2Nd APRIL 2021 1922 HEAD SOLD

Sale Reports & Information for the week ending 2nd APRIL 2021

1922 HEAD SOLD

PRIME CATTLE to 228.50p/kg CULL COWS to 177.50p/kg PRIME HOGGETS to 301p/kg STORE HOGGETS to £111 DAIRY to £2300 CULL EWES to £138 STIRKS to £495 CALVES to £445 STORE STEERS to £1430 STORE HEIFERS TO £1120

HAPPY RETIREMENT MARK NORTHCOTT !!

Frome Market, Standerwick, Frome, Somerset BA11 2QB Tel: 01373 830 033 Fax: 01373 831 201 Email: [email protected] Website: www.fromelivestock.com Auctioneers: Cooper & Tanner and Symonds & Sampson

NO SOCIAL VISITS OR ON LOOKING ALLOWED. Buyers please note attendance at markets MUST be restricted to those conducting business and only 1 representative per business. Buyers will be restricted to allow Social distancing – wear a face mask and 2m between each buyer. Buyers must sanitise on entry to the market, on exiting and whenever possible. Buyers must not attend with partners, children or others. Buyers where possible should double up and buy for multiple clients. Any buyer who does not actually secure a purchase MUST register with the office after the sale.

Hauliers MUST ensure their name and contact details are recorded on the entry form for the stock they are delivering.

Anyone who is knowingly ill, showing symptons of the virus, or has an underlying health issue, MUST NOT attend. Pregnant women or children MUST NOT attend the market. Please only attend the market intending to conduct business, onlookers and the public MUST NOT attend.

Friday buyers must phone the market office to book your space in the ring.

FROME LIVESTOCK WEEKLY SALES WEDNESDAYS: Dairy, Prime cattle, Cull cows, Prime lambs/Hoggets, Store sheep, Ewes & Lambs, Cull ewes & rams, Calves, Pigs fortnightly (7th April), Reared calves/Stirks fortnightly (14th April STARTS APPROX. 12.30PM). FRIDAYS: Store cattle plus Cows & Calves

Market Gates Open at 6.30 am – Please get your stock to market EARLY

Many thanks for bearing with us over this difficult period

Lockdown Three 5th January 2021 - On Going During the present climate our normal Office Hours of 8.30am to 5.00 pm may slightly differ. In order for us to create office bubbles you may find you will be put through to our answer machine. If you would kindly leave a message containing your name and telephone number a member of staff will return your call as soon as we are able. Many thanks for your co-operation.

WEDNESDAY 31st MARCH 2021

TOTAL HEAD SOLD: 1373

PRIME CATTLE (58) to 228.50p/kg or £1517 Starts 11.30am AUCTIONEER: MARK NORTHCOTT 07798 645274 Job done. Thank you. Mark.

TOP PRICE STEER 228.50p/kg for an Angus from RH Snook & Prtnrs TOP PRICE HEIFER 211.50p/kg for a Blue from JD & JS Padfield UTM FAT TOTALS: No MIN P/KG MAX P/KG STEERS Light 100-550kg 5 189.50 228.50 Medium 551-650kg 4 188.50 206.50 Heavy 651kg+ 5 194.00 209.50 HEIFERS Medium 551-650kg 11 171.50 211.50

THANK YOU TO ALL VENDORS AND BUYERS WE ARE TRULY GRATEFUL TO YOU ALL. HERE AT FROME LIVESTOCK MARKET WE MEET ALL IMPOSED RESTRICTIONS AND POLICIES SET OUT BY THE LAA AND GOVERNMENT. WE ARE FULLY COMPLIANT WITH THE SOCIAL DISTANCING RULE. A HUGE THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR THEIR KIND WORDS AND SUPPORT; WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN UNDER IMMENSE PRESSURE.

IF VENDORS, IN THESE UNCERTAIN TIMES, WOULD LIKE TO BE PAID BY BACS FOR THEIR CONVENIENCE PLEASE EMAIL OR PUT ON YOUR ENTRY FORM YOUR BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS.

UTM STEERS MAX MAX BREED VENDOR VENDOR (p/kg) (£) Angus 228.50 RH Snook & Prtnrs, 1517 W Green & Sons, Castle Cary Warminster Blue 209.50 AR Smith, Swanage 1451 AR Smith, Swanage Hereford 206.50 J Powell & Son, Frome 1209 J Powell & Son, Frome Devon 195.50 W Green & Sons, 1343 W Green & Sons, Warminster Warminster Continental 194.00 Hosford Farms, 1387 Hosford Farms, Melcombe Bingham Melcombe Bingham

UTM STEERS (14) Max. 228.50p/kg & £1517 UTM HEIFERS (35) Max. 211.50p/kg & £1503 Job done. Thank you. Mark.

UTM HEIFERS MAX MAX BREED VENDOR VENDOR (p/kg) (£) Blue 211.50 JD & JS Padfield, 1412 JD & JS Padfield, Radstock Radstock Limousin 210.50 JD & JS Padfield, 1275 JD & JS Padfield, Radstock Radstock Angus 206.50 Manor Farm Prtnrs, Nr 1503 Hosford Farms, Andover Melcombe Bingham Shorthorn 193.50 Manor Farm Prtnrs, Nr 1091 Manor Farm Prtnrs, Nr Andover Andover Simmental 192.50 AH Collins, 1264 AH Collins, Congresbury Congresbury Devon 188.00 W Green & Sons, 1165 W Green & Sons, Warminster Warminster Friesian 184.50 LO Clothier & Sons, 1079 LO Clothier & Sons, Chewton Mendip Chewton Mendip Brown Swiss 171.50 SH Lawrence & Sons, 1053 SH Lawrence & Sons, Timsbury Timsbury` Ayrshire 170.50 G & A Edwards, 862 G & A Edwards, Beaminster Beaminster

OTM PRIME CATTLE (8) Max. 206p/kg & £1221 CULL COWS (74) Beef to 177.50p/kg Dairy to 159.50p/kg Starts 11.30am AUCTIONEER: MARK NORTHCOTT 07798 645274 Job done. Thank you. Mark.

CULL COWS MAX MAX BREED VENDOR VENDOR (p/kg) (£) Angus 177.50 AH Farming, Yeovil 1449 AH Farming, Yeovil LA & T Rogers, LA & T Rogers, Limousin 175.50 1149 Bishop Sutton Bishop Sutton Brue Valley Farms, Brue Valley Farms, Friesian 159.50 1287 Glastonbury Glastonbury JSW Panton, JSW Panton, British White 144.50 747 Taunton Taunton Chave & Foster, Chave & Foster, Simmental 139.50 979 Newton St Loe Newton St Loe KW & KN KW & KN South Devon 130.50 977 Greenslade, Yeovil Greenslade, Yeovil Norwegian Kendall & Vickery, Kendall & Vickery, 130.00 829 Red Sutton Waldron Sutton Waldron LO Clothier & Sons, LO Clothier & Sons, Shorthorn 128.50 853 Chewton Mendip Chewton Mendip BMR Fielding, Dexter 119.50 449 IM Hares, Alveston Devizes

Happy retirement Mark Northcott, almost 48 years of dedication to auctioneering & the livestock industry. FLA would like to wish you a very happy retirement and thankyou for all that you have contributed to over the years.

SHEEP (1013) Starts 10.30am AUCTIONEER: ROSS WHITCOMBE 07815 985 737 PRIME HOGGETS (504) Max 301p/kg £152 Another tidy entry of hoggs which consisted mainly of end of season types but still a very respectable average of 276p/kg being achieved. Best hoggs to 301p/kg from B Clothier and £152 from Les Rogers & family. Lighter hoggs to 296p/kg and £115.50 from Andy Pobjoy & family. Handy weight hoggs to 301p/kg and £135.50 from NF Clothier & Son. Heavier types to 299p/kg and £140.50 from Austin & James Tucker & family, who also had a run of 90 hoggs forward which averaged 293p/kg for a super run of hoggs. Congratulations for all involved, well deserved!! Over 52kg to £152 and 262p/kg from Les Rogers & family. More wanted each week as numbers are going tighter each week.

WEIGHT MAX MAX NO. VENDOR VENDOR (KG) (P/KG) (£) PJ Pobjoy & Son, PJ Pobjoy & Son, 43 32.1-39 296.00 115.50 Norton St Philip Norton St Philip B Clothier, Ston 168 39.1-45.5 301.00 135.50 B Clothier, Ston Easton Easton NJ Tucker & Son, NJ Tucker & Son, 232 45.6-52 299.00 140.50 Street Street LA & T Rogers, LA & T Rogers, Bishop 60 52+ 262.00 152.00 Bishop Sutton Sutton

NEW SEASON LAMBS (162) Max 387p/kg £161 A good entry of new season lambs which incorporated this year’s Easter Lamb Show. Many thanks to all our vendors who entered their lambs and our sincere thanks goes to Mr Julian Marshall for judging the competition. Well done to Sue Bishop who took the Championship and Mike Knowles & Sally Withers who took the Reserve Champion spot. Light lambs to £151 and 387p/kg from Sue Bishop. Handy weights to £161 from Mike Knowles & Sally Withers and 376p/kg from Sue Bishop. Heavier types to £160 and 340p/kg also from Mike & Sally.

STORE HOGGETS (44) Max £111 A smaller entry of store hoggs forward which enjoyed a strong trade. Best to £111 from J Ford of Templecombe.

CULL EWES & RAMS (233) Max £138 Another super run of cull ewes which sold to another flyer. Best rams to £138 from BA & CM Godwin & Sons but rams averaged £125 which consisted of mixed goods. The ewes looked an exceptional trade with best types to £130 from Shaplands Farm Partnership. Plenty of ewes over £115 today. Suffolk mules to £125 from JEJ Kendall. A super run of Lleyn ewes from RF Stratton topping at £106. Welsh ewes from Dougal Hosford enjoyed a flying trade with their best topping at £93.50. More ewes always wanted and welcomed! Nice to see a number of new clients forward at Frome and we look forward to seeing you again. EWES & LAMBS (14) Max £198.50 A smaller entry of ewes & lambs which enjoyed a flying trade. 12 Full mouth Texel ewes & 22 lambs to £198.50 from J Ford.

ORPHAN LAMBS (32) £32.56 A tidy entry of orphan lambs which sold to a flying trade with buyers going home empty handed. Best types to £36 from J & E Nuttall who had others to £32. A nice entry of Suffolk mule types to £30 from Richard Coward.

Any undeclared ram store lambs will be subject to a 25% deduction if found by the buyer after the auction. To prevent this please declare all ram lambs when booking them in

NOTE: We are starting to see a number of Hoggs cutting their teeth, please help us help you and check their teeth before coming to market. Many Thanks

EASTER LAMB SHOW & SALE RESULTS Classes: 1st 2nd 3rd Pen of 2 or more Sue Bishop, Sue Bishop, M Webber, Continental sired Wick Wick Oakhill 42kg + over Pen of 2 or more M Webber, M Webber, Continental sired Oakhill Oakhill under 42kg Pen of 2 or more M Knowles & RW & J M Knowles & Native sired S Withers, Margham, IOW S Withers, 42kg + over CLaverham CLaverham Pen of 2 or more M Knowles & RW & J Native sired under S Withers, Margham, IOW 42kg CLaverham Champion Sue Bishop, Wick Resv. Champion M Knowles & S Withers Judge Julian Marshall Steward Nick Hill ATTENTION TB VENDORS PLEASE NOTE: Unfortunately, due to data protection we can no longer access your license information from the ministry, please ensure you remember to enter cattle with us direct for the catalogue. This is important to maximise buyer attendance. ARE YOU UNDER TB RESTRICTION? We hold regular Restricted Orange Sales for Cull Cows, Prime and Store Cattle Restricted Orange Sales 2021 Dates: MONDAY 19TH APRIL MONDAY 17TH MAY MONDAY 21ST JUNE Cattle must be licenced to these sales and licences must be obtained from animal health at least one week before the sale. ALL VENDORS MUST ALSO CONTACT THE MARKET OFFICE BY THE WEDNESDAY PRIOR TO THE SALE TO NOTIFY US OF YOUR CATTLE ENTRIES Applying for a licence has now changed; an application form (TB204) must be completed and either emailed to [email protected] or posted to APHA, Polwhele, Truro, Cornwall, TR4 9AD Please call the Market Office on 01373 830033 for more information

STIRKS (98) AUCTIONEER: CHARLIE COLEMAN 07494 588013 Numbers tighter in anticipation for our bumper Spring sale Fair on April 25th. Topping the day an excellent run from Y Farms who saw their tremendous Blue bulls top at £490, Angus bulls to £475, Blue heifers to £470 and Angus heifers to £400. Good to see Polly Whetham here whose Angus steers sailed to £490. A smart run from Tony Slade saw Simmental steers to £492, Angus steers to £490 and only 3mo. Stuart Barfoot saw Friesians to £210 and Angus steers to £485. Blue heifers from the Dyke family of Devizes saw lovely sweet types to £400. Entries are building for the 14th April contact Charlie Coleman on 07494 588013 for all information.

DAIRY Starts (10) 12noon AUCTIONEER: TREVOR ROWLAND 07968 480401 CALVED HEIFERS TO £2,300 INCALF HEIFERS TO £2,200 Superb quality forward today in the Dairy section and a trade matched! Buyers were in abundance and more of these grand types and milk were needed. 2 wonderful Friesian Holstein freshly calved heifers from RJ Goss & Son saw strong bidding to £2300 and £2200! More good types from RL Trott and WL Baxandall saw Norwegian Red x to £1840 and £1720 respectively. Grand homebred Shorthorn x calved heifers were well sold from WL Baxandall to £1750 & £1720. Garratt & Mannerings were well rewarded for their long trip from Dover which saw their Blue Albion x Holstein Friesian calved heifers to £1960 and £1810. Very few calved cows forward today but very nice well presented. Swedish Red x Friesian 2nd lactation cows from RL Trott sired by “Pell” sold to £1520.

Important Notice! Owing to the current lockdown, the dairy will now be sold at 12noon in Ring (2)

DON’T FORGET OUR PEDIGREE BULL SALE WEDNESDAY 14TH APRIL AT 2PM LARGE ENTRIES ANTICIPATED

Bakery Open We are pleased to welcome DENELAS BAKERY to the market! Please support the Bakery which will be open to serve bread, rolls, a large selection of cakes, pastries, pasties, tea & coffee.

WE TAKE SAFETY & SECURITY SERIOUSLY HERE AT FROME!

WE WILL NOT TOLERATE THEFT!

NEXT SALE OF REARED CALVES: WEDNESDAY 14th APRIL THEN FORTNIGHTLY THEREAFTER APPROX. 12.30PM Please contact Charlie Coleman 07494 588013 Mark Ferrett 07702 264502 Tom Rogers 07384 462288 with your entries in advance

NEXT FORTNIGHTLY PIG SALE: WEDNESDAY 7th APRIL 10.15am Please contact the Auctioneer Will Wallis 07833 453 482 with your entries in advance

SIRE NAMES ABERDEEN ANGUS & HEREFORD CALVES, STORE CATTLE & FAT CATTLE THAT COME TO MARKET WITH NO SIRE NAME/ONLY PART NAME OR INCOMPLETE NAME WILL BE SOLD AS NO SIRE FOUND. ALL ABERDEEN ANGUS & HEREFORD SIRED STOCK MUST HAVE FULL NAME OF SIRE.

CALVES (218) Starts 09.30am AUCTIONEERS: CHARLIE COLEMAN: 07494 588 013 Tighter in numbers today! But what a trade! Calves look dearer again on the week. CONTINENTAL BULLS TO £445/HEIFERS TO £300 A superb team of Blues lead the charge today from Jonathan Sprake & family seeing bulls to £445, £440, and £430. Heifers from the same home roared to £300 and £265. Bulls again easily £230+ for all but the smallest end with heifers £200+ with mediums to smalls £140 - £170. Messrs Mortimer had a super Blue heifer to £265. Best bulls consistently £300+ with manyy pushing £400. Pete Turner saw bulls to £355, £340, £332, £305 and £300 twice, with heifers to £220. Charolais from the Doggrell family saw bulls to £270 and heifers to £250 and £235. NATIVE BULLS TO £282/NATIVE HEIFERS TO £260 Natives still roaring. An excellent showing from the Harris family saw Angus bulls to £282 with heifers to £260 and £230. Best and medium bulls easily £200+, with most smaller end £170 - £200. Angus heifers topped again by the Harris family to £260 and £230, with others to £200 from Brue Farms. Just the smallest around £100. An excellent run of Hereford bulls from the Crossman family topped the section with calves to £218, £195 and £190. No top end bulls forward but this said an excellent show of heifers which topped at £240 for Stavordale Farms, with excellent types from the Jackson family to £200 and £190. Bulls a very similar trade to the Angus with all but the smallest end still £70 - £100. FRIESIAN TO £200 FLECKVIEH TO £195 Another stand on flying Friesian trade topping twice at £200 from the Mortimer family who saw others to £160. Messrs Harris’ excellent bull flew to £140. Smallest end an improved trade trading between £20 - £40. Medium Fleckvieh bulls to £195 from Messrs Tuffin. Calves start 9.30am! Please get to market on time! PLEASE BE AWARE CALVES/STIRKS OVER 41DAYS COMING TO MARKET NEED TO HAVE A TB TEST DATE. PLEASE PUT THIS ON YOUR ENTRY FORM.

The winner of the £25 for the top price any breed male/female under 41 days sponsored by Howard & Sons – Kubota, was a Fleckvieh to £195 from LR & CJ Tuffin & Son. Next week the £25 sponsored prize will be for the top price Continental sired bull. Howard & Sons: New Kubota dealers in Wiltshire & Somerset. Tel: 01380 723986

FROME MARKETS 1ST INAUGRAL SPRING STIRK FAIR WEDNESDAY 28TH APRIL 2021 SHOW & SALE KINDLY SPONSORED BY BARBERS 1833

TO BE JUDGED IN THE PENS PRIOR TO SALE BEST PEN OF 2 OR MORE NATIVE BRED DAIRY CROSS STEERS UPTO 7 MONTHS OLD BEST PEN OF 2 OR MORE NATIVE BRED DAIRY CROSS HEIFERS UPTO 7 MONTHS OLD BEST PEN OF 2 OR MORE CONTINENTAL BRED DAIRY CROSS STEERS UPTO 7MONTHS OLD BEST PEN OF 2 OR MORE CONTINENTAL BRED DAIRY CROSS HEIFERS UPTO 7 MONTHS OLD BEST PEN OF 2 OR MORE DAIRY BRED STEERS OR HEIFERS UPTO 7 MONTHS OLD

OVERALL CHAMPION

£30 PRIZE MONEY AND ROSETTES FOR THE WINNER OF EACH CLASS WITH THE OVERALL CHAMPION RECEIVING A £70 PRIZE AND THE “SPRING STIRK FAIR CUP”

FOR ALL INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT AUCTIONEER- CHARLIE COLEMAN 07494 588013 FIELDSMEN- TOM ROGERS 07384 462288 MARK FERRETT 077022 64502 OFFICE- 01373 830033.

FRIDAY 26TH MARCH 2021 TOTAL STORE CATTLE SOLD: 549 SALE TIME: 10.30AM AUCTIONEERS: TREVOR ROWLAND 07968 480 401 LESTER WILLIAMS 07778 646 031 CHARLIE COLEMAN 07494 588 013 ROSS WHITCOMBE 07815 985 737 STEERS TO £1430 HEIFERS TO £1120 A trade which keeps storming on, when more cattle could have been sold to the advantage! FEEDING BULLS The sale opened up with feeding bulls and this set the scene for the day; trade was electric from here on in! T & C Wheeler’s 7mo Limousin at £805 then John Kembery’s 9mo pure bred Limousin at £850! 11mo Friesian x bulls from the Curtis family sold to a blistering £852.

YOUNG CONTINENTAL Well…. “you had to be there to see it” as the saying goes, this was a trade to end all trades with many buyers who normally buy 70/100 cattle a week going home with close to double figures! While some of the prices may not look massively high on this report compared to some weeks, it was necessary to see the size of the cattle to fully appreciate this amazing day. O & B Comer were so well rewarded for making the trip from Swindon with their 8mo Limousin steers at £935 and £902; heifers at £805. This week saw Nick Bond & family support us with their annual consignment of 70+ super, home bred Limousins. Their 8mo steers were at £985, £975, £970 and £935; then came the heifers 7 - 9mo and pen after pen topped £700 seeing £820, £795, £790, £785 and £765! Some grand Simmentals coming forward today which saw RB & JF Newman’s 11mo steers to £930 and heifers 12mo to £770. S Dyer made the long trip from IOW not too disappointed by seeing his 11mo steers at £925, £915 and heifers £875! Blue x from the same home 12mo £885. An outstanding Charolais steer 11mo from A Salter, East Cranmore produced furious bidding at £1070! Very few Dairy x continentals forward but those that were had a blistering trade also.

YOUNG STEERS YOUNG HEIFERS £/ £/ BREED AGE VENDOR BREED AGE VENDOR HEAD HEAD Lower Bagber Farms RJ Dacombe, Angus 1112 15mo Ltd, Sturminster Simmental 1080 17mo Wimborne Newton Lower Bagber Farms A Salter, Shepton Charolais 1070 11mo Angus 918 15mo Ltd, Sturminster Mallet Newton Lower Bagber Farms The Covey Rubbery Friesian 1010 17mo Ltd, Sturminster Blue 870 17mo Farm, Somerton Newton A Doman & Co, Ston PJ & SL Bond, Limousin 985 9mo Limousin 820 11mo Easton Trowbridge NJ Bond, RG EM TG Baker, Simmental 970 12mo Friesian 810 17mo Trowbridge Malmesbury PJ & SL Bond, Blue 885 12mo S Dyer, IOW Hereford 620 10mo Trowbridge NJ Bond, Westcourt Farm Hereford 875 10mo Devon 600 12mo Trowbridge LLP, IOW

Shorthorn 835 12mo S Dyer, IOW

ANGUS A super entry of Angus cattle forward which sold to a tremendous trade for all entered. Best Angus steers to £1285 from H Caines & Son who had others to £1210 and £1200. Other forward types to £1112 from Lower Bagber Farms Ltd and £1110 from A Doman & Co. Smaller, thicker types to £1045 from Lower Bagber Farms Ltd, £1025 from RG EM TG Baker who also had others to £1005 and £905. No real top heifers forward however thick types from C & F Street Partnership to £975, with younger quality types to £918 from Lower Bagber Farms Ltd, £865 from DJ & SE Merrett and £858 from RG EM TG Baker. Plenty of demand for those younger smaller bred types to £875 from NJ Bond, £790 from R Taylor & Son and £778 from R Hill. Younger suckler bred heifers to £772 from NJ Bond and £765 from RJ Dacombe. HEREFORD & SHORTHORN A smaller entry of Herefords forwards which sold to a storming trade. Best Hereford steers to £1175 from H Caines & Son and £1155 from RE & D Woodward. Best Shorthorn steers to £1155 from AE Weaver & Son. Thicker, smaller Hereford heifers to £865 from C & F Street Partnership and £780 from J Trott & Sons. Younger Shorthorn steers to £925 from S Dyer from the Isle of Wight who had others to £835. Younger Hereford steers to £875 from NJ Bond with others to £845 from The Covey, Rubbery Farm and £795 from S Dyer. FRIESIAN What a day! An entry of over 170 Friesians today met a storming trade! Leading the charge was an entry of 120 hard outwintered types from Harry Street & family which drew customers from all over the country to see best types cruise to £918 and £902 (25mo). Going down the ages with 20mo jacketed sorts looking a marvellous price at £880, £852 and £800. Large bunches of 18 – 20mo steers ticked all the boxes to sail to £785, £775 down to £668. Friesians are in demand! Topping the day a run of steers from Lower Bagber Farms Ltd storming to £1010 and £995 (15mo). Messrs Doman of Ston Easton saw quality types at 16mo to £995. The Clothier family saw steers rocket to £970 and £965. 12mo steers from the Dyer family on the Isle of Wight sold to £500, with slightly older sorts from the Groves family to £720.

FORWARD CONTINENTAL Tighter forward numbers today but those here were well rewarded. Trade is on fire! Topping the day were 2 exceptional Blue steers from T & C Wheeler which saw them roar to £1430 and £1405 at only 20mo. 2 exceptional Limousin steers from the Dibdin family of North Gorley excelled to £1262 and £1145. The Covey, Rubbery Farm’s load of Continentals at only 17mo saw Blue steers to £995, Blue heifers to £870 and Simmental heifers to £1012. Good to see market regular Jackie Dacombe back who saw her Simmental heifers to £1080 and £882 (17 – 19mo). An exceptional heifer again from the Wheeler’s sailed to £1120. A smart run from the Groves family saw Simmental steers to £1185. Fleckvieh steers from C & F Street Partnership sailed to £870, with South Devon steers from the same home roaring to £920 (25mo). Strong cattle in serious demand; Frome certainly is the place to sell!

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Closed Bank Holiday Monday

Normal Office Hours Resume Tuesday 6th April

FORWARD STEERS FORWARD HEIFERS £/ £/ BREED AGE VENDOR BREED AGE VENDOR HEAD HEAD T & C Wheeler, T & C Wheeler, Blue 1430 22mo Limousin 1120 20mo Frome Frome H Caines & Son, RB & JF Newman, Angus 1285 26mo Simmental 985 19mo Wimborne Ropley WO & V Dibdin, C & F Street Prtnrs, Limousin 1262 18mo Angus 975 30mo Fordingbridge Witchampton JB Groves, South C & F Street Prtnrs, Simmental 1185 27mo Friesian 930 30mo Wraxall Witchampton H Caines & Son, C & F Street Prtnrs, Hereford 1175 26mo South Devon 865 21mo Wimborne Witchampton AE Weaver & Son, C & F Street Prtnrs, Shorthorn 1155 20mo Swedish Red 850 31mo Frampton Cotterell Witchampton Norwegian A Doman & Co, Ston J Trott & Sons, 995 18mo Hereford 780 21mo Red Easton Castle Cary Norwegian C & F Street Prtnrs, Ayrshire 950 20mo S Wilkinson, Felton 705 31mo Red Witchampton C & F Street Prtnrs, Swedish Red 920 31mo Witchampton C & F Street Prtnrs, South Devon 920 24mo Witchampton C & F Street Prtnrs, Fleckvieh 870 19mo Witchampton

AWESOME APRIL COMPETITION !! WIN WIN WIN WIN

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Congratulations to those that have enetered so far….

Pedigree Beef Breeding Bull Sale Wednesday 14th April @ 2pm Ring 2, Entries Invited. Entries to date include: Angus, Hereford, Devon, British Charolais, British Limousin, British Simmental, Beef Shorthorn & Saler Bulls Entries Close Tuesday 6th April Please Contact Tom Rogers 07384 462 288 Mark Ferrett 07702 264 502 Nick Hill 07741 591 575 Market Office 01373 830 033

WEDNESDAY 21ST APRIL SALE OF SUCKLER CATTLE STARTING AT 2PM Entries Invited

Our next Poultry Sale is planned for Saturday 22nd May (Depending on COVID-19 & Avian Flu Restrictions)

Bakery Open We are pleased to welcome DENELAS BAKERY to the market! Please support the Bakery which will be open to serve bread, rolls, a large selection of cakes, pastries, pasties, tea & coffee.

IF VENDORS, IN THESE UNCERTAIN TIMES, WOULD LIKE TO BE PAID BY BACS FOR THEIR CONVENIENCE PLEASE EMAIL OR PUT ON YOUR ENTRY FORM YOUR BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS.

FROME MARKETS 1ST INAUGRAL SPRING STIRK FAIR WEDNESDAY 28TH APRIL 2021 SHOW & SALE KINDLY SPONSORED BY BARBERS 1833

OVERALL CHAMPION

£30 PRIZE MONEY AND ROSETTES FOR THE WINNER OF EACH CLASS WITH THE OVERALL CHAMPION RECEIVING A £70 PRIZE AND THE “SPRING STIRK FAIR CUP”

FOR ALL INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT AUCTIONEER- CHARLIE COLEMAN 07494 588013

FIELDSMEN- TOM ROGERS 07384 462288

MARK FERRETT 077022 64502

OFFICE- 01373 830033

COVID 19 REGULATIONS JANUARY 2021

Please note the Government have made it mandatory for people to wear masks when in a livestock market. Please help to protect yourself & those around you & please bring your own face mask. Please note with immediate effect we are having to reintroduce the Drop & Go system. Vendors are asked to unload their stock onto the loading bays, pass over their paperwork and then leave. Please ensure any instructions are clearly identified on the entry form.