN Seaton, Rocester; £1140, Angus x, 15 mnths, VH Mellor, Chelmorten; £1195, Lim x, 20 mnths, AG Tomkinson, Thorpe; £1020, B Blue x, 13-18 mnths, Hough Park Farm, Hulland;
£795, B Blue x, 15-18 mnths, TR Meakin, Loxley; £980, B Blue x, 16-18 mnths, Hawksworth Farms, Shardlow; £1335, B Blue x, 16-18 mnths, JF Kirkham, Hartington; £1300, Angus, 21 mnths, JF Kirkham, Hartington; £1270, Lim x, 20 mnths, W & P Charlton, Brassington; £1130, Lim x, 15-22 mnths, JA & D Shepherd, Hollowmeadows; £1155, Lim x 18 mnths, H Young, Peak Forest; £1035, Hfd x, 18 mnths, Green Dales Farm, Alderwasley; £1210, B Blue x, 20-22 mnths, D Poole & Son, Flagg; £1150, Angus x, 19-22 mnths, D Poole & Son, Flagg, £1390, B Blue x, 18 mnths, CE Cowan, Belper; £1360, Angus x, 24 mnths, Alma Mount Farm, Rowarth; £1560, Lim x, 21 mnths, Mrs Wilton, Taddington; £1270, Blonde x, 22-23 mnths, EJ Slaney, Stowe; £1590, Blonde x, 22-23 mnths, EJ Slaney, Stowe; £1380, Angus x, 23 mnths, EJ Slaney, Stowe; £1190, S Horn x, 21 mnths,
R & E & D Bennett, Whiston, £1195, B Blue x, 20 mnths, M Green, Doveholes; £1370, Sim x, 22 mnths, Wilshaw & Hine, Macclesfield; £1085, Hfd x, 23 mnths, JT Flint, Ible; £1055, Lim x, 18-19 mnths, J Shirt & Son, Tideswell; £830, Mont x, 21-24 mnths, B Cooper, Glossop; £1080, Lim x, 13 mnths, GE Smith, Quarndon; £920, Mont x, 17 mnths GE Smith, Quarndon.
212 HEIFERS AVE £794
More young cattle than we have seen for some time, hence the reduced average.
Trade very much the same with little sign that input costs have tempered the enthusiasm to bid for Store Cattle.
Sample prices as follows:
£580, Lim x, 7 mnths, Park Farm Land, Aston; £480, B Blue x, 6 mnths, R Hughes, Stanley;
£800, Lim x, 8 mnths IA Falconer, Alfreton; £720, Lim x, 14 mnths, AJ Parker, Ticknall; £680, Lim x, 9-11 mnths, T Neville, Tansley; £455, Angus, 11-13 mnths, Howard & Co, Worksop; £800,
Lim x, 10 mnths, D Crookes, Rivelin; £670, Sim x, 7 mnths B Ainley, Mercaston; £770, Hfd x, 16 mnths, EA Cooper, Taddingon; £600, Angus x, 9-10 mnths, LB & AB Thompson, Longnor; £600, Ped Hfd, 12 mnths, DL Elder, Wheatcroft; £890, Lim x, 11 mnths GA Lomas, Peak Forest
£128, Lim x, 22 mnths, RM Calcott, Tamworth; £99, Angus x, 13 mnths, W Bradbury, Earl Sterndale; £855, Angus x, 12-14 mnths, MD Webster, Sturston; £99, Lim x 16 mnths RTF
Marshall & Son, Tansley; £72, Hfd x, 16 mnths, RP Lawley, Draycott £102, Lim 12-15 mnths, TF & J Thompson, Longnor; £69, Mont x, 19-22 mnths, B Cooper, Glossop; £64, B Blue x, 9-13 mnths, E Morley & Son, Kirk Langley;
£91, Angus x, 12-14 mnths, HJ Burton, Brailsford; £75, Lim x, 13 mnths, Chambers & Wilton, Flagg; £76, Blonde x, 18 mnths, J & SJ Tunstall, Heage; £97, B Blue x, 16 mnths, W Watts, Thurgoland; £119, B Blue x, 15-17 mnths, FD Stubbs, Tissington; £1495, Angus, 25 mnths, NN Seaton, Rocester; £1485, Angus, 23 mnths, NN Seaton, Rocester; £1095,
Sim x, 17 mnths, VH Mellor, Chelmorten; £1125, Lim x, 22 mnths, AG Tomkinson, Thorpe; £985, B Blue x, 18 mnths, Hough Park Farm, Hulland; £100, Char, 15-16 mnths, Hawksworth Farms, Shardlow; £145, Sim x, 18 mnths, FA & PJ Pilkington, Kniveton; £1385, Char x, 17 mnths, FA & PJ Pilkington, Kniveton; £114, Lim x, 19-21 mnths, H Young, Peak
Forest; £99, Saler x, 17-18 mnths, Green Dales Farm, Alderwasley; £113, Hfd x, 21-22 mnths, D Poole & Son, Flagg; £115, B Blue x, 18 mnths, CE Cowan, Belper; £137, Blonde x, 22-24 mnths, AJ Slaney, Stowe; £1075, B Blue x, 20-21 mnths, R & D Bennett, Whiston; £109, Sim x, 21 mnths, M Green, Doveholes; £1045, S Horn x,
21-22 mnths, R & J Hancock, Eyam; £1185, B Blue x, 20-21 mnths, CF Edge & Partners, Eyam; £97, Angus x, 21 mnths, Scott & Curley, Hulland; £108, Blonde x, 19-22 mnths, T Illes, Ironville; £133, Char x, 23 mnths, S Franks, Bradfield; £1155, Angus x, 22 mnths, J Shirt & Son, Tideswell; £100, Lim x, 15 mnths, GE Smith, Quarndon
25 CALVES
An excellent trade for all types with a smart B Blue Bull to £485 and others to £360 and £290. A similar story for the Heifers with B Blue to £265 and Limousin to £220.
Black & White light on numbers, but those forward rewarded with a good trade to a top of £115.
BULLS
B Blue , £485, J Shirt & Sons, Tideswell; B Blue, £360, JE & CM Fletcher, Peak Forest
HEIFERS
B Blue, £265, DR & S Kirby, Eastmoor; B Blue, £220, GPK Trickett, Rowsley; Lim, £220, JE & CM Fletcher, Peak Forest.
1117 LAMBS INCLUDING 219 SPRING LAMBS & 457 EWES & RAMS
A very good entry of 1574 Sheep included 219 Spring Lambs. Demand for the best butchers lambs very brisk with the judge Jo Kemp having a difficult decision selecting his winning pens.
Show Results
Pairs
1st R Brough & Son
2nd R Brough & Son
3rd J & N Easom
Singles
1st R Brough & Son
2nd R Brough & Son
3rd AW & RA Mycock
The best pair of lambs shown by Phillip Brough, two 42.5kg Texels topped the day at 542p/kg to gross £230 each with 5 other pens of lambs from the same farm all over £4/kilo.
Leading Prices
31kg, 368p/kg, AW & RA Mycock, Flagg; 34kg, 390p/kg, AW & RA Mycock, Flagg; 36.5kg, 406p/ kg, R Brough & Son, Monyash; 37kg, 402p/kg, R Brough &
Son, Monyash; 38kg, 402p/ kg, R Brough & Son, Monyash; 39kg, 410p/kg, R Brough &
Son, Monyash; 39.5kg, 390p/ kg, R Swift & Son, Little Onn; 40kg, 416p/kg, R Brough & Son, Monyash; 40.5kg, 381p/kg, R Swift & Son, Little Onn; 41kg, 386p/kg, Longacres, Oakwood; 42.5kg, 542p/kg, R Brough & Son, Monyash
Averages:
Lights to 368p/kg, Average 325.18p/kg
Standard to 410p/kg, Average 331.91p/kg
Medium to 542p/kg, Average 330.4p/kg
Heavy to 290p/kg, Average 272.87p/kg
In the Old Season Lambs a total of 898 on offer included a large proportion of heavy and overweight sorts, but demand for meated sorts very good regardless of weight. Best heavy butchers lambs peaked at 339p/kg and £163.84/head. Overall average 271.01p/kg.
Leading Prices
32kg, 300p/kg, JG Jackson, Wardlow; 32.7kg, 298p/kg, A Healey, Walsall; 34.6kg, 316p/ kg, DE Hodgson, Wormhill; 36.3kg, 296p/kg, A Healey, Walsall; 37.2kg, 288p/kg, J Price, Kettleshulme; 39kg, 284p/kg, WJ Sessions & Son, Hilton; 39.5kg, 286p/kg, PJ Blackshaw, Pilsley; 41.7kg, 292p/kg, Wheeldon Partners, Taddington; 42.5kg, 316p/kg, R Foster, Pilsley; 43.3kg, 287p/kg, TA Twyford & Son, Alport; 44.6kg, 301p/kg, H & G Hollinshead, Lichfield; 45.4kg, 289p/kg, R Swift & Son, Little Onn 46.4kg, 308p/kg, R Hodgson & Son, Kettleshulme; 47.3kg, 310p/ kg, R Hodgson, Kettleshulme; 47.7kg, 318p/kg, R Swift & Son, Little Onn; 48.3kg, 339p/kg, AV Marsden, Hucklow; 53.5kg, 280p/ kg, AV Marsden, Hucklow; 58.1kg, 253p/kg, R Swift & Son, Little Onn
Averages:
Light to 300p/kg, Average 236.58p/kg
Standard to 316p/kg, Average 265.19p/kg
Medium to 316p/kg, Average 280.25p/kg
Heavy to 339p/kg, Average 276.65p/kg
Overweight to 280p/kg, Average 222.6p/kg
457 CULL SHEEP
A larger entry of 457 Cull Sheep saw demand on fire with best cutting ewes in short supply to peak at £192/head for Texels with heavy Suffolks in the £140 – £165 bracket, heavy Mules in the £125 – £140 bracket.
Ewes to £192 Ave £119.28
Rams to £162 Ave £129.80