January 29

Store cattle - 107: A tidy entry for the extra sale and plenty of buyers in attendance. A total clearance. All sorts met ready competition. Prices were as follows:-

Charolais Heifers to £600 (200.0p/kg).

Simmental Steers to £1015, £520, £480 (top 274.0p/kg average 202.0p/kg).

Simmental Heifers to £895, £850 (top 167.0p/kg average 165.0p/kg).

Limousin Steers to £1100, £1090, £665, £620 (top 188.0p/kg average 184.0p/kg).

Limousin Heifers to £900, £650, £565, £495 (top 275.0p/kg average 186.0p/kg).

British Blue Steers to £950, £865 (top 196.0p/kg average 194.8p/kg).

British Blue Heifers to £975, £890 (top 188.0p/kg average 184.0p/kg).

Blonde D’Aquitaine Heifers to £725 (181.0p/kg).

Welsh Black Steers to £595, £460 (top 165.0p/kg average 157.0p/kg).

Welsh Black Heifers to £615, £525 (top 158.0p/kg average 157.0p/kg).

Aberdeen Angus Steers to £1080, £915, £825, £725, £400 (top 202.0p/kg average 184.0p/kg).

Aberdeen Angus Heifers to £795, £830, £265 (top 181.0p/kg average 164.0p/kg).

Hereford Steers to £585, £530 (top 189.0p/kg average 181.8p/kg).

Hereford Heifers to £865, £815, £810, £795, £540 (top 182.0p/kg average 171.0p/kg).

Longhorn Steers to £645, £565, £530 (top 171.0p/kg average 168.0p/kg).

British White Steers to £600 (152.0p/kg).

Swedish Red Steers to £845 (176.0p/kg).

Bull prices were as follows:-

Charolais Bulls to £200 (222.0p/kg).

Limousin Bulls to £855, £830, £755, £750, £745, £685, £660, £640, £610 (top 294.0p/kg average 222.0p/kg).

Hereford Bulls to £585 (209.0p/kg).

Friesian Bulls to £570, £545, £500, £480, £465 (top 160.0p/kg average 141.4p/kg).

Store sheep - 1,152: An excellent trade with buyers responding to the increased prices in the fat ring. Strong store lambs to £78.00 average £72.00, medium store lambs to £68.50 average £65.00, small store lambs to £57.00 average £54.60. In-lamb ewes (flock ages) to £120.00.

Calves and weanlings - 5: A small entry and a marvellous trade. Rearing bull calves to £310.00 average £258.00 for all sorts. Weaned heifer calves to £455.00.

February 1

Finished cattle - 299: A similar trade to last week. Still the trade under pressure. Plenty of foreign meat about. There are not too many cattle on offer it’s just there’s too much meat on the market. Prices were as follows:-

Medium steers -Best quality to 194.0p average 191.0p; Standard quality to 186.0p average 178.6p; Also rans to 164.5p; Overall average 181.4p.

Heavy steers -Best quality to 204.0p average 192.9p; Standard quality to 187.5p average 180.1p; Also rans to 172.0p; Overall average 182.4p.

Medium heifers - Best quality to 232.5p average 211.9p; Standard quality to 184.0p average 179.0p; Also rans to 171.5p; Overall average 182.6p

Heavy heifers - Best quality to 245.0p average 208.4p; Standard quality to 186.0p average 178.2p; Also rans to 172.0p; Overall average 185.7p.

Light bulls to 169.5p average 144.4p.

Medium bulls to 215.5p average 170.6p.

Heavy bulls to 216.5p average 184.6p.

Barren cows and old bulls - 32: A similar trade. Best cows certainly a good level of demand reaching 158.5p/kg. Prices were as follows:-

Grade 1 Cows to 158.50p average 148.00p.

Grade 2 Cows to 133.50p average 125.60p.

Grade 3 Cows to 119.00p average 110.25p.

Grade 4 Cows to 104.50p average 74.72p.

Overall average 102.30p.

Finished sheep - 3,591: A really tidy hogget trade. Plenty of buyers in attendance. Prices were as follows:-

Light Hoggets to 195.0p average 166.4p.

Standard Hoggets to 207.0p average 181.4p.

Medium Hoggets to 203.0p average 185.1p.

Heavy Hoggets to 190.0p average 179.1p.

Overweight Hoggets to 172.5p average 160.8p.

Export quality hoggets sold up to 207.0p per kilo and averaged 196.0p per kilo and home trade hoggets sold up to 184.5p per kilo and averaged 180.5p per kilo.

Cull Ewes: 797 cull sheep were forward. They met a sharper trade as the wave of scanning ewes seems to come to an end. More ewes could have been sold. If you have any cull sheep please take advantage of this trade. The top price of the day was £102.50 with an overall average of £57.56 to include a high number of hill and plain types. Rams to £97.50 average £74.94.