Bakewell Market

AN exceptionally busy market following the bank holiday with large entries in all sections but demand easily able to cope with the increased supply and trade remaining very brisk indeed.

The relaxation of the rules allowed vendors to come to the ringside, just to see their own stock sold. This worked well. The largest section was the store and breeding cattle with exactly 600 animals forward.

The breeding cattle department set the trend with in-calf Limousin-cross heifers to £2,000 and a Limousin cow and calf to £2,160.

In the regular stores, steers reached £1,440, heifers £1,300 and feeding bulls £1,300. Despite the massive entry, there was no slackening of the trade. It is fair to say that the store price continues to reflect the wonderful results in the finished ring.

There were 121 finished cattle forward hitting the sort of figures only usually seen at Christmas. Heifers peaked at 284p with a top gross price at a remarkable £2004. The overall average for 47 heifers looked good at 220.4p.

Over-30 months and feeding cows were out in force with a bumper entry of 138. Top figures 200p and £1802 with the overall average a remarkable 152p.

A few more calves about, 38 to be precise, and selling well with bulls to £395 and heifers £275.

The sheep department was also busy with a decent selection of 95 spring lambs. Top figures 448p/kg and £176.20 per head. The SQQ average was 348.8p.

Old season lambs (hoggs) were out in reasonable numbers with 1196 on offer. The best on offer reached 392p with a top gross figure of £183.32 and the SQQ average creditable 318.4p.

Rather more cull sheep than recent looked very well sold, ewes to £165 to average £112.17.

138 BARREN, OTM AND FEEDING COWS, AVERAGE 152.1P OR £1048 A superb entry of 138 cows from 63 vendors and sold on a remarkable trade once again with cows equally as dear as the bank holiday record price. Two OTM heifers from Steven Jones, Belper topped the day at 220p £1531 (31mths) and 211p £1337 (33mths). Best cow was a big Charolais at 190p £1390 from a Cheshire vendor with big Charolais cows from Charlie Boden totting up to £1802 (181p). Top 22 cows sold over 180p with several of the big cows grossing over £1500.

Sample results: 220p/kg 696kg Limousin S&CM Jones & Sons, Belper; 211p/kg 634kg Limousin S&CM Jones & Son, Belper; 195p/kg 574kg Limousin KCR Lomas, Brassington; 192p/kg 468kg Limousin KCR Lomas, Brassington; 190p/kg 732kg Charolais CE Hancock & Son, Sandbach; 186p/kg 656kg Simmental NA Birch, Monyash; 186p/kg 814kg Charolais Boden & Davies Ltd, Mellor; 186p/ kg 672kg B Blue x CE Hancock & Son, Sandbach; 185p/kg

732kg B Blue x Thorp Farms

Ltd, Baslow; 185p/kg 672kg Charolais LM&D Grummett, Smisby; 184p/kg 756kg B Blue x CE Hancock & Son, Sandbach; 184p/kg 696kg Limousin CE Hancock & Son, Sandbach; 183p/ kg 820kg Limousin Clark Farms, Ringinglow.

Gross prices: £1802.76 996kg Charolais Boden & Davies Ltd, Mellor; £1686.92 932kg Charolais Boden & Davies Ltd, Mellor; £1571.70 930kg Holstein RW Ardern & Sons, Topley Pike; £1531.20 696kg Limousin S&CM Jones & Sons, Belper; £1522.56 832kg Limousin CE Hancock & Son, Sandbach; £1522.50

570kg Holstein FR Platts &

Son, Bamford; £1514.04 814kg Charolais Boden & Davies Ltd, Mellor; £1500.60 820kg Limousin Clark Farms, Ringinglow;

£1496.00 880kg Friesian SG Potter, Bonsall; £1443.20 820kg Holstein RW Ardern & Sons, Topley Pike.

56 BLACK & WHITE AND EX-DAIRY COWS, AVERAGE 140P/KG

Like all cows a remarkable trade and to anybody that is accepting the price at the farm gate. 14 Best cows over 161p; 14 good Holsteins 140-160p; 20 leaner Holstein 110-139p; eight plain cows under 110p.

TOP 8 DAIRIES:

164p/kg £1138 Friesian (9yrs) WB&DE Gyte, Barmoor Clough; 164p/kg £1275 Holstein (10yrs) RW Ardern & Sons, Topley Pike; 165p/kg £1290 MRI (7yrs) JW Handford & Sons, Birch Vale; 167p/kg £1002 Friesian (33mths R Bennett & Son, Hope; 169p/kg £1571 Holstein (4yrs) RW Ardern & Sons, Topley Pike; 170p/kg £1496 Friesian (6yrs) SG Potter & Son, Bonsall; 175p/kg £1522 Holstein (4yrs) FR Platts & Sons, Bamford; 176p/kg £1443 Holstein (4yrs) RW Ardern & Sons, Topley Pike.

2 OTM BULLS

135p/kg £1382 Hfd (4yrs) Poplars Farming, Hatton.

2 OTM STEERS

195p/kg £1487 Holstein (33mths) RW Ardern & Sons, Topley Pike.

121 FINISHED CATTLE, AVERAGE 211.3P

A bigger entry of 121 cattle from 43 vendors and selling to a good ring of buyers who were working hard to secure their loads.

11 FINISHED BULLS, AVERAGE 221P/KG

Top six over 242p and selling to 253p £1745 for Messrs Dale, Denby Village who had his other at 248p (£1760) John Ottewell had 250p (£1670) and another at 244p while the Wells Family had 243p and 242p for their yearling Lims. Sample results: 253p/kg

690kg Limousin PJ Dale, Denby Village; 250p/kg 668kg B Blue x JT Ottewell, Calow; 248p/kg 710kg Limousin PJ Dale, Denby Village; 244p/kg 600kg Limousin JT Ottewell, Calow; 243p/kg 572kg Limousin MJ Wells & Son, Monyash.

Gross prices: £1760.80 710kg Limousin PJ Dale, Denby Village; £1745.70 690kg Limousin PJ Dale, Denby Village; £1670.00 668kg B Blue x JT Ottewell, Calow; £1495.56 618kg Limousin MJ Wells & Son, Monyash; £1464.00 600kg Limousin JT Ottewell, Calow; £1389.96 572kg Limousin MJ Wells & Son, Monyash; £1344.80 656kg Simmental RE&J Taylor, Summerley.

63 STEERS, AVERAGE 203.3P/KG

31 continental, six native and 6 black and white including three OTMS. A remarkable trade throughout with some outstanding prices for the bestbred continentals.

The natives looks very dear again particularly if they are Farm Assured. Don Lownds won the day at 249p or £1747 for a superb Black Limousin, with the top 6 over 240p and the biggest best eight over £1600. Natives had Hereford to 226p, Angus to 213p and Lincoln Red to 214p with B/W to 180p.

Sample results: 249p/kg 702kg Limousin D Lownds, Reapsmoor; 248p/kg 682kg Limousin

RH&DT Swinson, Denstone; 245p/kg 666kg Limousin LM&D Grummett, Smisby; 245p/kg 692kg Limousin D Keeling, Hollington 244p/kg 634kg Limousin RH&DT Swinson, Denstone; 244p/kg 668kg Simmental K Harrop, Alport; 238p/kg 580kg Limousin JW

Foot & Sons, Parwich; 238p/kg 698kg B Blue x K Harrop, Alport; 236p/kg 714kg Simmental D Lownds, Reapsmoor; 235p/ kg 616kg Limousin JW Foot & Sons, Parwich; 230p/kg 642kg Simmental P Thickitt & Sons, Rotherham.

Gross prices: £1747.98

702kg Limousin D Lownds, Reapsmoor; £1695.40 692kg Limousin D Keeling, Hollington; £1691.36 682kg Limousin RH&DT Swinson, Denstone; £1685.04 714kg Simmental D Lownds, Reapsmoor; £1661.24 698kg B Blue x K Harrop, Alport £1633.50 726kg Blonde x K Harrop, Alport; £1631.70 666kg Limousin LM&D Grummett, Smisby; £1629.92 668kg Simmental K Harrop, Alport; £1564.92 756kg AA J&AM Battye, Ringinglow; £1564.46 874kg B Blue x RW Ardern & Sons, Topley Pike.

47 FINISHED HEIFERS, AVERAGE 220.4P/KG

The heifers were outnumbered by the steers but the prices were quite remarkable throughout. Top call was a superb 284p or £1772 for a tremendous Black Blue from Keith Harrop, Alport, who had another at 270p (£1641, three others over 260p for Hollinsheads, Mark Shenton and Ian Spendlove. 11 Natives had Angus to 215p, Hereford to 200p and the Devon at 260p.

Highlight of the day was a super 3yo Blonde heifer from Mark Shenton, tipping the scales at 928kg and selling for £2004, weight obviously not that much of a problem.

Sample results: 284p/kg 624kg B Blue x K Harrop, Alport; 270p/ kg 608kg Limousin K Harrop, Alport; 268p/kg 598kg Limousin H&G Hollinshead, Lichfield; 266p/kg 666kg Blonde x CW Shenton, Handforth; 260p/ kg 486kg Devon IR Spendlove, Belper; 256p/kg 570kg Limousin NA Birch, Monyash; 256p/kg 700kg Blond x CW Shenton, Handforth;255p/kg 742kg Blond x CW Shenton, Handforth 250p/ kg 540kg Limousin LM&D Grummett, Smisby; 250p/ kg 554kg Limousin LM&D Grummett, Smisby; 248p/kg 564kg Blonde x CW Shenton, Handforth; 247p/kg 526kg Limousin K Harrop, Alport; 241p/kg 644kg Limousin D Lownds, Reapsmoor; 238p/ kg 542kg Limousin J Gibbs, Hartington. Gross prices: £2004.48 928kg Blonde x CW Shenton, Handforth; £1892.10 742kg Blonde x CW Shenton, Handforth; £1792.00 700kg Blonde x CW Shenton, Handforth; £1772.16 624kg B Blue x K Harrop, Alport; £1771.56 666kg Blonde x CW Shenton, Handforth; £1641.60 608kg Limousin K Harrop, Alport; £1602.64 598kg Limousin H&G Hollinshead, Lichfield; £1552.04 644kg Limousin D Lownds, Reapsmoor

£1459.20 570kg Limousin NA Birch, Monyash; £1398.72

564kg Blonde x CW Shenton, Handforth.

STORE & BREEDING CATTLE

A huge entry of 600 head sold on an outstanding trade.

Prices: £2000 Limousin x heifer, 30mths, in-calf GC&BJ Cresswell, Atlow; £1990 Limousin x heifer, 32mths, in-calf GC&BJ Cresswell, Atlow; £1870 Limousin x cow, 42mths in-calf GC&BJ Cresswell, Atlow; £1080 Baz x cow, 142mths, r/w Bull SR Wilson, Selston; £1080 Baz x Cow, 94mths, r/w Bull SR Wilson, Selston; £2160 Ped Limousin Cow, 47mths & heifer calf RM Hardy, Cauldon Low; £1220 Ped Simmental heifer, 21mths J Wainwright, Adlington 38 FEEDING BULLS

Sample results: £1300 Limousin 10mths Boden & Davies, Mellor; £1020 Charolais 9mths Boden & Davies, Mellor £1200 Charolais 17-18mths S Franks, Bradfield; £1100 Charolais 9-12mths S Franks, Bradfield; £1000 Hfd x 13mths J Taylor, Bonsall; £580 B Blue x 5-6mths Garner Holdings, Heage; £1130 Simmental x 13-17mths VH Mellor, Chelmorten. 100 STEERS, AVERAGE £930

A great sale with some superb animals on offer. Angus and Hereford in good demand and some excellent results for the black and whites. Powerful continental crosses took top honours, but some of the native breeds were not far behind. Sample results: £610 Limousin 4-5mths KW Cresswell, Yeaveley; £660 Hfd 8-9mths CJ Wigley, Middleton; £760 B Blue x 5mths R Hughes, Stanley; £695 Simmental 7-8mths BE&TR Robinson, Tideswell; £860 Blonde x 5-9mths JT Cantrell, Macclesfield; £860 S Horn x 10mths AW&RA Mycock, Flagg; £870 Limousin 8-11mths A&AA Riddle, Ecclesfield; £910 Angus x 10-11mths W Hague & Son, Bradfield; £965 Charolais x 14mths PW Lomas, Flagg;

£1010 Limousin x 10-11mths GW Johnson, Burnaston £900 Charolais x 9-10mths CS Edge, Ballidon; £670 Holstein 1012mths LB&AB Thompson, Longnor; £955 Hfd x 16mths Marston Park Farm, Ashbourne; £1355 Simmental x 21mths PW&JA Mansfield, Hyde;

£1260 Charolais x 23mths GH

Prince, Roston; £1230 Blonde x 23mths GH Prince, Roston; £1190 B Blue x 16mths W Watts, Thurgoland £735 Holstein 1216mths W Watts, Thurgoland; £1155 B Blue x 17mths Red Lion Inn, Dayhills; £1300 Charolais x 16-17mths FA&PJ Pilkington, Kniveton; £885 B Blue x 1316mths N&S Pearson, Peak Forest; £1330 Limousin x 16mths AW Rawson, Belper;£1300 Simmental x 19mths E&D Kemps, Etwall; £1310 B Blue x 19-20mths E&D Kemps, Etwall; £1225 B Blue x 18mths Green Dales Farm, Alderwasley; £1380 Limousin x 18mths A Elliott, Pilsley; £900 Angus x 13-23mths Sellars Farms Ltd, Foston; £1200 Angus x 17-19mths CE Cowan, Belper; £870 Holstein 17-24mths R&P Ratcliffe, Sudbury; £1230 S Horn x 21mths RJ&JA Hancock, Foolow; £885 Hfd x 19-22mths JA&AJ Coxon, Church Broughton; £1015 Angus x 20-25mths MD Webster, Sturston; £1110 Limousin x 1820mths RA Tatlow, Ashbourne; £1280 Angus 23-25mths KW&KW Rusby, Newark; £1140 Angus x 21-23mths GL Brown, Spondon; £1290 Hfd x 24-25mths JS Bramall, Totley; £1300 B Blue x 21-23mths JG&JM Belfield, Sheen; £1115 Angus x 25mths WJ Heathcote, Grange Mill; £845 Holstein 25mths WJ Heathcote, Grange Mill; £1440 Charr x 24mths TB Thornley, Stanton Dale £1000 Hfd x 27-30mths D Poole & Son, Flagg; 221 HEIFERS, AVERAGE £798 A good selection of younger heifers attracted plenty of interest, but trade was strong right across the age ranges. Grazing cattle in good demand and the short finish types looked very dear indeed. Sample results: £570 Blonde x 4mths CH Ede & Son, Alkmonton; £690 B Blue x 5mths Garner Holdings, Heage; £750 Limousin x 10mths M Heathcote, Hartington; £690 B Blue x 10mths JF Kirkham, Hartington; £520 Hfd x 8mths CJ Wigley & Son, Middleton; £670 B Blue x 5mths R Hughes, Stanley; £890 Limousin 10mths A&AA Riddle, Ecclesfield; £950 Charolais x 16mths Chambers & Wilton, Flagg; £740 Charolais x 8mths A Kirk, Underwood; £1100 Limousin x 11-12mths Ashford Hall Farm, Bakewell; £650 Hfd 14mths TG Adams, Calwich; £770 Limousin x 11mths J Simpson, Stoney Middleton; £990 Limousin x 10mths GW Johnson, Burnaston; £1140 Charolais x 13mths J Martin, Ilkeston £740 Simmental 11-13mths Miss B Foster, Hanch; £940 B Blue x 1421mths J&L Pot Ltd, Stanshope £890 Charolais x 10-12mths CS Edge, Ballidon; £850 Limousin x 16mths FN Biggin, Holmesfield; £760 Simmental x 13-14mths GF Wheelhouse, Rotherham; £700 Charolais x 14mths Marston Park Farm, Ashbourne; £1085 B Blue x 16mths W Watts, Thurgoland; £1040 B Blue x 16mths Red Lion

Inn, Dayhills; £1240 B Blue x 12mths JW&RG Ede, Youlgreave £1180 B Blue x 19mths FA&PJ Pilkington, Kniveton £1140 Limousin x 17mths AW Rawson, Alderwasley £900 B Blue x 1417mths J Wainwright, Adlington £990 Angus x 19-21mths Sellars Farm, Foston.

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An increased entry with an excellent trade for all types. Best continental bulls particularly dear with Limousin to £395 and B Blue to £360, heifers equally as sought after with an Angus topping at £275.

BULLS

Hfd £228.00 £165.33 J Short & Sons, Clay Cross; Holstein £150.00 £97.00 WJ&DM Madin, Holymoorside; Mont £230.00 W&A Cartledge & Son, Sparrow Pit; Friesian £160.00 £109.40 T&CJ Hadfield, Tideswell; AA £180.00 T Farrington & Sons, Abbotts Bromley; B Blue x £360.00 £304.50 F Mycock & Sons, Wormhill;

Lim £395.00 WJ&DM Madin, Holymoorside.

HEIFERS

Hfd £122.00 J Short & Sons, Clay Cross; AA £275.00 £154.00

G&L Belfield, Buxton; B Blue x £145.00 £196.50 W&A Cartledge & Son, Sparrow Pit

1672 SHEEP INCLUDING 1291 FINISHED LAMBS, 379 EWES & RAMS & 2 STORE SHEEP

Entry included 95 spring lambs and 1196 old season lambs. The new season lambs peaked at 448p/kg or £176/head for a pen of 39 Texels from the Brough Family at Monyash and going to the new butcher’s shop at Baslow. The overall lamb average 348.86p/kg.

Leading prices: 36kg 404p/kg AW&RA Mycock, Flagg; 37.6kg 400p/kg A White, Repton; 38kg 388p/kg R Swift & Son, Little Onn; 39.3kg 448p/kg R Brough & Son, Monyash; 40kg 396p/kg R Swift & Son, Little Onn.

Averages: Standard to 404p/kg average 350.47p/kg; Medium to 448p/kg average 349.37p/kg

In the old season lambs quality was mixed with best meated sorts attracting very brisk bidding from both export and home market buyers. Best butchers lambs peaked at 392p/kg. Export lambs to 390p/kg, heavyweight butchers lambs to 350p/kg and overweights to 336p/kg. Overall average 318.44p/kg.

Leading Prices: 35kg 310p/kg J Shirt, Bakewell; 37.5kg 321p/kg DE Hodgson, Wormhill; 38.3kg 325p/kg JG Jackson, Wardlow; 38.6kg 330p/kg E&A Cork, Wyaston; 41.5kg 386p/kg R Swift & Son, Little Onn; 42.3kg 388p/ kg R Swift & Son, Little Onn;43kg 390p/kg R Swift & Son, Little

Onn; 43.5kg 388p/kg R Swift & Son, Little Onn; 43.9kg 392p/kg R Swift & Son, Little Onn; 46.2kg 350p/kg R Swift & Son, Little Onn; 50.3kg 310p/kg R Hodgson & Son, Kettleshulme 51.8kg 340p/kg R Hodgson & Son, Kettleshulme; 54.5kg 336p/kg R Wheeldon, Chelmorten; 57.5kg 292p/kg GA Titterton, Milwich; 59.7kg 270p/kg GA Titterton, Milwich.

Averages: Standard to 330p/ kg average 288.18p/kg; Medium to 392p/kg average 327.19p/kg; Heavy to 350p/kg average 297.71p/ kg; Overweight to 336p/kg average 263.29p/kg.

379 CULL SHEEP

Demand very brisk with heavy Texels peaking at £165 for the Titterton family with Stuart Talbot close behind at £164 and Matthew Prince to £159.

Best Charolais Ewes sold in the £140-£150 bracket with heavy Suffolks in the £135-£150 bracket and Dorset ewes to £128. Heavy mule ewes in the £100-£120 region.

The top 10 pens average £157.90/head. The best shaped cull rams were very well bid for to peak at £156 with a pen of four from Beecheners from Herts realising £146/head.

Cast ewes to £165 average £112.17; Cast Rams to £156 average £125.80.

Bakewell Thursday

649 SHEEP INCLUDING 373 FINISHED HOGGS, 146 CULL SHEEP & 44 EWES WITH LAMBS AT FOOT

37 FINISHED HOGGS, AVERAGE 315.87P/KG

Top prices of £155 per head and 335p/kg, with an overall average of £131 per head.

Leading prices: 39.0kg 310p/kg C Kirkham, Hartington 42.7kg 335p/kg R Swift & Son, Little Onn

Averages: 32.1-39kg to 310p/kg average 304.69p/kg; 39.1-45.5kg to 335p/kg average 317.49p/kg 45.6-52kg to 294p/kg average 283.85p/kg; 52kg-plus to 288p/kg 246.39p/kg

46 CULL SHEEP AVERAGE £91 PER HEAD

Another compe titive trade to a top of £146 for a pen of strong Continental Ewes from J Brough & Son, Rudyard.

STORE SHEEP: 14 FEEDING LAMBS & 116 EWES & LAMBS

A few tail end feeding hoggs saw Dorset x to £75, Cont x to £74 and Herdwick to £74. A very good show of 44 ewes with 72 lambs at foot attracted great interest with several bidders failing to make a purchase and more could have been sold at these prices.

Texel ewes with doubles to

£246; Texel shearlings with doubles to £232; Texel ewe with single to £165; Mule shearling with double to £214; Mule ewes with doubles to £198; Mule ewe with single to £142; Cheviot Mule with doubles to £212; Suffolk shearling with single to £165; Cheviot ewes with doubles to £202; Cheviot ewes with singles to £120.

Leek Market

Barren cows were a strong trade, selling up to 167p/kg for Shorthorns, and clean to 235p/kg for a Limousin heifer. Culls ewes are in strong demand selling to £165/head. Dairies sold up to £1930 for heifers from D&W Davenport, who sold others at £1820 and £1750. Bulls calves topped at £445 and heifers to £305.

Pigs are in good demand and trade a little steady but averages up, topping at 127p/kg for bacon pigs.

BARREN COWS (35)

An even stronger trade with some good prices achieved. Top price of 167p/kg twice, for a 620kg Shorthorn from M&D

Barber, of Blore.

Other top prices: 155p

625kg Norwegian Red JA&HE Warrington, 153p 740kg Holstein R J Clowes & Sons, Kingsley;

151p 585kg Norwegian Red

P J Davies, Werrington; 150p 830kg Friesian J&R Maydew, Consall;147p 650kg Friesian J R Johnson & Sons, Ipstones; 147p 660kg Montbeliarde T Swinson, Caverswall;146p 725kg Shorthorn G G Hall & Son, Croxden. Overall average of 127.65p/kg or £837.18.

Top headage prices of £1272 for

Holsteins with others at £1245, £1240.30 and £1132.20.

CLEAN CATTLE

A smart 510kg Limousin heifer sold at 235p/kg for Chris Barnsley, Morridge, purchased by Peter Lymer of JW Ash Butchers of Leek. A 465kg Limousin heifer realised 187p/kg for E E Connor, Bagnall and a 575kg Brown Swiss heifer made 175p/kg for DR&A Shuker, Bosley.

DAIRIES (26)

A stylish heifer from Derek Davenport of Brereton, Sandbach topped at £1930 with others from the same home to £1820 and £1750. Messrs Bennett of Whiston saw their heifer reach £1820 with two from Malcolm Trevorjones to £1800 and £1780 respectively. Cows topped at £1750 for a second week for Adrian Barber of Gnosall.

PIGS (90)

A similar number of pigs and trade a little stronger on the week. Cutting pigs sold to 119p/kg for a 82kg pig from S Bailey and a 81kg pig at 118p/kg for RAO Johnson, Hilltop.

Bacon pigs sold to 127p/kg for a 91kg pig from P J Bowers, Mow Cop, with the Parsons family selling pigs at 126p/kg and 124p/ kg twice. A pair of 92kg pigs realised 120p/kg for RAO Johnson, and 118p/kg for 92.6kg pigs from J&B Fentem who sold others at 117p/kg.

Heavy pigs sold to 116p/kg for a 113kg pig from PF&PD Parsons, Whitchurch, who also sold a 118kg pig at 112p/kg and 110p/kg for a 107kg pig from S Bailey, Biddulph and a pair of 105kg pigs at 110p/kg for J&B Fentem. Averages: Cutting pigs (3); average 115.16p/kg or £91.75/ head; Bacon pigs (68); average 110p/kg or £103.45/head; Heavy pigs (14); average 104.14p/kg or £113.88/head.

SHEEP SECTION SPRING LAMBS (75)

A modest entry as lambs struggle to finish with the changeable weather. Trade back as buyers are reluctant to switch on to spring lambs until the supply is more certain.

A solid trade at 378p for the best or £145.93 per head.

Sample prices: 378p 36.1kg RG&AS Williamson, Wetley

Rocks; 372p 35kg L Berriman, Monyash; 370p 36.2kg RG&AS Williamson, Wetley Rocks;348p 39.5kg RWM&PM Barnett, Twemlow Green; 342p 42.6kg RG&AS Williamson, Wetley Rocks.

BUTCHERS HOGGETS (207)

Very much a tail end show, selling to very good levels for the best, topping at 355p/kg or £179.28. a very large proportion of “raw” and unfinished types which impacted heavily on the average, pulling it back to 294p/kg SQQ or 289p/kg overall. More well finished sorts could have easily been sold. Sample prices: 346p 38.5kg

FS&MJ Heath, Pipe Gate; 342p 45.5kg FS&MJ Heath, Pipe Gate; 332p 44.3kg J Brough & Son, Rudyard; 332p 42.3kg FS&MJ Heath, Pipe Gate; 355p 50.5kg D Williams, Basford; 346p 50kg D Williams, Basford; 346p

49kg FS&MJ Heath, Pipe Gate; 331p 52.5kg JM&ADJ Hayes, Alstonefield; 308p 56kg A D Williams, Basford; 307p 54.8kg JA&AJ Coxon.

CULL SHEEP (198)

Nice to see a stronger entry and a solid trade to match.

Best Texels to £165 from D Doughty, Fulford closely followed behind by Matt Davies at £161. Mainly well bid for to £105 and best Suffolks at £128. Strong Swales selling up to £70/head and best rams to £148.

CALVES (138)

Good numbers and trade throughout with the store cattle sellers looking to re-stock with quality calvers after good recent sales.

29 CONTINENTAL BULLS, AVERAGE £296.37

A solid price for all calves with the best looking especially well sold. Three best bulls sold over £400 wit the only Charolais of the day at £445 for Daz Tudor with Limousins to £435 and Simmentals to £430. Mediums generally £290 £350 with a few smalls under £270; 14 Blues averaged £284 to £372 Foker Grange Farm; 3 Sims averaged £285 to £430 P Storer, Bosley; 11 Lims averaged £301 to £435 JA&AJ Coxon; 1 Charolais to £445 D&G Tudor, Kingsley.

36 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS £222.16

A very strong price with the better calves easy to sell. Top 10 over £260 with a high of £305 for a Blue from Jim Hudson, Hollinsclough. Mediums £170 £230 with a few smalls around £150. 16 Blues averaged £238 to £308 J&C Hudson; 5 Sims averaged £231 to £290 P Storer; 15 Lims averaged £201 to £288 N E Goodwin & Son.

40 NATIVES

Trade as we have come to expect with interest from all corners. 12 Hereford bulls averaged £203 to £332 WE Turnock & Sons; nionr Angus bulls averaged £180 to £250 M Holmes & Sons; 15 Hereford heifers averaged £116 to £175 J&W Knight; four Angus heifers averaged £110 to £140; M Holmes & Sons; 24 black & white bulls averaged £57.54

Five best rearers over £95 with Friesians at £225 and

Holsteins to £165. Medium rearers £50 £70 with smaller calves a little less.

Nine reared calves from three vendors – a smart Charolais Steer (3mths) sold at £555 and heifers at £435 (3mths) from MJC&PM Reeves, Ipstones with a big Blue heifer at £490 from WE Turnock & Sons.