A smaller harvest type of market, but OMG what a trade !!   One thing for sure in farming at the moment is that arable is dead and livestock reigns supreme.

HIGHLIGHTS
STEERS
Limx 24mo £2140 JM & F Fryatt
Hfd 24mo £2060 JE Frost
Simx 25mo £1880 S Vincent
S/Horn 16mo £1880 G & WT Williams
Simx 9mo £1750 NA Hines
Limx 6mo £1740 AE Baker
Limx 13mo £1700 R Criddle
Limx 15mo £1640 S Woodrow
Limx 6mo £1640 AE Baker
Red Poll 16mo £1600 GP Barnes

HEIFERS
Blonde x 23mo £2100 S Vincent
Hfd 24mo £2080 JE Frost
S/Horn 22mo £1980 WE Chantry
S/Horn 28mo £1930 WE Chantry
S/Horn 26mo £1920 WE Chantry
Limx 27mo £1890 M Clare
Blonde x 22mo £1850 S Vincent
S/Horn 32mo £1770 WE Chantry

More Buyers than Cows resulted in fast prices topping at 314ppkg for Paul Harvey Livestock and £2,226 for GP Barnes

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

 

The breeding section found more interest than for a long time (note the special entry for the next market on the 19th from Margaretting Hall Farm -David Coe sold Hereford x Heifers & young Calves to £2,150, £1,950 & £1,750. Bullers from WE Chantry reached £2,300 for Shorthorns.

The train keeps on rolling - with R Paterson in the boiler room this week, selling their posh Charolais to £730, £720, £710 (twice) £670. CW Potter topped the Blues at £650 closely followed by Alex Dann at £630. The bottom calf price was £330 - when have you ever seen that - it would have been top not that long ago.

Traditionally less stock present during Wimbledon fortnight, but the farmers who came were satisfied

NEW SEASON LAMBS (182)
Trade better than anticipated with lambs dropping throughout the week at other markets.
Beth Atkinson topped at 382.2ppkg and Richard Criddle £200 per head.

STANDARD LAMBS (8) TO 335.10 AV 335.10 TO £124.00
MEDIUM LAMBS (62) 321.40 TO 357.10 AV 336.55 £138.00 TO £150.00 AV £144.72
HEAVY LAMBS (85) 330.60 TO 382.20 AV 352.09 £151.00 TO £178.00 AV £165.80
HEAVY + LAMBS (27) 333.30 TO 362.70 AV 345.30 £174.00 TO £200 AV £186.17

PRIME HOGGS (9)  £50.00 TO £120.00 AV £100.22

Less about but plenty of meat reaching £200 for M. Denny, M. Fayer and Michelle Lakey

£37.00 to £200.00 av £122.96

CULL RAMS (4)

£70.00 to £100.00 av £90.00

£38.00 to £122.00 av £71.63

£50.00 to £102.50 av £70.78 per life

BREEDING EWES (12)

£58.00 TO £129.00 AV £90.75

GOATS (4)

£90.00 to £93.00 av £91.50