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Market Update 18 January 2021 For Dairy, Stores, Stirks & Calves
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No social visits or onlooking allowed. Auctioneers: Derek Biss Office: 01278 410250, Mob 07850 932555
Buyers please note attendance at markets MUST be restricted to those Andrew Clements Office: 01278 410250 Mob 07769 904704
conducting business and only 1 representative per business. Buyers will be restricted to allow Social Distancing (wear a mask & 1m+ between each Even though less than the past two weeks in number, there was still buyer). Buyers must stand on a red dot. Buyers MUST sanitise on entry to 64 cows and heifers penned for sale this week. A good show of heifers the market and on exiting again. Buyers must not attend with partners, saw 8 heifers break the £2000 barrier to top at £2220 for SJ Cheacker. children or others. At £2020 was an Easthill bred heifer from Lawrence & Tapp with £2000
Buyers where possible should “double up” and buy for multiple clients. for AJ Limond, RC Taylor, S Morgan and 2x non Pedigree heifers for
Any buyer who does not actually secure a purchase MUST register with M & S Powell. Over a third of the heifers sold for £1800 or more. the office after the sale. Cows topped at £1900 for a pedigree cow from AJ Limond. Others £1880 from A & W Vigus. A Fleckvieh from MC Powell sold to Hauliers MUST ensure their name and contact details are recorded on the £1750 and same Vendor sold a Norwegian Red cross to £1680. entry form for the stock they are delivering. Hauliers must sanitise their hands before getting out of their lorry and must wear a mask when in the market. Incalf heifers to £1440 for GJ & FL Robertson.
JANUARY 2021 Fri 22nd Store Lambs Gates Open 12 Sale 4pm Special Entry in the Dairy Section Sat 23rd Monthly Sale of Native Store Cattle 10am Ring 2 Saturday 23rd January 2021 Sat 23rd Collective Fodder Auction 1pm Wed 27th Orange Market Dedicated Sale for bTB Restricted Cattle. The Sale of 12 ORGANIC Freshly Calved Heifers
Store Cattle – 15 Months & Over, Prime Cattle & Barren Cows. Ref DRB/SM Sale commences 4.30pm Fri 29th Store Lambs Gates Open 12 Sale 4pm Sat 30th Fortnightly Sale of Pigs 11am TYPE Min Max Ave FEBRUARY 1st Quality Heifers £1800 £2220 £1930 Fri 5th Store Lambs Gates Open 12 Sale 4pm 2nd Quality Heifers £1000 £1750 £1435 th Sat 6 Monthly Catalogued Sale of Organic Store Stock 10am Ring 1st Quality Cows £1680 £1900 £1803 2 2nd Quality Cows £1020 £1500 £1281 Thurs 11thCollective Dairy Sale 11am Ring 1 th Fri 12 Store Lambs Gates Open 12 Sale 4pm 1404 STORE CATTLE, GRAZING COWS & STIRKS Sat 13th Monthly Seasonal Catalogued Sale of In Lamb Ewes 12pm Sat 13th Monthly Catalogued Sale of Suckler Cows, Calves, Heifers & Bulls 12.30pm Ring 1 963 STORE CATTLE & GRAZING COWS Sat 13th Special Sale of Busk Calves 11am Ring 3 Commencing 10.00am - Gates Open 6am Wed 24th Orange Market Dedicated Sale for bTB Restricted Cattle. DEDICATED RING FOR FEEDING CATTLE OVER 400KG Store Cattle – 15 Months & Over, Prime Cattle & Barren Cows. Auctioneers: Robert Venner Tel: Office 01278 410278 Mobile 07889
Stock to be booked in with the market office by 006503 Will Handel Tel: Office 01404 46222 Mobile 07894 616167
17th February. Licences to be obtained from Truro Trading Fieldsman: Adam Hayes Mobile 07889 064309
Standards on 03000 200301 or Please pre-enter stores with our office by midday on Friday. In the region of 140 [email protected] Sale commences buyers are contacted/spoken to over the course of Friday afternoon/evening. 4.30pm To have accurate information of entries by Friday noon would help greatly.
For Saturday 23rd January 2021:- 60 day PMT date: 24th November 2020 SEDGEMOOR AUCTION CENTRE (count day after injection as 1 and day of sale as 60). Farm Assured – sell before 29/35 months. Non Assured – sell before 26/32 months. Unfed as Proud to Serve the South West’s Farmers yearlings – sell before 20 months.
A huge entry of 963 store cattle, 68% up on the year and part of a massive SATURDAY STORE STOCK MARKET 1404, again many of which would not have been able to come to market
under Victoria Prentis “improvements to Animal welfare during Transport“
6 Day Standstill in Operation o proposals, if outside temperatures were below 5 C on loading.
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SATURDAY 16 JANUARY 2021 All farmers must reply to the consultation because every animal
rights activist in the Country will be replying and we must not be
TOTAL STORE STOCK: 5306 HEAD
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WEDNESDAY 24 February AT 4.30PM Returning to the trade, again it was sensational. The average was
ORANGE MARKET DEDICATED SALE FOR bTB RESTRICTED CATTLE
th £145/head up on the year. Top was £1440 for a forward Blue steer
Licences to be applied for by 17 February from DEFRA on 03000 200301 or
(28m & FA) from R & G Matravers, Pitminster, who also sold a well Email: [email protected]
Store Cattle, Prime Cattle, Barren Cows, Feeding Cows & Cull Bulls grown Simmental steer at £1260 (26m & FA). Further good Blue steers
Cattle to be herd, SIT or PMT tested in the last 90 days. at £1355 (24m & FA) MJ Frampton & Sons, Broadwindsor; £1335 (21m)
RH & FJ Ellicott, Raddington; £1305 (25m & FA) and £1265 (5x 25/27m & FA) SJ & AM Reed, Uplowman; £1305 again (26m & FA) Greenslade Taylor Hunt Snook Ltd, Yeovil; £1300 (3x 23m & FA) and £1275 (2x 23m & FA) IR Worth, Shirwell; £1270 (24m & FA) and £1195 (6x 21/22m & FA) A massive entry of store cattle to £1440 P & M Chudley, Romansleigh; £1265 (2x 21m & FA) Arscott Partners, Upottery; £1245 (24m) G Barnes, Whitchurch Canonicorum; £1220
(2x 30m) RWJ Baker, Kennford and £1190
(2x 27m & FA) RF Tucker & Son, Glastonbury.
Charolais also hit £1400 for a shapely yet very lean steer (only 19m!) from MRI £1120 - - - MJ & AL Elston, Romansleigh, who sold others at £1195 (5x 16/20m). Friesian £1080 £945 - - More better Charolais £1360 (21m) £1310 (6x 19/22m) and £1290 H/Friesian £1080 £1055 £1065 £985 (3x 21m) all from LE Sweetland & Son, Musbury; £1305 (21m) RH & FJ Ellicott again; £1300 (23m & FA) IR Worth again; £1225 (2x 19m Norwegian £1080 £875 - - & FA) J, BJ & GJ Hawkins, Thorverton and £1205 (2x only 16m! & FA) Dairy Shorthorn £990 £835 - - from AW Selley & Son, Ash Mill. Limousin steers peaked at £1360 (22m) Fleckvieh £895 £870 £1005 -
LE Sweetland & Son again. Others £1310 (23m & FA) and £1285
(4x 22/23m & FA) IR Worth again; £1300 (26m) MG Trevelyan, 10 GRAZING COWS (Pre-movement tested)
Wrangway; £1270 (25m & FA) ND & RD Webber, Lydeard St Lawrence Auctioneer: Robert Venner Tel: Office 01278 410278 and £1210 (24/27m & FA) Snook Ltd again. Some better type Mobile 07889 006503 Simmentals on offer to £1360 (19m) LE Sweetland & Son again; £1355
(3x 23m & FA) £1350 (2x 23m & FA) and £1280 (22/23m & FA) IR Worth Gr azing cows sold to £1115 for a HF cow from Scott Partners . again; £1300 (18m & FA) AW Selley & Son again; £1300 again (6x 20/21m & FA) and £1230 (6x 21m & FA) THJ Denbee, Wedmore; 192 SUCKLER COWS, CALVES & STOCK BULLS £1240 (2x 16/18m & FA) DH & KM Edwards & FA for DH & KM Edwards, Auctioneer: Derek Biss Tel: Office 01278 410250 Banwell; £1200 (4x 19/20m & FA) GB Tuttiett, Lympsham; £1195 (20m)
MJ & AL Elston again and £1190 (2x 20m & FA) AM Denford, Holsworthy. The first monthly suckler sale of 2021 generated a strong trade across the Blonde steers to £1190 (3x 18/20m) WJ Acreman & Sons, Cambridge. board. Brandon & Alison Jeffery’s dispersal sale produced 6 outfits Native steers dearer to £1375 for a grand Angus (24m, FA & sire) from to over £2100 and 13 over £2000. 2014 born Blue cross cow 4-5m LG Heal & Son, Andersea. Further well grown Angus £1340 (26/27m, incalf to the Limousin and her June born Limousin cross steer calf FA & sires) Wring & Coombs, Chew Magna; £1285 (22/23m, FA & sires) totalled £2190. 2011 born Simmental cross cow 5-6m incalf to the IR Worth again; £1260 (only 16m, FA & sire) AW Selley & Son again; Limousin and her May born Limousin cross heifer calf totalled £2060. £1255 (24/26m, FA & sire) ND & RD Webber again; £1245 (8x) £1165 Autumn calved cows sold to £1880 for BB cross cow and steer calf. (11x) and £1130 (10x) all 21/23m, FA and sires from P & M Chudley, Their 73 cows and calves averaged £1690. The 2013 born Limousin Romansleigh; £1185 (19m, FA & sire) J, BJ & GJ Hawkins again; £1185 bull Trelaureth Imperial sold for £2100. again (23/26m, FA & sire) Snook Ltd again; £1185 yet again (3x 17/19m, In the collective section 2019 born Limousin bulls from FA & sires) SA Lloyd, Henley; £1180 (24m, FA & sire) KF Board & Son, MM Gollop & Sons sold for £2400 and £2200. 2018 born Hereford from Hewish and £1160 (22m & sire) A Burland, Spaxton. Hereford steers GJ & GL Robertson sold for £1500 as did the July 2019 birth notified rose to £1200 (3x 22/27m, FA & sire) Snook Ltd again; £1190 Devon bull from JR, RA & RD Stanbury. (21m, FA & sire) AM Denford again; £1170 (20m, FA & sire) 10 and 8 year old Limousin cross cows incalf to the BB sold for £1460 and J, BJ & GJ Hawkins again; £1170 again (26/27m, FA & sires) £1400 AGF Lockyer. Incalf heifers due March to Limousin or Angus sold Wring & Coombs again; £1165 (7x 26/27m, FA & sire) M King, Ashill; to £1220 (4x) for Hereford cross and Devon crosses and £1180 (3x) for £1165 (3x 20/22m, & sires) MJ & AL Elston again; £1160 (21m & FA) AA crosses for Whitehouse Farm. J Ridd, Alverdiscott and £1155 (5x 22m & sires) G Barnes again. Pedigree Longhorn maiden heifers born October 2019 sold to £800 (2x) South Devon steer at £1250 (23m) MG Trevelyan again. Near fit from SAJ Wigmore. Longhorn steer at £1165 (27m & FA) from SAJ Wigmore, Ilminster.
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(28m & FA) SJ & AM Reed again. Holsteins, Friesian and a Norwegian Saturday 13 February at £1080 (5x 26/33m & FA) Wring & Coombs again. Further Holstein Monthly Catalogued Sale of
£1055 (26m & FA) B Moody, Chipstable; £1000 (32m & FA) Suckler Cows, Calves, Heifers & Bulls
KH & DM Male, Fivehead; £985 (26m) SJ Clist, Hemyock; £960 12.30pm Ring 1 (28m & FA) Arscott Partners again; £960 (3x 21/22m & FA) and £930 For further information please contact Meg on 01278 410278 (7x 17/24m & FA) BM Coombes & Sons Ltd, Wedmore. Dairy Shorthorn at £990 (25m & FA) from Williams PFA, Ashbrittle. Friesian at £945 (19m) A Churchill, Hawkchurch. 250 BUSK CALVES & STIRKS Commencing 11.00am Heifers in shorter supply and topped at £1280 (27m, FA & sire) from DEDICATED RING FOR REARING CATTLE UP TO 400KG ND & RD Webber again. Further Angus £1080 (5x 25/27m, FA & sire) Auctioneers: Snook Ltd; £1045 (2x 21m, FA & sire) PD & SA Godfrey, Lopen; £1040 Robert Baker: Tel: 01278 765588 Mobile: 07834 740027
(3x 23/24m, FA & sire) B Moody again and £1015 (only 15m & sire) Jamie Batt: Tel 01935 423474 Mobile: 07766 301468 R & M Vickery, Thorncombe. Fit Longhorn heifer at £1200 (32m & FA)
SAJ Wigmore again. South Devon heifers at £1095 (only 17m) P re m ovement test required for Saturday 23rd January 2021 if born MG Trevelyan again. Others to £1060 (20m & FA) J Lawrey, Newbridge. on or before 12th December 2020. Please try and register all named sires on Continental heifers rose to £1235 twice for quality feeding Charolais the passport and detail sire on the entry form. Please can Vendors make every effort from both JH Balment & Son, Brayford (25m & FA) and MJ & AL Elston to pre-book by email [email protected] or by phone 01278 410278. Buyers do look at our website pre-entered stock page. again (3x 16/19m). Further quality Charolais at £1220 (only 14m & FA) A reasonable entry of stirks forward met a flying trade. Best single suckled JH Balment & Son again; £1155 (4x 20/23m & FA) £1145 stirks in fierce demand. (4x 20/21m & FA) and £1135 (4x 20/21m & FA) J Ridd again; £1120 (21m) Top price of £1000 (only 9m) for a good Limousin steer from Whitehouse Farms, Langport and £1100 (3x 21m & FA) A & P Bradford, who sold further good steers to £910 (9m) £860 (9m) West Welland Farm, Ash Mill. Blue heifers to £1225 (22/23m & FA) £835 (9m) £792 (9m) £775 (9m) and £700 (9m). Further Limousins flew Arscott Partners again. Others £1200 (6x 26/28m & FA) SJ & AM Reed to £900 (10m) JA & G Aldworth; £855 (8m) £835 (8m) RJ & SR Bunn; again; £1165 (28m & FA) RC & K Wright & Son, Dunkeswell; £1160 (30m) £840 (2x 9m) £818 (4x 9m) R Takle; £810 (10m) £770 (7m) £730 (10m) RWJ Baker, Exeter; £1150 (29m) SJ Clist again; £1150 again (29m) IJ Williams; £835 (7m) £770 (6m) £750 (8m) D Brice. AJ Ham, Wells and £1080 (19m & FA) WD & AM Jamison, Lifton. Dairy bred Limousins to £760 (10m) JP Green & Sons. Further suckled Limousin heifers over £1200 to £1215 for lean, big framed types bred Limousins to £740 (6x 7m) and £690 (4x 6m) Scott Partners. (7x 25/29m) from AJ Ham again. Further Limousins £1155 (21m & FA) Charolais to £990 (10m) W Hilborne & Son. Further Charolais to £900 J Ridd again; £1150 (33m & FA) R Chaddock, Butleigh and £1100 (8m) JA & G Aldworth again; £860 (8m) R & N Gregory again; £855 (20m & FA) DA Kidner & Son, East Huntspill. Simmentals at £1200 (3x 9m) £690 (9m) S Ryan; £815 (11m) IJ Williams again; £700 (10m) (5x 19/21m & FA) GB Tuttiett again. Others £1160 (27m & FA) GM Veysey and £690 (9m) S Calloway. Angus to £780 (only 8m) ND & RD Webber again at £1080 (only 16/17m & FA) DR Dymond, when others sold to £720 (4x 11m) S Calloway again and DH & KM Edwards & FA Ford again. £690 (9m) J Lawrey. British Blues to £735 (6m) Scott Partners again, Dairy heifers to £1065 for a Holstein (21m & FA) JJ & SM Spiller, when dairy bred Blues sold to £700 (4x 8m) and £640 (8m) Puckington. Fleckvieh (30m) at £1005, BJ Bown, Othery. JP Green & Son again. Devons to £700 (2x11m) again. Herefords to Steers Max £1440 Ave £1033 £695 and £640 (8m) W Rousell, when others sold to £640 (10m) Heifers Max £1280 Ave £908 SMA Elsworth. Holstein Friesians to £655 (6x 14m) EJ & HM Hull.
Heifers sold to a top price of £892 (only 9m) for a top drawer Breed Steers Others Heifers Others Limousin from A & P Bradford, therefore topping both the steers and Charolais £1400 £1360 £1235 £1220 heifers – well done. Further Limousins to £680 (10m) for dairy breeds Limousin £1360 £1310 £1215 £1155 from JP Green & Son again, who sold others B/Blue £1440 £1355 £1225 £1200 to £600 (2x 10m) and £530 (2x only 7m). Charolais to £810 (13m) S Ryan again, who sold others to £705 (4x 10m) Simmental £1360 £1355 £1200 £1160 and £690 (10m). Further Charolais to £750 (4x 10m) £710 (2x 9m) Blonde £1190 £1095 - - WC & EM Fewings; £650 (2x 7m) D Brice again; £635 (10m) £570 (8m) Aberdeen Angus £1375 £1340 £1280 £1080 JP Green & Son again and £620 GM Veysey again. Herefords to £805 South Devon £1250 £1025 £1095 £1060 W Rousell again, who sold others to £735. British Blues to £795 (15m) EJ & HM Hull again, when others sold to £560 (4x 10m) £515 (7m) Hereford £1200 £1190 £975 £945 DW Sprackman & Partners and £540 (3x 8m) JP Green & Son again. Longhorn £1165 - £1200 - Simmentals to £790 EJ & HM Hull again. Angus to £590 (4x 10m) F riesians (23) – not able to be exported from market J Lawrey again. Thank you to all Vendors and Purchasers for your ***Please mark all ARLA calves with an orange dot on their forehead*** continued support. A very short entry of 23 dairy sired bull calves sold to a less enthusiastic trade, when the top black and whites sold to £125 from Steers Max £1000 Ave £627 Short Bros & Son. Others £118 from RD Knight & Son; £100 from Heifers Max £892 Ave £504
ES Triggol and £95 from CR House & Sons. Fleckvieh bulls to £195 from Breed Steers Others Heifers Others M & S White & Son.
Charolais £990 £900 £810 £750 3391 SHEEP Commencing 10am on Saturdays Limousin £1000 £910 £892 £680 Auctioneers: Store Lambs & Grazers Richard Webber Tel: Office Simmental - - £790 - 01769 574500 Mobile 07740 881180 Paul Ashton Tel: Office 01278
410250, Mobile 07866 673857 Tom Mellor Tel: Office 01278 410250, Mobile B/Blue £735 £700 £795 £560
07929 649195
Hereford £695 £640 £805 £735 Sedgemoor Sheep Section is Supported by Shearwell Friesian £655 £555 - -
Angus £780 £720 £590 £475 Devon £700 £505 - - Please note sheep with scab &/or lice are not to be sent to market. Saler £595 £420 - - Store Lambs (2163) – Store Lamb Sales going forward will be on Friday Afternoons – Next Sale Friday 22nd January Another good entry of 2163 store lambs sold to a fierce trade. 225 NON-EXPORT CALVES Commencing 9.45am Prices achieved a touch easier than last week’s flyer but all still looking
Auctioneers:
exceptionally well sold. Top of the day was £131 from T & I Collard.
Andy Clements Tel: Office 01278 410250 Mobile: 07769 904704
Other best types to £129 from NJ Gard; £119 from GR Baker & Son;
James Wotton Tel: Office 01404 46222 Mobile: 07899 955935
£118 from DEJ Rainey and EF Cowling; £116 from R Saul; £115 from
Jamie Batt Tel: Office 01935 415300
Church Farm Publow; £113.50 from G Hartley; £112 from SG Yates;
£111.50 from P Athay and £111 from Maddock & Son and T Williams.
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For Saturday 23 January 2021 Calves born on or before Overall average £97.80.
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12 December 2020 will require a pre-movement test. Cull Ewes and Rams (1077) – Saturday Sale
Another good entry of 1077 cull ewes and rams sold to a slightly easier
Calf section drovers are available after the conclusion of the auction to trade but continued demand across the board. Best of the cull ewes to
assist with the loading of calves. Please feel free to ask for assistance. £143 from EW Quick & Son, who sold others to £137. Others to £132
Auctioneers: Charles Clark Tel: Office 01460 238383 from MJ Elsworth; £126.50 from KA Hill; £126 from AR Quick; £124 from REGISTERED PEDIGREE NATIVE SIRES Mobile: 07850 691561 & Andy Clements Tel: Office 01278 Stanbury Farm Partnership; £124 from DL & ME Gillard; £120 from Pedigree sire ear number on passport by BCMS. Pedigree sire name P Clark and £117 from Alstone Court Partners. Cull rams met a buoyant 410250on entry Mobile:form. Please 07769 note 904704 abattoirs verify sires by DNA testing. trade once again and sold to £147 from T Frampton & Sons. Others
Beef Breeds (202) – not able to be exported from market to £128 from EW Quick & Son; £121 from Swaddlledown Farm and £107 ***Please mark all ARLA calves with an orange dot on their forehead*** from CL Popham. Overall average £80.17. A reduced number of calves forward matching many other centres in the Couples (32E & 41L) – Saturday Sale region. Very best calves still wanted with plenty of competition. Less Another tight entry of 32 ewes with 41 lambs at foot sold to an even demand for mediums and plainer types. brighter trade, when there was health competition on every pen. Best of Top of the day to £375 for a very shapely Limousin (1m) bull from the doubles to £240 (£80/life) from L Habberfield & Sons. Others to Short Bros & Son. Other good Limousin bulls to £335 from MC Powell; £235 (£78.33/life) from DR Dymond. Top single was £175 (£87.50/life) £335 from Short Bros again and £320 from DWC & MA Brunt. again from DR Dymond. Other singles to £174 (£87/life) from Blue bulls to £368 (1m) from RJ Goss & Son; £365 (3m) from L Habberfield & Sons; £170 (£85/life) from R & F Barrow & Son and FE Hill & Son and JJ & K SM Spiller; £362 (1m) from L Habberfield & Sons and £160 (£80/life) from CA Churchill. East Avercombe Farm and £355 from RC Pratt. Charolais bulls to £360, Overall average £80.90/life. £350 and £348 from SM & DM Turner Ltd. Goats (33) – Saturday Sale Native bulls to £320 for a reared Angus from A Martin. Young Angus An entry of 33 goats met strong interest, when cull nannies peaked (1m) £295 from CR House & Sons and £280 (2x) from at £130 from Verney Enterprises. Others to £104.50 and £91 from CD Griffin & Partners. Hereford bulls to £278 from M Spiller; £252 from BJ Druitt. Overall average £93.68. MC Powell; £238 Arrijan Farming and £225 from CD Griffin & Partners. Orphan Lambs (45) – Saturday Sale Heifers to £355 for a reared 3m Simmental from A Martin. A larger entry of 45 orphan lambs, sold to a level trade when purchasers Young Blue heifers to £290 (1m) from Davies; £270 from ES Triggol and were looking for volume, buying large bunches. Top call was £27, £265 from CD Griffin & Partners. Limousin heifer to £280 and £270 from achieved by both RA Nicholls and Buckshaw Milk Sheep. Others to £24 again from Buckshaw. Overall average £20.73. DWC & MA Brunt and £268 from PD & JL Biss. Charolais heifers to £242 from SM & DM Turner. Others £215 from J & A Williams and £190 from RD Knight & Son. 218 PIGS Commencing 11.00am Native heifers to £250 for reared Angus from J & A Williams & Sons. Auctioneer: Mark Walters Tel: Office 01458 250000 Others £235 and £170 from PR Chappell. Young Angus heifer to £170 Mobile: 07833 598713 ***PIGS MUST BE PRE-BOOKED*** from SR Curtis. Hereford heifers to £160 from House & Sons; £152 (2x) from LK Morgan and Loud Partners and £150 from MC Powell. Please Note The Next Pig Market is on Saturday 30th January 2021 Please ensure your pig entries are pre-entered to reserve your pens. Breed Type No Max Vendor Other
Price Another excellent entry of pigs forward again. Trade difficult for the sows. Blue Bull 44 £368 RJ Goss& Son £365 All in all trade better than expected for the weaners and forward stores. Hfr 38 £290 IM Davies £270 Good complement of buyers in attendance. Charolais Bull 10 £360 S & D Turner £350 Weaners (80) Large entry when the best sold to £50 from both J Love and another Hfr 7 £242 S & D Turner £215 good run from LE Miller & Son. Paul Clark’s weaners sold to £36. Limousin Bull 8 £375 Short Bros & £335 Small coloured weaners difficult to place. Son Cull Sow & Boars (16) Hfr 8 £280 D & M Brunt £270 Difficult trade sold to 4 separate buyers. The best sold to £32 from when Simmental Bull 1 £205 P Bale & Sons - many sold in the £20-£25 range. Forward Stores (122) Hfr 3 £335 A Martin £190 Good entry when some quality pens were forward. Hereford Bull 27 £278 M Squire £252 Top of the day £118 for a pen of 5 from T Stone. Others £102 for a run Hfr 14 £160 House & Sons £152 of pigs from FH Chave & Son, LE Miller & Son and £100 from Devon Bull 2 £100 S & A Durston £98 J & R Hopkins to £100. Light forward stores to £88 from J Grose.
Hfr 2 £70 S & A Durston - FODDER Commencing 1:00pm Auctioneer: James Wotton Tel:
Angus Bull 35 £320 A Martin £295 Office 01404 46222 Mobile 07899 955935 Hfr 24 £250 J & A Williams £235 Next Fodder Sale Saturday 23rd January 2021 & Sons
Fleckvieh Bull 2 £195 M & S White & £50
Son Galloway Bull 1 £145 S & A Durston - Hfr 1 £150 S & A Durston -
Forthcoming Fodder Sale Telephone: 01278 410250. Email: [email protected] SEDGEMOOR AUCTION CENTRE NORTH PETHERTON, SOMERSET, TA6 6DF (M5, J24) Saturday 23rd January at 1.00pm Collective Fodder Auction Entries to include: Hay 25 Round at Axbridge; 25 Round at Bridgwater; 100 Conv at Chard; 30 Square at Highbridge; 55 Quad at Honiton; 70 Round & 25 Quad at Langport; 300 Conv, 100 Round & 15 Square at Taunton; 150 Round at Wedmore.
Silage 25 Round Bridgwater; 655 Tonnes at Crewkerne; 30 Square at Cullompton; 60 Square at Dulverton; 50 Round at Hemyock; 100 Round at Highbridge; 70 Round at Langport; 132 Round at Taunton; 200 Round at Wells; 25 Round at Williton.
Straw 60 Round at Dulverton; 36 Quad at Taunton.
Plus trailer/lorry loads of Straw and Hay to be delivered ** Further entries invited **
Forthcoming Deadstock Sales
SEDGEMOOR AUCTION CENTRE NORTH PETHERTON, SOMERSET, TA6 6DF (M5, J24)
WEDNESDAY 3RD FEBRUARY at 10.30am (Items to be delivered Tuesday 2nd February between 9:30am-4:30pm) WANTED TRACTORS, MACHINERY, HORTICULTURAL EQUIPMENT ETC ** To be sold from the rostrum in the hall to adhere to social distancing ** Live bidding on Marteye, please register in advance.
FEBRUARY Wed 17th ** ONLINE MACHINERY AUCTION ** at https://gth.auctionmarts.com. The Dispersal Sale of 3 Tractors, Truck, ATV, Farm Machinery, Fodder, Dairy & Livestock Equipment & Effects for DJ & WM Warren (South Molton, North Devon). Viewing available by appointment only.
Forthcoming Dairy Sale FEBRUARY Thurs 11th SEDGEMOOR AUCTON CENTRE. The February Collective Dairy Sale of Freshly Calved Cows, Heifers, Youngstock & Bulls. ** Further Entries Invited **
Land for Sale
A single block of enclosed amenity land extending to approximately 0.141 acres (0.057 ha) at Odcombe, Somerset.
For sale by Informal Tender. Tender deadline Tuesday 26th January 2021 at 12 noon.
GUIDE PRICE: In Excess of £15,000
Contact Sedgemoor Office: 01278 410250
Fodder Beet
Can be delivered throughout the South West of England.
Delivered price in the region of £35/tonne, depending on location and quantity required.
All enquries Tom Mellor 07929 649195
Land for Sale
A single block of enclosed permanent pasture land extending to approximately 0.85 acres (0.34 ha) at Brent Knoll, Somerset.
For sale by Informal Tender. Tender deadline Tuesday 26th January 2021 at 12 noon.
GUIDE PRICE: In Excess of £20,000
Contact Sedgemoor Office: 01278 410250