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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
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