HOLSWORTHY MARKET REPORT Wednesday 15 January 2020
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HOLSWORTHY MARKET REPORT Wednesday 15 January 2020 EVERY WEDNESDAY Gates open 6am SALE TIMES 09:45 am - Draft Ewes followed by Finished Lambs 10:30 am - Store Lambs & Couples 09.45 am - Calves and Stirks 11 am - Store Cattle followed by Finished & OTM Cattle 11 am - Dairy Cattle 1,200 Sheep saw the cull ewe trade on fire, topping at £134 for Angus Howie of Meeth. Whilst the prime lambs went even dearer with the best at £105.20 for Messrs Wooldridge. Holsworthy Livestock Market, New Market Road, Holsworthy, Devon, EX22 7FA 01409 253275 318 DRAFT EWES & RAMS WEIGHT TOP AVERAGE & 667 HOGGS – 09.45 am Per P/Kg Per P/Kg Auctioneer: Steve Prouse 07767 895366 LAMBS head T68L head TLW 32.1-39 84 220 81.70 213.80 39.1-45.5 97 221 88 206.80 45.6-52 105 214 100.40 202.50 52+ 105.20 196 103.30 195.30 Overall 105.20 221 96 207.30 EWES Light 96 70.90 Heavy 134 107.50 Rams 118 89 A similar entry met a much faster trade up 12p per kilo and around £7 per head and a lot more could have been sold to an advantage. Numerous pens over 210ppk to a top of 221ppk for two pens of 40 kgs making £88.20 from Alan Perkins of Shebbear followed by Alan Tucker of Stibb Cross who realised 220 ppk for a pen of 38.20 kgs making £84. The Stephens family of Burscott sold 74 hoggs at 44.8 kilo which realised 217p and £97 a head. 24 Pens realised £100 and over to a top for the morning of £105.20 sold by Jim and Paul Wooldridge Chollaton, Abbots Bickington. Mr D Martin of Milton Farm realised £105. Ken and Mike Hill of Bideford had a run of 91 smart hoggs which averaged 100.92ppk to a top of £103. 318 DRAFT EWES & RAMS A flying trade with a lot of hill bred and plain ewes on offer and all sold. The overall average ranging today from £21 up to £134. The average achieved was £74. The big heavy ewes saw several pens over £115 to a top of £134 for Suffolks from Mr A Howie of Meeth. Texel X ewes to £118 from from Mr D Martin of Marhamchurch. Mules saw several pens over £85 to a top of £93.50 from Mr Daniel of Trebursye, Launceston, and hill bred ewes to £69. 104 STORE HOGGS Again all hoggs sold to a premium with average size hoggs selling to £75.50 from Eric Tucker of Buckland Brewer. IN LAMB EWES A flock dispersal of lamb ewes from Harold Martin of Torrington met with a very strong trade with several prespective buyers in attendance. Top being 132 for 3 pens of Texel X ewes. More in lamb ewes needed. COUPLES 16 EWES AND 24 LAMBS All couples met a good trade doubles up to £200 and singles to £140 all sold by David Norman of Dolton. 263 BABY & REARED CALVES – 09.45 am Auctioneer: James Morrish FLAA 07814 010133 Another fantastic entry today included the BREED BULLS HEIFERS first ‘Monthly Show & Sale of Stirks’ kindly CALVES No Top Ave No Top Ave sponsored by Folk2Folk. Overall top call of the day was a bunch of 5 very smart Blue Friesian 33 142 64.76 - - - steer stirks (4-5 mths) in from Messrs Limousin 6 295 185.67 16 240 107.31 Cobbledick of Sutcombe that raced away British Blue 45 390 221.87 53 300 148.26 to £480 and went home with the Piper Family of Herdwicke. Close up was the 7 205 133.43 9 75 46.67 Aberdeen Angus bunch of Angus steers (4 mths) from the Hereford 12 162 72.75 25 183 94.08 same good home at £365 whilst the best Charolais 6 235 156.50 6 272 134.67 of a bunch of younger Blues hit £330 going Simmental 1 190 190 - - - home with the Kirk family. Heifer stirks Welsh Black 3 132 125.33 3 100 91.33 topped at £330 for Messrs Rockett of Bridestowe with other bunches (3 mths) at £302 for Langadon Farms. The first Show & Sale of Stirks was a great success and our thanks go to our judge Mr Ian Bell and congratulations to the Cobbledick Family for winning the award. Big numbers of calves out today saw the best Blue calves from John Elliott of Henscott at £342 with Bradley Goaman close up at £330 and the best of a good run from WF Parsons & Son of Pyworthy at £320. Very young Blues (30 days) hit £270 for Andrew Hockridge of Bideford and Messrs Home of East Putford. The champion calf today was a splendid Limousin bull (31 days) in from Steve Issac hitting £295 and purchased by John Varney of Shebbear. Top Angus calves hit £205 for the Cornish Family of West Putford with Messrs Goaman at £200 and the pick of a run of 20 from Messrs Bulled & Son of South Molton at £190. The same good vendor took the top 5 places in the Hereford section topping at £162 whilst very young Charolais bulls hit £235 for Messrs Gaden & Son of Bratton Clovelly going off to their new home near Bodmin. It very much was like the ‘good old days’ in the Holstein pens with the top 10 black & white bulls averging £109.30. Overall top call was £142 for A&D Heyward of Coryton with Messrs Tape of Hartland at £95 and a pen of 6 (4 week old) bulls in from Messrs Nickels of Newton Tracey at a spectacular £94. *** If you have Holstein bulls, I advise you take advantage of the trade and bring them to us next week. Plenty of farmer & trade buyers ready to purchase. *** Heifer trade was £10-£15 up on last week with Messrs Issac in pole position in the Limousin pens at £240 with best Herefords at £183 for M&L Pincombe of Warkleigh. Top Charolais heifers reached £272 for the Rockett Family with the very best Blue heifers to £272 for John Elliott. Speaking after the sale Kivells Calf Auctioneer James Morrish said “Another excellent day and once again saw calves at Holsworthy from farms ranging from St Austell in Cornwall to South Molton on the edge of Exmoor”. CALF DROVER REQUIRED Due to the increased number of calves being sold at Holsworthy we are looking for a further member of staff to join our team. Full training will be given. Please contact Wendy Johnson on 01409 253275. 208 STORE CATTLE – 11 am Auctioneer: David Kivell - 07899 960272 STEERS HEIFERS No 0-15 mths 16-22 mths 23+ mths 0-15 mths 16-22 mths 23+ mths Breed Sold Top Ave Top Ave Top Ave Top Ave Top Ave Top Ave A.Angus 48 740 660 950 880 - - 770 565 950 860 - - British Blue 74 - - 1055 918 905 905 795 770 1010 815 - - Hereford 37 775 705 905 845 - - 490 490 705 705 - - Charolais 5 - - 810 810 - - 575 575 900 800 - - Friesian 23 - - 870 725 915 915 - - 860 860 935 935 Limousin 20 - - 900 805 - - - - 920 805 - - Simmental 2 - - - - - - - - 920 920 - - Another very strong store trade, mostly 18-20mth wintering stores sold to a trade as strong as last week. British Blues from Mr A Pomeroy of Bradworthy topped at £950 for 5. A run of 20 well farmed 19-22mth British Blue x Holstein steers from Mr B Boundy of Stratton saw a top call of £945 for 6 averaging £927. A 21mth British Blue from Mr Charlie Kivell rose to £1,055 with plenty of other British Blue steers over £900. Similar aged British Blue heifers saw plenty of 15-18mth heifers over £800 topping at £1,010 for an 18mth from Mr A Pomeroy of Bradworthy. A lovely run of 17 16-20mth meat Limousin heifers from Mr J Melville saw 6 to £920 averaging £900. Native steers again sold well with 20mth Dairy x Aberdeen Angus steers to £950 and plenty of other younger Aberdeen Angus to £850. Hereford x Holstein steers from Mr S Hopper of Holsworthy to £905. Holsteins sold well this week with 4 27mth old steers from Messrs Thorne of Umberleigh to £915, others from Mr J Chamberlain of Shebbear to £870. Holstein heifers 25-29mths old topped at £935 for Mr A Pomeroy of Bradworthy. More Holsteins required to meet demand. Grazing cows topped at £565 for a non-Farm Assured GRAZING COWS & OTM COWS 11 am Hereford from Messrs Ashton of Shebbear. Auctioneer: David Kivell OTMs topped this week at 91p for a 9yr old out of parlour cow from Messrs Skinner of Halwill. This week’s winner of the Lark Plant was awarded to Mr Charlie Kivell for a 21mth British Blue at £1,055. Kivells notice to Store Cattle Vendors It has come to our attention in recent months that a large number of in calf Store Heifers are being reported, and because of this the vendors are having to pay large vet bills and cost of losses to the purchaser. In previous years we have found that vendors who have scanned their Heifers empty at the time of their TB test, have had a stronger trade on the day, and that has covered their cost of scanning, based on this although it’s voluntary and not compulsory to scan your Heifers, we would highly recommend it. On talking to purchasers they would be more than happy to give a little extra with the guarantee of empty Heifers.