MARKET DRAYTON MARKET LTD Barbers Auctions report the following trade at Market Drayton Market :- MONDAY 8 OCTOBER 2018 Top Av. Top Av. 206 BARREN COWS, BULLS & OVERAGE Dairy 110p 80.00p Grade 1 198p 157p CLEAN CATTLE (Red Market) Sucklers 135p 104.00p Grade 2 162p 149p Auctioneer : Bernie Hutchinson (07778 164274) Bulls 214p 144.00p Grade 3 119p 107p Clean 187p 130.00p Grade 4 83p 67p Well what can I say the trade was like wadding in treacle with very little demand throughout. Best sold on the - NEXT RED MARKETS - night would be plain cows but meated cows certainly finding Monday 29 October/12 & 26 November 2018 a correction in trade! Reports from the cliff face too much Sale Commences at 5pm supply and no demand with export sales slow and large For all cattle including T.B. restricted holdings with a numbers of cows flooding abattoirs due to lack of fodder. In movement licence from Animal Health direct to my defence on the night two thirds of the cows were very slaughter, no six-day rule. plain and light emphasising what a hard summer they have had and milking off their backs. Top calls trickled out at * * * * * * * * * * * * 214p for bulls, 187p for clean, 135p for sucklers and 110p PIGS for dairy. The overall market average returned at 102p. Auctioneer : Ben Baggott (07791 791356) 98 Dairies - Certainly nowhere near a vintage For Monday 15 October at 10.30am show with the vast majority of worked and lean cows in the mix. Meated cows sold to 110p (£688.60) from Mr Simon 15 to 20 Cull Sows Furnival & Family, Napley. Other names to note :- A.D. & 150 to 180 Fat Pigs to include :- P.J. Moseley, Whitgreave cow to 109p (£728.12), Bonsall 16 x Large White Fat Mercaston, Rose Hill Aryshire to 109p (£708.50), Blakeman 10 x G.O.S. X Pietrain Fat Partners, Ollerton black and white to 106p (£697.48) and 80 x Very Smart Bacon Pigs L.R. & E.H. Yapp & Son, Northwood cow to 106p (£763.20) 80 to 100 Store & Weaner Pigs to include :- to mention a few. In the lump Clayton Partnership, Hampton 5 x G.O.S. Weaners Heath black and white cow grossed £799.00. The vast 8 x Large White X Weaners majority of meated cows sold in excess of 100p, steakers 6 x Pure Large Black Weaners 85p to 98p, heavy plain 75p to 85p and thereafter 46p to 80p 20 x Large White Weaners 20kg depending on age and weight! The section average 30 x Large White Stores 30kg returned at 80p (£504.20). More Entries on Facebook over the weekend! 32 Sucklers - No real superstars in the ranks All enquires to Ben 07791 791356. with the vast majority very plain restricted cows forward. Trade peaked at 135p (£923.40) for a Limousin from Mr G. - NEXT PIG MARKETS - Chidlow, Lower Heath. Mr Giles Ratcliffe, Whixall sold a Monday 15 October/5 & 19 November 2018 Blue Cross to 121p (£854.26) and T.C. Atkin & Son, at 10.30am Cull Sows & Boars Cheswardine Angus to 120p (£919.20) to mention a few. Followed by Prime Pigs & Store Pigs. The section average returned at 104p (£612.79). For Sale : Up to 40 Landrace Cross Large White In-Pig 17 Bulls - Mainly dominated with young bulls and Sows (in-pig to PIC327) Further details Ben 07791791356. these sold to 214p (£1,39956) for a Limousin from A.T. Richardson & Son Ltd, Ashbourne who also sold Charolais * * * * * * * * * * * * to gross £1,489.20 and stock bulls to realise £1,178.00 for a WEDNESDAY 10 OCTOBER 2018 Charolais. Black and white young bulls sold to 175p 283 CLEAN CATTLE & YOUNG BULLS (£980.00) from W.E. Bennett & Sons, Ashbourne and 160p Auctioneer : Bernie Hutchinson (07778 164274) (£908.80) and 154p (£882.34) to mention a few. The Meated cattle sold on a real blistering trade racing section average returned at 144p (£987.20). away to 280p and dare I say it many more could have been 59 Clean - Restricted steers sold to 187p sold to vendors advantage. On the day the other end of the (£1,107.04) for Angus from Keith Bennett & Family, spectrum with some very light plain grass cattle which were Woodseaves and further steers to 180p (£1,069.20). The a little harder to place but the benefit of a green market Crow Family, Cherrington sold Stabilisers to 186p x 2 further finishers can operate and put a base in the trade or (£1,108.56 and £1,060.20), 181p (£1,024.46) etc. Heifers even enhance it for the right animal. Thank you to both saw Keith Bennett & Family Angus sell to 180p (£1,123.20) buyer and sellers who were out in force either side of the and Mr J.H. Charlesworth, Uttoxeter Angus to 174p ring!! Top calls rang out to 280p for heifers, 250p for steers (£943.08) etc. and 235p for bulls. 157 Bulls - Fantastic number with the good, bad T.G. Phillips & Co of Llanymynech had a great and ugly in the ranks and large contingent of Drayton consignment forward selling to £2,020 Burgedin Lumberjack Specials black and whites but certainly did not make for a Bertha fresh calved and yielding over 30kg daily was sold to grey trade!! Suckers raced away to 235p (£1,475.80) for a B.G. & M.A. Elkin & Sons Ltd of Hilderstone, they also took Limousin from Edward Evans & Family, Halfway House and home with them a super cross bred heifer from S.N. Bailey & further bulls to 229p (£1,470.18), 228p (£1,527.60) and 227p Partners of Lightwood Green, this heifer milking extremely (£1,448.26). The Beard Family, Balterley sold Limousin to well realised at £2,000. 229p (£1,300.72), Mr Geoff Warburton & Family, Higher Selling for £1,970 was a good heifer from M.&J. & E. Whitley Limousin to 226p (£1,139.04) and distant travellers Hughes of Criggon, Westvalley Impression Bellus 162nd E.H. Pennie & Son, Llandyssil Limousins to 225p (£1,512.0) calved at the end of September, she was purchased by E.C. and 218p (£1,451.88). In the lump Will & Jackie Forrester, Jervis & Son of Standon. Higher Heath sold corking Limousins to return £1,586.70 to Many other great heifers with power and milk sold mention a few. Native breeds sold to 202p (£1,256.44) for over £1,800 heifers lacking milk and condition were in the Angus from distant travellers N.G. & P. Sidebottom, Marple region of £1,000 to £1,400. Bridge. A regular visitor to Drayton Mr J. Reynolds, Cows sold to £1,810 today for Mr A.H. Wilson of Woodhouse Eves, saw his Drayton special black and white Tregibby Farm, Ceredigion, Tregibby Windrook Missy sell to 188p (£1,045.28). The section average returned at (VG85) was milking like a steam train achieving 50.kg daily, 173p (£974.53). she was secured by a local milk producer. 53 Steers - A lot of black and white steers in the entry Brown Swiss from Mr H. Davies of Puddington sold to but certainly did not dampen the appetite of the buyers or £1,500 for a third calf cow. Cross bred youngstock sold to make for a poor trade. Super star quality shone brightly to £475 for Mr O.G. Jones of LLanlestyn. 250p (£1,282.50) for a corking Blue Cross from Mr Paul Averages Roberts, Mid-Wales and further Limousin to 235p Milking Cows of all breeds and faults £1,250 (£1,323.05). Closer to home more commercial types on Milking Heifers of all breeds and faults £1,580.57 show with Mr Brian Owen representing The Bratton Family, Many Thanks to all purchasers and vendors for your Market Drayton selling two shapely Limousins to 225p continued support we really appreciate it. (£1,264.50) and 221p (£1,237.60). Two new faces to Drayton saw Mr W. Northwood, Apeton selling Blues to 218p FINAL REMINDER FOR DISPERSAL SALE (£1,203.36) and Mr Simon Davies, Shawbury Simmentals to MONDAY 15TH OCTOBER 11.00AM -The total dispersal of 215p (£1,350.20) and 210p (£1,209.60) etc. Native types the superb commercial milking herd the property of R.T. saw The Sidebottom Family, Marple Bridge selling Angus to SMITH & SON of Hooks Farm, Hinstock and removed to 210p (£1,142.40) and Mrs Alison Annandale & Family, Market Drayton Market for Sale convenience. The sale is Hinstock Angus in the lump grossed £1,244.32. The section average returned at 185.86p (£1,181.20). bursting with quality and comprises 150 Head: 130 cows and 73 Heifers - Very much a two tier trade with meat and milking heifers 14 in calf heifers and 8 heifer calves. Call for shape an absolute breeze to sell and demand throughout in further details 01829 260545 contrast to light, plain, grass heifers which would have been harder work. Super star quality raced away to 280p 212 STORE CATTLE (£1,321.60) for a tremendous Limousin from Mr Chris Auctioneer : Ben Baggott (07791 791356) Longton & Family, Hatton and further cattle to 270p Good numbers of stores forward again this week and (£1,328.40), 268p (£1,340.00), 265p (£1,282.60), 260p a two tier trade. Best in spec cattle easy to sell but some (£1,315.60), 257p (£1,264.44) and 228p (£1,076.16). Mr close to time, non-farm assured or small for age cattle much Paul Roberts, Mid-Wales Blue Crosses to 245p (£1,288.70) harder work today.