Leek market
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27
A STRONGER trade seen for butchers lambs this Tuesday with 876 forward selling up to 230p/kg and £115/head with an overall average at 200.28p/kg. Ewes selling up to £117
Another excellent trade for dairies, with heifers up to £1960 and the overall average for milkers was an superb £1602 throughout.
A decent trade for barrens with plenty of buyers around the ring, with quality selling well up to 145p/kg for Simmental cows, and black and whites to 135p/kg. A small selection of clean cattle topped at 206p/kg for a Charolais heifer.
A better trade all round for fat pigs, with more buying power and topping at 134p/kg for bacon pigs.
A nice show of calves, and an brilliant trade selling up to £390 for Blue bull calves and £295 for Blue heifers.
BARREN COWS (40);
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
A good entry sold on a solid trade up to 145p/kg for a 740kg Simmental cow with Herefords to 140p/kg for a 620kg cow from J E Watkins, Horton and Charolais to 139p/ kg for a 775kg cow from John Robotham,
Swinscoe. Overall average of 106.26p/kg or £730.61 per head.
Top headage price of £1234.20 for the 1020kg Hereford cow from Frank Kirkham, with Simmentals at £1177.60 and £1073 with Friesians to £1086.75.
Three overage steers from K J White &
Co, Swinscoe sold to 184p/kg for a 755kg Shorthorn, 171p/kg for a 625kg Shorthorn and 165p/kg for a 665kg Shorthorn to gross £1225.70, £1081 and £930 respectively.
CLEAN CATTLE;
Selling time – 10:45am approx. Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
A small entry sold up to 206p/kg for a 595kg Charolais heifer, and the same vendor sold a 575kg Charolais heifer at 188p/kg, with Reg Critchlow of Grindon received 186p/kg for a 500kg Aberdeen Angus heifer and 170p/kg for a 475kg Charolais steer.
DAIRIES (68);
Selling time – 11:30am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
An absolutely smashing trade on Tuesday saw all qualities really well sold with the total commercial entry including a number of three quartered animals averaging a superb £1602.
Heading the day was the Johnson family of Longnor who showed a lovely group of 5 heifers which topped at £1960 to average
£1902. Close behind at £1900 was a was a 28kg heifer from John Allan of Tutbury. Andrew Stone of Onecote saw his 3 heifers sell to £1870, £1860 and £1800.
Messrs Whittaker of Tabley saw their two heifers reach £1860 and £1800 with an Ayrshire X heifer from Malcolm Jones making £1820.
Cows topped at £1820 for a British Friesian second calver from Stephen Seabridge of Stone with a fourth calver from Messrs Shepherd of Hassop, Bakewell at £1740.
Their was a great trade for the small herd dispersal which topped at £1650 and saw many aged cows in their 7th-9th lactation in excess of £1000. Yearling heifers reached £730.
Demand is strong particularly for milkers so please get in touch if you have stock to sell.
PIGS (106);
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
A stronger trade all round with averages up across the board.
Pork pigs sold to 104p/kg for a pair of 74kg pigs from J & B Fentem, Alsop en le Dale.
Cutting pigs sold up to 132p/kg for an 82kg pig from Bernard Minshull, Buxton with others to 122p/kg for an 84kg pig from J & B Fentem who sold other cutters at 120p/kg, 108p/kg and 106p/kg twice.
Bacon pigs were particularly sought after selling up to 134p/kg for 91kg pigs from J & B Fentem with plenty of bacon pigs at 130p/kg from Bernard Minshull, PF & PD Parsons (3 pens) and J & B Fentem (2 pens) with plenty 120p and above.
Heavier pigs topped at 113p/kg for a pair of 105kg pigs from David Goldstraw, Meerbrook who also sold 106kg pigs at 110p/kg.
A pen of 13, 25kg pigs from Alan Worth, Marton realised £26/head.
SHEEP SECTION;
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)
BUTCHERS LAMBS (876);
Good to see more numbers forward and trade stronger throughout. Best lambs very well bid for and many more best types could have been sold to the vendors advantage each week. Best big lambs adding up nicely to £115/head and plenty over £100.
Overall average a shade over 200p/kg with plenty of under-finished and ‘out of spec’ types in the entry keeping us down to earth! 100% clearance easily achieved.
CULL SHEEP (221);
Trade similar to last week. Best Texels selling strong interest to £117 with others at £100 +. Mules and Texel Mules still looking £10 - £15 less than a few weeks ago but the same story everywhere.