Leek market
TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2019
Another jam packed day at Leek including the monthly pedigree dairy sale with a top of £1960 for a heifer from the Stone family, Onecote.
A better trade for lambs this week with a top of 217p/kg and overall average of 181p/kg. Ewes sold to £135 for strong Texels, with a solid trade for all types. Barrens sold to 132p/kg for a British Blue cow with clean cattle to 180p/kg.
Pigs were a good trade with a top of 148p/ kg with a nice show of stock forward. Calves were a solid trade, but not at heady heights, with a top of £300 for a Blue bull calf.
BARREN COWS (53)
Selling time – 10:00am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
A similar trade to last week, with a good number of cattle forward to satisfy customers orders! Please keep numbers coming forward.
Top price today of 132p/kg for a 625kg British Blue from M & D Barber, Blore, with a 615kg British Blue at 125p/kg for DA & LM Moss, Heaton and a 665kg Simmental selling to 123p/kg for M & D Barber.
Other top prices: 122p 720kg Shorthorn IJ & AM Barks, Blackshaw Moor
118p 770kg Holstein - S J Potts, Gillow Heath
118p 685kg Friesian - DR & A Shuker, Bosley
117p 805kg Shorthorn - IJ & AM Barks, Blackshaw Moor
117p 640kg Montbeliarde - Woodward Partners, Rudyard
117p 700kg Brown Swiss - DR & A
Shuker, Bosley
117p 625kg Simmental - A Simcock &
Son, Mobberley
116p 765kg Holstein - DG & JA Ball, Fulford
115p 680kg Friesian - W Carbutt, Siddington
115p 735kg Friesian - S J Potts, Gillow Heath
115p 690kg Fleckveih - J G Curtis & Son, Basford
Overall average of 103.68p/kg or £677.59. Top headage price of £941.85 for Shorthorns, with Holsteins to £906.60, £891 & £887.40.
A 725kg overage Angus steer sold for 137p/kg to realise £993.25 for W Carbutt, Siddington.
CLEAN CATTLE (21)
Selling time – 10:45am approx.
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
A good number of cattle forward on Tuesday and trade similar to last week.
Top price of 180p/kg for a 655kg South Devon steer, and the same for a 565kg South Devon from the same home.
Young bulls sold to 176p/kg for a 600kg Simmental from Rushton Spencer.
Heifers topped at 168p/kg for a 620kg Charolais, and a 555kg Charolais realised 165p/kg with a 620kg Simmental from
Reg Critchlow at 163p/kg, who also sold a 600kg British Blue heifer for 158p/kg.
Top headage price of £1179 and £1017 for the South Devon steers, with bulls to £1056 and heifers to £1041.60 and £1035.
DAIRIES (111)
Selling time – 11:00am Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
A packed ring gathered for the August pedigree sale and more milkers were definitely required to satisfy the demand. There was a real shortage of first quality heifers however all of the entry including Shorthorns, Ayrshires and British Friesians sold to an exceptional trade.
Topping the day at £1,960 were the Stone family of Onecote for a commercial heifer giving 30kg. Very close behind at £1940 was a Shorthorn X second calver from the Howe family of Litton. Giving 34kg she made £1940.
Also at £1,940 was a powerful heifer from the Rees family of Nantwich. Dalebank Canada Pamela was clinched by Bill Bradbury to join his herd at Earl Sterndale. A large entry of youngstock sold to a swift trade with British Friesian bulling heifers to £850 with all ages selling exceptionally well.
More milkers are certainly required so get in touch if you have some to sell.
PIGS (106)
Selling time – 9:15am
Auctioneer – Graham Watkins (07976 370894)
Another strong trade for pigs this week with averages pretty much the same across the board.
Pork pigs sold to 130p/kg for a 68kg pig from Bernard Minshull, Buxton with a 58kg pig from R Parker, Upper Hulme at 107p/ kg.
Cutting pigs sold to148p/kg for a super 83kg pig from PF & PD Parsons, Redbrook who sold others at 143p/kg, 130p/kg and 122p/kg.
Bacon pigs sold to 140p/kg for a pair of 98.5kg pigs from Chris Hine, Biddulph, with an 88kg pig at 132p/kg from Bernard Minshull who also sold at 103kg pig at 130p/kg and a pair of 86kg pigs at 127p/ kg and Chris Hine sold a 95kg pig at 130p/ kg.
Heavy pigs topped at 126p/kg for a 107kg pig from S Bailey, Knypersley, with a pen of 106kg pigs at 105p/kg for LA & EJ Hayes, Sutton in Ashfield.
Cull boars sold for 69p/kg for a 323kg boar from J & B Fentem, and a 398kg boar at 62p/kg for LA & EJ Hayes. Only one sow forward sold at 60p/kg for a 205kg sow from Alan Worth, Marton.
An in-pig sow from D K Collier, Oldham sold for £155.
Averages:
Pork Pigs (2) av 119.41p/kg or £75.23/ head
Cutting Pigs (40) av 109.31p/kg or £87.45/ head
Bacon Pigs (45) av 111.98p/kg or £106.06/ head
Heavy Pigs (13) av 86.94p/kg or £102.19/ head
Cull Sows& Boars (5) av 56.34p/kg or £129.24/head