SEDGEMOOR AUCTION CENTRE 1742 STORE CATTLE, SUCKLERS & STIRKS Proud to Serve the South West’s Farmers 936 STORE CATTLE & GRAZING COWS

Commencing 10.00am - Gates Open 6am

SATURDAY STORE STOCK MARKET DEDICATED RING FOR FEEDING CATTLE OVER 400KG

Auctioneers: Robert Venner Tel: Office 01278 410278 Mobile 6 Day Standstill in Operation

TH 07889 006503 Will Handel Tel: Office 01404 46222 Mobile

SATURDAY 11 MAY 2019

07894 616167 Fieldsman: Adam Hayes Mobile 07889 064309

TOTAL STORE STOCK: 5642 HEAD

Please pre-enter stores with our office by midday on Friday. In the region of 140 buyers are contacted/spoken to over the course of Friday afternoon/evening. Greenslade Taylor Hunt Report To have accurate information of entries by Friday noon would help greatly. A magnificent May market when every pen was full. th

For Saturday 18 May 2019:- 60 day PMT date:

Bulls to £2500. th

19 March 2019 (count day after injection as 1 and day of sale as

60). Farm Assured – sell before 29/35 months. Non Assured – sell

www.gth.net Entry Forms & Market reports. before 26/32 months. Unfed as yearlings – sell before 20 months

Follow on twitter @ gthmarket A large mid May entry of 936 store cattle, part of a huge 1742 with the

stirks and sucklers, met another very strong trade.

TH Top was £1290 for three top drawer Blonde steers (23/24m & FA)

WEDNESDAY 5 JUNE AT 4.30PM

from PA Strawbridge, Offwell, who also sold a quality Charolais steer

ORANGE MARKET at £1260 (24m & FA) and Limousin steers at £1230 (24m & FA) and

DEDICATED SALE FOR bTB RESTRICTED CATTLE £1190 (3x 22/25m & FA). Further well grown and fleshed dairy bred

th Licences to be applied for by 29 May from Limousins at £1285 (30/32m & FA) FG Payne & Sons, Wrangway and

DEFRA on 03000 200301 or £1180 (23m & FA) and £1135 (22m & FA) Stowell Bros, Churchstanton.

Email: [email protected] Further suckler bred Limousin steers £1170 (only 14m) and £1150 (18m)

Store Cattle, Prime Cattle, Barren Cows, Feeding Cows & Cull Bulls FJ & CN Burrough, Wambrook; £1155 (18m & FA) GN Langley,

Cattle to be herd, SIT or PMT tested in the last 90 days. East Compton; £1120 (22/25m & FA) H Miller & Son, ;

£1095 (6x 27/28m & FA) RF Tucker & Son, Glastonbury and £1080

(4x 23/24m & FA) D & K Ware, Skilgate. Blue steers rose to £1185

The Derek Mead Health Room (22m) SRA Ham, Weare. Further stronger Blues £1170

th The New Health Room is open on Saturday 25 May for (3x 27/28m & FA) R & G Matravers, ; £1155 (6x 20/21m & FA)

Free Health Checks & Advice from 8.30am – 12.30pm. DJ & RJ Newton, East Knowstone; £1115 (only 16m & FA) WJ Bown,

Come & see us for information, details or talk to one of our Catcott and £1095 (22m) SRA Ham, Weare. Well grown

nurses. This is open to all workers supporting the farming Simmental steers to £1175 (18/19m & FA) DJ & RJ Newton again.

community, no matter in which County you live. Charolais steers rose to £1155 for suckler bred types (23m) from

SJ & MG Payne, Knowstone, who sold others at £1150 (34m). Further For Dairy, Stores, Stirks & Calves dairy Charolais £1110 (27/28m & FA) CT Holmes & Son, Kings Nympton. BVD Free Native steers to £1235 for massive Angus (only 14/15m, FA & sire) Sign up to eliminate BVD. Tag & test calves to monitor. Vaccinate to from , who sold others at £1200 (8x 13/14m, FA & sire) £1145 protect & detail your vaccine & date of treatment on our entry form. (14/15m, FA & sire) and £1065 (2x 15m, FA & sire). Further suckler Enhance your sale value. Visit: www.bvdfree.org.uk bred Angus at £1125 (28m & sire) SJ & MG Payne again; £1100 Email: [email protected] Telephone: 03332 413113 (27m, FA & sire) and £1095 (5x 18/21m, FA & sire) GN Langley again; £1090 (22m, FA & sire) HB Webb, Broomfield and £1080 58 DAIRY CATTLE Commencing 11am Prompt (4x 26m & sires) WR & NA Rich, Northleigh. Hereford steers peaked at Auctioneers: Derek Biss Office: 01278 410250, Mob 07850 932555 £1150 (24m, FA & suckler bred) from PA Strawbridge again. Andrew Clements Office: 01278 410250 Mob 07769 904704 Further good Herefords at £1120 (22m, FA & sire) H Miller & Son again;

£1100 (27m, FA & sire) and £1085 (30/31m, FA & sire) Want to know in advance how many dairy cattle DF Plaister & Son, Rolstone; £1075 (26m, FA & sire) and £1070 are entered each week on our Saturday dairy market? (2x 26m, FA & sires) A Baker, Meare; £1070 (3x 23/24m, FA & sire) Receive email updates on a Friday afternoon by emailing Hutton & Sons, Hallen and £1070 again (3x 26m & sires) WR & NA Rich [email protected] or check again. http://www.gth.net/sedgemoor/pre-entered-stock Dairy bred steers to £1055 for a Fleckvieh (19m & FA) GN Langley again. Montbeliarde steers at £950 (4x 20m & FA) A much smaller entry saw the trade slightly back on the better quality but CM Parker & IF Burnett, Templeton, who also sold a Holstein steer improved for all other types, when cows sold to £1700 from (20m & FA) for the same monies. Friesian steers at £920 Deptford Farm. Others sold to £1480 from the same Vendor; £1500 (8x 18/21m & FA) D & S Williams, Priddy. Friesians £875 (25m) and £1300 from Snook Ltd and £1480 and £1390 from RL & ME Trott. EJ Squire, Somerton. Holsteins £870 (19m & FA) DW Hewlett, Queen Calved heifers topped the day at £1840 for a commercial fresh Camel; £865 (21/22m & FA) RT & CV Perrett Ltd, Stoke Trister; £745 2 year old heifer from Panda Holsteins. Others sold to £1760, £1740 (2x 29m & FA) Ellicott & Son, Chedzoy and £705 (22/25m & FA) and £1600 from M & K Churchill and £1510 from RA Reed. DF Plaister & Son again. Incalf heifers to £1280 from FE Luff and pedigree 16m old British Heifers sold to a tremendous £1275 for a very shapely black Friesian bulls at £1040. Limousin cross Blue (18m & FA) from DD & ME Purchase, Kentisbury. Superb, fit Blue at £1210 (19m & FA) from SER Hunt, TYPE Min Max Ave Kilve, who sold other fit Blues at £1075 (17m & FA) £1030 (17m & FA) st 1 Quality Heifers £1500 £1840 £1595 and £980 (18m & FA). Further fit Blues at £1145 (2x 24m & FA) 2nd Quality Heifers £1000 £1460 £1303 RC Rowe & Son, Upottery and £1080 (3x 20/22m & FA) H Miller & Son 1st Quality Cows £1300 £1700 £1450 again. Feeding Blues £1020 (22m & FA) R Brooks, and nd £1000 (23m & FA) and £945 (19m & FA) EH & RL Leyshon, Skewen; 2 Quality Cows £1080 £1280 £1162 £965 (6x 24/26m & FA) RT & CV Perrett Ltd again and £965 again (23/27m) RH Mabbett & Sons, Winscombe. Well bred Charolais at £1200 (4x 20/24m & FA) KD Browse, Sampford Peverell, who sold others at £1125 (4x 23/24m & FA) £1070 (4x 22m & FA) and £990 (2x 22/24m & FA). Massive Charolais £1155 (39m) W Hilborne & Son, Easton.

Good suckler bred Charolais £1095 (29m & FA) GN Langley again; £1075 (3x 21/24m & FA) DD & ME Purchase again. Well grown dairy 8 GRAZING COWS (Pre-movement tested) types £1065 (5x 26/28m & FA) CT Holmes & Son again and £970 Auctioneer: Robert Venner Tel: Office 01278 410278 Mobile (23/24m & FA) RC & K Wright & Son again. Suckler bred again £1060 07889 006503

(25m & FA) DM Ruell, Clatworthy and £1030 (2x 22m & FA) RD Middleton & Son, Ashreigney. Best type Limousins £1195 As with the time of year, “grazing” cows keenly sought to £1095 for a (3x 23/25m & FA) PA Strawbridge again. Well fleshed dairy bred forward Limousin (32m & FA) from HK & LS Cligg, Musbury. Limousins at £1150 (26/27m & FA) £1100 (26/27m & FA) and £1095 Big frame cows at £950 (Blue) £935 (Blue) and £830 (Hereford) (27/28m & FA) FG Payne & Son and £1080 (21/22m & FA) Stowell Bros M Harrison Partners, Wick. Plain Charolais £880, MJ Merry, again. Good feeding suckler Limousin £1130 (23m & FA) GN Langley . Plain Blue £770, D & K Ware. More wanted. again; £1065 (23m & FA) RD Middleton & Son again; £1065 th

(2x 25m & FA) WJ Bown, Catcott; £1040 (26m & FA) H Miller & Son Saturday 18 May

again; £990 (only 14m) LR House, Dunwear; £975 (2x 23m & FA) Second Monthly Catalogued Sale of

PK & RJ Heard, Cheriton Fitzpaine and £970 (22m) M & R Hodges,

Bishopswood. 150

Fit Angus at £1120 (3x 24m, FA & sire) RC Rowe & Son again. Suckler Cows, Calves, Heifers & Bulls

£1100 (27m, FA & sire) D Barnes, Yarcombe; £1080 (3x 14/15m, FA &

12.30pm Ring 1 sire) from Devon; £995 (6x 23/25m, FA & sires) R Brooks again; £990

Entries to date include:-

(19m, FA & sire) A & J Davies, St Hilary and forward feeders at £975

 8 Bulls – (3) Aberdeen Angus (1) Limousin (1) Parthenaise (20/22m, FA & sire) GN Langley again. Fit Herefords at £1080

(1) Simmental (2) Saler (24m, FA & sire) and £995 (24m, FA & sire) D Barnes again; £1060

(28m, FA & sire) and £995 (3x 24m, FA & sire) KLH Sweet,  28 Continental Cows & Calves

East Huntspill. Feeders £925 (4x 23/24m) BJ & AM Jordan, Berkeley.  88 Native Cows & Calves

South Devons at £1005 (25m & FA) and £1000 (25m & FA) and £945

 14 Incalf Cows & Heifers – Inc (2) Ped Welsh Black Cows

(25m & FA) RD Middleton & Son again.

& (1) Ped Beef Shorthorn

Heavyweight Holstein heifer at £1045 (32m & FA) from

 10 Maiden/Bulling Heifers FE Hill & Son, Fiddington. Montbeliarde heifer at £1035 (31m & FA)

R & J Cottey, Marsh. For further information please contact Meg Dobson on 01278 410278

Our grateful thanks to all Vendors for their patience at

unloading. Next week we should have more room as it is a

526 BUSK CALVES & STIRKS Commencing 11.00am smaller suckler sale.

DEDICATED RING FOR REARING CATTLE UP TO 400KG

Steers Max £1290 Ave £860 Auctioneers:

Heifers Max £1275 Ave £780 Martyn Venner Tel: 01823 277121 Mobile: 07813 697012

Breed Steers Others Heifers Others Robert Baker: Tel: 01278 765588 Mobile: 07834 740027

Pre movement test required for Saturday 18th May 2019 if born on or Charolais £1260 £1155 £1200 £1155 th before 6 April 2019. Please try and register all named sires on the passport Limousin £1285 £1230 £1275 £1195 and detail sire on the entry form. Please can Vendors make every effort to pre- Simmental £1175 £1050 £865 £850 book by email [email protected] or by phone 01278 410278. Buyers do look at our website pre-entered stock page. B/Blue £1185 £1170 £1210 £1145 Another large entry of stirks when there were a higher proportion of Blonde £1290 £1005 £910 - smaller, younger stirks forward, which saw a continuation of the good Aberdeen Angus £1235 £1200 £1120 £1080 trade for the best quality. Hereford £1150 £1120 £1080 £1060 Top price of £950 (11m) for a Limousin steer from E & IW Studley,

Gelbvieh £1060 - - - who sold others to £910 x2 (9m). Further Limousin steers to £920 x3 (11m) from EH & RL Leyshon, who sold others to £885 x2 (10m) £875 South Devon £1050 £1005 £1005 £1000 (10m) £840 x6 (12m) £825 x2 (12m) £805 x2 (13m) and £770 x5 (11m). Devon £945 £785 - - Further Limousins to £910 (10m) £860 x4 (11m) £805 (11m) £750 (10m) Holstein Friesian £950 £920 £1045 - RAD Legg; £865 (10m) £755 x2 (11m) HJ Delbridge; £755 x2 (14m) and

Friesian £920 £875 - - £720 (14m) JA & G Aldworth. Simmental steers to £830 x8 (11m) Fleckvieh £1055 - - - R & J Cook, who sold others to £805 x2 (13m). Further Simmentals to £720 x2 (10m) R Ridout. Charolais to £820 x4 (12m) SM Payne, who Montbeliarde £950 £950 £1035 £770 sold others to £805 x5 (12m) and £800 x4 (13m). Further Charolais to

£755 (10m) Hutchings & Sons and £725 x2 (10m) EH & RL Leyshon.

280 SUCKLER COWS, CALVES & STOCK BULLS

British Blues to £725 x2 (12m) SA Vickery & Partners when others sold

Auctioneer: Derek Biss Tel: Office 01278 410250 to £680 (8m) A Wharton. Devons sold to £685 x3 (12m) J & M Fear,

Our first of two catalogued sales this month comprising 280 head to when others sold to £550 P Heath and £500 (12m) J Read. include 25 bulls saw a much improved trade for all types, apart from South Devons to £685 x3 (10m) P Hutchings. Angus to £605 (11m) older cows with very young calves at foot. The bull trade was very EH & RL Leyshon. Herefords to £630 (14m) Hopcraft Ltd. selective with few people prepared to pay prices at last year’s levels. Gelbvieh to £545 x6 (10m) J & M Fear. In the bull section a Charolais from regular consignor DT Daniel of Bulls sold to a top price of £830 (12m) R Ridout. Launceston realised £2500 as did a pedigree Limousin from Heifers sold to a top price of £745 (14m) for a British Blue from JH Neale. Other Charolais to £2450 for ET Summerfield & Son, Oxford. R Ridout. Further British Blues to £640 x2 (14m) £595 x2 (13m) £550 The 95 month old pure bred Limousin bull from J Bartlett sold to £2050. (13m) £545 x2 (12m) EW Underhill & Son; £600 (11m) K Dunster; £595 Angus bulls were in demand to £2050 for an older Woodington bull from x2 (8m) M Harrison Partners; £580 (7m) A Wharton and £555 x5 (10m) RA Reed. Young Angus sold to £1800 from JH Neale and £1750 from JWO Marsh & Partners. Limousins sold to £680 x2 (11m) Devon. E & IW Studley, who sold another at £580 (7m). Further Limousin to The cow and calf section was dominated by 2 major dispersals and £670 (11m) £620 (9m) J Sherwin; £642 x4 (13m) EH & RL Leyshon; several other dispersals. £625 (10m) BR & MS Pike; £575 x3 (11m) MJ Stevens. Charolais to The sale commenced with 76 pure bred Limousin cows with Spring £605 (11m) DJ Toogood, when others sold to £550 DP Perrin; £510 born calves from J Bartlett, which rose to £1780, £1720 and £1650 (13m) Hutchings & Sons and £510 (11m) JP Strawbridge. Simmentals for cows with steer calves and £1720 and £1620 for cows with heifer to £600 x4 (8m) M Harrison Partners who sold another at £595 (6m). calves. The overall average of £1419 per couple showed the South Devons to £550 x2 (11m) P Hutchings. Angus to £415 x3 (8m) uniformity of stock on offer. Incalf cows sold to £1240 x2. AJ & RG Barber Ltd, when others sold to £400 x2 D White. Herefords Other Limousin cows and calves sold to £1770 for N Skelton. to £440 K Dunster, when others sold to £420 x3 R Huxtable and £420 M Harrison’s dispersal saw Limousin cows and steers calves to £1680, R & J Cottey. Thank you to all Vendors for another good entry. £1650 and £1600, and £1580 and £1560 for Blue cows with heifer calves. Steers Max £950 Ave £535 South Devon cows with Limousin cross calves to £1410 from Heifers Max £745 Ave £401 BR & MS Pike. Charolais cows and calves to £1410 and £1340 from W Hilborne & Son. Breed Steers Others Heifers Others Charolais £820 £805 £642 £605 Limousin £950 £920 £680 £670

Simmental £830 £805 £600 £595

B/Blue £725 £680 £745 £640 Hereford £630 £520 £440 £420 Friesian £435 £420 - - Blonde - - £585 - Friesians (66) – not able to be exported from market Devon £685 £550 £330 £315 A fiery trade for the 66 dairy sired bull calves on offer, the shorter numbers meant the buyers fought hard and saw a lot of medium calves Angus £605 £565 £415 £400 make considerably more than previous weeks. Top of £150 from South Devon £685 £510 £550 - R & J Tibbs. Others £135 from Twose Farms Ltd; £135 from Shorthorn £525 £465 - - MM Gollop & Sons and £115 from RL & ME Trott. Best Rearing types Gelbvieh £545 - - - £100 plus, a lot of medium calves £75-£100 and plainer types mostly over £50! Shorthorn to £195 from Williams PFA. Danish Red to £120

from Huntham Farm Ltd. 455 NON-EXPORT CALVES Commencing 9.45am

Auctioneers: .

3216 SHEEP Commencing 10.00am Auctioneers: Charles Clark Tel: Office 01460 238383 Mobile: 07850 691561

Store Lambs & Grazers Andy Clements Tel: Office 01278 410250 Mobile: 07769 904704

Richard Webber Tel: Office 01769 574500 Mobile 07740 881180 & James Wotton Tel: Office 01404 46222 Mobile: 07899 955935

Paul Ashton Tel: Office 01278 410250, Mobile 07866 673857

th Breeders & Couples For Saturday 18 May 2019 Calves born on or before

Tom Mellor Tel: Office 01278 410250, Mobile 07929 649195 th

6 April 2019 will require a pre-movement test. Rams & Orphans

Jamie Batt Tel: Office 01935 415300 Auctioneers:Calf section drovers Charles are available Clark after Tel: the conclusion Office 01460 of the auction 238383 to assist with the loading of calves. Please feel free to ask for assistance. Mobile: 07850 691561 & Andy Clements Tel: Office REQUIREMENTS TO SELL SHEEP

01278 410250REGISTERED Mobile: 07769 PEDIGREE 904704 NATIVE SIRES CORRECT TAGS - see entry form. FCI DECLARATION - on entry form DEFRA ARAMS LICENCE – separate from entry form Pedigree sire ear number on passport by BCMS. Pedigree sire name on entry form. Please note abattoirs verify sires by DNA testing. DO NOT BRING LAME, BLIND, EMACIATED OR SHEEP WITH SCAB. Any presented will be turned away and will need to be licensed home.

Beef Breeds (389) – not able to be exported from market A very good entry of 455 calves for the time of year met a continued Store Lambs (553) brighter trade when more farmer buyers were around the ring, although A better quality entry of 553 store lambs sold to a stronger trade, the smaller and weaker calves are still hard to place and could do with to a top price of £100.50 (x2) from S & C Fry. Others to £100 from being reared for a week or two more to Vendor’s advantage. EG Chubb; £99 from SJ Millard; £98 from Foxhollow Farm; £97.50 and Top of the day was £462, £460 and £450 x3 for reared Blues from £95.50 from JC Salmon; £97 from AE Toogood and AE Warren (x2); NF George. Younger Blues to £390 for a superb run of fresh calves £95 from S & A Bevan; £94 from P Coombs Ltd and S & C Fry and from Dolau, whose 260 mile round trip was well rewarded, when his £93.50 from A Hassed. Overall average up to £74.12. other Blue bulls averaged over £330. £390 from RD Knight & Son and Cull Ewes & Rams (1341) £385 from TW & JC Cross. Superb young suckler bred Limousin bull to Another large entry of 1341 cull ewes and rams sold to a similar trade, £428 from M & N Dunster. Other Limousins £375 (16 weeks) from strong for the smaller leaner types but still easier for the big, overfat NF George; £295 from Short Bros & Son and £275 from JT Bartlett. ewes. The very best continental ewes sold to £129 from J Baker. Simmentals to £352 for RD Hael and £310 from PT Bale & Sons. Other best ewes to £120 from S & A Bevan; £112 from Charolais to £350 from L Aplin and £305 from SM & DM Turner. DH & SM Churchill; £100 from GJ Cottrell, R Matthews, J Baker, Blonde to £200 from PA & CE Edwards. Best continental bulls £300 S & A Bevan, LM Walters and RD Burrough & Son; £99 from plus, mediums £240-£270 and plainer types around £200. RG Harraway, Hopkins Estates Ltd and £99 and £98 from J Baker; Heifers to £370 for reared Blue from NF George. Others £345 from £96.50 from RW Brunt and £93 (x2) from DH & SM Churchill. D Walwin & Son. Younger Blues to £340 and £320 from Dolau Ltd and Cull rams sold to £105 from AJ Green, when others sold to £90.50 £298 from RA & SA Reed. Reared Charolais to £350 from from MA Johnson Ltd and £90 from PF Tythcott. Medium ewes NT & AE Gear. Younger Charolais to £240 from SM & DM Turner. £50-£70, plain £25-£50 and boners generally £20 plus. Simmentals to £280 from DC Bartlett and £275 from R Hares. Overall average £70.04. Reared Limousins to £265, £245 and £245 from for NT & AE Gear Couples (518E & 724L) Younger Limousins to £228 from H & NM Wall & Sons and £200 from Numbers decline slightly, but still a very large entry, when 518 ewes with SR Curtis & Partners. Best Continental heifers £260 plus, mediums 724 lambs at foot were penned. Top call was £192 (£64/life) for a £200-220 and plainer types around £160. double from Z Winlow. Other best doubles to £190 (£63.33/life) from Natives to £385 for reared Herefords from R & J Tibbs. Others £328 H Attwell; £188 (£62.67/life) from Z Winlow; £180 (£60/life) from x2 from NF George. Younger Herefords to £322 x2 and £320 from LM & V Haskell, OO Ham and H Attwell. Singles to £150 (£75/life) NP Gibbons Ltd and £322 from P Frost. Reared Angus to £332 x3 from from H Attwell. Others to £148 (£74/life) from the same Vendor and NF George. Younger to £320 from Short Bros & Son and £310 from LM & V Haskell; £142 (£71/life) from G Hartley; £140 (£70/life) from MH Doble. H Attwell. More bunches from Beeswax Dyson Farming Ltd continue to Native heifers to £285 for reared Hereford from NF George. Others meet keen interest and sold to £172 (£71.67/life) for 10 ewes with £250 and £248 from RA Plowright and £245 from R & J Tibbs. 14 lambs. A good show from AC & D Grossey met with demand, with Younger to £200 x2 from NP Gibbons Ltd. Reared Angus to £265 from their 225 lives sold which averaged a very respectable £56/life. D Walwin & Son and £255 x2 from J Pring. Younger to £215 from With more competitive bidding the average lifted back to £53.75/life. DR Thomas and £185 x3 from ET & E Dare. Special Entry Breed Type No Max Vendor Other th Price Saturday 18 May Blue Bull 81 £432 NF George £460 100 Ewes with 200 Lambs off one farm. Ref: THM Hfr 51 £370 NF George £345 Charolais Bull 3 £350 L Aplin £305 Orphan Lambs (25) Hfr 5 £350 NT & AE Gear £240 A smaller entry sold to a fantastic trade which averaged £25. Limousin Bull 14 £428 M & N Dunster £375 Top price went to Burrough & Son who sold a lamb to £50! Lambs forward from DM & DM Ginger, Knapman & Co and G Palfrey all Hfr 16 £265 NT & AE Gear £245 sold to £28. More again next week. Simmental Bull 5 £352 RD Hael £310 Goats (49) Hfr 9 £280 DC Bartlett £275 An entry of 49 goats sold to a top of £101 (x2) from Hereford Bull 41 £385 R & J Tibbs £328 RG, AJ & JA Habberfield, when others sold to £93 (x2) from the same Hfr 53 £285 NF George £250 Vendor and £85 from FG Knapman & Co. Overall average £76.79.

Angus Bull 44 £332 NF George £332

Mortality & Rejected Meat Insurance Hfr 46 £265 D Walwin & Son £255 15p per head will be deducted from the Cull, Prime Sheep & Goats to Fleckvieh Bull 1 £90 MM Gollop & Sons - cover all deaths & rejections at slaughter. Devon Bull 4 £215 S £90 th Hfr 8 £150 P Heath £150 From the 4 August, due to the Statutory Order, AHDB levies and meat inspection charges will be charged on the grazing ewes and killing rams.

Blonde Bull 3 £200 PA & CE Edwards £190

Hfr 4 £185 PA & CE Edwards £140

Bazadaise Bull 1 £320 D Payne -

171 PIGS Commencing 11.00am

Auctioneer: Mark Walters

Tel: Office 01458 250000 Mobile: 07833 598713 ***PIGS MUST BE PRE-BOOKED***

th Please Note The Next Pig Market is on Saturday 25 May Please ensure your pig entries are pre -entered to reserve your pens.

Another good entry with some quality fat pigs forward. Trade strong in all sections – buyers in a bullish mood. Weaners (53) Better entry – brighter trade. Many purchasers disappointed not to have fulfilled their requirements. Good white weaners to £42 and £40. 7 w/o Pietrain cross to £35 from P Dare and £30 for 8 w/o Gloucesters from R Hares. Cull Sows & Boars (15) Another very good trade – more sows required to satisfy demand. THE 34th ANNUAL FARM Best to £190 from RJ Compton. Medium types between £130-£150 even smaller sows to £70. MANAGEMENT COMPETITION 2019 Best boars to £175 from D Willis and £152 x2 from N Richards and RD Walrond. Why would you want to enter this? Comments from Forward Stores (104) previous competitors… Another good entry. Top of £132 for a good run from LE Miller & Son when others sold to £128 from J Baker and £120 from M Churchill.  ‘Entering the competition gave me an opportunity Good porkers from TWT Palmer to £98 and a run of 33 from to take stock of what I was doing and why I was Mitchell Partners to £94. doing it.’

POULTRY Commencing 12 Noon  ‘Being part of the CMA is so important to my

Auctioneer: Jamie Batt Tel: Office 01935 423478 business. Entering the competition is very useful Next Sale - Saturday 15th June to have an independent person to assess my enterprise.’ FORTHCOMING SALES  ‘The competition provides me with an opportunity MAY th to discuss my thoughts and long-term goals with Thur 16 Monthly General Sale of Antiques and Furniture 10.00am Sat 18th Collective Catalogued Sale of Purebred Poultry 12pm industry experts’ th Sat 18 Second Monthly Sale of Suckler Cows, Calves & Heifers  ‘You’re never too old to learn. You’ll always learn 12.30pm in Ring 1 st something from entering the competition.’ Tue 21 May Collective Dairy Sale of Freshly Calved Cows, Heifers, Youngstock & Bulls So now you know why to enter what are you waiting Sat 25th Monthly Sale of Native Store Cattle 10am Ring 2 Sat 25th Fortnightly Sale of Pigs 11am for? Email the competition secretary below for an Mon 27th Bank Holiday - No Market – Office Closed entry form & complete and send it to the Competition Tue 28th Prime Cattle, Barren Cows, Prime Lambs & Killing Ewes Secretary by Friday 31st May 2019. Judging will take Ewes 12pm th th place on Tuesday 18 and Wednesday 19 June. JUNE Sat 1st Monthly Catalogued Sale of Organic Store Stock 10am Ring Competition Secretary 2 Sat 1st Special Early Season Catalogued Sale of Breeding Ewes Robert Selley [email protected] 12pm c/o A C Mole & Sons, Stafford House, Blackbrook Park Sat 5th Orange Market Dedicated Sale for bTB Restricted Cattle. Avenue, , , TA1 2PX Store Cattle – 15 Months & Over, Prime Cattle & Barren Tel: 01823 624450 Fax: 01823 444533 Cows. Stock to be booked in with the market office by th 15 May. Licences to be obtained from Truro Trading Somerset Centre of Management in Standards on 03000 200301 or [email protected] Sale commences 4.30pm Agriculture

Sat 8th Second Special Sale of Multibreed Stock Bulls & Monthly Sale of Suckler Cows, Calves & Heifers 12.30pm in Ring 1 Sat 8th Fortnightly Sale of Pigs 11am Sat 15th Collective Catalogued Sale of Purebred Poultry 12 Noon Tues 18th Mid Summer Collective Dairy Sale of Freshly Calved Cows, Heifers, Youngstock & Dairy Bulls 11am Ring 1 Thurs 20th Monthly General Sale of Antiques and Furniture 10.30am Sat 22nd Fortnightly Sale of Pigs 11am Wed 26th Orange Market Dedicated Sale for bTB Restricted Cattle. Store Cattle – 15 Months & Over, Prime Cattle & Barren Cows. Stock to be booked in with the market office by th 19 June. Licences to be obtained from Truro Trading Standards on 03000 200301 or [email protected] Sale commences 4.30pm

Sat 29th Monthly Sale of Native Store Cattle 10am Ring 2

JULY Thurs 4th Annual Catalogued Sale of Breeding Ewes & Rams Ewes

10.30am/Rams 11.30 Sat 6th Monthly Catalogued Sale of Organic Store Stock 10am Ring 2 Sat 6th Fortnightly Sale of Pigs 11am Sat 13th Monthly Catalogued Sale of Suckler Cows 12.30pm Ring 1 Sat 13th Collective Catalogued Sale of Purebred Poultry 12 Noon Tues 16th Golden Opportunity Collective Dairy Sale of Calved Cows, Heifers, Youngstock & Dairy Bulls 11am Ring 1 Thurs 18th Monthly General Sale of Antiques and Furniture 10.00am Thurs 18th Collective Machinery Sale 10.30am

Forthcoming Dairy Sale Telephone: 01278 410250. Email: [email protected]

SEDGEMOOR AUCTION CENTRE NORTH PETHERTON, SOMERSET, TA6 6DF (M5, J24) Tuesday 21st May at 10.00am with the Heifer Calves

The May Collective Dairy Sale of 487 DAIRY CATTLE Includes the largest ever sale of Maiden Heifers from one farm! To include 85 Freshly Calved Cows and Heifers from Ashlea, Coombe Farming (x35, Organic), Dinnaton (x14), AJ Limond, Lynchmeadelite (Organic), Peacehay, Sayers & Yfarm (Jersey); 2 Incalf Heifers from Yfarm (Jersey); 4 Holstein Bulls from Goonhilly (British Friesians), Keevil & Wowcow; 1 Bulling Heifer from Ashlea

Including the last remaining animals from Henden Manor Estates LLP (Dispersal) being 28 Freshly Calved Cows and Heifers; 6 Yearling Heifers & 13 Heifer Calves

Featuring the Dispersal Sale of the Maiden Heifer Portion of the “Yfarm” Herd being 375 2 week old - 12 month Pedigree Holstein Heifers Comp: 321 Yearling & Young Heifers & 54 Heifer Calves for Y Farms Partnership (removed from Lodge Hill Manor, Downhead, Shepton Mallet) sired by top Cogent bulls, good health status, unselected, 11,000kgs herd average.

SPECIAL VALUATION DAY DIECAST MODELS, MODEL TRAINS, DOLLS, TEDDY BEARS & OTHER TOYS SEDGEMOOR AUCTION CENTRE (GTH Offices, Main Hall)

SATURDAY 18th MAY 10am – 12noon Free advice & valuations

Entries accepted for sale