MARKET REPORTS

12:03pm Friday 25th July 2008

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LUDLOW MARKET McCartneys report a combination of bluetongue alterations as regards protection and surveillance zones, continued TB restrictions and a fine morning with many vendors making hay or cutting silage resulting in the an entry of 262 cattle, the smallest for some time, at Ludlow Market on Monday.

Having said that plenty of buyers in attendance and no where near enough cattle for those that were there to do business. Prices wouldn't be back at all despite the drop in deadweight returns. Just because deadweight prices come back do ours automatically follow? Did we have a good trade last week? Were these prices much better than deadweight prices?

Bulls: Light bulls to 160p average 135p, medium bulls 163p average 142p, heavy bulls 164.5p average 144.2p. Barren cows & OTMS Cattle (100): A trade which would be up on the week. Again plenty of buyers in attendance with genuine barrenors up to 119.5p per kilo. Steers to 129.0p average 116.1p, heifers to 122.5p average 111.6p and old bulls to 105.0p average 97.6p. Overall average 101.1p.

Finished sheep (3,792): A lamb trade which is holding up. Prices as good as at the end and middle of last week which considering the time of year is pleased to report. Quality was at a marked premium. Prices as follows: Light lambs to 130p av. 130p; Standard lambs to 144.5p av. 131.8p, Medium lambs to 159p av. 135.3p; Heavy lambs to 136p av. 131.7p, Overweight lambs to 134p av. 134p.

Export Quality lambs sold up to 159p an averaged 137.6p with home trade lambs up to 135.0p an averaged 133.3p.

The killing ewes on offer were another good trade with best ewes being in particular demand selling up to £70. Ewes to £70 per head and an overall average of £33.28 for all sorts, rams up to £63 and averaged £39.58.

KNIGHTON MARKET McCartneys report an entry of 885 finished lambs and cull sheep at Knighton Market on Thursday.

A much improved lamb trade sold to average 137.75ppk up to 143 ppk for 39 kilo Texel lambs (£55.80) from S Deakins, Llancoch, and also to 143ppk for 45 kilo Texel cross lambs to (£64.20) from H & J Lewis, Neaudd.

Cull ewes sold to £44.50 for Mule cross ewes from D M Wilding, Blaenycwm, to average £30.61. Many more numbers for the buying support. Kington Market McCartneys report a good entry of 2,500 sheep at Kington Market on Thursday.

A good entry of 2,500 quality lambs selling to a good trade, which had remained stable over the previous days. The lambs were in good demand by the export and home buyers for all weight ranges.

All lambs were in good demand by the seven buyers. Well-bred and meated lambs between 37 & 42kg would be at market premiums and lambs in all weight ranges would be in good demand. All lambs forward averaged 137ppk with a top of 145ppk. Lambs sold to a top of £62 per head.

There was a smaller entry of 180 cull ewes selling to an easier trade. Well meated and strong ewes were selling to market premiums. The sheep sold to a top of £48.80 and to average £36.80 per ewe. OTMS cattle averages 118ppk.

Hereford Market HEREFORD Market Auctioneers report the following prices at their weekly sale in Hereford on Wednesday.

Spring Lambs 1,885: An improved entry of good quality sheep met a much improved trade on the week topping at £64 for 51kg, followed by £63.50 for 55kg and £62.80 for 48.5kg. Export trade is more buoyant with home trade following the export lead but resistance to trade earlier in the week. Best selling weight 44 - 46kg. Overall average 132.8p/kg, top price/head £64 for lambs grading 51.0kg.

Breeding Ewes 390: An excellent trade on al types with very good competition throughout. Suffolks @ 2’s £96 to £60; 2s and 3s £91; 3s and 4s £72, £65, £52; 4s and 5s £65, £62; Welsh Mules 3s £65; Charollais 2s and 3s £74. More ewes needed to meet early lambing demand.

Stock Rams: Texel yearlings £360, £330; Beltex Texel £330, £300, £250; Charolais/Beltex £240.

Cull Ewes 829: A good entry of very strong ewes met good competition throughout but again resistance to the very high prices of previous weeks still topping at £55. Overall average - £36.89, Suffolks to £55, Continentals £50.50, North Country mules £48.50, Welsh mules £45, speckles £28, Welsh £25, cull rams £42.50, cull wethers £35.

Pigs 102: Another sizzling trade on all pigs with 102 on offer all of which were sold. Weaners (white) from £35 to £41 (coloured) to £27, small £15 - £23, porkers (white) from £66 - £90, Cutters (white) £71 - £92, bacon pigs at £111, feeding sows £60 - £79, fat sows £110 - £113, boars £182 - £193.

ABERGAVENNY MARKET ABERGAVENNY Market Auctioneers report a fantastic entry of just short of 2,000 finished spring lambs penned in Abergavenny, the result of an outstanding run of trade at the market over recent months.

Shorter entries in many other centres since last week helped to produce a lift in the trade with the heavier lambs in particular meeting a much stronger trade.

Among the prices: G Price (41kgs - £60); J J Greenow (44kgs - £60.50); T P and A A Beavan (44kgs - £61); J Watkins (39.7kgs - £59); T J Bayliss (39.1kgs - £57); R T Watkins (39kgs - £56); M J & F M Fitzpatrick (39.6kgs - £56.20); B Price (40kgs - £57.40); D T Tranter (40.9kgs - £58); W M Watkins and Sons (40kgs - £57.60).

Lighter lambs met a steadier trade and an obvious reduction in value for just a few kilos less weight. Lightest lambs averaged 119.72p/kg.

An entry of 222 cull sheep sold to a top price of £47.

Auction Success John Amos and Co offered 17 Lots of land and property at their collective auction at Luctonians Sports Club on July 17.

Prospective buyers and onlookers saw the sale open with 0.90 acres at Weobley attracting great interest and selling for £22,500. Then, 0.46 acres at Titterstone, Clee Hill, also attracted much local interest and after spirited bidding levelled at £25,500 and a building plot with planning for a three-bedroom house in Knighton sold for £82,000.

Three Lots of land at Hamnish were keenly competed with 2.24 acres selling for £20,000, 2.13 acres for £23,000 and 4.60 acres for £40,000.

A bungalow at Broadheath sold for £240,000.

A building plot with two steel portal framed buildings at Heyope, near Knighton, sold for £155,000.

After the sale John Amos said: “Again the strength of auctions has been confirmed with a number of lots changing hands on the evening.

“Smaller blocks of land continue to attract a premium with great interest. Residential properties are, as the market indicates, more difficult to complete, but with vendors’ realistic expectations, these lots are also finding new owners.”