Market Prices

Sheep sales – 657 SolD There is a strong trade for store hoggets with best sorts selling readily at £65 plus and only very small long keeping sorts below £55. We saw plenty of customers competing well for all on offer and more could be sold every week at favourable prices.

Cull ewes/rams – 963 SolD A big entry of ewes were on offer with just under 1,000 penned which is one of the biggest entries we have offered in January for some years. The best ewes broke the £100 barrier for the first time for weeks with the top price achieved by Ms H V link at £125 for Texel crosses. The best ewes were strongly competed for from start to finish with several pens selling in excess of £85. leaner sorts have reduced in numbers with noticeably more meated sorts on offer. This is most likely to be the scanned empty ewes being sold out of many flocks today and will continue over the next few weeks. Top prices this week included Texel crosses to £125 from Ms H V link, Suffolk crosses to £87 from A A Palmer and Sons, Mules from the same vendor to £68 and Romneys to £76.50 from Ms H V link.

Store cattle – 67 SolD Despite a small entry there were plenty of customers with 12 successful individual buyers and other bidders competing for all on offer. The best of the young stock sold in excess of £600 and up to £665 for six to seven month old Charolais cross heifers from M Goodsell while eight month old Blonde cross steers and heifers looked well sold at £665 and £615 respectively from Wanstall Farms. Strong stores to finish short term attracted prices in excess of £1,000 with 27 month old Aberdeen Angus cross steers up to £1,090 from E J Gribble and £1020 from J S Rye while 27 month old Friesian steers sold up to £685 from E J Gribble. Up to 180 cattle are entered for next Tuesday . There are plenty of customers every week.