SEPTEMBER PROFESSIONAL PONDERINGS

Oakleigh House, High Street, Thrapston Northamptonshire. NN14 4LJ Tel: 01832 732241 www.bletsoes.co.uk market@bletsoes.co.uk Brian Pile 07778 970628 SEPTEMBER PROFESSIONAL PONDERINGS Similarly to last year, the weather in August was rather catchy. The arable farmers amongst you would have been cursing the rain, but I suspect the livestock farmers were rather pleased to see it, as the grass was beginning to burn off and get short! Shortly after circulating last month s professional ponderings, DEFRA published further guidance in respect of the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS), namely The new Common Agricultural Policy schemes in England: August 2014 update. The publication provides an update generally, but principally concentrates on Greening and how it will work in practice. In our opinion, whilst the guidance does not provide chapter and verse on the new scheme, it does provide the most detailed information we have received to date. We understand that further information on greening will be available in October, by which time, it is likely to be too late for those that autumn drill. As such, we advise all arable farmers that intend to be drilling cereals at the end of this month to make sure that their cropping policy is compliant with the Greening requirements based upon what we know to date. It has been confirmed that some margins will count as Fallow land, so it may be that the Greening requirements are not as draconian as you first feared. An hour with one of the agricultural department will help you understand the rules. The agricultural department continue to be kept busy with a steady flow of clients instructing us to sell various parcels of land. Since last month s ponderings, we have brought onto the market for sale a small parcel of land between the villages of Orton and Loddington, which would ideally suit somebody looking for equestrian property or a small holding. We have two other parcels of land to bring onto the market for sale during September; the first parcel is circa 11 acres of pasture in Leicestershire and the second parcel is 125 acres of pasture in Northamptonshire. As expected, we have received plenty of interest in the arable land at Little Catworth, Cambridgeshire and also the arable land at Upwood, Cambridgeshire; it is likely that we will conclude both sales over the course of the next two weeks by best and final offers, so if you are interested, then please contact Nicola Clayton-Bailey or Anna Meynell. As always, please contact one of the agricultural department with your property requirements or to discuss the land market generally. Over the past few weeks, we been asked by landowners with O² or Vodafone telecoms mast(s) to provide advice in respect of correspondence received from their operator s Agent seeking variations to the lease including assigning the same to Cornerstone Telecommunication Infrastructure Ltd (CTIL). CTIL is a joint venture company set up by O² and Vodafone with the sole intention of reducing combined overheads/operating costs by sharing masts. We understand that the operators Agent has been appointed to assess sites which are geographically close to one another, and consequently provide a similar level of service. Correspondence we have seen ask for the Landlords consent to assign the Lease from O²/Vodafone to CTIL, or risk the lease being terminated as it is surplus to requirements. Where we have responded on behalf of clients rejecting or seeking to vary the proposed variations, the operators Agent has gone quiet, which suggests that they re looking to take the line of least resistance, i.e. those who do not take professional advice. As always, careful consideration is required before agreeing to any variation. Do not forget we have a machinery and implement sale at Millbrook, Bedfordshire on Saturday (6 th September 2014). In addition, we have a genuine farm dispersal sale in Bedford at the middle of next month further details to follow. Chris Templar Rural Surveyor 1

To book stock in for Thrapston or Stratford Markets, to discuss trade or arrange viewing stock on farm, please contact Brian Pile 07778 970628 / 01295 721209 or Jill Dickinson in the office 01832 732241. Weekly Market Reports and Store Cattle Listings for Saturday store sales are available online www.bletsoes.co.uk or by e-mail if you register your e-mail address with us. THRAPSTON MARKET AUGUST ROUND UP 8528 Head of Stock Sold This Month Saturday 2 August Store Sheep - 264 sold at 10.30am This was the most store sheep we have seen on a Saturday for a long time and included all sorts and qualities. Mrs J Shayler, who is retiring from farming, sold her flock of Suffolk and Mule Sheep. Her Suffolk lambs sold to 50, young Suffolk x ewes 116 and older lean Mule ewes 59. We will be conducting a farm sale on 6th September at Millbrook on behalf of Mrs Shayler, which will include agricultural machinery and an excellent selection of builders equipment. Other sheep today saw store lambs from D Sansom 56, HC&A Reynolds 54.50 and 53.80 for Charollais and Suffolks. MJ Wallis had 50-52 for Texel, Charollais and Suffolks, A Palfreyman had 55.50 for Texels and then there were several lots of longkeep sorts around 40. AL Goddard sold Gotland ewes and single lambs at 56 per couple. Please let us know if you are coming with sheep next week. Store Calves - 17 sold All from AG Burton, bar one Friesian bull from BQ Farms(South). Blue bulls to 240, Blue heifers 140, Angus bulls 240, Angus heifers 155 and Friesian bulls 80. Store Pigs - 3 sold One lot of white weaners from A Mason at 20. Store Cattle - 40 sold at 11am (2 cows and calves, 1 feeding cow, 35 stores) On Blakesley Show day we usually only have a few stores, and this was the case today. Greensons Limousins sold two very useful Limousin cows with calves at foot at 1390 and 1040 and WRB Farming sold an empty cow at 930. In the stores DB&SM Gamble sold 4 young Blue steers, 2 at 460 and 2 at 430. CE Hancock & Son sold Blue heifers 935, Charolais steers, 15 months, 1050, Blue steers, 21½ months, 1060, Limousin heifers, 14½ months, 960, and Limousin and Charolias steers, 8-9 months 795, Limousin and Charolais steers, 15 months, at 980, yearling Simmental steers, 870, Limousin heifers, 15 months, 540 and some half bred steers, 20½ months, at 550. If you have store cattle to sell please give us a call. Demand is still good and the right sorts are well sold. Fur and Feather With over 670 head of poultry penned and 40 lots of sundries the market was filled to capacity and with a full company of buyers, trade was firm throughout. Principle prices as follows, all per head: Another nice entry of hybrid pullets from Peter Jones were well sought after with Black Rocks to 9, Marans 9, Lt Sussex 8.50, Bluebells 8, Hylines 7 and younger White Stars 5. Legbar pullets sold to 13, Silkies 9.50, Buff Orpingtons to 8.50, Warrens 9.50, Buff and Millefleur Pekins 7, Gold Laced Seabrights 6 and Wellsummers 5. A good selection of bantams sold well with Pekins and Lavender Pekins to 7.50, Wyandottes and Mini Silkies to 7, Wellsummers to 6, Poles 5 and Rhode Island Reds 4. Best laying hens of the day were Buff Orpingtons at 10, with Copper Marans to 8, Silkies 7.50, Barnvelders 7, Wellsummers and Frizzles 6, Dorkings and Brahmas with Ixworths 4. The rest being mainly Brown hens cleared around the 3 mark. Again a large number of cockerels kept prices low with the best Rhode Island Reds selling to 4, Copper Marans 3.75 and Cream Legbars 3.50, the rest cleared around 2 to 3 with smaller sorts 1 to 1.25. Guinea Fowl sold to 11, Silver Pheasants 3 and small Game birds 2. A few nice chicks sold well with Cuckoo Silkies and Minorcas to 2.50, Gold Laced Seabrights to 2, Ixworths 1.66, Copper Marans 1.50 and Light Sussex 1.40. English Game sold to 4, Bobtail Quail sold to 3, Guinea Fowl to 2.33, White Japanese Quail 2, Chinese Painted Quail to 1.50 and Chinese Quail 75p. A Maran broody with 7 chicks sold to 20. A few waterfowl the best Appleyards to 8, young Khaki Campbells and Muscovys 5, Indian Runners 4.50 and Aylesburys 4 and some very nice Goslings sold to 6. The sundry section was, again, well supported with Budgies to 6, trio of Canaries to 20, and trios of Zebra Finches to 8. A pair of Dutch Rabbits sold to 9 with New Zealand Bucks and Does to 4. Guinea pigs to 4 for a sow + 3 babies 2

and Gil Ferrets to 9 with Hobs 5. A Black and White Cob sold at 100 and two smart little Shetland ponies that came together sold separately, the larger at 92 the smaller of the two at 58 but happily going to the same home. The dead stock included incubators to 50, Hen Houses to 30, Rabbit hutches to 22, Bird cages to 11, chicken feeders 7, feeders 6 and nest boxes 2. Thursday 7 August Prime Sheep - sold at 10am - 942 sold Another grand entry of lambs met a stronger trade. They sold to 182p/kg and 89.50/head returning an SQQ of 166.1p. However, as last week, the difference between well finished lambs and the lighter, leaner types, was considerable (some 10-15p/kg) but, as always in the live auction, there is the right buyer for everyone, so send whatever you have. We will sort them for breed, weight and finish, and sell them to best advantage. Top prices per head today went to G&MA Mayo 89.50 and 80.20, BW Costin & Sons 87 and 82, S Clark 85.50, PT Harris & Son 85.50 and 82, E Sansom & Son 83, C Stancombe & Son 82.20 and 82, J Richardson & Sons 80.00 and Little Oxendon Farms 79.50. Top prices per kg today went to BW Costin & Sons 182p, George Thompson (Farms) Ltd 180p, 178p for three pairs, 176p twice and 175p, G & MA Mayo 179p, and Mr & Mrs JR Smith & Son 175p. Our staff are ready to greet you at 7.00am onwards and again today we had no queues, with the final vendor arriving at 10.05am, and having his sheep weighed and penned straight off the trailer. A well run show! Cull Ewes and Rams - 294 sold (292 ewes, 2 rams) What a cracking turnout of ewes, the most we have had for a long time. Trade was brisk for all breeds and qualities with ewes to 105.50 for Suffolks from Little Oxendon Farms, and a Beltex ram from BW Costin & Sons to 106. There were all sorts on offer today trading from 20 to over 100 and returning 64.34 for the ewes and 90 for the rams. Other top prices today; RR Angood & Son 99.50, Little Oxenden Farms 99, S Clark 98, BJ Soul 83, C Stancome & Son 80.50, CW Webb & Partners 78, R&M Arrowsmith 78, G & MA Mayo 77.50 and on the same price Mrs. PA McDonald 77.50. The other ram also came from BW Costin & Sons at 74. Please do try to give us a call on a Wednesday and let us know what you might send. Saturday 9 August : store sale Store Sheep - 247 sold at 10.30am Another very good offering of store lambs met a strong demand throughout. The stronger sorts were 55 to 60 and lesser sorts around 50. HC & A Reynolds had 60 and 57, MJ Wallis 59, NB Shemilt 56.60, AJ Geary had 56.50 and 54, Eastern Farms Ltd got to 55.20, and E Blackman 55. Longer keep sorts from RF Davy got to 45. Plenty of trade every Saturday in Thrapston for all classes of store sheep. Store Calves - 1 sold Only one, but what a cracking Blue bull calf from D Bailey, 5 weeks old at 350. Store Cattle - 91 sold at 11am A good number for mid-august. A cracking entry got off to a good start with three Limousin steers from G Tew, 14-26 months, 1080, 1050 and 840. 17 month Friesian steers got to 699. SAC Holgate had a grand load of cattle; Limousin and Simmental steers 1030, Charolais 1045, Blue steers 980 and Friesian steers 665. Likewise CE Hancock & Son had a very useful show of stores; Charolais heifers 905, Limousin steers 890, Charolais steers 880 all 15-16 months, Angus steers 870, Montbeliarde steers 660, Hereford heifers 710 and yearling Blue Angus steers 700. No doubt we will have another good show of stores next week and there is plenty of demand for all classes, so if you are thinking of selling, come to Thrapston, you will not be disappointed. Thursday 14 August Prime Sheep - sold at 10am - 1134 sold Another super show of prime lambs met a very sound trade to return an SQQ of 163.9, much in line with most centres this week. The quality of lambs on offer today was better than in recent weeks, but still the heavier, better fleshed sorts, met the best of the trade. Top prices per head today went to AM Pinny 90, Hyde Lane Farms 86 & 82, TP Hinch 85.50 twice, EM Sherwin 84.80 & 82.50, Little Oxendon Farms 84.60, GR Fountaine 84, Mr & Mrs JR Smith 82.50 and Thornby Farms 82.50. Top prices today per kg: GR Fountaine 185p, 181p and 171p, WF Knight & Son 179p & 174p, MJ & JA Pinny 178p & 177p, RC Crosby 176p & 170p, Mr & Mrs JR Smith 176p twice, Little Oxendon Farms 173p, WH Saunders 173, G Bletsoe 172p, TP Hinch 172p, 171p & 170p, Thornby Farms 172p and Hyde Lane Farms 170p Please give us a call if you think you will have sheep for next week. 3

Cull Ewes and Rams - 233 sold (229 ewes, 4 rams) Another grand entry of cull ewes saw prices to 91, to average 59.44 and moderate rams to 62, to level at 49.50p Top prices in the ewes today were; Little Oxendon Farms 91, D Wildman 85 & 81, TP Hinch 84.80p, Kelton Farms 84.50 & 80, Thornby Farms 84.50 & 82, Boulton Bros 84.20 and D&A Underwood 81. Top price in the rams was 62, going to C Easdale. Prime Cattle - sold at 11am, 2 sold Both from GR Fountaine. Limousin heifers at 190p & 188p. Please let us know if you can find a few cattle. Saturday 16 August : Store Sale Store Sheep - 158 sold at 10.30am A mixed entry of store lambs, and feeding and breeding ewes met a keen demand as always. Suffolk x ewes, 6 tooth, from C Corbett got to 86, and Mule feeding ewes from the same home 42.80. Jacobs ewes from D Sansom made 56.50. A good offering of store lambs were from 49.50 to 59.20. Good Charollais lambs from Letchworth Garden City Heritage were 58.50, 54.50 and 54, H C & A Reynolds 54.50 and 50, M J Wallis 56, 51 and 50, and N Lane topped the stores at 59.20 with Charollais. Store Calves - 3 sold All from K&A Badrick, and all a good trade. Blue heifers 202, Angus heifers 203 and Friesian bulls 87. Unfortunately AG Burton s calves were unable to come today, but will come either 23rd or 30th. They will be advertised. Store Pigs - 10 sold Some super pigs on offer today. Strong gilt pigs from Letchworth Garden City Heritage to 87.50 and boar pigs 60. Tamworth boar pigs from C Ison made 41. Store Cattle - 84 sold at 11am (2 cows and calves, 80 store cattle) A small seasonal entry were well sold with virtually a 100% clearance. Dexter cows sold to 150, and a very smart Limousin cow and calf from CE Hancock & Son made 1100. Mrs P Dunford had 860 for a Limousin steer, 505 for a Friesian steer and 410 for a Friesian heifer. Mrs V Kilminster sold Friesian steers to 494. CE Hancock & Son had a good load of cattle, Charolais heifers to 1030 and 1000, Charolais steers 1160, 1095 and 1030, Blue steers 860, Limousin steers 920 and Friesian steers 720. Likewise SAC Holgate sold a good load of cattle, Limousin steers 945 and 865, Blue steers 770, Hereford steers 720 and Angus steers 760. Next week Dennis Buxton will have 50 good stores, CE Hancock & Son -30, SAC Holgate - 30, together with several lots from local farms. Thursday 21 August Prime Sheep - sold at 10am - 524 sold Trade this week has been around 165p and our SQQ today was 167.5 with an overall market average of 167.2. In general, this was a better show of lambs, with fewer leaner, lighter sorts, than we have had in recent weeks. Top prices per head went to MC & S Sheppard & Son 95 who also had 79.60 and 79.20. Mr and Mrs JR Smith & Son 86, Padray Farms 80.80 and 78.80, PA Harris 79, C Stancombe & Son 78.80, J Richardson & Sons 77.60, I&P Griffith 77.40, RC & JT Bailey 77, R Banks 76.60, TR Mould 76 and S Thomas 76. Top prices per kg went to RC Crosby 175p and 171p, WF Knight & Son 174p, I&P Griffith 174p, PT Harris & Son 174p, BC Farming 173p, NC & S Sheppard, MA Britten and JI Holmes all on 172p and J Richardson & Sons 171p. A very good, sound, level trade. Please give us a call if you are coming to Thrapston next week, when we hope to be back to 1000+ head. Cull Ewes and Rams - 128 sold There was a very good show of cull ewes today selling to 86 and returning 69.35 per head. Top prices today went to KS Lee 86 and 76.50, P&J Green 84.50, 83.80 and 80, HS Underwood & Son 81.50 and 78.50, Mr & Mrs JR Smith & Son 79.50 and 79, and P Lucas 76. Prime Cattle - sold at 11am, 6 sold (3 steers, 3 cows) 3 prime cattle from B Jolley with Limousin steers to 180p and 3 cows from T Brown up to 134p. Saturday 23 August : Store Sale Store Sheep - 192 sold at 10.30am Mostly smaller, long keep sorts today, but plenty of demand. Todays lambs ranged from 45 to 57.50, with just a few little lambs 36 to 38. JW Peacock had 57.50, 55 and 54, J Breare 51, MJ Wallis 50, S Papworth 50 and also 56 for a few cull ewes. Store Calves - 20 sold A good show today. Young Friesian bulls from BQ Farms (South) Ltd 32 to 47. AG Burton had Angus bulls around 200 up to 231 and heifers 200 and 175, and then Friesian bulls up to 85 for a part reared calf and young calves to 40. 4

Store Cattle - 185 sold at 11am (1 cow and calf, 183 store cattle) What a cracking entry of cattle, and a trade to match. This was the best entry since the spring in terms of numbers and quality, with todays entry selling to 1255, to average 917 per head. There was one cow and calf from R Pope which made 1310. GW Swales & Son had 740 for Blue steers, 23 months. J Cheney & Son made 780 off Hereford steers, 13 month; V Kilminster made 520 off Friesian steers, 21 months; S Macer sold several strong cattle, Charolais steers to 1255, Angus 1080, Charolais 1085, Blue 1100. D Knox sold two pedigree Charolais heifers, 15 & 17 months at 1140 and 1110. SAC Holgate came with a grand run of cattle: blue steers 1100 and 1035, Charolais steers 1085, Limousin steers 970 and then a few lesser steers 810 to 900. CE Hancock put on another good show with 17 Charolais heifers in his first lot at 1025, and then 11 Charolias steers 1120, Limousin heifers 1105, Blue steers 1148, Welsh Black steers 925, Blue heifers 865 and Hereford heifers 630. R Pope also had a super run of 45 Continental steers, with Limousins selling to 1100, Charolais and Simmentals 1060 and Blues 900. Thursday 28 August Prime Sheep - sold at 10am - 1020 sold This was a very pleasing entry of lambs with very few lighter, leaner sorts on offer. Good to see several new vendors, and a few old friends back again in Thrapston Market. Our overall market average today was 162.6p which takes into account all weights and qualities, and the SQQ was 162.8p. Top prices per head in this section went to G&MA Mayo 90 and 84, IL Hudson 90 and 80, O Brewin 89.80, PG Kendall 89.80, PC Nichols & Son 85.80, 83, 81.60 and 81, and DJ Haycock & Son 80. Top prices per kg went to IL Hudson 176p, 174p and 170p, D Smith 176p, RC Crosby 176p, 173p and 172p, Grange Farm Old Weston 175p, Mr & Mrs JR Smith 172p, Little Oxendon Farm 172p and Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation171p. Cull Ewes and Rams - 175 sold A grand entry today, which formed two halves - 50% very good Suffolk and Continental crosses, while the other 50% were leaner Mules. Trade was strong for all classes, just a pity there were not more on offer. Top price in the ewes was 104 and in the rams 116, and the overall average for the ewes was 69.86. Leading returns in this section were J Tibbits 104, Mr & Mrs JR Smith & Son 100, GW Shepherd & Son 99, O Brewin 94, Greenacres 91.50 and 91, DJ Haycock & Son 89.50, Little Oxendon Farm 87, PG Kendall 87 and PT Harris & Son 85.50. Top price in the rams was 116 for IL Hudson Saturday 30 August: Store Sale Store Sheep - sold at 10.30am 118 sold Most of todays entry were breeding sheep. Mule theaves from W Ellingworth & Sons got to 130. Suffolk ewes, 6 tooth, from C Corbett made 90 and full mouth Mules 72. BA Cassie had 88 for full mouth Texel ewes and D&C Cassie made 93 off Mule theaves, and NP & MJ Russell got to 70.20 with Charollais ewes, broken mouth. There were a few store lambs on offer; BC Farming had 63.40, A Palfreyman had 59.50 and long keep sorts from L Baker got to 46. Store Calves - 19 sold A super show of calves met keen interest. P & EA Roff & Son came with 18 mostly Angus 2-3weeks old. Bulls to 252, and heifers 132. Montbeliarde bull calves 302, Norwegian Red bulls 90 and Friesian bulls 73. A very useful part weaned South Devon heifer made 330. Store Cattle - 114 sold at 11am Not so many as last week, but a stronger trade as a result of a little more interest in the finished product. TN Thomson had 490 for a Longhorn x yearling bull, MJ & JA Pinny sold Welsh Black steers to 1060 and 1125 and 1000 off Herefords all 25-27 months. A very useful load of steers from TR Dickson, Charolais 1155, Blues 1100, Simmentals 1090, Limousins 1085 and a pen of Simmental heifers got 890. A strong Blonde steer, 20 months old, made 1200. R Jones & Son sold four smart Blue steers 12-14 months at 880, SG Knott & Son sold five smart Limousin steers, 21 months, 1020 and heifers 890. GW Swales & Son made 760 off 24 month Blonde heifers. CE Hancock & Son had his usual show of good cattle. Limousin steers, 21-28 months 1235, Blue steers 1155, 1050 and 1040, 17-23 months, Angus steers 985, Blonde steers 980. Likewise SAC Holgate had a good load of cattle: Limousin and Blue steers 990, Hereford 900, Limousin heifers 760 and Friesian steers 595. Trade is a lot stronger and cattle are wanted. Some cattle today made 100 per head more than the vendors expectations, so market is the place to sell your stock. 5

SPECIAL BREEDING SHEEP SALE - 20 AUGUST 2014 1834 sold; 992 Theaves, 381 Ewes, 396 Ewe & Store lambs and 65 Rams. Bletsoes are pleased to report a very successful breeding sheep sale with all qualities, and most breeds, on offer. Starting with the STORE LAMBS, which were in short supply today with Continentals from MA Britten at 54.50 and 53.50, and from RWH & MJ Fenemore 50. Some longer keep Lleyn wethers from JC Colgrove & Son got to 47. There was a better show of EWE LAMBS which traded from 70 to 79. Messrs Tibbits got to 79, CW Webb & Partners 75 and AJ Geary 74.50, all with Suffolk crosses. Texels from RS Whatton & Son got to 65. Highlight in this section was 108 for Scotch ½ breds from LD Carr, and Mrs DM Walsh had 70 for Beltex. In the THEAVE section, J Sawbridge & Son had a grand run of mules at 146 to 148. W Ellingworth & Sons, also with Mules, got to 143.50. J Arrowsmith sold a good run of Mules at 132 to 147, and TA Stubbs run of Mules were 130 to 141. Grange Farm Old Weston had Suffolk x Mule theaves to 130 and Texels 123. ES Bullman s super run of Suffolk x Mule theaves sold from 134 to 152. MR Peters & Son had 160 and 148 for Scotch ½ bred double theaves and LD Carr s Scotch ½ bred theaves made 180. ME Broome sold five pens of outstanding Suffolk x Scotch ½ bred theaves 194, 192, 189, 188 and 170, and a run of Suffolk x Mule theaves from Cottesbrook Estate Co ranged from 122 to 131. In the EWE section TR & M Foss s Texel x full mouth ewes to 96, PE & EH King had 81 for Texel x Mule ewes and 68.50 for Mules, all full mouth. J Sawbridge & Son with 4 and 6 tooth Mules got to 95, C Corbett had 80 for Suffolks and 68 for Mules, full mouth again. CW Webb & Partners sold some strong full mouth Mule and Suffolk ewes, with Mules to 85 and Suffolk to 84.50. RR Angood & Son had 78 for Texel x Suffolk ewes, and a few pens of very lean grazing type ewes to finish were 44 to 48. With 65 RAMS on offer we had a reasonable sale resulting in 60% clearance. In the MV Accredited section the strongest demand appeared to be for Texels with AM Pinny topping the sale with a smart shearling at 450gns. Mrs DM Blakemore also presented a run of smart shearlings which sold to 430gns to average 426gns. Some Suffolk shearlings from CA Freeman sold to 350gns and from JH Grundy (Farms) Ltd. to 340gns. Very smart Charollais shearlings in the non MV Accredited section, from C Forsythe, met a strong demand selling to 380gns, the run averaging 321gns. Texel shearlings sold to 305gns for J Tibbits and 240gns for Mr A Palfreyman THURSDAY 7 August THURSDAY 14 August PRIME LAMBS 942 Sold PRIME LAMBS 1134 Sold Sold to 182.00 p/kg B W Costin & Sons Sold to 185 p/kg GR Fountaine SQQ 166.1 p/kg SQQ 163.9 p/kg Top Price / Head 89.50 G & MA Mayo Top Price / Head 90.00 AM Pinny EWES 294 Sold EWES 229 Sold Average: 64.34 Average: 59.44 Top Price / Head 105.50 Little Oxendon Farms Top Price / Head 91.00 Little Oxendon Farms THURSDAY 21 August THURSDAY 28 August PRIME LAMBS 524 Sold PRIME LAMBS 1020 Sold Sold to 175p p/kg RC Crosby 6 Sold to 176 p/kg IL Hudson D Smith RC Crosby SQQ 167.5 p/kg SQQ 162.8 p/kg G&MA Mayo Top Price / Head 90 Top Price / Head 95 MC & S Sheppard & Son IL Hudson EWES 128 Sold EWES 175 Sold Average: 69.35 Average: 69.86 Top Price / Head 86 KS Lee Top Price / Head 104 J Tibbits

STRATFORD MARKET AUGUST ROUND UP 4830 Head of Stock Sold This Month TUESDAY 5 August TUESDAY 12 August PRIME LAMBS 501 Sold PRIME LAMBS 712 Sold Sold to 174.0 p/kg James Walters Sold to 175 p/k s VR Phipps SQQ 165 p/kg SQQ 165.8 p/kg Top Price / Head 77.19 B Burrows & Sons Top Price / Head 92.30 RB & AR Lewis EWES 64 Sold EWES 106 Sold Average 62.25 Average 49.24 Top Price 82.00 A Cook Top Price 76.50 WR Spencer TUESDAY 19 August TUESDAY 26 August PRIME LAMBS 552 Sold PRIME LAMBS 629 Sold Sold to 165 p/kg PF Edwards Sold to 167 p/kg S Keyte & Sons SQQ 159.4 p/kg SQQ 162.3 p/kg Top Price / Head 76.80 H Page & Son Top Price / Head 82.08 P & M Careless EWES 68 Sold EWES 42 Sold Average 54.13 Average Top Price 66 B Hemmings Top Price SPECIAL GRASS FIELD SALE OF STORE LAMBS, WINCOT LANDS WEDNESDAY 6 AUGUST 2014 What a wonderful day. Just under 2000 sheep penned (actually 1939) and a 100% clearance, with the quality being outstanding from start to finish. Great credit to all those vendors who supported this annual event. This was our 4 th sale here on grass, and the most successful. Excellent penning facilities and good uploading, together with all the modern market facilities. The event ran like clockwork. This sale is predominantly for ewe lambs and store lambs, but did include a few theaves. Not a store lamb under 50, ewe lambs to 103 and Suffolk x Mule theaves to 140 and Mule theaves 146. Consignments ranged from 20 to 412, with everyone welcome. The few theaves were sold last. R Deutsch 140 with Suffolk x Mule and Messrs. Rawson Bros had Mules to 146. In the Suffolk ewe lamb section, GC Hodges & Son got to 103 and had others at 100, 98, 87 and 85. AF Slatter had 91, 90 and 80; R Hall & Sons got to 74.50 and Texel x ewe lambs from W Bartlett & Son got to 76. S Keyte & Sons had Charollais stores to 64, DT Rand & Son 59, AR & PR Whitmill 63.20, J Elgar 56, JR Gaydon 60.80, W Bartlett & Son 61.20, GC Hodges & Son 65.50, J Walters 62.20, A Cook 60.40 and MR & C Greenaway 57. 7