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w/e MONDAY 16TH APRIL 2016

WEEKLY SALES NEWS

STOCK SOLD DURING THE WEEK

Prime Sheep 1830

Store Cattle 308

Prime Cattle 281

MONDAY 6TH JUNE 2016

WINSLOW @ FOSCOTE PRIME SHEEP

SALE TO COMMENCE AT 9.00AM

PLEASE NOTE FOSCOTE MARKET WILL OPERATE ON A

FOTNIGHTLY BASIS FOR THE FORSEEABLE FUTURE.

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Wednesday 11TH May 2016

1448 Hoggs 218 Spring Lambs 30 Ewes SQQ – 161.32 £105.50 and 202p/kg SQQ – 213.14 £92.00 & 225p/kg £80.00

Prime Sheep – 1448 Forward

Another full market this week, trade for the hoggetts started steady, but after a few phone calls improved by

some £4-5 per head. Virtually all the hoggs forward were heavy or very heavy.

M/s R Randall & Son took top honours with smart Texel hoggs at 202p/kg others from the same farm sold at

196p/kg. M/s Curtis had 3 pens at 190 to 192p/kg followed by Richard Howlett at 189p/kg, M/s R G Bunce &

Son 188p/kg and Norman Deeley 187p/kg.

James Gibson sold at a pair of very heavy hoggs at £105.50 followed at £104.50 for John Goodman. 3 other

pens hit the £100.00 mark with the smart very heavy hoggs sold around £95.00.

Spring Lambs – 218 Forward

Difficult trading today, hoggs in demand. Spring lambs less so. Reports from other Wednesday markets of

210 to 215p/kg and did not help the trade.

Texel X from M/s Brown and Suddaby sold to 225p/kg with Hyde Lane Farms at 220p/kg. Suffolk X from

Oliver Bowden sold at 218p/kg.

Cull Ewes – 42 Forward

Either fat Mules or even fatter Cotswolds the main entry selling to £80.00 for Cotswolds lean Continentals

sold to £76.20.

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

LAMBS (32.1-39) 45 213.25 218.00

LAMBS (39.1-45.5) 146 213.11 225.00

LAMBS (45.6-52) 27 191.89 195.00

HOGGS (32.1-39) 18 128.59 154.00

HOGGS (39.1-45.5) 32 176.62 189.00

HOGGS (45.6-52) 601 182.13 202.00

HOGGS (52+) 578 165.72 184.00

Av (pr/hd) Top (pr/hd)

EWES 42 65.12 80.00

SELLER PPK

R RANDALL & SON 202

R RANDALL & SON 196

G CURTIS & SONS 192

G CURTIS & SONS 191

G CURTIS & SONS 190

R RANDALL & SON 190

R J HOWLETT 189

R G BUNCE & SON 188

R RANDALL & SON 188

N DEELEY 187

SELLER PPH

J GIBSON 105.5

J H GOODMAN 104.5

R RANDALL & SON 100

D J MCKIERNON 100

G CURTIS & SONS 100

G CURTIS & SONS 99

J H HOPE & SON 99

G CURTIS & SONS 98

G CURTIS & SONS 98

R RANDALL & SON 98

For Sale Kelpie cross collie

1 year old Black with tan boots

Male House trained but needs to be worked

Sale due to cannot go with new farm position Will need training in outdoor work but likes to be out running around

Contact Kate 07947815994 Nick 07903263446

Friday 13th May 2016

Steers to £1162.00 Heifers to £1082.00 Cows & Calves to £1082.00

Store Cattle – 308 Forward

An excellent trade for all this Friday. Today’s sale included the May Fair kindly judged by Mr John Drewe who

awarded the best single beast to Peter and David Morris for their Blonde X steer 16 months at £1080.00.

The best pen of cattle was awarded to M/s R E Greaves & Son for their 4 Limousin steers 12 months selling

at £1060.00 to the judge.

Aberdeen Angus X steers topped the day’s trading with Philip Misselbrook selling his 17 month steers out of

Continental cows at £1192.00 for two lots and £1110.00. Nigel Jackson sold his steers out of British Blue X

cows 14 months at £1105.00 and £1002.00,

Peter and David Morris sold their run for £1112.00, £1082.00 and £1080.00 for their Blonde X. John Flanagan

sold his Limousin X steer at £1080.00. M/s Severalls Farm Adbury sold their homebred Lincoln Red Steers

to £872.00 and £848.00 at 13 months. Mark Whitlock sold his outwintered Limousin X 12 months at £870.00.

Mr R Newell topped the heifers at £1082.00 and £1052.00 for Limousin X at 24 months. SMS Farming Ltd

sold Hereford X to £1062.00 and Limousin X at £1042.00. British Blue X from P L Morris sold to £1052.00

with South Devon X from M/s Richardson selling to £1020.00. Aberdeen Angus X sold to £912.00 from Nigel

Legg. Blonde X from Mr R J Lloyd-Campion topped at £930.00 with others from the same farm at £855.00 at

12 months. Amorise Farms sold British Blue X heifers at 10 months to £840.00.

Cows and calves sold to £1082.00 for Simmental X and Aberdeen Angus calf 1 month old.

NOS MAX PRICE (PR/HD)

TOP BREED TOP VENDOR

STEERS 173 1162.00 ABERDEEN ANGUS X P MISSELBROOK

HEIFERS 254 1082.00 LIMOUSIN X R NEWELL

COW & CALF 9 1082.00 CONTINENTAL X A T IVORY & SON

HGV 2 RIGID LIVESTOCK DRIVER

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CATTLE FOOT TRIMMING

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GFW / Estate Worker / Handyman required at

Belmont Farm, Mill Hill, North London assisting

with day to day maintenance and help on 200

acre mixed farm. 5+ Days per week. Please call

0207 3184420 or send a CV to

info@belmontfarm.co.uk

Deadweight – Week ending Friday 13th May 2016

Stock sold: 281 Cattle & 134 New Season Lambs

Top Prices/Head

Clean Steer £1354 Beef Cow £1017

Clean Heifer £1201 Dairy Cow £971

Young Bulls <16m £1216 OTM Steer £1270

Young Bulls >16m £1317 OTM Heifer £1144

Mature Bull £1370

*Please can producers email a copy of remittances from abattoirs to georgina@thame-market.co.uk or daniel@thame-market.co.uk or

alternatively give a copy to JB or DS when we visit you. This will enable us to view how grids are operating.*

*A copy of the grids will be sent on Friday with forms, but if you have any queries do not hesitate to contact DS or JB.*

Clean Cattle (225)

After weeks of falling prices and one week of level pricing trade lifts with ‘R’ grades 308-318p/kg up 5p on the week. Cattle numbers appear to be

tightening nationally with reductions in maximum payable weights cattle have been sold earlier leaving a perceived shortfall for the next few weeks

before grass cattle come forward. Shorthorns to 337p/kg, Aberdeen Angus to 335p/kg, Young Bulls to 305p/kg. Cows also firm with ‘R’ to 255p/kg.

Steers

A U+3 Limousin tops the steers this week at £1373 – purchased from Thame as a store. A U=3= British Blue next in line at £1338 and –U3 to £1314

and R4L to £1290. E2 Charolais to £1333. –U2 Blondes to £1314 and R4L to £1287. –U3 Simmentals to £1301. Aberdeen Angus top the natives this

week with R4L/H to £1354, £1342, £1289 and £1266. Herefords to £1286 for R4L and O+4L to £1175. Beef Shorthorns to £1274 for R4L. O+4L to

£1119.

Heifers

A Charolais heifer tops this week at £1201 for U+2. South Devon’s to £1142 for R4L. Herefords to £1178 for O+4L and £1131 for O+3. R4L Simmentals

to £1125.

Young Bulls

A handful of bulls placed this week with Limousin X Holsteins to £1216 (U-) and R to £1131. Friesian to £1067 for O+4-. Bulls over 16 months to

£1317 for R3.

Commercial

Steers/Heifers

Best Continental

Heifers

Beef Shorthorns

Young Bulls

Aberdeen Angus

E 330p

U+ 328p 347p 325p

-U 328p 337p 342p 315p

R 318p 327p 337p 305p 335p

O+ 308p 317p 332p 295p 325p

OTM Clean/Mature Bulls/Cull Cows (55)

Only a few cows placed this week with R2 British Blues to £1017. –U2 Limousins to £1007 and R2 to £935. O+3 Simmentals to £971 and R4H

Hereford to £885.

Dairy cows to £917 for O+4H Norwegian Reds. Holsteins to £860 for –O4L and Swedish Reds to £836.

OTM clean steers to £1270 for British Blues. Others to £1216, £1206 and £1174. Charolais to £1170 and Limousins to £1182 and £1172. Limousin

heifers to £1144.

Mature Bulls to £1370 for R3 Simmental. Stabilisers to £1135 for R4H.

Beef Cows (Best

Fed)

Commercial Cows Mature Bulls

E 270p 210p

U+ 265p 200p

-U 260p 190p

R 255p 250p 180p

O+ 245p 240p

P+ 230p

Spring lambs (134)

The first load of spring lambs placed this week. Outlets are beginning to look for spring lambs; we will again be offering this service from the collection

centre at Thame. Pre-booking is required.

For up to date prices and information please contact John Blanchard or Daniel Slade. For weights and grades please contact Georgina Haigh on

07966 437111 or email georgina@thame-market.co.uk

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