HOLSWORTHY MARKET REPORT Wednesday 14 August 2019
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HOLSWORTHY MARKET REPORT Wednesday 14 August 2019 EVERY WEDNESDAY Gates open 6am SALE TIMES 09:45 am - Draft Ewes followed by Finished Lambs 10:30 am – Store Lambs & Couples 9.45 am - Calves and Stirks 11 am - Store Cattle followed by Finished & OTM Cattle 11 am - Dairy Cattle A spectacular trade in the Dairy Section with a top call of £2289 for the best from the dispersal on behalf of Messrs AB Lake & Son of Weare Giffard Holsworthy Livestock Market, New Market Road, Holsworthy, Devon, EX22 7FA 01409 253275 803 LAMBS, 99 STORE LAMBS 803 LAMBS – 09.45 am The trade nationally has been back due to the ending Auctioneer: Steve Prouse 07767 895366 of Qurbani Festival. Our overall average of 171p was well in front of other centres in the South West. The WEIGHT TOP AVERAGE choice finished lambs still sold to a premium with the Per P/Kg Per P/Kg top being 181p from 2 vendors Miss A Martin of LAMBS head T68L head TLW Corscombe, Okehampton with 43kgs making £77.80 32.1-39 64 169 63 162.70 and Malcolm and Graham Piper of Herdwicke 39.1-45.5 81 181 74 171.20 Holsworthy for 42.2kgs making £76.20. The Stephens 45.6-52 82.50 174 79 167.40 Family of Babbington sold a pen of 45.2kgs realising 52+ - - - - 179p making £81. Top per head this week was £82.50 Overall 82.50 181 75.10 171 for 3 pens of 50.2kgs from Messrs AR Hooper & Sons EWES of Pengold Crackington Haven, followed by the Light 67 48.10 Stephens Family who realised £82.20 for a pen of Heavy 87 70.30 50kgs. Rams 84 79 450 DRAFT EWES & RAMS Another nice entry of Draft Ewes and Rams forward this week. 99 STORE LAMBS More interest in the store lambs and more could have been sold. Top on the day was £60.50 from Harry Davis of Chagford followed by Terry Trigg of Mendea, Bratton Clovelly who sold his pen of Suffolk X at £60. FORTHCOMING SHEEP & RAM SALES NEXT SPECIAL SALES OF BREEDING EWES AT HOLSWORTHY WEDNESDAY 21st AUGUST FRIDAY 23rd AUGUST 2019 at 7.00p.m HOLSWORTHY EVENING RAM SALE To inc Pedigree, Purebred & Crossbred Rams inc both MV & Non MV Accredited Sheep on offer 80 Texel, Charollais, Suffolk, Border Leicester, Polled Dorset, Hampshire Down, Blue Texel, Zwarble & Cross bred Rams. For a catalogue call 01409 253275 / www.kivells.com NOTICE TO ALL SHEEP VENDORS It has come to our attention in the last few months, that several draft ewes are being brought in to the market with no EID tags. In 2009 electronic ear tagging came into force, to help us maximise the best price for your ewes the buyers require the Ewes to be tagged with a full set of EID Tags, or alternatively a full set of red replacement EID tags. 214 BABY CALVES & STIRKS – 09.45 am Auctioneer: James Morrish FLAA 07814 010133 **PLEASE NOTE** Due to the high numbers of entries in the Calf section we will be bringing the start time forward to 9.45a.m. prompt starting with calves followed by stirks BREED BULLS HEIFERS CALVES No Top Ave No Top Ave Friesian 39 100 31.54 - - - Limousin 8 415 284.38 5 295 180 British Blue 47 432 265.40 34 430 206.09 Aberdeen Angus 5 290 148 10 180 144.90 Hereford 7 210 145 13 180 125.38 Devon 3 250 150 1 95 95 Numbers up over 200 again this week saw Charolais 2 360 280 2 262 226 spirited bidding in both sections with the South Devon 1 345 345 2 240 240 top call of the day awarded to the Simmental 3 280 231.67 2 105 105 Folk2Folk Champion for a 4 month old STIRKS Blue stirk in from Chris Britton of British Blues 1 475 475 8 370 271.25 Ashwater. Geoff Pomeroy of Bradworthy sold his 4 month “shapely” Blue stirk at Hereford - - - 4 190 190 £432 with the regular line up of quality 3 - - - 2 230 230 Limousin month old Limousin stirks from John STIRK BULLS Elliott of Bradford topping at £430 (x3) British Blue 6 395 314.17 - - - and £415. Hereford 2 260 260 - - - The top call for the baby calves was £360 for a smart young Charolais bull in from Kimbo Davey of Lewdown with the pick of over 100 Blues reaching £335 from Messrs LJ Goaman & Sons of Hartland. It was great to welcome Rachel Skinner back into the calf ring with her team of Limousins which topped at £360 and South Devon’s from Messrs Poole of Milton Damerel at £345. The same family topped the Angus (Named Sire) department at £290 with a superb 11 vendors exceeding the £300 bracket. In the heifer pens John Elliott took top honours at £380 (x4) for 12 week Blue Heifers whilst Rachel Skinner hit £275 for Limousins. Very young (28 day) Charolais heifers from Mike Stone of Dexbeer raced away to £282 and similar age Blue heifers were presented by A & C Sanders of Liskeard and topped at £225. “Hard to follow” would be my description of the Holstein Bull trade with some as dear as we have seen them for a long time whilst others were harder to place. Top call on the section was £100 on behalf of East Wonford Farm with Messrs Francis of Egloskerry close up with strong but very young Black & White bulls to a fabulous £98. Lucy Cannicott & family topped the very young Holstein bulls reaching £65 twice. Entries for next week already in include a smart consignment of Aberdeen Angus and British Blue Stirks (4- 7mths) direct from one farm in West Devon. The animals are coming off the farm of origin and all Angus have Named Sires. They are grazing on grass fields with a small amount of dry food, fed from high legged troughs. The stirks will be sold in convenient lots. Please view the video and pictures at www.kivells.com. **NOTE** ARLA CONTRACT As some of you will be aware, there are some new requirements being introduced by Arla. I am very pleased to inform you that Kivells through the LAA (Livestock Auctioneers Association) are working with Arla to ensure that those customers who sell their calves at Kivells will be able to continue to do so in the future and also adhere to the requirements needed to qualify for the new Milk Contract. Entries please to James Morrish on 01409 253275. 240 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 Aberdeen Angus 55 660 595 870 790 - - 575 515 790 720 - - British Blue 67 810 605 920 840 1150 1040 750 610 930 805 - - Hereford 15 660 595 1005 820 1020 970 565 565 - - - - Charolais 1 - - 845 845 - - - - - - - - Friesian 33 - - 620 565 870 780 - - - - 565 565 Limousin 20 580 475 950 930 - - 580 510 835 770 - - Simmental 16 790 565 - - 1105 1050 675 675 750 742 850 850 Devon 14 - - 600 596 - - 555 501 - - - - Welsh Black 1 - - 835 835 - - - - - - - - Another large crowd of buyers around the ring saw another good selling trade. A superb consignment of 20 Single Suckled Continental steers and heifers from Mr AM Denford of Holsworthy saw the top price of the day at £1150 for a 23 month British Blue with others from the same farm £1110 and Simmental Steers to £1105. Another strong Native sale with Hereford Steers from a Non Assured farm from Messrs Gerry of North Tamerton reaching £1020 with other Herefords from Messrs Thomas of Truro to £1005. Stronger grazing steers remained firm with many bunches selling £800+. Top priced heifer this week was £930 for 2 British Blues from Messrs TJ Daniel of Upcott with other British Blue heifers from Messrs G Daniel & Son of Down to £880 (4) and £830 for 3 18-20mths British Blue Heifers from Messrs Stevens of Hartland. Young Continental and Natives sold well with young 9 month old steers £550-£650 and more are required. Holsteins saw the trade firm with the top being £870 for a 25 month old steer from Messrs Daniel of Sutcombe with others from the same farm to £800. FINISHED CATTLE 11 am The top call on the day was £1166 for a well finished heavy 722kg Auctioneer: David Kivell – 07899 960272 British Blue from Mr E Partridge of Woolsery who also sold British Blues to £1100. WEIGHING COWS Top price per head was £946 for a 876kg cow at 108p from Mr J Ovens 11 am of Halwill. Limousins from Messrs Carter of Heaton also sold at 108p Auctioneer: David Kivell 07899 960272 realizing £829. GRAZING COWS 11 am Plain out of parlour cows from Messrs WM Tamblyn of Quethiock Auctioneer: David Kivell – 07899 960272 sold to £415 (4). This week’s winner of the Lark Plant was awarded to Mr AM Denford of Holsworthy for a British Blue Steer at £1150. 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.