BAKEWELL MARKET Monday 15th February With only fog to contend with this week stock numbers were better with 493 cattle and 974 sheep on offer, but still lower than the equivalent market 12 months ago. Because of the reduced numbers trade was exceptional with both cattle and sheep exceeding all expectations. There were 262 Store & Breeding cattle, plenty of buying power in operation and remarkable prices achieved. There is more than enough demand, but we seem to be short of supply. If you have Store Cattle to sell call Alastair Sneddon on 07973 982441 to book them in for future markets. Steers sold to £1,260 with an average of £906, heifers to £1,215 average £847 and feeding bulls £1,040 average £703. Cows & Calves to £1,250 and in calf cows £1,200. The figures above indicate many smaller and many young Black & White Steers. Trade for the 107 Finished Cattle remains as strong as ever with the best on offer to 257p and £1,688. Those figures are impressive, but the average for the 37 heifers at 216.2p demonstrated that trade was outstanding for all types. Thinking of Selling at Bakewell, have a word with Oliver on 07801 530899 A decent entry of 86 OTM & Feeding Cows with buyers pushing very hard to secure loads. Top figures 185p and £1,546 with the average a remarkable 135.3p. 38 Calves this week, bulls to £250 and heifers £305. 699 Old Season Lambs forward with top figures 350p/kg and £156.35 per head. The SQQ average at 295.3p demonstrating that we could have certainly sold many more had they been available. 275 Cull Sheep with ewes to £169 to average a healthy £96.76. Forthcoming Fixtures Thursday 18th February: Lunchtime Sheep Sale, See our Facebook page for special entries Friday 19th February: Open Catalogued Sale of 200 Suckler bred Store Cattle. A DATE FOR YOUR DIARY FRIDAY 19TH MARCH: HPLS Catalogued Suckler Bred Store Cattle Sale, entries are now being taken, call the Bakewell Office on 01629 812777 MARKET NOTICES We have been asked to inform you that ‘Bill’ Greatholder of Turnditch And David Mellor of Spray House Farm, Hayfield Have passed away in recent days. 86 Barren, OTM and Feeding Cows Overall Average 135.3p (Auctioneer Oliver Hiles). More on offer and a fantastic trade once again with all shapes, breed and weights in demand. Whilst this level of demand continues, surely the best way to market cows is on their legs in Bakewell Market. Best Cows today sold over 170p with a trio from P Brennand, Little Hayfield at 185p, 184p and 182p. Natives had Hereford to 158p and Angus to 153p. 42 Black & White and ex-dairy cows Ave 124p Quite unbelievable some of the prices achieved with best bred Frieisans to 158p for Gordon & Barbara Cresswell who had another at 156p (£1123). Chris Beever had 152p with Ian Redfern at 150p. Big Holsteins at 125-140p with smaller sorts 110-120p and only a handful under £1. Sample Results: 185p/kg 836kg Lim P Brennand, Little Hayfield 184p/kg 744kg B Blue P Brennand, Little Hayfield 182p/kg 792kg Char P Brennand, Little Hayfield 174p/kg 682kg Lim R & A White & Son, Snake 171p/kg 676kg Lim MJ Wells & Son, Monyash 170p/kg 726kg Lim Clark Farms, Ringinglow 169p/kg 634kg Sim CE Hancock & Son, Elton 166p/kg 602kg B Blue x PS & JM Bloor, Sandbach 164p/kg 886kg B Blue x J & AM Battye, Ringinglow 159p/kg 704kg Lim B & AB Lawson, Ringinglow And Gross Prices: £1546.60 836kg Lim P Brennand, Little Hayfield £1453.04 886kg B Blue x J & AM Battye, Ringinglow £1441.44 792kg Char P Brennand, Little Hayfield £1368.96 744kg B Blue P Brennand, Little Hayfield £1264.08 916kg Sim P Brennand, Little Hayfield £1252.44 852kg Lim K Haynes, Whatstandwell £1245.04 788kg Hfd A & PD Boam, Uppertown £1234.20 726kg Lim Clark Farms, Ringinglow £1225.98 834kg Holst D Fotherby & Sons, Wormhill £1200.80 760kg B Blue x J & AM Battye, Ringinglow 2 OTM Steers 177p/kg £1200 S Horn Thorp Farms, Baslow 107 FINISHED CATTLE – overall average 201.3p (Auctioneer Oliver Hiles) Equally as dear as last week’s record prices with some ‘bottom end’ sorts possible even dearer. 37 Finished Bulls ave 182.2p/kg A bumper entry of bulls with 37 on offer and another different buyer at ringside. 7 better sorts over £2 with a high of 232p/kg for a pure blue from Anne Richardson, Yeaveley who had another at 218p. Robert Belfield, Leek had 219p for a Stabilizer with John Ottewell also at 219p and 216p (£1643). 6 Natives to 191p with 12 B/W to 174p. Sample Results: 232p/kg 582kg B Blue x TJ & EA Richardson, Yeaveley 219p/kg 584kg Stab R Belfield, Leek 219p/kg 670kg B Blue x JT Ottewell, Calow 218p/kg 574kg B Blue x TJ & EA Richardson, Yeaveley 211p/kg 556kg B Blue x A Sims Ltd, Hulland 206p/kg 798kg Blonde x JT Ottewell, Calow 201p/kg 540kg B Blue x JS & A Whitehurst, Bramshall 198p/kg 490kg B Blue x JS & A Whitehurst, Bramshall 196p/kg 540kg Lim J Hole & Sons, Ashover 191p/kg 828kg AA DG Allen, Derby 189p/kg 834kg Lim J Simpson, Bradwell 189p/kg 710kg Sim RHH Parnell, Littleover And Gross Prices: £1643.88 798kg Blonde x JT Ottewell, Calow £1581.48 828kg AA DG Allen, Derby £1576.26 834kg Lim J Simpson, Bradwell £1467.30 670kg B Blue x JT Ottewell, Calow £1350.24 582kg B Blue x TJ & EA Richardson, Yeaveley £1341.90 710kg Sim RHH Parnell, Littleover £1335.00 750kg Sim S Smith, Wirksworth £1285.92 684kg AA DG Allen, Derby £1278.96 584kg Stab R Belfield, Leek £1270.88 686kg B Blue x D Smith, Wirksworth 33 Steers – overall average 205.5p/kg 9 Native, 3 B/W and 21 Continental and a remarkable trade throughout. Steve, Steff and Owen Wells won the day with a tremendous Blue at 250p. Nigel Birch at 237 and 235p with James Blackshaw at 237 and 231p. Big Limousin sold up to £1659 (228p) for Don Lownds, Reapsmoor. Hereford sold to 212p with 3 B/W to 193p. Sample Results: 250p/kg 566kg B Blue x MJ Wells & Son, Monyash 237p/kg 546kg Lim NA Birch, Monyash 237p/kg 526kg B Blue x JW Blackshaw, Bakewell 235p/kg 582kg Lim NA Birch, Monyash 231p/kg 532kg B Blue x JW Blackshaw, Bakewell 228p/kg 728kg Lim D Lownds, Reapsmoor 228p/kg 674kg B Blue x B & K Stevenson, Quarndon 224p/kg 690kg Sim K Harrop, Alport 222p/kg 636kg Lim PJ & JA Morten, Barmoor Clough 222p/kg 610kg AA DG Allen, Derby And Gross Prices: £1659.84 708kg Lim D Lownds, Reapsmoor £1545.60 690kg Sim K Harrop, Alport £1540.00 880kg Hfd B & K Stevenson, Quarndon £1536.72 674kg B Blue x B & K Stevenson, Quarndon £1492.40 728kg B Blue x B & K Stevenson, Quarndon £1461.74 742kg B Blue x RA & CW Bentley, Church Broughton £1452.00 726kg Lim B & K Stevenson, Quarndon £1425.60 660kg Lim RM Hadfield Ltd, Castleton £1415.00 566kg B Blue x PJ & JA Morten, Barmoor Clough 37 Finished Heifers – overall average 216.3p/kg Equally as dear as last weeks flyer and plenty of quality heifers for the buyers to bid for. Keith Harrop topped the day at 257 (£1577) and 250p. Don Lownds had a tremendous Limmy at 244p or (£1688). Only 3 heifers today under £2. Sample Results: 257p/kg 614kg Blonde x K Harrop, Alport 250p/kg 558kg B Blue x K Harrop, Alport 244p/kg 692kg Lim D Lownds, Reapsmoor 235p/kg 576kg B Blue x R & A White & Son, Snake 234p/kg 600kg Lim NH Gaunt & Son, Dronfield 233p/kg 494kg B Blue x JW Blackshaw, Bakewell 230p/kg 562kg Lim K Harrop, Alport 228p/kg 632kg B Blue x P Brennand, Little Hayfield 227p/kg 564kg Char RM Hadfield Ltd, Castleton 227p/kg 582kg Lim NH Gaunt & Son, Dronfield And Gross Prices: £1688.48 692kg Lim D Lownds, Reapsmoor £1577.98 614kg Blonde x K Harrop, Alport £1440.96 632kg B Blue x P Brennand, Little Hayfield £1433.60 640kg Lim NH Gaunt & Son, Dronfield £1404.00 600kg Lim NH Gaunt & Son, Dronfield £1399.56 654kg B Blue x P Brennand, Little Hayfield £1395.00 558kg B Blue x K Harrop, Alport £1393.60 670kg B Blue x PJ & JA Morten, Barmoor Clough £1388.80 640kg Lim H & G Hollinshead, Lichfield STORE & BREEDING CATTLE - (Auctioneer Alastair Sneddon) A decent entry of 262 Store & Breeding Cattle, but nowhere near enough to satisfy demand. Regular buyers worked very hard secure cattle at remarkable prices. If you have store cattle to sell do not hesitate to give Alastair a ring on 07973 982441. Bakewell buyers want the chance to bid for your cattle. The sale commenced with a handful of Breeding Cattle which included: £1250 Sim Cow, 68 mnths & Hfr Calf SJ & L White, Wingerworth £1200 Lim x Hfrs, 24-27 mnths, R/W Bull PT Chadfield, Marston £980 Hfd Hfr, 22 mnths, R/W Bull J Ford, Kirk Ireton £880 Hfd Cow, 54 mnths, R/W Bull J Ford Kirk Ireton 17 Feeding Bulls: Only a small selection, but all well sold. £845 Char x 10 mnths MS Woodhouse, Chaddesden £675 B Blue x 9-10 mnths T & JM White, Bradfield £1040 Blonde 12 mnths DF & A Wainwright, Cold Eaton £690 Blonde x 6 mnths DF & A Wainwright, Cold Eaton £970 Lim x 17 mnths D Kay, Midhurst £845 Lim x 11-12 mnths D Kay, Midhurst £635 Lim x 8-10 mnths H Savage, Harthill £585 Blonde x 6-8 mnths CH Ede & Son, Alkmonton 155 Steers ave £906 Phenomenal trade for a decent selection with demand outstripping supply.