Ruthin primestock sale - March 18

RUTHIN Farmers Auction reports sales of 838 prime hoggets to £127 / 295ppk and 370 ewes to £190.

Prime hoggs (auctioneer - Rich Lloyd):

Another good show of hoggets for the time of year with an entry of 838 and certainly a brisker trade.

A Friday SQQ of 264 and overall average of 260.6p, unfortunately not a hogget reaching the £3ppk mark but a brisker trade on everything.

Some of the top prices.

Top priced: 59kg at £127 by R D Roberts, Esgair Gawr; 47kg at £127 by J W Jones & Co, Crafnant; 50kg at £126 by M Williams & Sons, Criccin; 44kg at £126 by R D G Hughes, Ty Cerrig.

Top priced per kilo: 40kg at 295ppk by R & E Williams & Son, Hendre; 38kg at 294.7ppk by R D G Hughes, Ty Cerrig; 37kg at 294.6ppk by E C Jones, Pen Llwyn.

Lights to 273.4ppk, av 239.5ppk; Standards to 294.7ppk, av 265.8ppk; Mediums to 295ppk, av 265.8ppk; Heavies to 270.2ppk, av 252.3ppk; Overweights to 230.2ppk, av 221.2ppk.

Cull ewes (auctioneer - Paul Roberts):

A total of 370 ewes and rams were forward, mostly hill bred ewes in with the odd stronger pen of ewes.

Overall average £77.61.

Top price went to Ela Evans, Bodtegir for a Texel ewe making £190.

Suffolk ewes to £152; X/Bred ewes to £148; Mule ewes to £139; Lleyn ewes to £134; Talybont ewes to £112; Texel rams to £176; Suffolk rams to £168; Welsh rams to £144.

St Asaph livestock market - March 19

FORWARD on the day were 262 store lambs, cull ewes, couples and pet lambs.

A total of 210 store lambs sold to £102/head or 250p/kg, with an average of 213.56p/kg.

Meanwhile, 27 cull ewes and rams were sold.

Ewes sold to £75/head, with an average of £51.80/head, while rams sold to £101/head. Average £51.50/head.

A total of 16 couples sold to £72.50/life, with an average of £70.42/life, while nine pet lambs sold to £10.

Store lambs (210): Overall average 213.56p/kg.

Super Lights sold to 193p/kg or £44.50/head. Average - 189.83p/kg

Lights sold to 239p/kg or £73/head. Average - 218.74p/kg.

Standards sold to 250p/kg or £92/head. Average - 230.92p/kg.

Mediums sold to 217p/kg or £90/head. Average - 216.87p/kg.

Heavies sold to 222p/kg or £102/head. Average - 211.46p/kg.

Cull ewes and rams (27):

Top price (ewes): £75/head. Average - £51.80/head.

Top price (rams): £101/head. Average - £51.50/head.

Ewe and lamb couples (16):

Speckle Faced Ewes with Singles sold to £145; Speckle Faced Ewes with Twins sold to £205.

Overall Average - £70.42/life.

Pet lambs (9):

Pet lambs sold to £10/head.

Ruthin store and breeding sale - March 17

RUTHIN Farmers' Auction reports sales of 132 heifers to £1,430; 137 steers to £1,885; 73 calves to £390; 27 stirks to £880; 27 OTMs to £1,763.30 / 250ppk; 268 store lambs to £117; 32 in-lamb ewes to £95; 100 ewes and lambs to £258, and 32 pet lambs to £31.

Store cattle (auctioneer - Rich Lloyd):

An increased entry on the year with 294 store cattle forward at the spring catalogue sale of store cattle, with plenty of variety on offer meeting a ringside full of keen purchasers with someone for everything.

Buyers came from near and far, and it was a buoyant trade from start to finish.

Heifers sold to £1,430 and steers sold to £1,885, with an overall average of £1,110.81.

Heifers:

Top prices of the day went to A Williams, Fron Dro for 2 Lim Hfrs (23 month) at £1,430 followed by two 23 months at £1,415.

18 month Lim to £1,365; 22 month Char to £1,300; 24 month British Blue to £1,290; 22 month Hereford to £1,290; 25 month Saler x to £1,250; 10 month Char to £1,230; 10 month Lim to £1,170; Overall average £1,061.44.

Steers:

Top prices of the day went to G W Jones, Nant Erw Haidd for 3 Lim Strs (23 month) at £1,885 followed by three 20 month at £1,775, two 21 month at £1,740 and two 23 month at £1,700.

19 month BB to £1,550; 19 month Char to £1,510; 18 month Simm to £1,370; 19 month Hereford to £1,095; 16 month Stabaliser to £770; 18 month Mox to £760; 12 month Freisan to £700; 12 month Holstein to £700; Overall average £1,160.18.

A well supported sale by vendors and purchasers.

OTMs (auctioneer - Rich Lloyd):

An increased entry of 25 taking some adjustment on the day and a cracking trade with a top price of 250ppk and a top price per head of £1,763.30.

26 month Lim (485kg) 250ppk / £1,212.50; 38 month Lim (700kg) 237ppk / £1,659.00; 78 month Lim (770kg) 229ppk / £1,763.30; 60 month Lim (615kg) 229ppk / £1,408.35; 76 month BB (785kg) 204ppk / £1,601.40; 143 month Her (700kg) 190ppk / £1,330.00; 51 month AA (630kg) 189ppk / £1,190.70; Overall average 197.4ppk / £1,263.68p.

Calves (auctioneer - Dafydd Parry):

Those stronger calves met a very firm trade with plenty of buyers for those top end calves.

Younger heifer calves proved difficult to sell at times as many buyers continued to be busy in the lambing sheds.

Top price went to M W Roberts & Co, Bodynys selling a Lim bull for £390, with others to £385.

BB bulls to £365; BB heifers to £310; AA bulls to £290; AA heifers to £270; Hereford heifers to £185

Dairy cattle is wanted for the upcoming sale on Thursday, March 31.

Weanlings (auctioneer - Dafydd Parry):

An improved trade as more and more people look to buy weanlings as opposed to calves.

Top price went to G Roberts, Tyddyn Wilym selling a 10 month Lim bullock for £880.

7 month Lim bullocks to £795; 10 month Char heifers to £860; 7 month Simmental bullocks to £650.

More are required on a weekly basis.

Ewe and lamb couples (auctioneer - Paul Roberts):

Less couples about with 100 units forward, still a good trade on stronger lambs and shapely couples.

Top price of £258 for a Texel twin from G W Pierce, Plas Dolben. Top price of £205 for a Beltex single from Messrs Davies, Nant y Gau.

Singles average £133.90p.

Suffolk to £172; X/Bred to £165; Charmoise to £165; Mule to £155; Zwarbles to £150; Lleyn to £135; Welsh to £100.

Doubles average £168.04p.

X/Bred to £228; Beltex to £225; Suff to £220; Mules to £200; Abbeyfield to £185; Romney to £168; Chev to £165; Welsh to £125; Overall Average £153.23p.

Pet lambs:

From £9 to £31, average £18.09.

Store lambs (auctioneer - Paul Roberts):

Texel lamb to £117; Texel ewe lambs to £94; Mule ram lambs to £81; Cheviot lambs to £78; Welsh ram lambs to £68.

Ruthin primestock sale - March 15

RUTHIN Farmers' Auction reports sales of 2,000 prime hoggets to £154 / 337.7ppk and 460 ewes to £195.

Prime hoggets (auctioneer - Elfor Morris):

A total of 2,000 hoggs forward met a better than expected trade, with an SQQ of 266ppk or overall of 255ppk.

Some 858 mediums - averaging 42.7kg - stole the show of 2.71ppk, a good 10ppk better on the week.

Meanwhile, 633 heavy and overweight lambs, to an average of 51.6kg, affected the overall averages as in other centres during week.

There was a tidy trade of 465 standards, average 36.5kg, at 2.57ppk and very few lights were about.

Top priced:

Lights (32kg): £77 by RW & EE Edwards & Sons, Bodanwydog.

Standards (38.5kg): £130 by B H Jones, Tyddyn Isa.

Mediums (44kg): £148 by DJ & MJ Hughes & Son, Ty Cerrig.

Heavies (51kg): £154 by C & S Davies, Egryn.

Overweights (77kg): £150 by Mrs F R Jones, Graig.

Top priced per kilo:

Lights (30.5kg): 244.3ppk by EL, MC & DA Evans, Nant y Merddyn.

Standards (38.5kg): 337.7ppk by B H Jones, Tyddyn Isa.

Mediums (44kg): 336.4ppk by DJ & MJ Hughes & Son, Ty Cerrig.

Heavies (51kg): 302ppk by C & S Davies, Egryn.

Overweights (52.5kg): 249.5ppk by Ty Isa.

Lights to 244.3ppk, av 226.6ppk; Standards to 337.7ppk, av 252.1ppk; Mediums to 336.4ppk, av 272ppk; Heavies to 302ppk, av 248.5ppk; Overweights to 249.5ppk, av 224.4ppk; Overall average 255ppk; SQQ 265.5ppk.

Prime lambs (auctioneer - Elfor Morris):

Spring lambs sold to £135 / 310.3ppk.

Cull ewes (auctioneer - Paul Roberts):

A total of 460 ewes and rams forward, with new vendors being rewarded with a flying trade.

Overall average of £104.10p.

Top price of £195 was hit three times by vendors T H Roberts Bachymbyd, WP & O Evans Bodwrdin and Heaton Farms, Plas Heaton.

Charollais ewes to £195; Beltex ewes to £195; Texel ewes to £190; X/Bred to £180; Lleyn ewes to to £176; Suffolk ewes to £166; Talybont ewes to £110; Welsh Mountain ewes to £72; Charollais rams to £192; Beltex Rams to £180; Texel Rams to £160; Welsh Rams to £110.

More ewes and rams required every Tuesday and Friday.