BAKEWELL MARKET MONDAY 20 th AUGUST 2018

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1 BAKEWELL MARKET MONDAY 20 th AUGUST 2018 B&W Steers in the Store Section New Dual Purpose Pens in operation A busier day in advance of the Bank holiday next week, requiring the new dual purpose pens being pressed into use. Stock and buyers out in force with 757 Cattle and 2384 Sheep on offer. Ground conditions little changed and promised rain never quite as wet as anticipated. Nevertheless, fields are looking greener, the straw situation appears to not be as dire as it once looked and trade in the market is holding up well. In the Store and Breeding Cattle section 403 head looked very well sold, with new buyers operating and a good solid demand with notable highlights for the best Steers reached 1,190, Heifers 1,100 and Feeding Bulls 840. Anyone contemplating selling Store Cattle should take comfort from the level of trade at Bakewell. Things looked good in the Finished Cattle section with top figures of 230p and 1,624. A mixed sample of 51 Steers averaged 189.3p which gives a flavour of the trade. In the OTM and Feeding Cow department top figures were 176 pence and 1,624. The average pence which would be satisfactory bearing in mind the mixed quality of the entry. A good crop of 113 Calves with general comments that they were very dear, top figures Bulls 390 and Heifers 270. Turning to the Sheep section here were 1824 finished Lambs selling to 220p and per head. As far as averages are concerned the SQQ figure was 180.3p and somewhat unusually the overall was 181.3p, making one think hard about all the dire warnings of producing Lambs out of spec, a Look at last years statistics indicates that this week we are about 3 or 4 pence in front. Finally 538 Cull Sheep with Ewes to 114 and an average of

2 What s happening for the next few days. Thursday 23 rd Regular Sheep Market Friday 24 th Farm Dispersal Sale, Longton, Stoke on Trent Monday 27th Bank Holiday Hope Show, Come and see us on the Bagshaws stand. Tuesday 28 th Bakewell Market Thursday 30 th Regular Sheep sale followed by the Hartington Social Night. Friday 31 st Store Lamb Sale 10.30am start, 5710 entered, further entries invited. 104 OTM, BARREN & FEEDING COWS overall average p (Auctioneer Oliver Hiles) Trade is improving with another lift today with some cows looking 10 pence better sold. As always, a lot of Feeding Cows in the entry and these were well bid for by an army of buyers. Top call was 176 pence for a Limousin x cow (7yrs) to gross 1386 for Lisa Powdrill, Heage. Brian and Harold Ponsonby had 173p for their well fed Blonde cow to gross Better cows generally 150p plus with keeping Cows depending on potential. 59 Black & White and ex dairy cows - ave 110.5p Better sold, better sorts pence with some strong Cows in the offering. God Holsteins pence, leaner Cows pence with plain Cows under Sample prices: 176p/kg 788kg Lim L Powdrill, Heage 173p/kg 838kg Blond x BD & JH Ponsonby, Tideswell Moor 160p/kg 750kg Lim Redgate Farms, Brinsley 160p/kg 566kg Lim DR Rowland & NJ Woodward, Hope 158p/kg 660kg B Blue x DS Gregory, Glossop 156p/kg 550kg Lim SR Harrison, Belper 155p/kg 668kg Lim CA Heathcote, Kniveton 148p/kg 796kg Sim BD & JH Ponsonby., Tideswell Moor 148p/kg 670kg B Blue x D Prince, Back of Ecton 145p/kg 644kg Fri J Brough & Son, Rudyard 144p/kg 746kg Others EA Cooper & Sons, Taddington Gross Prices: kg Blond x BD & JH Ponsonby, Tideswell Moor kg Lim L Powdrill, Belper kg Lim Redgate Farms, Brinsley kg Lim BD & JH Ponsonby, Tideswell Moor kg AA B Sayles, Park Head kg Others EA Cooper & Sons, Taddington kg B Blue x DS Gregory, Glossop kg Fri PG Cantrell, Haddon Grove kg Lim CA Heathcote, Atlow kg B Blue x AG Tomkinson, Thorpe

3 1 OTM Bull 1376p/kg 1232 Char BT & JE Elkin, Stone FARM ASSURANCE Farm Assurance is very important part of Cattle marketing. More and more of the big firms want to buy only assured Cattle. It is important for both Cows and Clean Cattle. That said, the top price Cow today was not Farm Assured so we do have customers for both. Keep your selling options open and become FARM ASSURED. If you would like any information speak to the Auctioneer, Oliver Hiles on FINISHED CATTLE overall average 187.1p (Auctioneer Oliver Hiles) An excellent show of Cattle prior to the Bank Holiday next week and some excellent quality in the ranks. Trade fast throughout. 45 Young Bulls ave 183.4p All sorts on offer with some good quality best Bulls over 2, Messrs Edge, Minninglow has 212 and 210p for Limousins, with Stephen Mills, Sheffield also at 212p for a shapey Blue, Phil Watson had 210, 207 and 199p for his trio. Big Bulls sold to 162.4p for an older (27 mnths) Black Limousin. Dairy Bulls sold to 179p for Bob Bradbury, Middleton. 212p/kg 664kg Lim D & SE Edge, Pike Hall 212p/kg 642kg B Blue x BA & SW Mills., Redmires 210p/kg 670kg Lim D & SE Edge, Pike Hall 210pkg 562kg B Blue x J Watson, Ashover 208p/kg 614kg Sim A Merryman, Dronfield 207p/kg 520kg Lim A Sims, Hulland 207p/kg 566kg B Blue x J Watson, Ashover 206p/kg 534kg Lim MJ Ludlam, Moorwood Moor 200p/kg 504kg Lim A Sims, Hulland 199p/kg 526kg B Blue x J Watson, Ashover 198p/kg 516kg Lim A Sims, Hulland 196p/kg 594kg B Blue x NH Gaunt & Son, Dronfield And gross Prices: kg Lim A Spendlove & Sons, Heath kg Lim D & SE Edge, Pike Hall kg Lim D & SE Edge, Pike Hall kg B Blue x BA & SW Mills, Redmires kg Lim CG Matkin, Alderwasley kg Sim A Merryman, Dronfield kg Lim GC & BJ Cresswell, Atlow kg Sim PR & PM Atkin, Hope Valley kg B Blue x NH Gaunt & Son, Sheffield kg B Blue x J Watson, Ashover

4 51 Steers overall average 189.4p A massive turnout and some outstanding quality well fed and bred Cattle on offer. Nigel Birch topped the pile with a tremendous handy weight Limousin at 224p with his other at 218p ( 1382) Better sorts all over 210p and plenty p. Angus to 199p, Devon s to 204p with B&W s to 179p. 224p/kg 564kg Lim NA Birch, Monyash 219p/kg 548kg Lim D & SE Edge, Pike Hall 219p/kg 630kg Lim Hazledine Farms, Watnall 218p/kg 634kg Sim NA Birch, Monyash 218p/kg 564kg Lim D & SE Edge, Pike Hall 216p/kg 534kg Lim WT & HP Grindon & Son, Warslow 214p/kg 536kg Blond x BD & J Ponsonby, Tideswell Moor 210p/kg 604kg Blond x D Prince, Back of Ecton 209p/kg 560kg Lim WT & HP Grindon & Son, Warslow 208p/kg 540kg Blond x BD & JH Ponsonby, Tideswell Moor 207p/kg 542kg Blond x BD & JH Ponsonby, Tideswell Moor 204p/kg 522kg B Blue x NH Gaunt & Son, Dronfield And Gross Prices: kg Sim N A Birch, Monyash kg Lim Hazledine Farms, Watnall kg Lim TG Archer & Son, Yeldersley kg AA RW Ardern & Sons, Topley Pike kg B Blue x RW Ardern & Sons, Topley Pike kg Char IP Carrington, Kniveton kg Char IP Carrington, Kniveton kg B Blue x SL Holland & Son, Youlgreave kg Lim SL Holland Son, Youlgreave kg Blond x D Prince, Back of Ecton 41 Finished Heifers overall average 188.1p Good quality throughout with trade generally dearer. Roger White topped the day selling best Limousins to 230p and purchased by Henshall Butchers at Chinley. Hazledine Farms had 220p and Mark Hadfield with 216,216 and 215p 230p/kg 526kg Lim R & A White & Son, Bamford 227p/kg 522kg Lim R & A White & Son, Bamford 220p/kg 532kg Lim Hazledine Farms, Watnall 216pkg 478kg Lim RM Hadfield, Castleton 216p/kg 574kg Lim Hazledine Farms, Watnall 216p/kg 480kg Lim RM Hadfield, Castleton 215p/kg 478kg Lim RM Hadfield, Castleton 212p/kg 548kg Lim Hazledine Farms, Watnall

5 208p/kg 670kg Lim RG&E&MJ Round, Thorpe 207p/kg 626kg Lim TW & E Gratton, King Sterndale 205p/kg 610kg Lim PJ & JA Morten & Daughters, Barmoor Clough 205p/kg 624kg Lim TW & E Gratton, King Sterndale 203p/kg 548kg Sim D Hadfield & Daughter, Tideswell 200p/kg 610kg Lim WI Fletcher, Sheldon 200p/kg 530kg Lim TG Archer & Son, Yeldersley Gross prices: kg Lim RG & MJ Round, Thorpe kg Lim TW & E Gratton, King Sterndale kg Lim TW & E Gratton, King Sterndale kg Lim PJ&JA Morten & Daughters, Barmoor Clough kg Lim Hazledine Farms, Watnall kg Lim WI Fletcher, Sheldon kg B Blue x FR,J & D Charlesworth, Bradbourne kg Lim R & A White & Son, Bamford kg B Blue x RW Ardern & Sons, Topley Pike kg Lim R & A White & Son, Bamford 403 STORE & BREEDING CATTLE - (Alastair Sneddon) More Cattle, more buyers clearly attracted the substantial entries on the Early Warning List and totalling 403 head. Plenty of demand at all price levels and a strong trade right to the end. 23 Feeding Bulls 400 Angus x mnths RE Slack, Pinxton 520 Hfd 7-13 mnths B Maltby, Eyam 615 Sim x 9 mnths A Bennett, Birch Cross 810 Blond x 7 mnths J Mellor, Hayfield 890 Lim x 21 mnths R Gratton, Buxton 330 Red Poll x 8 mnths J Harrison, Trussley 14 Breeding Cattle Examples included:- 930 Hfd x Hfrs, mnths i/c JR Townsend, Bakewell 990 Lim x Cow 72 mnths & Hfr Calf D Swindell, Matlock 960 Angus x Cow 41 mnths & Bull Calf RF & H Hinchliffe, Whaley Bridge 207 Steers ave 768 A tremendous show of Steers many suitable for offering in level bunches which attracted particularly strong bidding. The largest bunch and possibly a record for the market was 15 pure Holsteins which filled the ring and realised a satisfactory 505 a piece. Good numbers of Angus and Hereford crosses to suit specialist buyers and some strong Continental crosses which regularly topped the 1000 mark.

6 Sample results: 660 Sim x 9 mnths R&R Beardow, Press 800 Lim x 10 mnths RJ Stubbs, Burton 940 Lim x 12 mnths JR & PJ Chappell, Alton 980 Lim x mnths DN & JE Renwick, Middleton 850 Lim x 12 mnths J Bonsall, Atlow 480 Holst 14 mnths LB & AB Thompson, Longnor 670 Char x 9-12 mnths A Mosley & Son, Brassington 525 Fries 9 mnths C & M Wainwright, Denstone 600 Holst mnths NA & JA Stone, Tissington 815 Br x 18 mnths S Rains & Son, Grange Mill 500 Welsh B 14 mnths ME Collins, West Hallam 1100 Char x mnths A Hall, Chisworth 1010 Char x mnths R Brough & Son, Monyash 870 Devon x mnths DJ Foster, Quarndon 1180 B Blue x mnths P Wood, Wirksworth 1140 Lim x mnths R Gratton, Buxton 1190 Lim x 14 mnths R Gratton, Buxton 735 B Blue x mnths BA Shimwell, Elton 920 Angus x 24 mnths D Greatorex, Matlock 905 Pied x 17 mnths BG Adams, Brailsford 1160 Lim x 16 mnths JW & RG Ede, Youlgreave 505 Hols mnths JP & SL Hotchin, Parwich 910 Mont x 31 mnths D Cooper, Pike Hall 855 Hfd x 20 mnths Hall Prtnrs, Litton 875 Hfd x 20 mnths R & M Green & Sons, Whiston 840 Fries 26 mnths D Mathews, Castleton 880 Fries mnths G & M Limer, Taddington 740 Angus x mnths M Sellors, Grange Mill 1100 Angus x 23 mnths G White & Partners, Ilam 1190 Angus x 26 mnths J Gould & Son, Chelmorton 885 Hfd x mnths CW & BM Hudson, Longnor 780 Hfd x 24 mnths L Howe, Cressbrook 935 Hfd x 24 mnths M green, Dove Holes 840 Hfd x mnths SA Edge, West Hallam 1100 Angus x mnths DR Heatley, Dilhorne 1150 Char x 18 mnths NJ Matkin, West End 154 Heifers ave 769 Plenty to choose from, but all well sold with keen competition from those seeking stock for both feeding and breeding. The prices set out below tell their own story. Typical Returns: 840 Blond x 9 mnths J Mellor, Hayfield 600 Sim x 10 mnths R & RJ Beardow, Press 605 Sim x 15 mnths G & D Shuker, Whaley Bridge 660 Lim x 9-12 mnths M Wright, Hartington

7 780 Lim x 10 mnths DN & JE Renwick, Middleton 580 Char x 9-12 mnths A Mosley & Son, Brassington 720 Lim x 9 mnths NA & JA Stone, Tissington 600 Lim x 10 mnths ME Collins, West Hallam 600 Char x 14 mnths A Hall, Chisworth 670 Angus x mnths JH Morten & Son, Whaley Bridge 1020 Lim x mnths LG Parkin, Unstone 890 Angus x mnths DJ Foster, Quarndon 1100 B Blue x mnths P Wood, Wirksworth 900 Lim x mnths R Gratton, Buxton 920 Angus x 25 mnths D Greatorex, Matlock 830 Angus x 17 mnths BG Adams, Brailsford 1095 Blond x 15 mnths JW & RG Ede, Youlgreave 1045 B blue x 23 mnths JW & RG Ede, Youlgreave 1065 Char x mnths JW & RG Ede, Youlgreave 820 Lim x 19mnths TW & E Gratton, King Sterndale 800 Angus x 21 mnths G & R Wright, Sandybrook 965 Lim x mnths R Bunting, Newhaven 1070 Lim x mnths AG Tomkinson, Thorpe 775 Angus x mnths S Bolton, Macc Forest 845 Hfd x mnths NI Naylor, Crowdicote 1100 B Blue x mnths G White & Partners, Ilam 950 Angus x mnths J Gould & Son, Chelmorton 810 B Blue x 20 mnths BJ Moore, Newborough 895 Lim x mnths DJ Renshaw, Sandybrook 620 B Gall 26 mnths L Howe, Cressbrook 980 B Blue x 29 mnths RN Wilcockson, Eastmoor 850 Angus x mnths DR Heatley, Dilhorne 113 CALVES (Auctioneer Ivor Lowe) Trade a little more selective today with some Calves looking extremely well sold and others looking to offer greater value for money. Bulls peaked at 390 for a B Blue and older Calves 370 for a Saler. Second quality possibly a little easier today but the entry in general lacking a little in the way of quality. Heifers generally in line with last week with better sorts 200 plus to a top of 255 for B Blue. Black & White Dairy bred Calves dearer again with the best to 150 and an overall average of 80. Bulls Top Price ( ) Average Vendor Hfd D Fotherby & Sons, Wormhill Sim G & D Shuker & Sons, Whaley Bridge Hols Moor Farmers, Flagg Others 82 G & D Shuker & Sons, Whaley Bridge Saler PJ Furness & Son, Wormhill Mont PR & JJ Holgate, Belper Fri D Fotherby & Sons, Wormhill

8 AA 82 JD & B Broadley & Sons, Hartington Baz 110 Moor Farmers, Flagg Lim D & LA Critchlow, Sheen Br Blue G Matkin, Idridgehay Heifers Top Price Average Vendor Hfd D Fotherby & Sons, Wormhill Sim 128 JR & JA Marsden, Hathersage Char 270 Moor Farmers, Flagg Saler 115 PJ Furness & Son, Wormhill AA L Webster & Co, Tissington Baz 250 Moor Farmers, Flagg B Blue x JD & B Broadley & Sons, Hartington Lim JR Kidd, Brierlow Bar 2384 SHEEP including 1824 Spring Lambs & 538 Ewes & Rams (Auctioneers Ivor Lowe & Mark Elliott 1824 Finished Lambs ave p/kg A further increase in numbers forward and trade a shade back on that seen last week but still well in line. Best well meated Continentals over 200p/kg to a top of 220p/kg, over 103 per head. Some smaller samples lacking finish within the entry reduced the overall average accordingly. Leading Prices: 41.7kg 204p/kg TN Palfreyman, Flagg 42.7kg 212p/kg Furness & Taylor, Wormhill 43.4kg 202p/kg R & S Salisbury, Abney 45.5kg 220p/kg RD & SR Furness, Chimneys 46.0kg 202p/kg RD & SR Furness, Chimneys 47.0kg 205p/kg Furness & Taylor, Wormhill Spring Lamb Averages: kg To: 192p/kg Average: p/kg 39.1kg-45.5kg To: 212p/kg Average: p/kg kg To: 205p/kg Average: p/kg 52+kg To: 220p/kg Average: p/kg Ewes and Rams Ewes a good trade but demand hardly as fast as last week and the best Texel and Char Ewes just a shade steadier than recent weeks. Top call 114 for Texels from the Clark Family with Mr B Wartig close behind with Texels at 112 and 110. The trade of the day had to be the Mules to a top of nearly 90 for the biggest and best. Better horned Ewes to nearly 50 Best Rams to 90 for Texels from Jim Makinson. Auctioneers: Bagshaws, The Agricultural Business Centre, Bakewell

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