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Here are this week’s reports from Ruthin ...

Ruthin Farmers Auction

Thursday, August 19

31 Heifers to £1250

72 Steers to £1380

53 Calves to £405

38 Stirks to £1190

16 OTMs to £1411 - 174ppk

38 Cow & Calf to £2800

1190 Store Lambs to £100

1457 Store Ewes to £480

1 Bull to £7245

Store Cattle(77)

Another excellent August weekly entry of 119 store cattle today and trade as fast as last week!

Keep them coming to meet demand.

31 Heifers to £1250 averaging £1000.16.

The Wern Vets today achieving top price with Dairy x Blue heifers, 24 months old at £1250.

Achieving £1125 for a Lim x heifer was D L Davies, Godre’r Coed and £1120 for another in his

consignment.

21 month Simmental to £1090

17 month Lim to £1070

24 month British Blue to £1020

19 month Aberdeen Angus to £975

13 month Aberdeen Angus to £950

14 month Lim to £930

72 Steers to £1380 averaging £1068.47

DV & EF Jones, Ty’n Llanfair taking top price with a Dairy x British Blue steer @£1380.

Gareth Pierce, Plas Dolben achieved £1275 with Dairy x British Blue.

26 Simmental to £1260

23 Lim to £1235

20 month British Blue to £1205

19 month Lim to £1190

19 month Hereford to £1165

14 month Charolais to £1155

18 month Simmental to £1150

OTMs

Auctioneer Rich Lloyd 07557 230777

Barren cows still remaining a flying trade again with 16 forward.

47 month Lim weighing 730kg- 174ppk

50 month British Blue weighing 750kg- 174ppk

63 month Charolais weighing 830kg- 170ppk

44 month British Blue weighing 750kg- 167ppk

50 month British Blue weighing 695kg-160ppk

50 month British Blue weighing 780kg- 158ppk

156 month Lim weighing 560kg- 156ppk

46 month British Blue weighing 720kg- 148ppk

78 month Simmental weighing 610kg- 139ppk

169 month Lim weighing 550kg- 138ppk

82 month Lim weighing 620kg-134ppk

174 month Lim weighing 620kg-134ppk

26 month Saler x weighing 435kg-120ppk

95month Simmental xweighing 645kg-118ppk

Calves

Top prices go to P&L Jones, The Gables with a Blue Bull at £405, with another from

MW Roberts & Co, Bodynys at £385.

Other prices

Lim Bull to £370

British Blue heifers to £345

Aberdeen Angus Bull to £290

Aberdeen Angus Heifer to £240

Holstein Friesian Bull to £150

Stabiliser Bull to £180

Weanlings

Top prices goes to B LL Evans, Nant y Garreg with a 10 month Lim Steer at £975 and a Lim heifer at £920.

4 month Charolais x Bull to £670

4 month Lim Bull to £640

4 month Flakieve Bull to £640

4 month Hereford Bull to £560

5 month Lim heifer to £500

4 month Hereford heifer to £490

Cows & Calves

6 year old Lim x cow with a bull calf at foot and 5 month in calf to a Lim Bull

selling to £2800.

6 year old Lim x cow with a Bull calf at foot, running with a Lim Bull selling to £2350

6 year old Lim x cow with a Bull calf at foot running with a Lim bull selling to £2200.

9 year old Lim x cow with a heifer calf at foot, running with a Lim Bull selling to £2050.

3 year old Aberdeen Angus cow with a heifer calf at foot, running with a

Aberdeen Angus Bull selling to £2000

Pedigree Aberdeen Angus cow with a Aberdeen Angus bull calf at foot, running with a Aberdeen Angus bull selling to £1900.

In Calf Cows.

3 ½ year old pedigree British Blue cow in calf to a Lim Bull sold to £2800.

5 year old Lim cow in calf to a Lim Bull sold to £2080.

3 year old Lim cow in calf to Lim Bull sold to £2000.

Weanlings

10 month Lim heifer to £1190

10 month Lim heifer to £1110

11 month Aberdeen Angus Bull to £1100.

10 month Aberdeen Angus bull to £1080.

10 month Aberdeen Angus heifer to £995.

Bulls

Top quality 4 year old pedigree Lim Bull selling to £7245.

Store Lambs

Another good entry of 1190 store lambs today with a larger percentage of Welsh and longer term lambs, but selling very very well.

Overall average to day £59.22

Some of the top prices-

Texel ram lambs to £100- G& J Pugh,Ty’n Pwll

Crossbred ram lambs to £92.50- EW & E Roberts, Ty Nant Llan

Easycare to £89- Lloyd Bros, Ysgubor Isa

Welsh to £46- G Davies & Son,Ty’n Twll

Charollais to £68- S W Morris, Bryn Rodyn

Breeding Ewes

1387 Breeding ewes forward.

A brisker trade on all ewes today with a topping price of £480 for a pen of pure Texel yearlings from J&P Barlow, Mossigel, followed closely by 3 Texel 2 & 4 tooth ewes at £380 from G Oliver, Ty’n Clawdd.

Strong Texel x Mule well over the £200s.

YEARLINGS

Texel x Mule to £220

Charollais x to £245

Lleyn x to £225

Beltex to £215

Welsh Mule to £168

Aberfields to £150

2 YEAR OLD EWES

Beulah Mules to £155

Texel to £155

FULL MOUTH EWES

Texel to £138

Mule to £125

Lleyn to £110

Beltex to £142

Crossbred to £132

Suffolk to £140

Cheviot to £130

Ruthin Farmers Auction

Friday, August 20

982 Prime Lambs to £122- 260ppk

324 Ewes to £90

Prime Lambs

Auctioneer Richard Lloyd 07557230777

Another good Friday entry today of 973 prime lambs and a very good trade. SQQ today of 229ppk and overall average 228.8ppk.

206 light lambs in the show ,most of which were Welsh lambs averaging 213.5ppk. 384 standards at 229.7ppk, 316 mediums at 235.3ppk and 66 heavies at 227.3ppk

Some of today’s top prices.

Top price

50kg @£122 - Ifan Hughes, Four Crosses

45kg @ £114 - Ifan Hughes, Four Crosses

46.5kg @ £112 - J Jones, Hengaer Ucha

Top price per kilo

40kg @ 260ppk - Ifan Hughes, Four Crosses

40kg @ 260ppk - F Davies & Son, Bank Farm

45kg @ 253ppk - Ifan Hughes, Four Crosses

Lights to 234.4ppk - average 213.5ppk

Standards to 251.3ppk - average 229.7ppk

Mediums to 260ppk - average 235.3ppk

Heavies to 244ppk- average 227.3ppk

Over weights to 200ppk- average 200ppk

The end of a busy week today with over 4400 lambs sold this week.

Cull Ewes

Auctioneer Dafydd Parry 07780924460

324 ewes forward with a real mix bag on offer.

Texel to £90

Suffolk to £89

Leaner types

Texel to £70

Suffolk to £72

Mule to £65

Beulah to £40

Welsh to £31