Ruthin primestock sale - November 4

A better show of quality on the week and certainly some more demand.

Some top prices: 49kg @ £130 - I H Jones, Tain y Waen

48kg @ £130 - Sion Jones, Cefn Eithin

58kg @ £1285 - RN & JE Fowles, Mount Pleasant Holding

39kg @ 305ppk - E Hughes, Ty Coch

40kg @ 287.5ppk - D C Hancock, Smithy Farm

39kg @ 276.9ppk - D C Hancock, Smithy Farm

Lights to 231ppk - av 209.6ppk

Standards to 305.1ppk - av 238ppk

Mediums to 287.5ppk - av 244ppk

Heavies to 270.8ppk - av 235.3ppk

Overs to 222ppk - av 220ppk

Overall average: 238.8ppk SQQ: 240ppk

A smaller entry of 241 cull ewes and rams in on this day. 

Top prices as follows: 

Texel ewes to £112 - Dylan Jones, Hafod y Bryn

BFL Rams to £98 - D Faulkner,

Penlan Beltex ewes to £98

Suffolk rams to £90

Mule ewes to £88

Char ewes to £80

 

Ruthin primestock sale - November 2

RUTHIN Farmers' Auction reports sales of 2,448 lambs and 401 ewes.

Prime lambs (auctioneer-Elfor Morris):

A total of 2,448 lambs were forward on the day with a cracking trade all through. Some 1,078 medium weight lambs averaged 243ppk and it was a very pleasing 238ppk for standards.

Lights were a little sharper at 218ppk, resulting in an overall average of 239ppk and an SQQ of 240ppk.

Some of the top prices:

57kg at £137 by IWL & PE Evans, Maes Carneddau.

56.5kg at £136 by IWL & PE Evans, Maes Carneddau.

53kg at £135 by IWL & PE Evans, Maes Carneddau.

Top priced per kilo:

39kg at 292.3ppk by J P Williams, Bron Eyarth.

40kg at 287.5ppk by J P Williams, Bron Eyarth.

37kg at 286.5ppk by JA & CJ Ratcliffe, Kelsterton Farm.

Lights to 261.3ppk, av 219.4ppk; Standards to 292.3ppk, av 237.9ppk; Mediums to 287.5ppk, av 243.1ppk; Heavies to 270.2ppk, av 240ppk; Overs to 254.7ppk, av 229.9ppk.

Overall average 239.5ppk; SQQ 240ppk.

Cull ewes (auctioneer-Paul Roberts):

An entry of 401 cull ewes and rams with a very mixed entry.

Top priced were as follows:

Texel ewes to £152 by PAD & SL Jones, The Old House.

Romney Rams to £147 by B & HM Jones, Gwastadanas.

Suffolk ewes to £139; Romney ewes to £116; Wiltshire Rams to £110; Crossbred ewes to £102.

 

St Asaph market - October 27

FORWARD on the day were 2,419 prime lambs, cull ewes and prime cattle.

Some 1,930 prime lambs sold to 295p/kg or £136/head, for an average of 232.7p/kg.

Meanwhile, 415 cull ewes were sold to £100/head, average £56.95/head, with 10 cull rams selling to £94/head (average £58.80/head), 19 prime heifers selling to 306p/kg or £1864.80/head (average 259.28p/kg) and 42 prime steers selling to 306p/kg or £2219.20/head (average 266.21p/kg).

One OTM cow sold to 160p/kg or £1488/head (average 160p/kg), one OTM steer sold to 247p/kg or £1766.05/head (average 247p/kg) and one OTM heifer sold to 271p/kg or £1639.55/head (average 271p/kg).

Prime lambs (1,930):

SQQ 230.88p/kg; Overall 232.7p/kg.

Some 18 pens sold 270p/kg+ and 48 pens sold £120/head+.

Standards (437) sold to 284p/kg from JB & E Evans, Faenol Bropor or £108/head from the same vendor. Average – 218.34p/kg.

Mediums (810) sold to 295p/kg from H & E Vaughan a’u Cwmni or £124/head from RG & C Jones, Ysgubor Newydd. Average – 237.8p/kg.

Heavies (515) sold to 280p/kg from EH, EG & GS Ames, Peronne or £136/head from the same vendor. Average – 238.51p/kg.

Overweights (95) sold to 236p/kg from RL Howatson, Plas Newydd or £134.50/head from A Evans, Llwyn Du Uchaf. Average - 222.86p/kg.

Leading Consignment averages:

Evans, Llwyn Du Uchaf, £127.58 (262.01p/kg); Howatson, Plas Newydd, £125.14(245.47p/kg); Hughes, Bryn Kendrick, £121.96 (237.63p/kg); Jones, 16 Cae Corn Hir, £120.25 (262.84p/kg); Williams, Pen y Bont, £119.47 (216.85p/kg).

Cull Ewes (425)

Top price (ewes): £100/head from TP Williams & Co, Pen Isaf.

Average - £56.95/head.

Top price (rams): £94/head from TA Roberts, 34 Glan y Fedw.

Average - £58.80/head.

Texel x Ewes to £100; Texel Rams to £94; Texel x Mule Ewes to £95; Mule Ewes to £90; Welsh Ewes to £73; Welsh Mountain Ewes to £58

Prime cattle (64):

Four cattle sold from £2065.90-£2219.20/head; four cattle sold 300p/kg+; eight cattle sold 290p/kg+; 22 cattle sold 280p/kg+; four cattle sold £2000+; 12 Cattle sold £1900+; 23 Cattle sold £1800+.

Top price per kilo of 306p/kg was achieved by RE Bown, Llwydiarth Esgob (685kg Limousin x Steer = £2096.10).

RE & JA Roberts, Pen yr Orsedd sold a 600kg Limousin x Heifer for £1836.

Top price in the lump of £2219.20 was achieved by EIP Jones, Gwenfro Isaf (760kg Limousin x Steer - 292p/kg)

Top priced per kilo:

Heifers:

306p/kg by RE & JA Roberts, Pen yr Orsedd; 300p/kg by RE & JA Roberts, Pen yr Orsedd; 296p/kg by RJ Williams & Co, Bodynlliw; 296p/kg by RJ Williams & Co, Bodynlliw; 295p/kg by RJ Williams & Co, Bodynlliw.

Steers:

306p/kg by RE Bown, Llwydiarth Esgob; 300p/kg by RE Bown, Llwydiarth Esgob; 292p/kg by EIP Jones, Gwenfro Isaf; 288p/kg by RE Bown, Llwydiarth Esgob; 288p/kg by RE Bown, Llwydiarth Esgob.