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w/e FRIDAY 12TH JUNE 2020

WEEKLY SALES NEWS

STOCK SOLD DURING THE WEEK

Prime Sheep 1364

Store Cattle 108

Prime Cattle 253

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Wednesday 10th June 2020

571 Prime Lambs 139 Hoggs SQQ – 223.43 244.00p/kg & £116.00 190p/kg & £102.00

Auctioneer: Simon Draper

Spring Lambs

A similar number of lambs to last week, sold on a difficult trade as demand from the abattoirs has slipped all week. An

SQQ of 223.4p/kg was achieved.

The Bowden Family took £100.00 and 244p/kg for 41kg. Texel X creep fed lambs, Cradle Farms sold to 244p/kg at

39kgs for Beltex x and Seabrook Partners 240p/kg for 37 ½ kgs Beltex. Chris Sabine took 235p/kg for Texel x and

Robert Sabine 233p/kg for Charollais x. Heavy lambs topped at £116.00, M/s Bowden, Nicky Boyles took £110.00 at

49kgs. Honesberie Farms £108.00 at 49kgs. M/s Osbourne £107.00.

Prime Hoggs

A few meat hoggs sold to £102.00 for 60kgs.

Weight Nos Ave (p/kg) Top (p/kg)

LAMBS (32.1-39) 64 226.10 244.00

LAMBS (39.1-45.5) 444 223.08 244.00

LAMBS (45.6-52) 62 218.65 225.00

SELLER PPK

CRADLE FARM 244

G BOWDEN & SON 244

SEABROOK PARTNERS 240

G BOWDEN & SON 238

SEABROOK PARTNERS 238

C J SABINE 235

C J SABINE 235

R SABINE 233

T B CHECKLEY & SON 232

LEACH FARMS LTD 232

SELLER PPH

G BOWDEN & SON 116

N BOYLES 110

HONESBERIE FARMS 108

JER & MR OSBORNE 107

W EVANS 105

N BOYLES 104

B COOPER 104

G BOWDEN & SON 100

G BOWDEN & SON 100

SEABROOK PARTNERS 100

Friday 12th June

Store Cattle – 108 Forward

Auctioneer: Simon Draper

A case of supply and demand today and a continued rise in the beef trade helped store values again. Aberdeen

Angus x in the majority today topping at £1182.00 from Roy Best and Partners who sold others to £1105.00, £1100.00

and £1040.00. M/s Misselbrook sold their trailer load at £1165.00 for two and £1130.00 for the other pair. Dairy x from

Tom Dancer sold to £1095.00. M/s Withers, Andover sold at £1092.00, £1080.00 and £1030.00. Dairy x British Blue

from Anne Merry sold to £1080.00 and £1060.00.

K J Wolfe Farms topped the heifers at £1095.00 for Aberdeen Angus, Anne Merry sold Dairy Angus at £1050.00 while

Roy Best and Partners sold to £1020.00 and £940.00.

Plain feeding cows sold to £820.00 for Simmental while cows with calves sold to £1000.00.

Store Sheep

Just a few ewes about looked a fair shot for mainly odds and sods. Zwartble x Suffolk either fat or lean £70-80.00. Leam

ewes looking dearest pro-rata at £50-60.00 average. Lean things selling better when in the wool, bare this in mind with

lousy wool prices this year.

Steers to £1182.00 Heifers to £1095.00

NOS AVE PRICE (PR/HD)

MAX PRICE (PR/HD)

TOP BREED

STEERS 52 973.48 1182.00 ABERDEEN ANGUS

HEIFERS 38 870.37 1095.00 ABERDEEN ANGUS

Deadweight – Week ending Friday 12th June 2020

Stock sold: 253 Cattle and 654 Spring Lambs

Top Prices/Head

WANTED: Organic, Farm Assured Lambs & Cattle & Pasture For Life (PFL) finished

cattle.

Clean Cattle (220)

Still good numbers coming forward meeting keen demand from processors. Prices now ahead of the levels 12 months ago by a couple of pence. Prices up another 5-

10p/kg on the week with commercial ‘R’ grades to 365p/kg. Aberdeen Angus 370-380p/kg and Beef Shorthorns to 380p/kg. Young bulls to 360p/kg. Looking forward the

bite in the trade may be slowing and further big lifts of 10p/kg look unlikely. The ‘uplift’ in demand of catering outlets re-opening is beginning to fall within a normal pattern

of trading but allowing processors to re-balance carcass sales and earn more money per carcass again. This should lead to price increases however numbers of cattle

have come forward with all firms reportedly full of stock and not having to actively compete for supplies. Its been quoted ‘money always runs out before cattle do’. It is

expected for numbers to tighten again shortly and price increases are again likely. Several intensively fed 12-15-month steers and heifers now coming forward and with

the price increase grossing good lump sums. A heavy Aberdeen Angus tops this week at £1701 (R4L) with a U+ Limousin heifer at £1565 and -U Limousin bull to £1517.

Top Steers

Top Heifers

Young Bulls

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Clean Steer £1701 Beef Cow £1450

Clean Heifer £1565 Dairy Cow £884

Young Bull O16M £1517 OTM Clean Heifer £1386

Young Bull U16M £1505 OTM Clean Steer £1354

Mature Bull £1625

£1701 Aberdeen Angus R4L £1499 British Blue -U2

£1575 Saler -U3 £1480 Aberdeen Angus O+4H

£1555 Aberdeen Angus R4L £1475 Saler -U3

£1544 Limousin -U2 £1473 Saler -U3

£1503 Hereford R4L £1462 Aberdeen Angus R4H

£1565 Limousin U+3= £1398 Blonde -U2

£1448 Limousin U-3- £1361 Aberdeen Angus R3

£1438 British Blue R3 £1345 Blonde R3

£1419 Limousin R2 £1332 British Blue R3

£1415 Limousin R3

£1517 Limousin -U3 £1505 Charolais U=2+

£1444 Limousin R2 £1444 Charolais U-2+

£1386 Charolais -U3 £1413 Charolais R+2=

£1387 Charolais U-2+

Commercial

Steers/Heifers

Aberdeen

Angus

Young Bulls Beef

Shorthorns

E 390p 385p

U+ 385p 380p

-U 375p 385p 370p 390p

R 365p 375p 360p 380p

O+ 350p 365p 345p 365p

-O 340p

Beef Cows Dairy Cows Mature

Bulls

Aberdeen

Angus

E 330p

U+ 310p

-U 300p 210p 380p

R 295p 295p 205p 375p

O+ 290p 190p 365p

-O 280p

Cull Cows/OTM Clean/Mature Bulls (33)

Some real top end cows placed this week and finding a strong demand.

U+4L Limousin cows/heifers to £1450. Charolais to £1402, £1400 and

£1351. Further Limousins to £1383, £1380 and £1355. Dairy cows to

£884 and £834 for imported Danish Red. A good number of bulls placed

with Simmentals to £1625. Aberdeen Angus to £1572. South Devons to

£1443 and Charolais to £1344. OTM clean topped by terrific grass

finished Friesian steers to £1386 for O+4L’s. Aberdeen Angus to £1253.

Heifers to £1354 for O+3 British Blues.