Normal Weekly Sale of Prime Sheep.
SALE OF PRIME CATTLE AND CAST COWS.
Entries until time of sale.
PRIME LAMBS
A good show of over 800 lambs were forward today. Today’s sale averaged £3.28p/kg.
The top price of the day was for a Suffolk Lamb sold by R Falconer & Son of Water Blean, reaching £193.00 (£3.29p/kg), purchased by A T Livestock Ltd.
The top price per kilo of the day was £3.61p/kg for a Texel lamb sold by T & M D Beaty of Langhorn Farm, purchased by A T Livestock Ltd.
| (SUF) | R Falconer & Son | £193.00 |
| (BELIC) | P & A Fell | £191.00 |
| (SUF) | M Cook | £183.00 |
| (TEXX) | W J & V J Case | £177.50 |
| (TEX) | M Cook | £172.00 |
| (TEX) | E & C A Shuttleworth | £172.00 |
| (CHEV) | P Mashiter | £171.00 |
| (CHARX) | W A Atkinson | £156.50 |
| (TEXX) | W J & V J Case | £153.00 |
| (BLKTX) | T H Garnett & Son | £147.50 |
| (BLKTX) | P & A Stable | £145.50 |
| (SX) | W J & V J Case | £142.00 |
| (BLUTX) | E E Barton | £141.00 |
CAST EWES
A larger show of ewes were forward today. Today’s sale averaged £125.76 per head.
The top price of the day reached £261.50 for a Texel sold by W J & V J Case of Plumpton Cottage Farm, purchased by Farmers Fresh Ltd.
| (TEX) | W J & V J Case | £261.50 |
| (BLKTX) | T & M D Beaty | £194.50 |
| (BLUTX) | E E Barton | £194.50 |
| (MULE) | W J & V J Case | £189.50 |
| (SUF) | B C Dawson | £169.50 |
| (SX) | A M Diss | £167.50 |
| (TEXX) | E E Barton | £154.50 |
| (BEL) | T Edmondson & Son | £149.50 |
| (LLY) | Messrs Lindsay | £139.50 |
| (HERD) | Messrs A & B Wilson | £124.50 |
| (B.F) | R & E Beck | £121.50 |
PRIME CATTLE
An another impressive entry of cattle for this time of year, met by a busy ringside full of buyers.
‘Leading the way with trade for the day was a tremendous Limousin Cross heifer sold by M Woods of Rame Farm reaching £4.28PPK’.
Steers averaged £3.70p/kg and heifers averaged £3.76p/kg.
The top price steer of the day was a Limousin Cross, sold by Messrs Cottam Ltd of Wardwarrow, for a great price of £2827.44 purchased by C H Gore.
The top price per kilo steer was a Limousin Cross sold by M Woods of Rame Farm, selling at £4.17p/kg (£2627.10), purchased by G Chapman.
The top price heifer of the day was a Limousin Cross, sold by J Shephard & Son Ltd of Low House Farm, reaching a price of £2767.50 (£3.69p/kg), purchased by C H Gore.
The top price per kilo heifer was a Limousin Cross sold by M Woods of Rame Farm, selling at £4.28p/kg (£2670.72), purchased by E Nield & Partners.
Leading Price Steers
Limousin Cross-
£2827.44 (£3.57p) Messrs Cottam Ltd, £2741.76 (£4.08p) M Cook, £2715.72 (£3.66p) Messrs Cottam Ltd,
£2678.94 (£3.69p) RA & JC Hadwen, £2627.10 (£4.17p) M Woods, £2616.38 (£3.47p) M Cook.
Charolais Cross-
£2789.80 (£3.70p) J & D Whalley, £2776.00 (£4.00p) M Cook, £2671.80 (£3.66p), £2634.40 (£3.70p) J & D Whalley, £2580.00 (£3.44p) RA & JC Hadwen.
Simmental Cross-
£2588.62 (£3.47p) T & M E Johnson, £2561.66 (£3.67p) RA & JC Hadwen.
British Blue Cross-
£2570.04 (£3.63p) T H Garnett & Son, £2526.72 (£3.76p) Messrs Cottam Ltd, £2474.04 (£3.89p) Messrs Cottam Ltd.
Jersey Cross-
£2415.00 (£3.75p) J Shephard & Son.
Leading Price Heifers
Limousin Cross-
£2767.50 (£3.69p) J Shephard & Son, £2752.32 (£3.76p), £2670.72 (£4.28p) M Woods.
Aberdeen Angus Cross-
£2646.16 (£3.88p) £2619.72 (£3.83p) £2533.30 (£3.85p) M Woods.
British Blue Cross-
£2632.96 (£3.52p) B C Dawson, £2572.50 (£3.75p) M Woods, £2497.80 (£3.62p) J Shephard & Son.
Charolais Cross-
£2603.04 (£3.74p) T H Garnett & Son.
Simmental Cross-
£2574.42 (£4.01p) M Woods, £2426.40 (£3.60p) T & M E Johnson.
CAST COWS & CULL BULLS
A great show of cast cows were forward this week, cows averaged a good price of £2.38p/kg and bulls averaged £3.04p/kg.
The top price cow of the day was a Holstein Friesian reaching a price of £2365.50 sold by R A & S J Lawson of Middle Boonwood Farm, purchased by E Nield & Partners.
Leading Price Cows
Holstein Friesian-
£2365.50 (£2.85p) R A & S J Lawson, £1993.60 (£2.80p), £1978.28 (£2.74p) C A Long & Son.
Holstein Cross-
£2336.02 (£2.71p), £1914.16 (£2.84p) S M & P R Park, £1599.00 (£2.46p), £1555.20 (£2.40p) R H & S R Steel.
Fleckvieh-
£2140.90 (£2.71p) J S & K M Wilson & Son.
British Blue Cross-
£2121.32 (£2.93p) R B & L J Satterthwaite & Son.
Saler-
£1872.00 (£2.88p) W J & V J Case.
Leading Price Bulls
Charolais-
£3619.16 (£3.46p) J S & K M Wilson & Son.
Aberdeen Angus-
£2579.20 (£2.60p) Messrs W & M & R Tyson.