Village hall is set for live music nights
ALSTONEFIELD Village Hall is booked out for two nights of live music next month, to help villagers celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
Performers are lined up from the UK and across the pond for the biggest event in the village hall’s live music series, which has burst back into life this year following the pandemic.
On Saturday, June 4, Tom Mcconville, described as one of England’s finest fiddle players, will be joined by pianist Michael Biggins, a graduate of The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
They will perform alongside Us-born singer and guitarist Brooks Williams and Dan Walsh, singer, songwriter and virtuoso clawhammer banjo player.
And on Sunday, June 5, Suzie Ungerleider – formerly known as Oh Susannah – will bring her American folk talent to the village hall stage.
Suzie was born in Massachusetts, but raised in Vancouver, and has released seven albums and two EPS.
Concert series organiser Martin Snodin explains: “Inspired by the well-known song by Stephen Foster, a prolific writer of American folk songs, her artist and recording identity sat well with her American folk roots.
“Her album ‘Johnstown’ was considered a contemporary folk-noir masterpiece brimming with ghostly songs of melancholic beauty and menace.
“Her voice evokes a cinematic narration to simultaneously warm the heart and chill the blood.”
Suzie will be supported by Chris Cleverley, who has gigged and recorded extensively across the UK, working with artists such Dan Whitehouse, Eliza Marshall and John Elliot.
He is about to start work on a fourth album after his most current, Live From The Glass Isle, received rave reviews.
Performing at Alstonefield as part of a tour, Chris will be playing his already acclaimed songs alongside previews of his much-anticipated new material. Each evening of entertainment begins at 7.30pm and tickets cost £13.
To find out more, or to book a place, visit www.wegottickets.com, call 01335 310322 or email avh. concerts@gmail.com.
29 HEIFERS
Again, the young sorts good to move and best big plums a fast trade, but perhaps a shade easier than recent weeks.
Sample prices: £1,605 B Blue 13 months Richard Vaughan, Hilderstone; £760 B Blue 9-10 months Artaine Ltd, Shottle;
£845 Lim 11 months CC Etches, Tissington; £910 Lim 8-12 months A Riddle, Ecclesfield; £1,090 Lim 10-11 months R Boothby, Hazel Grove; £1,225 Lim 12 months R Boothby, Hazel Grove; £835 Hfd 12 months A Hunter, Hognaston; £1,045 Lim 13 ½ months B Pegg, Sturston; £1,200 AA 16-17 mnths CPR & JM Mycock, Friden; £1,215 Char 13 months P Carrington, Roston; £1,230 B Blue 23 months P Wood, Wirksworth; £1,315 Lim 24 mnths NI Naylor, Crowdicote; £1,360 Lim 29 months P Birch, Hartington
26 CALVES
Trade on fire with bulls seeing Char to £450, B Blue to £400 and B/W to £225 with heifers topping at £370 for a B Blue and £360 for Limousin. All shapes and sizes in strong demand and many more could have been sold to advantage.
Bulls: Char £450 Clark Farms, Ringinglow; B Blue £400 E Morten & Sons, Barmoor Clough; Lim 285 S Kirby, Eastmoor; Angus £250 L Hadfield & Sons, Peak;
Forest; Fries £225 D Fotherby & Sons, Wormhill.
Heifers: Limousin £360 Clark Farms, Ringinglow; B Blue £370 L Hadfield & Sons, Peak Forest; Angus £202 L Hadfield & Sons, Peak Forest.
803 LAMBS, 478 EWES & RAMS & 3 STORE SHEEP
A total entry of 1,284 sheep included 278 New Season lambs and 536 Old Season lambs. Demand for the Spring lambs very brisk throughout with the top price of 372p/kg being achieved three times and top gross price of £153.90. The overall average 332.63p/kg.
Leading Prices: 38kg 368p/ kg R Brough & Son, Monyash; 39.5kg 372p/kg R Brough & Son, Monyash; 39.6kg 372p/kg J & N Easom, Wessington; 40kg 370p/kg R Brough & Son, Monyash; 41kg 372p/kg BR & SB Archer, Sutton; 42.7kg 360p/kg J & J Walton & Sons, Tideswell; 43kg 350p/kg BR & SB Archer, Sutton.
Averages: Standard To 368p/kg Average 331.26p/kg; Medium To 372p/kg Average 333.25p/kg.
OLD SEASON LAMBS
In the Old Season lambs demand still very brisk for the meated sorts with a top of 306p/kg for butchers types with heavy weight butchers lambs to 284p/kg and overweight
catering types to 278p/kg. Top gross price of £161.80/head. Overall average 270.75p/kg Leading Prices: 32kg 270p/kg PB Shaw, Lea; 37kg 294p/kg MF Wayne, Matlock; 38kg 276p/kg J Elkin, Cresswell; 39.7kg 306p/kg Stoneyford Farms; 41kg 288p/kg HT Lee, Sheffield; 42.6kg 288p/kg R Swift & Son, Little Onn; 43.1kg 298p/kg Stoneyford Farms; 43.3kg 304p/kg R Swift & Son, Little Onn; 44.3kg 286p/kg GD Wheeldon, Chelmorten; 45.7kg 284p/kg Wheeldon Partners, Taddington; 50.1kg 280p/kg GD Wheeldon, Chelmorten; 51kg 280p/kg GD Wheeldon, Chelmorten; 57.2kg 270p/kg R Swift & Son, Little Onn; 58.2kg 278p/kg R Swift & Son, Little Onn; 62.2kg 260p/kg R Swift & Son, Little Onn.
Averages: Lights To 370p/kg Average 259.43p/kg; Standard To 294p/kg Average 250.18p/kg; Medium To 306p/kg Average 272.58p/kg; Heavy To 284p/kg Average 262.77p/kg; Overweight To 278p/kg Average 238.74p/kg
478 CULL SHEEP
In the cull sheep a total of 478 on offer still very much in demand with best cutting ewes peaking at £184/head with 15 pens over £160/head. Best Mule ewes sold in the £115-£130 head, Texel to £184, Suffolks in the £125 – £150 bracket with best meated horned ewes to £100.
Ewes to £184 Ave £115.55; Rams to £172 Ave £188.37.
Just three Store Sheep saw Texel ewes and lambs at £188.
Bakewell Thursday
559 Sheep including 54 Finished Lambs, 115 Finished Hoggs, 139 Cull Sheep and 251 Store Sheep and 54 Finished Lambs ave 310.47p/kg.
Just a small entry well bid for to a top of 340p/kg and £130/head from L Wright, Hartington.
115 HOGGS AVE 228.16P/KG
Very much a tail end entry, but better types still in demand to a top of 290p/kg from HJ Hitchcock, Whitewells Lane.
139 CULL SHEEP
139 cull ewes and rams saw demand still very brisk with several grazing buyers trying to select suitable ewes to turnout, as a result all types look well sold on the day. Best ewes to £140 ave £96.60. Rams to £160 ave £143.
251 STORE & BREEDING SHEEP
A total of 251 store & breeding sheep included 31 ewes hoggs with a tremendous trade considering they were only running types, with these selling to £126/head. In the ewes & lambs more potential buyers present saw trade as dear, if not dearer than recent weeks high levels and several went home with empty trailers. Demand is there for all types so keep the families coming to fill demand at Bakewell.
Texel Doubles to £286, £275 x3, £272; Texel Singles to £180, £172, £168; Mule Doubles to £190, £180; Mule Singles to £170; Beltex Single to £140; Grit Doubles to £142.
Leek Market
A quieter market this Tuesday at Leek. Barren cattle continue to sell at a pace with the best to 208p/kg and averaging £1,025.20 per head.
Spring Lambs sold up to 371p/kg (£151/head) and Hogget’s still in demand up to 330p/kg (£171.60). Cull ewes sold well, topping at £177. A small entry of dairies sold up to £1,830.
Pigs sold on a steadier trade with the best fat pigs up to 137p/kg. A very strong trade in the calf section with plenty of buyers at the ringside, with Blue bull calves up to £390 twice, and heifers to £280.
BARREN COWS (50)
An super entry of barrens this Tuesday and trade is on fire.
Top price of 208p/kg for a 735kg Simmental from Home Farm, Rushton Spencer, who also sold another 735kg Simmental for 206p/kg. A 705kg Limousin realised 199p/kg for G Mitchell
& E Murray, Wilmcote. Black & whites up to 197p/kg for a 715kg Holstein from W E Turnock & Sons, Onecote, and a 680kg Friesian at 184p/kg for C W Pearce, Tean.
Top prices: 179p 565kg Holstein – CJC Stone, Onecote; 179p 425kg Dexter – G A Clews, Biddulph Moor; 177p 865kg Holstein – BP & JR Needham, Heaton; 176p 675kg Holstein – Alcock Bros, Ford; 176p 885kg Holstein – W E Turnock & Sons, Onecote; 176p 645kg Friesian – J & L Macpherson, Yoxall; 175p 665kg Montbeliarde – A Howe, Litton; 175p 670kg Friesian – HS & A Callwood, Ollerton
An overall average of 157.82p/kg or £1,025.20. Top headage price of £1,557.60 for the 885kg Holstein from W E Turnock & Sons, Onecote with others to £1,531.05, Simmentals at £1,528.80 and £1,514.10 and Herefords to £1,486.10
CLEAN CATTLE
A small entry sold up to 220p/kg for a 545kg Limousin heifer from RG & AS Williamson. Bulls topped at 212p/kg for a 630kg British Blue and Black & white bulls to 209p/ kg.
DAIRIES
A small entry of dairies and youngstock after last weeks entry of nearly 200 but customers for all breeds and qualities and trade for the better sorts till very good. With Pedigree day next week including Shorthorns and the Brocklehurst entry the 17th looks another busy week to run on to the Weston dispersal on the last Tuesday of the month.
Black & white heifers this week to £1,830 for Michael Wainwright sold giving 30kg. Others to £1,800 and £1,690 for Derek Davenport and Andrew & Marcus Callwood. Maiden black & white heifers sold warranted (September 20) to £820 for Andrew Mills, Ratcliffe on Wreake.
PIGS (155)
A good entry in terms of numbers but trade back on the day. Porkers topped at 122p/kg for a pair of 67kg pigs from Fay Russell, Eggington. Cutters topped at 137p/kg for 81kg pigs from Massie Farms, Stafford who also sold
84kg pigs at 136p/kg; 82kg pigs for 134p/kg twice and 132p/kg. 135p/ kg for 82kg pigs from P J Saunders. Others 120 – 130p/kg.
Bacon pigs sold up to 136p/kg for 87kg pigs from Massie Farms who sold others for 134p/kg twice. 128p/kg for 91kg pigs from P J Saunders, Lichfield, and 128p/ kg for 93kg pigs from R T Wilson, Oldham. Heavier pigs not as sought after, with 108kg pigs to 87p/kg. Cull sows sold up to 70p/ kg for a 310kg sow from RAO Johnson, and also a 278kg sow from R T Wilson. A run of sows 63p/kg – 68p/kg.
Averages: Pork Pigs (13); av 79.80p/kg or £52.11/head; Cutting Pigs (64); av 112.39p/kg or £92.88/ head; Bacon Pigs (57); av 104.94p/ kg or £98.90/head; Heavy Pigs
(7); av 74.55p/kg or £81.26/head; Cull Sows (14); av 63.59p/kg or £159.03/head.
SHEEP SECTION – SPRING LAMBS (165)
A quieter day than expected, no doubt in response to trade generally being slow to take off with many abattoirs reluctant to make the switch.
Trade faster than expected and good bidding throughout. Best lambs very well bid for to top at 371p/kg and plenty of the better sorts at 350p/kg and better. Top headage price of £151/head. Overall average 331p/kg for a generally poorer quality entry. Sample prices: 371p 38.7kg RG & AS Williamson, Wetley Rocks; 370p 38.9kg C G Buckston,
Sutton on the Hill; 370p 38.7kg C G Buckston, Sutton on the Hill; 365p 36kg G G Burton, Repton; 357p 42.2kg RG & AS Williamson, Wetley Rocks; 352p 38kg R E Harrison, Runcorn; 358p 38kg G
G Burton, Repton; 350p 40kg C G Buckston, Sutton on the Hill
BUTCHERS HOGGETS (356) Numbers starting to dry up but trade remains strong for all types, except the very lean. Best sorts selling well to 330p/kg and plenty at 300p/kg plus. Top headage price of £171.60.
Overall average of 273p/kg with all pens looking well sold on the day.
Sample prices: 310p 35kg JM & SK Slack Bros, Macclesfield; 300p 37kg GR & AJ Sherratt, Sheen; 330p 44.5kg D Williams, Basford; 317p 43kg H & J Smith & Sons, Biddulph Moor; 314p 45.5kg C W Shenton, Wilmslow; 323p 48.7kg C W Shenton, Wilmslow; 300p 50kg C W Shenton, Wilmslow; 290p 55kg D Williams, Basford.
CULL SHEEP (273)
Another strong entry topping at £177 for a Texel ram and £161 for Texel ewes. Trade generally not quite as fierce but still very strong and competitive bidding throughout. Better Texel’s generally £150 plus and Mules toping at £128. Overall average of £109/head.
CALVES (96)
Spring is in the air and calf buyers came out to play and try to secure calves but nowhere near enough in the market for the buyer power at the ringside.
28 CONTINENTAL BULLS
Buyers looking for calves but not enough on offer. Half of the bulls (14) sold over £325 topping at £390 for a month of Blue from Andrew Huxley, Talke, and also at £290 was a three-month-old Blue from Alex Townsend, Sudbury. Medium bulls £250 - £310 and a few smaller sorts around £200. 16 Blues averaged £274 to £390
– S & M Huxley & Son; 5 Sims averaged £323 to £375 – GR & D Hawkins; 6 Lims averaged £300 to £365 – NG, JMH & H Mellor; One Blonde to £345 – B E Wain.
30 CONTINENTAL HEIFERS
More heifers than bulls this week and some smart calves were well rewarded. Best heifers sold to £280 for a Blue from Messrs Heath, Stone.
Nine best over £245; mediums £170 - £230 with smalls a little less. 22 Blues averaged £199 to £280 – H W Heath & Son; five Sims averaged £197 to £265 – G B Millington.
24 NATIVES
9 Hereford Bulls averaged £187 to £300 – P T Beswick; 8 AA Bulls averaged £158 to £235 – K W Twemlow; 6 Hereford Heifers averaged £122 to £125 – G R Spink
12 BLACK & WHITE BULLS
Mostly smaller today for £10 - £50.
FOUR REARED CALVES
Hereford steers to £265 and heifers to £335 (5 months) for
S E Howe with Black & White bulls (three months) up to £290 for a Friesian from G J Tideswell.