Welshpool Livestock Sales

Messrs Morris Marshall & Poole and Norman Lloyd.

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

Another good entry of 56 cows sold to average 122ppkg, 3 bulls sold to 134.9ppkg and 1 under 48 month old heifer to 117ppkg. TI & SD Jones Dolyfelin sold an Aberdeen Angus cow weighing 836kg to £1178.76. A limousin cow from J R Pryce Aberbechan Farm sold to £1126.46. Bulls topped at £1746.60 for a Charolais weighing 1230kg from W R Lewis Cefn yr Hafodau. Weekly sales of Cull Cattle at 9am.

 

Only 11 fat heifers forward today selling to a very good average of 189ppkg. Gwyn Evans of Llanfyllin purchased two heifers from G Bound & Son Cefn Bach at 218ppkg and 208ppkg. G Bound & Son also sold another heifer to 216ppkg which was purchased by Rikki Lloyd of Welshpool. R E Lewis Gribin sold a Limousin heifer to 190ppkg. G Bound & Son receives the Briarwood Product Ltd prize of £25 for the highest ppkg heifer sold on the day.

  

An entry of 7319 spring lambs, selling to an average of 172.9ppkg.

Super Lights to 187ppkg from W I Ellis Talwrn. 

Lights (560) to 190ppkg from D Morris Tycoch. Average of 179ppkg.

Standards (1782) to205ppkg from G R Davies Nanthir. Others to 203ppkg from CJ & ME Williams Minysarn. Average of 177ppkg.

Mediums (3554) to 198ppkg from N Turnbull Cygod Cefn Llwyni. Others to 192ppkg from H Hughes & Son Hendy. Average of 170ppkg.

Heavy’s (1268) to 257ppkg from T D L Jones Tynewydd Cyffin. Others to 174ppkg from T & B Williams Cilmawr. Average of 162ppkg.

Over Weights (96) to 179ppkg from D E Jones Tybach. Others to 164ppkg from NG & GG Davies Trawsgelli. Average of 151ppkg.   

 

Another good entry of 3469 cull sheep presented for sale saw ewes averaging £60.33 and rams to £69.83. Ewes topped at £112 per head from Fernyhough and Fernyhough Aberbechan Hall. DES & ER Bickerton Lloran Ucha presented ewes to £111 per head. G E Davies & Sons Cwmbromley sold ewes to £109 per head. Cull rams topped at £150 per head from JM & MG Oliver Cilcewydd. Weekly sales of Cull sheep to commence immediately after the sale of fat lambs.

   

A catalogue entry of 15 cows and calves sold to a top price of £1950 for a pure bred limousin cow born 2008 and her limousin heifer calf at foot from Mrs A Roberts Glanyrafon. D Meddins Pennat Isaf sold a limousin cow and her bull calf to £1350. From the same home where two other limousin cows and their heifer calves to £1480 and £1300. Three stock bulls from IG & R Lloyd Maesglyn one pedigree limousin bull sold to £1680, a pure bred Simmental sold to £1300 and a Pure bred limousin sold to £960.

Entries now invited for the next sale of cows and calves on Monday 5^th September.

 

STORE EWES AND STORE LAMBS. 

Store Lambs. A much larger entry this week. 771 store lambs selling to a strong average of £55 per head. Suffolk tups lambs topped the sale at £74.50 from Messers Davies Monksfield Farm Westbury. Suffolk theave lambs made £70.50 from S & DJ Williams Cefnllech Pantydwr. Texel mixed and tup lambs sold to £70 from D W Roberts Glancamlas Garthmyl. Suffolk wether lambs reached £66.20 from S & DJ Williams Cefnllech Pantydwr. Texel mixed and clean lambs sold to £64 per head from RR & DE Wall Whittcott Farm Norbury. The trade was buoyant during the sale and demand is high as shown by a large crowd of potential purchasers at the ringside. Sale of store lambs will commence at 10.30am next week.

Store Ewes. A quality entry of 368 store ewes this week. Quality texel yearlings topped the sale at £176 from M S Williams Penrhos Farm Trefeglwys two year old mule ewes sold to £144 from the same vendor. Mule three year old ewes made £142 from TD & BA Middleton Pentre Rhedyn Cefm Mawr. Mule Fullmouth ewes were up to £136 from R A C Williams & Son Glyndwr Llanfair Caereinion. Pedigree Texel as found ewe with papers made £115 from WI & CA Jones Tynewydd Seilo. Demand is increasing with the trade remaining constant. Sale of Store ewes to commence at 11am next week to include 30 suffolkx yearling ewes from R M Evans New House and 70 suffolkx yearlings and 20 Balwen ewes in flock ages.

Breeding Rams. A small entry of 4 breeding rams this week to include a texel yearling ram sold up to 330 guineas. Rams will be increasing in number in the near future with the sale to commence after the sale of store ewes. If you have a store sheep that you would like to bring please let us know so that we can advertise them for you.

Forthcoming Sales.

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.

Wednesday 1^st September. Welsh Premier Beltex Sheep Show and Sale.

Monday 5^th September, Cows and Calves.

Wednesday 7^th September, Welsh Mule Ewe Sale.

Thursday 8^th September, Welsh Mule Ewe Lambs Sale.

Saturday 10^th September, Machinery Sale at Coed Y Dinas.

Monday 12^th September, Dairy Cows.

Monday 19^th September, Store Cattle and Cows and Calves.  

Thursday 22^nd September, Cann Office and Cefn Coch Sheep Sale, All breed Yearling Ewes & Non Registered Multi Breed Rams.

Saturday 24^th September, Welsh Hill Speckled Face Rams.

Monday 26^th September, Dairy Cows.  

Thursday 29^th September, Multi Breed Ram Sale.

Monday 3^rd October, Dairy Cows, Prize sale of Store Lambs and Pedigree sale of Lleyn Sheep.

Thursday 6^th October, Sale of Welsh Mule Ewes and Ewe Lambs.

Tuesday 11^th October, Mid October sale of Store Cattle.

Thursday 13^th October, Welsh Half Bred Ewes and Ewe Lambs, and All Breed Theave Lambs.

Monday 17^th October, Organic Store Cattle.

Tuesday 25^th October, October Store Cattle Sale.