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Sedge today.
An exceptionally busy market considering that the Devon County show was taking place just down the M5 which saw yet again a massive entry of some 930 store cattle and another massive entry of cull ewes and baby calves penned up.
Store cattle, 939 penned up with everything from fit to kill steers/ heifers at 2 years old selling up/down £1100 head to a long run of 31/ 33 month old cattle around the 350 kilo mark and making up/down £500 head.
Trade overall was down by some £40/50 head on last week with many very good runs of strong (450/500 ish kilo ) steers and heifers selling anywhere from £755 to £850 head.
At least 1/3rd penned today were NON FA and these were mostly well bred/ farmed cattle, numbers of NON FA strong store cattle seem to be rising week on week with increasing numbers of vendors talking about quitting the scheme as they just see increased costs and no benefits when selling from it!
Stirks, a shorter entry what was mostly small dairy bred cattle with very few strong/ medium suckler bred sorts also sold to a trade around £40/50 head down on the week.
Sheep, cull ewes sounded a stand on trade from what I was told, 600 store hogs/ Spring lambs penned with spring lambs generally between £70/90 head and hogs with a decent finish up/down/ £85/90 head, still plenty of long keep hogs being penned up which are now seeing very little demand.
Highlight of the day was the orphan lambs with a strong 6 week old ewe lamb making an incredible £60 head.
An exceptionally busy market considering that the Devon County show was taking place just down the M5 which saw yet again a massive entry of some 930 store cattle and another massive entry of cull ewes and baby calves penned up.
Store cattle, 939 penned up with everything from fit to kill steers/ heifers at 2 years old selling up/down £1100 head to a long run of 31/ 33 month old cattle around the 350 kilo mark and making up/down £500 head.
Trade overall was down by some £40/50 head on last week with many very good runs of strong (450/500 ish kilo ) steers and heifers selling anywhere from £755 to £850 head.
At least 1/3rd penned today were NON FA and these were mostly well bred/ farmed cattle, numbers of NON FA strong store cattle seem to be rising week on week with increasing numbers of vendors talking about quitting the scheme as they just see increased costs and no benefits when selling from it!
Stirks, a shorter entry what was mostly small dairy bred cattle with very few strong/ medium suckler bred sorts also sold to a trade around £40/50 head down on the week.
Sheep, cull ewes sounded a stand on trade from what I was told, 600 store hogs/ Spring lambs penned with spring lambs generally between £70/90 head and hogs with a decent finish up/down/ £85/90 head, still plenty of long keep hogs being penned up which are now seeing very little demand.
Highlight of the day was the orphan lambs with a strong 6 week old ewe lamb making an incredible £60 head.
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