Leek market
TUESDAY, JANUARY 12
ANOTHER busy Tuesday market, with some excellent reports in all sections.
A very strong trade for hogget’s this Tuesday with leading prices of 293p/kg and averaging 263p/kg or £114.58 per head. A fast trade for cull ewes also selling to £150 and averaging £81.50/head!
An excellent entry of 60 dairies and another brisk trade throughout, selling to £2190 and £2090 for heifers with plenty of milkers in the £1700 - £1900 bracket.
More barren cattle about this Tuesday and they sold on a solid trade with prices up nationally and topping at 166p/kg to average 111.79p/kg. Strong trade for clean cattle selling to 230p/kg for Limousin heifers, with steers to 227p/kg and bulls to 210p/kg.
More pigs about and trade similar to last week, with some decent prices achieved. Bacon pigs sold to 134p/kg with heavier pigs up to 128p/kg.
Not enough calves to keep up with the demand on offer, with many orders not fulfilled. No best quality bulls but leading prices of £332 for Blues and heifers to
£270.
BARREN COWS (50);
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
A much sharper trade for barren cattle this Tuesday to top at 166p/kg for a 505kg British Blue heifer from J Bailey & Sons, Greenway Bank and a 660kg Friesian at 152p/kg for RG & AS Williamson, Wetley Rocks and 152p/kg for a 680kg Aberdeen Angus from Harrison Partners, Rushton Spencer.
Simmental cows topped at 145p/kg for a 795kg cow and 145p/kg for a 745kg cow, both from Rushton Spencer.
Overall average of 111.79p/kg or £772.59 per head.
Top headage price of £1152.75 and £1080.25 for the two Simmental cows, with Holsteins to £1058.40 and Angus’ to £1033.60, Hereford’s to £1033.20.
Selling time – 10:45am approx.
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
A quality entry on offer with buyers after cattle with a top price of 230p/kg for a 555kg Limousin heifer from Chris Barnsley, Morridge Top who also so a 615kg
Limousin bull for 210p/kg.
Mark Butler sold a 525kg Aberdeen Angus steer at 227p/kg and also a 515kg Limousin heifer for 211p/kg, to J W Ash Butchers of Leek.
Other steers sold to 210p/kg for a 570kg British Blue from J Bailey & Sons, Greenway Bank.
A run of Charolais cattle sold to 192p/kg for a 580kg heifer and 190p/kg for a 555kg heifer from J D Bradbury, Barrow Moor and
also a 650kg Charolais steer to 180p/kg.
Top headage price of £1291.50 for the Limousin bull, heifers to £1276.50 and £1113.60 with steers to £1197 and £1191.75.
DAIRIES (60);
Selling time – 11:30am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
A smashing entry forward in the Dairy Section at Leek on Tuesday saw a really buoyant trade for all qualities from start to finish.
Topping the day was regular vendor Andrew Mills of Ratcliffe on Wreake who saw his 27kg heifer reach £2190. Close behind at £2090 was Richard Lomas of Calow for his 26kg heifer.
Numerous heifers were in that £1700£1800 bracket including a Norwegian Red X from M Trevor-jones at £1750 and a Shorthorn X heifer from Messrs Howe at £1710.
The special entry of In-calf heifers from
S & D Fearn sold extremely well to top at £1480 and average £1380.
Entries for the Pedigree Sale are coming in thick and fast with over 60 already entered. Good numbers in the commercial section also expected so there will be plenty of milk on offer.
PIGS (132);
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
A decent trade again for pigs this Tuesday and great to see plenty forward, including from new vendors.
Pork pigs sold to 125p/kg for a pen of four 75kg gilts from K Dipple, Studley who also sold 68kg pigs at 118p/kg.
A smaller entry of cutting pigs, however leading price of 122p/kg for a pair of 81kg gilts from J & B Fentem who sold other gilts at 121p/kg and 120p/kg.
A bumper entry of bacon pigs topping at 134p/kg for a pair of 93kg gilts from PF & PD Parsons, Whitchurch who also sold a 99kg gilt at 130p/kg and 98kg gilts at 130p/kg also. J & B Fentem sold bacon pigs to 130p/kg and 128p/kg and a trio of 92kg pigs at 127p/kg from J Davenport, Gawsworth and also 127p/kg for a 102kg gilt from Bernard Minshull, Buxton.
Heavy pigs topped at 128p/kg for 105kg pigs from PF & PD Parsons, and 125p/kg for 109kg pigs from JR Mosedale & son, Longford with 124p/kg being paid for 122kg gilts from K Dipple, 110kg gilt from A & S Needham, Monyash and for a 110kg gilt from J & B Fentem.
Cull sows sold up to 70p/kg for a 251kg sow from Chatsworth Estate and 66p/kg for a 243kg sow from the same home.
Selling time 11:00am
Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)
BUTCHERS HOGGET’S (799);
Thank you to vendor for bringing the lambs forward today and answering the request for numbers.