Exeter Livestock Centre Market Report June 2021
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EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE MARKET REPORT JUNE 2021 Friday 18th June – Store 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 Friday 18th June 518 STORE CATTLE AND STIRKS – 10:00 AM Auctioneer: Simon Alford 07789 980203 Store Steers to £1360 Store Heifers also to £1250 These store cattle look to be getting dearer and dearer week upon week as we saw several new faces around the sale ring this Friday and together with the regular buyer they whipped up a ferocious trade. Steers topped at £1360 for a pair of strong Charolais (26m) from Tony Webber of Loxhore whilst a trio of slightly younger Charolais bullocks (24m) from Colin Horton of Stokeinteignhead rose to £1235 apiece and a decent pen of four (22m) drew £1220 for Dave Reddaway of Widecombe in the Moor. A much later born Charolais (14m) from Sandy Harvey of Lifton sold well at £1200 with further young steers from Rob and Sue Greed of Cornwood reaching £1270 for a red Limousin (14m), other Limousin steer prices of note included a stunner (22m) from Sandy Harvey at £1240 who also sold a young British Blue steer (15m) for £1225 followed by Rob and Sue Greep again who sold their Blue bullock (18m) for £1210 and a smashing Beef Shorthorn (20m) for £1235. John Reddaway and Sons of Cossick Cross saw a cracking South Devon steer (23m) ease to £1200 and the Philp Family of Ilsington sold the best of the Hereford steers (26m) for £1180. As with the steers, the heifer section was headed by Tony Webber with a top quality Charolais (20m) easily making £1250 with further classy Charolais females (only 15m) fetching £1155 for Dave Reddaway. An eye catching British Blue bred heifer (11m) full of potential from Matt and Vicky Smith and Jess Maynard, Thelbridge returned a very decent £1200 whilst a couple of South Devon heifers (25m) of high order came back at £1190 for P and W Coaker of Widecombe in the Moor. More well turned out sorts from Sandy Harvey saw her Devon heifer (15m) reach £1120 with striking red Limousin heifers (20m) drawing £1080 for Rob and Sue Greep and Simmental heifers (25m) realised £1050 for Heather Bond and Daughters of Bovey Tracey. Please notify us of intended numbers by Thursday lunchtime if you are bringing store cattle on a Friday, we message over three hundred potential purchasers the day before the sale and the more we can advertise the more buyers we can attract. Market office 01392 251261 or 07791 484290 134 STIRKS & SUCKLED CALVES Auctioneer: Ian Caunter 07813 068935 A tremendous mid-June entry of Stirks & Suckled Calves met an outstanding trade. No show stoppers forward this week but a cracking run from Joe Mawle of from Okehampton presenting a super run of dairy bred cattle with this best British Blue steers (10m) making £860, Charolais’ off the same good farm reaching £825 with Limousin cross steers (10m) achieving the same figure. Smart Devon cross steers from Richard Hill in from Dunsford saw the best top at £850 (10m) with younger sorts to £820 & £780. Trevor Chugg down from Chulmleigh presented a lorry load of cattle with the best topping at £765 for Limousin cross steers (7m) with younger Angus steers (6m) to £620 x2. Matthew Spooncer, Lewdown saw Hereford cross steers (9m) top at £740 with Welsh Black’s off the same holding and of a similar age obtaining the same figure. Simmental cross steers (11m) from Pat Lee down from Rackenford levelled out at £700. SJ Younger in from Bradninch saw Limousin cross stirks (8m) to £680 whilst Blue’s from R N May down from Barnstable (8m) that went on to achieve £610. Heifers again following tremendous demand topping at £715 from Joe Mawle presenting a cracking bunch of Blues (10m) with a pen of Charolais’ and a pen of Limousin’s at the same age achieving £690. Yearling Limousin cross heifers from Mike Coles in from Sidbury topped at £690. Blue heifers from CJ Courtier & Son in from Whiddon Down levelled out at £650 whilst young Hereford heifers (9m) from Matthew Spooncer topped at £640. Young blue heifers (8m) from R N May achieved £575, Angus heifers from SJ Younger topped at £560 (10m), whilst Limousin cross heifers from Trevor Chugg (7m) achieved £545, the same figure achieved for Jack Tucker from Cullompton presenting Simmental cross heifers (8m), with Angus heifers off the same good farm (9m) obtaining £500. Trade again remarkable! 107 CALVES – 10.15 AM Auctioneer: Mark Davis 07773 371774 A slightly smaller entry of Calves saw a cracking trade CALVES - 10.15 AM from start to finish! Top bull calf of the day was £405 Auctioneer: Mark Davis – 07773 371774 for a weaned Aberdeen Angus bull from Dallyns Dairy Ltd of Barnstaple who also sold others to £400 & CALVES Bulls Heifers £310. British Blue bulls sold to £388 for Paul Hendy of Breed TOP AVE TOP AVE Kingsbridge with others to £370 for Buddleford British Blue 11 388 299 12 315 255 Partnership of Clyst Hydon, £370 for Kathryn Starr of Dunkeswell and £350 & £310 for Messrs HJ Baldwin Charolais 3 375 365 3 365 290 & Son of South Molton. Charolais bulls to £375 & £365 Simmental 4 370 335 4 260 250 for David Headon of North Tawton and £355 for Blonde 2 260 222 1 175 175 Frank Pike of Clayhidon. Simmental bulls to £370 for Martin & Caroline Greenslade of Cullompton and Limousin 3 260 225 5 420 312 £330 x 2 & £310 for Messrs GE Furneaux & Son of Aberdeen Angus 7 405 282 17 370 189 Modbury. Hereford bulls to £275 for Buddleford Partnership. Belted Galloway bulls sold to £215 for Devon 1 125 125 1 95 95 Andrew & Liz Hammett of Umberleigh, Heifers Hereford 3 275 153 3 420 255 topped the day at £420 twice for a weaned Hereford Welsh Black 2 75 75 heifer from Dallyns Dairy Ltd and for a month old Limousin heifer from Paul Hendy who sold another at Belted Galloway 1 215 215 £390. Dallyns Dairy Ltd also sold Aberdeen Angus Holstein/Friesian 11 270 115 heifers at £370, £360 & £310. Young Charolais heifers Ayrshire 5 112 89 sold well to £365 for Frank Pike and £285 for David Brown Swiss 1 110 110 Headon. Young Blue heifers to £315 & £312 for Paul & Joy Harvey of Kingsbridge with others to £292 for Jersey 2 46 33 Norman Pyle and £280 for Messrs HJ Baldwin & Sons. Guernsey 5 52 50 Simmental heifers to £260 & £250 for Messrs GE Furneaux & Son. Limousin heifers to £255 for Rob & Jack Chapple of Axminster. Friesians met a flying trade topping at £270 for a weaned bull from Messrs HJ Baldwin & Sons with young British Friesians from Andrew & Liz Hammett selling very well to £155 x 2, £140, £105 x 2 and £85 x 2. Ayrshire bulls sold well to £112 x 2, £80 x 2 & £65 for Messrs Nicholls of South Molton whilst a run of Guernsey bulls sold to £52 x 4 for Martin & Caroline Greenslade. 140 BEEF BREEDING CATTLE Auctioneer: Mark Davis 07773 371774 A cracking entry of Beef Breeding Cattle met an exceptional trade from start to finish! A Selection of Breeding bulls sold well to a top of £3250 for a purebred Charolais bull from Messers AJ & TLJ Hawkins of Simonsbath, Somerset. A 2013 born Pedigree South Devon bull from Julie Bullock from Crediton sold well at £1600 whilst a 2015 born Pedigree Aberdeen Angus bull sold at £1520. Two young Pedigree Simmental bulls from Messrs J & JV Hall of Penzance sold at £1300 & £950. A 2013 born Pedigree South Devon cow sold with a March born steer calf at £1600 for Messrs RT & AR Smaridge of Totnes. Three Pedigree South Devon Heifers from Messrs P & W Coaker of Newton Abbot sold to £1160 x 2 & £1020. A Stabiliser In Calf Heifer sold well at £1100 for Oliver Hudson of Chulmleigh. The Dispersal sale of 52 Limousin x and Pedigree South Devon cows with Aberdeen Angus x calves at foot on behalf of Messrs Stevens & Clinton Share Farming Partnership of Okehampton sold to a cracking trade to average £1343 per outfit. Top of the day was £1720 for a 2014 born Limousin x Cow with a Angus steer calf at foot with other Limousin x similar aged cows to £1550 x 2 & £1500 x 6 whilst the best of the Pedigree South Devons sold to £1700 for a 2013 born cow with a March born Steer calf, other similar aged outfits to £1680, £1650, £1550 & £1520. A dispersal consignment for Robert & Kathryn Cole of Chulmleigh sold to an exceptional trade topping at £1680 x 2 for 2014 born Limousin x cows and their Charolais bull calves with others to £1580 & £1520.