Ruthin primestock sale - May 13
RUTHIN Farmers' Auction reports sales of 57 prime lambs to £135 / 338ppk; 601 prime hoggets to £136 / 282.9ppk and 206 ewes to £164.
Prime lambs (auctioneer-Elfor Morris):
A total of 57 spring lambs were forward to an average of 311ppk, with the best of the springers to 338ppk from R G Roberts & Co, Berwynfa.
More spring lambs will be required every Friday from now on as the hoggs dry up in numbers.
Give the auction a call with your Friday prime lambs entry.
Prime hoggs (auctioneer-Elfor Morris):
A total of 601 hoggs forward of all shapes and sizes!
Top price hoggs from D S Hughes, Frith Lom with 44kg at 282ppk.
Top price per head £136 for 51kg from J H Williams, Myfoniog.
Some of the top prices:
Top priced: 51.5kg at £136 by J H Williams, Myfoniog; 48.5kg at £135 by J H Williams, Myfoniog; 63kg at £133 by G Roberts, Tan yr Ywen.
Top priced per kilo: 41kg at 282.9ppk by D S Hughes a’i Gwmni, Ffrith Lom; 48.5kg at 278.4ppk by J H Williams, Myfoniog; 40kg at 277ppk by D S Hughes a’i Gwmni, Ffrith Lom; Overall average 236ppk.
More 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 of the day was achieved by R Owen, Tai Ucha at £164 for a Texel ram.
Texel ewes to £143; Welsh ram to £96; Welsh ewes to £70; Halfbred ewes to £97; Lleyn ewes to £80; Cheviot ewes to £58; Crossbred ewes to £118; Mule ewes to £116; Scotch ewes to £67; Beulah ewes to £60; Overall average £83.89.
Ruthin store and breeding sale - May 12
RUTHIN Farmers' Auction reports sales of 73 heifers to £1310; 31 steers to £1310; 51 calves to £435; 36 stirks to £855; 17 OTMs to £1715.50 / 235ppk; 38 store lambs to £142; 566 ewes and lambs to £300; 11 pet lambs to £16 and cows & calves to £1380.00.
Store cattle (auctioneer-Dafydd Parry):
The warm weather and light showers encouraged those buyers seeking younger, grazing cattle which resulted in a firm trade.
More are required next week.
Heifers (73):
Heifers topped at £1310 from E W Evans, Summerhill with a 23 month Lim.
Some other prices: 18 month Lim £1220 by P R Roberts, Derwgoed; 22 month Blonde Aquatine £1190; 20 month Saler £1145; 23 month BB £1060.
Younger heifers:
14 month Lim £1260 by Jones & Co, Wenallt; 14 month Lim £1065; 10 month Lim £1020; Overall average £897.19.
Steers (31):
Steers topped at £1390 from Mrs C M Jones, Cae Isa with a 21 month Lim.
18 month Lim £1220; 23 month Blonde Aquetine £1220; 26 month Saler £1145; 23 month BB £1145.
Younger steers: 14 month Lim £1260; 10 month Lim £1020; 9 month Lim £965; 13 month Lim £1050; Overall average £898.55.
More cattle required weekly.
OTMs (auctioneer-Dafydd Parry):
Trade was blistering as usual!
Top price went to IT & HM Jones, Rhiwlas, achieving 235ppk (£1715.50) for a 108 month Lim cow weighing 730kg.
153 month Lim 620kg-218ppk; 56 month Lim-615kg-216ppk; 158 month Lim-640kg-214ppk; 141 month Lim-630kg-210ppk; 43 month Lim-600kg-210ppk; 92 month Lim-620kg-191ppk; 56 month Stabiliser-640kg-187ppk; 97 month Lim-635kg-179ppk; 132 month Lim-595kg-172ppk; 174 month Lim-665kg-168ppk; 145 month BB-690kg-168ppk; 89 month Her-660kg-166ppk; 108 month AA-570kg-164ppk; 110 month BB-640kg-163ppk; 117 month AA-685kg-156ppk; Overall average 186.6ppk / £1172.81.
Calves (auctioneer-Dafydd Parry):
Younger dairy bred calves on fire! More required next week.
Top price went to T W Jones, Cefn Fran selling a Lim bull to £435.
Others: Lim bull £380; AA bull £350; Hereford bull £235; BB bull £350; AA heifer £215; HF bull £185.
Weanlings (auctioneer-Dafydd Parry):
Dearer on the week. Plenty of buyers for all sorts.
Top price went to E Owen, Foel Gadeiriau selling an 11 month old Lim bullock to £855 with Lim heifers to £815.
Others: 7 month old BB bullocks £785; 12 month BB bull sold to £745; 9 month AA bullock £625; 6 month Hereford bulls £485; 6 month AA bulls £495; 5 month Stabiliser bulls £460.
More required on a weekly basis.
Ewe & lamb couples (auctioneer-Paul Roberts):
A total of 566 (1,272 lives) couples forward.
Full house of couples with a fast trade from start to finish. All sorts selling well.
Texel hoggs to £260 from I P Jones, Maes Tyddyn.
Singles (426): Average £147.70 / £73.385 a life; Texel to £270; Cheviot to £108; Badgerface to £100; Welsh to £114; Beltex to £245; Bluefaced Leicester to £150; Mules to £210; Crossbred to £155; Lleyn to £165; Suffolk to £280; Beulah to £98; Tal y Bont to £116; Speckled to £105.
Doubles (140): Average £136.46 / £45.49 a life; Texel to £300; Cheviot to £125; Welsh to £145; Beltex to £210; Mules to £195; Lleyn to £195; Blue Texel to £228; Overall Average £144.92.
Cade lambs:
A total of 15 entered, from £5 to £16.
Store lambs (auctioneer-Elfor Morris):
Mules to £80; Welsh ram lambs to £74; Texel ram lambs to £142; Lleyn to £87; Overall average £87.53.
Cows & calves (auctioneer-Dafydd Parry):
12 year old Lim cow with a Lim male calf at foot achieved £1380.
15 year old Lim cow with a male Lim calf at foot achieved £1280.
The next breeding sale is on May 19.
Cows & calves, in calvers, bulling heifers and breeding bulls required.
The next dairy sale will be on May 26.
READ: Last week's market prices
Ruthin primestock sale - May 10
RUTHIN Farmers' Auction reports sales of 1,046 prime lambs to £190 / 486.8ppk; 1,351 prime hoggets to £145 / 326.3ppk and 442 ewes to £168.
Prime lambs (auctioneer-Elfor Morris):
A total of 1,046 spring lambs to an SQQ of 347ppk and overall of 345ppk.
Similar to the previous week with the fresh looking lambs still commanding a super trade constantly from £160-£190/head and it would be true to say that the under 40kg lambs look best sold again, with standard weight lambs (av 37kg) returning the best of the average at 349ppk.
Top priced:
Lights (31kg) £105 by D&S Read, Ty Coch; Standards (38kg) £185 by E & G Hughes, Bwchanan; Mediums (42kg) £190 by J S Davies & Son, Derwen Deg; Heavies (47.5kg) £148 by I A Jones, Ty Mawr.
Top priced per kilo: Lights 338.7ppk by D & S Read, Ty Coch; Standards 486.8ppk by E & G Hughes, Bwchanan; Mediums 465ppk by J S Davies & Son, Derwen Deg; Heavies 311.6ppk by I A Jones, Ty Mawr.
Lights to 338.7ppk av 315ppk; Standards to 486.8ppk av 349.6ppk; Mediums to 465ppk av 345.7ppk; Heavies to 311.6ppk av 301.3ppk; Overall average 345.8ppk; SQQ 346.8ppk.
Prime Hoggets (auctioneer-Elfor Morris):
A total of 1,351 hoggs forward and slightly less money as the quality dwindles. Best of the export type hoggs still hitting the £3 mark with many hill bred heavy lambs in resulting in a pleasing SQQ average of 269.9ppk or 265ppk all through.
Top priced: Super lights (23.5kg) £40 by G Roberts, Pen y Bont; Lights (30kg) £86 by R D G Hughes, Ty Cerrig; Standards (38kg) £124 by F R Jones, Y Graig; Mediums (45.5kg) £137 by R L Wynne, Ty Newydd; Heavies (50kg) £145 by Ty Isa, Llanfair DC; Overweights (54kg) £142 by Ty Isa, Llanfair DC.
Top priced per kilo: Super lights 170.2ppk by G Roberts, Pen y Bont; Lights 286.7ppk by R D G Hughes, Ty Cerrig; Standards 326.3ppk by F R Jones, Y Graig; Mediums 311.6ppk by R L Wynne, Ty Newydd; Heavies 302.2ppk by OL&SL Jones, Bron Parc; Overweights 263ppk by Ty Isa, Llanfair DC.
Superlights to 170.2ppk av 170.2ppk; Lights to 286.7ppk av 240.8ppk; Standards to 326.3ppk av 266.9ppk; Mediums to 311.6ppk av 271.6ppk; Heavies to 302.2ppk av 263.1ppk; Overweights to 263ppk av 234.3ppk; Overall average 267.1ppk; SQQ 270.6ppk.
Cull ewes (auctioneer-Paul Roberts):
Top price of the day was £168 for a Romney ram shown by B & HM Jones, Gwastadanas.
Suffolk to £139; Texel to £142; Beltex to £144; Crossbred to £149; Charollais to £143; Mules to £110; Welsh to £77; Cheviot to £140; Dorset to £134; Romney to £168; Scotch to £84; Overall average £95.66.
More ewes and rams required every Tuesday and Friday.
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