Bakewell market

NUMBERS down a bit at 639 Cattle and 1,734 Sheep, but trade somewhat sharper in most departments.

There were 388 Store and Breeding Cattle with fresh buyers and another tremendous trade. Steers to £1,115, Heifers £1,195 and Feeding Bulls £775. Cow and Calf outfits peaked at £1,510. Fewer finished cattle – 84 – and demand a fraction better; the best to 240p and £1,675 with the average for the 44 Heifers at 187.5p better than last week.

In the OTM and Feeding Cow section 94 Cattle sold to top figures of 162p and £1,399 to average 103.3p, an improvement. 69 Calves with Bulls £398 and Heifers £228.

There were 1,016 finished lambs and hoggs. Top figures 210p and £94.56 and the SQQ average 173.2p up about 4p on the week. A large entry of 716 Cull Sheep with Ewes to £110 and the average £53.23 about the same as last week, but there were more plainer Ewes.

98 OTM, BARREN & FEEDING COWS – OVERALL AVE 103.3P

Fewer on offer, is the rush of Cows coming to an end? Hopefully the price will now start to improve. Best Cows topped at 162p twice for pure Blonds from Chris Shenton, of Wilmslow, to gross £1,399 and £1346.

Best red Limousins to 150p for Messrs Pearce, Hartington and 148p (£1346) for Anthony

Smith, Dalbury Lees.

53 BLACK & WHITE AND EX DAIRY COWS - AVE 89.1P

Very similar trade with very few best sorts on offer. Topping at 121p was John Minshull, of

Tean, with good fleshed Cows generally over 110p, leaner Cows 90-105p with plain models under 80p.

Top prices: 162p/kg 864kg Blond x CW Shenton, Wilmslow; 162p/ kg 774kg Blond x CW Shenton; 150p/kg 780kg Lim J & R Pearce, Hollington; 148p/kg 910kg Lim AE Smith, Dalbury Lees; 147p/kg 724kg Lim DC Wright, Parwich 142p/kg 546kg Lim TF & J Thompson, Longnor; 140p/kg 826kg Blond x BD & JH Ponsonby, Tideswell Moor; 138p/kg 728kg Lim Ashford Hall Farm, Ashford 136p/kg 724kg Lim Ashford Hall Farm; 136p/kg 774kg Sim BD & JH Ponsonby, Tideswell Moor

Gross Prices:

£1,399.68 864kg Blond x CW Shenton, Wilmslow; £1346.80 910kg Lim AE Smith, Ashbourne £1,253.88 774kg Blond x CW Shenton; £1,170.00 780kg Lim J & R Pearce, Hollington; £1,156.40 826kg Blond x BD & JH Ponsonby, Tideswell Moor; £1,096.26 906kg S Horn J & R Pearce; £1,064.28 724kg Lim DC Wright, Parwich; £1052.64 774kg Sim BD & JH Ponsonby; £1,008.38 794kg B Blue P Wood, Wirksworth

£1,004.64 728kg Lim Ashford Hall Farm, Ashford

4 OTM BULLS

Top prices: 119p £1,013.00 Lim AH & T Carr, Waterfall;

118p £1,156.00 Lim S& D Fearn, Wardlow Mires.

84 FINISHED CATTLE – OVERALL AVERAGE 181.9P

Better Cattle and a better trade with a good mix of butchers at the ringside lifting prices on the week. 23 Young Bulls ave 174.8p

Some excellent quality, particularly in the bigger Bulls and a super trade. Prices peaked at 210p for Chris Shenton to gross a superb £1,675.00. Friesians sold to 171p

Top prices: 210p/kg 798kg Blond x CW Shenton, Handforth; 206p/kg 628kg Lim L Renshaw & I Brassington, Ashbourne;

206p/kg 600kg Lim RM Hadfield Ltd, Castleton; 203p/kg 780kg Sim S & D Fearn, Wardlow Mires; 200p/kg 644kg Sim L Renshaw & I Brassington, Ashbourne;

192p/kg 592kg Lim WT & HP Grindon & Son, Warslow; 188p/ kg 750kg Sim A Allwood & Son, Crich; 187p/kg 610kg Lim CW Tabberner, Tean; 184p/kg 594kg AA JH Byard, Pilsley; £1,675.80 798kg Blond x CW Shenton; £1,583.40 780kg Sim S & D Fearn; £1,410.00 750kg Sim A Allwood; £1,293.68 628kg Lim L Renshaw

& I Brassington; £1,288.00 644kg Sim L Renshaw & I Brassington; £1,247.22 738kg Lim VW Tabberner, Tean; £1,236.00 600kg Lim RM Hadfield Ltd, Castleton; £1170.00 650kg AA JH Byard, Pilsley; £1,140.70 610kg Lim CW Tabberner; £1,136.64 592kg Lim WT & HP Grindon & Son, Tean.

17 STEERS – OVERALL AVERAGE 178.6P

Just a small show, with prices peaking at 218p for Nigel Birch. Black & White Steers sold to

180p.

To prices: 218p/kg 592kg Lim NA Birch, Monyash; 203p/kg 602kg Sim EMF Penrose, Baslow; 199p/kg 606kg Sim JC Vickers, Taddington; 198p/kg 6968kg Lim RG&E&MJ Round, Thorpe; 197p/kg 596kg Char JC Vickers; 195p/kg 702kg B Blue x P Wood, Wirksworth 194p/kg 550kg Sim JC Vickers, Taddington 190p/kg 618kg Sim JC Vickers;

Gross Prices: £1,382.04 680kg Lim RG&E&MJ Round, Thorpe; £1,368.90 702kg B Blue x P Wood, Wirksworth; £1,290.56 592kg Lim NA Birch, Monyash; £1,276.50 690kg Lim EA Gagie, Uttoxeter; £1,222.06 602kg Sim EMF Penrose, Baslow £1,205.94 606kg Sim JC Vickers, Taddington £1,174.20 618kg Sim JC Vickers; £1,174.12 596kg Char JC Vickers; £1,148.40 638kg Fries TG Archer, Yeldersley; £1,106.30 598kg Blond x EA Gagie, Uttoxeter

42 FINISHED HEIFERS – OVERALL AVERAGE 187.6P

A super trade with butchers and wholesalers all competing for some quality shop Heifers.

Prices peaked at 240p for a smart Limousin from Mark Hadfield, Castleton and selling to Mick Lilley on behalf of CH Spencer & Son, Spring Lane Farm Shop at Mapperley Plains. All the best over 210p with big Heifers grossing over £1,300/head, 10 Natives saw Herefords to 181p and Angus to 186p.

Top prices: 240p/kg 472kg Lim RM Hadfield Ltd, Castleton; 238p/kg 584kg Lim SL Tweddle, Uttoxeter; 234p/kg 518kg B Blue x NA Birch, Monyash; 230p/kg 494kg Lim NA Birch;

220p/kg 630kg Lim NW Tweddle,

Uttoxeter; 218p/kg 486kg Char Meadow Place Farms, Youlgreave; 214p/kg 598kg Lim DM Elliott & Son, Little Hucklow;

212p/kg 482kg Char Meadow Place Farms, Youlgreave;

209p/kg 680kg Lim RG&E&MJ Round, Thorpe; 208p/kg 620kg Char F Lomas, Kniveton;

207p/kg 588kg Lim P Redfearn, Marple; 205p/kg 594kg Lim P Redfearn; 203p/kg 648kg Sim JC Vickers, Taddington.

Gross Prices:

£1,421.20 680kg Lim RG&E&MJ Round, Thorpe; £1,389.92 584kg Lim SL Tweddle, Uttoxeter £1,386.00 630kg Lim NW Tweddle, Uttoxeter; £1,315.44 648kg Sim JC Vickers, Taddington

£1,289.60 620kg Char F Lomas, Kniveton; £1,279.72 598kg Lim DM Elliott & Son, Little Hucklow £1,217.70 594kg Lim P Redfearn, Marple; £1,217.16 588kg Lim P Redfearn, Marple

£1,212.20 638kg Lim DM Elliott

& Son, Little Hucklow; £1,212.12 518kg B Blue x NA Birch, Monyash

388 STORE & BREEDING CATTLE

Another excellent entry of 388 Store & Breeding Cattle with numbers bolstered by consignments previously intended for the Friday sale. These additional cattle had attracted extra buyers to the benefit of all concerned.

12 FEEDING BULLS

A very small sample this week. Sample prices:

£500 Hfd 8 mnths R Vernon, Rocester

£700 Hfd x 12 mnths TJ Jackson, Ashbourne

£400 Lim x 6 mnths AJ Martin, Holymoorside

£775 Hfd 18-22 mnths Walker Farms, Hulland Ward

23 BREEDING CATTLE

A very mixed sample.

Typical prices:

£1,510 Lim x Cow, 53 mnths & Bull Calf Miss LM Wood, Longstone

£800 Hfd Cow, 64 mnths &

Hfr Calf Exors Mrs H Spice, Kettleshulme; £1,000 Stab Hfrs, 29 mnths & Hfr Calf JG Pears Ltd, Penistone; £1,220 Char Bull, 42 mnths KE Sessions, Foston.

186 STEERS OVERALL AVE £732

A decent show with a very varied

selection on offer. Trade very buoyant with all types selling well. Plenty of interest in Hereford and Angus types and as ever a wonderful Bakewell trade for the Black & Whites.

Sample Prices:

£445 Lim x 4 mnths AJ Martin, Holymoorside; £660 Lim x 6-7 mnths GB Shaw, Burncross;

£380 Hfd x 6 mnths AT Helliwell, Bradfield; £925 Char x 12-13 mnths KE Sessions, Foston;

£840 Sim x 11-12 mnths Buckingham & Bishop, Ingleby; £1,000 Lim x 8 mnths AE Smith, Dalbury Lees; £910 Lim x 6 mnths AE Smith; £925 Lim x 6-7 mnths CC Etches & Son, Tissington;

£805 Char x 9 mnths R Mosley & Son, Elton; £760 Lim x 12 mnths S Rhodes, Fulwood; £915 Char x 15-18 mnths CK Mills, Baslow; £1,115 Lim x 14 mnths RTF Marshall, Tansley; £1000 S Horn x 16 mnths N&J&S Taylor, Hollow Meadows; £785 AA x 17 mnths JA Sheldon, Middleton; £900

Sal x 15-20 mnths ES Rowarth, Bradwell; £630 Fries 15-16 mnths J & J Walton, Tideswell; £595 Angus x 14 mnths Mrs ME Collins, West Hallam; £900 Lim x 18 mnths Manor Farming, Tatenhill; £800 Char x 14-15 mnths Manor Farming; £1,070 Lim x 26 mnths GH Bell & Prtnrs, Stone

£985 Hfd x 15-22 mnths P

Furness, Wheston; £665 Holst 15 mnths P Furness;

£675 B Blue x 16 mnths DG Brandrick, Snelston; £1,040 B Blue x 16-21 mnths A & DJ Gregory, Litton; £750 Sim x 18 mnths NJ Williams, Newtown; £970 Lim x 18 mnths WJ Heathcote, Grangemill; £880 Hfd x 20-23 mnths RW Valle, Summerley; £610 Fries 19 mnths CF Edge & Prtnrs, Alsop; £695 Mont 19-22 mnths DJ Webster, Worrall; £785 Angus x 17-21 mnths AL Smith, Selston; £1,060 B Blue x 22 mnths CC Etches & Son, Tissington; £840 Hfd x 24 mnths DL Ransome, Riber; £895 Hfd x 25 mnths J Macpherson, Dunstall; £685 Fries 22-28 mnths J Macpherson; £695 Hfd x 31 mnths W&M Whitbread, Biggin;

£900 Hfd x 24-25 mnths R & R Bennett, Mellor; £930 Angus 2728 mnths D Giles, Tansley.

167 HEIFERS, OVERALL AVE £596

A useful entry with a good many smaller Cattle hence the sub £600 average. Trade was good throughout with plenty of buying power in operation.

Sample Results:

£490 Lim x 7 mnths AJ Martin, Holymoorside; £550 Lim x 7 mnths GB Shaw, Grenoside

£760 Angus x 18 mnths PJ Yates Ltd, Kedleston; £330 Hfd x 6-7 mnths AT Helliwell, Bradfield £600 Blond x 10-11 mnths GHW Dakin, Matlock; £675 Sim x 11-12 mnths Buckingham & Bishop, Ingleby; £910 Lim x 8 mnths AE

Smith, Dalbury Lees; £760 Lim x 10 mnths CC Etches, Tissington; £625 Char x 9 mnths R Mosley & Son, Elton; £600 Lim x 12 mnths R Rhodes, Fulwood; £650 Angus x 10 mnths RTF Marshall, Tansley; £840 Lim x 17 mnths DC Wright, Parwich; £935 S Horn x 18 mnths N&J&S Naylor, Hollow Meadows; £595 Sim x 16 mnths R Fletcher, Windley; £610 Hfd x 10 mnths BJ Moore, Burton; £895 Sal x 19 mnths ES Rowarth, Bradwell; £630 Fries 15-16 mnths J & J Walton, Tideswell; £800 Lim x 18 mnths Manor Farming, Tatenhill; £925 Lim x 15-21 mnths CW Tabberner, Tean; £980 Lim x 23 mnths GH Balls & Prtnrs, Stone; £785 B

Blue x 17 mnths DG Brandrick, Snelston; £715 Sim x 18 mnths NJ Williams, Newtown; £880 Lim x 21-22 mnths Al Smith, Selston; £950 B Blue x 22 mnths CC Etches & Son, Tissington; £760 Hfd x 22 mnths DL Ransome, Riber; £1,195 Sim x 24 mnths W & EE Lomas, Ashover; £625 Hfd x 21-26 mnths J Macpherson, Dunstall; £575 Hfd x 30-32 mnths W&M Whitbread, Biggin.

70 CALVES

A similar number of Calves but again more buyers around the ring and the best quarter of the entry a strong trade. Numerous Blue Bulls over £280 and a top call of £398 for the Seals family at Shirland Lodge whose entry

of Bulls on the day averaged a superb £381.33. Messrs Potter at Bonsall were up with the top goods at £328 again with a Blue Bull.

A wide array of customers for the Continental Heifers and Native Heifers with Blue Heifers to

£228 and Herefords and Limousins towards £180 per head. The best square Friesian Bulls between £82 and £110 but processing Calves harder to place. Nine reared Blue Steers and Hfrs to a top of £270 with others at

£264 and £244

BULLS

Top Price (£) Average Vendor Sim £100.00 G Matkin, Idridgehay; Lim £72.00 £61.00 Shirt Farms, Tideswell; Hols £90.00 £42.74 JE & CM Fletcher, Peak Forest;fri £110.00 £51.33 J & J Walton & Sons, Castleton; AA £105.00

£75.00 GHW Dakin & Son, Matlock; B Blue x £398.00 £300.13 JE Seals & Son, Shirland;heifers Top Price Average Vendor

Hfd £175.00 £106.33 PJ Furness & Son, Wormhill; AA £92.00 £88.50 GHW Dakin & Son, Matlock; B Blue x £228.00 £149.33 JE Seals & Son, Shirland; Lim £172.00 S & D Fearn, Wardlow Mires.

1,734 SHEEP INCLUDING 1,016 LAMBS & 716 EWES AND RAMS, 2 STORE SHEEP

A total of 1,734 Sheep included

1,016 Lambs. A slightly smaller show of Lambs saw lightweight sorts well bid for throughout with the best of these to 195p/kg and best Butchers’ Lambs to 210p/kg. Big Lambs continued harder to sell. Overall average 173.55p/kg up 4p/kg on the week. Leading Prices:

34.5kg 185p/kg Shall Grange, Chelmorton; 35.5kg 182p/kg JD Brown, Bonsall; 36.7kg 195p/ kg TW Fountain, Marston;

39kg 193p/kg DO & MR Hague, Sheffield; 40kg 210p/kg DM Elliott & Son, Hucklow; 41.8kg 188p/kg Cowley Knoll Farms, Birchover; 43.1kg 195p/kg S & D Fearn, Wardlow; 43.4kg 208p/ kg DM Elliott & Son, Hucklow; 45.1kg 190p/kg L Hadfield & Son, Peak Forest; 47.1kg 170p/kg R & S Salisbury, Abney; 51.6kg 183p/kg Madders & Johnson, Stafford.

Finished Lamb Averages: 32.1-39kg To: 195p/kg Average: 179.22p/kg 39.1kg-45.5kg To: 210p/kg Average: 172.37p/kg

45.6-52kg To: 183p/kg Average:

155.84p/kg

52kg+ To: 153p/kg Average: 151.26p/kg

716 EWES AND CULL RAMS

In the Cull Sheep increased numbers saw all types well bid for with best Texel Ewes to £110,

Char to £107 and the top 10 pens averaging £98. Best Mules saw more demand with these in the £58-£65 range with plainer Mules £45-£56 and best Horned Ewes up to the £50 mark.

Two Store Rams on offer saw Beltex x Char Lambs to £140 and Shearlings to £125.