Ruthin primestock sale - July 15

RUTHIN Farmers' Auction reports sales of 622 prime lambs to £150 / 342.1ppk and 192 ewes to £140.

Prime lambs (auctioneer-Rich Lloyd):

As expected, there were fewer numbers about on the day with an entry of 622.

A two-tier trade, but every pen still keenly competed for resulting in an SQQ of 281.1ppk.

A total of 109 mediums in the entry commanded the best of the trade at 296.8ppk.  The majority of the lighter in weight, with the lights at 270.6ppk.

Top priced:

44kg at £150 by Charlie Jones, 2 Maes Clwyd; 48kg at £147 by E A Davies & Co, Dolwerfyl; 46kg at £144 by Sian Jones, Bryn Tirion.

Top priced per kilo:

38kg at 342ppk by Sian Jones, Bryn Tirion; 44kg at 340.9ppk by Charlie Jones, 2 Maes Clwyd; 37kg at 340.5ppk by B J Evans, Hafod Dafydd.

Lights to 285.7ppk, av 270.6ppk; Standards to 342.1ppk, av 278.3ppk; Mediums to 340.9ppk, av 296.8ppk; Heavies to 319.6ppk, av 277.2ppk.
SQQ 281.1ppk; Overall average 281.4ppk.

More lambs are required weekly.

To pre-enter or discuss the trade, don’t hesitate to contact Richard Lloyd at the auction.

Cull ewes (auctioneer-Paul Roberts):

Top price ewe was £140 from Charlie Jones, 2 Maes Clwyd for a Texel ewe.
Texel to £144; Lleyn to £94; Crossbred to £92; Tal y Bont to £89; Mule to £82; Welsh to £78.

SEE: A sheep special during the week at Ruthin centre

Ruthin store and breeding sale - July 14

RUTHIN Farmers' Auction reports sales of one bull to 2000gns; seven cows & calves to £1580; 17 heifers to £1260; 34 steers to £1240; 80 calves to £490; 34 stirks to £775; 14 OTMs to £1575.60 / 210ppk; 208 store lambs to £93.50 and 112 store ewes to £144.

Store cattle (auctioneer-Rich Lloyd):

There was a seasonal entry on the day, but no lack of demand with the trade holding firm.

A total of 17 heifers were forward, topping at £1260 for a 22 month BB from I Evans, Wern Derw.

Some other prices:

22 month Lim £1040; 25 month AA £905; 13 month BB £765. 

Overall average £1024.71.

Meanwhile, eight steers were forward with a top price of £1240 going for a 24  month BB from E G Jones, Dolwen.

Some other prices:

16 month Lim £870; 14 month Blonde Aquatine £800; 11 month British Shorthorn £795.

Overall average £854.38.

More cattle are required weekly.

OTMs (auctioneer-Rich Lloyd):

A tally of 14 barren cows were forward with some prices as follows.

Top price went to Roberts & Owen, Bryn Golau, 76 month / 780kg at £1575.60.

Top price per kilo went to IT & MJ Davies, Goppa, 102 month Lim / 620kg at 210ppk.

76 month BB-780kg-202ppk; 158 month Lim- 740kg- 199ppk; 86 month Sim- 710kg-184ppk; 156 month Lim- 730kg-182ppk; 39 month BB-540kg-182ppk; 67 month BB- 635kg-176ppk; 51 month HF-690kg-172ppk; 67 month WB- 610kg-170ppk; 88 month AA-560kg-148ppk; 120 month MRI-570kg-130ppk; 191 month Lim-580kg-126ppk; 79 month HF-570kg-108ppk; 169 month BF-570kg-106ppk.

Overall average £1059.27 / 166.5ppk.

Bulls (auctioneer-Dafydd Parry):

A three-year-old Stabiliser bull from Jones, Foxhall Farm sold to 2000gns.

Cows & calves (auctioneer-Dafydd Parry):

It was a pleasing trade throughout.

Top price went to Jones, Dolwen selling an aged Lim cow with a Lim bull calf at foot to £1580.

A Lim first calver with a Lim heifer calf at foot from Gwyneth Campbell sold to £1480 with another Lim bull calf at foot selling to £1440.

The next dairy sale and breeding sale will be on July 28.

Calves (auctioneer-Dafydd Parry):

A total of 80 calves were forward with the majority of calves being young heifer types.

Few vendors off loading before the show.

A firm trade throughout.

Top price goes to Hughes, Ffrith Isaf selling a BB bull to £490 with another to £390.

BB heifers £420; Lim heifer £370; AA bull £235.

Younger types:

BB bull £250; BB heifers £205; Hereford bull £170; Hereford heifer £120; BF bull £140.

Weanlings (auctioneer-Dafydd Parry):

An increased trade.

More calf buyers looking for weanlings as opposed to calves due to the hot weather.

Top price of £760 went to Jones & Green, Moel Is y Goedwig for a 12 month old Hereford bullock.

5 month AA heifer £465; 6 month Sim bullock £500; 9 month BB heifer £750.

More are required on a weekly basis.

Store ewes (auctioneer-Paul Roberts):

A seasonal entry of sponging ewes again for the week.

Texel full mouth £144; Texel 4 tooth £128; Texel 3&4 year old £120; Dorset broken mouth £125; Dorset full mouth £108; Mule 3&4 year old £120; Cheviot full mouth £126; Scotch full mouth £116; Tal y Bont Welsh 3&4 year old £112; Suffolk 2 year old £140.

Store lambs (auctioneer-Elfor Morris):

Just a very tidy trade with fair prices across the board.

Top price went to AH & L Brookes-Roberts, Ty Draw achieving £93.50 for Texel ram lambs.

Crossbred ram lambs to £84.50; Cheviot ram lambs to £80; Suffolk to £69; Welsh ram lambs to £61.

Ruthin primestock sale - July 12

RUTHIN Farmers' Auction reports sales of 1463 prime lambs to £167 / 417.5ppk and 189 ewes to £136.

Prime lambs (auctioneer-Elfor Morris):

A tally of 1460 lambs forward on the day were following trends with less about nationwide.

SQQ 295ppk.

Demand still there for meatier heavy lambs with the best still commanding the £3.50 to £4 mark.

Very few light lambs about but, generally, 33kg-34kg in the early £90 mark.

Top priced:

Standards (36.5kg) £133 by OL & SL Jones, Bron Parc.

Mediums (40kg) £167 by Ifan Hughes, Four Crosses.

Heavies (52kg) £156 by E Jones & Co, Clegir Ganol.

Overs (59kg) £165 by WE & EO Morris, 1 Maes Llan.

Top priced per kilo:

Standards (36.5kg) 364.4ppk by OL & SL Jones, Bron Parc.

Mediums (40kg) 417.5ppk by Ifan Hughes, Four Crosses.

Heavies (48kg) 312.5ppk by WE & EO Morris, 1 Maes Llan.

Overs (57kg) 284.2ppk by J T Stanyer & Sons, Ty Ucha.

Standards to 364.4ppk, av 282.1ppk; Mediums to 417.5ppk, av 303.3ppk;

Heavies to 312.5ppk, av 299.4ppk; Overs to 284.2ppk, av 282.7ppk.

Overall average 296.5ppk; SQQ 296.3ppk.

Cull ewes (auctioneer-Paul Roberts):

Top price of the day went to RR & C Tomlinson, Fferm Odyn Galch at £136 for a Texel ewe.

Texel to £136; Betex to £129; Mule to £107; Cheviot to £97; Crossbred to £96; Lleyn to £88; Welsh to £80.

Overall average £68.83.

Keep the numbers coming to satisfy the strong demand every Tuesday and Friday.