Leek market

TUESDAY, APRIL 27

A PROSPEROUS Tuesday market, and trade unbelievable in a number of sections!!

Spring Lambs are in a very strong demand, with lambs up to 418p/kg twice and £175.50/ head. Hoggs still above 300p and topping at 320p/kg or £182.60. Cull ewes were a solid trade, many dearer on the week, up to £176, to average £103/ head.

Calves were an outstanding trade, and if you have calves to sell, get them to Leek! Continental bulls up to £455 for Simmentals, and Heifers to £320, and a particularly strong enquiry for Native’s.

Barrens were a cracking trade, with buyers competing strong for numbers, up to 190p/kg for OTM and cows to 151p/kg. Clean also selling well up to 218p/kg for Limousin heifers.

A mixed entry of Dairies selling on a more positive trade to the previous week, and plenty of buyers around the ring, topping at £1970 for heifers.

Pigs were in good demand and a new buyer in attendance, selling up to 134p/kg for bacon pigs.

BARREN COWS (42);

Selling time – 10:00am Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)

Another smashing trade this Tuesday with the overall average coming in at 124.52p/kg and leading prices of 190p/kg and 186p/kg for OTM heifers from G W Mycock & Sons, Alstonefield.

Cows topped at 151p/kg for a 790kg Holstein from E T Hanson & Sons, Hasthorpe, and a 660kg Holstein at 150p/kg from JA & AJ Coxon, Church Broughton. Charolais cows topped at 148p/ kg for M & D Barber, Blore, and a 695kg Shorthorn sold to 147p/kg for G G Hall & Son, Croxden.

Top headage price for cows at £1268.74 for a 875kg Hereford from G W Mycock & Sons, with Holsteins to £1192.90 and £1079.20.

A run of OTM steers & heifers from G W Mycock & Son topped at 200p/kg for a 33 month old 660kg Limousin steer, with a 670kg Simmental heifer at 190p/ kg, 675kg Hereford heifer at 186p/kg and other steers at 156p/kg and 152p/kg, to gross a top price of £1320 for steers, and £1273, £1268.75 and £1255.50 for heifers.

There was a 870kg Limousin bull from David Kennerley, Betley which realised 146p/kg.

CLEAN CATTLE;

Selling time – 10:45am approx. Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)

A small entry topped at 218p/ kg for a 550kg Limousin heifer from Chris Barnsley, Morridge to gross £1199. Young bulls topped at 186p/kg, 185p/kg and 184p/ kg for 530-580kg black & white bulls from J E Archer & Sons, Hilton, and a 595kg Hereford steer made 184p/kg for P Riley, Meerbrook.

DAIRIES (39);

Selling time – 11:30am Auctioneers – Meg Elliott

(07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)

Another bouncy trade for milkers saw the best to £1970 and 10 pass the £1800 mark.

A smashing entry from David Brailsford of Alton, Chesterfield met a brisk trade with his best to £1970 and others to £1950 and £1900 twice over.

Malcolm Trevor-jones saw his best to £1840 and showed a beautiful Guernsey heifer to £1800.

Nigel Cresswell of Yeaveley saw his best heifer to £1910.

Overall a much more buoyant trade with more active buyers in attendance.

PIGS (125);

Selling time – 9:15am Auctioneer – Graham Watkins

(07976 370894)

An excellent entry of pigs and some good quality sorts forward, with plenty of buyers after stock.

Cutting pigs topped at 129p/ kg for a trio of 82kg pigs from PF & PD Parsons, with a pair of 80kg pigs at 118p/kg from P J Bowers, Mow Cop and a 80kg pig at 112p/kg from D Goldstraw.

Bacon pigs topped at 134p/kg for a pair of 88kg pigs from PF & PD Parsons, who sold a run of pigs at 131p/kg, 129p/kg, 128p/ kg, 127p/kg, 125p/kg and 124p/ kg. J & B Fentem sold 95.3kg pigs at 127p/kg and 94kg pigs at 124p/kg.

Heavy pigs sold up to 100p/kg for a pair of 109kg pigs from MC & EA Beattie with a pair of 118p/ kg at 90p/kg.

A good number of Sows forward selling up to 74p/kg for a 302p/kg, 72p/kg, 71p/kg (x2), 70p/kg (x2).

SHEEP SECTION;

Selling time 11:00am Auctioneer – Robert Watkins (07929 946652)

SPRING LAMBS (183);

Nice to see more numbers forward and trade could only be described at blistering!!

Best lambs regularly 400p and above topping at 418p/kg for two vendors. Best sorts to £175.50/ head.

Many more required each wee to satisfy orders!

BUTCHERS HOGGET’S (346); Numbers drying up and quality very mixed. Best hoggs well bid for, topping at 320p/kg. a very large proportion of big hoggs in the entry but grossing up well and plenty at £150/head and better, topping at £182.60.

CULL SHEEP (191);

Trade very firm! Average back slightly on the week but a more mixed quality entry and in general most sorts dearer. Average still over £100/head at £103.01

Best Texel’s to £176 from Kirkham & Bourne, and plenty of good Texel’s at £150 +.