Ruthin primestock sale - October 21

RUTHIN Farmers' Auction reports sales of 1,143 prime lambs to £129 / 265.7ppk and 469 ewes to £153.

Prime lambs (auctioneer-Rich Lloyd):

A total of 1,136 prime lambs forward to an SQQ of 224ppk.

It was a mixed show of lambs as usual, but some more quality about than the previous week.

Welsh lambs, depending on meat and weight, anywhere from 190-210ppk.

Medium Welsh around the 220ppk.

Top priced:

56kg at £129 by B & GE Jones, Llannerch Las; 50kg at £115 by Nia Davies, Ty Gwyn; 44kg at £114 by MH Owens,& EH Owens, Glan Tre.

Top priced per kilo:

35kg at 265.7ppk by S T Edwards, Ffrith yr Hirdir; 44kg at 259ppk by MH Owens & EH Owens, Glan Tre; 39kg at 256ppk by C E Hancock & Son, Brook Farm.

Light to 231ppk, av 210.3ppk; Standards to 265.7ppk, av 221.8ppk; Mediums to 259.1ppk, av 229.1ppk; Heavies to 230ppk, av 221ppk; Overs to 230.4ppk, av 207.8ppk.

SQQ 224ppk; Overall average 223.6ppk.

Plenty of buyers in attendance and lambs well competed for as usual, resulting in a very pleasing SQQ of the day of 224ppk.

Cull ewes (auctioneer-Dafydd Parry):

Top priced ewes went to G & E Price, Fron Heulog for Suffolk ewes at £120.

Top priced ram went to Adam Russell, Blaen Eidda for a Texel ram at £153.

Welsh to £44; Mule to £90; Texel to £153; Cheviot to £85; Suffolk to £120; Crossbred to £114; Romney to £86.
 
Ruthin store and breeding sale - October 20

RUTHIN Farmers' Auction reports sales of 96 heifers to £1460; 128 steers to £1620; 13 OTMs to £1409.40 / 210ppk; 162 calves to £395; 2421 store lambs to £114; 577 breeding ewes to £137; 133 rams to 500gns; 585 ewe lambs to £128; 46 weanlings to £920 and two cows & calves to £1470.

Store cattle (auctioneer-Rich Lloyd):

A total of 274 store cattle forward and what an excellent show of cattle.

A tally of 92 heifers topped at £1,500 for a 34 month BB from JK & E Roberts, Fwynos.

Some other prices:

15 month Lim £1460; 17 month BB £1410; 20 month Char £1300; 14 month Char £1270; 21 month BB £1120; 18 month Her £1115; 15 month Blonde £960; 17 month AA £730; 22 month Saler £1160; 28 month WB £900; 8 month Char £1050; 34 month BB £1500.

Overall average £1051.98.

A total of 127 steers forward topped at £1620 for a 21 month Lim from A Roberts, Glanrafon.

Some other prices:

15 month Char £1510; 13 month Lim £1480; 25 month BB £1420; 18 month Sim £1380; 16 month Lim £1380; 18 month Char £1340; 18 month Her £1140; 20 month WB £1050; 23 month AA £1290; 17 month STA £1300; 15 month Blonde £1315; 21 month BF £915; 8 month Char £1170; 7 month Char £1100; 8 month Saler £790.

Overall average £1172.05.

OTMs (auctioneer-Rich Lloyd):

A tremendous trade on a show of very, very good cattle with more required weekly.

Top price per kilo of 210ppk went to TE Rowlands, Tyddyn Du for a 28 month WB weighing 600kg.

Top price of £1409.40 went to Wern Vets for a 59 month BB weighing 810kg.

100 month Lim-725kg-179ppk; 59 month BB-810kg-174ppk; 77 month Sim-705kg-172ppk; 90 month Lim-620kg-166ppk; 45 month AA-650kg-158ppk; 55 month HEX-870kg-155ppk; 40 month AA-960kg-130ppk; 151 month BB-605kg-112ppk; 116 month Norwegian Red-480Kkg-60ppk.

Overall average £997.34 / 146.4ppk.

Cows & calves (auctioneer-Dafydd Parry):

Aged BB cow with a male BB calf at foot sold to £1470.

Aged Lim cow with  Lim heifer calf at foot sold to £1460.

Weanlings (auctioneer-Dafydd Parry):

Trade on par to the previous week, with a firm trade throughout.

Top price went to Iestyn Evans, Rhosydd Ganol selling 15 month Saler heifers to £920.

Others:

7 month old BB heifers to £620; 10 month old Lim heifers to £740; 6 month old Lim bullocks to £500; 5 month old AA bulld to £310; 14 month old BB heifers to £710; 12 month old Hereford bullocks to £570.

Calves (auctioneer-Dafydd Parry):

A superb entry of 162 calves sold at Ruthin with a fair trade for all.

Ringside packed full of buyers with quality calves forward.

Small, young heifer calves still a difficult trade at times.

Top price went to R L Wynne, Ty Newydd selling a Lim heifer calf to £395.

Others:

Lim bull calves to £365; Hereford heifer calves to £160; AA bull calves to £300; AA heifer calves to £150; Stabiliser bull calves to £220; Stabiliser heifer calves to £115; HF bull calves to £50.

The winner of the Aberdeen Angus competition is M W Roberts & Son, Bodynys, selling a  male calf or £300 and purchased by A Owen, Bryn Du. Named sire is Hole in One.

Store ewes (auctioneer-Elfor Morris):

A total of 564 store ewes forward, mainly Welsh with a few consignments of crossbred ewes.

Top price of £137 went to E & D Jones & Sons, Rhoslydan with Texel ewes.
Dorset 2t to £120; Welsh 2t to £92; Welsh 4t to £66; Welsh fm to £51; Crossbred yrl to £128; Mule 3 yr olds to £78; Cheviot 2t to £120; Charollais fm to £51; Speckled 2/3 yr olds to £53.

Overall average £68.58.

Store lambs (auctioneer-Elfor Morris):

A terrific show of 2,380 store lambs on the day.

In general, the short term lambs were a bit easier, £85-90 stopping most of the strongest tup lambs and similar with the strongest ewe lambs.

Medium term lambs and lighter lambs a very consistent trade with plenty of buyers for all sorts.

Top price went to D Williams, Hafotty Gwyn with Texel ram lambs at £114.
Welsh ram lambs to £81; Cheviot ram lambs to £72; Crossbred ram lambs to £81; Crossbred ewe lambs to £76; Mule ram lambs to £76; Mule ewe lambs to £69; Charollais ram lambs to £72; Charollais ewe lambs to £68; Suffolk ram lambs to £76; Suffolk ewe lambs to £70; Lleyn ram lambs to £70; Dorset ram lambs to £68; Romney ram lambs to £74; Bluefaced ram lambs to £50.

Overall average £57.09.

Ewe lambs (auctioneer-Elfor Morris):

A total of 500 breeding ewe lambs, with the top consignment from £95 to £128!

Running types a little easier as men start to fill up, with the lighter types on par with the store trade.

Top price went to IH Morris & Son, Penrhewl with Texel ewe lambs at £128.

Mule to £82; Beulah to £52; Crossbred to £74; Cheviot to £71.

Overall average £79.70.

Rams (auctioneer-Dafydd Parry):

A full house once again with a very good clearance.

Power still in demand with a few Welsh rams forward today which sold very well.

Top price went to A Wynne Davies, Bronallt with a 2 tooth Texel at 500gns.
Suffolk 2t to 400gns; Suffolk ram lamb to 350gns; Texel 2t to 500gns; Lleyn 2t to 350gns; Beulah 2t to 140gns; Charollais 2t to 450gns; Charollais ram lamb to 380gns; Dutch Spotted 2t to 280gns; Beltex 2t to 400gns; Beltex 4t to 340gns; Bluefaced Leicester 2t to 450gns; Bluefaced Leicester ram lamb to 200gns; Blue Texel 2t to 200gns; Penderyn 4 yr old to 480gns; Penderyn 3 yr old to 280gns; Welsh 2t to 420gns; Speckled 2t to 250gns; Berrichon 2t to 200gns. 

 

Ruthin primestock sale - October 18

RUTHIN Farmers' Auction reports sales of 1,791 prime lambs to £143 / 315.9ppk and 379 ewes to £100.

Prime lambs (auctioneer-Elfor Morris):

A tally of 1,786 lambs forward with quality in abundance, vendors of well finished lambs rewarded with an SQQ of 247ppk!

A total of 913 medium weight lambs to an average 250ppk or £106.50 (42.7kg average weight).

Standards and lights a lot sharper on the week at 243ppk and 212ppk respectively.

Corn fed heavy lambs from £120 to £140.

Top priced:

Lights (32kg) £79 by Endaf Jones, Carreg Coediog.

Standards (37.5kg) £110 by Heaton Farms.

Mediums (44kg) £139 by D Jones & Son, Plas Isa.

Heavies (48kg) £143 by J D Pierce, Bryn Deunydd.

Overs (56kg) £140 by WE & EO Morris, Maes Llan.

Top priced per kilo:

Lights (32kg) 246.9ppk by Endaf Jones, Carreg Coediog.

Standards (37.5kg) 293.3ppk by Heaton Farms.

Mediums (44kg) 315.9ppk by D Jones & Son, Plas Isa.

Heavies (48kg) 297.9ppk by J D Pierce, Bryn Deunydd.

Overs (56kg) 250ppk by WE & EO Morris, Maes Llan.

Lights to 246.9ppk, av 212.9ppk; Standards to 293.3ppk, av 243.8ppk; Mediums to 315.9ppk, av 250ppk; Heavies to 297.9ppk, av 247.3ppk; Overs to 250ppk, av 220.7ppk.

Overall average 245.9ppk; SQQ 247.1ppk.

Cull ewes (auctioneer-Dafydd Parry):

Top priced ewes went to KS & NL Armstrong, Wern Neidr, with Texel ewes at £100.

Mules to £80; Welsh to £74; Texel to £100; Charollais to £70; Crossbred to £55; Zwarble to £41; Talybont to £64.

Overall average £46.94.