MARKET REPORT - MONDAY 2ND DECEMBER 2013
43 PRIME CATTLE comprising 1 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 42 Cast Cattle
3,782 PRIME SHEEP comprising 3,447 Prime Lambs, 335 Cast Ewes & Rams
51 REARING CALVES
5 LOADS OF PRODUCE
FORWARD:
43 PRIME
CATTLE comprising 1 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 42 Cast Cattle
3,782 PRIME
SHEEP comprising 3,447 Prime Lambs, 335 Cast Ewes & Rams
51 REARING
CALVES
CULL COW
PRICES
Cast cattle
recorded an improved average for the third consecutive week. Non Farm Assured
cattle fall immediately outside most specifications unless suitable for further
finishing beyond the residency period and as result non assured cattle for
immediate slaughter are heavily discounted.
CHRISTMAS
CAST COW SHOW
Class 1 –
Native
1st J
Hall 96.5p/kg
2nd J
Hall 93.5p/kg
3rd JR CJ
&D Drake 109.5p/kg
Class 2 –
Continental
1st K Gamble 159.5p
2nd R Wilson 123.5p
3rd E
Priestley 110.5p
Class 3 –
Dairy
1st G
Pickersgill&Sons 121.5p
2nd KM&L
Throup & Sons 153.5p
3rd G
Pickersgill & Sons
Champion – K Gamble
Reserve – J
Hall
Overall
Average 102.62p/kg £678.65
Black &
White to 153.5p/kg av
94.67p/kg
Jerseyx to 98.5p/kg
Dairy
Shorthorn to 112.5p/kg av 110.63p/kg
Brit Blue to
159.5p/kg av
128.73p/kg
Lim to
128.5p/kg av 116.11p/kg
Beef
Shorthorn to 109.5p/kg
Devon to 105.5p/kg
Welsh to 93.5p/kg
Longhorn to 93.5p/kg
Top Prices (£
per head)
KW Gamble BB £1140
KM&L Throup B&W £1021
R Wilson Lim £982
H&S Maudsley BB £883
M Ryder&Son B&W £870
G Boothroyd&Son B&W £858
WA&A Booth B&W £820
JR CJ&D Drake Beef
Shorthorn £816
JR Carr Limx £790
JR Carr Limx £789
Top Prices
(p/kg)
KW Gamble BB 159.5p
KM&L Throup&Son B&W 153.5p
JR Carr Limx 128.5p
R Wilson Limx 123.5p
G Pickersgill&Sons B&W 121.5p
JR Carr Limx 119.5p
H&S Maudsley BB 118.5p
H&S Maudsley BB 118.5p
I Barrett & Son BBx 116.5p
H&SMD Lund Limx 116.5p
PRIME SHEEP (3,782 Sheep)
Considering all the show lambs that were
in yesterday’s sale, there was still some good quality today. This best end found
a top of 276p from Clive Robinson, and several other lots 220p to 250p. Export
weight lambs were good to sell all sale long 180p to 190p for nice meated 38kg
to 41kg Suffolk & Texel crosses, but some heavier lambs (44kg plus) that
were over fat found a bit of resistance from buyers. Hill lambs were better to
sell especially fleshy lightweight horned lambs as these begin to fit the bill
of the ethnic orders looking for more lambs 34kg to 37kg and also helped with
there being less lowland lambs on the market in this weight bracket as store
lamb trade has warmed up recently for the wintering lambs.
The Christmas Show & Sale of Cast
Sheep was held today, and this corresponded with another improved trade and an
increase in average of £5 per head.
PRIME LAMBS – Monday Sale Overall Average £74.70 per head
or 176.28p/kg
25.5kg to
32.0kg to 219.4p/kg av 153.9p/kg or £47.04 per head
32.1kg to
35.9kg to 237.0p/kg av 164.3p/kg or £56.20 per head
36.0kg to
45.5kg to 278.4p/kg av 180.9p/kg or £75.29 per head
45.6kg to
52.0kg to 225.0p/kg av 167.2p/kg or £80.67 per head
52.1kg and
over to 179.2p/kg av 153.1p/kg or £84.40 per head
Beltex average
£88.60 per head or 230.9p/kg
TOP PRICES: £104 PW Simpson or 278.4p/kg T&C Robinson
Texel average
£75.39 per head or 177.8p/kg
TOP PRICES: £97 M Hall or 236.3p/kg RH&MR Ireland
Suffolk average £74.67 per head or 171.5p/kg
TOP PRICES: £83.50 JR Parker or 192.3p/kg AJ&HC Clark
Charollais average £75.41 per head or 177.1p/kg
TOP PRICES: £95 or 226.2p/kg D Calvert
Mule average
£69.77 per head or 159.2p/kg
TOP PRICES: £72.50 Ellis Bros or 170.6p/kg D Lodge
Swaledale average
£58.01 per head or 157.7p/kg
TOP PRICES: £68 I Wilson or 170.3p/kg W Mason & Son
Dalesbred average
£57.17 per head or 156.4p/kg
TOP PRICES: £67 JC&DJ Marshall or 161.3p/kg T Atkins
Rouge average
£79.15 per head or 162.3p/kg
TOP PRICES: £89 or 167.9p/kg JA&JM Wade & Son
CULL EWES
average £45.33
Suffolk to £63.50, Texel to £109.50, Charollais to £67.50, BFL
to £55.50, Mule to £66.50, Rough Fell to £47.50, Cheviot to £45.50, Swaledale to £43.50,
TOP PRICES:
LOWLAND: £109.50 K Gamble; £98.50 PN Garth;
MULE/MASHAM: £66.50 B Lund; £60.50 M Smith
HORNED: £47.50 A Clarke; £43.50 C Nelson & Son
HILL: £55.50 JH Throup; £45.50 Grain Farms;
CHRISTMAS
CAST EWE SHOW
Class 1 –
Cont/Down x
1st K Gamble
Class 2 –
Horned
1st AJ&HC Clark
2nd C Nelson & Son
Class 3 –
Mule/Masham
1st A Dean
2nd A Fisher
3rd S Spensley
Champion – K
Gamble
Reserve – A
Dean
CAST RAMS
average £63.59
Texel to £76.50, Charollais to £84.50, BFL to £95.50, Cheviot to £96.50,
TOP
PRICES:
£96.50 Grain Farms; £95.50 JC
Crabtree
REARING
CALVES to £365 (51)
B&W av
£72.10 Cont av £291.5 Native av £169.40
A decent show
of calves to follow the Christmas Show last week, with a predominantly black
and white showing trade was a little lighter though good well fed calves easily
pushing £100. Those good honest month old calves are worth as much here as
anywhere.
BULL CALVES
Brit Blue x to £365 av £295 RL Wright & Son
MRI to
£195
Aberdeen
Angus to £210 av £189.40 DL DM & J Heron
Black &
White to £125 av £72.10 Jennings Farmers
HEIFER CALVES
Brit Blue x to £335 av £288 Church Farm
Enterprises
Aberdeen
Angus to £202 av £144.75 Church Farm
Enterprises
PRODUCE
Hay Big Bales to £29.50
Barley Straw Round Bales to £18