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MARKET REPORT Wednesday 2 January 2019 EVERY WEDNESDAY

Gates open 6am

SALE TIMES 09:45 am - Draft Ewes followed by Finished Lambs 10:30 am – Store Lambs & Couples 10 am - Calves and Stirks inc the weekly Genus sponsored competition 11 am - Store Cattle followed by Finished & OTM Cattle 11 am - Dairy Cattle

A huge entry of over 1800 sheep sold really well to a top call of £95 for a pen of cull ewes on behalf of the Huxtable family of Huntshaw.

Holsworthy Livestock Market, New Market Road, Holsworthy, , EX22 7FA 01409 253275

LAMBS, DRAFT EWES & RAMS – 09.45 am WEIGHT TOP AVERAGE Auctioneer: Steve Prouse - 07767 895366 Per P/Kg Per P/Kg

Head TLW Head TLW 1256 HOGGS Hoggs 39.1 – 45.5 89 204 83.95 193.65 45.6 – 52 93.20 198 88.23 182.87 52 + 91 167 87.70 160.75 Overall 93.20 204 86.00 185.93 A fantastic entry of over 1200 sheep saw buyers competing well and pushing the overall average up to a very respectable 185.93p/kg.

Overall top call of the day was £93.20 for Hoggs in from Mr Turner of Penleaze, Marhamchurch for a pen of 26 with the same good farm selling another 25 at £92.80.

Ken Hill of hit £92 and £91.50 for 28 (49kg) hoggs with both Messrs George of Looseham Farm, & Messrs Cowling of Trencreek, Bude exceeding the £90 bracket. Plenty of hoggs from £87 to £90 to include 3 separate vendors selling 50 hoggs averaging £88. Premium on the day was set at 204p/kg for Messrs Weighell of .

371 DRAFT EWES A strong entry of ewes sold to a slightly better trade with a top call of £95.50 for Messrs Huxtable of Garnacott, Huntshaw with Messrs Lewis at £94. Plenty of vendors selling stronger types between £82-£87 with the best of the ‘Meaty Hill types’ to £60 on behalf of 2 vendors. Best cull rams reached £84.50 for J. Collings of Bideford.

204 STORE LAMBS A nice entry saw a top call of £80 for a pen of well bred stores in from with others to £74.50 and £73 for 2 pens (60) in from Messrs Govier & Son of . Rodney Huxtable of sold at £73.50 with John Middleton of Woolacombe at £72 for his pen full of 23. Steve Johns sold a nice run of clipped st Suffolk x Store Hoggs with his 1 pen at £71.50 and his line up of 42 averaging over £67.

~ GRASS KEEP AVAILABLE BY TENDER ~ LEWDOWN Approximately 202 Acres available in four lots. Available on a seasonal licence basis from 1st March 2019. Tenders close 12 noon Friday 1st February 2019. Please contact Lisabeth Miller at Holsworthy Livestock Market 01409 253275 or [email protected] for details and tender forms 127 BABY CALVES & STIRKS

Auctioneer: James Morrish 07814 010133

BREED BULLS HEIFERS A fantastic entry for the 1st sale of 2019 saw CALVES No Top Ave No Top Ave a trade flying high with several buyers going Aberdeen Angus 9 330 209 2 175 148.50 home empty handed. Overall top call of the Friesian 14 170 80 - - - day was £385 for the pick of a lovely run of Limousin 12 380 239 6 300 139.67 Blue Bulls in from Messrs Howe of Laity 43 385 274 26 330 170.15 Moor, Near Truro, Cornwall with other top British Blue 1 290 290 - - - class Blues (5 weeks) at £362 for Messrs Simmental 2 212 156 6 200 145.50 Home of . Jeremy Ovens and Hereford family at £345 and Rob Veale at £338 with Fleckvieh 2 80 64 - - - the best 10 Blue bulls averaging an Charolais 1 265 265 1 205 205 impressive £336.40. A superb trade today in Welsh Black 1 212 212 1 92 92 the Limousin pens with a well presented run of Limousin Bulls in from Messrs Monks of hitting £380 with other 5 week old bulls at £320 & £290 (x2) from the same farm.

Topping the Angus section was Messrs D.J Thomas & Son of Launceston after a break from selling calves at any market for over 50 years! Their topping 4 week old bull reached £330 with other Angus bulls from Kevin Parsons of Jacobstow at £290. Best Herefords came in from John Colgrove of St Ewe at £212 with the best Charolais bulls reaching £265 for Messrs Vanstone of Bideford.

Rob Squire of Torrington saw his Simmental Bull top that section at £290 with an outstanding 4 week old Welsh Black for Messrs Isaac hit £212. Holstein bulls met a “Proper trade” with Alan Tucker & family of reaching £170 for a 4 week old bull with the best from Messrs Hawking of at £150 with the top black & White bulls average standing at a tremendous £93.50.

Today’s Folk2Folk Champion calf was a lovely Limousin Heifer in from Steve Isaac of which raced away to £300 selling to Messrs Easterbrook of Torrington.

Best Blue heifers topped at £330 for Kevin Parsons of North Cornwall with Messrs Home at £270 (x2) and John Colgrove at £210. Plenty of Hereford heifers over £200 with Angus heifers hittng £175.

Today Kivells awarded the Stoneleigh Cup to Messrs Hockridge of Bideford for the highest priced calf sired by a Stoneleigh Bull owned by Messrs E.C Haste & Son.

Photo Ted Haste, Messrs Hockridge & Harold Jones who has worked for Kivells for well over 50 years.

- JANUARY SALES WEDNESDAY 9th – Weekly Prime & Store Market 1500 Sheep to include 25 Pedigree Roussin In-Lamb Ewes due 1st March onwards to Pedigree Roussin Ram (flock ages) & 20 Pedigree Roussin Ewe Lambs. 150 Store Cattle to include 43 Continental steers & heifers (18-23mths), 220 Baby & Rearing Calves. Early Month Dairy Sale. Entries invited by 10am Thursday 3rd January THURSDAY 10th – HALLWORTHY Weekly Prime & Store Market of 150 Store Cattle ALSO Special Sale of 500 Store Lambs PLUS Special Sale of In-Lamb Ewes to include 16 Poll Dorset & Texel Ewes been running with Texel Rams due end of January onwards. Further entries invited – 01840 261261 / [email protected] THURSDAY 17th- HALLWORTHY Normal Weekly Market to inc Special Sale of In Lamb ewes including a flock dispersal from Mr T Tripp of Truro being 157 North Country Mules, majority first year full mouths, 4th time lambers, outdoor lambing, scanned in lamb at 190%, due early march to Suffolk Rams, Heptivac P, also 5 Suffolk Rams, flock ages, Plus 70 in lamb Mule Hoggs, scanned in lamb to Charollais, due end of March, mainly singles. For further entries please contact 01840 261261 MONDAY 21st – HOLSWORTHY 11AM & HALLWORTHY 1PM TB Restricted Sale of Prime Cattle, Barren Cows & Store (licencing closes Monday 14th January) TUESDAY 22nd – HOLSWORTHY Weekly General & Household Auction to include Monthly Saddlery Sale. Info/Entries to [email protected] WEDNESDAY 23rd - HOLSWORTHY Mid-Month Dairy Sale. Entries invited for cataloguing by 10am Thursday 17th January. - FEBRUARY SALES SATURDAY 2nd – HOLSWORTHY Monthly Machinery, Pig & Poultry Sale. 1,750 lots of Machinery & Goods to include 3 Vintage Tractors from one Farm, 200 Poultry & over 300 lots of Pet Food & Sundries. Info/Entries 01409 253275 / [email protected] FODDER BANK

FOR SALE  106 Round Hay ~ North Tamerton  103 Round Haylage ~ Boyton  200 Round Haylage ~ Roborough  60 Round Haylage ~

James Morrish 01409 253275 or 07814 010133