HOLSWORTHY MARKT REPORT Wednesday 18 September 2019

EVERY WEDNESDAY

Gates open 6am

SALE TIMES 09:45 am - Draft Ewes followed by Finished Lambs 10:30 am - Store Lambs & Couples 09.45 am - Calves and Stirks 11 am - Store Cattle followed by Finished & OTM Cattle

11 am - Dairy Cattle

Over 2000 sheep at Holsworthy this week included the Annual Consignment of the North Country Mule Lambs from Godfrey & Owen Davey of Bratton Clovelly and selling to a top of £84. Best 2T ewes from David Beak of Bude sold at £138.

Holsworthy Livestock Market, New Market Road, Holsworthy, Devon, EX22 7FA

01409 253275

LAMBS, DRAFT EWES & RAMS WEIGHT TOP AVERAGE Per P/Kg Per P/Kg BREEDING SHEEP LAMBS – 09.45 am head T68L head TLW Auctioneer: Steve Prouse 07767 895366 32.1-39 64.20 165 60.60 159.00 39.1-45.5 75.20 173 71.80 166.50 45.6-52 79.80 168 77.90 163.00 52+ 84.20 159 83.50 150.00 Overall 84.20 173 76.50 166.10 EWES Light 72.00 58.00 Heavy 89.50 81.00 Rams 78.00 74.00 701 FAT LAMBS The fat lamb met a similar trade with the overall average of 166.1p. The well fleshed lambs are in keen demand. Several pens made over 170p to a top of 173p for a pen of 42.4kgs £73.20 from Bill Dauncey of Bideford, followed by Alan Tucker of Stibb Cross who realised 172p for his 42kgs £72.20. The top price per head on the day was £82.20 from the Beer family of Town Farm, Monkleigh.

277 DRAFT EWES & RAMS A smaller entry met a faster trade. More could have been sold. Several pens made over £80 to a top of £89.50 from Will Braund of Whitstone. Mules sold to £69 and Hill Bred ewes sold to £54. 814 BREEDING EWES Annual consignment of North Country Mule ewes and lambs from Godfrey and Owen Davey of Bratton Clovelly saw the usual large attention of perspective buyers and sold to a top of £84. Mule 2T topped on the day from David Beak of Scadghill, Bude at £138 with 2 other pens at £130. Suffolk x Mule 2T topped at £130 from 2 vendors John Stanbury of Whitstone and Messrs S & V Parker of Highfield, Quicks Farm. Suffolk x ewe lambs reached £90 for 2 pens from Henry Banbury of Iddesleigh. 159 STORE LAMBS A steady trade topped on the day at £59 from Messrs SJ Maddever & Son of Poldrissick, Saltash

54 RAMS A strong trade with the top on the day at £310 for Texel Shearlings from 4 different vendors. 814 BREEDING EWES 814 BREEDING EWES 307 BABY & REARED CALVES – 09.45 am Auctioneer: James Morrish FLAA 07814 010133

BREED BULLS HEIFERS CALVES No Top Ave No Top Ave Friesian 51 148 37.12 - - - Fleckvieh 2 120 69.00 - - - Limousin 22 330 216.23 22 252 170.14 British Blue 52 390 174.80 44 250 140.32 Aberdeen Angus 16 235 138.94 17 165 91.06 Hereford 10 210 135.20 10 118 68.70 Another fantastic entry of calves today 7 330 232.14 4 258 171.00 Charolais saw the 1st quality calves hitting an exciting STIRKS trade with 2nd and 3rd quality calves more Friesian 7 95 95.00 - - - difficult to sell. Galloway 2 320 320.00 - - - Aberdeen Angus 2 352 352.00 - - - British Blue 1 95 95.00 - - - Hereford 7 280 254.29 - - -

The top call on the day was £390 given for the pick of a superb run of 5 week old blues from Jeff Endacott of Halwill whilst Rob Veale & family of Ashwater not only hit £340 for a 29 day old blue which also walked away with the Folk2Folk Championship on the day.

Ian Bell of Folk2Folk with the Champion calf from the Veale Family of Ashwater.

Messrs Bass of Bodmin saw their best at £325 with Messrs RC & MJ Andrews of Saltash at £312 (x2) whilst the top 10 Blues sold to an average of £337.50.

Angus calves saw the best Bulls at £235 for a cracking “Named Sire” on behalf of Messrs Wade & Son of Whiteley with Messrs D & D Furse at £212 and the best of a large consignment of very young Angus calves from Weavian Farms of Bideford topping at £168. Best Limousin bulls today came in from Messrs S & M Furse of Ashwater at £330 followed by a lovely run of young Limousin bulls from Richard Wooldridge of Stowford hit £285 (x4) and a nice consignment from Messrs Monks of Inwardleigh topping at £280. Trade of the day was given for the best run of baby Charolais sold at Holsworthy for some time and hitting £330 on behalf of David Headen of North Tawton.

In the heifer pens Rachel Poole topped the Blues at £250 and Charolais at £258 whilst Rob Veale of Beaworthy topped the Limousins at £252.

Trade for Holstein bulls was much stronger today with 2 month old Black & White to £148 for Messrs Andrews £140 for Jeff Endacott and the best of the babies to an outstanding pair from John Britton of Tetcott at £120 each. STIRKS A nice entry of Stirks sold to a solid trade with Messrs Wootton of West Chilla at £352 for an Aberdeen Angus and £320 for a Galloway from the same good home.

A great day today, now looking forward to it all again next Wednesday. **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. 350 STORE CATTLE – 11 am Auctioneer: David Kivell 07899 960272

STEERS HEIFERS 16-22 16-22 No 0-15 mths 23+ mths 0-15 mths 23+ mths Breed mths mths Sold Top Ave Top Ave Top Ave Top Ave Top Ave Top Ave Aberdeen 58 755 510 915 802 - - 550 470 770 660 820 820 Angus British Blue 77 830 650 950 815 1200 1150 670 565 860 695 - - Hereford 39 600 475 745 745 865 865 470 402 - - - - Charolais 13 - - 1000 908 - - - - 810 777 - - Friesian 40 545 440 690 660 ------Limousin 85 810 670 1060 930 - - 650 520 860 840 - - Simmental 8 - - 785 785 1150 1150 670 558 - - - - South 24 685 580 740 740 - - 520 520 - - - - Devon Good cattle saw a good trade forward. Cattle again sold well with a top call of £1200 for a British Blue Steer from Messrs Ley of Eastwood, Petersmarland with Simmentals from the same farm fetching £1150. A consignment of 17 quality single suckled Limousins 17 months old from Messrs Tonkin of Chilsworthy who saw a top of £1060 (4) with an average of £1000. Other single suckled Charolais from Mr Elston of Cheldon also reached £1000. Several consignments of stronger feeding heifers saw £860 achieved for 2 dairy x British Blue from Messrs Gear, Barnstaple. 7 Single Suckled Limousins from Mr M Elderfield of Bude £860 and another single suckled Limousin from Messrs Warren of Ashwater also £860. Younger grazing types sold well 16-18 months with British Blue & Limousin Dairy x steers £750-£850.

A nice entry of 38 Single Suckled Organic cattle from Mr Russell of Fowey saw 16 month old Aberdeen Angus Steers to £755, South Devon Steers £685, Aberdeen Angus Heifers £620 A good trade!! Holstein steers with condition rose to £690 for 2 from Messrs James of Halwill with others from Messrs Gear of Barnstaple £650. Young Holsteins were a good trade with most 12-14 month old realising over £400. Several good consignments of young 10-12 month Dairy x Continentals and Native Steers and Heifers saw most bunches of Steers £500 + and Heifers £450+

12 GRAZING COWS & OTM WEIGHING COWS – 11 am Auctioneer: David Kivell 07899 960272

Larger framed Holsteins topped at £595 for Messrs Skinner, Halwill. Smaller framed Friesian cows sold to £400 with Crossbred cows from Messrs Gillbard of Warra £435, Ayreshires from the same farm £405.2

FINISHED CATTLE – 11 am Auctioneer: David Kivell 07899 960272 The top call this week was 162p for a single suckled Simmental Steer from Messrs Ley of Petersmarland realising £1104.

This week’s winner of the Lark Plant was awarded to Messrs R G & S M Ley of Petersmarland for a British Blue Steer at £1200.

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. On talking to purchasers they would be more than happy to give a little extra with the guarantee of empty Heifers.

88 DAIRY CATTLE - 11.00 am Auctioneer: Mark Bromell - 07966 DAIRY CATTLE Top Ave 430001 1st Calving Heifers (1st Quality) 1950 1741 Mark Davis - 07773 371774 1st Calving Heifers (2nd Quality) 1550 1402 2nd Calving Cows 1950 1500 An excellent quality entry of fresh calvers and 3rd and 4Th Calving Cows 1250 1250 in calf heifers met a very solid and level trade. Shorthorn, Ayrshire and Crossbreds 1300 1183 The superb harvesting weather kept many May – July Calved Cows 1400 1153 potential buyers busy with grass and maize In Calf Heifers 1480 1329 silage and tilling and this caused the ring to be Heifer Calves 200 200 much quieter than normal. However those in attendance recognised the quality on offer and bidding was brisk for all categories and qualities.

A large number of freshly calved heifers were sought after with Messrs SR Gilbert and Son from Sheepwash opening the sale and topping both the cow and the heifer sections at £1950. Bocaddon Trix WG Annette was a smart freshly calved heifer giving 35 kgs and Bocaddon Jitterbub PGW Stella was a freshly calved second calver giving 39 Kgs. The Gilbert family had an excellent entry of 23 heifers and cows with a consignment average of £1533. Many heifers sold at over £1700 including cattle from Messrs H Burrows and Sons from Woolacombe, GG & JM Jenkin from Helston, WA Hopper and Son from Okehampton, and NR & SL Osborne from Bude.

An excellent entry of in calf heifers met a flying trade topping at £1480 for a superb entry from Warman Family Partnership of Delabole with Tregragonfarm Nadal Ursula 70, a heifer due 17th October to Aberdeen Angus. Their consignment of mid- October to December calving heifers averaged over £1350! Another good consignment of in-calf heifers from KJ Waldon and Partners also met a fast trade topping at £1350 on three occasions. Heifer calves sold to a level trade at £200 on behalf of Bonners Farm

Wednesday 25th September - Holsworthy Additional Dairy Sale. To include the Herd Dispersal Sale of Pedigree Holstein Friesians on behalf of Messrs WJ Heywood & Son of Bideford. Sale also to include Ped Hereford Bull (available via Private Treaty- please contact MWB 07966 430001).

GRASS KEEP WANTED We have a client looking to purchase Winter keep (Oct-Dec) for ewes only. James Morrish 01409 253275

FORTHCOMING SALES

- SEPTEMBER SALES TUESDAY 24th – HALLWORTHY EVENING RAM SALE at 7PM Sale of Pedigree and Pure Bred Breeding Rams and Females, MV and non MV accredited. Rams to inc 100 Charollais, Texel, Llynn, Suffolk, North Country Cheviot, Polled Dorset, Blue Texel, Easy Care, Meatlinc, Roussin. For a catalogue please call 01840 261261

WEDNESDAY 25th- HOLSWORTHY Weekly Prime & Store Market. PLUS Additional Dairy Sale. To include the Herd Dispersal of approx. 30 Ped Holstein Friesians on behalf of Messrs WJ Heywood & Son of Bideford. NMR recorded, Robot Milked & Cubicle Housed. Further details to follow. Sale also to include Ped Hereford Bull (available via Private Treaty - please contact MWB 07966 430001). Further Entries invited for cataloguing by 10am Thursday 19th September.

THURSDAY 26th – HALLWORTHY Weekly Market on offer 250 Store Cattle to include Special sale of Stirks + 5th Special sale of breeding Ewes, Ewe Lambs & Rams, on offer 1000 Breeding Ewes being, 100 Suffolk x 2T, 80 Mule 2T, 70 Suffolk x Ewe Lambs, 60 Beulah in flock ages, also flock dispersal of traditional bred Blue Face Leicester’s being 6 Ewe Lambs, 6 2T, 11 Flock Age Ewes and 60 Stock Rams.

CHARITY CORNER

A busy week for the Kivells team with support to Totnes YFC with an auction reaching over £15,000 for Devon Air Ambulance and Cystic Fibrosis. Also the 2019 Bridestowe Harvest Supper which raised over £1000 for R.A.B.I. & FCN charities. If we can help we will….

- OCTOBER SALES Tuesday 1st October at 10.30am Major Dispersal Sale of the Pedigree “Hury” NMR Herd of 457 PEDIGREE HOLSTEINS On behalf of J & S Davey & Partners (Removed from Highworthy Farm, Higher Clovelly, Bideford, Devon) (Joint auctioneers Kivells & Greenslade Taylor Hunt) SEDGEMOOR AUCTION CENTRE, NORTH PETHERTON, SOMERSET, TA6 6DF Sale to include: 205 Dairy Cows & Heifers Inmilk &/or Incalf; 27 Calved Heifers; 77 Incalf Heifers; 40 Bulling; 62 Yearling & Younger Heifers & 46 A Lot Heifer Calves  NMR HERD AV: 10,046 KGS. 3.85%BF 3.24%P SCC=124  ROBOT Milked; CUBICLE Housed  YOUNG COWS: 216 1st – 3rd Lactation  CALVING: Jul-Oct (60); Nov-Feb (62); Mar-Jun (70)  SIRES INC: Baloo; Brewmaster; Camelot; Camo; Close Up; Cruise; End-Story; Goodwhone; Goldfarm; Inspect; Khedira; Kingpin; Platinum; Punch; Rager Red; Supersire; etc.  SERVICES TO: British Blue; Davinci; Dewars; Happydays; Kingpin; Luis; Pepper; Punch; Rager Red; Wilder; etc. For further details contact 01409 253275 / [email protected] / Mark Bromell 07966 430001

FORTHCOMING MACHINERY SALES

SATURDAY 5th OCTOBER 9:30AM HOLSWORTHY MONTHLY MACHINERY, PIG & POULTRY SALE TO INCLUDE FIRST EVER ‘SPECIAL MASSEY FERGUSON DAY’ Sale of 2,000 lots of Tractors, Machinery & Equipment Current entries include; Massey Ferguson 130 (Runner, c/w V5); Ferguson TEA20 (Runner); 1958 International B275 (lots of new parts, drives well, lovely condition, kept inside). Complete farm dispersal to include; 2013 Massey Ferguson 5440 (dyno, 1800hrs); Ford 550 digger c/w buckets & attachments; McConnell hedge trimmer; Welger Westmac round baler; 3 mowers; manure rota spreader; Qty of trailers; Livestock box; Cattle crush; Gates; Hurdles etc. Part Dispersal from Mid-Cornwall to include; New Holland T6020 c/w Trima loader (6800hrs); Ford 5030 c/w Quicke 430 loader (2900hrs); Tomahawk 50/50 straw & silage chopper – The above dispersal have come from a Dairy farm in Mid Cornwall having purchased new kit, all are very well maintained and highly recommended by the Auctioneers, all in GWO, very clean & tidy ‘genuine farmers tractors’ in daily use. Dispersal from Saltash to include; Massey Fergusson 165; Massey Fergusson 65; Link Box; Massy Ferguson loader & bucket; Teagle Topper; Finger-beam hedge trimmer; Finger-beam mower; Misc garden t lathe (ex-MOD, WW2); Walk-behind finger-beam mower. Dispersal of granite from one farm near Boscastle to inc 7 round & rectangular troughs. ALSO a very special 1940’s Austin 10 car reg. ‘JI 7159’ c/w lots of spares having lived in a shed for over 40 years! ~ 200 New tools ~ 150 Pigs ~ 300 Poultry ~ 200 Pet food ~ Entries to [email protected] 01409 253275

- OCTOBER SAL OCTOBER SALES

WEDNESDAY 2nd – HOLSWORTHY Weekly Prime & Store Market to include 6th Breeding Ewe & Ewe Lamb Sale plus Sale of Rams.

THURSDAY 3rd – HALLWORTHY Weekly Prime & Store Market to include Special Sale of Store Lambs & Monthly Organic Sale.

PRIVATE TREATY

* 19 Crossbred Spring Calving Heifers due Feb/March

* 13 ORGANIC Holstein Friesian In calf Heifers due Nov/Dec * 18 4-9mths Holstein Friesian Heifers Calves

Contact Robert Speck 07909 538520

FORTHCOMING MACHINERY SALES

SATURDAY 9th NOVEMBER – BIDEFORD AREA COMPLETE DISPERSAL OF VINTAGE TRACTORS, CAR & FARM EQUIPMENT TOGETHER WITH THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF FARMING BYGONES

Further details to follow 01409 253275 / [email protected] .

Kivells Messaging 2019

Important News

Over the last 12 months we have been in discussions with our insurers and other advisors and listened to you, our sellers and buyers. The number of lots and attendees at our sales have grown over the last few years and we recognise that we need to adapt to meet and build on this increased demand for our services from both existing customers and new clients. At the same time we also recognise that our on farm dispersal sales and the Holsworthy Saturday collectives are not just sales but useful social events. The opportunity to meet and socialise mixing business and pleasure is essential in an age when farmers and many in the wider agricultural community work in isolation and then continue to be alone on the internet.

Getting the balance right between traditional and established ways of working and providing a safer environment is challenging particularly in market sites and farms. Kivells, Sellers and Buyers - we all have responsibilities and we at Kivells recognise that some improvements could be made. We have trialled some of these at Holsworthy and some have been well received and others less so. We ask that you bear with us as we put in place these changes many of which are primarily for your safety and to ensure you have the right information. Our staff will remind you and guide you and we ask that you respect the fact that they do so for your benefit and the benefit of other attendees. We have introduced new signage at our market sites and the messaging will be replicated at our on farm and other sales. In addition all our sale catalogues, to include Livestock Market sales, will include additional information for all attendees under a Notice to Purchasers heading. The Notice to Purchasers will act as useful reminders for our regular Sellers and Buyers and answer many of the frequently asked questions raised by new attendees.

To ensure that all attendees to our Livestock Market sales are made aware of our new Health & Safety message we will also be creating digital messages for our canteen displays etc. We will also include this messaging in our market reports.

In addition with this initiative we will be improving the information content on Kivells.com particularly under the Agriculture Heading. You will be able to easily find much of the information you will need regarding trading with Kivells and all sales to include Terms and Conditions and Sellers and Buyers Responsibilities. The intention here is to enable you to have and absorb this information ahead of any sale and help you to register, buy and sell with knowledge. Kivells Livestock sales are conducted under the 2017 Livestock Auctioneers Association Terms and Conditions and these will also be posted in all of our market offices.

As regards Machinery Sales Kivells currently operate under our own Terms and Conditions. However the Livestock Auctioneers Association has recently published its own version and we are currently reviewing our strategy in this regard. We will update you when a decision is made.

Thank you for your business to date and we look forward to partnering you in the future.