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w/e MONDAY 24TH OCTOBER 2016

WEEKLY SALES NEWS

STOCK SOLD DURING THE WEEK

Prime Sheep 1294

Store Cattle 289

Prime Cattle 299

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Wednesday 19th October 2016

606 Spring Lambs 27 Ewes SQQ – 157.70 £85.00 and 176p/kg £63.50

Prime Sheep – 606 Forward

A most disappointing trade this week. Buyers were given instructions not to give more than 150p/kg for any

weight which made trading difficult.

Mike Dickens sold his Beltex X handyweight at 176p/kg. Texel X from Tom Dancer sold at 175p/kg. Leach

Farm sold 44kg Beltex X 173p/kg. Mrs A Payne sold her pen of Texel’s at 167p/kg.

Charlie Randall topped the day at £85.00 for heavy weights. Derek Barlow followed at £82.00, Neil Rogers

made £80.00 as did Edward Gurney and Richard Tredwell.

Cull Ewes – 24 Forward

Lean Texel ewes sold to £63.50, Continental X sold at £55.00 as did fat mules.

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

LAMBS (32.1-39) 12 158.06 162.00

LAMBS (39.1-45.5) 260 157.68 176.00

LAMBS (45.6-52) 276 155.98 166.00

LAMBS (52+) 58 145.40 148.00

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

CULL EWES 27 53.50 63.50

SELLER PPH

R RANDALL & SON 85

DJ & AEM BARLOW 82

G I ROGERS & SON 80

R RANDALL & SON 80

J & J TREDWELL 80

G I ROGERS & SON 80

E GURNEY & SONS 80

LEACH FARMS LTD 80

T R SMITH 78

R RANDALL & SON 78

SELLER PPK

M J DICKENS 176

T DANCER 175

LEACH FARMS LTD 173

E GURNEY & SONS 173

A PAYNE 167

A PAYNE 167

T R SMITH 166

R RANDALL & SON 163

D DASHWOOD 162

D DASHWOOD 162

Border Collie Puppies for sale

Excellent working parents

£250

Price includes microchipping and 1st jab.

8 weeks and

Ready to go 28th September

Phone John Morton for more details

07831 718576

ASSISTANT SHEPHERD/TRACTOR DRIVER REQUIRED

SHEEP/ARABLE FARM, WENDOVER. CV/DETAILS TO BANKFARM@NTLWORLD.COM OR WRITE TO AE

MOGFORD AND SON, BANKFARM, WENDOVER, HP22 6NE TEL: 07973744436

Friday 21st October 2016

Steers to £1150.00 Heifers to £1000.00 Cows & Calves to £1590.00 Store Sheep to £67.80

Store Cattle – 279 Forward

Another total clearance achieved today, trade similar to the last few weeks but with a few leaner sorts on

offer.

Mr R A French topped the day at £1150.00 for Aberdeen Angus steers at 24 months others from the same

farm sold at £1118.00. M/s DL & RJ Fisher sold their run of Simmentals and Charolais X steers to £1125.00

at 19 months for a pen of 5. Sulham Estates followed at £1080.00, M/s Stacey £1055.00 and M/s Gray the

same. A run of Hereford X steers from Mr A Fowles sold to £1080.00 and £1075.00. British Blue X Friesian

from M/s Gray sold at £1052.00. 17 month Charolais X from M/s Fisher topped at £1030.00. A run of Limousin

X suckled steers from B Howkins & Son sold to £800.00 and £758.00. Charolais X 10 months from Fisher

Street Farms sold at £842.00.

M/s Fisher topped the heifers at £1000.00 for a pen of 5 Charolais at 19 months. Aberdeen Angus X sold to

£922.00 from M/s Haynes. Simmental X from Billy Masters sold at £898.00. Suckled heifers sold to £698.00

for Charolais X from Fisher Street Farms. Limousin X from M/s Howkins & Son sold to £695.00 and £978.00.

A Charolais cow & heifer calf sold for £1590 from A S Harman.

Store Sheep – 356 Forward

Some quality lambs on offer this week selling to a flyer and plenty of longer keep types making them look

cheap. M/s Barlow took £67.80 for tight skinned Texel’s in need of finish. M/s G E Haynes & Son had £64.00

for Texel’s just lacking the backs on them to average over £66.00. Only the very long keepers and rare breeds

sold to less than £55.00. Grazing ewes from Mr T Shaw looked extremely dear with broken mules to £46.00.

Many more sheep of all descriptions needed for next week.

NOS MAX PRICE (PR/HD)

TOP BREED TOP VENDOR

STEERS 166 1150.00 ABERDEEN ANGUS R A FRENCH

HEIFERS 111 1000.00 CHAROLAIS DC & RJ FISHER

COW & CALF 1 1590.00 CHAROLAIS A S HARMAN

BULL CALF 8 160.00 ABERDEEN ANGUS R A & M GILES-AUSTIN

HEIFER CALF 2 205.00 ABERDEEN ANGUS R A & M GILES-AUSTIN

STORE SHEEP 356 67.80 DJ & AEM BARLOW

General Farm Worker Required for Modern Mixed

Beef and Arable Farm

Previous Experience Required

450 acres arable and 300 Suckler Cows plus followers

Bucks/Oxon Border

Please apply in writing, references will be required.

Part or Full Time available

Please contact Clare Hawes, Brook Meadow Cottage,

Oakley, Aylesbury, Bucks, HP18 9UL

07966 131687

Deadweight – Week ending Friday 21st October 2016

Stock sold: 299 Cattle and 305 New Season Lambs

Top Prices/Head

Clean Cattle (197)

More clean cattle placed on the week. Again processors tried to lower prices but with demand reported good at retail level and boxing for

Christmas starting we hope that trade holds. Some outstanding cattle placed this week. A tremendous run of singled suckled steers average

£1527.00. Commercial ‘R’ grades to 350p/kg, R grade Aberdeen Angus to 410p/kg and R grade Beef Shorthorns to 375p/kg. A few more

cattle off grass this week and performing well if had help with the bag.

Steers

£1689 Limousin U+4L 20m, SS, Thame Store £1536 Charolais U=3=

£1653 Limousin E4L 19m, SS, Thame Store £1491 Simmental U=3-

£1642 Charolais -U4L 23m, SS, Thame Store £1534 Limousin U=3=

£1620 Charolais -U4H SS, Thame Store £1478 Limousin U=3+

£1611 Limousin U+4L 18m, SS, Thame Store £1442 Beef Shorthorn R4L

£1547 Aberdeen Angus R+2+ £1406 Beef Shorthorn R4L

£1502 Aberdeen Angus R-3- £1343 Beef Shorthorn O+4L

£1469 Aberdeen Angus R-4- 19m, SS, HB

Heifers

£1437 Aberdeen Angus R4L £1350 Charolais -U4L HB, SS

£1401 Aberdeen Angus -U4L £1320 Limousin U=3+ HB, SS

£1408 Blonde D’Aquitaine -U4L HB, SS £1272 Charolais R+4- HB, SS

£1372 Blonde D’Aquitaine R3 HB, SS

Young Bulls

£1429 Limousin U+3- HB, SS, Pure Bred £1338 Charolais -U4L HB, SS, Pure Bred

£1384 Limousin U+2+ HB, SS, Pure Bred £1414 Charolais U=3+ HB, SS, Pure Bred

£1383 Charolais U+3- HB, SS, Pure Bred £1091 British Friesian R+4-

OTM Clean/Mature Bulls/Cull Cows (102)

OTM clean out in force this week with a good run of grass fed examples. –U3 Limousin to £1411, R4H Aberdeen Angus to £1403, O+4L

Simmentals to £1399, R4L Simmentals to £1417, R4L Beef Shorthorn to £1377. Heifers to £1284 for R3 Devons. Aberdeen Angus to £1362

for R4H.

More Dairy Cows placed this week and some good heavyweight O+4L Swedish Reds to £970. O+4H Norwegian Reds to £923, -O4L

Holsteins to £912, £877, £872 and £827. P+2 to £820.

Best fed beef cows a strong demand –U3 Charolais to £1290. R3 to £1203 and £1166. More commercial grass sorts to £996 O+4H and R4L

to £947 for Limousins. R5H Aberdeen Angus to £881.

Mature Bulls to £1419 for R4L Simmental. –U2 Devons to £1280. R3 Hereford to £1265 and British Friesian to £984.

Clean Steer £1689 Beef Cow £1290

Clean Heifer £1437 Dairy Cow £970

Young Bulls £1429 OTM Clean Steer £1411

Mature Bull £1419 OTM Clean Heifer £1010

Commercial

Steers/Heifers

Best Butchers

Heifers

Beef Shorthorns

Young Bulls

Aberdeen

Angus

Organic

U+ 380p 360p

-U 365p 370p 380p 350p 415p

R 355p 360p 375p 340p 410p 405p

O+ 345p 365p 330p 405p 390p

-O 360p

Best

Beef Cows

Dairy

Cows

OTM’s

OTM Aberdeen

Angus

Commercial

Beef Cows

-U 275p 353p 255p

R 270p 245p 345p 400p 250p

O+ 265p 235p 337p 385p 240p

-O 225p 23p

P+ 215p

PLEASE NOTE THAT GRAHAM (GB FOOTWEAR)

MAY NOT BE AT MARKET EVERY WEEK IN THE

COMING MONTHS

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BUY ANY BOOTS THEN

PLEASE CONTACT HIM ON:

01933 275855

THE HARRISON HERD A quality selection of Pedigree Young Ab-

erdeen Angus Bulls for Sale. Ideal for crossing Dairy/ Suckler Herd

07582 369 674 (M1 Junction 18)

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

Spring Lambs (305)

Trade very firm for the time of year. Lambs

are required on a weekly basis – pre

booking by THURSDAY is essential. As

of Monday 24th October 2016 all lambs

must be belly clipped and dagged.