Ruthin primestock sale - December 9

RUTHIN Farmers' Auction reports sales of 928 prime lambs to £131 / 293.5ppk and 271 ewes to £175.

Prime lambs (auctioneer-Rich Lloyd):

The numbers out throughout the week and the slipping trade drew less numbers out for the Friday Christmas show and sale.

However, the SQQ was a better than expected 228.6ppk on lambs.

Top priced:

64kg at £131 by A Williams, Frondro.

44kg at £128 by T W Roberts, Ochr Cefn.

45.5kg at £126 by Dwyfor Roberts, Pentre Smithy.

Top priced per kilo:

44kg at 290.9ppk by T W Roberts, Ochr Cefn.

43kg at 286.4ppk by G & R Wynne, Wern Fawr.

35kg at 282.7kg by JG & EV Roberts, Simdde Hir.

Super Lights to 170.2ppk, av 170.2ppk; Lights to 233.7ppk, av 198.8ppk; Standards to  293.5ppk, av 228.9ppk; Mediums to 290.9ppk, av 243.1ppk; Heavies to 269.6ppk, av 239.7ppk; Overs to 223.6ppk, av 201.6ppk.

Thank you to all vendors and purchasers near and far for the support throughout the year.

There will be no sale on December 23.

Cull ewes (auctioneer-Elfor Morris):

Top priced ram went to RW & RB Davies, Hafod y Bryn, for a Texel ram at £175.

Top priced ewes went to R J Tudor, Plas Newydd, and C Ellis & Son, Bodhyfryd, both with Texel ewes at £110.

Lleyn to £80; Dorset to £90; Crossbred to £100; Welsh to £76; Texel to £175; Mule to £100; Beltex to £70; GFD to £100; Cheviot to £84; Suffolk to £85.

Overall average £64.38.

Christmas competition:

Thanks go to Stephen Bryan Jones for judging the lambs and the ewes - it was very much appreciated.

Best pen of 10 butchers Welsh mule lambs: 1, RE & GA Roberts, Tyddyn Inco; 2, RE & GA Roberts, Tyddyn Inco.

Best pen of 10 butchers Texel cross lambs: 1, JG & EV Roberts, Simdde Hir; 2, G W Jones, Nant Erw Haidd.

Best pen of 10 butchers Welsh lambs (under 36kg): 1, G Williams, Ty Newydd Pennant; 2, G Williams, Ty Newydd Pennant.

Best pen of 10 butchers Welsh lambs (over 36kg): 1, G W Jones, Nant Erw Haidd; 2, A Evans, Pendre Fawr.

Best pen of 10 butchers crossbred lambs: 1, G & R Wynne, Wern Fawr; 2, T W Roberts, Ochr Cefn.

Best pen of 10 or more Welsh mountain cull ewes: 1, O R Jones, Cadwst Mawr.

Best pen of five or more crossbred cull ewes: 1, C Ellis & Son, Bodhyfryd.

READ MORE: Last week's market prices

 

Ruthin store and breeding sale - December 8

RUTHIN Farmers' Auction reports sales of 28 heifers to £1320; 35 steers to £1600; 21 weanlings to £635; 24 OTMs to £1605 / 214ppk; 78 calves to £410; 1493 store lambs to £109 and 41 in-lamb ewes to £170.

Store cattle (auctioneer-Rich Lloyd):

An entry of 24 barrens, 28 heifers, 35 steers and 21 stirks for the second week in December.

A cracking show of quality cattle forward on the day.

Heifers topped at £1320 for a 20 month Charolais from RL & G Davies, Bwlchgraianog.

Some other prices:

14 month Char £1240; 17 month Lim £1230; 28 month BB £1135; 17 month BB £1105; 25 month HO £990.

Overall average £1032.68.

Steers topped at £1600 for a 23 month Charolais from Dwyfor Roberts, Pentre Smithy.

Some other prices:

22 month Char £1570; 20 month Lim £1545; 17 month Lim £1300; 19 month AA £1155; 12 month Char £1130.

Overall average £1154.43.

OTMs (auctioneer-Rich Lloyd):

Top price per kilo went to E A Davies & Co, Dolwerfyl, at 214ppk for a 78 month Lim weighing 710kg.

Top price went to R J Roberts, Dysefin, at £1605 for a 175 month Lim weighing 750kg.

78 month Lim-710kg-214ppk; 175 month Lim-750kg-214ppk; 34 month AA-710kg-209ppk; 35 month Lim-575kg-194ppk; 36 month Lim-555kg-184ppk; 105 month BB-715kg-182ppk; 38 month BB-690kg-176ppk; 193 month Ghar-780kg-175ppk; 49 month BB-790kg-170ppk; 88 month BB-650kg-168ppk; 87 month BB-680kg-167pk; 184 month Lim-680kg-158ppk; 146 month Lim-710kg-146ppk; 168 month Her-615kg-140ppk; 90 month WB-935kg-139ppk; 105 month AA- 640kg-129ppk.

Overall average £983.13 / 150ppk.

Weanlings (auctioneer-Dafydd Parry):

A seasonal entry with trade still buoyant. Dairy types forward sold to a very good trade.

Top price of £635 went to Lloyd Bros, Bathafarn with 5 month BB bullocks.

11 month old Sim heifers £560; 12 month old AA bullocks £430; 12 month old HF bullocks £250.

Overall average £439.29.

Calves (auctioneer-Dafydd Parry):

The Christmas show and sale saw a pleasing entry of 78 calves.

It was one of the best show of calves the auction has seen, which was a credit to all vendors.

Thank-you goes to judge Huw Williams, Tyddyn Chambers for doing an excellent job at the judging.

Also, the auction wishes to thank all the valued customers throughout the year, both vendors and purchasers, enabling the calf section to thrive.

Competition:

Best Dairy x continental bull went to Roberts, Tir y Glyn selling a BB to £410.

Best Dairy x continental heifer went to Williams, Plas Mawr selling a BB to £270.

Best Dairy x native bull went to Edmunds, Pool Park selling a AA to £260.

Best HF bull went to Edwards, Maes y Llyn which sold to £50.

Others:

BB bull £350; Lim bull £285; BB heifer £290.

The monthly dairy sale is on December 22, with entries invited.

Store lambs (auctioneer-Elfor Morris):

A tally of 1493 store lambs entered, with numbers still going strong every week.

Trade on bigger lambs and the strongest tup lambs every bit as good as previous weeks, but lighter Welsh lambs were harder to place in line with fat stock markets during the week.

Best of the ewe lambs still up in the £80-£90 mark.

Top price of £109 for a pen of Texel ram lambs went to R G Roberts & Co, Berwynfa.

Texel ewe lambs to £98; Welsh ram lambs to £70; Mule ram lambs to £80; Mule ewe lambs to £77; Crossbred ram lambs to £81.

Overall average £59.42.

In-lamb ewes (auctioneer-Paul Roberts):

Dorset full mouth to £170.

Aberfield full mouth to £128.

Mule broken mouth to £110.

 

Ruthin primestock sale - December 6

RUTHIN Farmers' Auction reports sales of 2,985 prime lambs to £470 / 111.9ppk; 526 ewes to £212; 17 prime steers to £2052 / 380ppk; 16 prime heifers to £4068.50 / 790ppk and three OTMs to £1506.50 / 230ppk.

Prime lambs (auctioneer-Elfor Morris):

A terrific entry just short of 3,000 lambs for the Christmas show and sale of prime butchers lambs, with a pleasing overall average of 246ppk or 248 SQQ.

Medium lambs stole the show, with 1532 in total averaging 252ppk.

More standard weights than in previous weeks, 754 at 243ppk, with 137 lights on par with other centres at 212ppk and 558 heavies and over weights at 246ppk.

Two 46kg lambs kindly donated to the MND Association from John Jones, Wylfa Farm, Leeswood were purchased by David Jones of Stansty for Jones Bros Farm Shop for a magnificent sum of £220 each.

Top priced:

Lights (32kg) £80 by Endaf Jones, Carreg Coediog.

Standards (38.5kg) £158 by Med Vaughan, 2 Yr Henar.

Mediums (42kg) £470 by Dyfan Evans, Pendref Fawr.

Heavies (51kg) £270 by Tirion Griffiths, Ty Isa.

Overs (52.5kg) £137 by D L Connah, St Deiniols Ash Farm.

Top priced per kilo:

Lights (31kg) 254.8ppk by Endaf Jones, Carreg Coediog.

Standards (38.5kg) 410.4ppk by Med Vaughan, 2 Yr Henar.

Mediums (42kg) by Dyfan Evans, Pendref Fawr.

Heavies (51kg) 529.4ppk by Tirion Griffiths, Ty Isa.

Overs (52.5kg) 261ppk by D L Connah, St Deiniols Ash Farm.

Lights to 254.8ppk, av 212.1pk; Standards to 410.4ppk, av 243.5ppk; Mediums to 11.19ppk, av 252.1ppk; Heavies to 529.4pk, av 246.3ppk; Overs to 261ppk, av 225.9ppk.

Overall average 247ppk; SQQ 248.3ppk.

Supreme Champion lamb from Dyfan Evans, Pendref weighing 42kg sold to £470 (£11.19ppk) and was purchased by Tom Hughes, Rhydelian, Llanfair PG.

Reserve Champion lamb from Tirion Griffiths, Ty Isa weighing 51kg sold to £270 and was purchased by Gerallt Roberts on behalf of Field Fresh.

Best single lamb YFC from Tirion Griffiths, Ty Isa, weighing 44kg sold to £390 (£8.86ppk) and was purchased by Glyn Morris on behalf on A H Burns.

Thanks go to judge Glyn Morris, who had the difficult task of judging the quality pairs of lambs on offer and the pens of 10 or more.

Cull ewes (auctioneer-Paul Roberts):

Crossbred to £128; Texel to £170; Mule to £100; Suffolk to £140; Welsh to £84; Beltex to £212; Aberfield to £64; Lleyn to £116; Cheviot to £111; Beulah to £74; Bluefaced Leicester to £130.

Overall average £78.81.

Prime cattle (auctioneer-Dafydd Parry):

A tremendous show of 36 quality cattle which included 21 show cattle.
The quality forward was an absolute credit to all vendors.

Thank you to all vendors and purchasers for their support.

A special thank-you to judge Dafydd Roberts, of the local butchers in Denbigh, J H Jones, who did an excellent job.

Achieving the supreme champion was HH & EM Evans, Bryndu, with a Lim heifer weighing 515kg which sold to an impressive 790ppk (£4068.50) and was purchased by H Lloyd, Lodge Farm, Herefordshire.

Reserve Champion was achieved by TE & Ff M Edwards, Pen y Bryniau, with a Lim heifer weighing 510kg and selling to 480ppk (£2448).

She was purchased by the judge Dafydd Roberts.

The Pen y Bryniau family also achieved second top price in the lump with a 620kg Lim heifer at £2554.40 (412ppk).

Other prices:

J Williams, Ty’n Llyn-Lim steer weighing 5540kg-£2052 (380ppk); Mike Rowlands, Llanidloes-Lim heifer 640kg-£2464 (385ppk); Mike Rowlands, Llanidloes, Charolais heifer-595kg-£2112 (355ppk); G W Jones, Nant Erw Haidd, Lim steer-530kg-£1855 (350ppk); Owen Bros, Bron Feriaeth, Welsh Black steer-580kg-£1653 (285ppk).

Commercial cattle:

27 month BB steers from R L Wynne, Ty Newydd weighing 765kg sold to £1973.70 (258ppk).

25 month BB steers from R L Wynne, Ty Newydd weighing 800kg sold to £952 (244ppk).

22 month Lim heifer from Arwel Roberts, Ty Nant weighing 540kg sold to £1674 (310ppk).

24 month WB from Gwenfair Jones a’i Meibion, Hafod yr Esgob Isa weighing 530kg sold to £1272 (240ppk).

Monday evening, December 5 (judge-Dafydd Roberts):

Class one (novice class):

Trophy sponsored by The 'North Wales Potentials': 1, G W Jones, Nant Erw Haidd; 2, I C Jones, Ysgeibion.

Class two (home bred steer):

Cwpan Goffa Aled Evans, Brannas Memorial Perpetual Cup: 1, Williams, Tyn Llyn; 2, Edwards, Pen y Bryniau.

Class three (Charolais and Charolais Crosses Steer):

Trophy sponsored by The Wynnstay Group Plc: 1, M Rowlands, Dolwen.

Class four (Limousin and Limousin Crosses Steer):

Trophy sponsored by G Simpson Farm & Country Clothing: 1, M Rowlands, Dolwen.

Class five (B. Blue & B. Blue Crosses Steer):

Trophy sponsored by Glyn Morris Livestock, Hay & Straw: 1, Edwards, Pen y Bryniau.

Class seven (Welsh Black Steer):

Trophy sponsored by Iwan Salisbury, Garden Hire Services: 1, Owen, Bron Feriaeth; 2, Jones, Rhiwaedog.

Class eight (Home Bred Heifer):

The Med Tai Ucha Memorial Perpetual Cup: 1, Edwards, Pen y Bryniau; 2, Williams, Tyn Llyn; 3, E Evans, Monfa.

Class nine (Charolais & Charolais Crosses Heifer):

Trophy Sponsored by Corwen Farmers: 1, M Rowlands, Dolwen.

Class 10 (Limousin & Limousin Crosses Heifers):

Trophy sponsored by I T Williams, Ruthin: 1, Evans & Co, Bryndu; 2, Edwards, Pen y Bryniau; 3, M Rowlands, Dolwen.

Class 13 (Young Farmers):

Trophy sponsored by John Roberts Livestock: 1, Tirion Griffiths, Ty Isa; 2, Garmon Edwards, Brithdir; 3, Deio Roberts, Ty Nant.

Class 14 (Best Pair of Butchers Beasts):

The Tudor Bros Perpetual Trophy: 1, Williams, Tyn Llyn; 2, Edwards, Pen y Bryniau; 3, M Rowlands, Dolwen.

Class 15 (Champion Butchers Steer):

The Denbigh Chamber of Trade Cup: £50, Williams, Tyn Llyn; Reserve, G W Jones, Nant Erw Haidd.

Class 16 (Champion Butchers Heifer):

The R T Jones Memorial Perpetual Cup: £50, Evans & Co, Bryndu; Reserve, Edwards, Pen y Bryniau.

Class 17 (Supreme Champion Butchers Beast):

The Ruthin Farmers Auction Directors' Cup: Champion, Evans & Co, Bryndu; Reserve, Edwards, Pen y Bryniau.

Sponsored by H&H Insurance Brokers (judge-Glyn Morris):

Best Pair of Untrimmer Butchers Lambs: 1, Tirion Griffiths, Ty Isa; 2, Messrs Roberts, Cil Llwyn; 3, E Vaughan, Y Gymer.

Best Pair of Trimmed Butchers Lambs: 1, Arwel Evans, Pendre Fawr; 2, Bryn Griffiths, Ty Isa; 3, Dyfan Evans, Pendre Fawr.

Champion Pair of Trimmed / Untrimmed Butchers Lambs: Champion, Arwel Evans, Pendre Fawr; Reserve, Tirion Griffiths, Ty Isa.

Sponsored by Meirion Davies & Co:

Cwpan Coffa Bryn Ty Mawr - Best Single Lamb: 1, Tirion Griffiths, Ty Isa; 2, Dyfan Evans, Pendre Fawr; 3, Elain Evans, Pendre Fawr.

Sheep section (Tuesday, December 6):

Sponsored by 'Meirion Davies & Co:

Best Pen of 10 Butchers Crossbred Lambs - (Other than Texel): 1, TB & M Davies, Nant y Gau; 2, TB & M Davies, Nant y Gau.

Best Pen of 10 Butchers Welsh Lambs: 1, ER, CR & AL Ellis, Ty Isa; 2, J & TR Jones, Golf Farm.

Best Pen of 10 Butchers Texel Cross Lambs: 1, G Rowlands, Tyn y Fedw; 2, GW, HLL & DW Roberts, Cil Llwyn.

Best Pen of 10 Butchers Welsh Mule Lambs: 1, Jones Bros, Rhiwaedog; 2, Partneriaeth Cefn Bodig.

Best Pen of 10 Butchers Charmoise Cross Lambs: 1, AC & MO Jones, Carreg Coediog; 2, DJ & MJ Hughes & Son, Ty Cerrig.

Best Pen of 10 or more Welsh Mountain Cull Ewes: 1, J & TR Jones, Golf Farm.

Best Pen of 5 or more Crossbred Cull Ewes: 1, Owain Lloyd Jones, Fferam y Llan.