EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
MARKET REPORT FEBRUARY 2021 Friday 19th February – 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 19th February 444 STORE CATTLE, STIRKS & BEEF BREEDING CATTLE – 10:00 AM Auctioneer: Simon Alford 07789 980203
Store Steers to £1415 Store Heifers to £1300
Another breath-taking trade for all types of store cattle here at Exeter on Friday with another marked increase in both price and numbers forward. Store steers reached a top of £1415 for a first rate pair of British Blue’s (24m) from Paul Hendy of Kingsbridge with younger (19m) Blue’s to £1235 for the same seller and £1210 for ones (20m) from Martin Berryman also of Kingsbridge. Tremendous demand for South Devon bred cattle once again with a couple of steers (23m) from David Sluggett of Westwood, Broadclyst rising to £1360 apiece and four well bred sorts (21m) making £1280 for Sam Hext of Buckland in the Moor with a pen of very smart later born ones (18m) fetching £1260 for the Tully Partnership of Brixham and £1225 for Rundle Weldhen of Newquay. Another offering of fine red Limousin cattle from Brian Vallance and Family of Bickington saw two (22m) return £1345 and a slightly younger single (20m) close at £1340 with four splendid ones hardly a year old easing to £1120 apiece for Bill and Donald Tonkin of Cheriton Fitzpaine. Very decent Charolais bullocks (22m) from Roger Oliver of Lower Ashton eased to £1330 whilst other quality Charolais (19m) ran to £1275 and £1265 for P & O Jemmison of Brayford. British Shorthorn steers (22m) of the very highest order from John Pollard of St Merryn sold well and to £1320 as did a single Simmental (22m) from David Sluggett again at £1325 and a trio of Aberdeen Angus steers (24m) at £1275 for David Vooght of Luton, Chudleigh. Best of the Hereford bullocks came from Ian Balsdon of Okehampton with one at £1260 (20m) and Blondes (21m) from Martin Curtis of Elberton drew £1140 for a pen of three. A pair of outstanding red Limousin heifers (22m) from Brian Vallance and Family topped that section at £1300 apiece with others of that age to £1245 for David and Mary Stark of Denbury and £1140 for Rob Thorn of Chagford, also a bunch of five young, tidy Limousin heifers (9 to 13m) from Bill and Donald Tonkin took home £925 a life. South Devon heifers also in demand with an eye catching bunch of five from Shillingham farms of Saltash coming back at £1185 a head and a couple (22m) saw £1040 for Rundle Weldhen. British Blue heifers (21m) returned £1170 for Martin Berryman and £1130 for David Vooght whilst a Blonde heifer from Martin Curtis sold at £1150. Smart Charolais bred females (20m) from P & O Jemmison rose to £1135 for a pen of four with Simmentals (22m) to £1100 for April Harden of South Pool and Aberdeen Angus (23m) ran to £1095 for David Vooght again.
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. Please call the Market office on 01392 251261 or Robert Armstrong on 07791 484290.
106 STIRKS & SUCKLED CALVES Auctioneer: Ian Caunter 07813 068935
A tighter entry on the week met a stand on trade with all types looking extremely well sold. Wonderful British Blue steers from Matt & Vicky Smith down from Thelbridge topped at £1070 with others off the same good farm to £1110 & £890 (8m). Ian Braund across from Whitstone presented cracking shapely Blues which topped at £990 (11m) with tremendous Limousin’s achieving £980 (11m) & £890. Alan Ridgway up from Ipplepen sold cracking South Devon steers (12m) which topped at £930 with others a little younger (9m) achieving £780. AJ Withers & Sons down from Tiverton brought neat Limousin X steers (9m) which sold at £830 with others from the same good farm levelling out at £800. Bruce Ellett across from Exmouth, back again topped at £825 for Salers (10m) with others to £810 being Limousin steers and Angus’ to £770 (8m). Heifers meeting good demand with the top achieving £870 from the Pook family of Galmpton with a pen of cracking Charolais X (10m), Matt & Vicky Smith sold a Speckle Park X heifer for £820 (10m). Blue heifers from Ian Braund levelled out at £800 with the best of the Simmental X heifers from Bruce Ellett reaching £710 (9m). Limousin heifers from AJ Withers & Sons saw £700 (9m), whilst South Devon heifers again from Alan Ridgway topped at £700.
Another strong trade please keep the cattle coming.
BEEF BREEDING – 11.30 AM Auctioneer: Mark Davis 07773 371774
Beef Shorthorn Dam & Daughter realise 6300gns at Exeter!
The Dispersal of the “Oceanview” herd of Beef Shorthorn Cattle on behalf of John Pollard of Padstow attracted huge interest attracting buyers from as far as North Yorkshire, West Wales and right across the South West. It was the dam and daughter outfit that stole the show with them together realising 6300gns! “Oceanview Lucky VG85” by Glenisla Explorer sold due in April to Chapelton Kingsley at 3400gns whilst her January born heifer calf “Oceanview Lucky Pamela” by Meonhill Fire Fox sold well at 2900gns. The next best cow & calf realised 4150gns with 2018 born “Oceanview Matilda” by Explorer and due in March to Kingsley selling at 2700gns whilst her April born heifer calf by Annanwater Scotsman sold at 1450gns. 2013 born “Oceanview Glorious EX91” by Belmore Fuel Injected V12 sold due in April to Kingsley for 1700gns whilst her April born heifer calf by Kingsley sold at 2100gns. The only cow & calf sold as an outfit was “Oceanview Kathy VG86” by Annanwater Scotsman, she sold with her August born bull calf at 2500gns. A young July born bull “Oceanview Printer” by Chapelton Kingsley sold well at 1400gns. The in calf heifers met tremendous interest topping at 2500gns for “Oceanview Nancy” by Chapleton Kingsley with others to 2100gns and 2000gns. A maiden heifer “Oceanview Naomi” Meonhill Fire Fox sold well at 24500gns. Averages 6 Pedigree In Calf Cows £2213 1 Pedigree Cow & Calf £2625 3 Pedigree In Calf Heifers £2309 1 Pedigree Maiden Heifer £2520 5 Pedigree Heifer Calves £1816 1 Pedigree Bull Calf £1470 18 head £1995
Other entries saw a three year old pedigree Aberdeen Angus bull at £1480 for Mark & Sam Reed of Awliscombe and a two year old pedigree Hereford bull at £1300 for Keith Prettejohn of Wellington. Cows and calves saw a two year Blonde x heifer with a month old Limousin bull calf at £1410 for Mrs K Whitworth of Swindon.
67 CALVES – 10.15 AM Auctioneer: Mark Davis 07773 371774
A slightly improved entry of calves saw a flying CALVES - 10.15 AM trade from start to finish. Top of the day was £408 Auctioneer: Mark Davis – 07773 371774 for a cracking month old British Blue bull from Mr CALVES Bulls Heifers DW Rowe of Axminster. Other young Blue bulls Breed TOP AVE TOP AVE to £402 form Derek Burrough of Yarcombe, £385 British Blue 13 408 289 14 400 198 & £345 for Towhill Farm Ltd of Broadclyst and £310 for Messrs Blackmore & Son of Honiton. Limousin 1 260 260 Charolais bulls to £370 twice for Kathryn Starr of Charolais 3 370 336 1 260 260 Dunkeswell. Native bulls to £325 for Messrs AR Aberdeen Angus 8 325 234 5 195 163 Hooper & Partners of Spreyton and younger sorts Hereford 5 295 161 6 152 130 a real strong trade to £230 twice for Messrs Saler 2 135 114 6 88 70 Higgin of Totnes and Robert & Gill Drake of Shillingford Abbot who sold others to £222 & Holstein / Friesian 3 120 98 £220. Hereford bulls to £295 for a super month old bull from Derek Burrough. Heifers topped at £400 for a weaned British Blue heifer from Kathryn Starr with young heifers to £270 for Mr DW Rowe and £265 for Messrs RH & MJ Hurford of Axminster. Charolais heifers to £260 for Kathryn Starr. Aberdeen Angus heifers to £199 & £188 for Messrs Higgin. Friesians an exceptional trade to £120 for Messrs RH & MJ Hurford with others to £95 for John Ekers of Totnes.
105 PIGS – 10.30 AM Auctioneer: James Morrish 07814 010133
A bit more life in the pig trade this week with finished sorts to £138 for one at a massive 152kg from Richard Ovenell of Torrington and going to J May Butchers of South Molton with five averaging 115kg reaching £134 apiece for Nigel and Sandra Tope of Blackawton and selling to Ross May and Family for their Exe Valley Farm Shop at Thorverton. A bit more demand for cull sows this week with one at 224kg making £93 for Richard Ovenell again and bought by ‘The Meat Men’ of Ilminster with others out of the same pigsties to £88 and £86.
*Please note, next Pig Sale is on Friday 5th March. Please contact James Morrish on 07814 010133 with your entries as soon as possible to enable us to notify buyers.
Further information and entries to Russell Steer
07788 318701 or 01392 251261 and [email protected]
2640 SHEEP – 10.45 AM Auctioneer: Russell Steer 07788 318701
Orphans to £40 Store Hoggs to £129.50 Grazing Ewes to £135 & Rams to £125 Breeding Ewes to £148 Double Couples to £271 & Singles to £192
59 ORPHAN LAMBS Just 59 orphan lambs and a top of £40 twice for Barry Mildon and Family of Cadbury, £39 for West Upham Farm of Cheriton Fitzpaine and £38 for Paul Parker of Ashburton. A lot of lambs between £22 and £32 whilst smaller, frailer or younger sorts were all £20 plus with nothing less than £16. Av £25.61 overall. **Reminder that lambs are to be at least a week old with dry navals and must have had their morning feed before coming to market**
1860 STORE HOGGS
A tidy number for late February of 1860 store hoggs were as dear as we’ve seen them in the last two months as the quality struggles each week with an overall average of £103 looking more like £106 without the ones sold with faults. 31 pens over £120 to a top of £129.50 twice for David & Lynda Pellow of Sourton who had others at £127.50 & £124.50 as Truro’s Norman Dalgarno sold his best at £128 and G Friend of Zeal Monachorum made £127.50. David, Peter & Thomas French of Stokeinteignhead sold the best of theirs to £126.50 & £126 as the Baxter Family of Exwick sold smart Beltex crosses at £126.50 and Graham Hill of Wiggaton sold his at £126 and a further four pens at £125. Keeping hoggs were usually £100 to £115 and smaller April-May fattening sorts were £85 plus with smarter sorts close to three figures. Smaller, funnily bred or those with a fault back from this and on realisation but keenly contested with an unprecedented number of farmer buyers still present in late February. If you’ve got them about we ought to be having them, particularly the bottom end, if they haven’t done at your place yet this season its time they went!
94 GRAZING EWES & RAMS
Grazers to £135 for a ram from CTJ Ford of Chulmleigh, £125 for ewes from Lee Whitrow of Honiton and £114 for Steve Knight of Highampton. Plenty of lean ewes £90 -100 and they averaged just shy of £80.
52 BREEDING SHEEP
A small entry of In-lambers topped at £148 twice for two pens of flock aged ewes scanned with triplet’s from R & P Farming of Mamhead who had other scanned singles at £120 and RR Squire of Okehampton sold Dorset’s scanned with singles sold well at £101 & £98.
229 EWES & 346 LAMBS (575 LIVES)
A super offering of couples were as fiery trade as we’ve seen this season with 13 pens of doubles selling in excess of £250 per outfit. John Camp of Totnes dispersed his flock of Masham and Dales Mule mainly FM ewes to tops of £271, £270 & £252 as Mark & Anita Saunders of Hemyock sold their two pens of Suffolk cross FM doubles at £270 and Edward Pring of Broadclyst saw the best of his Texel x flock aged doubles sell at £268, £262 twice and £250. Both Ben Cullen of Exeter and Patrick Parish of Cullompton saw their best doubles make £260 and then plenty of those decent but not outstanding sorts from £210 to £248 or £70 to £82 per life. Singles headed by Edward Pring selling pairs of Texel mules at £192, £191, £190 & £188 as Chris & Alison Crudge of Morebath made £190 of Lleyn singles and Wayne Apsey of Axminster realised £188 of a Dorset. Overall averages better at £199 per outfit or £79.56 for all 575 head forward and sold.
** Lambs must be a week old with dry navals before coming to market and their pens must be bedded with straw please**
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FRIDAY 12TH MARCH – EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Sale of Dairy Cattle to inc Spring Gold Jersey Sale
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