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Ruthin Farmers Auction

Store & Breeding Sale Report

Thursday, January 21

29 Heifers to £1300

69 Steers to £1380

55 Calves to £390

35 Stirks to £850

8 OTMs to £1351.50, 173ppk

903 Store Lambs to £106

178 Store Ewes to £195

130 Ewes & Lambs to £275

Store Cattle

Auctioneer Glyn Owens 07867977703

Yet again trade did not disappoint with Steers average of £1068.31 and Heifer

average of £990.58. The annual consignment of tremendous quality steers from

R G Roberts & Co, Berwynfa, Llandrillo resulted in a top prize of £1300 and

returning an average of £1300.

New buyers in attendance that will be attending again next week therefore if you have cattle to sell contact Glyn Owens on 07867977703

Heifers

Top price £1300 for a 21 month Lim from Edwards & Co, Abertwymyn

21 month Lim achieved £1300

19 month Charolais achieved £1230

21 month Lim achieved £1210

21 month Lim achieved £1200

21 month British Blue achieved £1100

27 month Simmental x achieved £1050

20 month Lim achieved £1040

Overall average of Heifers £990.58

Steers

Top price £1380 for a 21 month Lim from R G Roberts & Co, Berwynfa

19 month Lim achieved £1365

20 month Lim achieved £ 1360

21 month Lim achieved £1340

20 month Lim achieved £1300

18 month Lim achieved £1300

Overall average of Steers £1068.31

OTMs

Auctioneer Glyn Owens 07867977703

Another good trade,more required next week.

If you have barrens to sell contact Glyn Owens on 07867977703

A 31 month British Blue cow weighing 555kg achieved 173ppk

A 31 month Simmental cow weighing 850kg achieved 159ppk

A 89 month Lim cow weighing 650kg achieved 150ppk

A 99 month Lim cow weighing 775kg achieved 137ppk

A 30 month Fleckvieh cow weighing kg achieved ppk

A 44 month British Blue cow weighing 580kg achieved 127ppk

A 41 month British Blue cow weighing 595kg achieved 120ppk

A 60 month British Blue cow weighing 495kg achieved 104ppk

Overall average 138.8ppk

In lamb ewes

Auctioneer Paul Roberts 07867977702

Beltex broken mouthed to £165

Texel full mouthed to £165

Texel full mouthed to £195

Suffolk x full mouthed to £155

Welsh broken mouthed to £72

More entered for next week, see our Facebook and website for details.

Ewe & Lamb Couples

Auctioneer Paul Roberts 07867977702

125 Couples (310/head)

Fewer numbers forward due to weather conditions last night.

Bigger numbers entered for next week already as numerous vendors decided to stay at home today.

A very good trade resulted with all types selling well and buyers going home empty.

Texel x singles to £185 Doubles to £275

Crossbred singles to £182

Mule singles to £172 Doubles to £228

Tal y Bont singles to £118 Doubles to £252

If you have any to couples to sell or want a chat about the trade, please call Paul on 07867977702

Calves

Auctioneer Dafydd Parry 07780924460

Less Calves forward due to the heavy rainfall. Trade on par to last week with real good demand seen for all types. Several buyers going home with empty trailers.

Top price today goes to Edmunds Bros, Pool Park for a British Blue bull to £390.

Lim Bull from H&M Evans, Rhosbadrig to £310.

Hereford bull from ETC,ML&EW Hughes,Llwyn Banc to £250.

Aberdeen Angus bull from MW Roberts & Co, Bodynys to £195

Other top prices include

Charolais heifer £250

Hereford heifer £230

British Blue heifer £295

Holstein Friesian bull £135

Holstein Friesian bull £40(small)

Please give Dafydd a call to discuss the trade and notify your entries.

Stirks

Auctioneer Dafydd Parry 07780924460

Real good trade once again, with a real mixed bunch forward. More required each week to meet strong demand.

Top price

Charolais 8 months -£850

Lim heifer 8 months-£660

British Blue bull 6 months-£500

British Blue bull 5 months-£450

British Blue heifer 3 months-£370

British Blue Heifer 10 months-£600

Hereford heifer 10 months-£495

British Friesian bullock 5 months-£290

More required next week please.

Store Lambs

Auctioneer Rich Lloyd 07557230777

Another very good entry for the time of year,especially after a night of severely bad weather!

903 forward today and overall average of £67.70

Trade today certainly not hit with the slight fall in fat lambs during the week and confidence remains high.

Buoyant trade from start to finish with some prices as follows-

Texel lambs to £106, B Evans, Hafod Dafydd

Texel lambs to £105, Sian Tudor, Bryn Glas

Texel lambs to £103, J Tilley, Cefn Du

Beltex x lambs to £100.50, TB & M Davies, Nant y Gau

Crossbred lambs to £95.50, GM & JM Jackson, Maesmor Hall

Welsh (377) to £73, W E Williams & Co,Hafod

More required weekly to meet demand

To discuss the trade or pre enter please contact Rich Lloyd 07557230777.

Ruthin Farmers Auction

Prime Stock Report

Friday, January 22

Prime Lambs

Auctioneer Rich Lloyd 07557230777

728 Hoggetts forward today and a very pleasing SQQ of 234.8ppk.

A mixed show but demand for everything with competitive bidding from start to finish with new buyers in attendance.

Top Prices today

61kg @£144, R Hughes, Rhydeilian

63kg @£141, R Hughes, Rhydeilian

78kg @£132, R Hughes, Rhydeilian

Top Price per kilo

39kg @266.7ppk, D H Jones, Clywedog

46kg @263ppk, D H Jones, Clywedog

43kg @260.5ppk, Arwel G Roberts, Ty Nant

Lights to 240.6ppk average 218.1ppk

Standards to 266.7ppk average 235.4ppk

Medium to 260.5ppk average 238.3ppk

Heavies to 263ppk average 233.8ppk

Over weights to 236.1ppk average 196.6ppk

SQQ- 234.8ppk

The end of another busy week for the time of year.

To pre enter, pre register or discuss trade please contact Rich Lloyd 07557230777

Cull Ewes

Auctioneer Paul Roberts 07867977702

102 Cull ewes & Rams average £70.13

Top price ewes to £147 Rams £125

Welsh ewes to £64

Texels to £147

Crossbred to £106

Mule to £87

Lleyn to £96

Texel Rams to £125

Welsh Rams to £78

Good trade again today. More required next week to meet demand.

Please contact Paul Roberts 07867977702

Mold Dairy Sale

Thursday, January 21

A pleasing entry of 26 dairy. No let-up in demand, many more could have easily been sold.

Trade on fire again!! Leaving an overall average for freshly calved heifers and cows of £1882!!

Dairy – 26 entries

HF hfrs to 2200, 2180 x2, 2150 x2, 2020, etc

HOL hfrs to 2050,

BS hfrs to 2000, others to 1980, 1800

BF hfrs to 1820, others to 1780, 1720

HF (3rd) to 1600

Bulling heifers

BF (13m) to £550

Mold Store stock Sale

Friday, January 22

Another pleasing entry for January. Trade remains very strong for all types and many more could have easily been sold.

A really disappointing entry of calves, four times the number could have been sold. Buyers in attendance for all types and trade was on fire again!

Sucklers – 1 entry

Lim cow (4yo) with Lim Calf to £1350

Store cattle – (138 entries)

LIM str (23m) to 1185

HER str (22m) to 1160

BB str (23m) to 1100

SIM str (22m) to 1090

BSH str (19m) to 1035

AA str (21m) to 1025

BF str (24m) to 895

HF str (22m) to 865

AA hfrs (23m) to 1165

LIM hfrs (23m) to 1130

SIM hfrs (24m) to 1045

BB hfrs (23m) to 1030

CHAR hfrs (21m) to 950

BSH hfrs (22m) to 925

STA hfrs (21m) to 915

Stirks - (79 entries)

SIM bulls (9m) to 590

LIM strs (9m) to 660

BB strs (10m) to 655

BA strs (4m) to 545

CHAR strs (3m) to 480

SIM strs (2m) to 385

HER hfrs (13m) to 730

BB hfrs (12m) to 715

LIM hfrs (10m) to 660

CHAR hfrs (10m) to 650

BA hfrs (8m) to 580

Calves (39 entries)

BR bull to 330

LIM bull to 260

Sim bull to 240

AA bull to 220

HER bull to 208

HF bull to 105

BF bull to 102

HF bull (light) to 40

BR Hfr to 200

Lim Hfr to 170

AA hfr to 105

Mold Primestock Sale

Monday, January 25

Highlights

Top 10 Beef av 252.40 (1639.99)

Top 20 Beef av 244.10 (1586.16)

Prime Cattle (105 entries) (40 hfrs, 60 strs, 5 bulls)

Heifers (under 30m)

Heavy Continental Heifers to 244 (1610.40), Av 209.64

Medium Continental Heifers to 243, Av 216.93

Light Continental Heifers to 220, Av 209.50

Steers (under 30m)

Heavy Continental Steers to 262 (1725), Av 223.38

Medium Continental Steers to 261 (1638.30), Av 229.96

Light Continental Steers to 222, Av 203

Medium Native Steers to 210, Av 205.50

Light Native Steers to 206, Av 206

Heavy Friesian Steers to 180 (1206), Av 180

Bulls (under 30m)

Light Continental Bulls to 200, Av 200

Medium Native Bulls to 172, Av 172

Light Native Bulls to 179, Av 165.50

Heifers (30-36m)

Heavy Continental Heifers to 204 (1384.50), Av 200.33

Medium Continental Heifers to 214, Av 210

Heavy Native Heifers to 178 (1326.10), Av 178

Medium Native Heifers to 160, Av 160

Heavy Friesian Heifers to 160, Av 159.50

Steers (30-36m)

Heavy Continental Steers to 226 (1480.30), Av 223

Medium Continental Steers to 227, Av 212

Heavy Native Steers to 188 (1410), Av 188

Medium Native Steers to 190, Av 190

Medium Friesian Steers to 193, Av 189

Heifers (Over 36m)

Medium Continental Heifers to 140, Av 140

Steers (Over 36m)

Medium Friesian Steers to 164, Av 164

Cull cows (70 entries) (47 Dairy, 23 Beef)

Cont Cows to 195, 172, 166 etc

£1384.50, £1283.50, £1266.50, £1247.40 etc

Native cows to 160

£1062.60, £996.60

Top 10 Av 156.50p (1154.38)

Overall beef cow av 137.57

B & W cows to 160 (34m), 128, 128, 128, 127, 126, 126 etc

£1104, £1043.20, £1011.20, £981.75 etc

Top 10 Av 130p (955.05)

Top 20 Av 125.35p (864.05)

Overall dairy cow av 112.21

Cull Bulls

Lim bull to 150 (1155)

Lim bull to 144 (1310.40)

Lambs (entries)

Medium to 275, Av 259.26

Heavy to 250, Av 241.82

Ewes to 87, Av 74.53