The Farmers Mart Feb/Mar 2015 - Issue 38 | Page 58

Selby Auction Mart STRONG IN SHEEP & CATTLE TOO “Selby’s sheep market sees suffered most,” he admitted. “There just seemed to be too great a supply than demand at fat lambs coming to market the time. But we have kicked from lowland ewes. off 2015 with a good trade and ‘It’s probably fair to say our farmers are a lot that the fat lambs we get at happier than Selby are smarter than those they were. kept in the hills just because A large of the geography. It’s flat land proportion around where we are and that of our means we get some of the best vendors butchers’ lambs. We get a good are early market here and our buying Spring lambs are a bit earlier store than marts further west and cattle in so north. Prices have started well they need a this year.” strong fat cattle The cattle market is another ABOUT RICHARD uncles and first thought Richard was of becoming a livestock Richard had a lot of farming auctioneer when he attended born in Corpach, market to keep them the East of Scotland College in near Fort William in of Selby’s real strengths. After in profit. As well as our fat Scotland, where his father was Edinburgh where he studied for a long run of good prices there cattle sale on a Wednesday we a transmitter manager for the an HND in Agriculture. was a dip in the trade last also have our store cattle sale BBC. He grew up near Hexham, summer but Richard is pleased every fortnight on a Saturday. and many of his family are Scottish roots he was a to report that period didn’t last “Fatstock cattle buyers Although proud of his from Alnwick. His parents definite NO voter to Scottish provide a healthy number of now live near Wooler and, not independence. something like 15-20 around surprisingly, Richard admits had for three or four years the ring every week,” Richard that Northumberland is his and they have a seven year old and the bull market probably added. favourite place. daughter, Verity. too long. “It was a dip that we hadn’t Fat Cattle Scales Richard is married to Fiona Sheep Scales For ALL Your Weighing Requirements SPECIALISTS in Livestock Weighing • All Types of Livestock Weighing • Platform Scales • Bagging Scales • Forklift and Pallet Truck Weighing • Silo, Hopper and Tank Weighing Weighbridges • Portable and Fixed Weighbridges • Wheel and Axle Weighers • Yield Software • Livestock Scanning Interface Systems • Repair, Service and Calibration Note: We Are Now In Our New Premises At: Unit 3 A & B Muirhall Road, Larbert FK5 4RF Tel: [phone] Mobile: [phone] Email: [email protected] Web: www.weighingsolutions.co.uk 58 Feb/Mar 2015 www.farmers-mart.co.uk Weighing Terminals