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Saturday

20 April

Welshpool Livestock Sales

01/06/2011 @ 01:58

Welshpool Livestock Sales report on a highly successful auction at Buttington Cross Welshpool on Monday.

OTMS (67)

An entry of 67 otm’s sold to average at 122ppkg for 60 cows, 145ppkg for 1 bull, 133ppkg for the 4 under 48 month old heifers and 153ppkg for the 1 under 48 month old steer. Cows topped at £1441.53 (171ppkg) per head for a British Blue cow weighing 843kg from J Thomas & Son Tan House. R A Owen Tynewydd presented a Charolais cow to £1360.12. R O Williams & Sons Caerddaniel sold two Charolais cows to £1269.99 and £1074.40. A Hereford heifer from R & J Bowker sold to £1003.80. The Briarwood Products Ltd prize of £25 goes to J Thomas & Sons Tan House for the highest prize older cow sold on the day.

FATCATTLE (8)

An entry of 8 fat cattle presented for sale. Heifers and Steers both averaged 178ppkg. GW & BA Haynes Trefnant Isaf sold four heifers to 189ppkg and 188ppkg which was bought by MJ Birtwistle & Co and 184ppkg was paid by Rikki Lloyd and 181ppkg went to Staffordshire Meat Packers. RB & JA Jones Wernddu sold three steers to 178ppkg, 174ppkg and 150ppkg. GW & BA Haynes Trefnant Isaf receives the Briarwood Products Ltd Prize of £25 for the highest price animal sold on the day.

PRIME LAMBS (3871)

An entry of 3871 spring lambs, selling to an average of 234ppkg.

Super Lights (30) to 256ppkg from E L Evans & Co The Green. Average of 255ppkg.

Lights (149) to 276ppkg from Mr Bound Caewaen. Others to 266ppkg from W I Ellis Talwrn. Average of 253ppkg.

Standards (1462) to 285ppkg from D C Jerman Tygwellt. Others to 266ppkg from Mr Bound Caewaen. Average of 236ppkg.

Mediums (2015) to 276ppkg from I W Richards Glanllyn. Others to 268ppkg from H Hughes & Son Hendy. Average of 231ppkg.

Heavy’s (167) to 238ppkg from A E Casewell Bodynfoel. Others to 235ppkg from T W G Davies Penygraig. Average of 217ppkg.

PRIME HOGGETS (550)

An entry of 550 Prime Hoggets, selling to an average of 196ppkg.

Super Lights (24) to 180ppkg from W I Ellis Talwrn.

Lights (46) to 226ppkg from D E Morgan & Co Cefntwlch. Others to 197ppkg from W & R Beamond Cwmcarnedd. Average of 190ppkg.

Standards (93) to 209ppkg from G Ratcliffe Whixall Hall. Others to 205ppkg from C T Gwilt Cwmcollo. Average of 190ppkg.

Mediums (174) to 209ppkg from G Ratcliffe Whixall Hall. Others to 202ppkg from M P B Ashton Belanddu. Average of 201ppkg.

Heavies (62) to 216ppkg from M P B Ashton Belanddu. Others to 205ppkg from J G Ellis & Son Tynewydd. Average of ppkg.

Over Weights (28) to 197ppkg from DA & MD Wright Heathmynd. Others to 188ppkg from WL & HA Williams Wynnora. Average of 163ppkg.

CULL EWE (2059)

A good entry of 2059 Cull sheep presented for sale. Ewes averaged £76.19 per head and cull rams £98.25 per head. E W Jones Gesail y Bryn sold ewes to £130 per head to top the market. M P B Ashton Belanddu and R J Lunt Planfa both presented ewes to £129 per head. Cull rams topped the market at £140 per head on two occasions from R A Meddins Hafod.

STORE SHEEP

Couples

A smaller entry of ewes and lambs this week, selling to an average of £133.89. Three year old ewes with twin lambs at foot topped the sale at £205 from F Bailey Pensarn Swydd Ffynnon. Yearling ewes with twin lambs at foot reached £195 from E W Howells & Son Oakwood Llanfyllin. Two year old with single lambs at foot made up to £146.

The trade is remaining reasonably sharp considering the time of year. Numbers are reducing over the weeks. A Few aged ewes with lambs are expected next week, the sale will commence at 10.30am.

Hoggs and Lambs

340 hoggs and lambs entered the market this week selling to a good average of £162.51. Hoggs and single lambs at foot sold to £185 from L D Bayliss Nantddu penybont. A pedigree texel hoogs with a Beltex x lamb at foot topped the sale at £210 from G L Jones Cefnrhosan. Hoggs with twins at foot made £210 ffrom E W Howells & Son Oakwood Llanfyllin.

The overall aveage for aged ewes and hoggs this week was £159.49. Again the trade is remaining reasonably sharp but towards the end of the sale this week it dropped slightly. Hoggs and lambs will be available next week with number expected to be reduced. The sale will commence after the aged ewes at approximately at 11am.

COWS & CALVES

Another excellent entry of 81 cows and calves met with a similar trade to the past few weeks. Top price was once again from BC & JW Evans who sold a Pure Bred Limousin with a Limousin bull calf for £2060. Two Limousinx 1^st Calvers with heifer calves from the same home made £2050 and £2020. RE & CJ Davies Boycott Hall sold a Limousinx 1^st calver with a bull calf for £1820 whilst two Belgian Bluex 1^st calvers one with a bull and one with a heifer sold for £1600 a piece. D P Evans Moelygarth sold a Herefordx 1^st calver with a Limousinx heifer calf from the same home sold for £1460. I & J Evans Llwynhywel Farm sold six Belgian Blue and Limousin cows with Belgian Bluex calves at foot from £1260 to £1580 to average £1455. C E Evans Lower Hendre Maesbury Marsh sold a Belgian Bluex 1^st calver with a bull calf for £1460. Presented by I & DW Davies Gwernybwlch was a Belgian Blue 1^st calver with a bull calf which made £1460. GM & DA Hughes & Son Lower Halton made £1500 for a Limousinx 1^st calver with a heifer calf. Price and Price Cwmearl sold a Limousinx 1^st calver with a Heifer calffor £1510. A special entry of 24 Limousinx Cows and Calves 2^nd and 4^th Calvers from PE & M Harris Talyrnau sold to a top of £1400 to average £1085 overall. A breakdown of the prices achieved where as follows. £2000 + 3 lots, £1800 - £2000 1 lot, £1600 - £1800 3 lots, £1400 - £1600 16 lots, £1200 - £1400 13 lots, £1000 - £1200 32 lots, Less than £1000 11 lots.

Forthcoming Sales.

Thursday 2^nd June, Pedigree Charolais Bulls and Females.

Monday 6^th June, Store Cattle, Cows and Calves and Dairy Cows.

Monday 13^th June, Cows and Calves.

Monday 20^th June, Cows and Calves, Store Cattle and Dairy Cows.

Monday 27^th June, Cows and Calves.

Monday 4^th July, Dairy Cows

Monday 11^th July, Texel Fat Lamb Competition, Store Cattle and Weanlings and Cows and Calves.

Monday 18^th July, Dairy Cows.

Monday 25^th July, Cows and Calves and Store Cattle.

Monday 1^st August, Dairy Cows.

Monday 8^th August, Cows and Calves.

Monday 15^th August, Dairy Cows.

Monday 22^nd August, Cows and Calves.

Friday 26^th August, Welsh Premier Texel Show.

Saturday 27^th August, Welsh Premier Texel Sale.

Monday 29^th August, Dairy Cattle, Store Cattle and Weanlings inc Organic Store Cattle.

Meanwhile on Tuesday, Messrs Morris Marshall & Poole and Norman Lloyd & Co report on the Store Cattle Auction.

Welshpool Livestock Sales are delighted to report on excellent trade on the 311 cattle forward for their May Fair. With buyers from across the country, trade was even throughout with the best cattle very much in demand.

Steers averaged 169ppkg, Heifers 161ppkg

Top prices are as follows:

Store Steers per kilo.

Limousinx (x1) 420kg 231ppkg G P Vaughan & Son Dolcorsllwyn

Limousinx (x1) 365kg 213ppkg G P Vaughan & Son Dolcorsllwyn

Limousinx (x1) 325kg 207ppkg R G Jenkins & Co Cilhaul

Limousinx (x1) 365kg 197ppkg R I Owen & Co Cwmffynnon

Limousinx (x1) 335kg 194ppkg R G Jenkins & Co Cilhaul

Limousinx (x2) 340kg 189ppkg EH & DE & GO Lloyd Pandy

Store Heifers per kilo.

Limousinx (x1) 310kg 203ppkg G W Jones Graig Fach

Limousinx (x1) 380kg 190ppkg J Parry Esgairweddon