Leek market
THE cold weather is starting to settle in and still plenty of trade about. Lamb trade was much sharper, with more needed each week to keep up with Tuesday orders.
Top price of 196p/ kg three times and a pleasing SQQ average of 170.8p/kg. Strong ewes continue to sell well to top at £110.
A few less barren and clean cattle about this week with a slight drop in the average down to more plainer cattle about. Top price of 159p/kg for a 585kg Angus with clean cattle for 205p/kg for a 515kg steer.
A good show of pigs this week, with a better trade for the quality on offer. Top price of 139p/ kg for bacon pigs and stores to £38 per head.
Quality calves are in demand with the second and third qualities harder to place. Top price of £362 for a Limousin bull calf. Quality dairy cattle were in demand with a top of £1810, and all selling well on the day.
BARREN COWS (46)
Fewer about but trade a little down. Top price of 159p/kg for a 585kg Angus from Rushton Spencer. Other leading prices of 119p/kg for a 645kg Sussex from CEA JM Dale, Leek and also for a 605kg Belted Galloway from Rowland Partners, Kirk Ireton.
A 570kg Swedish Red from R & E Bennett, of Whiston, realised 117p/kg with a 810kg
Holstein at the same price from A J Peach, Warslow.
Overall average of 94.68p/kg or £603.15 per head. Top headage price of £1008.90 for Simmentals with Holsteins to £947.70 and Angus’ to £930.15.
CLEAN CATTLE (21)
A decent entry of clean cattle and a good trade, comparing very well to other outlets.
Mark Butler, Bagnall showed two very neat Limousins with his 515kg steer realising 205p/kg and his 505kg Limousin heifer realising 202p/kg.
Other steers topped at 190p/kg for a 520kg Limousin from SP & EE Richardson, Ipstones and 190p/kg for a 620kg British Blue steer from CS, JJ & WE Bower, Hollingworth with a 665kg British Blue from the same vendor realising 181p/ kg. Two Simmentals from the Richardson family, both at 630kg, both sold at 178p/ kg with a Blue from D Johnson, Shraley Brook selling at 505kg steer at 174p/kg.
Heifers from Mrs P Mitchell, Brown Lees, sold to 170p/kg for a 685kg Bazadaise and a 540kg Angus from Rushton Spencer realising 169p/kg with
another 555kg Angus at 168p/kg.
A 665kg Simmental bull sold well at 189p/ kg. Top headage prices of £1256.85 for the Simmental bull with steers to £1203.65, £1178, £1156 with heifers to a top of £1164.50 and £1070.65.
DAIRIES
Quality was a bit lacking in the shed today however everything forward sold well. Topping the day was Ray Turner if Rownall at £1810 for a 27kg heifer by Aquila Patron Lucente.
A run of 12 grazing system crossbred Jerseys from Messrs Fletcher peaked at £1250.
First Quality Heifers to £1810 av £1810
Second Quality Heifers to £1320 av £1310
PIGS (89)
A better trade this week with pork pigs to a top of 116p/kg for 74kg pigs from J &B Fentem & Sons. Cutting pigs topped at 125p/kg for 84.3kg pigs from J &B Fentem & Sons, with others at 120p/kg for 83kg and 83.3kg pigs
from the same vendor. A pair of 82kg pigs from H Kelsall & Son, Dean Row sold to 116p/kg.
Bacon pigs sold to 139p/kg for 90kg pigs from S Bailey, with others to 130p/kg for 87kg pigs from J &B Fentem, who also sold others to 122p/kg and 118p/kg.
Heavier pigs sold to 116p/kg for a 110kg pig from J &B Fentem with three 104kg pigs at 112p/kg for Chris Hine.
Cull sows sold to 52p/ kg for a 220kg sow from L Saxon, Cheadle with a 235kg boar at 44p/kg from Chris Hine.
SHEEP - LAMBS (515)
A reduced entry, no doubt as a result of the talk of falling trade and many vendors closed up following the massive store and breeding sheep sale Saturday, which is a shame as new regular orders have been secured for a regular supply of up to 1000 lambs each week.
The result was sharper trade, particularly for the best sorts which regularly stormed past 190p/kg.