FOR the uninformed who think market reports are in a foreign language, Richard Hyde of Hereford Market Auctioneers has produed this glossary of names and descriptions.

PIGS Sow: Female pig having had one or more litters of piglets.

Gilt or Hilt: Female pig having had none or one litter of piglets.

Boar: Un-castrated male pig.

Hogg: Castrated male pig.

Weaner: Young pig weaned from mother.

Store Pigs: Pig being fattened for human consumption.

Porkers: Pigs up to 65kg live weight for pork production.

Cutters: Pigs 66kg to 90kg for cutting joints.

Baconers: Pigs 90kg plus for cutting joints and bacon production.

SHEEP Ewe: Female sheep over 18 months of age.

Yearling: Female sheep over 18 months of age with two broad teeth.

Two-year-old: Two-year-old sheep with four broad teeth.

Three-year-old: Three-year-old sheep with six broad teeth.

Four-year-old: Four-year-old sheep with eight broad teeth.

Full Mouth: Sheep with four broad teeth of four years of age or more.

Broken Mouth: Sheep with less than eight broad teeth having lost a tooth.

Good In Udder or Good Underneath: Ewes having lost teeth but sound in udder.

Cull Ewe: Ewes at the end of breeding lifetime sold for human consumption.

New Season Lamb: Lambs born in the current season remain lambs up to December 31 of each year. On January 1, those lambs from the previous year become hoggets.

Hoggets: Lambs having been kept until January 1, following their year of birth.

Ram or Tup: Un-castrated male sheep for fattening or breeding purposes.

Wether: Castrated male sheep for slaughter, can be wether lamb, wether hogg, yearling wether and two to full mouth wether.

Ewe Lamb or Hogg: Female sheep.

Gimmer: North country term for ewe lamb or yearling ewe.

Ewes and Lambs or Couples: Ewes sold with lambs at foot in the spring, usually from February to May.

CATTLE Bull: Un-castrated male for breeding or fattening.

Steer/Bullock: Castrated male animal for fattening and beef production.

Heifer: Female animal having had up to one calf.

Cow: Female bovine having had one calf or more.

Calf: Young bovine usually up to six months of age.

Weanling: Weaned calf of usually four to eight months of age