Ruthin primestock sale - January 10

RUTHIN Farmers' Auction reports sales of 1,934 prime hoggets to £129 / 282.1ppk and 276 ewes to £150.

Prime hoggets (auctioneer-Elfor Morris):

A total of 1,925 lambs in on the day with greater resistance than seen in a while.

SQQ 231ppk and an overall average of 230ppk.

Every weight range probably back 10ppk with standards at 228ppk, mediums 235ppk, lights 207ppk, heavies 230ppk and overweights meeting most resistance at 212ppk.

Top priced:

Lights (30kg) £76 by F R Jones, Graig.

Standards (39kg) £110 by J D Pierce, Bryn Deunydd / T Edwards, Brithdir.

Mediums (44.5kg) £116 by J D Pierce, Bryn Deunydd.

Heavies (50kg) £122 by A E Edwards, Cefn Coch.

Overs (68kg) £129 by T Edwards, Brithdir.

Top priced per kilo:

Lights (30kg) 253.3ppk by F R Jones, Graig.

Standards (39kg) 282.1ppk by J D Pierce, Bryn Deunydd / T Edwards, Brithdir.

Mediums (40kg) 275ppk by I P Jones, Maes Tyddyn.

Heavies (48kg) 247.9ppk by A E Jones & Son, Nant Ucha.

Overs (52.5kg) 228.6ppk by Ela Evans, Bodtegir.

Lights to 253.3ppk, av 207ppk; Standards to 282.1ppk, av 228.8ppk; Mediums to 275ppk, av 235.2ppk; Heavies to 247.9ppk, av 230.5ppk; Overs to 228.6ppk, av 212.1ppk.

Cull ewes (auctioneer-Dafydd Parry):

Leaner strong ewes were a firm trade with over fat ewes proving difficult to sell.

Top price of £150 went to A D Jones, Blaen Bache for a pen of Texel ewes.

Welsh to £60; Texel to £150; Mule to £92; Charollais to £90; Crossbred to £128; Cheviot to £98; Suffolk to £60.

Overall average £66.31

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

READ MORE: Last week's prices at Ruthin

 

Ruthin primestock sale - January 6

RUTHIN Farmers' Auction reports sales of 1,239 prime hoggets to £130 / 282.5ppk, 341 ewes to £220 and 149 store pigs to £110.

Prime hoggets (auctioneer-Rich Lloyd):

An increased entry on the day of 1,239 prime hoggets met a slightly easier trade on the week and an SQQ of 232ppk, as well as an overall average of 231.9ppk.

A total of 238 lights in the entry at 214ppk, but the mediums were still in keen demand at 242.2ppk.

Average weight on the day of 37kg throughout.

Top priced:

58kg at £130 by R J Tudor, Plas Newydd.

46kg at £127 by GW & DM Owen, Noddfa.

50.5kg at £127 by P E Parish, Firs Farm.

Top priced per kilo:

40kg at 282ppk by A & DD Evans, Cae Gwyn.

45.5kg at 279.1ppk by P E Parish, Firs Farm.

46kg at 276.1ppk by GW & DM Owen, Noddfa.

Light to 268.8ppk, av 213.3ppk; Standards to 265.2ppk, av 231.3ppk; Mediums to 282.5ppk, av 242ppk; Heavies to 276.1ppk, av 234.7ppk; Overs to 226.4ppk, av 212.4ppk.

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

Cull ewes (auctioneer-Paul Roberts):

Top priced ram went to P E Parrish, Firs Farm at £220 for Texel rams.

Top priced ewes went to D Faulkner, Penlan Farm at £180 for Texel ewes.

Texel to £220; Welsh to £74; Romney to £94; Crossbred to £148; Ryland to £80; Mule to £108; Suffolk to £160; Tal y Bont to £80; Lleyn to £88; Speckled to £55; Beltex to £130; Cheviot to £73; Zwarble to £130; Charollais to £114.

Overall average £68.74.

Store pigs (auctioneer-Elfor Morris):

A total of 149 store pigs forward on the day with most being weaners.

They were a slightly sharper trade, especially the well bred, shapely ones.

Bunches of gilts still commanding a premium over pens of boars with the best of gilts from £28 to £39.

Boars, meanwhile, were harder to place from £2 to £38.

Store pigs a brisk trade, and again quality pigs sold well.

Best gilts to £100, strong boars to £60.

In pig Pietrain sow to £110 and cull sows topping at £45.

 

Ruthin store and breeding sale - January 5

RUTHIN Farmers' Auction reports sales of 10 OTMs to £1292 / 181ppk; 46 heifers to £1405; 15 steers to £1325; 41 stirks to £1105; 104 calves to £380; 1409 store lambs to £100; 232 breeding ewes to £245 and 111 ewe & lamb couples to £315.

Store cattle (auctioneer-Rich Lloyd):

An excellent start to the New Year with an entry of 112 store cattle forward with good entries now expected weekly.

A total of 46 heifers forward with an overall average of £1050.33.

Top price of £1405 went to G B Jones & Co, Fron Bella, selling a 21 month Lim.

Others:

20 month Lim £1290; 31 month BB £1225; 26 Her £1140; 18 month Lim £1110; 18 month BB £1095.

A tally of 15 steers forward with an overall average of £1199.33.

Top price of £1325 went to RE & GA Roberts, Tyddyn Inco selling a 17 month Lim.

Others:

28 month BB £1310; 19 month Lim £1260; 15 month Lim £1040; 21 month Her £1000.

Barren cattle (auctioneer-Rich Lloyd):

Top price went to JM & GM Graham, Groesfaen, with a 145 month Lim weighing 760kg going for £1292.

Top price per kilo went to JE & GE & D Hughes, Bryn Celynnog - an 87 month Lim weighing 480kg going for 181ppk.

57 month Lim-450kg-175ppk; 57 month Lim-550kg-170ppk; 186 month Lim-665kg-170ppk; 145 month Lim-760kg-170ppk; 126 month Lim-590kg-168ppk; 161 month WB-720kg-152ppk; 64 month Sim-670kg-146ppk; 71 month Her-760kg-145ppk; 141 month WB-510kg-130ppk.

Overall average 159.9ppk / £984.26.

Calves (auctioneer-Dafydd Parry):

Over 100 calves in Ruthin met a buoyant trade.

Generally more dairy bred types on offer.

Top price went to Evans, Grugor Ucha selling a Lim heifer to £380.

Others:

BB bull to £350; Lim bull to £300; AA bull to £210; Lim heifer to £230; BB heifer to £230; HF bull to £48.

Weanlings (auctioneer-Dafydd Parry):

Plenty of buyers for all cattle. Please keep numbers coming.

There's a real buzz around the ring.

Top price went to Jones, Llwyn Mafon selling an 18 month old Lim bullock to £1105.

5 month Hereford bullock to £430; 6 month BB heifer to £590; 6 month Lim heifer to £550; 7 month old Lim bulls to £650; 12 month AA bullock to £600.

The next dairy sale is on Thursday, January 26.

In lamb ewes (auctioneer-Paul Roberts):

A total of 232 in lambs forward.

In lamb ewes in demand with plenty of buyers present.

Top price of £245 went to Roberts, Caerhun for two pens of Suffolk 2 year old ewes and an overall consignment average of £212.

Suff x 2yo to £245; Crossbred 2yo to £225; Tex x fm to £185; Mule fm to £120; Mule 3 yo to fm to £80.

Overall average £164.34.

Store lambs (auctioneer-Elfor Morris):

Numbers back out with a terrific show of 1407 store lambs forward to a stronger trade.

Short term heavy Texel ram lambs from £90 to £100, with the strongest ewe lambs from £88 to £93.

Longer keep lambs from £70 to £85 with the best grazing type lambs from £35 to £65. Strongest Welsh ram lambs from £46 to £75.

Zwarble ram lambs to £60; Texel ram lambs to £100; Texel ewe lambs to £93; Suffolk ram lambs to £70; Welsh ram lambs to £78; Crossbred ram lambs to £74; Halfbred ram lambs to £65; Tal y Bont ram lambs to £86; Cheviot ram lambs to £60; Beltex ram lambs to £96; Beltex ewe lambs to £72; Mule ram lambs to £70.

Ewe & lamb couples (auctioneer-Paul Roberts):

Twins (48): Overall average £236.69, £78.90 a life.

Singles (62): Overall average £176.66, £88.33 a life.

Singles:

Lleyn to £158; Mule to £170; Tal y Bont to £105; Suffolk to £205; Texel to £220; Crossbred to £230.

Twins:

Lleyn to £270; Mule to £245; Cheviot to £212; Tal y Bont to £185; Texel to £300; Crossbred to £315; Romney to £245; Halfbred to £235; Black Texel to £190.