Most Markets had very small numbers this week, but we did alright with decent entries in all sections. The number of people looking for cattle outweighs the number of cattle for sale at the moment - you know what this means !!

HIGHLIGHTS
STEERS
Limx 21mo £1260 B Cushion
L Red 22mo £1240 Carrick & Son
Simx 14mo £1225 JR Goddard
Limx 16mo £1130 JC Watson
Charx 21mo £1060 SG Lutkin & Son
Simx 11mo £1040 JR Goddard
AA x 22mo £1020 SG Lutkin & Son
Simx 13mo £990 Chris Brown
Limx 10mo £980 Waterer Partners
L Red 21mo £980 Carrick & Son

HEIFERS
Simx 18mo £1300 JR Goddard
SHorn 29mo £1245 CN Seeds Ltd
Simx 19mo £1150 JR Goddard
SHorn 23mo £1010 CN Seeds Ltd
Limx 11mo £940 Waterer Partners
Limx 9mo £900 Mark Daniels

A small entry met several bidders with Heifers to 183ppkg for Pat Key (£1024) and 45mo Steers to 169ppkg (£1106) for NG & RAF Darling

Important notice to Farmers - please get Farm Assured if you can, it makes a real difference.

 

A nice gathering of calves and buyers enthusiasm has not wained over the holiday period. Alex Dann took top spots with B.Blues at £425, £415, £415, £400 and Angus at £270. David Parsons A.Angus reached £262 and Limousins from R.Paterson sold to £275 for a Heifer and £265 for a Bull. The same vendor sold Herefords to £275 twice, £270 three times and £260, with Black and Whites to £122 and £110.
LG Brigham made £265 and £250 of Herefords and Alex Dann got another top price with Black and Whites at £135.

A nice entry of sheep on a cold and rainy day in Norwich. The entry was mainly prime hoggs, a few quality store lambs and a few rare breed ewes.

PRIME HOGGS (365)
A lot of lighter lambs about today interesting the store lamb buyers. Top price today went to Ruth Miller at 309.10ppkg and Darren Moore at £142.00

STANDARD LAMBS (165) 246.10 TO 309.10 AV 273.34 £86.00 TO £110.00 AV £96.71
MEDIUM LAMBS (128) 254.40 TO 295.30 AV 270.42 £104.00 TO £127.00 AV £115.31
HEAVY LAMBS (58) 260.40 TO 282.60 AV 268.09 £118.00 TO £133.00 AV £127.33
HEAVY + LAMBS (14) 231.40 TO 258.00 AV 248.35 £125.00 TO £142.00 AV £131.50

A very small entry but all meaty types fought over and topping at £140 for Master Lakey.  £23.00 to £140.00 av £90.56

CULL RAMS (1) to £104.00

GOATS (2)
Boer Nannies today from Becky Dixon £90 to £98 av £94

Plenty of customers still wanting stores, topping at £101.50 for Kevin Borley

TEXEL X (120) £64.00 TO £101.50 AV £88.23
CHARX (19) TO £94.00
SUFFOLK (14) £93.00 TO £94.00 AV £93.50
XBREDS (44) £50.00 TO £74.00 AV £66.25
SOAYS (3) TO £30.00
HEBRIDEANS (5) TO £22.00