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12^th July 2016 Auction mart prices boosted post Brexit Livestock markets across the country are reporting a lift in prices when compared to a year ago...with Brexit showing some instant positives for UK farmers. Chris Dodds, executive secretary of the Livestock Auctioneers Association, reports that the weakening of the pound, coupled to supply and demand, is seeing firmer... Read the full article

1^st July 2016 Trade Talk by Robert Addison What an interesting week. England's rugby team triumphed superbly down in Australia, while the country's footballers once again managed to spectacularly under achieve, moaning of tiredness and too much stress - perhaps they should take up farming as an alternative career? However, the biggest surprise was undoubtedly the... Read the full article

21^st June 2016 Trade Talk by Simon Draper Spring has nearly gone and winter is just around the corner, that's what it felt like stood in Thame market last Friday with a north wind blowing and rain in the air. Will this be the last blast of cold air or will we have a chilly feeling on June 24th? In our canteen most customers were in heated debate on the right and... Read the full article

21^st June 2016 Trade Talk by Lyndon Trumper It's hard to believe that it's June again...and even more amazing that we've now been in occupation of our new market site at Raglan for 2½ years. We're grateful for some tremendously loyal support which has seen numbers grow in all categories and coincided with what has been a reasonably satisfactory trade. We've seen... Read the full article

17^th June 2016 Trade Talk by Graham Ellis With Colchester being the only weekly livestock market operating in the Eastern Counties, 2016 has seen a very disappointing beef trade. But at least the live auction system is supporting producers, enabling cattle to be sold with competition. We have no weight limits and grading is by the eye of the beast... Read the full article

2^nd June 2016 Russell Jeanes - Auctioneer We’ve been discussing with our landlords for more than 10 years about the relocation of our market to a new site to the north of the town. The new plans have now been drawn up and are on our website - www.louthmarket.co.uk. We have operated the market in partnership with other local businesses for decades and expect this... Read the full article

26^th May 2016 Trade Talk by Alastair Brown at Thrapston Market Sales at both our marts in Thrapston and Stratford-Upon-Avon have painted a similar picture, with prices for store cattle performing well when compared to finished prices. Store cattle numbers at Thrapston have been averaging approximately 200 - 250 every Saturday this year which commonly now starts to tail off as we get... Read the full article

20^th May 2016 Trade Talk - Stephen Dennis In the North West the first week in May sees the start of the premier sales for hoggs with lambs at foot. The first of the Bentham Sales held last Wednesday is highly regarded as offering top quality annual consignments and looking back at the 2015 sale results I was reminded how expensive they were. Mule hoggs with singles... Read the full article

12^th May 2016 Trade Talk - Robert Meadmore At the time of writing, like everyone else, Mid Wales eagerly awaits the appearance of some spring warmth, with a lot of the stock we process depending on a plentiful supply of grass. Traditionally spring is a quieter time for our three centres, Hay-on-Wye, Builth Wells and Rhayader, with weekly entries of hoggetts between... Read the full article

6^th May 2016 Trade Talk by Tim Webster Market Manager & Head of Cattle - Melton Mowbray Market With the April sunshine the store cattle have been out in abundance. We have held a couple of catalogue sales, combined with the British Bazadaise Cattle Society sale, seeing 6-700 head weekly. Prices have been strong with several animals fetching in excess of £1,000,... Read the full article

28^th April 2016 Trade Talk - Rhys Davies Our last sale of suckler bred store cattle included a number of organic cattle. Twelve months ago, cattle topped at £1,445 for an organic Charolais cross steer. The top price at this year's sale was £1,210 for a smart 590kg Limousin cross steer. Welsh Black steers topped at £1,400 12 months ago, whilst this year, the top... Read the full article

14^th April 2016 Farmers Weekly - Trade Talk April 2016 I once read a piece about financial economists who have to have an opinion and make predictions on their chosen subject simply because that is their job and people ask them. If people didn’t ask them they wouldn’t need to have an opinion. Well, we as livestock auctioneers are in the same boat, we think about past events,... Read the full article

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