WEDNESDAY 3RD MARCH who also sold others to £120. Continental X to £135 FINISHED HOGGETS – A top price of 310p/kg from CG Ball. All first quality generally £118-£130, (£110-35.5kg) from T Davies, Bridgend as 1188 with plenty £100 plus. Best Mules to £100 from RD hoggets sold to another cracking trade to level at Edwards & Son, Colwinston, several meated Mules 281.06p/kg and a brisk clearance. £90 plus. A good entry of heavy tegs saw these improve Hill bred ewes a very sharp trade. Kerry Hills to £89 outstandingly with a top per head of £155 (69kg) from Nicholas Partners, Llanfair Green; Radnors to from IG Jones, ; £153 (71kg) from JC & ME £88.50 from DJ & AM Vaughan, . Best Price, Grosmont, and £151 (64.5kg) from JJ Welsh up to £84 from MD Roberts, Hollybush. Greenow & Sons, Llanthony, as 12 different lots Several pens of meated Welsh £70-£75, mediums made of £140. 190 hoggets over 45.6kg averaged £55-£65, with a few bunches of small or plain £45- £133.72p/kg. £50, only the very small or plain under £40. Rams With strong demand for all weights the best sorts to £125.50 from J Knight, Glos, several medium in all SQQ ranges made in excess of 285p/kg sized £90-£105. including: Yearling sheep still meeting a good premium over Lights to the older counterparts. 290p/kg (£87.50-30.2kg) CW & HM Morris, Pandy Goats to £125 from PA & MJ Rymer, Portskewett.

286p/kg (£88.80-31kg) J Roberts, CULL SHEEP Number Max Average 285p/kg (£87.00-30.5kg) S Joseph, Coity CULL EWES 413 137.00 67.11 Standards to CULL RAMS 41 125.50 79.59 310p/kg (£110.00-35.5kg) T Davies, Bridgend GOAT 2 125.00 125.00 299p/kg (£104.50-35.0kg) E Matthews, Sigginstone LAMB/TEG 2 5.00 3.00 296p/kg (£103.50-35.0kg) E & DJ Thomas, Penpergwm

Mediums to STORE SHEEP – Store lambs continue their 307p/kg (£129.00-42.0kg) CG Ball, Brynderi incredible trade. Generally less strength in the 301p/kg (£127.50-42.3kg) TW & BE Jones, Magor 298p/kg (£134.00-45.0kg) Llwynyorath Fm, Bettws entry, the best up to £119 from J Cowen, Heavies to Pontypool, with all strength £110 plus. Mediums 293p/kg (£134.00-45.7kg) DM Andrews, Llanllowell generally £95-£105, with the smartest lambs 285p/kg (£131.00-46.0kg) GG Lewis, Cilbebyll looking a real trade at £85-£95. Welsh to a top of Overweights to £98 for a tup lamb from DJ Brain, Littledean, very 277p/kg (£149.50-54.0kg) ED Lewis, Llantwit Major small plainer Welsh £48-£55, only those sold with 263p/kg (£182.20-54.0kg) KS & J Davies, Pencaemawr faults under £40. 263p/kg (£138.00-52.5kg) JJ Greenow & Sons, Llanthony A small entry of couples from PA & MJ Rymer met

Finished Hoggets Number Max p/kg Average plenty of interest, selling Texel X ewes with single 17-25.4kg 6 214.00 199.24 lambs to £186 (£93/life). Welsh ewes with singles 25.5-32kg 113 290.00 278.75 to £118 (£59/life). 32.1-39kg 547 310.00 279.71 A few pens of aged inlamb ewes on offer, Welsh 39.1-45.5kg 332 307.00 283.52 selling to £75 (scanned singles), Speckles to £70 45.6-52kg 134 293.00 270.50 (scanned singles). 52+kg 56 277.00 247.71 PHIL JONES

Total 1188 SQQ 281.06p/kg REARING CALVES – A good entry of 66 rearing

MIKE DAVIES calves sold to a good level trade. Half a dozen of the best Blue bulls sold from £295 to £350 with the CULL SHEEP –458 cull sheep to another flying trade. top call for a calf from Price & Co Farming Ltd. Suffolk cross ewes to £137 from LH Attewell, Magor Medium sized calves £200-£280. Smaller mostly Limousin bulls £150-£200. Blue heifers every bit as Grazing steers sold to £1240 (484kg-28m) for dear as the bulls with the tops at £325 & £305, outlying Charolais crosses from CJ Francis, Cardiff. again from Price & Co. Mediums £200-£240, Charolais crosses from FJ & MD Beaumont, Triley smaller Limousin heifers £100-£160. Angus calves sold to £1200 (575kg-22m). Outlying steers topped continue to sell to a very fast trade with heifers at at 291p/kg (275kg-£800) for Charolais crosses (18m) £310 & £265 and a bull at £230 all from Price & Co. from CJ Francis, Cardiff. All the good grazing types The Herefords couldn’t match this pace peaking at in excess of 240p/kg. £145 for a heifer from DJ & R Bennett. Dairy bulls An excellent show of heifers forward today which maintaining a decent trade with 1 st quality £80 plus were particularly easy to sell. The forward sorts including 3 at £110, £108 & £105 once again from sold to £1355 (580kg-24m) for a tremendous Price & Co. A dozen middling sorts from £60-£80 Limousin cross from PM & ML Thomas, Llangan. with smalls mostly £27-£42, although 1 weak calf Charolais crosses to £1260 (595kg-22m) from FJ & only made £14. MD Beaumont, Triley. Limousin crosses to £1245 KEITH SPENCER (625kg-18m) from DP Rees & Co, Crickhowell. The

STIRKS/YOUNG STORES – A wonderful show of best of the Native breeds to £1100 (584kg-15m) for young cattle (136 head) selling to a serious trade named sire Aberdeen Angus crosses. throughout with strong competition for all sorts. A larger entry of grazing types forward which saw Steers sold to £1080 & £1045 (Char, 11-12m) from Charolais crosses fetch 238p/kg (445kg-21m) from RJ Price & Co, Mamhilad, and £1000 (Lim, 13m) Clytha Farm Partnership, Bettws Newydd. WT & from DH & WT Roberts, Blackmill, who sold others AM Edwards, Pontypool sold Limousin crosses to at £970. MW Jones, Craig Cefn Parc sold to £960 234p/kg (447kg-18m). The best from M & C Jones, (LimX, 10m) & £930 (LimX, 11m). RT Watkins, Llanveynoe to 234p/kg (462kg-20m) for Charolais sold to £955 & £940 (10-11m) with LJ crosses. & BM Watkins, Croesyceiliog selling 12 month Lims Averages to £940. 101 steers – ave. £1083.71 or 218p/kg In p/kg terms RJ & ME Willett & Son, Llanmartin 116 heifers – ave. £982.80 or 210p/kg topped at 262p/kg (355kg-£930) with DH & WT Roberts, Blackmill at 259.1p/kg (330kg-£855). LJ & More cattle required each week. All cattle BM Watkins sold to 257.5p/kg with SL Edwards & numbered on arrival. A draw is carried out to Sons at 257p/kg and MD Pritchard at 251p/kg. determine the start in each section. Heifers sold to £1055 also topping from RJ Price & Top Prices per Head Co (CharX, 11m, 455kg) with others from the same Age Kg £/Head Vendor home at £955. RT Watkins topped at £895 (LimX, STEERS 21m 590.0 1360.0 JCD & KA RICHARDSON 9m, 440kg) and JW Cole, Monmouth sold to £875 22m 575.0 1360.0 M & A BROWN (CharX, 12m, 430kg) with others at £855. 20m 530.0 1315.0 M & A BROWN In p/kg, DH & WT Roberts sold to 255.7p/kg (LimX, 23m 582.5 1290.0 JCD & KA RICHARDSON 11m) and also 238p/kg, with Llanbradach Fawr 17m 560.0 1285.0 D & AJ JONES Partnership, Caerphilly selling to 232p/kg (BlondeX, 23m 600.0 1270.0 JCD & KA RICHARDSON 310kg, £720) with RJ & ME Willett & Son at the 28m 484.0 1240.0 CS FRANCIS same money (280kg, £650). 20m 570.0 1215.0 SJ GAIT 22m 575.0 1200.0 FJ & MD BEAUMONT STORE CATTLE – An improved entry of 217 store 19m 568.6 1170.0 JDR & JL CORBETT cattle forward which were generally much better HEIFERS 24m 580.0 1355.0 PM & ML THOMAS quality than recent weeks. Forward well fleshed 22m 595.0 1260.0 FJ & MD BEAUMONT sorts highly sought after as the beef trade continues 18m 625.0 1245.0 DP REES & CO to rise and buyers look to replace cattle. 23m 635.0 1210.0 D & AJ JONES The grazing types also dearer today as we approach 22m 532.5 1200.0 M & A BROWN spring and turnout. 21m 580.0 1190.0 BK & DE WILLIAMS Feeding steers topped at £1360 (590kg-21m) for 29m 605.0 1170.0 WR & AJ MORGAN superb Limousin crosses from JCD & KA Richardson 24m 565.0 1155.0 FJ & MD BEAUMONT & Son, Itton. MA Brown, Rogerstone sold smart 22m 525.0 1140.0 M & C JONES Limousin crosses to £1360 (575kg-22m) & £1315 15m 583.3 1100.0 D & AJ JONES (530kg-20m). Top Prices per Kilo Age Kg p/kg Vendor STEERS 18m 275.0 290.9 CS FRANCIS 18m 347.5 267.6 CS FRANCIS 28m 484.0 256.2 CS FRANCIS 20m 530.0 248.1 M & A BROWN 16m 445.0 244.9 G, M & R DAVIES 15m 452.5 242.0 MANDLEY & COOPER 18m 436.7 240.4 WT & AM EDWARDS 16m 450.0 236.7 MANDLEY & COOPER 22m 575.0 236.5 M & A BROWN 24m 440.0 235.2 CS FRANCIS HEIFERS 21m 445.0 238.2 CLYTHA FM PTNS 18m 447.0 233.8 WT & AM EDWARDS 24m 580.0 233.6 PM & ML THOMAS 20m 461.3 230.9 M & C JONES 20m 433.3 230.8 CLYTHA FM PTNS 22m 532.5 225.4 M & A BROWN 22m 460.0 225.0 CLYTHA FM PTNS 20m 475.0 224.2 RJ LEWIS & SON 20m 465.0 223.7 FJ & MD BEAUMONT 19m 362.5 222.1 RJ LEWIS & SON LYNDON TRUMPER & STEPHEN WILLIAMS

CULL CATTLE – Just 15 culls but to another excellent trade. A good run of Limousins from Messrs Greenland & Jonah, Llangybi averaging over £1190/head, with 2 cows in excess of 180p/kg at £1235 (665kg) & £1280 (710kg). DM & CS Andrews, Llanllowell sold a Blue cow at 163p/kg (£1235- 760kg). DW Cometson, Rudry sold a Limousin bull at £1055 (800kg-131.9p/kg). Friesians to £890 (665kg-134p/kg) from RJ & DL Morgan & Sons, Raglan.

No Max Average Beef Grade One 8 1280 1162 Grade Two 3 855 729 Bulls 1 1055 1055 Dairy Grade One 1 890 890 Grade Two 2 755 688 MIKE DAVIES