The Livestock Auctioneers' Association Limited (LAA)

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16^th December 2016 Trade Talk by James Morrish Christmas is always a special time at Kivells Markets with quality and quantity in abundance. This year's shows saw hundreds of people in attendance to witness the judging of over 700 cattle, sheep and pigs with the 2016 Supreme Champion being 'Hot tottie' a 17mth old Limousin heifer from M/S Calcraft of Honiton reaching... Read the full article

12^th December 2016 Trade Talk by Robert Meadmore As 2016 draws to a close, it is an apt time to reflect on the events of the past 12 months. Most areas of agriculture, and definitely the fields that I operate in have enjoyed a respectable but not record year. Whether you voted to leave or stay, the drop in the value of sterling certainly helped sheep producers in all... Read the full article

5^th December 2016 Trade Talk by Hugh Brown What an autumn season we have had. With our new £5.5m cattle development rising from the site of the old fat cattle shed, we can't wait to have it operational next spring. In the meantime, we are selling stores and fat from our existing store building. With the store season this meant we simply had too many cattle to... Read the full article

5^th December 2016 Stephen Dodsworth - Darlington The prime sheep market, since our first new season lambs appeared in the spring, has craved weight. 2016 has certainly proved to be a good year for the heavyweight lamb producer. Our weekly red market always sees the well fleshed lambs very easy to sell. However, at least at the moment, the days are gone when the buyer... Read the full article

24^th November 2016 Trade Talk by Will Probert Prime lambs sell to £95.80 despite the traditional “October low” over the past week, seeing a similar trend to previous years, although prices have been on average £12/ head up on year. Entries of prime lambs have increased week in week out, with entries doubling if not tripling compared to similar years. Many farmers have... Read the full article

24^th November 2016 New LAA chairman appointed John Brereton, an auctioneer with more than 40 years of experience, is the new chairman of the Livestock Auctioneers Association. Working as a specialist dealing with all types of livestock, farm dispersal sales and agricultural properties, as a managing partner of Jones Peckover, John operates through St Asaph and Oswestry... Read the full article

22^nd November 2016 Positive ministerial meeting for UK Livestock Brexit Group A group of 18 organisations representing the UK livestock sector, under the chairmanship of Chris Dodds, Executive Secretary of the Livestock Auctioneers Association, met with farming Minister George Eustice and his team in London last week (November 17). The meeting focussed on Brexit priorities and how the group could... Read the full article

17^th November 2016 Trade Talk by Ian Smith Autumn is passing us by and winter is fast approaching. The autumn sales have been a busy time with both cattle & sheep exchanging owners readily. Last Friday was our Store Cattle sale, with a straight 400 head penned, alongside the store cattle were 120 calves. The calf entry saw the Annual Show which attracted more calves... Read the full article

14^th November 2016 Will Probert named Marts the Heart New Auctioneer of the Year 2016 Will Probert, prime sheep and store cattle auctioneer with RG and RB Williams Auctioneers Ltd at Ross Auction Centre, has been named as Farmers Guardian’s Marts the Heart New Auctioneer of the Year 2016. Will was presented with the award at the British Farming Awards on 20th October, and we caught up with him to find out... Read the full article

9^th November 2016 Meg Elliott named Marts the Heart Auctioneer of the Year 2016 Leek Auctions’ pedigree and commercial dairy auctioneer Meg Elliott has been named as Farmers Guardian’s Marts the Heart Auctioneer of the Year 2016. We speak to Meg to discover more about her passion for the industry and what she feels makes the role of the auctioneer so vital for the industry. It will come as little... Read the full article

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

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