Market prices from regional auctions

NEW season lambs (162):

More lambs forward were a decent trade, selling to £66/head from G Wilson, Peniarth Bach.

Super Light ave 109.52p/kg to £23.00/hd; Light ave 164.92p/kg to 175.00p/kg to £56.00/hd; Standard ave 159.00p/kg to 165.00p/kg to £58.00/hd; Medium ave 156.47p/kg to 165.00p/kg to £66.00/hd; Heavy ave 139.78p/kg to £65.00/hd.

Old ewes (3):

Ewes to £10.

Breeding ewes (20):

Suffolk ewes to £80/head; Texel X ewes to £75/head.

Stock rams (28):

Texel rams to 310gns/head.

Ruthin primestock sale - July 30

RUTHIN Farmers' Auction reports sales of 2,047 prime lambs to 262.7ppk / £128; 874 cull ewes and rams to £120 and four prime cattle to 252ppk / £1,223.23.

New season lambs:

A good entry of lambs met an excellent trade and they were much improved on the week at 185.1ppk.

Tup lambs saw demand.

Contact Elfor Morris to discuss the trade or just take lambs to the auction anytime between 6 and 10am.

Lambs are also required on Fridays.

Top priced:

Light lambs: 198.3ppk by A E & E LL Williams, Henblas and £59.50 from the same vendor.

Standard lambs: 228.2ppk by M & H Roberts, Bryn Glas and £89 by the same vendor.

Medium lambs: 262.7ppk by Gwion Morgan, Tyn y Wern and £110 by the same vendor.

Heavy lambs: 256.0ppk by Gwion Morgan, Tyn y Wern and £128 by the same vendor.

Light to 198.3, Average 173.2; Standard to 228.2, Average 186.4; Medium to 262.7, Average 185.1; Heavy to 256.0, Average 180.4; Overall average 183.9; SQQ 185.2.

Cull ewes and rams (auctioneer: Paul Roberts):

Top priced rams / ewes: £120.00 by I T & H M Jones, Rhiwlas Uchaf; Texel ewes to £112.00; Beltex ewes to £100.00; Cross Bred ewes to £100.00; Welsh to £100.00; Mule ewes to £90.00; Lleyn ewes to £40.00; Overall ewes / rams average £43.26.

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.

Ruthin Farmers' Auction also pays on the day, with cheques available on the fall of the hammer.

Top priced per kilo was a 450kg heifer by B L Jones & Son, Penffroddwen at 252.0ppk.

Top priced beast was a 565kg Limousin heifer by B L Jones & Son, Penfforddwen at £1,223.23.

Overall average: 219.4ppk.

Mold primestock sale - July 29

CATTLE trade was very brisk, with slightly fewer forward and buyers in keen demand.

There was another good show of cull cows, which remain very dear for all types.

More can be handled each week.

Prime cattle (107 entries - 34 hfrs, 36 strs, 37 bulls):

Heifers (under 30m): Heavy Continental Heifers to 196, Av 185.14; Medium Continental Heifers to 198, Av 193.67; Heavy Native Heifers to 180, Av 173.67; Medium Native Heifers to 185, Av 168.29; Light Native Heifers to 140, Av 140.

Steers (under 30m): Heavy Continental Steers to 208 (1404), Av 196.70; Medium Continental Steers to 200, Av 192.57; Light Continental Steers to 185, Av 185; Heavy Native Steers to 182, Av 180; Medium Native Steers to 183, Av 176.33; Heavy Friesian Steers to 159 (1152.75), Av 159.

Bulls (under 30m): Heavy Continental Bulls 210 (1510), Av 200; Medium Continental Bulls to 202, Av 184.17; Light Continental Bulls 185, Av 166; Heavy Native Bulls to 210 (1396.50), Av 210; Medium Native Bulls to 185, Av 174.75; Light Native Bulls to 130, Av 127; Medium Friesian Bulls to 142, Av 136; Light Friesian Bulls to 120, Av 112.

Heifers (30-36m): Medium Continental Heifers to 193, Av 186; Light Continental Heifers to 170, Av 170; Heavy Native Heifers to 157, Av 153.50.

Steers (30-36m): Medium Continental Steers to 196, Av 191.50; Light Continental Steers to 155, Av 155; Medium Native Steers to 182, Av 182; Light Native Steer to 173, Av 173; Heavy Friesian Steers to 178, Av 167.50; Medium Friesian Steers to 139, Av 139.

Heifers (over 36m): Medium Native Heifers to 145, Av 142.50.

Steers (over 36m): Heavy Native Steers to 143, Av 136.50; Heavy Friesian Steers to 173, Av 173; Medium Friesian Steers to 134, Av 134.

Cull cows (70 entries - 34 dairy, 36 beef):

Only 3 continental cows under 109p and 65% of the entry of continental cows were 130p and over. One third of the entry were £1,035 and over and half of the entry were £877 and over.

Young Sim Cow to 168 (1327.20); Young AA cow to 160 (1128); Char cow to 157 (1318.80) 9 yr old; BR cow to 151 (1094.40); Lim cow to 144 (1155) etc; Top 10 Beef Cows Av 148.30 (1125.55); Top 20 Beef Cows Av 141.25 (1009.69); Overall beef cow av 129.30.

Only 6 B & W cows were under 84p! One third of the entry were 110p and over.

HO Cow to 129 (903); HF Cow to 129 (877.20); BS Cow to 128 (985.60); BF Cow to 120 (876.90); Top 10 Dairy cows Av 117.60 (844.96).

Cull bulls (3 entries): Sim Bull to 124 (1085); BS Bull to 96p (961.50).

Lambs (202 entries): Standard to 180, Av 179.70; Medium to 184, Av 173.10; Heavy to 174, Av 167.50; Sqq 173.70.

Ewes (58 entries): Ewes to 75.50, Av 61.41.

Llanrwst market - July 30

LAMBS were an improved trade due to the upcoming festival.

Lambs (655):

Lights (40) to 175p, av 172p; Standards (256) to 200p, av 184p; Mediums (311) to 202p, av 185p; Heavy (49) to 194p, av 184p.

Ewes / Rams (308):

Best Welsh ewes to £48; Plainer Welsh to £35; Xbred to £90; Rams to £80.

Beef (9):

Salx steers to 180p; Limx hfrs to 195p; Chx hfrs to 190p; BB strs to 182p.

Highest priced:

Lambs (per head): J H Edwards, Tai Duon, Padog and T P & M A Roberts, Caerhun Farm, Tynygroes.

Lambs (ppk): G Roberts, Carreg y Fran, Siloam, Betws y Coed.

Ewes / rams: T G Roberts, Foel Fawr, Llanrwst.

Beef (per head): C W Davies, Coed y Bryn, Llansannan.

Beef (ppk): J G Edwards, Tyn Bryn, Rhyduchaf, Bala and P P Thomas, Penisardre, Trofarth, Abergele.

Gaerwen auction - July 17

MESSRS Morgan Evans & Co report an entry of 1,225 lambs and 726 cull ewes and rams.

Lambs met a steady trade, with standard and medium weight lambs fetching the best prices.

Cull ewes and rams sold to a solid trade during the week.

Market prices:

Highest priced pen of lambs (p/kilo): 195ppk by J Parry, Ty Mawr, Llantrisant; 188ppk by J Parry, Ty Mawr, Llantrisant; 188ppk by P Jones, Fadog, Llanfaethlu.

Highest priced pen of lambs (overall): £90 by J Owen, Pen Y Bonc, Caergeiliog; £86 by T G Jones, Plas Cemlyn, Bae Cemaes; £85 by J Parry, Ty Mawr, Llantrisant.

Highest priced pen of ewes: £97 by O G & O Ll Hughes, Glangors, Llanbabo; £95 by P Jones, Fadog, Llanfaethlu; £95 by J O & M T Griffiths, Tyn Rhos, Llangwnadl.

Highest priced ram overall: £100 by B Pritchard, Fron Ceidio, Llanerchymedd; £94 by Messrs Evans, Bugeilys Fawr, Rhoshirwaun; £90 by Messrs Evans, Bugeilys Fawr, Rhoshirwaun.

Market averages:

Lambs: Average 174ppk; Lights to 172ppk, average 165ppk; Standards to 186ppk, average 173ppk; Medium to 195ppk, average 175ppk; Heavy to 187ppk, average 171ppk; Overs to 170ppk, average 164ppk.

Ewes: Average £60; Heavy Ewes to £97, average £77; Light Ewes to £55, average £31.

Rams: Average £81; Range to £100.

Ruthin store and breeding sale - July 25

RUTHIN Farmers' Auction reports sales of five store cattle to £900; 38 calves to £365; two OTM cattle to £702 and 71 store lambs to £71.

A lot less stock were entered because of the Royal Welsh Show week.

Calves (auctioneer: Dafydd Parry):

There was an entry of 38 calves, selling to £365 for a Limousin bull.

This was followed by a British Blue bull selling for £310.

Topping the heifers calves was a Limousin selling for £305.

The auction is expecting a large number of calves on a weekly basis.

If you are looking to sell calves, you may contact Dafydd Parry on 07780 924460 with your entry prior to the sale and to discuss the trade.

If you are looking to purchase, you can also contact Dafydd Parry to discuss the entries forward or add your number to the database to receive a text every Wednesday with the entries to hand.

Monthly calf competition:

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, one 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):

There were less entries because of the Royal Welsh show week.

Heifers: 24m A Angus to £790.

Steers: 23m Brit Blue to £900; 24m Brit Blue to £870.

OTM:

Two Angus OTM cattle were forward, with more required to meet current demand.

Selling up to 130.0p per kilo. Average: 120.5p per kilo.

Sheep section:

Store lambs (auctioneer: Elfor Morris):

There was an entry of 71 lambs.

Trade remained brisk, returning an overall average all through of £56.80p.

Texel ewe to £71; Texel ram to £70; Mule ram to £67.50; Char ram to £66.

St Asaph livestock market - July 25

NEW season lambs (1,529):

There was a small entry due to the Royal Welsh, which met with a much better trade than expected with very strong demand throughout.

Top price Light - 171p/kg shown by G & R Wynne, Heol Martin and £54/head shown by W A & J Williams, Cefn Isa.

Top price - Standard 254p/kg shown by G Davies, Bron Llan and £99/head shown by the same vendor.

Top price - Medium 280p/kg shown by E Jones, Graig Goch and £126/head shown by the same vendor.

Top price Heavy 248p/kg shown by E Jones, Graig Goch and £114/head shown by the same vendor; SQQ 187.90.

Light ave 169.60p/kg to 171.00p/kg to £54.00/hd; Standard ave 196.86p/kg to 254.00p/kg to £99.00/hd; Medium ave 185.55p/kg to 280.00p/kg to £126.00/hd; Heavy ave 180.25p/kg to 248.00p/kg to £114.00/hd.

Old season lambs (2):

SQQ 152p/kg; Heavy ave 113.46p/kg to £59.00/hd; Overweight ave 103.51p/kg to £59.00/hd.

Cull ewes and rams (667):

A much smaller show of ewes were a bit sharper, with the best ewes selling to £90/head, Welsh to £45/head and tups to £90/head.

Ewes to £90.00 ave £57.57; Rams to £90.00 ave £79.50.

Mold stock sale - July 26

THERE were plenty of buyers ringside for cattle of all types and ages.

Demand was still good.

Dairy was a firm trade again, with buyers going home empty handed.

The calf trade improved on previous weeks, with a smaller number forward.

Store cattle (98 entries): AA str (23m) to 1100; BB steers (22m) to 1040; Lim str (21m) to 1010; Char str (20m) to 980; BF str (25m) to 970; Here str (23m) to 935; FLECV steers (22m) to 815; BB heifers (23m) to 970; AA hfrs (21m) to 875; LIM hfr (22m) to 830; HER hfr (19m) to 740.

Stirks (52 entries): Lim steers (12m) to 630; BB steers (11m) to 610; SIM bulls (6m) to 485; BF bulls (8m) to 445; HOL bulls (9m) to 345; Lim hfr (9m) to 550; BB hfr (10m) to 520.

Dairy (12 entries):

Heifers: HF cvd hfr to 1980, others to 1920, 1700, 1680, 1580.

Cows: HF (3rd calvers) to 1120, others to 1090.

Calves (79 entries):

Bulls: Sim bull to 345; Sim bull to 338; Sim bull to 315; Lim bull to 338; Lim bull to 290; BB bull to 270; BB bull to 250; BB bull to 245; HER bull to 205; HER bull to 200; HER bull to 195; BF bull to 102; BF bull to 98; BF bull to 92.

Heifers: LIM hfr to 270; LIM hfr to 255; LIM hfr to 235; BB hfr to 190; BB hfr to 178; BB hfr to 170; HER hfr to 105; HER hfr to 100; HER hfr to 95.

Gaerwen auction - July 16

MESSRS Morgan Evans & Co report an entry of 136 store cattle, 30 OTMs, eight cows and calves, and two stock bulls.

Store Cattle met a solid trade, with a good entry of OTMs also achieving excellent prices.

Meanwhile, cows and calves met a steady trade.

Highest priced steer: £1120 by I W Evans, Rhosydd Ganol, Caergeiliog; £1100 by I W Evans, Rhosydd Ganol, Caergeiliog; £1040 by O Rowlands, Bodneithior, Llandyfrydog.

Highest priced heifer: £970 by O Rowlands, Bodneithior, Llandyfrydog; £900 by Meistri Williams, Refail Goch, Llanfair PG; £880 by B Thomas & Son, Pwllgynnau, Llanerchymedd.

Highest priced OTM (p/kilo): 162ppk by D H & M Williams, Fron Heulog, Cemaes Bay.

Highest priced OTM (overall): £1177 by W D Williams & Son, Twrllachiad, Llangefni.

Highest priced cow and calf: £1160 by R W Jones, Cae Isaf, Porthaethwy.

Highest priced stock bull: 1520gns by C M Edwards, Bryn Rodyn, Llangaffo; 1260gns by A Jones, Penygroes, Llanfechell.

Market prices:

Steers: Average £762; 12 month Char £890; 18 month Char £1040; 24 month Char £1120; 12 month Lim £870; 18 month Lim £1010; 24 month Lim £950; 12 month B/Blue £920; 24 month B/Blue £1030; 12 month Sim £800; 18 month Blonde £825; 18 month Friesian £740.

Heifers: Average £723; 12 month Char £870; 18 month Char £970; 12 month Lim £790; 18 month Lim £750; 24 month Lim £880; 12 month B/Blue £720; 24 month B/Blue £850; 18 month Sim £640; 18 month Hereford £730.

OTMs: Average 122ppk; Best cows from 124ppk to 162ppk; Others from 60ppk to 121ppk.

Welshpool market - July 29

Barren and cull cows (12):

A similar number of OTM cattle were on offer during the week, seeing a top price of £1075.90 (145ppkg) for a Limousin x OTM weighing in at 742kg from B L Griffiths, Lower Penygelli.

The same home also made 135ppkg for a Limousin x weighing 648kg making £874.80.

Younger cows (48-72 months) topped at £912 (120ppkg) for a Stabiliser x weighing 760kg from D B & G M Lewis, Cefn Ceido.

The same home also made 116ppkg for a Stabiliser x weighing 656kg making £760.96.

Heifers under 48 months topped at £1058.40 (144ppkg) for a British Blue x heifer weighing 735kg from J D Jones, Croggin-iddon.

The same home also made 154ppkg for a British Blue x heifer weighing 643kg making £990.22.

Averages of the day: OTM cows (6) 127.11ppkg / £833.41; Cows 48-72 Months (3) 116.25ppkg / £794.35; Heifers under 48 months (2) 148.67ppkg / £1024.31; Steer under 48 months (1) 119ppkg / £648.55; Overall average 127.49ppkg.

Prime lambs (3,866):

A larger ntry of lambs forward sold to return an average of 177.89ppkg, with a top price of 203ppkg for pen of lambs weighing 40kg making £81 from B E & B E Langford, Llettymeibion, and £99/head for 51kg lambs from R A Jones, Red Gwenthrew.

A larger number on offer sold to an improved trade throughout with stronger, more competitive bidding on all weights and grades.

The best trade of the day was on the better bred, lighter weight lambs between 32-37kg, with plenty of these types selling above 190ppkg.

Also in good demand were the export weight lambs especially the better meated, better bred types.

Heavier weight lambs, especially white faced tups, also sold to an improved trade.

Very few light weight, under 30kg lambs, were forward which resulted in a good price throughout for these types.

Lights (165) to 193ppkg from T M Davies, Wynnstay Farm. Others to 191ppkg from J T & G H Jones, Talerddig Farm. Average of 180.07ppkg.

Standards (714) to 194ppkg from A E Casewell, Bodynfoel. Others to 191ppkg from C J Davies & Son, Waengwyn. Average of 176.88ppkg.

Mediums (1998) to 203ppkg from B E & B E Langford, Lletymeibion. Others to 200ppkg from D R Owen & Sons, Sandilands Farm. Average of 178.06ppkg.

Heavies (842) to 194ppkg from R A Jones, Red Gwenthrew. Others to 185ppkg from E J Hughes, The Hollies. Average of 173.26ppkg.

Cull sheep (3,480):

Once again there was a very strong entry of 3,414 cull ewes that sold to a strong trade, with 15 individual buyers present.

In general, the ewes would be slightly plainer types in comparison to the previous week that brought the average down £2.38 on the week to £52.92.

The heaviest Texel x and Suffolk x ewes sold to a stronger trade than the previous week as there weren't many of these types forward.

The majority of ewes entered were plainer hill and mule ewes.

Meated mule ewes sold to a slightly stronger trade on the week with the best reaching £90.

The top price of the day of £130 got hit twice, firstly for a pen of Texel ewes from D R Owen & Sons, Sandilands Farm and secondly from Red House Farm, Aberhafesp.

A total of 48 cull rams sold to £107 from E H Pennie & Son, Gwern Yr Ychain.

Texel ewes to £130; Suffolk x ewes to £96; Mule ewes to £90; Welsh ewes to £72; Speckled ewes to £64; Dolgellau type Welsh ewes to £44.

Store lambs (197):

The first sale of the season with an entry of 200 store lambs selling to a good trade, with an overall average of £51.74.

The trade peaked at £62.50 for a pen of 11 mule tup lambs from D & M Cooke, Coppice Farm, with another pen of mule tups reaching the same price.

Theave lambs sold to £57 for a pen of four Suffolks from F R Williams, Cefncanol, with mixed and clean lambs peaking at £56 for a pen of 21 Texel x from P Robinson, Upper Trefnant.

Other mixed and clean lambs sold to £52.50 from T Hallett, Upper Stapeley.

Mixed and tups sold to a maximum of £46.50 for a pen of 10 from P D Sheppard & Son, Heightley.

Breeding ewes:

An increased entry of 500 breeding ewes was again met with a ring of cautious bidders.

Nevertheless, the trade proved positive with Suffolk x yearlings reaching £160 from T R Craig, Westwood Farm, with others to £158 and £152 twice from the same home.

Other Suffolk x yearlings sold for £150 and £148 from J L Morgan, Tynllwyn and £148 twice from D E & K D Langford, Brunant.

Texel yearlings peaked at £140 from B Jones, Fraithwen with others to £135 from J Morgan, Tynllwyn.

A small number of aged ewes peaked at £122 and £110 for Texel x from E Jackson, Lane Farm.

Averages: Yearlings £138; 2 Year Olds £106; 3 Year Olds £70; As Found £57.