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Transcription 54 THE HEREFORD TIMES
Thursday, January 28, 2016
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Kington Market, January 14
McCARTNEY‘S of Kington report a
smaller entry of 1172 sheep on
January 14. We had an excellent
trade in all weight ranges which
would be one of the best for the
week.
Hogget numbers marketed have
been restricted dunng the week due
to the wet weather taking its toll on
the hoggets with farmers struggling
to find hoggets tat enough to sell.
Hoggets: We had a smaller entry of
901 hoggets which sold to an excel—
lent trade with all weights in excellent
demand by the buyers.
The hoggets were in demand trom
the export and home trade buyers;
we could have sold many more hog-
gets to a good price on the day.
The hoggets averaged an excellent
£1.81ppk and sold up to £1.92ppk.
All the hoggets averaged a good £79
per head up to £91.80 per head for
some 55kg hoggets from SI Rogers.
Hoggets between 32.5kg and 39kg
averaged 1.75ppk up to 1.82ppk.
Hoggets between 39.5kg and 45.5kg
averaged 1.82ppk up to 1.92ppk.
Hoggets between 46kg and 52kg
averaged 1.77ppk up to 1.82ppk.
Hoggets over 52kg averaged
1.63ppk up to 1.68ppk.
We are fortunate to have excellent
buyer support from 6 buyers giving
excellent competition for the hog
gets.
Cull ewes, tups, wethers, store
lambs: There was a good entry of
332 cull and store sheep. The cull
trade is generally easier every where
this week due to larger numbers
being marketed since Christmas.
We had a good trade overall in corn-
parison to other centres this week.
The buyers are requiring meated
ewes but not fat for their orders.
Best Texel ewes were a good trade
selling to £105 per head from AM
and RE Griffiths
Tups are still an excellent trade and
have strong demand and sold up to
£106 per head from WD Layton and
Sons.
The ewes sold to atop of £105 and
averaged a £58 per head which
included smaller and thin hill ewes.
The cull tups sold up to £106 per
head and averaged £82 per head.
Small store hoggets also sold to a
strong trade and up to 254.
We have buyers requiring light hog-
gets each week to suffice their
orders.
The cull ewe entry this week was
very mixed with a large number of
thinner mule ewes and smaller hill
ewes.
We have buyers for in excess of
3000 hoggets and 750 cull sheep
per week to meet our buyers’
requirements.
McCartneys at Kington, otter an on—
fann livestock grading and marketing
advice service on a free-of-charge
basis.
Kington Market is every Thursday,
commencing at 11am with lambs fol-
lowed by cull sheep.
For further information please con-
tact Gareth Wall on 01544 230316 or
0797414336.
Knighton Market, January 14
McCARTNEYS report an entry of
862 prime hoggets and 133 cull
sheep at Knighton Market on
January 14.
A smaller entry of hoggets met very
good demand and more could have
been sold to advantage. Overall
trade averaged 178.12 pence per kilo
selling to 191 pence per kilo for 44
kilo Texel cross hoggets to £84 per
head from Price Bros, Garbett Hall.
Also to 189 pence per kilo for 43.50
kilo Texel cross hoggets to £82 per
head from B E Vale and Co,
Wordells. 186 penc per kilo for 41
kilo Texel cross hoggets to £76.20
per head from J Lewis and Son,
Carters Farm, 185 pence per kilo tor
Texel cross hoggets to £81.50 per
head from E G Jones and Son,
Llanfair Hall. 188 pence per kilo for
41 kilo Texel cross hoggets to £75
per head from both R T Davies, Teme
Cottage and P R Price and Son,
Uanshay and 41.50 kilo Texel cross
hoggets to £75.80 per head from J E
and D J Morris, Upper Dolwilkin. 182
pence per kilo for 46 kilo Texel cross
hoggets to £83.80 per head from E
and W Griffirths Hill House. 180
pence per kilo for both 40 kilo Texel
crosstambs to £71.50 per head from
S and FJones, Llanwen and 45 kilo
Texel cross lambs to £81 per head
from E G Jones and Son, lJanfair
Hall.
Top price per head was 5285 per
head for both 50.50 kilo Texel cross
hoggets from B E Vale and Co.
Wordells and 55 kilo Texel crux
hoggets from E and W Griffiths. Hill
House. Also to £83.50 per head for
51 kilo Suffoik cross hoggets from J
W Owens, Stockley. £83 per head
for 50 kilo Texel cross hoggets from
E G Jones and Son, Llanfair Hall.
£82.80 per head for 50 kilo Texel
crm hoggets from R D J and M E
Owens, Old Badlands. £82 per head
for 46.50 kilo Clun hoggets from J G
Williams and Son, Upper House
Farm and 47 kilo Texel cross hog-
gets from G Roberts and Son,
Purlogue.
The cull ewe trade remains similar
averaging £58.08 per head and sell-
ing to £95.50 per head for Texel
ewes from J P Breeze and Son,
Fronladies. Also to £85 per head for
Suffolk cross ewes from C Gittoes
and Son, Village Farm. £78.50 per
head for Texel cross ewes from J H A
Price and Son, Goat House. €75 per
head for Texel cross ewes from E
and W Griffiths, Hill House. 271 per
head for Suffolk cross ewes from C
Gittoes and Son. \nllage Farm.
Mule ewes sold to £59.50 per head
from E and W Griffiths, Hill House.
Also to £58 per head for Mule ewes
from J B Morris, Lower Litton.
Welsh ewes sold to £43 per head
from P R Price and Son, Llanshay.
Cull rams averaged £86.19 per head
and sold to £120 per head for two
Texel rams from E and W Griffiths,
Hill House. Also to £115.50 for a
Texel ram from C Gittoes and Son,
Village Farm.
The next sale of prime lambs and cull
sheep at Knighton Market is on
today. Weighing from 7.30am, sale at
103m.
Up—to-date market information for
entries to Katie Morris on 07817
474241 or Glyn Owens 07970
160898.
Average prices for premium and
prime lambs of various weights as
follows; Up to 30m prime 142.00
pence per kilo, 30.5—36kg prime
149.00 pence per kilo, 36.5«43kg
premium 183.95 pence per kilo,
prime 177.66 pence per kilo, 43.5-
48kg premium 187.89 pence per kilo,
prime 179.54 pence per kilo, 485ng
and over prime 165.52 pence per
kilo.
Roswn—Wye Market,
January 14 and 18
148 STORE cattle (January 14):
Store cattle met a soaring trade, sell-
ing to a top of £1,295 for a consign-
ment of British Blue cross steers (12
months) from Mesr HW White and
Son. Continental cross weaned and
yearling cattle again met fierce
demand with stronger sorts meeting
an easier trade, which is to be
expected with falling fat cattle prices.
Steers sold to £1,295, £1,155.
£1,080 and £1,050 (twice) for conti—
nental cross 12-18 months. Yearling
steers sold to 267p/kg for a consign-
ment of Charolais cross (7-9 months)
from Mr TE Margrett. Weaned and
yearling steers sold between 215 »
267 pence.
Heifers met a very pleasing trade
selling to a top of £1,100 for a mn of
Limousin cross from Mr DT Parry.
Weaned and yearling heifers sold
from 180p to a top of 233p/lg for a
run of Charolais cross from Mr TE
Margrett. Native bred heifers met
active demand selling to £935 for 15
month old Hereford cross from Mesr
Boultbee—Brooks Ltd.
Overall Sale Averages:
Steers: top price/head €1,295; aver-
age/head £886; top price/kilo 267p
average/kilo 198p.
Heifers: top price/head £1,100;
average/head £794; top price/kilo
233p; average/kilo 179.5p.
January 18, Red Market
90 finished cattle (65 clean cattle, 30
over 36 month cattle and cull cows):
A shorter entry as normal for the Red
Market As expected the trade was
generally easier and we were miss-
ing two buyers who cannot buy on a
Red. Better cattle sold to 200 pence.
Next week - a Green Market — all
buyers will be in attendance.
Top price per kilo: 200 pence for two
entries from Mesr C Simcock and
Sons, Hereford.
Top price per head: £1,349.22 for an
entry from Mesr MA Hardy Ltd.
Barry.
30 cull cows, over 36 month clean: A
larger entry of cull cattle for the 'Red
Market sold to a better trade. Best
continentals sold to 155 pence with
Friesians to 120 pence. More cattle
could readily have been sold.
1020 hoggets: Hoggets met strong
demand selling to atop of £88 and
187p/kg. Strong demand was shown
on all classes of hogs with medium
weight export lambs selling to a top
of 187p/kg and achieving a very
pleasing $00 of 179.6. Heavyweight
hogs sold from £80 and achieved an
average of 168p/kg. The overall aver-
age price of hoggets was £78.20 per
head (average weight 44.3kg).
Top price of hoggets per kilo:
187.00p for an entry from Mrs M
Mitchell, Corse Lawn.
Top price of hoggets per head:
£88.00 for an entry from Mr D Box,
Evesham.
404 cull ewes and rams: A similar
entry met another good trade except
for fat ewes which found slightly less
demand. No top quality ewes for-
ward but considering the general
standard present the overall average
was an acceptable £68.20. Second
quality ewes sold from 260. small
and plain ewes sold to this figure. A
large entry of Rams sold to a good
trade with an average of £77.90.
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