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MARKET REPORT MARCH 2021 Monday 22nd March – Prime Stock Market

Current Covid-19 Regulations

 We are strongly encouraging all vendors to “drop & go”. Stock can be sold on “owner’s approval” - please ensure your contact details are on the entry form.  If in extreme cases (chiefly breeding stock) vendors feel strongly about staying to see their stock sold, only one person from a business may stay and they must leave as soon as their stock has been sold.  Everybody must enter via the main entrance and ensure they are wearing face coverings and have sanitised their hands.  We ask all people on site to adhere to strict social distancing measures reverting back to the 2m rule with a face covering.  No social visits can be permitted. Active buyers and sellers only, with just one representative per business allowed. No children allowed.

Kivells would like to thank both vendors and purchasers for their support and co-operation at this difficult time.

EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE 01392 251261 [email protected] www.kivells.com Monday 22nd March

64 PRIME CATTLE & BARREN COWS – 10:45 AM Auctioneer: Simon Alford 07789 980203

Prime Cattle to 237ppk and £1727 Barren Cows and Cull Bulls to 141ppk and £1332

Some exceptional prime cattle forward on Monday saw another strong trade for all on offer with best finished sorts reaching a top of 237ppk for a magnificent 690kg Limousin steer from Bottor Rock Farms, which realised a mighty £1631 although he was eclipsed by a solid looking 740kg Blonde steer off the same farm which racked up 234ppk and a massive £1727. Bottor Rock also saw further Blonde steers make 234ppk and Hereford bullocks to 206ppk and £1300. Roger Adams and Family, saw the best of another fine run of well- fed prime to 222ppk and £1289 for a smart 582kg Charolais heifer whilst Keith and Hilary Harvey of saw a grand 734kg Blonde bred steer draw 220ppk and £1611. Well-covered South steers from Basil and Steve Cane of Spriddlestone, fetched 220ppk and £1372 followed by shapely Limousin steers, firstly from Adrian Bowden of with on at 612kg rising to 215ppk and £1312 then one at 732kg from Les Warne of at 214ppk and £1562. Nicely finished Devon steers from Grenville Hockridge of came back at 197ppk and £1190 with the best of a very decent run of heavyweight Friesian steers from Paul and Joy Harvey of reaching 180ppk and £1324. Barren cow trade still a tremendous trade with a 794kg Charolais from K & T Pook of Galmpton topping that section at 141ppk and £1115 whilst an 804kg British Blue cow from Keith and Hilary Harvey reached 137ppk and £1097. A couple of tidy Longhorn barreners from John Cuming of both saw 137ppk with the better weighing in at 654kg and realising £892 followed by South Devon cows at 136ppk and £940 for HJG Lentern of . Dairy bred barren cows all looking a good trade with Swedish Reds to 131ppk and £835 for Stuart Griffin of and British Friesians making 127ppk and £852 for Gerald Beard of who also saw a 724kg Ayrshire reach 129ppk and £930. Cull bulls saw a vast 1088kg Simmental from Alan Brazier of return 123ppk and £1332.

2958 SHEEP – 09.30 AM Auctioneer: Russell Steer 07788318701

Spring Lambs to £166 & 369 ppk Prime Hoggs to £160 & 304ppk Cull Ewes to £176 & Rams to £163

1269 PRIME SPRING LAMBS Another super entry of sheep just short of 3000 in total comprised of 1269 spring lambs which were another 691 PRIME LAMBS fiery trade especially for the lighter weights and those best butchers overweights which topped the trade at £166 for a single Charollais from Anthony Elsworthy of Witheridge who also topped the market pence per kilo with sweet 39kgs at 369ppk or £144. More overweights at £151.50 for Jenny Wreford-Brown of and £149.50 for Tom Yandle of . Circa 50kg lambs sold to £153 for an exceptional pen from Roger Maynard & family of Hele, £150 twice for Ross & Helen May of Netherexe and £149.50 for Robert & Edward

Mortimer of Kennford. Anthony Elsworthy also had 46kgs Charollais at £150 and also at this weight was “Mo” a pet lamb from the Lampey family of South Chard that realised £146. The 40-45kg weight bracket was dominated by 42-43kg lambs which saw 43’s sell to £145 for Chris Carr of Shillingford Abott and £142.50 for

Peter Heard of whilst some smart 42kg lambs soared to £147.50 for Dan Gibson & family of Nomansland,Prime Lambs £145.50to £86 & for180ppk David Mingo of FennyCull Bridges Ewes to, £145 £90 &for Rams both to C £99 Radley of Tiverton and Richard Weeks of and £143.50 again for Roger Maynard. Super 40kg Charollais lambs from Andrew Pedrick of achieved £142.50 (256ppk). More 39kg lambs at £140.50 (360ppk) for Ian & Sue Tall of Modbury and691 £139 PRIME twice LAMBS (356ppk ) for Dan & Helen Partridge of Dunsford with certified Organic lambs, these commanding a premium and more required each week please. 38kgs to £138 (363ppk) again for organic’s from Dan & Helen whoAnother also quiethad 37kgs Monday at in£136 the sheep(368ppk). pens More with 691 38kgs prime at lambs£138 forselling Ric athard recent Pratt levels of with a top ofand £86 3135.50 for Texel for x Ben Tuck50kg of lambs . from David SQQ Goss on theof springers of 331ppk who also is had2 pence 51kg betterCharollais and at all £83.50 in they and averaged smart 47kg 325 continentalsppk or £135.94 at per£83 head. (177ppk). Overweights to £85 for AJ Carter of Dawlish and £81.50 for Paul West of . Other 50-52kg lambs selling at £85 for Tripp Bros & Sons of Dunsford £84.20 for Tony Pickard of , £82.80 for Ken **AbattoirsChapple of Oakford are requesting and £82.50 that for muddy RD Middleton lambs are& Son belly of .clipped with A trioa double of smart comb 47kg width Beltex up crosses the middle from of the Tracey Pike of Luppit sold at belly.£82.50 Housed (176ppk). or 45kg grass Charollais reared lambslambs needn’tto £77 for be Len bellied** Sharland of Tiverton and the same price per head for 44kgs from Kei th Milton of Pennymoor who also claimed top price per kilo when his two pens of smart 41kg lambs rose to 180 & 178ppk or £73.80 & £72.80 respectively. A great line up of well finished light lambs from 28 to 39kgs saw top per head of £66 achieved by both Blackaton Manor Farms of Widecombe with 39kg Cheviots and also of 38kg Suffolk crosses from Abel Bros of who also parted with 33kg Welsh lambs at £56.20, 31kg hill lambs at £54, 30kgs at £53.20 (177ppk) and a large pen of 28kg Scotties at £48.20. Overall average is just a penny better at 170ppk.

367 CULL EWES & 20 RAMS/WETHERS

A short entry of just under 400 cull sheep sold with a better feel to the trade as mule and other medium weight ewes were noticeably dearer than seen in a long time. Best crossbred ewes to £90 for a pair of Black Texels from Tracey Pike of Luppit, £89.50, £88.50 & £86 for penfuls of strong Suffolk crosses from Tom Yandle of Mamhead and £87 for similar from Tim Whitley of Widecombe. Others £75 to £84 depending on breed, condition and weight. Best mules as mentioned looking £6-£9 dearer on the week with two pens selling at £77.50 & £74.50 for Brad Simmons of Thorndon Cross, £76.50 for Ellen Yandle of Mamhead and a meated run from Sam Ursell of sold to £76, £74.50, £73 & £72.50. Hill ewes fewer in number and often £30 to £40 with no real strength present and very few lots sold under £25. Rams a touch stronger trade too with Brad Simmons also topping these with a weighty Suffolk selling at £99 followed by AJ Carter with a Texel at £92.50 and B Moseley of realised £89. All cull sheep averaged £62, which is up £10 on the week, half of the lift is due to quality, the other half is the strength of trade.

777 PRIME HOGGS

A similar number of 777 hoggs were of generally691 PRIMElesser qualityLAMBS Top Average No’s £’s Per £’s Per compared to last week and a trade that was just slightly easier Weight PPK PPK Fwd Head Head too. Top money of £160 to The Rolle Texel Flock of PRIME LAMBS 144.00 369 130.19 343 with a pair of overweight Texel hoggs, other overweights at 33-39 371 (+6.50) (-3) (+3.15) (+8) £146.50 & £144 for Abel Bros of Tavistock, £144.50 for John 40-45 717 147.50 356 137.19 325 Reddaway & sons of Cossick Cross, £143.50 for Stuart Ludwell (-5.00) (-5) (+0.40) (-2) of Puxey and £143 for Jilly Handley of . 46-52 174 153.00 326 142.64 297 (+1.50) (-3) (+0.74) (-6) Majority of others £135 to £142 and all overweights averaged 166.00 281 146.64 251 53+ 7 £137.34. 49-52kg hoggs to £138.50 twice and £137.50 for Stuart (+15.50) (+15) (+3.26) (-15) PRIME HOGGS GriffinPrime Lambs of , to £86 & 180ppk £138.50 also f or MichaelCull Ewes Bowden to £90 & of Rams to £99 Tedburn St Mary and £137.50 again for Stuart Ludwell with both 17-32 43 86.50 270 60.83 203 Robin Banks of Colyton and young shepherds Zach & Tim Bridle 33-39 111 117.00 304 101.47 275 selling hoggs at £137. 46-48kgs usually early £130’s to a top of (-2.00) (-1) (+0.77) (+7) 691 PRIME LAMBS 40-45 272 134.00 301 123.42 289 £136.50 for the Vennelle Partnership of . 45kg (-1.50) (-8) (-2.18) (-3) 138.50 289 132.42 271 hoggsAnother to £134quiet forMonday Michael in the Cheriton sheep pens of Whitestone, with 691 prime £131.50 lambs sellingfor at46 recent-52 levels190 with a top of £86 for Texel x (-2.00) (-13) (-2.72) (-10) Inga50kg Sturla lambs of from East David Worlington Goss of Littlehempstonand £130.50 for who Darren also had Sobey 51kg of Charollais at £83.50 and160 .smart00 47kg270 continentals137.34 239 at 53+ 161 £83 (177ppk). as Overweights 44kgs peaked to £85at £132.50for AJ Carter again of forDawlish Jilly andHandley £81.50 for Paul West of Holbeton.(+14.50) (+5Other) 50(-1.14-52kg) (-3) whichlambs at selling 301ppk at £85was for the Tripp joint Bros second & Sons top of of Dunsford the day. £84.20 More 44kgsfor Tony Pickard of South Molton,Top £82.80 for KenAverage 176.00 108.34 atCh £129.50apple of Oakford for Steve and Harris £82.50 offor LittlehempstonRD Middleton & Son and of £129 Ashreigney. for AEWES trio of smart854 47kg Beltex crosses from (+2.00) (+7.66) MichaelTracey PikeBowden of Luppit as 43kgs sold at also £82.50 reached (176ppk). £129 45kg again Charollais for Vennelle lambs to £77 for Len Sharland 163of Tiverton.00 and the112 .33same RAMS 58 Partnershipprice per head and for 44kgs £128.50 from &K eith £127.50 Milton of for Pennymoor Merv Down who also of claimed top price per kilo(- 6.00)when his two pens(+0.43) of .smart 41kg lambs 42kgs rose tosharing 180 & that 178ppk second or £73.80 top spot & £72.80 per kilo respectively. of 301ppk A greatwhen line they up made of well £126 finished.50 for light D3 lambs Farming offrom 28 to 39kgs and saw 40kgs top per to head £119 of for £66 Chris achieved & Alison by both Crudge Blackaton of ManorMorebath. Farms The of Widecombe Withers family with 39kgof Cove sold 39kgsCheviots at £117 and also(300ppk) of 38kg as Suffolk well as crosses topping from the Abel sale Bros per ofkilo Tavistock with 35kgs who atalso 304ppk parted or with £106.50 33kg Welsh and a lambs great atvariation in£56.20, lighter 31kghoggs hill were lambs mainly at £54, hill 30kgs bred at or £53.20 under (177ppk) finished and (often a large both!) pen ofand 28kg traded Scotties from at £25£48.20. to aOverall top of average £86.50 isfor 32kgjust aSwales penny forbetter the at Abel 170ppk. family of Tavistock. All hoggs averaged 280ppk or £121.80 including several smalls and last draw hoggs with faults.

367 CULL EWES & 20 RAMS/WETHERS

A short entry of just under 400 cull sheep sold with a better feel to the trade as mule and other medium weight ewes were noticeably dearer than seen in a long time. Best crossbred ewes to £90 for a pair of Black Texels from Tracey Pike of Luppit, £89.50, £88.50 & £86 for penfuls of strong Suffolk crosses from Tom Yandle of Mamhead and £87 for similar from Tim Whitley of Widecombe. Others £75 to £84 depending on breed, condition and weight. Best mules as mentioned looking £6-£9 dearer on the week with two pens selling at £77.50 & £74.50 for Brad Simmons of Thorndon Cross, £76.50 for Ellen Yandle of Mamhead and a meated run from Sam Ursell of Tedburn St Mary sold to £76, £74.50, £73 & £72.50. Hill ewes fewer in number and often £30 to £40 with no real strength present and very few lots sold under £25. Rams a touch stronger trade too with Brad Simmons also topping these with a weighty Suffolk selling at £99 followed by AJ Carter with a Texel at £92.50 and B Moseley of Hittisleigh realised £89. All cull sheep averaged £62, which is up £10 on the week, half of the lift is due to quality, the other half is the strength of trade.

854 CULL EWES & 58 RAMS

691 PRIME LAMBS 912 cull ewes and rams were the trade of the day with 27 pens selling in excess of £140 to a top in the ewes of £176 for three shapely Texel’s from Will Braund of Holsworthy whilst rams reached £163 for a pair of heavy continental’s from Mark & Anita Saunders of . Another pair of rams at £159 for William Hosegood of , £149 for both DR Seccombe of Germansweek and Barry Hansford of whilst Abel Bros of Tavistock sold a homebred Cheviot at £148 and Phil Dallyn of was pleased to part with his vicious Devon Closewool ram at a quite remarkable £146. Next best ewes were Charollais at £150 for Ben & Amelia Watts of Ashburton as more of the same achieved £149 for Roy Endacott of Spreyton and £145 for Steve & Rachel Lang of Plympton. Crossbred ewes to £149 for both Phillip Rowell of Crockernwell and Miriam

Harris of Ipplepen as Paul Bowden of Drewsteignton made £148.50 and three vendors achieved £147 of their best.Prime Mules Lambs right to £86 up &there 180ppk today, regularly £10Cull8 to Ewes £112 to with £90 &a Ramstop of to £119 £99 with plenty of Dorset’s around this money too and into the £130’s for the very best. Fewer hill ewes today but those that were forward were looking well sold from penful’s of Castlemilk Moorit’s at £13 & £23 to Welshies at £75 and all cull sheep averaged an691 astonishing PRIME LAMBS £108.60.

**Another Vendors quiet are Monday reminded in the that sheep lambing pens with disaster 691 prime cull eweslambs mustselling have at recent been levels lambed with fora top at of least £86 fora week,Texel x have cleansed50kg lambs properly from David and beGoss fit ofto Littlehempston travel. Any sheep who deemedalso had 51kgnot fit Charollais to be in at the £83.50 market and will smart be 47kgsent continentalshome again. at In - lamb£83 (177ppk).ewes oe eweOverweights hoggs will to £85not forbe AJaccepted.** Carter of Dawlish and £81.50 for Paul West of Holbeton. Other 50-52kg lambs selling at £85 for Tripp Bros & Sons of Dunsford £84.20 for Tony Pickard of South Molton, £82.80 for Ken

Chapple of Oakford and £82.50 for RD Middleton & Son of Ashreigney. A trio of smart 47kg Beltex crosses from Tracey Pike of Luppit sold at £82.50 (176ppk). 45kg Charollais lambs to £77 for Len Sharland of Tiverton and the same price per head for 44kgs from Keith Milton of Pennymoor who also claimed top price per kilo when his two pens of smart 41kg lambs rose to 180 & 178ppk or £73.80 & £72.80 respectively. A great line up of well finished light lambs from 28 to 39kgs saw top per head of £66 achieved by both Blackaton Manor Farms of Widecombe with 39kg Cheviots and also of 38kg Suffolk crosses from Abel Bros of Tavistock who also parted with 33kg Welsh lambs at £56.20, 31kg hill lambs at £54, 30kgs at £53.20 (177ppk) and a large pen of 28kg Scotties at £48.20. Overall average is just a penny better at 170ppk.

367 CULL EWES & 20 RAMS/WETHERS

A short entry of just under 400 cull sheep sold with a better feel to the trade as mule and other medium weight ewes were noticeably dearer than seen in a long time. Best crossbred ewes to £90 for a pair of Black Texels from Tracey Pike of Luppit, £89.50, £88.50 & £86 for penfuls of strong Suffolk crosses from Tom Yandle of Mamhead and £87 for similar from Tim Whitley of Widecombe. Others £75 to £84 depending on breed, condition and weight. Best mules as mentioned looking £6-£9 dearer on the week with two pens selling at £77.50 & £74.50 for Brad Simmons of Thorndon Cross, £76.50 for Ellen Yandle of Mamhead and a meated run from Sam Ursell of Tedburn St Mary sold to £76, £74.50, £73 & £72.50. Hill ewes fewer in number and often £30 to £40 with no real strength present and very few lots sold under £25. Rams a touch stronger trade too with Brad Simmons also topping these with a weighty Suffolk selling at £99 followed by AJ Carter with a Texel at £92.50 and B Moseley of Hittisleigh realised £89. All cull sheep averaged £62, which is up £10 on the week, half of the lift is due to quality, the other half is the strength of trade.

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FORTHCOMING SALES

MONDAY 22ND MARCH – EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE Weekly Prime Stock Market

WEDNESDAY 24TH MARCH – EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE Spring Sale of Cattle on behalf of the South Devon Herd Book Society

FRIDAY 26TH MARCH – EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Monthly Sale of Organic Cattle & Sheep, 2nd Spring Judged Sale of Continental and Continental Cross Cattle, Sale of Dairy Cattle

MONDAY 29TH MARCH – EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE Weekly Prime Stock Market inc Easter Show & Sale of Spring Lambs

FRIDAY 2ND APRIL – EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE GOOD FRIDAY – No Market

MONDAY 5TH APRIL – EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE EASTER MONDAY - Weekly Prime Stock Market

FRIDAY 9TH APRIL – EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE Weekly Store Market to Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Monthly Sale of Native Breed Cattle, Centurion Sheep Breeders Sale of Dorset Ewes & Rams Plus Extra Pig Sale

MONDAY 12TH APRIL – EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE Weekly Prime Stock Market

FRIDAY 16TH APRIL – EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE Weekly Store Stock Market to inc "Heart of Devon" 9th Anniversary inc 3rd Spring Judged Sale of Continental & Continental Cross Cattle, Show & Sale of Suckled Calves & Stirks, Show & Sale of Ewes & Lambs Plus Fortnightly Pig Sale, Sale of Dairy Cattle to inc English Gold Top Sale of Jerseys to include a Dispersal Sale of Pedigree Jerseys

MONDAY 19TH APRIL – EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE Weekly Prime Stock Market to inc April Show of Spring Lambs

TUESDAY 20TH APRIL – EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE Sale of TB Restricted Prime Cull & Store Cattle

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