Price Watch
FROM the Beeston Review, w/e December 1 CATTLE Phenomenal entries for December, knocking on the door of 200 head at a weekly sale. It was the native breeds leading the way today, Angus x from Messrs Lloyd topping the sale at £1,240 closely followed by Mark Chesworth’s Shorthorns at £1,190, Pete Whitby deserves a mention for Friesians to £1,070 and at the younger end a superb consignment of 6-8mo Lim x steers from Barbara Heyes Land Improvement sold to 280p/kg. POULTRY Welsummers were the top three sellers this week with 5 Welsummer X hens selling for £9 (all prices per head) and four Welsummer bantam females £8. A pair of Serama sold for £7 as did a trio of blue laced Wyandottes. A trio of lemon Pekins came in at £6.50. Muscovy ducks sold for £6. A really beautiful pair of Jubilee Indian game £6. Christmas started this week on the poultry section with the first of the Christmas live poultry sales. PIGS Demand, as always, for good quality meat pigs, and surprisingly good trade for leaner types of more traditional breeds, led by shop customers seeking sausage ingredients for the forthcoming festive period. A large proportion of lighter weight porkers in, with few heavier baconers on offer. Christmas Pig Show and Sale, Monday, December 11. SHEEP Stronger lambs, in particular, were really sought-after, at up to £57, with sample prices as follows: Suffolk cross mixed lambs to £57, Cheviot cross mixed lambs to £54, Charollais cross mixed lambs to £52, Speckleface cross ram lambs to £49, Cheviot cross ram lambs to £47 FRUIT & VEG A good selection of local veg met improved demand; carrots to £2.20, parsnips to £2.50, sprouts to £5 but large entries of cabbage hard work at around £2 per box. Potatoes saw Wilja to £5.50, Monte Carlo to £4.80 and Harmony to £3.50 per bag. PRODUCE Strong entry with six loads. Good show of hay with both quads and small bales being for sale. Seven tonnes of hay in quads sold to £160 per tonne and another load sold for £40 per bale. Small baled hay to £3.80 per bale. Short on straw, but 11 tonnes of barley straw sold to £136 per tonne. Small baled straw to £4 per bale. Round baled haylage sold to £26 per bale