STORE Cattle 511: A marvellous entry penned and sold with cattle to suit all customers.

Business completed by 3pm with a total clearance effected.

Good grazing cattle sold to best demand with several of better steers from 210p-253p/kg.

Many from £800 to £1095.

Stronger steers topped at £1150 with others from £950 to £1140.

Throughout the sale beef bred sold to a premium, however British Blue and out of dairy cows sold well, many from £880 to £1140.

Heifers sold for bulling as well as finishing topping at £1100 for a 21 month home bred Charolais and with other stronger sorts from £800 to £1060.

Several drafts of younger heifers met best demand for those that had been out with better sorts from 205p-237p/kg and many from £650 to £900.

Bulls - 24: The entry of 24 feeding bulls sold to £880, quality sold to a premium with the draft of Limousin cross, 9/11 months being 220p-224p/kg.

Others from 7/13 months sold from £480 to £670.

A Hereford stock bull sold at £1000.

Cows and calves - 9: 9 beef type cows in or with calf included 3 young Limousin and cows with autumn born heifer calves - they sold from £1620 to £1780.

3 Limousin and heifers with Angus and calves sold from £1550 to £1620.

A Friesian cow with two heifer calves sold at £1160. 2 in-calf heifers sold at £840 and £910.

Barren/feeding cows - 20: The larger entry of 20 barren and feeding cows sold to £1060 for a well meated Charolais cow with other stronger cows from £700 to £860.

Feeding cows were younger beef sorts and sold from £570 to £795 being keenly sought highlighting the advantage of selling at green market to be improved.

4 Friesian cows sold from £450 to £565.

Pigs: An improved trade in all sections.

Quality white weaners sold to £36 with white stores to £60.

White porkers sold from £60 to £68 but Gloucester Old Spot porkers from the Earl of Plymouth sold from £70 to £88 (gilts).

Second quality cutters sold to £57. Barren sows also met with an improved trade with fat sows selling from £72 to £118 (to average £90/apiece).

Weaners White from £25 to £36.

Stores White from £45 to £60.

Porkers White from £60 to £68.

Porkers Coloured from £50 to £88.

Cutters White from £50 to £57.

Feeding Sows from £72 to £78.

Fat Sows from £86 to £118.

Boars from £62 to £80.

Please note that start time of auction is set for 10.30am.

Please make sure you enter pigs with the market office on 01432 761882 by the Tuesday before the sale so they can be advertised.