Calves, Dairy Cattle, Pigs, Prime Cattle / Cull Cows, Sheep

Sale Reports & Information for the week ending 29TH JANUARY 2021

1314 HEAD SOLD

PRIME CATTLE to 207.50p/kg CULL COWS to 160p/kg PRIME HOGGETS to 294p/kg STORE LAMBS to £103 DAIRY to £1680 CULL EWES to £118 PIGS to £74 CALVES to £430 ORGANIC STEERS to £1340 ORGANIC HEIFERS to £1380 STORE STEERS to £1285 STORE HEIFERS to £1100 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 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. Please read next page. 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.

FROME LIVESTOCK WEEKLY SALES WEDNESDAYS: Dairy, Prime cattle, Cull cows, Prime lambs/Hoggets, Store sheep, Ewes & Lambs, Cull ewes & rams, Calves, Pigs fortnightly (10th February), Reared calves/Stirks fortnightly (3rd February 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 – 15th February 2021 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 27th January 2021

TOTAL HEAD SOLD: 840

PRIME CATTLE (35) to 207.50p/kg or £1343 Starts 11.30am AUCTIONEER: MARK NORTHCOTT 07798 645274 Another short entry of Beef met an exceptional trade and dear with many more urgently wanted to satisfy this current demand.

TOP PRICE STEER 207.50p/kg for an Angus from EM Horn & Son TOP PRICE HEIFER 203.50p/kg for an Angus from EM Horn & Son UTM FAT TOTALS: No MIN P/KG MAX P/KG STEERS Light 100-500kg 2 206.00 207.50 Medium 551-650kg 9 187.50 204.50 Heavy 651kg+ 3 179.50 205.50 HEIFERS Light 100-500kg 6 72.50 193.00 Medium 551-650kg 9 177.00 203.50 Heavy 651kg+ 5 167.00 197.00

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 WERE 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 207.50 EM Horn & Son, 1285 W Green & Sons, Swanmore Warminster Hereford 205.50 AR Smith, Swanage 1343 AR Smith, Swanage Blue 198.0 BJ & EM Yandle, 1229 BJ & EM Yandle, Martock Martock UTM STEERS (14) Max. 207.50p/kg & £1343 A small entry of steers met a cracking trade with EM Horn & Sons’ smart proper butchers Angus topping the day at 207.50p/kg with another at 206p/kg. Herefords dear to 205.50p/kg from Austin Smith who also had another to 204.50p/kg. Blues to 198p/kg from BJ & EM Yandle. UTM HEIFERS (20) Max. 203.50p/kg & £1249 Mr Horn’s Angus topped the heifers today at 203.50p/kg, Blues to 199p/kg from JD & JS Padfield who had others to 197p/kg, 196.50p/kg and 196p/kg. South Devons sold well to 194.50p/kg from J &W Collins with another to 193p/kg. Herefords to 189.50p/kg from ARJ Corp & Son. Friesians to 167p/kg from KC & AM Godwin & Son and Simmentals to 182.50p/kg from H Selby, more cattle wanted. UTM HEIFERS MAX MAX BREED VENDOR VENDOR (p/kg) (£) Angus 203.50 EM Horn & Son, 1185 W Green & Sons, Swanmore Warminster Blue 199.00 JD & JS Padfield, 1249 BJ & EM Yandle, Radstock Martock South Devon 194.50 J & W Collins, 1020 J & W Collins, Warminster Warminster Hereford 189.50 ARJ Corp & Son, 957 DR & JL Selby, Chippenham Shaftesbury Simmental 182.50 H Selby, Shaftesbury 8883 DR & JL Selby, Shaftesbury Friesian 167.00 KC & AM Godwin & 1148 KC & AM Godwin & Son, Chippenham Son, Chippenham

CULL COWS (67) Beef to 160p/kg Dairy to 132p/kg Starts 11.30am AUCTIONEER: MARK NORTHCOTT 07798 645274 A fair sized entry of 67 Culls met a storming trade and dearer to average 117.70p/kg with buyers short on numbers. Quality Friesian meat cows met a strong demand to 132p/kg from KC & AM Godwin & Son with a further 15 selling in advance of 120p/kg. Manufacturing cows also dear and wanted. Plainer types generally firmer with only a couple of boners selling below 80p/kg. Norwegian Red to 129.50p/kg from Diva (Sherborne) Ltd and Brown Swiss to 124.50p/kg from Foremore Ltd. Beef cows – Des Beatty’s excellent Limousin cows topped at 160p/kg and £1232, he also had another at 139.50p/kg. Charolais x to 129.50p/kg from MC Gibbs, Herefords to 130.50p/kg from RE & VA Pocock, Devon to 124.50p/kg from CB Farm Ltd, Angus to 136.50p/kg from GR Davis and Blues to 137.50p/kg from CA Reeves. Beef feeding cows are keenly wanted, please don’t miss the trade.

CULL COWS MAX MAX BREED VENDOR VENDOR (p/kg) (£) D Beatty, Limousin 160.00 1232 D Beatty, Trowbridge Trowbridge CA Reeves, CA Reeves, Blue 137.50 616 Southampton Southampton M Plummer, Angus 136.50 GR Davis, Langport 871 Chippenham KC & AM Godwin & Foremore Ltd, Friesian 132.00 983 Son, Chippenham Shepton Mallet RE & VA Pocock, RE & VA Pocock, Hereford 130.50 1079 Calne Calne Norewgian Diva (Sherborne) Diva (Sherborne) Ltd, 129.50 924 Red Ltd, Templecombe Templecombe Charolais 129.50 MC Gibbs, Wells 775 MC Gibbs, Wells CB Farm Ltd, Cartlidge T/A Green Devon 124.50 854 Westbury Farms, Marlborough Foremore Ltd, Foremore Ltd, Brown Swiss 124.50 819 Shepton Mallet Shepton Mallet

SHEEP (446) Starts 10.30am AUCTIONEER: ROSS WHITCOMBE 07815 985 737 PRIME HOGGETS (293) Max 294p/kg £130 A smaller entry of hoggs forward which sold to a storming trade. Best to 294p/kg from N Coltman and £130 from DG Perkins. Light lambs to 294p/kg from N Coltman and £107.50 from RS Williams & Sons. Handy weights to 280p/kg from Andy Pobjoy & family and £114.50 from L Smith. Heavier types to 264p/kg and £124 from the Heal family of West Pennard. Over 52kg hoggs to 228p/kg and £130 from Dave Perkins. Many more hoggs needed each week.

WEIGHT MAX MAX NO. VENDOR VENDOR (KG) (P/KG) (£) T & C Wheeler, Avon Valley Country 7 25.5-32 240.0 72.50 Frome Park, Keynsham N Coltman, Leigh on RS Williams & Son, 40 32.1-39 294.00 107.50 Mendip Melksham PJ Pobjoy &Son, 154 39.1-45.5 280.00 114.50 L Smith, Priddy Norton St Philip BM Heal & Sons, BM Heal & Sons, West 72 45.6-52 264.00 124.00 West Pennard Pennard DG Perkins, DG Perkins, Shepton 20 52+ 228.0 130.00 Shepton Mallet Mallet STORE HOGGETS (55) Max £103 A smaller entry of hoggs forward which sold to another flying trade. Best to £103 from L Smith. Many more £90+, all types wanted and bid for!

CULL EWES (98) MAX £118 A flying trade with cull rams to £118 from S & K Oakley who had others to £112. Best ewes to £115 from regular supporters Colin & Shelley Pople whose 20 ewes averaged £104. We have a serious ewe trade at Frome with plenty of buying support. More needed each week.

Friday 29th January

Special Sale of In Lamb Ewes & Store Hogget Sale Over 400 store hoggs already booked & more wanted. Vendors please make sure all sheep are tagged correctly, thank you. 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.

ARE YOU UNDER TB RESTRICTION? We hold regular Restricted Orange Sales for Cull Cows, Prime and Store Cattle Restricted Orange Sales 2021 Dates: MONDAY 22ND FEBRUARY MONDAY 22ND MARCH Cattle must be licenced to these sales please call the Market Office on 01373 830033 for more information Entries for catalogue by the Wednesday prior to sale please Licences must be obtained from animal health at least one week before the sale. 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

PIGS (157) AUCTIONEER: WILL WALLIS 07833 453482 Trade still difficult in line with other markets and the national situation. Trade for stores and coloured fat better than expected. FAT PIGS Again, the best trade was the coloured sorts with top to £74 from S & S Gould. Others to £69 from C & T Baker. STORE PIGS Tamworth stores sold well to £42 from Farmer Palmers. Good 10w/o White stores to £30 from M Webber. Similar sorts to £20 from LE Miller. A number of Kune Kunes to a difficult trade. CULL SOWS AND BOARS Trade still bad but better than some other reports. Best to £40.

DAIRY (26) Starts 12noon AUCTIONEER: TREVOR ROWLAND 07968 480401 CALVED HEIFERS TO £1680 CALVED COWS TO £1370 A well supported dairy section today with close to 30 penned for sale. Trade was at the same levels as last week but generally steadier than two months ago. Emphasis is still on strength and quality throughout the day. Top spot went to Neil Edwards for his fresh calved Holstein Friesian heifer at £1680 closely followed by Garrett and Mannerings with their 3 lovely Friesian x Blue Albion heifers at £1400 & £1500. Strong Shorthorn x calved heifers from regular supporter W L Baxandall & Son peeked at £1460. Hard outwintered calved Friesian heifers from Brian Fielding were well sold at £1350. A nice 2nd calved cow from Pat Stokes saw plenty of interest at £1370. The first consignment of in calf heifers today came from Dean Sully and saw “Danumero” and “Perlac” daughters to £1400 & £1500 while “Hartley” sired more Friesian types sold to £1050. Next through the ring was a consignment from A Doman & Co of Friesian cross and Jersey cross heifers due Feb / Mar. Trade was firm for the more Jersey x types £1000 - £1040, demand for the smaller Friesian crosses was easier £980 - £1030. Next week: More organic in calf heifers and freshly calved heifers from regular vendors already to hand.

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

NEXT SALE OF REARED CALVES: WEDNESDAY 3rd FEBRUARY 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 10th FEBRUARY 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 (109) Starts 09.30am AUCTIONEERS: TIM HECTOR 07818 056 049 CHARLIE COLEMAN: 07494 588 013 Another good show of calves with purchasers in socially distanced abundance, the Spring can’t come soon enough, trade is flying! CONTINENTAL BULLS TO £430/HEIFERS TO £260 Quality from start to finish and really well rewarded. Topping the day a usual marvellous run from Jonathan Sprake topping at £430 and £425 for cracking Blue bulls with his heifers to £260 and £245. Nearly all £220+ for bulls today with Messrs Scott seeing a Blue bull to £395 with Messrs Jackson to £375. Heifers dearer on the week with all medium to better sorts £220 - £230, with smalls £140+. Best smaller end Simmental bulls to £148 from GR Davis with heifers to £132 from Messrs Sage. Just a team of medium Limousin heifers from PHG Turner to £192 with a young slick bull from RTE Dauncey & Sons to £172. NATIVE BULLS TO £347/NATIVE HEIFERS TO £180 Trade just keeps getting hotter and hotter! Angus bulls to a seriously impressive £347 from AW Hewlett & Son of Yeovil, with many more £200+, with a good example to £245 from the Stevens family. Very few less than £140. Heifers a marvellous trade topping at £180 from AK & AD Parker with all Angus heifers today averaging £125. Hardy a calf less than £100, long may it continue. No best Herefords forward but again Foremore Ltd topping to £202 for a bull, with nothing below £150. Very few heifers topping at £150 for Filer & Miller, smaller end sorts £70 - £80. FRIESIAN TO £65 Numbers again tight but producing yet again a trade exceeding expectations, topping to £65 for a medium type from K & EJ Simpson, with others to £60 from C & P Milton. 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 Native Sired Bull under 41 days sponsored by Howard & Sons – Kubota, was an Angus Bull to £347 from AW Hewlett & Son. Next week the £25 sponsored prize will be for the top price Continental sired heifer. Howard & Sons: New Kubota dealers in Wiltshire & Somerset. Tel: 01380 723986

FRIDAY 22ND JANUARY 2021 TOTAL STORE CATTLE SOLD: 474 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 ORGANIC STEERS TO £1340 ORGANIC HEIFERS TO £1380 STEERS TO £1285 HEIFERS TO £1100 A cracking trade today with more new buyers coming to Frome this week. ORGANIC Unfortunately, not enough forward today to take advantage of this blistering trade and on a week when more new organic buyers attended Frome. Regular vendors Chave & Foster once again produced some marvellous types and their Angus name sired steers were regularly over £1300 and topped at £1340, Heifers from the same home created one of the best trades seen for organics and surpassed the steers to the bidding finish at £1380!! More wanted was the moto today! SUCKLER BREEDING HEIFERS & COWS A mixed entry of in calf cows and heifers this week but all saw a lively trade. A strong entry from Sid & Tanya Walters saw In calf Montbeliarde x cows to £990, Blue x to £975 and Angus x to £905. Deep bodied Friesian x Blue cows to £1050. Younger heifers in calf to Blue x bull generally £700 - £800 met with keen interest. Cross bred Blue Stock Bull sold well at £1100! YOUNG CONTINENTAL Another cracking sale for the younger cattle and all were wanted throughout the sale. Many excellent prices today, we can’t mention them all but needless to say trade was on fire!! Super Blue x SS HB steers just 6mo from Tim Handy £820, £835! Ipley Manor Farm Ltd again presenting grand cattle which saw Charolais steers 10mo at £885. G A Pike & Son presented their 55 super Blonde x steers and heifers which all created a storming trade 8mo with all the steers over £700 and plenty over £800, their heifers were equally as good with plenty of heifer buyers in attendance trade was set to “Rock”, so many over £700 with their best Limousins 10mo at £840, Blonde at £782. Outstanding SS Limousins from Ivor Harris created huge interest which saw 9mo steers at £932, £928 & £895! Heifers £830 & £795. More wonderful Limousins from our regular supporter’s PJ & A Boulton 10 – 11mo were easily sold at £1075 and so closely followed by their heifers at £1068, £1050. Quality Simmentals once again from Mr Drury at Compton Martin 13mo peeked at £950 and were just pipped by Phil Snook and family at £990. Very few dairy crosses this week but all sold to top levels. YOUNG STEERS YOUNG HEIFERS £/ £/ BREED AGE VENDOR BREED AGE VENDOR HEAD HEAD IW Lane & Sons, PJ & A Boulton, Blue 1185 15mo Limousin 1068 16mo Pensford Pucklechurch IW Lane & Sons, Angus 1095 10mo RJ Bull, Winchester Blue 905 17mo Pensford PJ & A Boulton, Limousin 1075 11mo Angus 902 10mo RJ Bull, Winchester Pucklechurch PJ & RM Snook, GA Pike & Son, Simmental 990 14mo Blonde 782 10mo Frome Trowbridge Ipley Manor Farm AE HM & SE Charolais 875 10mo Shorthorn 710 17mo Ltd, Marchwood Walters, Yeovil GA Pike & Son, RJ Dacombe, Blonde 805 10mo Simmental 680 17mo Trowbridge Wimborne AE HM & SE Hereford 670 16mo P Gulliford, Bruton Hereford 670 17mo Walters, Yeovil A Williams, AE HM & SE Fleckvieh 500 9mo Brown Swiss 600 17mo Badminton Walters, Yeovil

ANGUS A truly spectacular entry today consisting of mainly younger sorts. A tremendous run of over 60 8 – 10mo Angus calves out of Blue cows from Robert Bull & family met a ripper of a trade to top at a marvellous £1095, £1000 and £1055, with heifers to £902, £855 and £802. Another run of similarly aged Angus from Ipley Manor saw best steers to £815 with heifers to £735. Messrs Holmes’ Angus steers at 10mo roared to £865 with heifers to £625. Good to see Neil Hibberd from Cucklington here whose 9mo steers sold well to £750. Topping the day was Andy Pobjoy whose 20mo Angus steers rose to £1125. Similarly, aged steers from AW Kingston & Sons sold well to £1045. A run of hardy outwintered Angus steers from James Churchill sold well to £860 for cattle only 16mo. Mr Pobjoy also topping the heifers with a well fleshed heifers selling to £1005. Close behind was Messrs Wilkins whose 27mo sorts topped at £995 with others to £955 for Sid Walters & family. Good to see regular Messrs Norman on the score sheet seeing 22mo heifers to £900. Very few older sorts today but those here again rewarded, vendors certainly making use of the electric trade here at Frome.

HEREFORD As with all other breeds the Herefords were wanted and a number of superb prices were achieved throughout the day. Very few smaller young types were on offer and they varied in price from £535 to £670 from P G Gulliford with their stronger types to a grand £1085 but these were passed by some wonderful sorts from Phil and Andy Pobjoy at £1118 & £1180! Heifers were all wanted with the spring bulling types £750 - £850. Thick fleshy heifers for early finishing had a marvellous day with the Pobjoys again taking top honours at £1100 very closely followed by Paul & Rob Lucas at £1085. Overall a blistering day………………...and, yes, it is still only January!! Well done to everyone who supported the sale today, Staff, vendors, and buyers. It is not easy, but we are open for business and that is what counts!! FRIESIAN Very few Friesians forward but topping at £960 for a 18mo steer from AW Kingston & Sons. A grand Fleckvieh steer from AE Weaver & Son looked a marvellous price at £1170 and only 18mo. FORWARD CONTINENTAL A marvellous trade yet again this week. Topping the day a stunning, well- shaped non-assured Blue steer at only 20mo cruising to £1285 from J Wareham with Limousin steers to £1190 from the same home. An exceptional run from the Harris family of Coleford ticked every box going seeing older 17mo steers to £1100. Good to see Will Weaver & family here presenting exceptional stock seeing Limousin steers to £1240 and Simmental steers to £1125 for cattle 18mo. Smart 18mo Simmental steers also sold well to £990 from the Snook family. Messrs Gould met a good reception seeing 28mo Blue heifers to £1095, with others to £1055. Older 30mo non-assured Limousin heifers raced away from Messrs PA & RJ Lucas. Well shaped younger 20mo heifers charged to £1020 from the Sherborne family who also sold steers to £1155.

FORWARD STEERS FORWARD HEIFERS £/ £/ BREED AGE VENDOR BREED AGE VENDOR HEAD HEAD J Wareham, PJ Pobjoy & Son, Blue 1285 21mo Hereford 1100 21mo Shepton Mallet Bath AE Weaver & Son, PW CC & JC Gould, Limousin 1240 18mo Blue 1095 28mo Bristol Warminster PJ Pobjoy & Son, PA & RJ Lucas, East Hereford 1180 20mo Limousin 1065 25mo Bath Harptree AE Weaver & Son, PJ Pobjoy & Son, Fleckvieh 1170 18mo Angus 1005 21mo Bristol Bath AE Weaver & Son, AE HM & SE Simmental 1125 18mo Brown Swiss 950 23mo Bristol Walters, Yeovil PJ Pobjoy & Son, D Beatty, Angus 1125 20mo Blonde 710 21mo Bath Trowbridge RC Garraway, AE HM & SE Shorthorn 1010 25mo Jersey 500 22mo Chippenham Walters, Yeovil

CANDLEMAS SALES!!!!!

Entries now being taken for our Candlemas Sales

Friday 5th February

Friday 12th February

Large entries Expected

For Any advice on Stock please contact:

Charlie Coleman: 07494 588 013

Mark Ferrett: 07702 264 502

Tom Rogers: 07384 462 288

Trevor Rowland: 07968 480 401 (Store Cattle) Lester Williams:07778 646 031 (Store Cattle) Tim Hector: 07818 056 049 (Calves) Ross Whitcombe: 07815 985 737 (Sheep)

Market Office: 01373 830033

If you transport Cattle or Sheep, you must read this and act! The deadline for replies is 25th February 2021

DEFRA have a “Consultation on improvements to animal welfare in transport December 2020”. Within its proposals Government wants to:

introduce maximum journey time limits for cattle and sheep of 21 hours, including time spent in market. introduce minimum post-journey rest periods of 7 days for cattle and 48 hours for sheep. require no livestock or horse journeys to be allowed to take place if the forecast external temperature for the journey is outside a temperature range of 5-30oC, unless the vehicle is able to regulate the internal temperature within a 5-30oC temperature range for the duration of the journey by means of a thermo- regulation system. require head room heights for Dairy Cattle of 20cm, Beef Cattle of 30cm, Sheep of 22cm and Pigs 9cm.

As you are aware Defra and Welsh Government have a consultation open on “improvements to animal welfare in transport”.

I am pleased to advise that the deadline for submitting responses has been extended until 25th February.

It is imperative that all members respond to the consultation, which can be found through the link below: https://consult.defra.gov.uk/transforming-farm-animal-health- and-welfare-team/improvements-to-animal-welfare-in- transport/

Breeding Suckler Sale Wednesday 24th February @ 2pm

Large Entries Anticipated Entries Invited Now.

1ST Inaugural Spring Stirk Fair Kindly sponsored by Barbers 1833

Wednesday 28th April Further Details to follow.

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 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.

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.