McCARTNEY'S of Kington report a good entry of 2328 sheep on March 17.

Hoggets: We had an increased entry of 1932 hoggets which sold to an excellent trade on the week.

Buyers were looking for all weight ranges and meated hoggets sold to premium prices.

We had a heavy yard of sheep again with only a few lots under 44 kgs.

The heavier hoggets over 50kg sold between £94 and £101.50 per head.

Mule hoggets again sold to an excellent trade and sold up to £93 per head.

The hoggets averaged an excellent £1.95ppk and sold up to £2.03ppk for some 42.00kg hoggets from WH Jones.

All the hoggets averaged an excellent £88 per head up to £101.50 per head for some 60kg hoggets from A Layton.

Hoggets between 32.5kg to 39kg averaged 1.89ppk up to 1.90ppk.

Hoggets between 39.1kg to 45.5kg averaged 1.95ppk up to 2.03ppk.

Hoggets between 45.6kg to 52kg averaged 1.90ppk up to 1.98ppk.

Hoggets over 52kg averaged 1.79ppk up to 1.88ppk.

We are fortunate to have excellent buyer support from six buyers giving excellent competition for the hoggets.

Cull ewes, tups, wethers, store lambs: There was a good entry of 423 cull and store sheep, which sold to an excellent trade again.

The cull sheep were in excellent demand by the buyers for all sorts fat and thin.

If you have any cull sheep it would be worth taking advantage of this trade.

The cull sheep sold to a top of £137.50 per head for some Texel ewes from WL and A Windsor and averaged an excellent £75 per head.

Continental ewes averaged £121 per head and sold up to £137.50 per head.

Mule types ewes averaged £77 per head and sold up to £94 per head.

Welsh, Speckle and smaller hill type ewes averaged £58 per head and sold up to £68 per head.

Tups averaged an excellent £100 per head and sold up to £138 per head.

Small Store hoggets averaged £60 per head and sold up to £76.50.

Light weight hoggets averaged £1.90ppk.

We have buyers requiring store hoggets and light hoggets each week to suffice their orders.

We have buyers for in excess of 3000 hoggets and 750 cull sheep per week to meet our buyers' requirements.

McCartneys at Kington, offer an on-farm livestock grading and marketing advice service on a free of charge basis.

Kington Market is every Thursday, commencing at 11am with Hoggets followed by Cull sheep.

For further information please contact Gareth Wall on 01544 230316 or 0797414336.