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MARKET NEWS FOR TUESDAY 30TH JANUARY

Manager’s Mutterings

Another wet start for today’s market with 311 head of cattle and 2,715 head of sheep forward for auction.In the fat cattle department we had a few unfinished cattle within our TB exempt section, these need TB testing in order to sell in the green section or be sold as store cattle. Having said that many still in the right section to have the buyers fighting over with help from two extra buyers this week. Farmers bringing in cattle please ensure you have filled in a correct entry form to accompany your passports, unload at the correct colour coded docks and have two ear tags.The store catalogue sales resume next week, anyone wishing to enter stock please send your entries by 12 noon Thursday to myself, Ben Shouler or Claire Harrison. Over the next few weeks we have many quality cattle entered ….. Not to be missed!A fabulous show of sheep with some fantastic runs on offer, meat and shape throughout. A roaring trade to match, with no end of hoggs over the £100 mark, carrying a bit of weight. Not a deadweight quotation anywhere to beat this trade, and all weight paid for.After speaking to Barrie Williamson our pig auctioneer and a few important vendors we have decided to hold pig sales as they were before, every first and third Tuesday of the month but also on the fifth Tuesday when it occurs.Just a reminder it’s Horse Sale this weekend with over 400 lots of tack entered and the phone busy with people wanting to sell and buy horses.

Tim Webster ALAA, Market Manager

NEXT WEEKTuesday 6th February

Weekly Store Cattle SaleOver 250 head of cattle expected

The weekly catalogue will be available to view by Thursday evening on our websitewww.meltonmowbraymarket.co.uk

or alternatively pick up a copy from the market office

Entries close on Thursday at noon, unfortunately entries taken after this are most welcome but will not

be included in the catalogue and will be sold at the end of the relevant section of the sale.

Upcoming Store Cattle Sale entries....

13th February - Lowesby Farms, Lowesby, 60 x single suckled Lim/BB Reared Steers

20th February - Lowesby Farms, Lowesby 60 x single suckled Lim/BB Reared Heifers Robinson Farms, Kings Lynn 50 x 8-11 month old Simmental/Welsh Steers

27th February - Robinson Farms, Kings Lynn 40 x 8-11 month old Simmental/Welsh Steers

6th March - Robinson Farms, Kings Lynn 50 x 8-11 month old Simmental/Red Poll Steers

13th March - Robinson Farms, Kings Lynn 55 x 8-11 month old Simmental/Welsh Heifers

20th March - Robinson Farms, Kings Lynn 55 x 8-11 month old Simmental/Welsh HeifersPlus many more to follow

Catalogues will be available for these sales

TUESDAYSALE TIMES

RING 1BARREN COWS 10.00amFollowed by PRIME CATTLE & BULLS

RING 3REARING CALVES 10.00am

RING 2REARED CALVES 11.00amFollowed by COWS & CALVES & DAIRY COWS Followed by STORE CATTLE

SHEEP CENTREPRIME LAMBS 10.00amFollowed by CULL EWES STORE LAMBS 11.30amFollowed by BREEDING SHEEP & RAMS

FIRST & THIRD TUESDAY OF THE MONTHPIGS 9.00am

SALE YARDFODDER etc 12.30pm

Tuesday 6th February - to be sold after the store lambs

50 Suffolk x Theaves20 Masham x Theaves

15 Continental x TheavesScanned in lamb to Charollais x Texel Rams due in April

from KP Leatherland, East Haddon

SHEEPSlaughter Sheep (1,591)

A fabulous show of sheep with some fantastic runs on offer, meat and shape throughout. A roaring trade to match, with no end of hoggs over the £100 mark, carrying a bit of weight. Not a deadweight quotation anywhere to beat this trade, and ALL weight paid for. All weights very much in demand with increased buying support. 10 buyers today on 12 accounts with competition the key.A top price per kg of 218p/kg for R O Bartlett, Halse and H Haywood, Harby and per head of £108.50 for R O Bartlett, Halse.

SQQ 197.56p/kg.Please note – there is a marked deduction for dirty hoggs – please consider belly clipping if hoggs are too dirty.

Auctioneer: Tom Greenow on 07775 758586

Number ofhead

Weightskg

Up top/kg

Averagep/kg

Top gross £

54 32.1-39 218 206 85.00653 39.1-45.5 218 197 99.00593 45.6-52 216 194 108.50133 52+ 200 176 105.00

Prime Hoggs (1,433)

Simply phenomenal – a massive crowd of buyers fighting hard throughout the sale. Anything with a bit of size and flesh would be around £80 – no doubt a result of the fat trade. A top price of £87.50 for S W Loomes, Sedgebrook. Overall Average - £62.17

Cull Ewes (158)

The ewe trade still slow, generally the quality not as good as last week. The leaner sorts getting difficult to place, with the weather not helping. A top price of £89 for C Orton, Daventry. Overall average £60.90

Store Sheep (1,039)

In Lamb Ewes (73)

Several customers looking. Mostly older ewes on offer, with continentals around the £100-105 mark. North country mule theaves sold to £129, with older mules £105.Please give us notice if you are planning on bringing in lamb ewes so we can get them advertised for you.

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CATTLESlaughter Cattle

Auctioneer: Tim Webster on 07949 173180

A good trade for what cattle were forward, still many unfinished cattle in the TB exempt section. Good to see two new buyers around the ring today, who I believe will be back next week. Top price to Robert Barker of Great Ponton for a Limousin x Heifer at 223p/kg.

Prime Cattle (75)

Overall Average: 185.98p/kg Deadweight Equivalent: 338.14p/kg

Type No of head

Up to p/kg

Vendor Average p/kg

Deadweight equivalent

Light Steers 10 187 J Smith 178.70 324.91

Second Quality 180

Medium Steers 10 208 RW Barker 185.64 337.53

Second Quality 180

Heavy Steers 11 208 DA Ofield 180.74 328.62

Second Quality 178Light Heifers 3 187 JB Thomas 182.67 332.13

Second Quality 175Medium Heifers 12 223 RW Barker 195.35 355.18

Second Quality 186Heavy Heifers 14 212 R Allsopp 192.63 350.24Second Quality 185

Type

Steers 1,432.56 DA Ofield

1,373.65 DA Ofield1,336.65 B & S Haynes1,317.48 J Bellamy & Son1,299.54 DA Ofield

Heifers 1,405.75 R Allsopp1,301.63 RW Barker & Son1,300.73 R Allsopp1,280.16 J Bellamy & Son1,267.43 NJ Wright

OTM Cattle (15)

Type Top Gross£

Vendor

Barren Cows 1,021.67 VA Barker & Son798.03 AP Danvers & Son789.33 I Clark

Auctioneer: Tim Webster on 07949 173180

Cattle Entry Forms can be downloaded from the website www.meltonmowbraymarket.co.uk

Type No of head

Up top/kg

Average p/kg

Steers (over 30 months-under 36 months) 4 164 138.50Heifers (over30 months-under 36 months) - - -

Barren Cows Grade 1 - - -Barren Cows Grade 2 1 136 136.00Barren Cows Grade 3 3 125 123.33Barren Cows Grade 4 7 118 107.00

Reared Calves (69)over 6 months

Heifers Top price £

Average £

Hereford 450 450

Angus 480 464Simmental 735 690Limousin 730 654

Steers/Bulls Top price £

Average £

BlondeLimousin 930 730

British Blue 870 768Charolais 885 692

Angus 665 665

Auctioneer: Ben Shouler on 07966 398987

Smart Steers in demand today with plenty of buyers around the ring trying to take them home. Top price to PA Wells of Shilton selling 12 month old Limousin Steers to £930.

Store Cattle

Strong Store Cattle (76)

Prices felt like they were on the up today with many cattle selling better than vendors expecting. Top price goes to FB Kirk & Son selling 20 month old Simmental Steers to £1,165.

Steers/Bulls Agemonths

Upto£

Uptop/kg

British Blue 18-33 930 1.97Shorthorn 26-28 935 1.90Charolais 16-33 935 2.17Limousin 17-27 1025 2.26Hereford 12-23 980 1.79

Bazadaise 18 1035 1.96Simmental 20 1165 1.95

Heifers Agemonths

Upto£

Uptop/kg

Shorthorn 26 830 -Angus 22-23 850 1.72

Limousin 15-21 800 1.84British Blue 22 765 1.93Simmental 20-21 1075 1.92

Auctioneer: Ben Shouler on 07966 398987

Baby Calves (40) Auctioneer: Barrie Williamson on 07541 400919

Bull Calves Top price £

Average £

Holstein 180 -Aberdeen Angus 530 379

British Blue 465 412Simmental 395 348

Friesian 245 200

Heifer Calves

Simmental 415 -Aberdeen Angus 335 335

British Blue 365 342Charolais 485 -Limousin 380 -

2 outstanding Angus bulls from J Hawley & Sons of Brentingby topped the section at £355 and £320 each while B Blue bulls from Macer Bros of Thorpe in the Glebe reached £315 and one from Gaulby Lodge Farm of Kings Norton made £300. Evolution Farming of Houghton on the Hill sold Hereford bulls to £245 and heifers to £215 and GH Spencer & Son of Thorpe Arnold sold 2 Limousin heifers for £275 and £265 each. Holstein Friesian bulls were particularly sort after reaching £190 to aver-age £100.

Reared / Weanlings (50)under 6 months

Bull Calves Top price £

Average £

Hereford 245 235Aberdeen Angus 355 283

British Blue 315 258

Holstein 190 100

Heifer Calves Top price £

Average £

Hereford 215 185British Blue 250 211Limousin 275 270

Simmental 250 197

Larger entry attracts more buyers creating a fast trade. Aberdeen Angus steers also topped this section reaching £530 from MA Greenhough of Nuneaton. Throckenholt Farms of Spalding sold 3 Charo-lais X heifers for £485 each and Paul Chapman of Holbeach sold B Blue steers to £465. Simmental X heifers reached £415 from Richard Stubbs of Bradley.

Auctioneer: Barrie Williamson on 07541 400919

The next pig sale is Tuesday 6th February

All pigs to be penned by 9am

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Duck 2.00 7.00 Siskin x Irish Fancy 87.00

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Goose 11.00 Lamp & Battery 23.00

Turkey 14.00

Sussex 2.00 4.00 FERRET HOB

Leghorn 5.00 FERRET JILL 12.50

Hen in Lay 2.00 6.60

Dove 2.50

Peafowl 15.00 34.00 SUNDRIES (153) Lots

Disc Cutter 26.00

EGGS Makita Bag 11.00

Duck (doz) 1.50 Air Rifle Wembly EX2000 150.00

Wheaten Maran(6) 6.00 Transformer 110v 15.00

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