EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
MARKET REPORT
July 2017
Friday 14th Store Stock Market
EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE Matford Park Road, Exeter, Devon, EX2 8FD 01392 251261 [email protected] www.kivells.com
377 STORE CATTLE & STIRKS – 10AM Auctioneers: Simon Alford 07789 980203 Alan Webber 07967 718048
Steers to £1325 Heifers to £1150
Excellent numbers forward for the time of year with another roaring trade to match. Top priced steers came from a tremendous run of forward sorts from Tom & Sarah Fry of Ottery St Mary being a couple of grand Hereford bullocks (24m) at £1325 with their cracking Limousin stores rising to £1290 for steers and £1150 for sale topping heifers. More top quality sorts from Dave Webber down from Umberleigh sold well and to £1290 for an eye catching Charolais steer (22m) with slightly older heifers (26m) of that breed from Dave reaching £1040. Further Limousin steers (20m) realised £1230 both for Neil & Kate Lethbridge, East Allington and Roy Baker of Kennford whilst Blue store bullocks (24m) saw £1195 for John & Jenny Squire of South Tawton and The Keast family of North Tawton. Angus steers (21m) topped at £1180 for a trio from Neil & Kate Lethbridge. Later born cattle looked a dear trade again as Michael Vooght of Bovey Tracey saw shapely Charolais youngster (14m) fetch a notable £1125, Edward & George Pollard, North Bovey saw a bunch of five Charolais (15m) hit an impressive £1100 apiece. Top heifers already reported with other forward sorts worthy a mention included a pair of smart Angus (26m) at £1125 from Stephen & Sarah Cole of Calverleigh and younger females (16m) of the same breed to £915 for Les Palmer of Kingsbridge.
69 SUCKLED CALVES & STIRKS – 11.30AM Auctioneer: Ian Caunter 07813 068935
Steers to £875 Heifers to £670
Good prices achieved once again here at Exeter! A wonderful entry of Charolais cross steers from Ron Wonnacott & Sons of Chagford topped at £875 with others to £825 (13m) and £755 (13m). A cracking consignment of neat Lim crosses from Jill Rowdon of Blackawton topped at £780 (12m), with younger sorts attaining £710 and £675, Charolais steers from Keith & Tony Pook (8m) hit £770, similar sorts from Farmlea Ltd of Minehead reached £760, Rob & Janet Phipps, Exbourne realised £710 for Stabiliser steers (9m), Dave & Michelle Wootton of Bovey Tracey hit £695 for Blue steers (9m), David Cox of Rackenford topped at £680 (12m) for Blonde steers, whilst Frisian steers from Kenneth Ellett of Littleham topped at £435 (11m). A small entry of heifers topped at £670 for a Blue crosses from Keith & Tony Pook, (10m) Charolais heifers from Daniel & Parkin of West Buckland levelled out at £600, whilst Rob & Janet Phipps attained £590 for Stabilizer heifers (10m). Keep the cattle coming, more required in this section each and every week
134 CALVES – 10.15AM Auctioneers: Mark Davis 07773 371774 & Ian Caunter 07813 068935
A tidy entry of calves met a rip roaring trade from start to finish. Calves topped at an CALVES - 10.15 am impressive £440 for Blue bulls from DW Cole CALVES Bulls Heifers of Bradninch, similar sorts from AL & PA Breed TOP AVE TOP AVE Cooke of Widworthy hit £425, with others British Blue 19 440 298 18 358 255 attaining £395. A cracking run of further Blue bulls this time from Rodger Parris of Stockland Limousin 2 345 323 4 315 268 topped at £338. Lim bulls from Roy Collins of Charolais 3 300 258 Honiton hit £345, with others to £300, Simmental 3 315 223 2 360 295 Simental bulls from GE Furneaux & Son attained £315, whilst Hereford bulls from JW Hereford 10 305 249 10 300 207 & LF Baker of Exeter reached £305. Angus Aberdeen Angus 9 310 186 11 310 198 bulls meeting strong demand topping at £310 Holstein / Friesian 21 160 63 for RH & MJ Hurford of Axminster with others Jersey 18 70 44 from RC Dymond & Sons of Colyton realising £280. Heifers topped at £360 for a super Shorthorn 1 135 135 Simmental from AAJ & MA Stephens of Fleckvieh 1 170 170 Plympton, Charolais heifers from RH & MJ Dairy Shorthorn X 1 75 75 Hurford hit £300, Lim heifers from FJ Luxmoore attained £315 with others realising Crossbred Dairy 1 50 50 £285. A good show of Blue heifers topped at £358 from CD & EM Gooding of Wiggaton, TJ & BE Cowley & Son attained £340, whilst BJ & CA Ellis & Son of Musbury hit £320 all for Blue heifers. Hereford heifers from JW & LF Baker reached £300 with others to £270 (x2) and £265, whilst Angus heifers topped at £310 from RC Dymond & Sons, who had others realise £250 and £230. Black and Whites looking a good touch topping at £160 for JR Chapple & Son of Trinity Hill, whilst KF & LW Mitcham of Whitford attained £150 for similar sorts. A busy ringside at Exeter requesting a larger number of calves! 307 DAIRY – 11AM Auctioneers: Mark Davis 07773 371774 & Mark Bromell 07966 430001
Another mammoth entry at Exeter Livestock Centre saw a packed ringside with 56 buyers who had travelled from all over the Westcountry and as far as Pembrokeshire and Derbyshire. The sale commenced with the fresh milk which saw the best Holsteins £1920 for a smart heifer “Tenoaks Wyman Gabrielle 2” by Pirolo Goldwyn Wyman from Martin Webber of Drewsteighton who also sold another heifer by the same sire at £1700. Other heifers to £1750 for a smart Golden-Oaks ST Alexander heifer from Messrs JJ Palfrey & Co of Dartmouth and £1700 twice for Messrs RE & D Snell of Cullompton & GCB Davis of Tiverton. Several crossbreds were forward and once again attracted huge demand with a smart Jersey x heifer from Bruce & Jenny Ravenhill-White of Umberleigh selling well to £1580 with other Jersey x heifers to £1300 x 2 and £1200 for GCB Davis and £1200 for Ken & Cathie Cottey of Whimple. Only a handful of cows forward which saw a Jersey x third calver top at £1550 for Roy Amor of Yeovil who also sold a British Friesian third calver at £1300. Other Holstein third calvers to £1450 for Steve Caunter of Totnes. A large entry of Holstein In Calf Heifers saw a strong trade topping at £1400 for Messrs W Pennington of Dorset who sold others at £1350, £1320 and £1300 x 4 and averaged £1194. Others sold to £1380, £1280 & £1200 for Messrs R & J Legg & Son of Bridport. A massive entry of November to February calving cows sold to another cracking trade and a smart consignment from Earth Products of Plymouth sold to £1100 for a Swedish Red third calver due in November. Messrs R Harrison & Sons of West Sussex travelled 140 cows down to Exeter and the journey certainly paid off with their Norwegian Red x and British Friesian cows due November-December attracting huge demand topping at £1400 with several other between £1100-£1350 and 37 over £1000. Spring Calving In Calf heifers to £1150, cows to £950 and a run of empty cows sold well to £720 x 2 with several between £600-£700 from the same vendor. A consignment of Spring Calving Organic Cows from Burdette Farming of West Sussex sold to £1200 for a Norwegian Red second calver.
Summer Gold Sale of 75 Pedigree Jerseys
A cracking entry of Pedigree Jerseys for the first “Summer Gold” sale saw an outstanding quality entry from seven vendors which attracted a strong crowd of buyers from as far as Pembrokeshire, Derbyshire, Wiltshire and all over the Westcountry and trade was exceptional! Top of the day was 2100gns for “Blackeyed Endeavour Glamour” sired by Potterswalls Endeavour (Son of Jade) out of 5 generations of VG or EX dams, she sold to Chris Creeper of Axminster and was consigned as part of an exceptional entry from Andy & Phillip Cooke of Honiton who sold others to 1550gns with their 18 heifers averaging £1460. Bruce, Jenny & Jess Ravenhill-White of Umberleigh sold a cracking consignment of fresh heifers from their “Whitenhill” herd and their best topped at 2000gns for “Whitenhill Aussiegolds Suga” by Australian sire Broadlin Aussiegold, she sold to John Daw of Crediton. Others from this herd sold to 1700gns for “Helford Bluetea Rosehip” by Bluegrass Polly Long Island Iced Tea, this heifer owned by Roger Trewhella sold to Simon Bray for his Southley herd. Mike & Claire Colwell sold a consignment form their Quintrell herd in Cornwall and their best sold to 1800gns for “Quintrell Willow Orange” an EX third calver by a homebred son of DJ May a grand-daughter of the renowned Quintrell PJSM Ultra Marine EX95 (7), she sold to 1800gns to James Warren of Penzance for his Cardinney herd. Other from this herd sold to 1480gns for a fifth calver & 1450gns for a third calver. Barry & Jenny Daw sold a consignment of milky cows from their first class Bluegrass herd to a top of 1650gns for “Ansom I Pod Eldoret VG85” sired by Lencrest I Pod this second calver was purchased as a yearling off the Island and sold fresh giving 34Kgs to John Daw, “Bluegrass Bombers Sally VG85” a second calver by a homebred sire backed by 4 generations of VG & EX sold at 1600gns to the same buyer and a third calver from the same herd sold at 1550gns. A consignment of spring calving cows from Andy & Phillip Cooke sold well to a top of 1000gns three times. In Calf Heifers topped at 1380gns for a smart heifer “Quintrell Excitation Kestrel” by Bridon Excitation from Mike & Claire Colwell. Three bulling heifers sold to 480gns apiece for Edward Gray of Hampshire whilst heifer calves topped at 300gns from Whitenhill with others to 270gns for Quintrell x 3. An excellent day for the breed where Exeter continues to be the leading centre for Jerseys and once again proved that the ring is the best place to sell!
1204 SHEEP – 11AM Auctioneer: Russell Steer 07788 318701
1186 STORE LAMBS
A massive entry of almost 1200 lambs (up 200% on the corresponding week over the last two years) sold to a slightly smaller crowd of buyers, but buyers who were more than capable of handling the numbers. Forward short keep lambs continue to be in the strongest demand with countless pens over £70 and selling to a top of £96 & £92 for Dorset and Dorset cross ewe lambs from Andrew & Michaela Rodd of Lapford. Further forward sorts to £83 for Dorset’s from HW Gale & Son of Chevithorne and £80 for Suffolk crosses from J Mitcham of Axminster. A good run of Suffolk cross mules from Edward Ellis of Dunchideock sold to £78.50, £74.50 & £73, SJ & PJ Holman of Saltash sold his best Beltex type lambs to £75.50, Ted & Martyn Chudley of Totnes sold their usual strong Hampshire x Masham lambs to £75, £73 & £72.50, Nigel Morgan of Kingsbridge reached £74 and regular consignor Dave Webber of Umberleigh sold two pens at £74 and another at £73.50. Medium lambs generally in the £60’s whilst smaller/lighter, staler of hill bred lambs were from £47-£59 and only a handful of lots less than this. Overall average is up £3.80, due partly to the better quality, to level at £64.23.
9 EWES & 9 LAMBS Nine 4T age Lleyn ewes with their 9 single lambs from BM Hookins of Chulmleigh sold well at £128 (£64/life). 181 PIGS – 10.15AM Auctioneer: James Morrish 07814 010133
59 CULL SOWS & BOARS A nice entry of 59 cull sows saw the trade ‘hold firm’ with the pick of the No’s Average day being £232 for the best of a nice run of white sows from Richard & PIGS-10.15AM Top (£) Fwd (£) Vicky Gibbins of Poltimore and going to its new home in Dorset. Colin SOWS Gibbins of Feniton saw his line-up of five top the coloured sows at £197, £186 and £170 (x2). Messrs Old made the long trip up from St Mawgan in Heavy Weight 21 232.00 192.00 north Cornwall and were well rewarded at £192, whilst Andrew Freemantle Medium Weight 30 184.00 167.00 of Clyst St Mary sold fifteen sows topping at £190. Another three new vendors at Exeter this week included Sam Chapman of Duloe, Cornwall Light Weight 4 114.00 102.50 who saw their best at £181 as well as Jerry Stone of Bridgwater, Somerset PRIME also hitting £180. Chris Hill of Wellington sold a nice run of medium weight Heavy Weight 19 172.00 142.00 sows to top at £180 with Timmy & Rupert Stockwell, Kingsbridge close up at £162. Medium Weight 50 144.00 129.50 Light Weight 11 114.00 104.00 122 PRIME & STORE PIGS STORES The biggest entry of prime and store pigs anywhere in the South West sold All Stores 42 61.00 44.50 to a superb trade with the best at a remarkable £172 for Peter Cole of Launceston. Messrs Radmore of Meavy near Plymouth saw his 100kg Pietrain boars sell away really well to £144 and the best from Johnny Ware of Silverton at £157. Colin Gibbins of Feniton saw his team of four reach a top call of £159 with plenty of heavy-weights up and over £140. Medium weight picks were ‘off the clock’ with buyers very keen to secure numbers! The best of thirty from Richard & Vicky Gibbins hit £140 (x6) with others from the same farm at £128 and £126. Messrs Wakeham & Turner of Buckfastleigh sold 99kg to £122 and a smart run from Martin Hodges of Honiton sold to £112 for the best of his team of eleven 91kg white pigs. With five buyers competing well all vendors went home happy! A nice entry of store pigs topped at £61 on behalf of Messrs Hartnell of Colyton for a smart pen of ginger pigs with Messrs Gibbins at £52 and F Osborne of Crediton at £50. Messrs Roberts of Winkleigh saw their stores race away to £48 with very little under £35.
*Our next Pig Sale will be on Friday 28th July*
With both new and existing buyers keen to purchase from Exeter we need your pigs urgently - Please help us to help you by ringing in with your entries to Auctioneer James Morrish 07814 010133 or the Exeter Office 01392 251261
EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE - TUESDAY 18TH JULY 2017
*Catalogues available from www.kivells.com* Further information from Russell Steer 07788 318701 or the Office 01392 251261
Why not come and visit us at Mid Devon Show nd on the 22 July - Stand H71
Countryside Stewardship Applications now open! Available by Private Treaty
Management agreements and 87 Acres of Mowing Grass capital grants available situated at Aylesbeare
Application packs need to be Approximately 20 acres of grass keep available ordered by 31st July between Tiverton and Cullompton – for cutting only from August 2017 For further information pop into the Kivells Rural Professional office * Please contact the Kivells Rural Professional or speak to office on 01392 252 262 for further details * Claire Bellew 07789 980 204 Ian Caunter 07913 068 935
EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE – FRIDAY 21st JULY AT 12 NOON
Monthly Catalogued Sale of Beef Breeding Stock comprising 200 Pedigree South Devon Cattle to inc -
The Dispersal Sale of the Pedigree “Kingsmeade” Herd of 84 South Devon Cattle On behalf of Messrs AM & KT Musgrave of Taunton, Somerset comprising 32 pedigree cows with spring born calves at foot, 1 commercial cow and calf, 17 pedigree maiden heifers & 1 pedigree bull. Plus the dispersal of 30 Cows & late Autumn born calves, 13 In Calf Heifers & 8 Maidens from the “Cruggan” herd of Mr J Trounce of Cornwall. Plus 9 Cows & Calves from LE Walters & Son and 11 pedigree mainly polled South Devon maiden heifers born spring 16 and 1 autumn calved pedigree South Devon cow with calf at foot on behalf of Messrs GK & MA Garrett.
The sale will commence with Continental & Native Cows & Calves & Bulls
For further information please contact Mark Davis on 07773 371774 or the Market Office on 01392 251261
Rural Reflection July 2017
As I write this month’s Rural Reflection we have just left an extremely dry period of weather and seem to be entering into a week that appears to be unsettled, a little like our country’s politics throughout June. Hopefully Michael Gove now at the helm for our country’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs will be able to provide a firm stance on the requirements for the agricultural sector, time will only tell.
Moving swiftly on, rain will be a welcomed occurrence for both the livestock and arable sector as large areas of land look to be suffering from the extreme temperatures we have witnessed across the country over the last month.
There is now doubt about it, the farming industry seems to be able criticise every aspect of the weather we face. Mainly because the weather hugely contributes to the success on which ever farming enterprise we chose to undertake. That said, the prolonged period of dry weather has enabled farmers to ‘make hay whilst the sun shines’, as when travelling around the South West throughout June it would appear every pasture field practicable for hay production was mown, baled and stacked relatively stress free.
Moving onto professional matters and starting with the Basic Payment Scheme a significant proposal affecting all arable farmers continues to progress through the motions over in the European Parliament. The European Parliament are planning to advance their proposal in banning all Plant Protection Products (PPPs) on nitrogen-fixing crops, fallow land, cover and catch crops. Therefore sprays will no longer be able to be applied for all of Basic Payment Scheme claimants that undertake the option of planting the crop beans to meet the Ecological Focus Area requirements. Whilst the position has yet to be finalised, the proposed ban would apply for BPS 2018 applications and therefore when cropping plans are being reviewed for 2018 the potential ban on the use of PPPs will need to be considered.
The Kivells team are currently in preparation for the next wave of Countryside Stewardship application packs which must be applied for by the 31st July 2017. As discussed in many publications the topic of Countryside Stewardship receives mixed emotions, whereby for some it has been decided a scheme that is too onerous, but for others, fits perfectly into the farming business and unlocks further grant aided funding. It is worth mentioning that in collaboration with the Countryside Stewardship Mid-Tier Scheme, farm holdings that are identified by Natural England to be in a high priority target area have the ability to apply for stand-alone capital grants worth up-to £10,000. To establish whether your holding is situated in a high priority area please give your nearest Kivells office a call and speak to one of the team.
Throughout June the professional team at Kivells have been busy receiving instructions on various sales of land, buildings and residential property throughout the West Country. My colleagues Claire Bellew and Thomas Rattray have been favoured agent on a number of different properties throughout Devon and Cornwall and will soon be bringing these properties to the Market. The professional team here at Kivells have a fantastic connection with the rural community through our network of offices and four livestock markets. The team has the knowledge and ability to deal with large commercial farms through to smaller equestrian type properties. If you are considering selling please do not hesitate to give us a call.
Work continues to progress with National Grid and the renewal of the power cables from Plymouth to Exeter with reports of certain areas of the first stretch nearing completion. As previously stated it is imperative that you keep time recordings of all issues that arise because of the necessary works to the pylons, this includes even your time in dealing with National Grid. The professional team here a Kivells provide a hands on approach when dealing with all utility companies and ensure you as the landowner or occupier receive the correct payment for what has been lost.
Finally as we approach July the arable sector will be gearing themselves up for the all-important harvest period. Reports up country suggest fields of Oil Seed Rape are already being sprayed off and many suggesting Winter Barely being only three weeks away. At the end of June Kivells held the 28th Annual Sale of Standing Straw which proved to be another success with all bar a few lots making or exceeding vendors’ expectations. Prices topped at £76 per acre for Winter Barley, Winter Wheat traded above the £50 mark depending on quality, and we saw averages up on last year with all crops levelling out at £54.19 per acre. Clients are always looking to purchase standing straw as it suits the system they farm, if you have any to market then please give your nearest office a call.
On behalf of the Kivells Rural Professional Team Ian Caunter Exeter Office
The Kivells Rural Professional Team
David Kivell 01409 253275 [email protected] Claire Bellew 01392 252262 [email protected] Mark Bromell 01409 253275 [email protected] Ian Caunter 01392 252262 [email protected] Mark Bunt 01579 324927 [email protected] Caroline Squire 01392 252262 [email protected] Tom Rattray 01566 776886 [email protected]
FORTHCOMING SALES
FRIDAY 14th JULY - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Sale of Dairy Cattle & Fortnightly Pig Sale
MONDAY 17th JULY - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE Weekly Prime Stock Market
TUESDAY 18th JULY - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE 45th Great July Fair to inc Annual Sale of Breeding Ewes & Rams, Show & Sale of Suffolk X Shearlings, MV & Non MV Rams on behalf of the West Country Suffolk Sheep Association
FRIDAY 21st JULY - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Monthly Catalogued Sale of Beef Breeding Cattle
MONDAY 24th JULY - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE Weekly Prime Stock Market
TUESDAY 25th JULY - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE Sale of TB Restricted Prime, Cull & Store Cattle
FRIDAY 28th JULY - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Monthly Sale of Organic Cattle & Sheep, Sale of Dairy Cattle & Fortnightly Pig Sale
MONDAY 31st JULY - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE Weekly Prime Stock Market
TUESDAY 1st AUGUST - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE Monthly Horse & Saddlery Sale
FRIDAY 4th AUGUST - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Native Breed Cattle
MONDAY 7th AUGUST - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE Weekly Prime Stock Market
TUESDAY 8th AUGUST - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE 14th Special August Sale of Breeding Ewes & Rams to inc Show & Sale of Mule Shearlings
FRIDAY 11th AUGUST - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Sale of Dairy Cattle, 1st Season’s Show & Sale on behalf of the Devon & Cornwall Longwool Sheep Association & Fortnightly Pig Sale
MONDAY 14th AUGUST - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE Weekly Prime Stock Market
TUESDAY 15th & WEDNESDAY 16th AUGUST - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE NSA Ram Show & Sale
FRIDAY 18th AUGUST - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Monthly Catalogued Sale of Beef Breeding Cattle, Annual Show & Sale on behalf of the Greyface Dartmoor Sheep Breeders Association, Rare Breed Sale & Dexter Sale
MONDAY 21st AUGUST - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE Weekly Prime Stock Market
TUESDAY 22nd AUGUST - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE Sale of TB Restricted Prime, Cull & Store Cattle
WEDNESDAY 23rd & THURSDAY 24th AUGUST - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE 17th Annual Official Show & Sale of Lleyn Sheep on behalf of the Lleyn Sheep Society
FRIDAY 25th AUGUST - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE Weekly Store Stock Market
EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Matford Park Road, Exeter, Devon, EX2 8FD
01392 251261 [email protected] www.kivells.com