Welshpool Livestock Sales

Welshpool Livestock Sales report on their Monday sale at Buttington Cross.

OTMS (26)

A similar number of OTM cattle on offer this week, seeing a top price of £1110.78 (153ppkg) for a British Blue x OTM weighing in at 726kg from RT & MSC Jones, Rhydyfaes. The same homemade 125ppkg for a  Limousin x weighing 804kg making £1005. Younger cows (48-72 months) topped at £1148.07 (147ppkg) for a Limousin x weighing 781kg from Red House Farm. EM Tilsley & Son, Llandinier made 137ppkg for a Limousin x weighing 731kg making £1001.47. Heifers under 48 months topped at £924.35 (139ppkg) for a heifer weighing 665kg from Red House Farm.

Averages of the day were as follows:

OTM Cows (19) 109.13ppkg / £750.39

Cows 48-72 Months (6) 128.39ppkg / £897.44

Heifers Under 48 months (1) 139ppkg / £924.35

Overall Average 114.75ppkg.

For further information, contact Glandon Lewis (07774224999) 

PRIME LAMBS (5862)

A similar entry of lambs forward sold to return an average of 189.53ppkg, with a top price of 245ppkg for pen of lambs weighing 40kg making £ from CJ & ME Williams, Minysarn, and £112/head for 48kg lambs from the same home.

Another good number of lambs on offer, sold to a good competitive trade throughout with trade remaining strong throughout the sale. Plenty of good quality lambs forward which again sold very well topping at 245ppkg with numerous other pens selling to above 220ppkg. Any better bred , well meated pens of export and supermarket weight lambs (39 – 47 kilos) sold to 200ppkg and above. Heavy weight lambs sold to a similar trade to last week with the very best types selling above £100 and any well fleshed 50+ kilo lambs selling at £90/head and above. Lighter weight lambs found another very good demand especially for the better meated, better bred lambs with still quite a few of these types going back on farms as store lambs for further feeding.  Poorer bred small lambs still found a strong demand as the pre Christmas export demand continues. The only lambs difficult to sell today were any overfat types so please keep drawing lambs when well fleshed.  

Lights (1132) to 210ppkg from RE Peate, Nantllachar. Others to 208ppkg from GL Jones, Cefnhosan. Average of 181.63ppkg.

Standards (1226) to 231ppkg from CJ & ME Williams, Minysarn. Others to 224ppkg from JM Rowlands, Dolwen Farm. Average of 192.94ppkg.

Mediums (2142) to 245ppkg from CJ & ME Williams, Minysarn. Others to 232ppkg from DE Morgan & Co, Cefntwlch.  Average of 190.72ppkg.

Heavies (962) to 233ppkg from CJ & ME Williams, Minysarn. Others to 213ppkg from DE Morgan & Co, Cefntwlch. Average of 183.99ppkg. 

CULL SHEEP (2641)

This week we saw a stronger entry of 2542 cull ewes that met a terrific trade from start to finish! There were some fantastic runs of ewes forward this week with 14 individual buyers present again. The trade was well in line with last week’s trade with some ewes even dearer this week. This would be the best trade seen on cull ewes this time of year for many years. The overall average was £62.27 (up £18.60 on the same day last year), a fantastic average considering the amount of hill ewes forward, however, the average reflects the strong demand for these type of ewes as well as the heaviest ewes with the best Welsh ewes reaching £83.50! There was a shortage of the very best heavy Texel and Suffolk ewes this week, however, any amount of the best Texel x and Suffolk x ewes were £95+, Mule ewes £80+ and Welsh ewes £60+. 

Top price of the day went to DWP Griffiths, Park Lodge that sold Blue Texel ewes at £120. Closely followed by JA Williams, Llechwedd Ddyrys that sold Texel x ewes at £119.

88 cull rams present this week with an overall average of £73.55 and sold to £117 from Fachwen Farms, Tregynon.

Blue Texel ewes to £120

Texel x ewes to £119

Suffolk x ewes to £110.50

Zwartble ewes to £106

Cheviot ewes to £104.50

Blue Faced Leicester ewes to £103.50

Mule ewes to £100

Welsh ewes to £83.50

Dolgellau type Welsh ewes to £58

For more information, please contact Joe Powell (07764663197) or Sion Roberts (07852252371).

STORE LAMBS

A total of 865 Store lambs sold this week, a significant increase to previous week due to good trade and high demand.

Theaves: Texels to £69.50, £68 and £62, Suffolks to £62 and £54, Mules to £70.50, £58.50 and £56, Welsh to £40 and £34 and a Beltex that achieved a price of £79.

Mixed and clean: Texels to £73, £72 and £70, Suffolks to £68, £66.50 and £61.50, Mules to £66 and £53, Beltex to £72.50, Blue Faced Leicesters to £57 and Charollais to £69.50, £63 and £61, Cheviots to £55 and £47.

Wethers: Welsh to £40 and Lleyn to £73.

Tups: Texels to £74, £72.50 and £70, Suffolks to £79, £75.50 and £69, Speckled to £57.50, Mules to £65.50, Welsh to £54 and £50.50, Beltex to £70 and Charollais to £61.50 and £52.50.

Averages

Theave lambs from £34 to £79, average £55.89.

Mixed and clean from £33 to £73, average £58.68.

Wether lambs from £40 to £73, average £70

Tups from £27 to £79, average £56.06.

Overall average: £57.38

For further information, contact Tom Davies (07764663193)

Forthcoming sales:

Thursday 19th December – Shropshire & Borders Texel Club In Lamb Sale

Friday 20th December – Fat Lambs, Cull Ewes and Store Lambs

Monday 30th December – Usual Monday Sale