Bakewell Thursday

753 SHEEP INCLUDING 79 SPRING LAMBS, 292 FINISHED HOGGS, 286 CULL SHEEP AND 96 STORE

SHEEP 79 SPRING LAMBS AVE 363.79P/KG

A pleasing entry and a solid trade, especially for the better-quality types.

Leading Prices: 37.2kg 410p/kg R Brough, Monyash; 37.2kg 405p/kg R Brough & Son, Monyash; 40.0kg 384p/kg L Wright, Hartington Averages 32.1 – 39.0kg To: 410p/kg Ave: 361.25p/kg

39.1 – 45.5kg To: 402p/kg Ave: 366.22p/kg

292 HOGGS AVE 249.27P/KG

Very much a tail end entry with better quality handy weights generally upwards of 280p/kg to a top of 295p/kg.

Leading Prices: 38.0kg 295p/kg S Chambers & K Wilton, Flagg 35.6kg 290p/kg S Barratt, Combs 39.0kg 290p/kg L Johnson, Dove Holes

43.0kg 288p/kg Artaine Ltd, Belper 40.4kg 288p/kg CH Gregory, Hassop

49.5kg 286p/kg J Renshaw, Macclesfield

Averages

32.1 – 39.0kg To: 295p/kg Ave: 236.53p/kg

39.1 – 45.5kg To: 288p/kg Ave: 259.94p/kg

45.6 – 52.0kg To: 286p/kg Ave: 237.99p/kg

52kg + To: 250p/kg Ave: 226.31p/ kg

286 CULL SHEEP AVE £160.80 PER HEAD

Trade a little easier for a larger entry but still respectable to a top of £170 for ewes and £178 for tups.

96 STORE & BREEDING SHEEP

A sharper trade for all types with sample prices as follows:

Texel Singles to £168

Mule Double to £228

Texel Doubles to £244

Texel Doubles to £275

Leek Market

Another busy Tuesday market with excellent entries in every section. A full sheep shed this week which is good to see and buyers out in force for stock. A highlight is the cull ewe trade with the whole entry averaging a staggering £135.52 and plenty over £200 to top at

£222. Spring lambs sold very well, topping at 402p/kg or £157.08 and still plenty of hoggs coming forward with 745 on offer topping at 346p/kg or £157.44.

Another superb trade in the barren section and dear as we have ever seen, topping at 200p/kg, averaging 160.97p/kg or £1070.91 per head. Clean cattle in good demand with heifers up to 256p/kg. Dairies topped at £2440 and £2340 for heifers from Brian Needham and the Cross-bred youngstock dispersal topping at £740.

A large entry of pigs sold on a good trade, with the best pork pigs to 146p/kg and numerous 130p plus. Some super quality calves about this Tuesday and a very smart Blue bull sold for £490 from R S Gray, Sheffield. Heifers topped at £290.

BARREN COWS (37)

Trade goes from strength to strength in the barren section with a top price of 200p/kg for a 740kg

Simmental cow from Home Farm, Rushton Spencer and Limousins to 189p/kg for a 705kg cow.