EVERY week in the Denbighshire Free Press, we bring you the latest market reports from across the region.

This week, it’s a Ruthin special.

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Ruthin Farmers Auction

Store & Breeding Sale Report

Thursday, July 8

28 Heifers to £1070

21 Steers to £1300

67 Calves to £600

48 Stirks to £745

28 OTMs to £1872 ,224ppk

246 Store Lambs to £88

250 Store Ewes to £150

11 Cows & Calves to £1650

4 Bulls to 3150gns

Store Cattle

Auctioneer Rich Lloyd 07557230777

28 Heifers averaging £951.43

Good steady trade throughout topping at £1070 from O P Evans, Maen Farm for a 19 month Lim Heifer.

Other prices

25 month British Blue £1060

21 month Aberdeen Angus £1060

25 month Lim £1020

24 month Lim £1015

20 month British Blue £990

11 month Charolais £895

19 Steers averaging £1108.95

Excellent trade once again topping at £1300 for a 25 month Simmental Steer from

E W Evans,Summerhill and £1300 for a 27 month Blue Steer from DV & EF Jones,

Ty’n Llanfair.

Other prices

26 month Lim £1280

23 month Charolais £1280

14 month Lim £1210

13 month Lim £1190

25 month Lim £1175

14 month Lim £1080

11 month Lim £1070

15 month Hereford £1025

OTMs

Auctioneer Rich Lloyd 07557230777

Topping at £1872!

28 Barren cows forward and on overall average of £1060

Plenty of demand for barren cows with a ringside full of buyers and buoyant bidding.

Some of today’s prices-

62 month Lim weighing 810 kg-224ppk

39 month Lim weighing 655kg -208ppk

63 month Lim weighing 780kg-208ppk

75 month Lim weighing 900kg-208ppk

86 month Lim weighing 750kg-201ppk

73 month Lim weighing 775kg-196ppk

115 month Lim weighing 715kg-190ppk

183 month Lim weighing 630kg-189ppk

36 month Welsh Black weighing 525kg-178ppk

Overall average 164.2ppk

More required weekly please!

Calves

Auctioneer Dafydd Parry 07780924460

Quality calves forward with a strong average of £287.65.

Plenty of buyers for all types with Bulls remaining the order of the day.

Top price goes to Roberts, Meinillwyd for a Charolais Bull selling to £600

Others-

Lim Heifer £600

Lim Bull £575

British Blue Bull £450

Aberdeen Angus Bull £550

Charolais Heifers £440

Holstein Friesian Bull £180

Stirks

Auctioneer Dafydd Parry 07780924460

Weanlings simply on fire from start to finish with the dairy types looking the best sold. Keep them coming!

Top price goes to Williams, Hendre, Betws GG for 12 month old British Blue Heifers to £745 with 8 month old British Blue Heifers from Jones, Cooke Farm to £680.

Others-

11 month old British Blue Bullocks £705

5 month old Lim Bullock £570

6 month old Lim Heifers £635

3 month old Aberdeen Angus Bullocks £420

3 month old British Blue Bullocks £425

4 month old British Blue Heifers £560

4 month old British Blue Bullocks £570

Store Lambs

Auctioneer Elfor Morris 07867977705

Firm trade on the Store lambs with Strong ram lambs in keen demand. More lambs required weekly to meet demand.

Top price went to G&E Jones, Wern Fawr and JH&SW Burns & Son, Dan y Deri with £88 for Texel x ram lambs.

Texel x ewes lambs to £75

Crossbred ram lambs to £63.50

Overall average £65.37

Breeding ewes for early lamb production

Auctioneer Paul Roberts 07867977702

Top price today of £150 went to R J Davies, Glan Clwyd for a pen of Texel x ewes. Trade still buoyant on the Crossbred and continental breeds with Mules harder to sell.

Texel to £150

Crossbred to £144

Mule to £120

Beulahs to £90

Cheviot to £100

More ewes required next coming week, please contact Paul Roberts with your entries on 07867977702.

Cows & Calves

Auctioneer Dafydd Parry 07780924460

Seasonal entry with a pleasing trade throughout, majority being aged cows.

Hereford 1st Calver with a Male Simmental calf at foot from B Hughes, Pen y Bryn selling to £1650, with nd another at £1470.

Saler x 1st calver with a female Lim calf at foot from Pritchard Brothers achieved £1600 with others at £1500 and £1400

Aberdeen Angus with a bull calf at foot £1270

British Shorthorn with bull calf at foot £1240

Bulls

Auctioneer Dafydd Parry 07780924460

What a trade once again on the bulls, more could easily have been sold.

4 ½ year old Lim from Williams, Caenog Farm selling to 3150gns

19 month old from Tudur Edwards, Brithdir selling to 2677.50gns

16 month old from Williams, Caenog selling to 2467.50gns

Ruthin Farmers Auction

Prime Stock Report

Friday July 9

752 Prime Lambs to £122- 281.6ppk

396 Ewes to £155

Prime Lambs

Auctioneer Rich Lloyd 07557230777

750 Prime lambs forward today and a pleasing SQQ of 241.8ppk. Medium weight lambs fetching a premium averaging 248.9ppk whilst lighter lambs harder to sell.

Top price today:

50kg @ £122 -J Jones, Hengaer Ucha

51kg @ £120 - A & MP Owen, Gallt y Celyn

52kg @ £118- R J Williams, Hartley Farm

Top price per kilo

38kg @ 281.6ppk- R R Evans, Ty’n Celyn

42kg @ 271.4ppk- F Davies & Son, Bank Farm

41kg @ 268.3ppk- Sian Jones, Bryn Tirion

Lights to 234.4ppk - average 214.1ppk

Standards to 281.6ppk - average 237.3ppk

Mediums to 271.4ppk - average 249.4ppk

Heavies to 250ppk- average 235.6ppk

Very pleasing trade and more required next week, especially heavier tup lambs as we get closer to the Qurbani festival.

Diolch yn fawr

Cull Ewes

Auctioneer Paul Roberts 07867977702

1758 cull ewes sold through our market this week.

Mostly Welsh ewes in their wool forward today which meant a harder trade throughout. Strong and meaty ewes once again in demand.

Top price of £155-R J Williams Hartley Farm for a pen of Charollais ewes.

Welsh to £61

Mules to £110

Tex to £140

Romney to £86

Beltex to £152

Crossbred to £69

Cheviot to £100

Lleyn to £65

Beulah to £59

Suffolk to £110