HOLSWORTHY MARKET REPORT

Wednesday 29 July 2020

EVERY WEDNESDAY

Gates open 6am

SALE TIMES 09:45 am - Draft Ewes followed by Finished Lambs 10:30 am - Store Lambs 09.45 am - Calves and Stirks 11:00 am - Store Cattle followed by Finished & OTM Cattle 11:00 am – Dairy Cattle

278 Beef cattle saw a top call of £1,321 on behalf of Messrs Petherick & Son of Clawton with top stores at £1,255.

Holsworthy Livestock Market, New Market Road, Holsworthy, Devon, EX22 7FA

01409 253275

1080 LAMBS, 589 DRAFT EWES & RAMS WEIGHT TOP AVERAGE 09.45 am Per P/Kg Per P/Kg LAMBS head TLW head TLW Auctioneer: Steve Prouse 07767 895366

32.1-39 80.50 210 76.50 201

1080 LAMBS 39.1-45.5 106.50 242 95 220.5 Well over a thousand lambs on offer met a much faster trade. Overall average of 218.5, well up on other centres 45.6-52 105.50 228 102 214.3 in the South West. Several pens over 230p to a top of 52+ 108.50 187 108.50 187 242p for 2 pens of 44kgs £106.50 from Stuart May of Week St Mary followed by Mark & Sam Vickery who Overall 108.50 242 99.55 218.5 realised 233p for 3 pens 44kgs £102.50. Top per head EWES was £108.50 for a pen of Texel x from Graham Cowling Light 86 67 of Kings Hill, . Heavy 109 95 Rams 96 89 220 STORE LAMBS More on offer, still a flying trade. Several pens over £70 to a top of £78.50 from Sam Friend of Coryton.

589 DRAFT EWES & RAMS Nearly 600 on offer again, very much sought after for all grades. The big strong ewes sold to a top of £109 from Winston Grigg of Trengune who also realised £103 for his 2nd pen. Suffolk x topped at 97 from D Heard of Pancrasweek. Several mules £74 and over to a top of £82.

326 CALVES & STIRKS – 09.45 am Auctioneer: James Morrish 07814 010133 Another fantastic day at Holsworthy saw 326 calves travelling to Holsworthy from 3 counties with buyers in attendance from Exmoor, Gloucester, Honiton and .

Overall top call today was £510 given for the pick of a quality line up of Angus and Limousin stirks (5m) in from Messrs Horton of Roborough near Plymouth. It was pleasing to welcome Rodney & Paul Allin of St Giles back to market with 50 stirks and what a trade he saw with the best at £455 with plenty between £420-£445. Another nice group of Blue stirks came up from for the Pansons family to hit £395 whilst the best heifers today reached £380 for the Allin family.

A huge entry of baby calves saw trade flying high with a top call of £400 given for a 6 week old Charolais bull from WS Jose & Son of North Tamerton with Becky Mills close up at £395 for the best of the Blue bulls, a price matched by Mark & John Elliott of Henscott. Martin Gorst saw his best at £395 with lots between £340- st £375. Both Rob Squire of Torrington (£322) and Alan Pomeroy (£3 12) went home delighted with all 1 quality Blues over £300. Simmental babies (30-35 days) saw a top of £320 for Messrs Dilling with Messrs Wellington of St Kew at £305 and Messrs Heyward at £280. Limousins topped at £388 with others at £350 and quality young calves from Richard Wooldridge at £320. Lots of Angus calves forward today saw the best to £280 for Beckwell farms of Dartmoor with Montbeliardes to £180 from Rob Squire of Torrington.

Black & White bulls (Holstein) saw another massive trade with Andrew Gilbert of Sheepwash at £175, Becky Mills at £152 and Messrs Endacott at £108.

TOP 10 AVERAGES British Blue Top £395 Av £361 Aberdeen Angus Top £280 Av £226 Limousin Top £388 Av £309 Hereford Top £385 Av £269 Holstein Top £175 Av £116

A really good day was enjoyed by all with all customers adhering to social distancing rules with masks and gloves available for all customers when required.

STANDING WHOLECROP STANDING WHOLECROP - Oats undersown with Grass - Spring Barley UMBERLEIGH/CHITTLEHAMPTON KILKHAMPTON * Approx. 20 acres of oats undersown with grass * Approx. 19 acres of Spring Barley wholecrop Good clean, heavy crop, ready mid/late August

275 STORE CATTLE – 11 am Auctioneer: David Kivell 07899 960272

Another superb entry of cattle this week saw an unbelievable trade! Those younger cattle up £100 on previous weeks with every vendor delighted by their prices. Fewer forward cattle saw the strongest at £1200+. A superb consignment of 28 single suckled Limousin & Charolais 12-17mth from Messrs Tonkin of Holsworthy saw a top of £1255 others at £1175, £1170, £1150 & £1135 with the steers and heifers averaging £1092 (these cattle were presented perfectly). Other notable prices were 20mth Charolais from Mr Greenaway of Pancrasweek at £1170, dairy x British Blue steers 20mths to £1150 from John Chamberlain of Shebbear and Herefords from Messrs Norman of Dolton to £1105. Younger 14-17mth dairy x continental & natives up at least £100 on previous weeks with 12mth Herefords from Messrs Johns of Launcells to £805, Aberdeen Angus’ from the same farm to £940 and 14mth dairy x Charolais to £995. Younger single suckled 10mth Aberdeen Angus steers sold to £885 for 6 from Mr I Watson of Bradford. Heifers saw a flyer with mostly young heifers averaging £807, overall top this week was £1070 realised by 2 vendors for 5 dairy British Blue 22mth and 3 from Messrs Tonkin of Holsworthy who sold others at £1060 & £1050 all 14- 16mth. However the dearest heifers were those young 10-12mth Hereford, Aberdeen Angus and British Blue dairy x heifers which saw most over £500-£650. Holstein steers were also up this week especially for the fleshier types with most over £850 to a top of £950 for a British Friesian type steer from Mr A Ogbourne of Broadwood and Ayrshire steers from Mr C Kivell to £920. Young Holstein steers were in short supply and more could have been sold.

GRAZING COWS - Top price this week was £1045 for a British Blue from Messrs Bellamy & Crocker. A Hereford cow from Messrs Crocker of Lewdown sold to £840 with Friesians again from Messrs Bellamy & Crocker to £755. WEIGHING COWS - The overall average this week was 113p to a top of 120p for a smaller framed cow from Messrs Adams of Ward farm realising £710. FINISHED CATTLE - Holstein steers with finish sold to 175.5p (£1267) for a steer from Messrs Soper of North Petherwin. A very finished heifer from Messrs Petherick of Clawton sold to 173p (£1321).

199 DAIRY CATTLE - 11.00 am DAIRY CATTLE Top Ave Auctioneer: Mark Bromell - 07966 430001 In Milk Heifers (1st Quality) £1950 £1766 Mark Davis - 07773 371774 In Milk Heifers (2nd Quality) £1450 £1239

2nd and 3rd Calvers £1800 £1508 An additional dairy market ahead of the herd dispersal 4th Calvers £1250 £1150 sale saw an easier trade to recent weeks. However, the Fresh calvers with faults i.e. ¾’d £1150 £859 easier trade was also reflective of the average quality In-calf Heifers/Dry Cows £1400 £1325 forward. Overall, top price was achieved by Messrs. S R Calves £160 £117 Gilbert & Son of Sheepwash, with a smart freshly calved heifer ‘Bocaddon Mercury CT Amie’ who was freshly calved Dispersal Sale of Trehayle herd of mainly pedigree Ayrshires yielding 33 Kgs and sold at £1,950. This heifer was closely on behalf of Messrs. Roskilly and Sons, , followed by a heifer from Wills Bros. Ltd which had In milk and Dry Cows and Heifers £1523 £1055 calved in early June yielding 30 Kgs and sold at £1,900. In-calf Heifers – due before Christmas £1523 £1388 Messrs. W A Hooper & Son from Okehampton, sold In-calf Heifers – due Spring 2021 £1050 £898 another early June calved heifer ‘Inwardleigh Cooper Daisy Bulling Heifers £861 £790 Lin’ at £1,850. Yearlings £630 £527 Calves £389 £322 A good entry of milking type cows topped at £1,800 for ‘Bocaddon Penmanship DF Violet’ a freshly calved second calver. Third calvers topped at £1,750 for ‘Bocaddon Fuel- Up SG Bella’ both from the Gilbert family of Sheepwash. An in-calf heifer from Rachel Leonard of Chumleigh sold at £1,400 and a dry cow from Ivor Barkwill from Milton Abbot sold at £1,250. Dairy heifer calves saw an easier trade topping at £160 for a cross bred calf from Messrs. D & W Bowman, .

The dispersal sale of the Trenhayle herd of mainly pedigree Ayrshires on behalf of Messrs. Roskilly & Sons from Hayle in Cornwall, attracted a large crowd of buyers from all over the country keen to secure their long established blood lines. The herd had been farmed on a very simple grass system and were milked once a day only, averaging 5,000 Kgs. The cow section topped at £1,523 for a dry cow ‘Trenhayle September 10’ due to calf in October with her fourth calf to ‘Hilltown Oblique’. The dry cows had a flying trade with many selling in excess of £1,300 and an overall average for the dry cows of £1,271. The milk section topped at £1,418 for a non-pedigree June calved heifer. A real feature of the sale was an outstanding group of in-calf heifers and these had a flying trade topping at £1,575 for a ‘Oblique’ heifer due to calf in October to ‘Whitecroft Doctor Foster’ (sexed semen). The in-calf heifers due before Christmas averaged a very impressive £1,388.

The young stock were a real credit to the Roskilly family and sold to great demand with bulling heifers topping at £861 for a group of five, and yearlings selling to £630 for two groups of four heifers. Weened calves sold up to £389. Cattle travelled away from Holsworthy to all corners of the west country and to Yorkshire! Can we take this opportunity of thanking the Roskilly family for their instructions and we wish them all the best for the future.

Forthcoming Dairy Sales: Wed 5th Aug – Holsworthy Early-Month Sale. Entries to date inc:  13 freshly calved British Friesian cows and heifers from Messrs. AA, AE & AA Parsons of Launceston.  3 freshly calved cows & heifers and 1 pedigree Holstein bull from the “Racewood” herd of Messrs. Harris of .  6 ped freshly calved cows, 21 bulling hfrs & 2 hfr calves from the “Dunbarton” herd of Mr. R Anguish of (dispersal).  13 in calf heifers & youngstock from the “Loford” herd of Mike & Rob Wade of Bideford with hfrs from excellent cow families such as Lila Z, Caramel, Divine, Roxy, Marci, Lausine & Gloria, many of which have multiple VG & EX dams.  30 bulling & yearling heifers from the renowned ‘Willsbro’ herd of Messrs. Wills Bros. Ltd of with heifers from the Pammy, Beauty, Lila Z, Pledge & Redrose families.  4 in-calf heifers from E Gay, Chulmleigh  8 in calf heifers due Sept-Nov to Angus from RG & CW Semmens of St Buryan  40 youngstock on behalf of Messrs. CW Daniel & Son of  13 in calf heifers/youngstock from the pedigree ‘Greenway’ herd on behalf of Messrs. LED Rockett of Okehampton. Fri 7th Aug – Exeter Dairy Sale – Dispersal of 100 Ped Holsteins from the ‘Washstone’ herd on behalf of Messrs. PJ Caunter & Son. Wed 12th Aug – Holsworthy, Dispersal of 150 Cows and 20 Sept/Oct in calf heifers. Fri 14th Aug – Exeter, Dairy Sale. Wed 19th Aug – Holsworthy Mid -Month Dairy Sale. FORTHCOMING MACHINERY SALES

SATURDAY 1st AUGUST – 10am HOLSWORTHY MONTHLY MACHINERY SALE

*** VAT GOODS ONLY ***

Entries include; Lamborghini 1050 tractor 52reg, David Brown 995, artic curtain sider, 2x salt gritting bodies, Husqvarna ride on mower, Countax ride on mower, John Deere 855 diesel gator, Marshall 70 spreader, Maschio power harrow drill, 9ft Teagle topper, 8ft teagle side mounted topper, Major 6ft topper, 12ft Ifor Williams flatbed trailer, 16ft Ifor Williams flatbed trailer c/w 6ft locker container & Scandi mixer, Bomfords conventional baler, IAE cattle crush, 10ft Ifor Williams livestock trailer, Amazone twin disc fert spreader, Twose twin drum mower, 8 Granite rollers, 5ft digger bucket, qty of cattle feeder gates etc.

HOLSWORTHY SMALLHOLDERS SALE (NON VAT) – SATURDAY 15th AUGUST

Entries include; Ford 4610, Massey Ferguson 35 c/w loader, 6ft JCB grading bucket, drag harrows, grass seeding box, perry loader, corrogated sheets, sheep dip, McConnel PA93 hedge trimmer.

TAKING ENTRIES NOW!

DELIVERY – WED > FRI 2-4:30pm ONLY (week prior)

THE CLOVELLY COLLECTIVE AUCTION OF MACHINERY & IMPLEMENTS SATURDAY 19th SEPTEMBER 10:30am Seckington Dairies, Higher Clovelly, Bideford EX39 5SG by kind permission of Messrs LJ Goaman & Sons.

Entries inc; Taarup Siloking diet feeder 22m3 duo cross conveyors, Siloking 28m3, 2014 McConnel PA55E hedge trimmer, Kverneland 6m air drill, 2011 Kverneland 3900kg Accord drill, Abbey 7cb muck spreader, Kuhn Primor straw blower, Vadestad 5m nz cultivator, 28ft Marshall bale trailer, 35tn log splitter (brand new), 12ft Ifor Williams cattle trailer, 8ft roller, flat 8 grab, electric roller mill, cattle creep feeder, grain auger, 10ft roller. ENTRIES INVITED! DISPERSAL SALE OF TRACTORS & FARM MACHINERY SATURDAY 26th SEPTEMBER 10:30am , Cornwall

Entries inc; 2017 (67) NH T6-145 c/w Quicke Q55 loader, 2009 (09) NH T6030, 2007 (07) NH TL100A c/w Trima loader, 2004 (04) NH TL90 c/w MX75U loader, MF 135, MF 35X, Ford 3000, 1972 (L reg) Landrover Defender, Trailers - Marshall 11tn mono grain, Griffiths 8tn mono grain, 2x Norton 6tn mono grain, Staines 27ft bale c/w lades, Staines 26ft bale c/w lades, 2x Ifor Williams 12ft cattle, 2016 Bomford Kestrel EVOS hedge trimmer, Stoll R460DS rake, Kuhn mower/conditioner FC283G11, Fella 450D hydro tedder, Bertoud progress 12m sprayer, Lely centre liner SX spinner, 2x Strimech auger bucket, Lucas Castor trailed straw shredder, Teagle Tomahawk straw shredder, Amazone 3m power harrow, Lely Accord 4m air drill, Marstig hydraulic cambridge rollers, 24ft cambridge rollers, Kverneland VD85 5F rev plough, 3x Twose ballast rollers, SKH crumbler, Veelik crimper 700mm rollers, AS Marston 103yd rotaspreader, Rolland RD roll twin 105 rear dis dung spreader, 8ft Teagle topper, Bateman foot trimming crush, Bateman cattle weigh crush system c/w hurdles, sheep race c/w foot bath & shedding gate, turnover crate, lamb weighers, Lister shearers.

For further information or entries for any of the above please contact Holsworthy Market Call: 01409 253275 / Email: [email protected] Entry forms at www.kivells.com