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Well winter definitely arrived with us last weekend! Snow and the hardest frost that we’ve had so far this winter. It certainly made me thankful the cattle were all dry and cosy inside. Last Thursday I attended the Lake District stockjudging evening at Penrith mart. What a great community gathering and so well supported. Great stock to judge, however it was tricky with all the different breeds. It wasn’t a surprise my performance was pretty poor!

Charolais bull trade was pretty dire at Carlisle on Friday – just over 55 per cent clearance – but Suffolks were the exact opposite at the Three Nations Sale later on that evening. It was flying with 100 per cent clearance and topping at 11,000gns for a cracker of a Rhaeadr ewe lamb. 


Chelford’s well known senior auctioneer, Roy Waller, is retiring at the end of this month (he’s been there more than 50 years) but I gather he will still handle the market’s monthly machinery sale.
Despite some warnings of pressure on the beef market last week, it doesn’t seem to have been too bad and, surprise surprise, the lamb trade has held up and even increased a penny or two in some markets.

Some sales coming up this next week are:

  • Saturday, November 28, Newark winter warmers show and sale.
  • Saturday, November 28, north west midlands and north Wales Limousin club sale at Welshpool livestock market.
  • Sunday, November 29, Mart's the Heart supported Craven Lingfield show (CCM Christmas primestock shows) at Skipton auction mart.
  • Monday, November 30, and Tuesday, December 1, Mart's the Heart is supporting the Aberdeen Christmas Classic at Thainstone Centre.
Enjoy the rest of your week.

Steph Ryder
Head of Commercial Sales & Development, Farmers Guardian

P.S. Next week's issue of Farmers Guardian is one to watch out for. It includes the ever popular A1 wall planner, with all the main agricultural dates you'll need for 2016.
I think our hens are at risk of trench foot and our sheep at risk of being washed away with this horrendous weather! What a wet, wet week where our river levels have been worryingly high.

Away from flood concerns, we said goodbye to the latest batch of piglets. It’s always sad to see them go, however, their latest adventure (which ended up in next door’s front room) was the last straw and the signal that perhaps they were best away! Prices were a bit disappointing, making £1.20 per kilo – hardly worth it for all the hassle involved in completing the movement declaration online which nearly finished me off! 

Store lamb prices remain strong, which surely is an indication that there are expectations prime lamb values will increase in price soon? Early signs this week are fat lamb prices have indeed continued to creep up – an SQQ of 173p/kg I understand at Bakewell, for example. That’s about 20p up on the week!


Meanwhile, the beef market is under pressure again, with plenty of meat from abroad, skins worth less and abattoirs’ waste disposal charges increasing again.

Sales to look out for this week:
  • Thursday, November 19, evening show and sale of Suffolk sheep at NWA, Kendal.
  • Friday, November 20, farm displenishing sale of tractors and more at Lanark Agricultural Market.
  • Friday, November 20, Fox Bennett’s on-farm auction of beef cattle and machinery – High Leys Farm, LE6 0HA.
  • Friday, November 20, Three Nations Suffolk females at Borderway, plus Charolais bulls and females.
  • Sunday, November 22, sale of rare and minority breed poultry, waterfowl, cage birds and equipment at Longtown Mart.
I’m at the Lake District Livestock judging evening this Thurday evening at Penrith mart, so maybe see you there.

Steph Ryder
Head of Commercial Sales & Development, Farmers Guardian
Someone turn off the tap! The rain has been serious this past week – there’s water underfoot like you wouldn't believe. We managed to synchronise getting the cattle in following the only dry day we'had this week. It’s still unseasonably warm which is a worry for pneumonia.

We had a healthy heifer calf born this week – but it was not what we were expecting. Being out of a pure Limousin we had inseminated to a pure Limousin, we expected a pure Limousin calf. What we've ended up with is a Shorthorn cross! The cow was running out with one of our Shorthorn cows with a big Shorthorn bull calf at foot. He was obviously more advanced in his ways than we thought.

At the weekend we had the Mart's the Heart Awards presentations, kindly hosted by the LAA. The awards have been so well supported, with just short of 5,000 votes from our readers. Well done to Paul Gentry, Auctioneer of the Year; Ian Atkinson, New Auctioneer of the Year; and to Monmouthshire Market Cafe, Mart Cafe of the year.


I managed to get to a couple of sales this week, nothing too exciting to report on the pedigree side. In-lamb sales are starting – Beeston Suffolks were better than expected; a good Ayrshire sale at Carlisle, although the commercial dairy trade generally is weak; a strong Aberdeen-Angus dispersal, a record top at Castle Douglas Salers and at Beeston’s suckled calf sale.
The week’s good news has got to be a generally sharper trade for prime lambs – there’s hope for those dear store lambs yet!

Some sales coming up this next week:
  • Friday, November 13, The East Witton Fair show and sale of store cattle, feeding bulls and suckled calves at Leyburn auction mart.
  • Saturday, November 14, Mart's the Heart-supported sale of working sheepdogs and young dogs at Bala, Ruthin Farmers.
  • Saturday, November 14, autumn collective and vintage machinery sale at Hexham mart. 
  • Saturday, November 14, sale of 7,000 store sheep at Leek auction.
Have a grand week,

Steph Ryder
Head of Commercial Sales & Development, Farmers Guardian
I notice cattle are disappearing out of the fields and being replaced with hill-bred hoggs. Our cattle are still out, but only just. We are feeding silage, but it’s getting a bit clarty underfoot with the recent wet weather - that’s when I can see the stock through the fog!

I spent 12 hours without a minute to spare at Agri-Expo last Friday. A great day was had, with so much going on. The standard of stock was serious, and the passion and enthusiasm demonstrated from the young handlers in particular was a treat to see. Ten-year-old Finlay Soutter really had the crowd behind him in the commercial ring, handling his heifer, which was considerably bigger than him, with the confidence and skill of an old hand.

Swaledale trade is still flying but everything else is, well, steady. The exception might be store lambs where at many sales there certainly seems to be some confidence it will be possible to make a margin.
 
A number of Mart's the Heart sales are coming up this weekend:
  • Friday, November 6, a Mart’s the Heart sale of weanlings and suckled calves at Beeston.
  • Saturday, November 7, a Mart’s the Heart sale of Salers at Castle Douglas mart.
  • Saturday, November 7, a Mart’s the Heart sale at Beeston; its annual autumn show and sale of pedigree Suffolk sheep.
  • Saturday, November 7, Penrith auction mart is having an on-farm sale of tractors, machinery, implements and tools on behalf of N. and C. Richards. This sale starts at 10.30am and will be held at Woodfoot, Bampton, Penrith, CA10 2QJ.
Have a grand Guy Fawkes night!
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