Exeter Livestock Centre Market Report June 2020
EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
MARKET REPORT JUNE 2020
Monday 15th June - Prime Stock Market
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81 PRIME CATTLE & BARREN COWS – 10.45AM Auctioneer: Simon Alford 07789 980203
Prime Cattle to 209ppk and £1447 Barren Cows to 161ppk and £1396 Cull Bulls to 125ppk and £1429
A further good entry of cattle on Monday saw prime top at 209ppk (£1313) for a well bred and covered 630kg Charolais steer (20m) from Tom and Emma Wotton of Moretonhampstead with an older (28m) Charolais bullock off the same farm reaching 203ppk and a cracking 708kg Limousin steer (21m) drawing 205ppk and realising a decent £1447. British Blue heifers (21m) from Phillip Dennis of North Tawton topped at 208ppk followed by more well finished heifers from Bottor Rock Farms, Hennock who saw a 604kg Blonde fetch 205ppk and £1235 whilst a 632kg Charolais (24m) from Barry Mildon and family of Thorverton also eased to 205ppk (£1292) and a 576kg Charolais heifer (25m) from Paul Burrow of Wiggaton took home 204ppk and £1172. A grand 678kg Limousin steer (23m) from Joe Stoneman and family of Sampford Courtenay peeked at 206ppk and £1393 with a strong 636kg Bazadaise steer (25m) from Bottor Rock Farms seeing 203ppk and £1287 and a smart, young (18m) South Devon steer reached 202ppk for RJ Macbean & Sons, Plymstock. The barren cow section was headed by an impressive run of South Devon’s from JP Matthews & Son of Torpoint which topped at 161ppk and £1396 whilst a super Stabiliser cow from TJ Turner & Son, Pocombe Bridge reached 137ppk and £1130. A good bodied Blonde barrener from Phillip Dennis reached 134ppk closely followed by Simmentals at 132ppk for J Norman and Son of Thorverton and 130ppk and £1129 for Paul Rowden of Blackawton. A massive 1148kg Charolais cull Bull from Paul Burrow drew 125ppk and realised £1429.
Vendors are kindly reminded to inform us of their entries for Monday’s Prime Cattle and Barren Cow auction in advance to enable potential purchasers to be advised of likely numbers.
Please contact the Market Office (01392 251261) or Robert Armstrong over the weekend (07791484290) or [email protected] Also note, TB pre movement tests are NOT REQUIRED for this sale
2487 SHEEP – 9.30AM Auctioneers: Russell Steer 07788 318701 & Ian Caunter 07813 068935
Spring Lambs to £110.50 & 223ppk Prime Hoggs to £96.50 & 170ppk Cull Ewes to £93.00 & Rams to £116
1617 PRIME SPRING LAMBS
691 PRIME LAMBS A smaller entry of 1617 spring lambs were as expected trading at a lower Top Average level for all classes but especially for the lighter and leaner sorts. No’s £’s Per £’s Per Weight P.P.K P.P.K Overweights were less effected with 13 pens selling into three figures to Fwd Head Head a top of £110.50 for 60kgs from Graham Sercombe of Cheriton Bishop PRIME LAMBS followed closely at £110 by both Alan & Gerry Luscombe of Bickington 32-39 179 82.00 222 76.11 197 (-9.50) (-13) (-3.22) (-11) with 59kgs and Nick & Margaret Lugger of Modbury with 55kgs as Mrs 40-45 1209 96.50 223 84.50 200 Leach of Black Dog had a 53kg lambs at £105.50 and LG Pincombe of (-8.50) (-36) (-6.77) (-17) 103.50 216 93.51 200 46-52 212 Mariansleigh made £105.20 of a pen of 54kgs. 48-50kg lambs selling to (-5.50) (-16) (-6.33) (-11) 110.50 200 101.59 181 a top of £103.50 (216ppk) for Gavin Abraham of Dartmouth, £103 for 53+ 17 Richard Brayley of Jacobstowe, £102 again for Graham Sercombe, (-4.00) (-8) (-3.91) (+2) PRIME HOGGS £101.50 for James Palmer of Halwell and £100 again for Alan & Gerry 61.50 170 60.22 161 Prime Lambs to £86 & 180ppk Cull Ewes to £90 & Rams 32to- 45£99 21 Luscombe. Smart 47kg lambs to £100 again for Nick & Margaret Lugger (-8.50) (+14) (+0.08) (+19) 46+ 7 96.50 164 76.10 130 and £98 for John & Diane Vooght of Dunsford with the best pen of 46kg (+8.00) (-24) (-0.52) (-15) lambs selling at £96.50 for Keith Rowell of Crockernwell. 45kg lambs Top Average 93.00 66.91 to691 £93.80 PRIME for LAMBS Phillip Rowell of Crockernwell, £93.20 for Stockadon EWES 816 (-5.50) (-2.01) Farm Partners of Cheriton Fitzpaine and £92.50 for John Simmons of 116.00 79.50 Another quiet Monday in the sheep pens with 691 prime lambs selling at RAMSrecent levels17 with a top of £86 for Texel x Poltimore. Some flashy 44kg lambs saw Mrs Leach claim £96.50 (+5.50) (+8.95) (219ppk)50kg lambs closely from followed David Goss by Richard of Littlehempston Quantick of who Teigngrace, also had 51kg£93 again Charollais for R ichardat £83.50 Brayley and smart and £92 47kg for continentals Torbay Coast at & Countryside.£83 (177ppk). Best Overweights per kilo of to223ppk £85 for went AJ Carterto Jamie of DawlishActon of and Cheriton £81.50 Fitzpaine for Paul Westwith smart of Holbeton. 42kg lambs Other making 50-52kg £93.50 as 41kgslambs sold selling to £86 at £85for the for Morgan Tripp Bros family & Sons of Goveton of Dunsford and 40kgs£84.20 to for £84 Tony for BarryPickard Mildon of South & family Molton, of £82.80Cadbury. for Lighter Ken lambs wereChapple headed of Oakfordby Tom, andMegan £82.50 & Ivy for Curtis RD Middleton of Cadeleigh & Son with of Ashrea trio igney.of shapely A trio 37k of gsmart Beltex 47kg lambs Beltex that crosses made 222ppk from or £82 whilstTracey best Pike of ofthe Luppit 39kgs sold sold at to £82.50 £80 for (176ppk). John Quick 45kg of CharollaisColdridge. lambs SQQ towas £77 16 for pence Len lessSharland at 200ppk. of Tiverton and the same price per head for 44kgs from Keith Milton of Pennymoor who also claimed top price per kilo when his two pens of smart 41kg lambs rose to 180 & 178ppk or £73.80 & £72.80 respectively. A great line up of well finished light lambs from 28 to 39kgs saw top per head of28 £66 PRIME achieved HOGGS by both & Blackaton9 MATURE Manor SHEEP Farms of Widecombe with 39kg HoggsCheviots to £96.50 and also for of a 59kg38kg smartSuffolk sort crosses from fromMW ShergoldAbel691 Bros PRIME of of Totnes Tavistock LAMBS and who £80 alsofor CJ parted & KI with Drake 33kg of CrockernwellWelsh lambs atas top per kilo£56.20, of 170ppk 31kg hillwas lambs achieved at £54, for 30kgs 35kg atsorts £53.20 from (177ppk) Francis andFarms a large of Doddiscombsleigh. pen of 28kg Scotties Mature at £48.20. sheep Overall sold to average £77.50 is for Devonjust a Farmingpenny better Ltd of at Bratton170ppk. Fleming, £73 for Robert Dadd of Bovey Tracey and £70 for Andrew & Michaela Rodd of Lapford.
863 CULL EWES & 7 RAMS A367 similar CUL Lsized EWES entry & 20 of RAMS/WETHERS 833 cull sheep varied in quality but were an overall similar trade to last week. The quality was in the rams with Texel rams selling to £116 & £110 for Ben Roberts of Bradninch, £114 for Adrian & Julie Rich of Halwell andA short£95 f entryor Ross of &just Helen under May 400 of cull Netherexe. sheep sold Best with of a the better ewes feel saw to pens the tradeof crossbred as mule ewes and othersell to medium £93 & £88 weight for Richardewes Berrywere of noticeably Kenn, £92 dearer for Richard than seen Yabsley in a long of Dartmouth,time. Best crossbred £87.50 for ewes both to the £90 Palk for afamily pair of of Black Paignton Texels and from Mary Tracey Curtis of
CadeleighPike of Luppit, as four £89.50, vendors £88.50 reache &d £86 £87 for of penfulstheir best. of strongMules Suffolkoften late crosses £60’s from and Tomearly Yandle £70’s sellingof Mamhead to a top and of £87£74.50 for for Tonysimilar Pickard from ofTim South Whitley Molton of Widecombe. and hill ewes Others looking £75 as to dear £84 asdepending ever with on Swales breed, to condition £55 & £51 and for weight. penfuls Best from mules David as & Prime Lambs to £86 & 180ppk 691Cull PRIMEEwes to LAMBS£90 & Rams to £99 Justinementioned Colton looking of Princetown. £6-£9 dear Theer overallon the weekaverag withe was two within pens a selling pound at of £77.50 last week & £74.50 at £67. for Brad Simmons of Thorndon Cross, £76.50 for Ellen Yandle of Mamhead and a meated run from Sam Ursell of Tedburn St Mary sold to
£76, £74.50, £73 & £72.50. Hill ewes fewer in number and often £30 to £40 with no real strength present and very 691 PRIME LAMBS few lots sold under £25. Rams a touchPrime stronger & Cull sheep trade Mortality too with and Brad Rejection Simmons Insurance also topping these with a weighty st SuffolkAs ofselling 1 April at 2019 £99 a followed levy of 15p by (12p AJ plusCarter VAT) with will bea Texeldeducted at £92.50from all primeand B and Moseley cull sheep of soldHittisleigh at Exeter realis on a Mondayed £89. to All cull Anothercover quiet deaths Monday and meat in rejection the sheeps associated pens withwith slaughter691 prime stock lambs from thisselling sale. at There recent is an levels exception with to athis top levy of if £86 a vendor for Texel is x sheep50kgdeemed lambs averaged tofrom have £62, David an epidemicwhich Goss is of up cysticercusLittlehempston £10 on -theovis week,or similar,who half also but of inhad the this 51kglift unlikely is Charollaisdue event to quality,the at auctioneer £83.50 the other andwill liaise smart half with is 47kg the the strengthvendorcontinentals in of trade. at £83question. (177ppk). Overweights to £85 for AJ Carter of Dawlish and £81.50 for Paul West of Holbeton. Other 50-52kg lambs selling at £85 for Tripp Bros & Sons of Dunsford £84.20 for Tony Pickard of South Molton, £82.80 for Ken
Chapple of Oakford and £82.50 for RD Middleton & Son of Ashreigney. A trio of smart 47kg Beltex crosses from PrimeTracey Lambs Pike of to Luppit £86 & sold 180ppk at £82.50 (176ppk). 45kgCull Charollais Ewes to £90 lambs & Rams to £77 to for £99 Len Sharland of Tiverton and the same price per head for 44kgs from Keith Milton of Pennymoor who also claimed top price per kilo when his two pens of smart 41kg lambs rose to 180 & 178ppk or £73.80 & £72.80 respectively. A great line up of well finished light lambs FORTHCOMING SALES MONDAY 15th JUNE – EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE Weekly Prime Stock Market Please Note: All Sheep MUST be pre-entered with Russell Steer (07788 318701) by 7pm on Sunday. TUESDAY 16th JUNE – EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE TB Restricted Sale of Prime, Cull & Store Cattle FRIDAY 19th JUNE – EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Monthly Catalogued Sale of Beef Breeding Stock, 32rd Annual June Sale of Early Breeding Ewes & Rams inc. Show & Sale of Dorset Cross Ewes, Collective Standing Straw Sale MONDAY 22nd JUNE – EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE Weekly Prime Stock Market Please Note: All Sheep MUST be pre-entered with Russell Steer (07788 318701) by 7pm on Sunday. Dispersal Sale of the ‘Meadwell’ Herd of 220 Pedigree Holstein Friesians FRIDAY 26th JUNE – EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Monthly Sale of Organic Cattle & Sheep, 1st Weekly Sale of Store Lambs & Fortnightly Pigs, Sale of Dairy Cattle MONDAY 29th JUNE – EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE Weekly Prime Stock Market Please Note: All Sheep MUST be pre-entered with Russell Steer (07788 318701) by 7pm on Sunday.
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