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WEEKLY SALES NEWS

STOCK SOLD DURING THE WEEK

Prime Sheep 913

Store Cattle 285

Prime Cattle 219

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Wednesday 8th November 2017

Auctioneer: Thomas Hiorns

522 Prime Lambs Ewes SQQ – 168.85 £85.00 and 185p/kg £66.60

Prime Lambs – SQQ 168.85p/kg

A sharper trade was had for anything with meat and weight, today saw a few too many lean sorts which were hard to

place. The SQQ of 169p/kg would be a good representation of this. The vast majority of todays yarding weighed 44kg

plus but not all meat.

Todays weight came to the money with many pens £80.00 plus. M/s Rogers, Hanson, Boyles, Hope and Connell all

taking £85.00 for meated weight. Other good lambs from Colin Stoakes selling to £84.50 for 47kg or 180p/kg. Nicky

Boyles took £83.50 for 47.5kg or 176p/kg.

Andrew Ivory took top spot in the euro section with 185p/kg for his 42kg Beltex ahead of Leach Farms at 182p/kg for

39.5kg.

More lambs required next week, please speak to Thomas with all enquiries.

Cull Ewes

Continentals to £66.60 with Mules to £65.00.

Weight Nos Ave (p/kg) Top (p/kg)

LAMBS (39.1-45.5) 150 168.85 185.00

LAMBS (45.6-52) 334 164.73 180.00

LAMBS (52+) 35 155.54 159.00

Av (pr/hd) Top (pr/hd)

CULL EWES 13 - 66.60

SELLER PPK

A T IVORY & SON 185

LEACH FARMS LTD 182

W A STOAKES 180

N BOYLES 176

A T IVORY & SON 176

J H HOPE & SON 174

A T IVORY & SON 174

J H HOPE & SON 173

TA DANCER 172

D’OYLEYS FARM 172

SELLER PPH

N BOYLES 85

J HANSON & SON 85

CONNELL PARTNERSHIP 85

J H HOPE & SON 85

G I ROGERS & SON 85

J HANSON & SON 85

W A STOAKES 84.5

N BOYLES 83.5

J HANSON & SON 83

W A STOAKES 82.5

Friday 10th November 2017

Auctioneer: Simon Draper

Store Cattle – 285 Forward

A shorter entry this week post suckled calf sale, trade was firm throughout especially the Aberdeen Angus x steers of

all ages.

P Lory sold 6 month Aberdeen Angus x steers at £750.00. H Sear & Son sold 19 months at £920.00. Row Lawrence

sold 17 months at £1182.00, Neil Chard sold 20 months at £1175.00 and £1158.00. B & D Haynes sold 20 months at

£1155.00 while 21 months from M/s Griggs Partnership topped the sale at £1222.00. British Blue x steers 8 months sold

to £860.00 from B Howkins & Son. A run of Limousin steers from JG & CA Chapman sold to £835.00 at 8 months and

£990.00 at 18 months.

Simmental x steers from M/s Adstock Fields Farm sold to £1045.00 with heifers to £950.00 at 16 months.

British Blue x heifers from M/s Parker & Bird sold to £738.00 at 7 months. M/s Howkins sold their Aberdeen Angus x to

£705.00 at 7 months and Limousin x to £680.00.

Cows & calves sold to £1320.00 for British Blue x from Mr J Gallen.

Calves

Auctioneer: Simon Draper

TFAM held their first monthly sale of rearing calves to a packed ringside of buyers, ensuring a fast trade for those

entered. British Blue x bull calves topped the day at £365.00/head on 4 occasions. British Blue x heifers sold to

£305.00 on 5 occasions.

More calves are wanted, the next sale will be Friday 15th December 2017, please contact Daniel Slade on 07815

495210.

Store Sheep

Auctioneer: Thomas Hiorns

A lovely little consignment of ewe lambs from Barton Abbey Farms sold for £74.00 for the run, which would look well

sold given the fat comparison. Continental cull ewes either fat or lean sold to £66.00. Store lambs are a very wanted

commodity, please speak to Thomas and get them entered if you are thinking of selling.

Steers to £1222.00 Heifers to £962.00 Cows & Calves to £1320.00 Ewe Lambs to £74.00

NOS AVE PRICE (PR/HD)

MAX PRICE (PR/HD)

TOP BREED

STEERS 178 831.44 1222.00 ABERDEEN ANGUS X

HEIFERS 82 628 962.00 ABERDEEN ANGUS X

COWS & CALVES 4 942.50 1320.00 BRITISH BLUE X

BULL CALF 5 342.00 365.00 BRITISH BLUE X

HEIFER CALF 8 255.13 305.00 BRITISH BLUE X

STORE LAMBS 73 59.24 74.00 TEXEL/BELTEX X LLEYN

Deadweight – Week ending Friday 10th November 2017

Stock sold: 324 Cattle, 305 Lambs

Top Prices/Head

Clean Cattle (219)

Numbers placed well up on the week and some truly outstanding cattle placed for vendors from Essex to Gloucestershire and Surrey to

Warwickshire. Commercial cattle move up again with increased demand for Christmas. Aberdeen Angus demand very lack lustre but still a

small premium over commercials. The easy farming attributes of the breed should be remembered. R grade heifers top at 378p/kg and

steers to 373p/kg, for the very best examples. Commercial ‘R’s 362 to 367p/kg. Young Bulls to 360p/kg (R grade). Aberdeen Angus 380-

402p/kg depending on age, weight etc. Demand looks set to stay firm for weeks to come. £1600 was achieved this week for commercial

cattle.

Top Steers £1615 Blonde U+2+ £1570 British Blue -U4L

£1607 Limousin U+3- £1564 Charolais -U3

£1598 Aberdeen Angus -U4L £1548 Blonde R3

£1597 Piedmontese E=3- £1547 Charolais R3

£1573 Blonde U+3 £1546 Limousin U=3+

Top Heifers

Young Bulls

Clean Steer £1615 Beef Cow £1509 Clean Heifer £1541 Dairy Cow £1109 Young Bulls £1609 O30M Clean Steer £1540 Mature Bulls £1417 O30M Clean Heifer £1417

£1541 Charolais -U4L £1498 Aberdeen Angus -U4H

£1529 Charolais -U3 £1479 Charolais -U4L

£1523 Charolais -U3 £1450 Aberdeen Angus -U4L

£1512 Charolais -U4L £1447 Aberdeen Angus -U4L

£1507 Charolais -U3 £1469 Limousin U=4-

£1609 Limousin -U3 £1340 Charolais U+3

£1608 Limousin E3 £1278 Limousin U+3

£1502 Charolais E2 £1079 Swedish Red O=3-

£1380 Charolais U+3

Commercial

Steers/Heifers

Best

Butchers

Heifers

Beef

Shorthorns

Young

Bulls

Aberdeen

Angus

<28 M

Organic

E 406p

U+ 393p 398p 380p

-U 383p 388p 398p 370p 412p 470p

R 373p 378p 388p 360p 402p 460p

O+ 360p 378p 350p 397p 450p

Best

Beef Cows

Dairy

Cows

OTM Aberdeen

Angus

-U 295p 380p

R 290p 280p 375p

O+ 285p 275p 360p

-O 265p

P+ 240p

Lambs – 305

Lamb trade lifts with tightening numbers nationally. Pre-booking by

Thursday required. Belly clipping is in force but not necessarily to be

done by the producer, however will incur a charge.

OTM/Clean/Mature Bulls/Cull Cows (105)

Charolais cows top this week at £1509 for R4L’s. -

U3 to £1470. R4H to £1452 and further R3/4L’s to

£1388, £1378 and £1332. R3 Blondes to £1243. A

huge Dutch Holstein cow to £1109 for -O4L and

P+1 to £645 (no deduction on nationality). A stock

bull to £1144 for Simmental.

OTMs

A large number of OTM clean cattle place this

week. A good lot of Limousin steers to £1540

(U+3). £1539, £1538, £1533 (R3/4L), £1520 (-U3).

Herefords to £1441 (R4L) and -O4L Holsteins to

£1302. Aberdeen Angus to £1468 for O+4L.

Heifers to £1417 for -U3 Limousin. Simmentals to

£1354 (R4L). R4H Herefords to £1270 and Red

Polls to £1316 (O+4H).

A RECORD BREAKING SHEARWELL THAME SUMMER

SHEEP FAIR

The Annual Summer Sheep Fair was held on Thursday and Friday last week, when 26,601 head of Breeding Sheep

and Store Lambs passed through the ring to gross a staggering £3.05 Million and setting the benchmark for all other

breeding sheep sales this season. The sale was topped by a Texel Ram sold through the ram ring at £910.00 and

females at £540.00.

The main ring saw a high of £218.00 for Beltex x from MF & DM Elkington.

North of England Mules topped at £196.00 to average £130.10, up £7.20.

Suffolk x topped at £158.00 to average £131.91, up £6.91. Suffolk Rams to £530.00

Beltex x topped at £218.00 to average £162.99, up £28.99. Beltex Rams to £900.00

Texel x topped at £210.00 to average £141.44, down £3.66. Texel Rams to £910.00

Scotch Half Bred topped at £190.00 to average £176.61. Charollais Rams to £705.00

Cheviot x topped at £155.00 to average £138.00.

Pure Cheviots sold at £190.00. Cheviot Rams to £210.00

Lleyn x topped at £136.00 to average £120.95. Lleyn Rams to £340.00

A clearance of 97.9% was achieved.

Beltex x: found favour again this year, with M/s Elkington, Northants topping the day with a run at £218.00 and

£205.00. Gore Farms followed at £202.00 along with the well-travelled Davies Bros from Llangadog with two pens at

the same price.

Cheviot: Only one pen of Pure Cheviots selling to £190.00 from Garfield Stephens who also topped the Scotch Half

Breds at the same money. The Cheviot Mules on offer were not quite as strong as previous years topping at £155.00

from M/s N F Hodges & Son followed by Peter and David Morris at £154.00, John Goodman £153.00 and Rob and

Caroline Mole at £152.00.

Charollais X: From M/s J North & Son sold at £148.00 and £138.00 with N F Hodges & Son’s pen at £145.00.

Dorset X: From M/s H H Johnson & Son, Bridport sold to £124.00.

Lleyn: Sold to £136.00 twice from John and George Morris another pen £131.00 and followed by Keith Davies at

£130.00.

Mules: The smarter shearlings found favour this year either lambed or dry. Henry Tustian took top honours in the

show ring and the sale. Henry took the best pen of shearlings which went on to sell for £196.00 and the NEMSA

trophy for best run selling at £196.00, £180.00, £178.00 and £172.00 and dries at £162.00. Peter and David Morris

sold at £160.00, W.J.R Haynes £156.00, Rob and Caroline Mole £152.00 as well did W H Allan. Double theaves a

great trade to £140.00 from Stuart McIntosh and £130.00 from Conrad Lester.

Suffolks: Eddy Bullman was consistent again winning the Suffolk x class and selling at £158.00. M/s Smith and

Branson sold at £148.00 as did Rob and Caroline Mole, Conrad Lester, Peter Hird (Aspatria) and George Eaton. Alice

and Henry Hunt followed at £147.00.

Texel: Gore Farms topped at £210.00, Davies Bros £194.00. M/s R & H Lawrence £188.00 twice and £182.00.

Garfield Stephens £180.00 twice and Michel Cross £179.00. M/s G E Haynes & Son followed at £175.00.

Older ewes a really strong trade, Suffolk x from Peter and David Morris sold at £130.00, Mules from M/s Pearson

£115.00 and £112.00, Rawding Partners £110.00, Charlie Lines, £109.00 along with Martin Eadon. Rob and Caroline

Mole sold Suffolk x at £116.00 and £107.00.

Ewe Lambs: Mr T C Dawson travelled down from County Durham with 715 wonderful Texel X N C Mules to take top

honours at £120.00, £110.00 and two pens at £98.00.

Store Lambs: The rapid grass growth and buoyant prime trade contributed to a rise in average of £5/head for the

feeding lambs. Once again the long keepers look best sold. Miss H Levinge topped the day at £77.00. Chris Tucker,

Devises sold Continentals to £68.00 and £67.50 along with Mr G Weston, Sydenham Grange. Michael and Liam

Roberts from Llanferres sold to £67.00 for their run of Suffolk x.

Rams - 264

A similar sized catalogue to last year met a mixed trade for the variable quality on offer, albeit there being strong

demand for selected breeds and drafts therein.

In the MV Accredited section, the Midland Beltex Society held their annual show here once again with the Supreme

Champion Rosette going to the champion male shown by Mr A Bishop of ‘Bishops Beltex’ who later sold to £740.00,

whilst the Champion female was exhibited by VJ & ML Roots ‘Freckleton Beltex’ who sold to £540.00.

Overall Sale Results:

10 Shearling Ewes to £540.00, averaging £455.00.

7 Shearling Rams to £740.00, averaging £540.00.

2 Ram Lambs to £410.00, averaging £360.00.

Other MV Accredited Sale Results:

Blue Texel Shearlings sold to £470.00 from Yeat Blue Texels, to average £430.00.

Beltex x Texel Shearlings sold to £430.00 from VJ & ML Roots, to average £410.00.

Beltex x Charollais Shearlings sold to £770.00 from R & B Smith, to average £496.00.

Texel Shearlings sold to £910.00 from R & B Smith, to average £463.00.

Charollais Shearlings sold to £705.00 from GA & JA Curtis, to average £425.00.

Charollais Ram Lambs sold to £510.00 from GA & JA Curtis, to average £391.00.

Charollais Ewe Lambs sold to £132.00 from GA & JA Curtis, to average £126.00.

Suffolk Shearlings sold to £530.00 for DF & AG Jefferies, to average £468.00.

Suffolk Ram Lambs sold to £400.00 from M/s MJ & JA Pinney, to average £361.00.

Lleyn Shearlings sold to £340.00 from CG & JF Phillips, to average £311.00.

Non MV Accredited

In the Non MV Section, aged Pure Bred Charollais and Beltex ewes sold to £270.00 and £240.00 respectively from

Davies Bros, Llangadog, Carmarthenshire who also sold top Beltex x Charollais shearling rams to £900.00 to average

£707.00 and a draft of Beltex x Texel shearlings to £650.00 for a £472.00 average. D W Gurney & Son sold Beltex

Shearlings to £470.00, with other sales including Dorset teaser rams to £265.00.

Beltex x to £900.00, average £464.00

Suffolk to £295.00, average £245.00

Texel to £245.00, average £215.00

Dorset to £265.00, average £263.00

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