Bakewell market

SEPTEMBER 28

ANOTHER full house at Bakewell with 913 Cattle and 2,460 Sheep on offer.

Trade solid in all departments with the sheep trade looking good and store cattle exceeding expectations.

There were 556 head forward in the store and breeding cattle section, last week we reported that the longer-term cattle were harder to sell, no such problem this week with prices outstanding right through the age range. Steers sold to £1,330, heifers £1,095 and feeding bulls £940.

In the breeding section cow and calf outfits made up to £1,900.

Finished cattle numbers were up at 148 with top prices 250p and £1,829. The overall average for the mixed sample of 64 heifers was 194.1p.

OTM numbers are keeping up with

128 this week. Top figures 175p and

£1,445 with the overall average emerging at 120.7pence.

Rather more calves forward with 81 on offer and selling well, bulls to £420 and heifers £282.

In the sheep section things were busy again.

The 1,715 lambs sold on a cracking trade with top figures 230p and £119.10.

The SQQ average looked very healthy at 206.4 pence.

There was a substantial gathering of 670 cull sheep with ewes peaking at 129 to average a creditable £79.95.

128 Barren, OTM and Feeding Cows Overall Average 120.8p (Auctioneer Oliver Hiles)

Just a few more again as numbers are building again with more B&W’S on offer as farms start to prepare for Winter housing. Meat remains the order of the day with plenty of demand for the well fed and Farm Assured cows, but as is the time of year, some lean and very cold cows about now that do little to enhance the average. Top price on the day was a Longhorn heifer F/A (34 mnths) from Ivan Carrington, Kniveton at 175p with the best cow at 170p or £1445 for a tremendous black Limousin from Andrew Bowler, Ashleyhay.