The Livestock Auctioneers' Association Limited (LAA)

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8^th November 2016 Trade Talk by Alastair Sneddon With so many store and breeding sales happening at this time of year we see our regular weekly markets affected by vendors unable to sell stock because of the 6 – day rule. Many of course can circumvent the problems with the use of separate holdings, be they their own, a relative or a helpful neighbour. This does, however,... Read the full article

25^th October 2016 Trade Talk by Meg Elliott Heading into the Autumn months, one wonders what might be in store for the dairy trade, particularly after such a tumultuous year. From the depths of genuine despair in the spring, the job has seen a considerable improvement mainly due to the substantial increase in spot price and the perceived general under production. The... Read the full article

9^th October 2016 Trade Talk by James Griffiths Larger numbers of store cattle and dairy forward Last week we saw large numbers of cattle forward in our two markets, but trade has not been dampened by the quantity on offer. Saturday saw a tremendous catalogued entry of 811 store cattle at the 51st annual NFU sale, the majority of which being suckler bred from local... Read the full article

7^th October 2016 New appointment at Livestock Auctioneers Association Lord Inglewood, Cumbrian farmer landowner and businessman, has been appointed as the first patron of the Livestock Auctioneers Association (LAA). An elected hereditary peer, Lord Inglewood is an active politician, serving two terms as a member of the European Parliament between 1989-2004 and since 1999 in the House of Lords. "I... Read the full article

24^th September 2016 Trade Talk by Richard Haigh With most of the combining done in our area drilling next year's crops is next on the agenda for many of our customers at Selby. This usually puts cattle numbers under pressure so it will be interesting to see what numbers are forward over the coming weeks. Recent trade has been more encouraging with cattle prices on a... Read the full article

17^th September 2016 Trade Talk by Archie Hamilton CHEVIOT MULE SALE Our Annual Show and Sale of Cheviot Mule ewe lambs and shearlings took place at the end of last month, with a catalogued entry of 7,825, which was a massive rise of 1,825 on last year's sale. The sale at Longtown is the principal sale for the breed and has gone from strength to strength with only a small... Read the full article

16^th September 2016 Trade Talk by Tom Wrench We are now in full swing of our Autumn fixtures with Breeding sheep sales being most prominent at the moment. The growth of the market in the fat lamb and Cull ewe aisles has seen us expand our mailing list and catchment areas in the last two years. It has been pleasing to see these customers retain with us and either show... Read the full article

9^th September 2016 Trade Talk by David Pritchard Trade Talk by David Pritchard, Operations Director at Harrison and Hetherington Auctioneers, Carlisle, Cumbria. Despite unseasonal weather and abundance of grass at present there is a lot of confidence in the sheep industry. Prime sheep marketing has proved stronger this season and just this week, at Borderway Mart, Carlisle,... Read the full article

5^th September 2016 The more information available when selling cattle through livestock markets the more value that can be added Encouraging UK farmers to enrol on schemes such as BVD free England for example, allows individual animal health information to be openly disclosed before committing to purchase, said Chris Dodds, executive secretary of the Livestock Auctioneers Association. "We believe that the more animal health information we can display... Read the full article

19^th August 2016 Trade Talk by Bernie Hutchinson A real harvest day and the hum of combines around the area did not detract from an almost record entry of stock at Market Drayton Market for the month of August. With buyers and sellers from twelve different counties all converging at Market Drayton. The laws of demand and supply seem to be dramatically fuelling the livestock... Read the full article

12^th August 2016 Trade Talk by Simon Whaley It is certainly nice to feel the positive reaction to the referendum result amongst the Livestock Farmers with the Livestock Markets seeing more customers returning to the auction system to market their stock. Now midway through August and prime lamb numbers creeping up on a weekly basis with between 400-600 being offered... Read the full article

5^th August 2016 Trade Talk by John Uffold On the morning of the referendum result the talk in Ludlow market was not of prices, not of weather (as bad as that has been) - but of politics, of promises, of the future. It felt to me like the morning in 1996 when the headline in the Daily Mirror was, 'It's Official - You can get Mad Cow Disease'. That headline, and... Read the full article

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