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5^th September 2022 Trade Talk - Ted Ogden - Auctioneer, CCM Auctions Silly season 2022 is well and truly underway and at our recent sales of Gimmer Shearlings, Ewes and Rams there were over 5,000 head sold with quality in very good demand. The Mule Shearlings at the top end of the sale, generally having sucked lambs and being double vaccinated, could find a trade of £225 to £270, the stronger... Read the full article

25^th August 2022 Trade Talk - Ben Baggott - Auctioneer, Barbers, Market Drayton Livestock Market Outlets for TB Restricted Cattle Since the start of our monthly “Orange” sale at Market Drayton for TB restricted cattle in January 2021 we have sold just a little over 4000 head of cattle. Now a firm fixture in our calendar the sale offers farmers a competitive marketing outlet for cattle selling to a ring of between... Read the full article

22^nd August 2022 New chair elected as LAA Next Generation Group looks to shape the future of red meat supply chain Greg Christopher elected chair as next generation farmers and livestock auctioneers look at new opportunities and challenges Helping to shape the future of the livestock industry by engaging with the next generation of farmers and newcomers to the industry will remain one of the key functions of the Livestock Auctioneers’... Read the full article

19^th August 2022 Trade Talk - Will Wallis - Auctioneer, Frome Livestock Auctioneers At long last the finished pig prices have started to rise and are now showing an upward weekly trend, as a result of carcass weights reducing and numbers seeming to become tighter nationally. The summer holidays and BBQ season are also helping. Unfortunately, although the prices are higher than this time last year, so is... Read the full article

15^th August 2022 Trade Talk - Nick Woodmass - C & D Auction Marts Limited, Longtown Auction Mart The first of the store lamb sales have set off on a strong note here at Longtown Auction Mart, with the first sale averaging £85.15 per head which was £3.15 up on the year, with a strong contingent of local buyers in attendance. Lambs were well sold however, as we move into the larger sales at the end of August/ September,... Read the full article

10^th June 2022 Trade Talk – Andrew Clements, Associate, Greenslade Taylor Hunt, Sedgemoor Auction Centre With the upward trajectory of the farm gate milk price many are wondering what effect this will have on the supply of dairy cows to the market. The recent exceptional trades have held and actually got stronger as we progressed through our May dispersal sales which totalled over 2200 Dairy cattle sold by GTH through the... Read the full article

6^th June 2022 Trade Talk - York Auction Centre - Archie Stephenson, BA (Hons) At our primestock sale on Monday 30th May, we had 249 cattle and 331 sheep forward. Whilst prime cattle aren’t quite at the dizzy heights we saw back in April, demand for smart heifers is consistently strong, with an average of £2.66/kg topping at £3.19/kg, best grossing heifer at £1939, partly down to medium wholesale... Read the full article

27^th May 2022 Top auctioneer students recognised at Harper Adams University graduation ceremony The winners of the Golden Gavel and LAA Gavel awards were recently announced during the Annual Graduation Ceremony for the Livestock Market Operations and Management course, hosted by Harper Adams University and attended by the Livestock Auctioneers’ Association (LAA). Daniel Slade, livestock procurement manager at Thame... Read the full article

6^th May 2022 Direct sellers come back to live market as cost of production contracts fail Welsh producers Wales livestock markets see more than £63 million increase in turnover during 2021 Direct sellers and producers have been returning to the live sales rings of Wales, having increasingly experienced integrated supply chains and cost of production contracts fail them, while livestock markets have been achieving record prices... Read the full article

6^th May 2022 Trade Talk - Dafydd Davies, Sheepdog Auctioneer and Trainee Livestock Auctioneer, Farmers Marts (R G Jones) Ltd, Dolgellau With the spring of 2022 well under way, the start of 2022 has brought with it many challenges and opportunities. With fertiliser prices reaching a record high, and concentrated feed nearing and exceeding the £300/t mark in some regions, it has forced many farming businesses to re-think and re-structure their business planning... Read the full article

29^th April 2022 Trade Talk – Greg Christopher, Livestock Auctioneer, Sunderlands, Hereford Market and Builth Market Like all commodity prices at present beef and lamb are trading at very good levels. The beef trade at present is the dearest we have seen, prices for cull cows are at record levels with very strong export demand for manufacturing beef. This has been passed on into the clean cattle and therefore is reflected in the current... Read the full article

14^th April 2022 Trade Talk - Glyn Lucas – Dairy Sales Manager, Harrison & Hetherington Dawn of a New Era The obsession to milk more and more cows has preoccupied most milk producers now for the past few decades, but this fixation is finally coming to an end. Market volatility, improving productivity, welfare, automating systems, environment, improving work life balance and attracting staff and retaining... Read the full article

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