There are 2 sides to a coin - on one side we have big increases in food, fertiliser and fuel costs, on the other we have the beef trade - at the moment we think the beef trade is winning !!
No strength today but small and medium types made serious money, so my two good friends Sherlock and the Baron thought.

HIGHLIGHTS
STEERS
Limx 11mo £1270 T Seaman
Simx 23mo £1200 J Everson
Simx 15mo £1160 R Giles
Simx 19mo £1150 J Everson
BBx 12mo £1140 Cook and Colman
Simx 14mo £1120 J Everson
AA 14mo £1100 Malthouse Livestock
BBX 9mo £1080 R & D Penn
Simx 12mo £1060 JR Goddard
BBx 13mo £1040 J Waspe

HEIFERS
Hereford 24mo £1265 AP Foulds
Simx 23mo £1150 J Everson
Simx 22mo £1130 J Everson
Limx 21mo £1050 AE Baker 
Simx 13mo £995 Lambert & Co
AA 20mo £980 CD Fox
Limx 13mo £920 AE Baker
Simx 13mo £900 S Woodrow
Limx 13mo £880 ER Crane

Last week was nuclear, this week was Inter Galactic !!
2 Cows made 213ppkg up to £1746 for Christine Hanton and an overall average of 174.18ppkg
Do not say we didnt tell you.

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

 

A nice little entry with 4yo Limousin Bulls from Coston Hall Farms selling to £2600 and £2100.
Quality Simmental Cows and Calves from John Goddard sold to £2070 and £1990, with Keith Southey obtaining £1700.

The calf trade rolls merrily along with very high prices achieved - as usual.
Top price went to CW Potter with a Blue Bull calf at £385. Alex Dann made £360 of Blues and CB & SC Gapp £315 for heifers. R. Paterson sold Lims to £340 as did David Parsons.
Angus Bulls sold to £325 for David Parsons and Heifers to £335 for CW Potter. Black and Whites to £215 for CB & SC Gapp.

Another busy day at Norwich with plenty of sheep forward and all keenly contested for. Buyers fighting for all catergories with good results achieved.

PRIME HOGGS (504)
All buyers very keen today and wanting stock. Alburgh Lamb top of the tree with lambs to 320.90ppkg and Richard Beck selling to £145 per head

STANDARD LAMBS (164) 245.70 TO 300.00 AV 273.58 £  86.00 TO £114.00 AV £  98.11
MEDIUM LAMBS (185)     253.30 TO 320.90 AV 277.47 £108.00 TO £138.00 AV £128.64
HEAVY LAMBS (72)           269.50 TO 306.70 AV 281.42 £123.00 TO £138.00 AV £128.64
HEAVY + LAMBS (83)        210.50 TO 260.90 AV 237.98 £108.00 TO £145.00 AV £128.22

The Ewes forward were generally meat and good sorts, trade back slightly on the day only by a small margin on the previous sale.  Christine Kinge topped at £156.00

£42.00 to £156.00 av £116.88

CULL RAMS (15)
£43.00 to £152.00 av £122.87

GOATS (2)
to £120.00 av £120.00

Texel x (187) £67.00 to £94.00 av £84.03
XBreds (29)  £74.00 to £99.00 av £83.37
Suffolk x (6)            to £93.00 av £93.00
Jacobs (10)             to £60.00 av £60.00