Market report round-up from Ruthin Farmers Auction

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Ruthin Farmers Auction

Store & Breeding Sale Report

Thursday, September 16

58 Heifers to £1380

110 Steers to £1380

56 Calves to £535

32 Stirks to £800

13 OTMs to £1378.30 - 179ppk

1787 Store Lambs to £105.50

2313 Store Ewes to £180

96 Rams to £735

1422 Ewe Lambs to £152

18 Cows & Calves to £1255

Store Cattle

Auctioneer Glyn Owens 07867977703

Another good show of store cattle.

Some of today’s top prices-

Heifers

Top Prices

24month Lim £1380-T G Morris, Plas Newydd

20 month Lim £1190-G & CE Price, Fron Heulog

18 month Charolais £1180-M Jones a’i Gwmni, Plas yn Llan

Few other prices...

29 month Aberdeen Angus £1160

16 month Lim £1150

22 month British Blue £1145

13 month Charolais £1140

Steers

Top Prices

18 month Charolais £1380-T M Parry, Penygelli

18 month Charolais £1355-T M Parry, Penygelli

16 month Charolais £1305-T M Parry, Penygelli

Few other prices…

28 month British Blue £1300

14 month Charolais £1255

19 month Lim £1295

More required next week to meet demand.

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

Diolch yn fawr/ Thank you.

OTMs

Auctioneer Glyn Owens 07867977703

Yet again the Barrens selling very well with more required to meet demand.

75 month Charolais weighing 770kg- 179ppk

148 month Welsh Black weighing 680kg- 173ppk

150 month Welsh Black weighing 690kg- 142ppk

122 month Welsh Balck weighing 650kg- 140ppk

41 month British Shorthorn weighing 680kg-140ppk

101 month Welsh Black weighing 620kg- 133ppk

139 month British Blue weighing 650kg- 132ppk

51 month Aberdeen Angus weighing 500kg- 120ppk

60 month Hereford cow weighing 530kg-108ppk

66 month Hereford cow weighing 510kg-104ppk

65 month Hereford weighing 535kg-104ppk

50 month Hereford weighing 425kg-90ppk

Calves

Auctioneer Dafydd Parry 07780924460

Good quality calves on offer today with those present benefiting from the firm trade for all types. Topping Lim heifer from G M Roberts & Son, Bryn Eryr achieving top price of £535.

Other top prices

Blue Bull from Jones, Gables-£430

Blue Bull from Morris,Marian Mawr-£405

Lim Bull from Evans, Grugor-£400

Other prices

Charolais heifer -£370

Aberdeen Angus bullock-£245

Holstein Friesian bulls-£95

Weanlings

Quality stirks on offer today with those older types gaining plenty of interest.

13 month Charolais bull from S Evans, Gilfach Lwyd achieving £800.

13 month British Blue bullock £780

11 month Aberdeen Angus heifer £730

6 month Charolais bullock £725

Remember the catalogued sale of suckler bred weanling calves on Saturday 9th of

October. Entry forms available online or in the market office.

Store Lambs

1787 forward, real good show and a strong trade.

Keep them coming as men are gearing up for them.

Top price of £105.50 went to Rhys Roberts,Glanaber for Cheviot ram lambs.

Texel ram lambs to £93

Texel ewes lambs to £85

Cheviot ram lambs to £105.50

Welsh ram lambs to £69.50

Mule ram lambs to £84.50

Crossbred ram lambs to £88

Crossbred ewe lambs to £94.50

Bluefaced Leicester ewe lambs to £72

Suffolk ram lambs to £90

Breeding Ewe Lambs

Top price of the day went to DW & G Hughes & Sons,Bryn Kenrick achieving £152 with Texel ewe lambs.

Bluefaced Laeicester to £102

Mules to £124

Beulah to £79

Texel to £152

Suffolk to £120

Breeding Ewes

2313 Breeding ewes forward,all shapes and sizes.

Best ewes still very much sought after, but more resistance to second quality.

Top price of £180 went T & J Jones, Ty Newydd for Texel yearlings.

YEARLINGS

Welsh yearlings to £75

Texel yearlings to £148

Mule yearlings to £140

Lleyn yearlings to £124

Berrichon yearlings to £120

Aberfield yearlings to £148

AGED EWES

Welsh 4 yo to £88

Full mouth to £72

Texel 2 year old to £162

Mule 2 year old to £158

Lleyn full mouth to £108

Scotch 2 tooth to £150

Beulah 2 tooth to £160

Beulah 3&4 year old to £105

Crossbred 2 tooth to £148

Cheviot 2 tooth to £165

Breeding Rams

Esmor Evans achieving top price of 700gns with a Texel yearling and others at 680gns and 600gns.

Texel yearling from J&H Thomas, Bryngarth-650gns

Suffolk yearling from J M Smithson,Hawkhill-640gns

Texel yearling from Tomos Edwards,Llwyn Tywysog-620gns

Texel yearling from A Wynne Davies,Bronallt-600gns.

Beltex yearling from R E Owen & Co, Foel Gadeiriau-500gns.

Other prices

Texel ram lambs to 270gns

Suffolk ram lambs to 280gns

Texel 4 tooth to 400gns

Charollais 4 tooth to 400gns

Rams required every Thursday.

Pease contact Dafydd Parry with your entries on 07780924460

Cows and Calves

Cows & Calves still being sold at this time of year.

Special entry from Mr George Kynaston of Foxholes Farm, Whitchurch with Angus first calvers at £1220 and an overall average of £1105.

Other prices

T & G Lloyd, Rhwngddwyafon with a 1st calver selling to £1240.

Ruthin Farmers Auction

Prime Stock Report

Friday September 17

856 Prime Lambs to £114- 242.9ppk

522 Ewes to £116

Prime Lambs

The end of a very busy week at Ruthin today with 9539 commercial sheep sold!

A good end to the week with 856 lambs forward meeting a sharper trade and an SQQ of 221.2ppk, 219.9ppk overall average.

Some of today’s top prices.

Top price

59kg @£114 -T Edwards,Brithdir

48kg @ £111 - T Edwards,Brithdir

54kg @ £111 - T Edwards,Brithdir

Top price per kilo

35kg @ 242.9ppk -B J Evans,Hafod Dafydd

35kg @ 242.9ppk -Edwards & Co,Abertwymyn

36.5kg @ 241.1ppk -G W Davies,Rhedegfa

Lights to 231.9ppk average 196.4

Standards to 242.9 average 227.8ppk

Mediums to 236.4ppk average 219.2ppk

Heavies to 237ppk average 212.5ppk

Overweights to 205.6ppk average 193.8ppk.

A welcomed sharper trade to end the week.

To pre-enter or discuss the trade, please don’t hesitate to contact Richard Lloyd on 07557230777.

Cull Ewes

Majority of plainer and grazing ewes but a line up of buyers for them resulting in a consistent trade throughout.

Texel to £113

Lleyn to £74

Crossbred to £116

Halfbred to £80

Charollais to £116

Welsh rams to £77

Welsh ewes to £57

Mules to £90

Cheviot ram to £98

Cheviot ewes to £81

Beulah ram to £115