Ruthin primestock sale - July 16

RUTHIN Farmers' Auction reports sales of 2,790 prime lambs to 253.3ppk / £112; 731 cull ewes and rams to £112 and four cattle to 244ppk / £1,344.00.

New season lambs:

There was a very good entry of 2,790 lambs, with early signs of demand for tup lambs.

Trade peaked at 235.3ppk.

Contact Elfor Morris to discuss or just take your lambs in anytime between 6am and 10am.

Lambs are also required on Fridays.

Top priced:

Light lambs 178.1ppk by J P Jones, Rhedyn Coch and £57 from the same vendor; Standard lambs 235.3ppk by D G L Owens, Awelfryn and £86 by I P Jones, Maes Tyddyn; Medium lambs 225.0ppk by D G L Owens and £91 by R Pierce, Ochr Cefn; Heavy lambs 200.0ppk by I P Jones, Maes Tyddyn and £97 by I H Morris & Son, Penrhewl

Light to 178.1 Average 176.9; Standard to 235.3 Average 182.7; Medium to 225.0 Average 180.4; Heavy to 200.0 Average 179.6; Overall Average 180.9; SQQ 181.1.

Cull ewes and rams (auctioneer - Paul Roberts):

There was a very good entry with trade remaining similar to the last couple of weeks, with bigger ewes a brisk trade.

Top priced rams / ewes: £112.00 by Oldford Texels, Oldfield.

Texel ewes to £112.00; Cross Bred ewes to £100.00; Charolais rams to £100.00; Charolais ewes to £100.00; Texel rams to £90.00; Welsh rams to £40.00; Welsh ewes to £35.00; Overall ewes / rams average £58.50.

Prime cattle:

Once again, there was a lot of quality about.

Many more are required on a weekly basis, including OTM cattle, with excellent loading and unloading facilities making it an easy process for both vendors and purchasers.

Top priced per kilo was a 505kg heifer by H J & F J Williams, Maes Gadfa achieving 244.0ppk.

The top priced beast was a 560kg Limousin heifer by J H & S W Burns & Son, Dan y Deri at £1,344.00. Overall average 238.3ppk.

St Asaph livestock market - July 18

NEW season lambs (2,026):

A seasonally small show met with an excellent trade for the week. Demand was consistent throughout and more are needed to meet demand.

Top price Light - 175.71p/kg shown by I M Evans, Sarn and £63/head shown by the same vendor.

Top price Standard - 221p/kg shown by H & E Vaughan, Hafod Y Gog and £84/head shown by the same vendors.

Top price Medium - 270p/kg shown by G A Pierce, Swn y Gwynt and £108/head shown by the same vendor.

Top price Heavy - 217p/kg shown by G R & E W Davies, Nant Hir and £109/head shown by the same vendors.

Top price Overweight - 211p/kg shown by G R & E W Davies, Nant Hir and £113/head shown by the same vendors; SQQ 185.18.

Light ave 175.71p/kg to 207.00p/kg to £63.00/hd; Standard ave 181.77p/kg to 221.00p/kg to £84.00/hd; Medium ave 187.32p/kg to 270.00p/kg to £108.00/hd; Heavy ave 186.82p/kg to 217.00p/kg to £109.00/hd; Overweight ave 183.44p/kg to 211.00p/kg to £113.00/hd.

Old season lambs (1):

SQQ 152p/kg.

Heavy ave 152.00p/kg to £76.00/hd.

Cull ewes and rams (1,100):

Ewes were a better trade, with new buyers in attendance.

Texels to £110; Welsh to £55; Mules to £90; Tups to £126.

Ewes to £110.00 ave £59.66; Rams to £126.00 ave £65.65.

Beef cattle (5):

Heifers sold to 190p/kg from H Roberts, Ty Croes.

Heifers (5):

Heavy ave 185.99p/kg to 190.00p/kg to £1188.00/hd.

Mold stock sale - July 19

STORES and stirks remained in good demand and they are still selling strongly.

A cracking show of 25 quality dairy were on offer, returning an overall average of £1,610, with two reaching £2,000.

That was a high not seen for some time.

Calves were back on previous weeks, with strong types still selling well.

Suckler cattle (6 entries): SIM cow (3yo) with Sim bull calf (2m) to 1350; Lim hfr (30m) with AA bull calf (2m) to 1270; LIM cow (30m) with AA Hfr calf (1m) to 1240; HER cow (7yo) to SIM bull calf (2m) to 1100; BB cow (8yo) incalf to Lim £850.

Store Cattle (89 entries): AA str (20m) to 940; BB steers (22m) to 890; Lim str (21m) to 840; Monty steers (20m) to 815; BA steers (21m) to 810; Here str (20m) to 775; BF str (21m) to 625; LIM hfr (21m) to 970; SAL hfr (21m) to 880; BB heifers (20m) to 750; AA hfr (16m) to 670; HER hfr (15m) to 635.

Stirks (61 entries): Lim steers (12m) to 655; BB steers (11m) to 640; LIM steers (9m) to 630; SIM bulls (6m) to 485; CHAR bulls (3m) to 440; Lim hfr (11m) to 710; LIM hfr (10m) to 640; AA hfr (12m) to 550.

Dairy (25 entries):

Heifers: HF cvd hfr to 2000 twice, others to 1980, 1960, 1880, 1850; BF cvd hfrs to 1880, others to 1860, 1820, 1800, 1750.

Cows: HF (3rd calvers) to 1450, others to 1250, 1200.

Calves (91 entries):

Bulls: Lim bull to 288; Lim bull to 285; BB bull to 280; BB bull to 275; BB bull to 260; Sim bull to 260; Sim bull to 258; Sim bull to 210; HER bull to 178; HER bull to 155; HER bull to 145; BF bull to 105; BF bull to 98; BF bull to 95; Monty bull to 95; Monty bull to 80; Monty bull to 75.

Heifers: CHAR hfr to 290; CHAR hfr to 285; CHAR hfr to 280; CHAR hfr to 278; LIM hfr to 260; LIM hfr to 245; AA hfr to 140; AA hfr to 130; HER hfr to 110; HER hfr to 105; HER hfr to 100.

Dolgellau market - July 19

FARMERS Marts reports entries of 990 store sheep, including 660 cast ewes and rams, and 330 store lambs.

Prices: Welsh Cast Ewes to £39; Welsh Rams to £50; Crossbred Cast Ewes to £57; Crossbred Rams to £60; Texel Cast Ewes to £59; Welsh Store Lambs from £27.40 to £41; Crossbred Store Lambs from £40 to £59; Organic Store Lambs to £37.

Ruthin primestock sale - July 12

RUTHIN Farmers' Auction reports sales of 440 prime lambs to 200.0ppk / £90 and 139 cull ewes and rams to £80.

New season lambs:

There was a good weekly entry of 440 lambs.

Trade remained firm.

If anybody has lambs to sell, do not hesitate to contact Richard Lloyd on 07557 230777.

Top priced:

Light lambs to 187.1ppk by R & E Williams & Son, Hendre and £58 from the same vendor.

Standard weight lambs to 200.0ppk by R & E Williams & Son, Hendre and £78 from the same vendor.

Medium lambs to 196.6ppk by I V & M C Evans, Bryn Ffynnon and £86.50 from the same vendor.

Heavy lambs to 177.1 ppk by Hitchmough Pant y Mel and £90 from J P Williams, Bron Eyarth.

Standard to 187.1 Average 181.9; Medium to 200.0 Average 185.7; Heavy to 196.6 Average 187.7; Overweight to 177.1 Average 175.5; Overall Average 185.6; SQQ 185.8.

Cull ewes:

Blu ewes to £80 by G Davies, Penrallt; Texel ewes to £75; Mule ewes to £65; Beulah ewes to £65; Welsh ewes to £45; Overall average £30.27.

As with lambs, ewes are required weekly.

Mold primestock sale - July 22

THERE was another large entry of 234 beef and cows.

Trade for beef was still very sluggish, although in line with other outlets.

Cows remained firm, although they were slightly back on the previous week.

They were still in good demand.

Lambs were in good demand and they averaged 176, again in line with other centres.

The best lambs sold to 216p/kg.

Prime Cattle (134 entries - 51 hfrs, 39 strs, 44 bulls):

Heifers: Heavy Continental Heifers to 213; Medium Continental Heifers to 198; Light Continental Heifers to 196; Heavy Native Heifers to 168; Medium Native Heifers to 164; Medium Friesian Heifers to 144.

Steers: Heavy Continental Steers to 210; Medium Continental Steers to 212; Light Continental Steers to 190; Heavy Native Steers to 176; Medium Native Steers to 168; Medium Friesian Steers to 160.

Bulls: Heavy Continental Bulls 184; Medium Continental Bulls to 189; Light Continental Bulls 165; Medium Native Bulls to 164; Light Native Bulls to 155; Heavy Friesian Bulls to 142; Medium Friesian Bulls to 139.

Cull cows (100 entries): Lim cows to 155, 155, 152, 144 (1364) (1232) (1155) (1104); BrB Cows to 141, 139, 137, 135 (1021) (992) (922) (899); HF Cow to 136, 130, 128 etc (1098), (986) (940) (923) (911); HO cows to 118, 116, 114, 112, 110 etc; Overall Cow Average 112.04.

Lambs (298 entries): Standard to 216, Av 177; Medium to 204, Av 178; Sqq 176.4.

Ewes: Ewes to 70, Av 39.50.

Ruthin store and breeding stock sale - July 11

RUTHIN Farmers' Auction reports sales of 39 store cattle to £1,070.00; 48 calves to £390; 15 OTM cattle to £1,413; nine cows with calves at foot to £1,350; 29 new season store lambs to £70; 23 breeding ewes to £99 and one breeding bull to £1,386.

Calves (auctioneer - Dafydd Parry):

There was an entry of 48 calves.

A good multi-breed entry selling to £390 for a 2 month old Limousin bull.

This was followed closely behind by a 7 week old Limousin bull achieving £375.

Topping the prices within the Britsh Blue consignments was a 2 month old heifer calf at £295.

A regular vendor showed another pen of good quality BB calves, selling between £200 and £250.

Other entries included FKV 6 week old calves achieving £210 and Aberdeen Angus x calves to £150.

Ruthin Farmers Auction has teamed with Genus to run a monthly competition within the weekly calf section to win Genus vouchers.

The vendor with the highest priced calf 1 month old and under sired by a Genus bull during each month will be awarded a £50 voucher to spend on agricultural products.

Store cattle (auctioneers: Emyr Lloyd and Glyn Owens):

An increased entry remained a strong trade for the entries forward.

Heifers: 20m Limousin to £1,020.00 by G Jones & Co, Plas Drain; 24m Limousin to £920.00; 27m Limousin to £800.00; 27m Brit Blue to £975.00; 21m Brit Blue to £880.00; 34m Charolais to £850.00; 25m Charolais to £850.00; 18m Welsh Black to £775.00.

Steers:

24m Limousin to £1,070.00 by H L & E A Williams & Daughter; 24m Simmental to £990.00 Tyddyn Chambers; 13m Charolais to £855.00.

OTM:

A total of 15 OTM cattle were forward.

More could have been sold in this section, also with more

required to meet current demand.

9 year old Limousin to 165.0ppk; 4 year old Limousin to 157.0ppk; 10 year old Limousin to 147.0ppk; A 4 year old Limousin weighed 900kg and totalled £1,413.

Breeding bull:

The advertised entry of a 21 month pure unregistered Simmental bull sold for £1,386.

Sheep section:

Breeding ewes (auctioneer: Paul Roberts):

Second entries of the season of breeding ewes for early lamb production.

Texel full mouth ewes sold to £99 and Lleyn to £76.

Store lambs (auctioneer: Elfor Morris):

There was an excellent entry of 291 lambs.

Trade remained brisk, returning an overall average all through of £51.50.

Texel to £70; Cross Bred to £60; Suffolk to £57.50; Mule to £52; Welsh to £37.

Dolgellau market - July 12

FARMERS Marts reports entries of 881 cast ewes, rams, hoggets and store lambs.

Prices: Welsh Cast Ewes to £45; Welsh Rams to £51; Crossbred Cast Ewes to £83; Welsh Hoggs to £40; Charolais Cast Ewes to £72; Organic Crossbred Store Lambs to £50; Welsh Store Lambs to £43; Speckled Face Store Lambs to £38; Texel x Store Lambs to £55.40; Suffolk x Store Lambs to £47.40.

St Asaph livestock market - July 20

NEW season lambs (137):

There was a good trade on store lambs, with people having a lot of grass to graze.

Top price £85/head from M Evans, Cefn Llaethfaen.

Super Light ave 110.20p/kg to £27.00/hd; Light ave 161.35p/kg to 197.00p/kg to £59.00/hd; Standard ave 165.05p/kg to 258.00p/kg to £85.00/hd; Medium ave 150.00p/kg to £60.00/hd.

Old ewes (5):

Ewes to £50.00 ave £40.00.

Ewe and lamb couples (8):

Wiltshire Horn Singles to £50.00/head.