THAME FARMERS AUCTION MART LTD w/e MONDAY 15 TH AUGUST 2016 WEEKLY SALES NEWS STOCK SOLD DURING THE WEEK Prime Sheep 1381 Store Cattle 118 Prime Cattle 141 MONDAY 22 ND AUGUST 2016 WINSLOW @ FOSCOTE PRIME SHEEP SALE TO COMMENCE AT 9.00AM PLEASE NOTE FOSCOTE MARKET WILL OPERATE ON A FOTNIGHTLY BASIS FOR THE FORSEEABLE FUTURE. www.thame-market.co.uk 01844 217437
Wednesday 10 th August 2016 516 Spring Lambs 25 Ewes SQQ 189.49 105.00 and 214p/kg 70.00 Prime Sheep 611 Forward A strong trade for all on offer accept the few lean sorts which could have been sold as stores. All weights in demand and competitive bidding up the alleys produced an SQQ of 189.49p/kg equivalent to 195 plus in some centres. Andrew Ivory sold his handy weight Beltex X at 214p/kg, Texel X from M/s J Hanson sold to 207p/kg at 46kgs and 205p/kg at 44kgs. Norman Deeley and Paul Roads both sold to 206p/kg. Honesberie Farms sold proper Charollais X Mules to a market top of 105.00, 96.00 and 95.00. M/s Hanson saw 100.00. Oliver Bowden had 95.00 with Terrance Smith selling to 94.00, 93.50 and 92.00. John Brown sold to 93.20. Cull Ewes Continental X sold to 70.00. Weight Nos Ave (p/kg) Top (p/kg) LAMBS (32.1-39) 45 189.87 214.00 LAMBS (39.1-45.5) 269 189.43 206.00 LAMBS (45.6-52) 180 183.28 207.00 LAMBS (52+) 22 172.89 178.00 Av (pr/hd) Top (pr/hd) CULL EWES 25 38.36 70.00 SELLER PPH HONESBERIE FARMS 105 J HANSON & SON 100 HONESBERIE FARMS 96 J HANSON & SON 95 G BOWDEN & SON 95 HONESBERIE FARMS 95 T R SMITH 94 T R SMITH 93.5 JF & A BROWN 93.2 T R SMITH 92 SELLER PPK A T IVORY & SON 214 J HANSON & SON 207 N DEELEY 206 P & E ROADS 206 J HANSON & SON 205 A T IVORY & SON 202 JF & A BROWN 200 A T IVORY & SON 200 MARSH HILL FARM 200 EW & JE MASTERS 200
Friday 12 th August 2016 Steers to 1165.00 Heifers to 1100.00 Cows to 940.00 Store Cattle 118 Forward Have we just sold the last store cattle on the planet? That s what it felt like today. Trade was on fire for quality cattle topping with a pen of Limousin x steers 10 to 17 months from Mr Kirbyshire at 1165.00. Aberdeen Angus x 16 months from the same farm sold at 1062.00 while a second pen of Limousin x sold at 1050.00. Aberdeen Angus x sold on a very strong trade. Peter Brown sold to 1085.00 and 1038.00. Barry Sutton sold a wagon load of 12 month steers to 1035.00 and 935.00. Bardon Farmers sold to 950.00 followed by Chris and Andrew Whitehead at 945.00. Simmental x Friesian steers sold to 985.00. Nigel Jackson sold his British Blue x heifers at 1100.00, Chris and Andrew Whitehead sold Aberdeen Angus x at 1085.00 and 900.00. Barry Sutton sold his heifers at 825.00 at 12 months. Aberdeen Angus x grazing cows sold to 940.00, 880.00 and 800.00. Store Sheep 156 Forward A run of keeping lambs from Waterlands Farm topped at 65.20 and 60.50 for Charollais x Mules. Long keep lambs from Mr Cadet sold to 55.00. Plenty more lambs could be sold to advantage. NOS MAX PRICE TOP BREED TOP VENDOR (PR/HD) STEERS 82 1165.00 LIMOUSIN X J C KIRBYSHIRE HEIFERS 32 1100.00 BRITISH BLUE X N J H JACKSON COWS 3 940.00 ABERDEEN ANGUS X BARDON FARMERS STORE LAMBS 156 65.20 WATERLANDS FARM Deadweight Week ending Friday 12 th August 2016 Stock sold: 141 Cattle & 563 New Season Lambs Top Prices/Head Clean Steer 1513 Beef Cow 1215 Clean Heifer 1487 OTM Clean Steer 1381 Young Bulls <16m 1521 OTM Clean Heifer 1150 Clean Cattle (141) Less placed on the week as numbers tighten (and the sheep fair shortened the week to find them!!). Trade firms again with R grades up 5p to 345p/kg. Best Heifers to 353p/kg. Aberdeen Angus to 390p/kg, Herefords to 358p/kg, Shorthorns to 363p/kg. Trade looks set to continue to strengthen with the weakening sterling and reduced supplies predicted from Ireland this autumn. Wholesalers, however are reporting reduced sales, possibly due to summer holidays. Steers
R+3= Limousin 1513 Homebred, Single Suckled, 22 Months U-3= Limousin 1404 Homebred, Single Suckled R=3= South Devon 1382 Single Suckled R=3= South Devon 1329 Single Suckled R-3= Fleckvieh 1398 Bucket Reared R-3= Fleckvieh 1375 Bucket Reared R3 British Blue 1348 Reared Calf R4L British Blue 1326 Reared Calf R+3= Aberdeen Angus 1390 Homebred, Single Suckled Heifers R4H Aberdeen Angus 1487 Single Sucked R4L Aberdeen Angus 1456 Single Suckled O+3 British Blue 1200 Dairy Bred R4L Stabiliser 1210 Single Suckled O+4L British Blue 1184 Dairy Bred Young Bulls E=3= Limousin 1521 Single Suckled E=2+ Limousin 1508 Single Suckled E=3= Limousin 1505 Single Suckled U=3= Simmental 1390 13 Months U+3= Charolais 1395 U+3= Charolais 1395 Commercial Steers/Heifers Best Butchers Heifers Beef Shorthorns Herefords Aberdeen Angus Organic U+ 363p 370p -U 353p 363p 373p 368p 395p R 343p 353p 363p 358p 390p 400p O+ 333p 358p 385p 390p -O 370p 380p OTM Clean/Mature Bulls/Cull Cows (58) As cow numbers tighten trade remains stable with R grades to 270p, this is surprising as the pound weakens against the Euro. Top price for beef cows 1215 shared by South Devon and Charolais. Aberdeen Angus X s to 1088 O4H and 1020 (O+5L). Speckled Park to 1040 (O+4H), Stabilisers to 1013 (R4H) and Limousin to 1016 (R3). OTM steers British Blue X to 1381 (-U2), Aberdeen Angus X to 1377 (R4L). Holsteins to 1296 (O=4=). Beef Cows Dairy Cows OTM s OTM Aberdeen Angus -U 275p 345p R 270p 265p 335p 370p O+ 265p 255p 327p 350p -O 245p P+ 235p Spring lambs (563) Trade firms as sterling weakens. Lambs are required on a weekly basis, pre-booking by Thursday is essential.
Sheep Fair Report Another 12 months have passed; it is time to report on this year s Shearwell Summer Sheep Fair and the huge success it has become. Every year despite the worries of some we tweak the format always striving to improve the service we provide to both vendor and purchaser. 24411 head were penned 23712 sold grossing just over 2.7 million we must be doing something right! Thursday was the turn of the white face sheep, older ewes and lambs. The day was topped by MF and DM Elkington with their pen of Beltex theaves selling at 200.00, the Beltex and crosses were in general a little harder to sell this year with buyers very selective in their purchasers, other pens sold to 192.00, 185.00 and 178.00 from Messrs Riley. Black Beltex from Bill Rawding sold to 192.00 Average for the section 134.00. Texel s sold to 198.00 from Messrs Lawrence who also sold at 180.00, Michael Cross had a roaring trade with his Texel x Cheviot Mules at 168 and 166, John brown took 166.00 also for Texel x while Garfield Stephens took the prize for best pen of white faced sheep with his Texel x Cheviots at 165.00. A tremendous run of Texel x NC Mules from Harrison bros sold pen after pen at 162.00. Average for the section 145.00. Mules dominated the older ewe section topping at 116.00 from Messrs Rawding, Suffolk x from Rob and Caroline Mole sold to 111.00 followed by George Eaton at 101.00, Messrs Ivory sold their Cheviots at 100.00. Ted Dawson made the trip down from Durham with 300 smart Texel x ewe lambs to take 95.00 on four occasions. Stuart McIntosh sold his Suffolk x at 86.00. Nearly all the store lambs on offer were long keepers with no pens of meat on offer. Gerald Levinge sold Texel x at 68.00 and 66.00, Chris Tucker took 65.00 for Charollais x followed by Bob Tofield at 64.50 along with Messrs Swerling and Mrs Brock Liam Roberts brought 200 Suffolk x down from Ruthin to sell at 64.00 and 63.00. Messrs Ivory sold their run of Beltex x to 63.50 while Mark Britten topped the Cheviots at 60.00. Day two commenced with the best part of 8000 Suffolk x theaves and doubles, Eddy Bullman kept the top spot winning the best pen and selling them for 195.00, Rob and Caroline Mole sold at 148 twice and 146 twice with Peter and David Morris selling the first pen in the ring at 142.00. Trade was consistent throughout to average 124.00. Nearly 8000 mules found a more difficult trade for the run dry sheep bought as runners last year, those that had time spent on presentation found a definite premium. Henry Tustian took the best run or 60 or more to sell to 176.00, 170.00 and 165.00 twice. Richard Haynes won the best pen with dry sheep and went one better than henry to top the section at 178.00. Messrs Hunt sold a marvellous run of 700 had lambs to a top of 152.00. Another notable run came from Thorncombe Park Estate 140.00. Double theaves always create great interest selling to 137.00 from Conrad Lester. Average for the section was 123.50. Our thanks tour judges Sid Hockenhull for judging the White face and Suffolk x and Dan Phipps for judging the Mules. Rams The move to a Thursday sale proved a great success with an 85% clearance of rams up by 20% on the year. The annual show of Pedigree Beltex was won by M/s A & R Livestock with a 2 shear ewe selling at 900.00. Shearling ewes sold to 340.00, M/s A & R Livestock also took the Ram Lamb class selling at 850.00. M/s VJ & ML Roots took male champion with their Shearling at 720.00. Charollais Rams sold to 670.00 from GA & JA Curtis. Charollais Ram Lambs to 440.00 from M/s Seahawes Texel Shearlings to 500.00 from R & B Smith and R J Warnock Blue Texel Shearlings to 365.00 from M/s Seahawes
Beltex X Charollais to 600.00 from Davies Bros Beltex X Texel to 600.00 from P Elkington Suffolk Shearlings to 400.00 from M T Blunt Suffolk Ram Lambs to 412 from MJ & JA Pinney Lleyn Shearlings to 280.00 from Drayton Farm Partnership Auctioneers, Simon Draper, Russell Steer [Kivells], Thomas Hiorns, Will Abbott and Ed Cox IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR SHEEP VENDORS & BUYERS PLEASE NOTE THERE HAS BEEN A CHANGE OF FORMAT FOR AUTUMN SHEEP SALES. IN ORDER TO OFFER THE BEST LEVEL OF SERVICE TO VENDORS AND PURCHASERS THE SECOND SHEEP FAIR WILL NOW BE HELD OVER SEVERAL WEEKS WITHIN THAME MARKET: FRIDAY 19TH AUGUST - STORE LAMBS FRIDAY 26TH AUGUST - STORE LAMBS FRIDAY 2ND SEPTEMBER - BREEDING EWES, THEAVES AND THE SHOW & SALE OF SUFFOLK X EWE LAMBS PLUS RAMS IF YOU HAVE ANY QUERIES OR QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT SIMON DRAPER OR CHARLOTTE BAXTER IN THE MARKET OFFICE.
140 BIG BALES WHEAT STRAW, 4 STRING 40 BIG BALES BARLEY STRAW, 4 STRING BARN STORED, BRIGHT, DRY, 7FT LONG ROBERT BROWN BROWN BROS GREAT MISSENDEN TEL: DAY 07778 041144 EVE- 01494 837641 100 X HORSE HAYLAGE 8 WRAPS, SQUARE 70 X 80 X1400 5FT CALL EDWIN HAYES 01189 403751 BASED BETWEEN HENLEY & MAIDENHEAD PLEASE NOTE THAT GRAHAM (GB FOOTWEAR) MAY NOT BE AT MARKET EVERY WEEK IN THE COMING MONTHS IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BUY ANY BOOTS THEN PLEASE CONTACT HIM ON: 01933 275855