Cirencester Livestock Market Report s8

Voyce Pullin V P Auctioneers, Valuers & Rural Surveyors £792 Aug 06 160 £600 Mar 07 142 CIRENCESTER LIVESTOCK £705 Aug 06 155 £440 Sept 06 121 £970 Aug 06 166 MARKET REPORT £940 Aug 06 168 th £670 Feb 06 141 TUESDAY, 9 SEPTEMBER 2008 £745 Mar 06 140 £540 Dec 06 141 101 REARING CALVES £760 OTM 167 10.30 am – Auctioneer: Jon Pullin & Ben Baggott £705 OTM 144 Limousin x Steer: Limousin x Heifer: Good entry – strong trade with a further good entry of Friesians and both £285 June 08 228 £245 Mar 08 154 Continental bulls and heifers extremely well sold. £718 Sept 06 155 £490 Jan 08 145 Friesian (20): Best types traded at £102 and £88 for G J Pike & Son. £90 for £850 June 06 172 £575 Aug 06 136 Manor Farm, Chedworth. Best made £80+, mediums £30-£50, smaller £635 Dec 06 133 £542 Nov 06 145 plainer types sold okay at £20-£30. £800 Feb 07 151 £625 June 06 132 Native Breeds (20): Sussex x bulls reached £180 from Manor Farm, £588 Sept 06 137 Chedworth. Hereford bulls to £148 for T S F Baker, £144 A J Matthew’s top £610 Sept 06 130 of £170 for A W Jones whose heifers made £90 and £120. £865 Oct 05 140 Angus to £142 and £135 for J D Wright & Son. Simmental x Steer: Simmental x Heifer: Continentals (28): Tremendous trade, British Blue from D G Penn made £595 Dec 06 151 £642 April 07 139 £282, heifer £170, British Blue Bull from J W & S Cook £300, top £318 for D £590 July 06 122 £455 Aug 07 138 Meredith’s Limousin. Best bulls all traded £280 - £318 best heifers £200. £530 April 05 125 OTM £438 Aug 07 122 J D Wright’s Blue bulls to £250 and £298, Simmental from B Gough £298, £485 April 06 120 £405 Oct 07 137 £242, Blue from E & V Kidner £222. Liz Best’s Limousin heifer made £198, £578 Nov 05 106 OTM £535 Aug 06 121 best heifers very well sold. £440 Sept 06 126 In the weaned calf section Limousin bulls from D Meredith topped at £300, £980 Sept 06 165 £258 and £250 (2-3 mths), strong Blues of the same age to £280, Simmentals £1025 Aug 06 159 reached £332, Hereford £238. £990 Aug 06 161 £870 Oct 06 160 18 COWS & CALVES £695 Mar 07 143 11.30 am - Auctioneer: Arthur White Charolais x Steer: Charolais x Heifer: A super entry sold well with more buyers looking for cows, than there £412 April 07 127 £358 June 07 112 were cows and calves available. 6 Pedigree Hereford cows with mainly £662 Nov 07 160 £642 Nov 07 152 purebred Hereford calves sold to great interest from Harrow Farms. The £630 Sept 07 162 £520 Sept 07 143 top was £835 for Hereford Cow (03) and her Hereford steer calf (Dec 07) £575 June 07 162 £650 Aug 07 150 with steers £815 (03) with Hereford heifer calf (Jan 08) and £770 (04) £680 Aug 07 162 £430 Nov 07 154 with Hereford heifer calf (July 08). £540 Nov 07 153 £458 Nov 07 156 £510 Jan 08 167 £352 Jan 08 136 A Dexter Cow (03) with her Hereford x bull calf (Feb 08) £335 and £455 Jan 08 160 £452 Feb 07 132 another £300 (03) with her Hereford bull calf. £550 July 07 160 £690 OTM 122 An in-calf Hereford heifer made £618 (July 06). A Simmental x Cow £612 May 07 148 £788 May 06 156 (99) with Angus bull calf (Dec 07) made £690 for Andrew Raines. An £520 Dec 06 143 £1065 OTM 143 Angus heifer (06) and Angus steer calf £665 for P Gahan. A Simmental £920 OTM 145 £945 Aug 06 162 barren Cow (97) made £870 (126) for Brian Parry. A Limousin x Cow £895 Sept 06 164 £470 May 06 104 (02) been running with Limousin Bull made £422 (96). £925 Sept 06 155 £640 July 06 148 £800 Jan 07 143 £540 Nov 06 131 308 STORE CATTLE £710 Mar 07 145 £525 Aug 06 120 11.30 am - Auctioneer: Arthur White & Chris Voyce Hereford x Steers: Hereford x Heifers: A much better entry with some wonderful consignments sold to a highly £735 Aug 06 142 £770 Mar 06 142 competitive company of buyers resulting in some tremendous prices. Mr £670 Nov 06 145 £610 July 06 151 Tayler from Pewsey had 13 British Blue x Simmental x heifers (Aug/Oct 06) £732 Jan 07 148 £460 Oct 06 123 topping at £990 (161) with others £980 (165), £970 (158) with the strongest £762 May 06 138 £350 May 07 113 heifer £1025 (159) all some £350/£380 above their weights. £760 May 06 142 £610 Mar 06 121 Larger consignments today came from: £550 June 07 160 £665 May 06 126 E J Webb & Son (26) with their British Blue x steers (Nov 07) to £445 (151) £400 Jan 08 138 Bull £430 May 07 112 and British Blue x heifer £428 (153) (Sept 07) with their Friesian steers £368 £628 July 06 122 (Aug 07) (112). £445 Oct 06 119 Brian Parry, Horsley (25) with Charolais steers (Nov 07) £662 (160), £630 Friesian x Steers: Friesian x Heifers: (162) and his Charolais heifers £642 (1520, £650 (150)(Aug 07). £205 Jan 08 71 Bulls £365 Feb 07 91 Barry Yeates (33) Charolais steers (Aug 07) £680 (160) £540 (153) and £148 April 08 83 £640 Aug 05 103 Heifers £458 (156) Nov 07, £490 (150). £368 Aug 07 112 Tom Watkins (13) Charolais x heifer (OTM) £1065 (143) and Charolais x £335 Oct 07 114 steer £920 (OTM) (145) and Hereford steers £762, £760 (142). £580 Nov 06 109 Simon Scott (10) Limousin x steer £800 (151), Friesian steers (£580 (109). £482 Nov 06 106 Paul Bowsher, Windsor (18) Limousin x steer £588 (137), Simmental x £628 Dec 06 125 Heifer £440 (126) (Sept 06), Simmental x steer (OTM) £530 (125). £565 Dec 06 115 Tom Sheppard (13) Charolais x steers £925 (158), Charolais x heifer £645 £530 Nov 06 117 (148), British Blue x heifer £785 (157). £520 Dec 05 100 OTM Tony Harding (18) Angus steers £750 (169), £650 (157), Hereford x steer £500 Sept 06 101 £735 (147). £350 Oct 07 89 Bulls Edward Evans (21) British Blue x steers £705 (155), British blue x heifer £200 Nov 07 76 Bulls £745 (140), Welsh Black x steer £638 (119), Friesian steer £500 (108), £340 July 07 92 Limousin x steer £865 (140) OTM. Aberdeen Angus x Steers: Aberdeen Angus x Heifers Cows & Calves Average £592 - £300 (Dexter) to £835 (Hereford x). £620 April 07 131 £245 Jan 07 140 Steers Average - £539 - £148 to £935 £600 Dec 06 135 £232 April 08 120 Heifer Average - £552 - £202 - £1065 £435 Aug 07 128 £428 Mar 07 121 British Blue x Steer: British Blue x Heifer: £820 July 06 146 £455 July 06 132 £495 Aug 07 157 £285 Oct 07 127 £750 June 06 143 £405 Sept 06 110 £935 May 06 162 £385 April 07 112 £570 Dec 06 138 £825 June 06 152 £800 Dec 06 156 £490 April 07 Voyce158 Pullin Markets£620 LtdSept 06 146 £650 OTM 129 Cirencester Market (Weekly – Tuesday & Thursday)£750 – Tel:Sept 01285 06 869911169 Fax: 01285 869333 Lydney Office: 01291 680068 Falfield Office: 01454 269486 Voyce Pullin V P Auctioneers, Valuers & Rural Surveyors £650 Sept 06 157 £656 Sept 06 146 REDUCTION SALE - PLANTS £685 Aug 06 148 Saturday, 20th September 2008 Welsh Black x Steers: Welsh Black x Heifers: Sale of Surplus Hardy & Non Hardy Tropical Plants By Instruction of Harescombe Nursery Catalogues in Preparation

£290 April 08 166 £202 April 08 140 STANDING MAIZE April 06 119 £560 Mar 06 114 43 Acres Old Court Farm, Tortworth £655 Dec 05 121 OTM th £638 For Sale by Auction on Wednesday, 17 September at 6.30 pm – at the Farm Chris Voyce 01291 680068, Jon Pullin 01454 269486, Ben Baggott 22 Acres, Near Cirencester 07894 214150 or Arthur White 01453 832080. Contact Chris Terrett for further details THURSDAY, 11TH SEPTEMBER 2008 GENUINE FARM DISPERSAL SALE Monday, 20th October 2008 425 PRIME SHEEP At Manor Farm, Conderton, Tewkesbury, Glos, GL20 7PP 10.00 am – Auctioneer: Chris Voyce On instructions from D A & M I Greaves Average 120 pkg Of 300 Breeding Ewes & 45 Strong Store Cattle (11 am) Manitou, 2 Tractors, Grain, Cultivation, Livestock & General Machinery, A similar entry with some better quality lambs on offer, trade has been Farm Requisites and Workshop Tools dropping all week with today’s trade showing some stability. The best Catalogues in Preparation handyweights traded between 124-128 pkg topping at 129 pkg £47 for 36.5 kg from M/s H & A Ford. Heavier lambs sold over £50 topping at ARE YOU UP TO DATE? £55.20 for 47 kg from Mr J Randall. SPS - Allocation of New Entitlement for 2010 30.5 P Godrey £37.80 124 pkg The rules have recently changed – farmers who have land under the crops listed 36.5 H & A Ford £47.00 129 pkg below in 2008 may be eligible to apply in 2009 for new SPS entitlements. 37 B Baxter £45.00 1223 pkg  Land under permanent fruit and vegetables (including commercial 39 J P Jones £47.80 123 pkg orchards) 42 P Godfrey £51.50 123 pkg  Nursery crops; and 42.5 R Bradley 50,.00 118 pkg  Vines 47 J Randal 355.20 117 pkg New entitlements once allocated can then be used to claim payment for the first time in the 2010 scheme year. ‘New’ Entitlements will be valued at the flat rate 282 CULL EWES value – it is estimated this will be approximately €230/entitlement for 2010 in the 10.30 am – Auctioneer: Chris Voyce Non Severely Disadvantaged Area (Non SDA) – any such payment will be Average £37.69 reduced by the prevailing modulation rates and any other deductions. A better entry met a good trade with the best Suffolk and Continental Ewes In addition ‘farmers’ with land under the crop use mentioned above will be able to £45-£52 topping at £58. Mules sold between £36 - £39. Half meated ewes claim payment against existing SPS entitlements for the 2009 scheme year. sold between £32 - £38 with plainer sorts £29 - £3. SPS - Modulation refunds – 2007 claim year The RPA has commenced making modulation refund payments regarding 2007 146 STORE LAMBS SPS claims. Farmers/Agents are initially being sent remittance advice from the RPA which is followed by an explanatory letter by separate post. NOTE: After 10.30 am – Auctioneer: Chris Voyce th Overall Average £37.80 the 15 October 2008 the RPA will not be able to pay claimants by cheque – if you currently receive monies by this method and have not sent your bank details to Trade still very strong on all store lambs with the best £42 - £47. Medium the RPA by way an SP12 form to be paid by BACS then please contact us to lambs £38 - £42 and long keep lambs very well sold £33-£37. arrange for the necessary documentation to be completed. Stamp Duty - Update 40 BEEF CATTLE The Government is to increase the Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) threshold for 11.00 am – Auctioneer: Chris Voyce residential property from £125,000 to £175,000 with effect from 3rd September Steers 142 pkg, Heifers 142 pkg 2008 for a temporary period of one year. Grazing Agreements & Inheritance Tax - The recent McCall v HMRC case has A better show of cattle met a very good trade with the very best cattle 175 pkg highlighted the necessity for landowners to ensure that grazing agreements are plus topping at 216 pkg for a 650 kg British Blue steer from M./s D & S reviewed in order to preserve their Business Property Relief under Inheritance Tax. Cheacker. The good commercial cattle seemed well sold between 140-160 Landowners who have land under grazing agreements and especially with potential pkg and the medium cattle 120 – 135pkg. development land are particularly at risk as these agreements may be viewed as Steers / Bulls Heifers tenancies and would not qualify for Business Property Relief. Land under these Limousin 186.5 P & T Akers 163.5 P & T Akers agreements may also have an impact on Agricultural Property Relief. British Blue 216 D & S Cheacker For further information on any of the above please contact either:- James North, Charolais 168.5 B J Ford 154.5 W J Simmons Chris Terrett or Mike Cluley at our Falfield or Thornbury Office or Market Angus 164.5 E Gash Office (Tuesday’s). Hereford 134.5 J V Pullin 141.5 J V Pullin Simmental 154 B J Ford Blonde 128.5 C & J Smart 36 BARREN COWS & OTM CATTLE 11.30 am – Auctioneer: Jon Pullin Cows Avg 80 pkg, Steers 134 pkg, Heifers 100 pkg Very few top quality cattle on offer with the best meat Continental cows topping at 118.5 pkg from Mr M Cook with Friesians to 115.5 pkg from M/s B & C Baker. Grade 2 cows (strong half meated) traded between 85-95 pkg. Grade 3 cows (grazing/feeding sorts) traded between 58-68 pkg. Overage steers sold to 146pkg from Mr R H Gilder. FORTHCOMING SHEEP SALES CIRENCESTER SHEEP FAIR Thursday 18th September 08 Sales of Theaves, Breeding Ewes, Ewe & Store Lambs & Rams Also Show & Sale on behalf of Voyce Pullin Markets Ltd The GloucestershireCirencester & MarketBorder Counties (Weekly Texel Breeders – Tuesday Club & Thursday) – Tel: 01285 869911 Fax: 01285 869333 Lydney Office: 01291 680068 Falfield Office: 01454 269486