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Bala Market Report

Thursday, July 15

PRIME LAMBS (586) SQQ – 250.84ppk

Lights (284) sold to 287ppk from E W Williams a’i Gwmni, Troed yr Allt, Carrog or £87.40 from same vendor Average – 250.37ppk

Standards (236) sold to 268ppk or £102 from E W Williams a’i Gwmni, Troed yr Allt, Carrog Average – 250.34ppk

Medium (65) sold to 261ppk from J Roberts, Coed y Foel Uchaf or £105 from W G & M E Evans, Egryn, Bermo Average – 253.95ppk

HOGGETT (1)

Light (1) sold to 117ppk from J Roberts, Coed y Foel Uchaf or £35 from same vendor Average – 116.67ppk

EWES (12)

Cull Ewes (12) sold to £40 from H P Roberts, Gyrn, Llanuwchllyn Average – £35

Ruthin Farmers Auction

Store & Breeding Sale Report

Thursday July 15

23 Heifers to £1210

10 Steers to £1160

35 Calves to £550

10 OTMs to £1249.50 ,205ppk

302 Store Lambs to £88

144 Store Ewes to £164

1 Cows & Calves to £1120

60 rams to 640gns

Store Cattle

Auctioneer Rich Lloyd 07557230777

Seasonal show today with many vendors looking to make the most of the good weather. An excellent trade!

23 Heifers averaging £959.57

Topping the Heifers today with a 20 month British Blue was E Williams ,Tyddyn Du with

His others achieving £1180 and £1110

Other prices

19 month British Blue £1100

24 month Lim £960

14 month Aberdeen Angus £900

10 Steers averaging £938

E W Evans, Summer Hill achieved the top price of £1160 today with a 26 month Simmental.

also achieving £1160 with his 20 month British Blue.

Other prices

12 month British Blue £910

14 month Aberdeen Angus £800

A larger entry expected next week to include British Blue bulling heifers alongside our breeding sale.

Please contact Rich Lloyd on 7557230777 to pre notify your entries.

OTMs

Auctioneer Rich Lloyd 07557230777

Some of today’s prices-

44 month Lim weighing 550kg-205ppk

93 month Lim weighing 650kg -185ppk

47 month Lim weighing 620kg-183ppk

132 month Lim weighing 735kg-170ppk

82 month British Blue weighing 680kg-169ppk

69 month Saler weighing 620kg-166ppk

84 month Lim weighing 600kg-164ppk

196 month Lim weighing 470kg-130ppk

181 month Lim weighing 455kg-118ppk

112 month Holstein Friesian weighing 635kg- 96ppk

Overall average 160.2ppk

More required weekly please!

Calves

Auctioneer Dafydd Parry 07780924460

As expected Calves and Weanlings in short supply due to several Dairy men taking advantage of the warm weather with silage.

Calf trade remains on fire!More required next week.

Top prices

Lim Bull £550

Charolais heifer £385

Aberdeen Angus bull £350

Lim heifer £415

Brtish Blue bull £420

Holstein Friesian bull £125

More required next week please.

Dairy Cattle

Auctioneer Dafydd Parry 07780924460

British Friesian 2nd Calver(calved June)-£1000

Rams

Auctioneer Glyn Owens 07867977703

The annual sale on behalf of David Faulkner with Beltex yearlings to 640gns and Texels selling up to 620gns. Overall average 426gns.

Store Lambs

Auctioneer Elfor Morris 07867977705

An entry of 302 store lambs saw a flying trade with top price going to TB & M Davies, Nant y Gau with some cracking Beltex cross tup lambs to £88/head.

More store lambs now needed weekly to meet demand.

Top prices

Roussin x to £67-M Thackray, Hafod y Grug

Charollais x to £76.50-G & E Jones, Wern Fawr

Welsh x to £70-H Richards, Hafod y Grug

Speckled to £69- T O Hughes, Tyddyn Harris

Overall average £60.81

Breeding ewes for early lamb production

Auctioneer Paul Roberts 07867977702

Trade still remaining buoyant on Store ewes with the top price of £164 going for 2 pens of full mouth Texel x ewes from E S Davies & Son, Tan yr Allt.

Crossbred ewes (full mouth) to £146

Suffolk x ewes (full mouth) to £148

Mule (4&5 year old) to £150

Blue x Texel (full mouth) to £156

Tal y Bont Welsh (full mouth) to £90

Special entry next week of 130 breeding ewes being 70 3 year old cheviot x mule

60 Texel x yearlings out of cheviot mules

Dipped 14.7.2021

All in the Hept P system

Footvaxed last year.

Cows & Calves

Auctioneer Dafydd Parry 07780924460

A Simmental cow with a 5 month British Shorthorn female calf at foot achieved £1120.

Ruthin Farmers Auction

Prime Stock Report

Friday, July 17

2098 rime Lambs to £136- 298.6ppk

383 Ewes to £140

Prime Lambs

Auctioneer Rich Lloyd 07557230777

5086 prime lambs sold through Ruthin this week to include a cracking Friday show of 2098 today with an overall average of 262ppk, SQQ 262.4ppk

A usual mixed Friday show but demand very good in all weight ranges. Ewe lambs not at all falling behind the tup lambs trade.

Some of today’s top prices.

Top price

57kg @ £136 - T Edwards, Brithdir

132kg @ £52 - D Jones & Son, Plas Isa

131kg @ £51- IV & MC Evans, Bryn Ffynnon

Top price per kilo

36kg @ 298.6ppk- Rhys Jones, Gwern Elwy

38kg @ 297.4ppk- Rhys Jones, Gwern Elwy

41kg @ 285ppk- Becky Fairbrother, 4 Deunant

Lights to 268.9ppk - average 250.4ppk

Standards to 298.6ppk - average 262.6ppk

Mediums to 285.4ppk - average 263.9ppk

Heavies to 269.6ppk- average 253.5ppk

Ovewrweight to 244.4ppk- average 240.2ppk

Cull Ewes

Auctioneer Paul Roberts 07867977702

Top price of £140- G W Jones, Nant Erw Haidd with Texel ewes.

Welsh to £81

Beltex to £136

Crossbred to £111

Cheviot to £75

Lleyn to £91

Beulah to £49

Suffolk to £113

Tal y Bont to £93