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.

An entry of Over Thirty Month Cattle sold well to average 122ppkg for the cows, 157ppkg for the bulls, 144ppkg for the younger steers and 160ppkg for the heifers. R D Thomas Neuadd Llwyd sold a older cow weighing 884kg to a top price of £1193.40 per head. E M Tilsley & Son Llandinier sold a Limosuin cow to £1093.68. A British Blue younger cow from D Owen Esgairgyfela sold for £1260.24 per head. A British Blue bull weighing 1170kg from HI & LJ Lloyd Weirglodd Deg achieved £1848.60 per head. R D Thomas Neuadd Llwyd receives the Briarwood Products Ltd prize of £25 for the highest price older cow sold on the day. Weekly Sale of Over Thirty Month Cattle every Monday at 9am Prompt.

 

A good number of fat cattle sold today to an average of 203ppkg for six steers and 195ppkg for the 19 heifers. A top price of 215ppkg was achieved on two occasions by GW & BA Haynes Trefnant Isaf for a Limousin heifer weighing 555kg and M P B Ashton & Son Belan Ddu for a Limosuin steer weighing 577kg. GW & BA Haynes also sold other Limousin heifers to 214ppkg and 207ppkg. D R Owen & Son Sandilands presented two steers to 214ppkg and 211ppkg. The Briarwood Products Ltd price of £25 for the highest ppkg animal sold on the day is awarded to GW & BA Haynes Trefnant Isaf and M P B Ashton & Son Belan Ddu. Weekly Sale of Fat Heifers and Fat Steers every Monday at 12.30pm.

An entry of  4196 prime hoggets, selling to an average of 198.6ppkg.   

Super Lights (up to 25.4kg) (18) to 184ppkg from W I Ellis Talwrn. Average of 183ppkg.

Lights (25.5kg to 32kg) (280) to 222ppkg from JH & SM Farmer Red House. Others to 215ppkg from T K Robinson Tynewydd. Average of 198ppkg.

Standards (32.1kg to 39kg) (1019) to 233ppkg from Ystym Colwyn Farms Ltd. Others to 224ppkg from J W Froggart Little Dunstall Farm. Average of 200ppkg.

Mediums (39.1kg to 45.5kg) (2142) to 233ppkg from H W Venables Penygelli Farm. Others to 225ppkg from J M Lewis Pentwyn. Average of 197ppkg.

Heavies (45.1kg to 52kg) (512) to 203ppkg from J M Lewis Pentwyn. Others to 202ppkg from S & A Perkins Upper Farm. Average of 179ppkg.  

Over Weights (over 52kg) (164) to 181ppkg from H W Venables Penygelli Farm. Other to 179ppkg from DES & ER Bickerton Lloran Ucha. Average of 166ppkg.

Weekly Sales of Fat Lambs at 10.30am.

 

An entry of 1711 cull sheep sold to a very good average of £68.94 per head for the ewes and £87.94 for the rams. Cull ewes sold to a top price of £136 per head from B & CJ Francis Glanbanwy. R A Davies Llwynderw sold ewes to £131 per head. Cull rams topped at £150 per head from JC & JM Williams Coedtrefe. Weekly sale of Cull sheep to immediately follow the sale of Fat Hoggetts at approximately 12 noon.

 

Another good entry of 543 store lambs entering the market this week selling to a very good average of £69.68.Top price mixed and clean lambs from AK & RC Tudor Lower Heblands achieved £78 while Texelx wethers from T G Lewis Brynycil realised £82. Charollais tup lambs sold to £82 while mule mixed and tup lambs from V E Lewis & Son The Garn sold to £77. More Store lambs required next week to meet the strong demand.

An entry of 104 In Lamb ewes with Blue Faced Leicester yearling ewes scanned with twins sold to £350 per head. Full mouthed suffolkx ewes from A Tudor Tynberllan scanned with singles sold to £180per head. More In Lamb ewes required next week. Please contact the market office on 01938 553438 if you would like to book these in before hand. 

An excellent entry of 20 met with a similar trade to recently with quality well sought after. Top price was £2220 for a Holmeland Luke daughter presented by T G Phillips & Co Burgedin. A Winston Stomatic sired heifer made £2080 and a 3^rd calver made £1450 presented by K S Jones & Sonc Lane Farm from the same home was a Drake sired second calver which sold for £1780. At £1900 was a heifer from M T Jones The Elms Farm Oswestry whilst a Brown Swissx sold for £1760. At £1810 was a Cogent Master daughter from N Samuel Lower Ystrad. Overall cows averaged £1615 and heifers £1619. A breakdown of the prices achieved was as follows: £2000 + 3 lots, £1800 - £2000 2 lots, £1600 - £1800 4 lots, £1400 -£1600 3 lots, £1200 -£1400 4 lots, Less than £1200 1 lot.

 

The first store cattle sale of 2012 kicked off in fine style with buyers from Yorkshire and Lancashire in attendance together with the regulars, which made for a good trade especially on the quality lots. The hardest things sold were the plainer heifers which had a limited demand. Top prices of the day where as follows:

Charolaisx (x2) 650kg £1100 from S Vogel Lower Tyn y Cefn.

Limousinx (x1) 505kg £995 from E T James & R A Roberts Dolhywel.

Charolaisx (x1) 500kg £970 from E & H Chapman Morfodion.

Charolaisx (x1) 460kg £960 from J F Morgan & Son Plas.

Limousinx (x1) 500kg £950 from O LL Jerman & Sons Tuhwntirafon.

Limousinx (x1) 455kg £950 from Williams & Owen Cyffiau.

 

Limousinx (x1) 595kg £1110 from B Haynes Moydog Farm.

Limousinx (x2) 505kg £1040 from TH & ME & EJ Jones Plascoch.

Limousinx (x5) 486kg £1000 from TH & ME & EJ Jones Plascoch.

Limousinx (x2) 455kg £960 from R T Watkins Coed y Deri.

Limousinx (x3) 481kg £950 from TH & ME & EJ Jones Plascoch.

Limousinx (x1) 500kg £935kg from O LL Jerman & Sons Tuhwntirafon.

 

Charolaisx (x1) 305kg 247.5ppkg from R A Hughes Bronderwgoed (Organic).

Limousinx (x1) 330kg 224.2ppkg from R A Hughes Bronderwgoed (Organic).

Limousinx (x3) 331kg 220.5ppkg from D W Griffiths & Son Penybryn.

British Bluex (x1) 365kg 211.2ppkg from C Woosnam & T A Mathias Forrest. 

Limousinx (x2) 402kg 209ppkg from R T Watkins Coedyderi.

Limousinx (x1) 455kg 208.8ppkg from Williams & Owen Cyffiau.

Limousinx (x2) 382kg 216ppkg from E G Edwards Bryncelyn.

Limousinx (x2) 455kg 211ppkg from R T Watkins Coed y Deri.

Limousinx (x2) 505kg 205.9ppkg from TH & ME & EJ Jones Plascoch.

Limousinx (x5) 486kg 205.8ppkg from TH & ME & EJ Jones Plascoch.

Limousinx (x1) 485kg 204.1ppkg from TH & ME & EJ Jones Plascoch.

Limousinx (x3) 481kg 201.7ppkg from TH & ME & EJ Jones Plascoch.

Next Sale of Store Cattle will take place on Tuesday 31^st January 2012 at 10am.

   

Monday 23^rd January, Sale of Cows and Calves

Monday 30^th January, Sale of Dairy Cows.

Tuesday 31^st January, January Fair of Store Cattle.  

Monday 6^th February, Sale of Cows and Calves.

Monday 13^th February, Sale of Dairy Cows.

Tuesday 14^th February, Mid February Store Cattle Fair.

Monday 20^th February, Sale of Cows and Calves.

Monday 27^th February, Sale of Dairy Cows.

Tuesday 28^th February, February Fair of Store Cattle.

Monday 5^th March, Sale of Cows and Calves.

Monday 12^th March, Sale of Dairy Cows.

Tuesday 13^th March, Mid March Store Cattle Fair.

Monday 19^th March, Sale of Cows and Calves.

Monday 26^th March, Sale of Dairy Cows.

Tuesday 27^th March, March Fair of Store Cattle.