EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
MARKET REPORT August 2018
Friday 24th Store Stock Market
EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE Matford Park Road, Exeter, Devon, EX2 8FD 01392 251261 [email protected] www.kivells.com Friday 24th August 407 STORE CATTLE & STIRKS– 10AM Auctioneer: Simon Alford 07789 980203
Steers to £1235 Heifers to £1185
Bigger numbers starting to come forward now with some exceptional consignments of top quality suckler bred stores meeting strong demand, although pound for pound any well bred and reared dairy bred sorts looked just as dear. Very best steers sold to a high of £1235 for a tremendous red Limousin (25m) from EC Stanbury & Son of Inwardleigh with other Limousin bullocks, all as good, to £1200 for both Edward Wilton of Blackawton (27m) and G & WG Rogers up from Hayle, West Cornwall (16m), the latter also seeing a pair of striking black Limousins (16m) to £1195. A pen of six cracking South Devon steers (17m) eased to £1185 apiece for Tim Bastard of Launceston with others of that breed (16m) making £1155 for Phillip Norrish of Widecombe in the Moor and further Limousin bred steers (26m) reaching £1175 for David Lee of Colyton. A couple of British Blue steers (26m) looked fair money at £1170 for David & Andrew Mortimer of Sowton Village as did younger (16m) Blues at £1145 for Danny Semorad of Bondleigh. Charolais cattle (26m) drew £1140 and £1135 for Dave Webber, Umberleigh and Phillip Haydon of Cheriton Bishop respectively. Best of the Holstein Friesian bred bullocks saw a bunch of four of the usual well fed steers (25m) fetch £835 for Tony west of South Zeal. The heifer section was headed by EC Stanbury & Son with a pair of snorting Limousins (25m) at £1185 with a single eye catching Charolais (23m) also getting £1185 for Michael Vooght of Hennock. British Blue females (26m) from David & Andrew Mortimer matched their steers and rose to £1180 whilst Dave Webbers best heifer, a Charolais (28m) got £1175. Other Limousin heifers of note were all around £1100 to £1120 for William Bromell, Chagford and both Edward Wilton and David Lee with Hereford heifers (22m) to £1070 for Dave Webber again. Later born store heifers (16m) saw a pair of well turned out British Blue’s to £1050 for AEH Giddy of Downderry with slightly younger Charolais good money of £825 for Paul Pincombe of Lapford.
89 STIRKS & SUCKLED CALVES – 11.30AM Auctioneer: Ian Caunter 07813 068935
A shorter entry of stirks forward met with keen competition as buyers look for good younger sorts. Martin Lentern of Widecombe-In-The-Moor showed scopey South Devon steers (11m) topping at £740 with Angus steers off the same holding attaining £670. William Willcocks & family of Harford realised £635 from Simmental cross steers (11m), whilst younger Limousin cross steers from KH Alsopp Partners of Cadeleigh achieved £595 (6m). A good run of Blonde cross heifers from RD Alford of Tavistock saw the best of Danny’s heifers realise £665 with others to £560 and £555. Ron Wonnacott & Sons of Chagford hit £535 with Charolais heifers whilst Blues (10m) from BG Nicholls of Parracombe realised £520.
Buyers looking for younger cattle, keep the numbers coming please
102 CALVES – 10.15 AM CALVES - 10.15 am Auctioneers: Mark Davis 07773 371774 & Auctioneer: - Mark Davis – 07773371774 Ian Caunter 07813 068935 Ian Caunter - 07813068935
A similar entry of calves saw not the best quality entry CALVES Bulls Heifers we have had but a super trade throughout, even some Breed TOP AVE TOP AVE very small calves were sold very well! Top of the day British Blue 15 335 262 18 270 191 was £340 for a weaned Aberdeen Angus with another two close behind at £330 for Messrs RE, L & PR Limousin 6 335 211 1 130 130 Herniman of Torrington and another two at £320 for Simmental 3 235 233 Blade Farming who also sold British Blue bulls to £335 Aberdeen Angus 17 340 215 15 290 181 (x2). Young Blue bulls to £285 for Ashley & Jess Bond of Honiton & £270 twice for GCB Davis of Tiverton Hereford 2 265 180 6 242 182 who also sold Limousin bulls to £260. Other Limousin Holstein / Friesian 18 105 14 bulls to £335 for Ken Lane of Exeter. Hereford Bulls to £265 for Derek Burrough of Yarcombe. Very young Simmental bulls to £235 (x2) for Martin & Liz Bennett of Broadhembury. Heifer Calves topped at £290 (x5) for a group of weaned Aberdeen Angus heifer calves from Messrs RE, L & PR Herniman. British Blue heifers to £270 (x6) for Blade Farming. Young Hereford Heifers sold to £242 for Derek Burrough. Young Blue heifers to £240 for Ashley & Jess Bond.
EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE - FRIDAY 31st AUGUST DISPERSAL SALE OF 150 LIMOUSIN X & BRITISH BLUE X SUCKLER COWS & CALVES
on behalf of Messrs HJ Keast & Partners of Crediton
* Catalogue available from www.kivells.com *
Please contact Mark Davis 07773 371774 or the Market Office 01392 251261 for more information SALE OF 50 DAIRY CATTLE – 11AM Auctioneer: Mark Davis 07773 371774
A similar sized entry saw a much improved trade with several buyers around the ring looking for milk! Top of the day was £2800 for “Holmead Syn Lila Z Red ET” a super Red & White heifer from Terry Cox of Shaftesbury by Synergy Always-Red ET from the famous Lila Z family and backed by 7 generations of VG & EX dams, she sold to Colin Larkworthy of North Devon for his Larkland herd. No other real topping heifers forward but the best sold to £1580 for a sweet heifer from Andy & Olly Reed of Cullompton with “Beaconhill Receive Ermintrude” by Brabantdale Receive. A consignment of Ccrossbred Cows form GCB Davis of Tiverton met tremendous demand attracted buyers from Wiltshire & Somerset which saw three Jersey cross second calvers sell at £1480 with others to £1400 & £1380 for Jersey x fourth calvers. A fifth calving purebred Jersey sold at £1100. Pedigree Jersey heifers from Jim Elworthy of Cullompton sold at £1150 & £1100 with a Brown Swiss cross heifer from the same vendor selling very well at £1380. Richard Loud of Bodmin sold three Ayrshire cross heifers well to £1350 & £1220 and small grazing type British Friesian heifers sold at £1150 for David Snell & Family of Cullompton. A consignment of Grazing type In Calf Heifers sold well to £1000 with others to £980 & £920 x 3 for Nigel & Brenda Tucker of Tiverton. Guernsey In Calf Heifers sold to £850 for Adrian Warren of Weymouth.
1706 SHEEP – 10.30AM Auctioneer: Russell Steer 07788 318701
1446 STORE LAMBS
Another nice offering of store lambs saw Charollais lambs take the top two spots with Pete Cole of Copplestone selling his smart penful at £84.50 followed by David & Sylvia Grant of Morchard Bishop with a pair at £77. Other forward lambs sold to £72.50 for Roy Radmore of Sheepstor, £72 for Andrew & Michaela Rodd of Lapford, £70.50 for Patrick Stanbury of Chagford and £69 (x2) for Duncan Broom of Cotleigh. Medium term lambs slightly dearer on the week with three or four new buyers looking for these, trading from £56 to £66 and longer term lambs also dearer and generally all £48 plus. Overall average of £57.78 is up £4.74.
38 GRAZING EWES
Another entry lacking strength saw grazers sell to £64 for a wether from R Curtis of Poughill as ewes sold to £46 for Nicky Cleave of Bratton Fleming.
222 BREEDING EWES & RAMS
Another large entry of breeding ewes sold to £110BREEDING & £86 for EWES Dorset’s & RAMSfrom Ranjit Farming of Ipplepen as Chris Alderman of Lostwithiel sold his older organic Lleyns to £83, £82 & £76. Other breeders at £82 for Suffolk crosses from Dave & Shirley Mudge of Princetown and a handful of shearling rams sold to £300 for a Suffolk from Tony England of Tiverton who also had crossbreds at £280 & £260 and a Lleyn sold well at £200 for John & Jean Blackler of Harbertonford.
146 PIGS – 10.15AM Auctioneer: James Morrish 07814 010133
61 CULL SOWS
Another very good entry of cull sows saw the trade much sharper with a full complement of buyers present. Top call of the day of £180 for the best of twenty-eight in from Chris Down of Budleigh with others from the same farm at £175, £164, £157 & £150. Nigel & Sandra Tope came up from Totnes and were well rewarded at £140 with other (230kg) sows in from Julian Collins of Launceston at £138 and the best of a run from Jeremy Brown & family sold to a top of £134, whilst a nice consignment of (200kg-210kg) white meat sows from Tim & Rupert Stockwell hit a top call of £134. Several boars forward saw a much better trade with the very best at £134 for Messrs Eastern Biew Farms of Exeter, with others to £116 for Messrs Collins of Cornwall.
85 PRIME & STORE PIGS
Trade held up surprisingly well with buyers complaining about difficulties on holding prime pigs over the Bank Holiday with the best heavyweights at £120 (x3) for Jason Bament and also for CA Kneebone of Cornwall. Richard, Vicky & Sam gibbins hit £112 (x8) and £104 (x6) for (85-90kg) quality pigs with Messrs Turner coming down from Exmoor and seeing their best pen of four (81kg) reach a very respectable £110. Martyn Hodges of Honiton seems to be in the top prices every sale with today no exception reaching £110 for his pen of four white prime pigs, with Andrew, Max & Bob Bonner of Burrington at £106. Numbers were short in the store pens however plenty of trade with Messrs Wakeham & Turner selling five week old stores £41 (x7) with Arthur Tonkin of Cheriton reaching the same money. Mark Amos enjoyed his usual success at £38 for very young weaners going off to their new home near Hatherleigh. Speaking after the sale James Morrish said “Despite the challenges of the Bank Holiday for abattoirs, buyers supported us well with prices holding up well from start to finish.
Top 10 cull sows to £180. Average £162.30. Top 10 prime pigs to £120. Average £112.50. Top 10 store pigs to £41. Average £40.50.
* Our next Pig Sale will be on Friday 7th September * Please contact James Morrish 07814 010133 or 01392 251261 with your entries.
Further information and entries to Russell Steer 07788 318701 or 01392 251261 and [email protected]
Friday 7th September Friday 21st September Friday 12th October
For more information please contact Robert Armstrong on 07791 484290 or the Market Office 01392 251261
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Rural Reflection August 2018
The lack of wet weather continues to cause concerns amongst many, not just throughout the South West but also further a field. Having said that, I don’t think we have recorded such a straight forward harvest back at home with the wheat having been completed by the first week of August. I can’t remember the last time that this has taken place. Yields seem to be up and down but farmers perhaps happier than first thought with straw being a constant topic for the past month seeming to be yielding well, in particular on the better arable land where the ground didn't lie wet throughout the spring months.
With regards to fodder and straw, what a difference six months makes. During January, February and March every field throughout the South West benefited from some sort of silage stack tucked away in a corner, however, with a long and wet spring this has now gone and the grass is not there to replace these stocks. Next month we are going to be undertaking a fodder sale and are currently inviting entries from clients who may have surplus fodder situated on their holdings. The phone continues to be busy with enquires into whether we have any fodder or straw to market and would ask any clients that have any potential fodder to market to contact either my colleague James Morrish or myself who can help accordingly.
Although a little late, a couple of weeks back I undertook the process of submitting a number of hedgerow derogations on behalf of clients looking to cut hedges prior to the 1st September in order to undertake the reseeding of grass or fodder crops. For a change it was recognised that the RPA were most helpful and efficient in undertaking this process and we received a quick and positive response. I take this opportunity to inform farmers that if they are looking for this type of derogation in order for them to get on to the land and cut field boundaries before the 1st September then please get in contact and we can complete and submit the required application.
It has been a busy month for valuations for the Kivells team and we have received an influx of bank lending valuations which can only be a positive note, with farm businesses looking to purchase additional land and expand farm holdings or increase business size, in despite of the potential Brexit issues we are looking to face in seven months time and with the current commodity and livestock prices. Valuations are an important aspect of are professional work and the Kivells team are often out undertaking such tasks for secured bank lending, probate, other tax purposes or for asset planning.
The Kivells team continue to be busy with land and farm sales, although having said that the last six weeks have proven perhaps a little slower than liked, with holidays being the priority for many rather than looking to relocate or perhaps looking to put property on the market. Our Holsworthy team have just launched a truly fantastic farm, being Coldridge Barton Farm situated near Crediton and we are looking to bring a number of other properties onto the market this autumn. As always, if you are thinking of selling any type of agricultural, equestrian or amenity property then our Rural team are here to help and can provide a free market appraisal on request.
As we hit August, the end of the show season is near with the team having just completed Honiton and Okehampton Show. These local rural shows continue to be up against all aspects, whether the weather, local support or health and safety rigmarole, but it has been pleasing to attend some fantastic shows this summer with the last two in particular proving exceptional, benefiting from a tremendous turn out of people, creating a great vibe, just showing hard that work does pay off.
As we begin to hit the beginning of August, the autumn months will soon be upon us. Cereals will soon have finished and minds will be turning to autumn cultivations. Lets hope for a bit of low pressure to sweep across the country, which will not only provide that all important autumn flush of grass, but will also help on arable cultivations. until next time...
On behalf of the Kivells Rural Professional Team Ian Caunter Exeter Office
The Kivells Rural Professional Team
David Kivell 01409 253275 [email protected] Lisabeth Miller 01409253 275 [email protected] Mark Bromell 01409 253275 [email protected] Mark Bunt 01579 324927 [email protected] Claire Bellew 01392 252262 [email protected] Tom Rattray 01566 776886 [email protected] Ian Caunter 01392 252262 [email protected] FORTHCOMING SALES
MONDAY 20th AUGUST - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE Weekly Prime Stock Market
WEDNESDAY 22nd & THURSDAY 23rd AUGUST - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE 18th Annual Official Show & Sale of Lleyn Sheep on behalf of the Lleyn Sheep Society
FRIDAY 24th AUGUST - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Monthly Sale of Organic Cattle & Sheep, Sale of Dairy Cattle & Fortnightly
Pig Sale
MONDAY 27th AUGUST - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE Weekly Prime Stock Market
TUESDAY 28th AUGUST - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE Monthly TB Restricted Cattle Sale
FRIDAY 31st AUGUST - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Annual Sale on behalf of the Whiteface Dartmoor Sheep Breeders Association, plus Dispersal Sale of 150 Limousin x & British Blue x Suckler Cows & Calves on behalf of Messrs
HJ Keast & Son of Crediton
MONDAY 3rd SEPTEMBER - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE Weekly Prime Stock Market
TUESDAY 4th SEPTEMBER - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE Monthly Equine & Saddlery Sale
FRIDAY 7th SEPTEMBER - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE Weekly Store Stock Market to inc 1st Judged Show & Sale of Continental & Continental x Cattle, Native breed Cattle, 8th Annual Sale of Dexter Cattle, 7th Annual Early September Breeding Sheep Sale & Premier Ram Sale plus Sale of Zwartbles Sheep & Fortnightly Pigs
MONDAY 10th SEPTEMBER - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE Weekly Prime Stock Market
FRIDAY 14th SEPTEMBER - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Sale of Dairy Cattle, Easy Care Sheep & Fortnightly Pig Sale
MONDAY 17th SEPTEMBER - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE Weekly Prime Stock Market
TUESDAY 18th SEPTEMBER - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE 31st Autumn Special Sale of Breeding Ewes to inc Annual Sale of Ewe Lambs plus Premier Ram Sale
FRIDAY 21st SEPTEMBER - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE Weekly Store Stock Market to inc 2nd Autumn Judged Sale of Continental & Continental x Cattle, Monthly Catalogued Sale of Beef Breeding Stock, Special Sale of Pedigree Charolais Cattle, Annual Sale of Dexter Cattle & Fortnightly Pigs
MONDAY 24th SEPTEMBER - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE Weekly Prime Stock Market
TUESDAY 25th SEPTEMBER - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE Monthly TB Restricted Cattle Sale
FRIDAY 28th SEPTEMBER - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Monthly Sale of Organic Cattle & Sheep, Sale of Dairy Cattle & Fortnightly Pig Sale
MONDAY 1st OCTOBER - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE Weekly Prime Stock Market
FRIDAY 5th OCTOBER - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Monthly Sale of Native Breed Cattle & Autumn Show on behalf of SDHB
EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE Matford Park Road, Exeter, Devon, EX2 8FD 01392 251261251261 [email protected] www.kivells.com