Farming and pets
Leek market TUESDAY, APRIL 19
A SUNNY April Bank Holiday Tuesday saw the monthly Pedigree Dairy Sale with a superb entry forward - however it was a commercial heifer that topped the day at £2940 and pedigrees sold up to £2740.
All a strong trade in the sheep section this week! Spring Lambs sold on a fast trade with the best to 462p/kg to average 408p/ kg or £163/head. Hogget’s up again this week to top at 358p/ kg and £174.46/head to average 299.39p/kg. Cull ewes topped at £190 to average £122/head.
Barrens just as dear this week with Limousins to 200p/kg, to top at £1535.50 and clean cattle to 240p/kg.
Pigs a little less this Tuesday but still a good demand with cutters to 139p/kg and £143.64.
Calves sold well topping at £425 for a British Blue bull and heifers to £248.
BARREN COWS (40);
Selling time – 10:00am Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
A good entry forward which met a fast trade with the best cows selling to 200p/kg for a 600kg Limousin from J T Needham, Bradnop and a 830kg Limousin selling for 185p/kg for G A Wain, Brandside.
Black & white’s topped at 182p/ kg for a 805kg Friesian from W Carbutt, Siddington and a 785kg Holstein at 180p/kg for G E Brookes & Partners, Loxley who also sold a 800kg Holstein for 176p/kg.
An excellent average of 148.52p/kg & £961.20 per head.
Top headage price of £1535.50 for the 830kg Limousin from G A Wain, with Friesians to £1465.10 and Holsteins to £1436.50.
CLEAN CATTLE;
An 660kg Aberdeen Angus heifer sold for 240p/kg to realise £1584 from Home Farm, Rushton.
DAIRIES;
Selling time – 11:30am Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
Commercial Heifers Reach £2940
Pedigrees Top At £2740 94 Sold
A superb trade for the best on Tuesday saw an outstanding commercial heifer from Brian Needham of Rushton Spencer top the day at £2940. Heading to local purchaser Andrew Hulme of Basford, he also went on to take a second from the same home at £2460. The six forward from the Needhams averaged a superb £2238.
Within the pedigree section regular vendors Messrs Sutton of Gawsworth took top honours with a 38kg heifer by Denovo 8068 Tenor at £2740.
The Mellor family of Earl Sterndale saw both their heifers sought after reaching £2300 and £2280 respectively.
Next week sees a Special
Entry of 130 New Zealand X Youngstock from Rowe Farms Ltd of Newcastle under Lyme, with Herd Dispersals also booked throughout May (Further Details in Due Course)
PIGS (121);
Selling time – 9:15am Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894).
A few less forward but another decent trade this week. Best cutters selling up to 139p/kg for 84kg pigs from Massie Farms, Stafford who sold others at 135p/ kg twice, 134p/kg x3 and 133p/ kg. A 80kg pig sold for 136p/kg for Bernard Minshull, Buxton.
Bacon pigs sold up to 134p/ kg three times for 89kg and 86kg pigs from J & B Fentem and for a 90kg pig from Bernard Minshull. 86kg pigs made 133p/kg for J & B Fentem and 133p/kg for 86kg pigs from Massie Farms. 126p/ kg for a pair of 93kg pigs from M R Banham.
Heavies sold up to 114p/kg for 117kg pigs from M Leason, Sudbury who also sold 133kg pigs for 108p/kg.
Cull sows topped at 79p/kg for a 296kg sow from R A Watson who also sold a 256kg sow for 68p/kg. 69p/kg for a 243kg sow from Ray Rowlinson.
SHEEP SECTION;
Selling time 11:00am Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)
SPRING LAMBS (48);
Desperately short of numbers and trade absolutely electric!!
Best lambs up to 462p and plenty at 430p and better! Overall average of 408p/kg. More needed next week!!
BUTCHERS HOGGETS (554);
A good entry for a bank holiday Tuesday selling on an exceptional trade. Best up to 358p/kg with numerous lots at 330p and better.
Big lambs a stronger trade topping at £174.46/head and heavy lambs averaging £140/ head.
SQQ average a very strong 299.39p/kg.
CULL SHEEP (138);
A modest entry very well bid for topping at £191/head for strong Suffolks and £190 for Texel x ewes.
Overall average £122/head!
CALVES (108);
Selling time – 10:00am Auctioneer - Oliver Hiles (07801 530899)
A god entry for the bank holiday week with customers out for categories and trade on par with recent weeks. Yet again the best very good to sell. Top call of
£425 for a Blue bull from Andrew Hulme with Limousin bulls to £386.
33 Continental Bulls
Topped at £425 for Blues. Best 9 Blues averaged £288
Limousins to £386 and £320 for Andrew Hulme and Fred Yates, Longford. Simmentals topped at £305 for Chris & David Ball with others at £260.
24 Blues to £425 av £247
4 Sims to £305 av £261
9 Lims to £386 av £224 25 Continental Heifers
Topped at £248 for Blues from Messrs Ede at LTD Partners, Lower Tean with others at £244. Better type Limousin heifers to £198 for Jim & Carol Hudson. 20 Blues to £248 av £124 1 Simmental to £175
4 Lims to £198 av £169 32 Native Bulls/dairy Bred Bulls Better end Angus bulls good to sell to a top of £284 for the Twemlows at Swinscoe with a star of the day being a Saler bull at £240 for Kevin Clay at Preston Fields, Penkridge. A strong Montbeliarde bull from Pete & Angela Woodward at £115. Herefords topped at £204. 8 Native Heifers
Stabiliser heifers to £138 with Angus heifers to £158 for Graham Turnock.
6 Reared Calves
A smart weaner Blue bull from Irene Mellor at Hatchley Farm topped the section (2 ¾ mths) at £455 with another from the same farm at £440. Dairy Shorthorn Steers (up to 7mths) to £360 with others at 3mths to £220.
TUESDAY, MAY 26: Genuine Dispersal of 130 New Zealand X Youngstock (Born Jan ’21 – Feb’22) on behalf of Rowe Farm, Ltd, Newcastle under Lyme.
Bacon Butty Project - We will be taking our Bacon Butty Project to Mole Country Store at Darley Dale on April 28.