THAME FARMERS AUCTION MART LTD w/e MONDAY 13 TH NOVEMBER 2017 WEEKLY SALES NEWS STOCK SOLD DURING THE WEEK Prime Sheep 913 Store Cattle 285 Prime Cattle 219 PLEASE NOTE FOSCOTE MARKET WILL OPERATE ON A FOTNIGHTLY BASIS FOR THE FORSEEABLE FUTURE. www.thame-market.co.uk 01844 217437
Wednesday 8 th November 2017 Auctioneer: Thomas Hiorns 522 Prime Lambs Ewes SQQ 168.85 85.00 and 185p/kg 66.60 Prime Lambs SQQ 168.85p/kg A sharper trade was had for anything with meat and weight, today saw a few too many lean sorts which were hard to place. The SQQ of 169p/kg would be a good representation of this. The vast majority of todays yarding weighed 44kg plus but not all meat. Todays weight came to the money with many pens 80.00 plus. M/s Rogers, Hanson, Boyles, Hope and Connell all taking 85.00 for meated weight. Other good lambs from Colin Stoakes selling to 84.50 for 47kg or 180p/kg. Nicky Boyles took 83.50 for 47.5kg or 176p/kg. Andrew Ivory took top spot in the euro section with 185p/kg for his 42kg Beltex ahead of Leach Farms at 182p/kg for 39.5kg. More lambs required next week, please speak to Thomas with all enquiries. Cull Ewes Continentals to 66.60 with Mules to 65.00. Weight Nos Ave (p/kg) Top (p/kg) LAMBS (39.1-45.5) 150 168.85 185.00 LAMBS (45.6-52) 334 164.73 180.00 LAMBS (52+) 35 155.54 159.00 Av (pr/hd) Top (pr/hd) CULL EWES 13-66.60 SELLER PPK A T IVORY & SON 185 LEACH FARMS LTD 182 W A STOAKES 180 N BOYLES 176 A T IVORY & SON 176 J H HOPE & SON 174 A T IVORY & SON 174 J H HOPE & SON 173 TA DANCER 172 D OYLEYS FARM 172 SELLER PPH N BOYLES 85 J HANSON & SON 85 CONNELL PARTNERSHIP 85 J H HOPE & SON 85 G I ROGERS & SON 85 J HANSON & SON 85 W A STOAKES 84.5 N BOYLES 83.5 J HANSON & SON 83 W A STOAKES 82.5
Friday 10 th November 2017 Steers to 1222.00 Heifers to 962.00 Cows & Calves to 1320.00 Ewe Lambs to 74.00 Auctioneer: Simon Draper Store Cattle 285 Forward A shorter entry this week post suckled calf sale, trade was firm throughout especially the Aberdeen Angus x steers of all ages. P Lory sold 6 month Aberdeen Angus x steers at 750.00. H Sear & Son sold 19 months at 920.00. Row Lawrence sold 17 months at 1182.00, Neil Chard sold 20 months at 1175.00 and 1158.00. B & D Haynes sold 20 months at 1155.00 while 21 months from M/s Griggs Partnership topped the sale at 1222.00. British Blue x steers 8 months sold to 860.00 from B Howkins & Son. A run of Limousin steers from JG & CA Chapman sold to 835.00 at 8 months and 990.00 at 18 months. Simmental x steers from M/s Adstock Fields Farm sold to 1045.00 with heifers to 950.00 at 16 months. British Blue x heifers from M/s Parker & Bird sold to 738.00 at 7 months. M/s Howkins sold their Aberdeen Angus x to 705.00 at 7 months and Limousin x to 680.00. Cows & calves sold to 1320.00 for British Blue x from Mr J Gallen. Calves Auctioneer: Simon Draper TFAM held their first monthly sale of rearing calves to a packed ringside of buyers, ensuring a fast trade for those entered. British Blue x bull calves topped the day at 365.00/head on 4 occasions. British Blue x heifers sold to 305.00 on 5 occasions. More calves are wanted, the next sale will be Friday 15 th December 2017, please contact Daniel Slade on 07815 495210. Store Sheep Auctioneer: Thomas Hiorns A lovely little consignment of ewe lambs from Barton Abbey Farms sold for 74.00 for the run, which would look well sold given the fat comparison. Continental cull ewes either fat or lean sold to 66.00. Store lambs are a very wanted commodity, please speak to Thomas and get them entered if you are thinking of selling. NOS AVE PRICE MAX PRICE TOP BREED (PR/HD) (PR/HD) STEERS 178 831.44 1222.00 ABERDEEN ANGUS X HEIFERS 82 628 962.00 ABERDEEN ANGUS X COWS & CALVES 4 942.50 1320.00 BRITISH BLUE X BULL CALF 5 342.00 365.00 BRITISH BLUE X HEIFER CALF 8 255.13 305.00 BRITISH BLUE X STORE LAMBS 73 59.24 74.00 TEXEL/BELTEX X LLEYN
Deadweight Week ending Friday 10 th November 2017 Stock sold: 324 Cattle, 305 Lambs Top Prices/Head Clean Steer 1615 Beef Cow 1509 Clean Heifer 1541 Dairy Cow 1109 Young Bulls 1609 O30M Clean Steer 1540 Mature Bulls 1417 O30M Clean Heifer 1417 Clean Cattle (219) Numbers placed well up on the week and some truly outstanding cattle placed for vendors from Essex to Gloucestershire and Surrey to Warwickshire. Commercial cattle move up again with increased demand for Christmas. Aberdeen Angus demand very lack lustre but still a small premium over commercials. The easy farming attributes of the breed should be remembered. R grade heifers top at 378p/kg and steers to 373p/kg, for the very best examples. Commercial R s 362 to 367p/kg. Young Bulls to 360p/kg (R grade). Aberdeen Angus 380-402p/kg depending on age, weight etc. Demand looks set to stay firm for weeks to come. 1600 was achieved this week for commercial cattle. Top Steers 1615 Blonde U+2+ 1570 British Blue -U4L 1607 Limousin U+3-1564 Charolais -U3 1598 Aberdeen Angus -U4L 1548 Blonde R3 1597 Piedmontese E=3-1547 Charolais R3 1573 Blonde U+3 1546 Limousin U=3+ Top Heifers 1541 Charolais -U4L 1498 Aberdeen Angus -U4H 1529 Charolais -U3 1479 Charolais -U4L 1523 Charolais -U3 1450 Aberdeen Angus -U4L 1512 Charolais -U4L 1447 Aberdeen Angus -U4L 1507 Charolais -U3 1469 Limousin U=4- Young Bulls 1609 Limousin -U3 1340 Charolais U+3 1608 Limousin E3 1278 Limousin U+3 1502 Charolais E2 1079 Swedish Red O=3-1380 Charolais U+3 OTM/Clean/Mature Bulls/Cull Cows (105) Charolais cows top this week at 1509 for R4L s. - U3 to 1470. R4H to 1452 and further R3/4L s to 1388, 1378 and 1332. R3 Blondes to 1243. A huge Dutch Holstein cow to 1109 for -O4L and P+1 to 645 (no deduction on nationality). A stock bull to 1144 for Simmental. OTMs A large number of OTM clean cattle place this week. A good lot of Limousin steers to 1540 (U+3). 1539, 1538, 1533 (R3/4L), 1520 (-U3). Herefords to 1441 (R4L) and -O4L Holsteins to 1302. Aberdeen Angus to 1468 for O+4L. Heifers to 1417 for -U3 Limousin. Simmentals to 1354 (R4L). R4H Herefords to 1270 and Red Polls to 1316 (O+4H). Commercial Steers/Heifers Best Butchers Heifers Beef Shorthorns Young Bulls Aberdeen Angus <28 M Organic E 406p U+ 393p 398p 380p -U 383p 388p 398p 370p 412p 470p R 373p 378p 388p 360p 402p 460p O+ 360p 378p 350p 397p 450p Best Beef Cows Dairy Cows OTM Aberdeen Angus -U 295p 380p R 290p 280p 375p O+ 285p 275p 360p Lambs 305 Lamb trade lifts with tightening numbers nationally. Pre-booking by Thursday required. Belly clipping is in force but not necessarily to be done by the producer, however will incur a charge. -O 265p P+ 240p
A RECORD BREAKING SHEARWELL THAME SUMMER SHEEP FAIR The Annual Summer Sheep Fair was held on Thursday and Friday last week, when 26,601 head of Breeding Sheep and Store Lambs passed through the ring to gross a staggering 3.05 Million and setting the benchmark for all other breeding sheep sales this season. The sale was topped by a Texel Ram sold through the ram ring at 910.00 and females at 540.00. The main ring saw a high of 218.00 for Beltex x from MF & DM Elkington. North of England Mules topped at 196.00 to average 130.10, up 7.20. Suffolk x topped at 158.00 to average 131.91, up 6.91. Suffolk Rams to 530.00 Beltex x topped at 218.00 to average 162.99, up 28.99. Beltex Rams to 900.00 Texel x topped at 210.00 to average 141.44, down 3.66. Texel Rams to 910.00 Scotch Half Bred topped at 190.00 to average 176.61. Charollais Rams to 705.00 Cheviot x topped at 155.00 to average 138.00. Pure Cheviots sold at 190.00. Cheviot Rams to 210.00 Lleyn x topped at 136.00 to average 120.95. Lleyn Rams to 340.00 A clearance of 97.9% was achieved. Beltex x: found favour again this year, with M/s Elkington, Northants topping the day with a run at 218.00 and 205.00. Gore Farms followed at 202.00 along with the well-travelled Davies Bros from Llangadog with two pens at the same price. Cheviot: Only one pen of Pure Cheviots selling to 190.00 from Garfield Stephens who also topped the Scotch Half Breds at the same money. The Cheviot Mules on offer were not quite as strong as previous years topping at 155.00 from M/s N F Hodges & Son followed by Peter and David Morris at 154.00, John Goodman 153.00 and Rob and Caroline Mole at 152.00. Charollais X: From M/s J North & Son sold at 148.00 and 138.00 with N F Hodges & Son s pen at 145.00. Dorset X: From M/s H H Johnson & Son, Bridport sold to 124.00. Lleyn: Sold to 136.00 twice from John and George Morris another pen 131.00 and followed by Keith Davies at 130.00. Mules: The smarter shearlings found favour this year either lambed or dry. Henry Tustian took top honours in the show ring and the sale. Henry took the best pen of shearlings which went on to sell for 196.00 and the NEMSA trophy for best run selling at 196.00, 180.00, 178.00 and 172.00 and dries at 162.00. Peter and David Morris sold at 160.00, W.J.R Haynes 156.00, Rob and Caroline Mole 152.00 as well did W H Allan. Double theaves a great trade to 140.00 from Stuart McIntosh and 130.00 from Conrad Lester. Suffolks: Eddy Bullman was consistent again winning the Suffolk x class and selling at 158.00. M/s Smith and Branson sold at 148.00 as did Rob and Caroline Mole, Conrad Lester, Peter Hird (Aspatria) and George Eaton. Alice and Henry Hunt followed at 147.00. Texel: Gore Farms topped at 210.00, Davies Bros 194.00. M/s R & H Lawrence 188.00 twice and 182.00. Garfield Stephens 180.00 twice and Michel Cross 179.00. M/s G E Haynes & Son followed at 175.00. Older ewes a really strong trade, Suffolk x from Peter and David Morris sold at 130.00, Mules from M/s Pearson 115.00 and 112.00, Rawding Partners 110.00, Charlie Lines, 109.00 along with Martin Eadon. Rob and Caroline Mole sold Suffolk x at 116.00 and 107.00. Ewe Lambs: Mr T C Dawson travelled down from County Durham with 715 wonderful Texel X N C Mules to take top honours at 120.00, 110.00 and two pens at 98.00. Store Lambs: The rapid grass growth and buoyant prime trade contributed to a rise in average of 5/head for the feeding lambs. Once again the long keepers look best sold. Miss H Levinge topped the day at 77.00. Chris Tucker,
Devises sold Continentals to 68.00 and 67.50 along with Mr G Weston, Sydenham Grange. Michael and Liam Roberts from Llanferres sold to 67.00 for their run of Suffolk x. Rams - 264 A similar sized catalogue to last year met a mixed trade for the variable quality on offer, albeit there being strong demand for selected breeds and drafts therein. In the MV Accredited section, the Midland Beltex Society held their annual show here once again with the Supreme Champion Rosette going to the champion male shown by Mr A Bishop of Bishops Beltex who later sold to 740.00, whilst the Champion female was exhibited by VJ & ML Roots Freckleton Beltex who sold to 540.00. Overall Sale Results: 10 Shearling Ewes to 540.00, averaging 455.00. 7 Shearling Rams to 740.00, averaging 540.00. 2 Ram Lambs to 410.00, averaging 360.00. Other MV Accredited Sale Results: Blue Texel Shearlings sold to 470.00 from Yeat Blue Texels, to average 430.00. Beltex x Texel Shearlings sold to 430.00 from VJ & ML Roots, to average 410.00. Beltex x Charollais Shearlings sold to 770.00 from R & B Smith, to average 496.00. Texel Shearlings sold to 910.00 from R & B Smith, to average 463.00. Charollais Shearlings sold to 705.00 from GA & JA Curtis, to average 425.00. Charollais Ram Lambs sold to 510.00 from GA & JA Curtis, to average 391.00. Charollais Ewe Lambs sold to 132.00 from GA & JA Curtis, to average 126.00. Suffolk Shearlings sold to 530.00 for DF & AG Jefferies, to average 468.00. Suffolk Ram Lambs sold to 400.00 from M/s MJ & JA Pinney, to average 361.00. Lleyn Shearlings sold to 340.00 from CG & JF Phillips, to average 311.00. Non MV Accredited In the Non MV Section, aged Pure Bred Charollais and Beltex ewes sold to 270.00 and 240.00 respectively from Davies Bros, Llangadog, Carmarthenshire who also sold top Beltex x Charollais shearling rams to 900.00 to average 707.00 and a draft of Beltex x Texel shearlings to 650.00 for a 472.00 average. D W Gurney & Son sold Beltex Shearlings to 470.00, with other sales including Dorset teaser rams to 265.00. Beltex x to 900.00, average 464.00 Suffolk to 295.00, average 245.00 Texel to 245.00, average 215.00 Dorset to 265.00, average 263.00
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