Bakewell Market

A VERY busy day at Bakewell with 964 Cattle and 1,479 Sheep on offer.

The exceptional entry was a consequence of the Easter Bank Holiday and the fact that this week is also a Bank Holiday, although in accordance with tradition Bakewell Market operated as normal on May Day, Monday, May 2.

The Store & Breeding Cattle section attracted a total entry of 595 head with a tremendous trade right through the sale.

Steers reached an outstanding £1,730 with Heifers £1,600 and Feeding Bulls £1,190.

In the Breeding Section Cows & Calves peaked at £1,760 with in calf Heifers to £1,320.

The Finished Cattle Section was well supported with a total of 168 animals and a solid trade prevailed throughout. Top figures 300p and £2,145.

As an indicator of the level of price the 56 heifers averaged 251.1p.

The OTM department attracted 149 cattle with the auctioneer reporting that trade was the dearest ever seen.

Top figures 248p and £2,128 with the average at a record breaking 185.2p.

52 Calves this week with Bulls to £490 and Heifers £265.

In the Sheep Section Spring lambs in short supply with only 55 on offer selling to 438p and £177.75 per head. SQQ ave 375.2p.

Not a bad turnout of 848 Old Season Lambs (hoggs) peaking at 332p and £157.94 per head. The SQQ average was 288.2p.

A much larger entry of 572 Cull Sheep saw ewes to £226 to average £134.08.

149 BARREN, OTM AND FEEDING COWS OVERALL AVERAGE 185.23P OR £1279.16

A fantastic entry of 149 cows today from 74 vendors all coming to Bakewell to enjoy the trade that we experience week on week. Cows are very dear at present and while the price is so high the only way to achieve the best price is to sell them on their legs in Bakewell Livestock Market.

43 Cows today topped £2 kilo including 2 dairy cows with a super Lim heifer (35 mnths) at the top of the pile at 248p from Jonathon Salisbury with another heifer at 237p for Messrs Rowlinson, Denstone. Top cow was from Mark Shenton a Blonde x cow at 231p (£1709). Top gross today was a big blue cow from R Vaughan at £2128 (224p).

Sample Results: 248p/kg 638kg Lim MA Salisbury, Hayfield; 237p/ kg 678kg Lim GT Rowlinson, Denstone; 231p/kg 740kg Blonde x, 5yrs CW Shenton, Handforth; 230p/kg

810kg Lim, 5 yrs DC Wright, Parwich; 230p/kg 546kg Lim MA Salisbury, Hayfield; 224p/kg 950kg B Blue x, 9 yrs R & P Organic Farming, Stone; 221p/kg

734kg Blonde x, 14 yrs

CW Shenton, Handforth; 218p/kg 764kg Lim, 10 yrs D Langton, Belper; 218p/kg 718kg

Lim, 8yrs J Swindell, Matlock; 217p/kg 644kg Lim Thorp Farms Ltd, Baslow; 216p/kg 612kg

Lim, 4 yrs JS Ag Services, Sutton Coldfield; 216p/kg 806kg

Lim, 5 yrs MJ Wells & Son, Monyash; 213p/kg 548kg Sim, 4 yrs JD Jackson, Wardlow; 212p/kg 680kg AA, 10 yrs EJ & WM Webster, Ltd, Cauldon

Gross Prices: £2128.00

950kg B Blue x R & P Organic Farming, Stone

£1863.00 810kg Lim DC Wright, Parwich; £1776.06 858kg

Sim Riverside Farm, Scropton; £1740.96 806kg Lim MJ Wells & Son, Monyash;

£1709.40 740kg Blonde x CW Shenton, Handforth; £1675.24 868kg Holst RW Ardern & Sons, Topley Pike; £1666.00 850kg Stab S Burley, Loxley; £1665.52 764kg Lim D Langton, Belper; £1651.52 794kg Lim Conway & Mellor, Pike Hall; £1623.28 788kg Saler RM Calcott, Wiggington

63 BLACK & WHITE AND EX DAIRY COWS AVE 108.1P/KG

12 best cows over 190p

Meated big cows 175 – 185p Leaner Smaller Holsteins 166 – 174p. 9 plain cows 135 -165p

3 OTM BULLS

175p/kg £1641 Char, 5 yrs JS Agricultural, Sutton Coldfield

4 OTM STEERS

240p/kg £1368 R Poll, 32 mnths GE Willmott & Son, Ashover; 223p/kg £1855

Holst, 35 mnths RW Ardern & Sons, Topley Pike; 212p/kg £1670

Holst, 35 mnths RW Ardern & Sons, Topley Pike

168 FINISHED CATTLE – OVERALL AVERAGE 245.8P

55 Vendors selling to 22 different accounts

A massive show of finished cattle today and some exceptional cattle amongst the offering and as always, some B/WS and Natives that all found suitors at Bakewell. Bulls particularly dear today.

36 FINISHED BULLS AVE 238.8P

Wow! What a trade, as dear as we have ever seen them and a new high price of 294p twice for pure Limousin from Roy Mycock and Blonde x Bulls from Claire Potter, Bonsall. 8 best over 260p, Holst sold to 216p or £1593 for Neil Massey, Spondon

Sample Results: 294p/kg

602kg Lim RA & EF Mycock, Dukes Drive; 294p/kg 618kg Blonde x CA Potter, Bonsall; 288p/kg

540kg Lim NA Birch, Monyash; 284p/kg 612kg Lim RA & EF Mycock, Dukes Drive; 274p/kg 614kg Blonde x CA Potter, Bonsall; 269p/kg 704kg Lim G & J

Hadfield & Son, Alsop; 265p/kg 586kg Lim JW Blackshaw, Bakewell; 263p/kg 714kg Lim S & D Fearn, Wardlow Mires; 256p/kg 548kg Lim JW Blackshaw, Bakewell; 255p/kg 738kg Lim MJ Ludlam, Moorwood Moor; 254p/kg 676kg Lim MJ Ludlam, Moorwood Moor Gross Prices: £1893.76

704kg Lim G & J Hadfield & Son, Alsop; £1881.90 738kg

Lim MJ Ludlam, Moorwood Moor; £1877.82 714kg Lim

S & D Fearn, Wardlow Mires; £1816.92 618kg Blonde x CA Potter, Bonsall; £1769.88

602kg Lim RA & EF Mycock, Dukes Drive; £1738.08 612kg Lim RA & EF Mycock, Dukes Drive; £1731.04 698kg Lim S & D Fearn, Wardlow Mires; £1717.04 676kg

Lim MJ Ludlam, Moorwood Moor; £1682.36 614kg Blonde x CA Potter, Bonsall; £1649.44 676kg Sim JW Fentem & Sons, Hartington

56 STEERS – OVERALL AVERAGE 243.5P

A big turnout and some super quality at the top end. Suckler bred Limousin topped at 290p for James and George Blackshaw, Bakewell with all the best sorts over 270p. A big blue from Keith Harrop topped the gross at £2145 (273p). 11 Angus to 260p, 4 Hereford to 250p and 4 B/W to 219p.

Sample Results:

290p/kg 632kg Lim JW Blackshaw & Son, Bakewell; 282p/ kg 688kg Lim G & J Hadfield & Son, Cold Eaton; 280p/kg 500kg

Lim JW Blackshaw & Son, Bakewell; 278p/kg 694kg B Blue x AG Tomkinson, Thorpe; 273p/kg 786kg B Blue x K Harrop, Alport; 272p/kg 664kg Lim NH Gaunt & Son, Dronfield; 270p/kg 644kg Lim G & J Hadfield & Son, Alsop; 270p/kg 632kg Lim JP Blackshaw, Pilsley; 268p/kg 634kg Stab PJ Blackshaw, Pilsley; 264p/kg 684kg Lim K Harrop, Alport; 264p/kg 638kg Lim G & J Hadfield & Son, Alsop; 262p/ kg 608kg Lim DS Gregory, Glossop; 262p/kg 566kg Lim EA Gagie, Uttoxeter

Gross Prices: £2145.78

786kg B Blue x K Harrop, Alport; £1940.16 688kg

Lim G & J Hadfield & Son, Alsop; £1929.32 694kg B Blue x AG Tomkinson, Thorpe; £1861.60 716kg B Blue x K Harrop, Alport; £1832.80; 632kg

Lim JW Blackshaw & Son, Bakewell; £1830.40 704kg

AA J & AM Battye, Ringinglow; £1806.08 664kg Lim NH Gaunt & Son, Dronfield; £1805.76 684kg

Lim K Harrop, Alport; £1738.80 644kg Lim G & J Hadfield & Son, Alsop; £1731.84 656kg Lim PJ Blackshaw, Pilsley

76 HEIFERS – OVERALL AVERAGE 251.12P/KG

A big turnout of quality this week and some good prices, particularly for the middle and bottom end. Best butchers heifers sold to £3/kilo for a Limmy from Paul Hazledine, Watnall and selling to Wayne on behalf of H Meakin, Quality Butchers in Leek, Staffs. Best 8 over 280p and 20 over 270p including Angus at 275p.

Sample Results: 300p/kg

584kg Lim Hazledine Farms, Watnall; 293p/kg 634kg

Lim NH Gaunt & Son, Dronfield; 292p/kg 544kg Lim B & AB Perkins, Oughtibridge; 288p/kg 584kg Lim Hazledine Farms, Watnall; 286p/kg 596kg

Lim PJ Blackshaw, Pilsley; 286p/ kg 544kg Lim Hazledine Farms, Watnall; 284p/kg 646kg B Blue x NH Gaunt & Son, Dronfield; 280p/kg 648kg Lim PJ Blackshaw, Pilsley; 279p/kg 676kg Lim RS & JT Shaw, Stanley

275p/kg 656kg AA DS Gregory, Glossop; 274p/kg 626kg Lim RE & D & D Priestley, Castleton; 274p/kg 630kg Blonde x H & G Hollinshead, Lichfield; 273p/kg 480kg Lim Hazledine Farms, Watnall; 72p/kg 660kg Char NH Gaunt & Son, Dronfield; 272p/kg 600kg Lim Thorp Farms Ltd, Baslow

272p/kg 662kg Lim RG Bacon, Wadshelf

Gross Prices: £1886.04

676kg Lim RS & JT Shaw, Stanley; £1869.92 662kg Lim RG Bacon, Wadshelf; £1862.76 722kg

Lim RG Bacon, Wadshelf; £1857.62 634kg Lim NH Gaunt & Son, Dronfield; £1834.64 656kg B Blue x NH Gaunt & Son, Dronfield; £1814.40 648kg Lim PJ Blackshaw, Pilsley; £1804.00 656kg AA DS Gregory, Glossop; £1800.64 662kg Lim RG Bacon, Wadshelf; £1795.20 660kg Char NH Gaunt & Son, Dronfield; £1783.14 678kg

Lim TW & G Fountain, Marston Montgomery

STORE & BREEDING CATTLE

A very healthy entry of 595 head ensured that there was something for everybody. Buyers were out in force and trade was well up to expectations with no sign of the fuel, feed and fert prices dampening anyone’s enthusiasm to buy stock.

58 BREEDING CATTLE

£1760 S Devon Hfr, 34 mnths

& Str Calf WJ Cripwell, Moira; £1160 Sim Cow, 95 mnths, i/c E Tricklebank, Wardlow; £1310 Cow, 72 mnths & Bull Calf JS Agricultural, Sutton Coldfield; £1500 Cow, 70 mnths & Hfr Calf JS Agricultural, Sutton Coldfield; £1580 Sim Cow, 198 mnths & Bull Calf JS Agricultural, Sutton Coldfield; £1480 Lim

Cow, 48 mnths & Bull Calf JS Agricultural, Sutton Coldfield; £1480 Lim Cow, 119 mnths & Bull Calf RW Radford, Longnor; £1420 Lim Cow, 60 mnths & Bull Calf A Dunnington, Wrangle; £1320 Sim x Hfr, 24-25 mnths D Gadsby, Darley Bridge

38 FEEDING BULLS

£1050 Lim x 13 mnths R & P Organics, Maddershall; £1000 Blonde x 10 mnths CE Mycock, Flagg; £1180 Hfd x 14 mnths Ingram Bros, Atherstone; £490 Angus x 7 mnths R Toon, Mayfield; £475 Hfd x 9 mnths Boswall Bros, Stanley; £1190 Sim x 11 mnths Mosley & Co, Chelmorten; £980 Lim x 11 mnths AA Riddle, Ecclesfield £910 B Swiss 25 mnths D & EA Jeffries, Roston £900 Hfd x 1622 mnths RHH Parnell, Littleover

247 STEERS

Great trade for all sorts and sizes as the average shows bearing in mind the large numbers of younger smaller cattle in this week’s selection. Angus cross very well sold and Black & White looking very dear. Top honours to the continental crosses with an astounding top price of £1,730 for the best of the day.

252 HEIFERS AVE 816

A good selection which attracted fierce bidding at all price levels. Angus crosses very popular and ‘hardened off ’ for immediate grazing commanding a considerable premium.

52 CALVES

Better quality calves selling well to a top of £490, but lesser quality types a slightly more selective trade.

55 LAMBS, 848 HOGGS & 572 EWES & RAMS

All weights in keen demand with quality at a distinct premium.

Leading Prices: 40.0kg

438p/kg R Brough & Son, Monyas; : 39.6kg 432p/kg

R Brough & Son, Monyash; 40.6kg 390p/kg R Swift & Sons, Little Onn; 9.2kg 385p/kg R Swift & Sons, Little Onn; 41.1kg 352p/kg Thorpe Farms Ltd, Baslow

848 HOGGS AVE 288.27P/KG Another good entry with all types in keen demand to top prices of 332p/kg and £157/head.

Leading Prices: 39.0kg

318p/kg J Price, Kettleshulme; 39.5kg 325p/kg IR Spendlove, Belper; 41.0kg 330p/kg

W Hague & Son, Bradfield; 41.0kg 318p/kg RM Brown, Hope

46.7kg 320p/kg J Langford Mycock, Waterfall; 47.5kg

310p/kg P Langton, Derby

53.0kg 298p/kg J Langford Mycock, Waterfall

572 CULL SHEEP

A good post-holiday entry and all sections a fast trade.

Best long meated Texels probably went a little dearer later in the day with 7 vendors £199 and above to a top of £226/head for Jackie Trueman. Best strong Suffolk x ewes towards £160 with the biggest of the Mules over £135. Best Lonks and horned around £101 with plenty of bidders for the plain sorts. The top 9 pens averaged a massive £211 with the total entry levelling at £134.08. Slaughter rams a good trade with Texels at £153 three times and others to £147.