312 STORE cattle: A good entry of predominately dairy bred cattle met a fast trade, especially on stronger feeding cattle 400kg plus.
Steers topped at £1,215 for a Limousin cross steer (21 months) from Mrs K Davies. Better quality single suckle homebred steers were in short supply and therefore met premium prices topping at 232 pence per kilo for a consignment of Blonde D'Aquitaine cross steers from Mesr RM and JL Newman.
Strongest demand was seen on 400 kg steers selling between 190 - 230 pence. Many stronger farming steers achieved prices of £1,215, £1,145, £1,120, £1,080, etc.
Overall steers averaged 192 pence per kilo and £885 per head.
Again heifers were predominately dairy cross with frame and quality demanded from buyers. They sold to £1,140 for a bunch of Simmental heifers (26 months, 550 kg) from Mr PJ Waters. Stronger heifers proved easy to place achieving prices of £1,140, £1,105, £1,050, £1,040, etc.
The most difficult to place were eight to 15 month native and dairy bred heifers, lacking quality, sold between £580 - £820.
Top price per kilo on heifers was 215 pence.
Overall heifers averaged 180 pence and £785 per head.
A run of 17 pure bred Simmental bulls met very strong demand achieving a top price of £970 (eight to nine months, 420 kg). Overall bulls averaged 222 pence per kilo.
438 store lambs: A shorter entry of store lambs met an easier trade than the previous sale, reflecting the falling finished lamb trade.
Ewe lambs sold to £80 for a run of Suffolk cross ewe lambs.
Store lambs were predominately made up from longer term farming lambs selling to between £48 - £55.
More store lambs could have easily been sold.
Rearing calves: A small show of calves met a strong trade despite the lack of quality.
Friesian bulls sold twice at £70, Hereford cross heifers to £160 and Hereford cross bulls to £250.
More calves required to meet demand from buyers. Please enter your stock prior to the sale date if possible so we can notify buyers of the entries.
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