Market prices

RUTHIN Farmers' Auction reports sales of 1,877 prime lambs to 251.4ppk / £102.00; 241 cull ewes and rams to £101.00 and cows to £1 per kilo.

Prime lambs:

There was a firmer trade in all weight categories on the week, with signs of early demand for tup lambs.

Top priced per kilo: 251.4 by Sue Davies, Englefield Farm; 235.0 by I P Jones, Maes Tyddyn; 232.1 by H L Griffiths, Ty Isa.

Top priced per head: £102.00 by I T & H M Jones, Rhiwlas Uchaf; £102.00 by I T & H M Jones, Rhiwlas Uchaf; £102.00 by I T & H M Jones, Rhiwlas Uchaf.

Lights to 200.0 ave 188.0; Standard to 251.4 ave 188.1; Medium to 235.0 ave 192.8; Heavy to 212.5 ave 191.6; Overweight to 181.3 ave 175.3; Overall average 190.8; SQQ 190.7.

Cull ewes and rams:

Texel ewes to to £101.00; Charollais rams to £80.00; Cross bred ewes to £60.00; Welsh ewes to £23.00; Overall average £45.42.

St Asaph livestock market - July 21

A SMALLER entry of lambs met with a firmer trade due to people finally having some grass!

New season store lambs (143):

S/S Light ave 87.18 to £17.00/hd; S/Light ave 129.78 to 162.00 to £40.50/hd; Light ave 159.55 to 178.00 to £53.50/hd; Standard ave 183.38 to 186.00 to £71.50/hd; Medium ave 177.27 to £78.00/hd.

Old ewes (1):

Ewes to £30.00.

Breeding ewes (49):

Texel full mouth to £74/head; Badger Faced full mouth to £35/head.

Mold primestock sale - July 23

THERE were smaller entries in all classes due to the Royal Welsh Show.

The beef trade remained firm with less forward, while meated cattle commanded significant premiums.

Cull cows were back slightly, following the national trend.

Lambs bounced back and they averaged 1.92.

Prime Cattle (85 entries - 28 hfrs, 32 strs, 25 bulls):

Heifers: Heavy Continental Heifers to 226 (1525.50), Av 197; Medium Continental Heifers to 226, Av 204; Light continental Heifers to 219, Av 210; Medium Native Heifers to 198, Av 194; Medium Friesian Heifers to 158.

Steers: Heavy Continental Steers to 226 (1683), Av 208; Medium Continental Steers to 222, Av 203; Light Continental Steers to 213, Av 204; Medium Native Steers to 215, Av 197; Medium Friesian Steers to 169, Av 156.

Bulls: Medium Continental Bulls to 210, av 204; Light continental Bulls to 219, av 203; Medium Friesian Bulls to 140, Av 137.

Cull cows (24 entries): Aged Continental cows to 139, 136, 133; B & W cows to 115, 113, 111; Overall average 99.51p.

Lambs (244 entries): Standard to 197, Av 189; Medium to 206, Av 195; Heavy to 184; Sqq 192.67.

Ewes (37 entries): Ewes to 57, Av 54.

Dolgellau market - July 20

FARMERS Marts reports entries of 740 cast ewes, rams and store lambs.

Prices: Welsh cast ewes to £39; Welsh rams to £33; Crossbred cast ewes to £54; Texel cast ewes to £55.40; Crossbred store lambs from £28 to £50.40; Welsh store lambs from £10 to £37.40.

Ruthin store and breeding stock sale - July 19

RUTHIN Farmers' Auction reports sales of 77 store cattle to £1,210; 10 over-30 month cattle to £1,027; two breeding bulls to £2,760; four cows with calves to £1,380; 265 store lambs to £77; 75 breeding ewes to £107 and 76 rams to £630.

Store cattle:

Strong cattle was in good demand during the sale.

26m Aber Angus x to £1,130.00 by G Roberts, Pengwern Bach; 19m Aber Angus x to £1,000.00; 25m Limousin to £1,100.00; 32m Limousin to £990.00; 21m Brit Blue to £1,070.00; 24m Simmental x to £845.00.

Steers: 23m Brit Blue to £1,210.00 by M A Evans, Tan yr Accar; 22m Brit Blue to £1,180.00; 22m Charolais to £1,200.00; 21m Limousin to £1,180.00.

OTM: Limousin cows sold to £1,027.00.

Calves:

Simmental x bulls to £370.00 by E S Davies & Son, Mold; Brit Blue bulls to £340.00; Limousin bulls to £235.00; Simmental x heifers to £195.00.

Cows and calves:

72m Limousin cow with char x bull calf at foot to £1,380.

Breeding bulls:

A further two breeding bulls entered this week with very good recent demand. The first bull eventually sold for £2,760 by H Price, Cefn Naw Clawdd.

Also entered was an 18m Limousin bull selling for £1,995.

Ewes for early lamb production:

The entries of ewes this week were a brisker trade with prices topping at £107 for a pen of Texel full mouth ewes.

A pen of cross bred full mouth ewes sold for £94, followed by a pen of mule full mouth ewes at £80.

Store lambs:

An increased entry of lambs again were in very keen demand, with the highest price of the day being a pen of cross bred lambs selling for £77.

Texel x lambs to £63.50 and mules to £60.50.

There was a very brisk trade throughout with tup lambs especially in keen demand.

Rams:

There was an entry of 76 Texel and beltex x rams from David Faulkner.

There were plenty looking for the strongest rams, with the top price coming in at £630.

St Asaph livestock market - July 19

Spring lambs (2,375):

A SMALL entry met with a much firmer trade, with a big improvement on the week.

All types were very well sold, with ram lambs particularly dear.

Top price Light 235p/kg shown by J & A Bevan, Manor Farm and £74/head shown by the same vendors; Top price Standard 243p/kg shown by M H & G Williams, Ysceibion and £92/head shown by J & A

Bevan Manor Farm; Top price Medium 270p/kg shown by M H & G Williams, Ysceibion and £108/head shown by the same vendors; Top price Heavy 225p/kg shown by H Williams, Tandderwen and £110/head shown by G R & E E Davies, Nant Hir; Top price Overweight 211p/kg shown by G R & E E Davies, Nant Hir and £116/head shown by the

same vendors; SQQ 199.92p/kg.

Light ave 200.52 to 235.00 to £74.00/hd; Standard ave 200.32 to 243.00 to £92.00/hd; Medium ave 199.67 to 270.00 to £108.00/hd; Heavy ave 194.47 to 225.00 to £110.00/hd; O/Wt ave 182.87 to 211.00 to £116.00/hd.

Old season lambs (8):

Light ave 150.94 to £40.00/hd; Heavy ave 102.04 to £50.00/hd.

Cull ewes and rams (621):

A lot less ewes forward were a very good trade, with the best to £120/head and Welsh to £50/head.

Ewes to £120.00 ave £55.77; Rams to £100.00 ave £82.50.

Huxley straw sale at Wynnstay Home Farm and Bank Farm - July 17

A TOTAL of 1,757.5 acres of straw sold to an average of £107.76/acre.

968.5 acres of winter wheat straw to £158.82/acre, average £108.82/acre.

311 acres of winter oats straw to £162.50/acre, average £98.07/acre.

62.5 acres of spring oats straw to £100/acre, average £65.60/acre.

415.5 acres of winter barley straw to £147.36/acre, average £118.89/acre.

Mold stock sale - July 20

PLENTY of cattle were on offer again for buyers, with trade slightly harder due to the weather conditions.

Younger cattle seemed easier to sell compared to the previous week.

Dairy and calves were harder to place due to weather conditions affecting confidence.

Suckler cattle (6 entries): Lim cow (7yo) with LIM bull (4 months) calf 1550; WB cow (12yo) with Char hfr (3 weeks) calf to 980; WB cow (11yo) with Char bull (3 weeks) calf to 960.

Store cattle (131 entries):

Steers: BR to 1095 (27m); Lim to 1080 (24m); AA to 920 (18m); Here to 890 (21m); NRW to 900 (22m); HF to 860 (21m).

Heifers: AA to 1005 (24m); SIM to 975 (23m); BR to 945 (24m); Lim to 920 (22m).

Stirks (49 entries):

Steers: WHBD to 700 (16m); BB to 685 (12m); HER to 650 (13m); Monty to 650 (12m); HF to 590 (14m).

Heifers: BB to 630 (12m); LIM to 620 (12m).

Dairy (17 entries): HF Cvd hfr to 1700; BF cvd hfr to 1650; BF 3th cvd cow to 1380.

Calves (58 entries):

Bulls: Char to 340; Lim to 260; HER to 255; BR to 220; Monty to 80; HF to 70.

Heifers: CHAR to 330; BB to 210; LIM to 200; HER to 150.