EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE MARKET REPORT October 2018
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EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE MARKET REPORT October 2018 Friday 19th Store Stock Market A FANTASTIC WEEK HERE AT EXETER, WITH 1323 HEAD OF BEEF AND DAIRY LIVESTOCK SOLD TOGETHER WITH A MASSIVE 5282 SHEEP AND 233 PIGS! EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE Matford Park Road, Exeter, Devon, EX2 8FD 01392 251261 [email protected] www.kivells.com 665 STORE CATTLE, SUCKLED CALVES & BEEF BREEDING STOCK – 10AM Auctioneer: Simon Alford 07789 980203 Steers to £1370 Heifers to £1035 Excellent numbers forward again with all but those weaker poorer bred sorts selling to the stronger trade seen of late. Best steers sold to £1370 for an eye catching trio of South Devon’s (25m) from Peter & Jan Ward, Kingsteignton (topping the sale for the second week running) with further South Devon bred sorts (27m) to £1245 for Rachel Leonard of Ashreigney and £1125 (x4) for younger (17m) South Devon steers from David Goss of Littlehempston. A couple of cracking Limousin bullocks (20m) from Douglas Horton of Kingsbridge drew £1255 with smaller but more shapely Limousin’s from Tom Cleave, Broadhempston reaching £1155. Tremendous Angus steers (19m) from John Smith of East Budleigh fetched £1230 closely followed by similar sorts from Peter Hendy, Plymouth at £1205 apiece. Charolais steers (18m) rose to £1120 for Kevin Clark of Moretonhampstead with British blue bullocks (24m) up to £1050 for Peter Bradley of Tedburn st Mary. No really forward store heifers on offer but best three quarter meat sorts did reach £1035 for Roger Calcraft of Aylesbeare with three smart British Blue’s (24m) with a pen of five decent sorts of the same breed and age making £960 a life for Alistair Pratt of Buckerell. South Devon females (19m) rose to £1015 and £1000 for Rachel Leonard with Limousins (22m) to £1010 for Stephen Slade of Aylesbeare and £965 for Nick Lee & Sons of Shobrooke. Later born Limousin heifers (17m) looked good money at £920 (x4) for Edwin Tucker and Daughter Lynnette Parkhouse, Pennymoor and Hereford heifers (26m) drew £940 for Nick Lee & Sons again. FIRST AUTUMN SHOW & SALE OF 325 SUCKLED CALVES – 11.30AM Auctioneer: Ian Caunter 07813 068935 A wonderful run of suckled calves for our 1st Show & Sale in front of a packed ringside met a good trade throughout, especially for the top end sorts. Steers topped at £860 (11m) for a tremendous show of Limousin cross cattle from John Jordon & family of Chagford, with their other steers achieving £815. RO & CA Davis again of Chagford presented younger Limousin cross steers with the best hitting £845. A superb run from Phil & Lesley Martin-Uglow of Boyton saw the best of their Limousin cross steers (7m) achieve £840 with Charolais cross of the same age reaching £830, they also picked up the prize for best Pedigree Simmental sired calves on offer kindly sponsored by Messrs J & B Olds. Roger & Jack Bellamy of Peter Tavy presented a cracking run of British Blue calves with the best of the steers achieving £810 (7m) with others achieving £770 (7m). They also wiped the board with the best pen of steers and the best overall pen of suckled calves kindly sponsored by Lloyds Bank and kindly judged by David Pratt of Tiverton – our thanks to both. £810 was achieved by FG Gluyas & Partners up from Camborne for Limousin cross steers (11m), whilst a excellent run of quality suckled calves from Stephen Slade & family of Aylesbeare saw Charolais cross steers (7m) achieve £810 with others to £800. Leo & Jeanette Bradford of Iddesleigh achieved £805 for Limousin cross steers (12m) whilst well farmed Charolais cross steers from Michael & James Reddaway across from Okehampton achieved £765 (7m). Richard Gray of Holne presented a good run of South Devons with the steers topping at £760 (11m) with younger sorts realising £740. Edwin Tucker and daughter Lynnette Parkhouse of Pennymoor hit £760 for Limousin cross steers (7m) whilst further Charolais cross steers of similar age from J & G Nankivell of Tavistock realised £735. Smashing Angus steers from Norman Rew of Abbotskerswell topped at £720 (9m) with slightly older ones from ER Dymond from Awliscombe achieving £710. Heifers were a bright trade with the best ‘show types’ from Roger & Jack Bellamy achieving £960 for a super Blue heifer (8m) with others to £800 and £760 all of similar age, they also picked up the prize for best heifers in show. Steve Mckinley, Winkleigh achieved £740 for Charolais cross heifers (9m) with others to £650, whilst the best from Michael & James Reddaway achieved £700 and £690 (7m). Limousin heifers topped at £640 from Leo & Jeanette Bradford whilst South Devons from Richard Gray reached £620. Angus heifers from ER Dymond levelled out at £600 with younger ones from Jonathan Cuming of Feniton (7m) looking a good trade at £530 with others to £520. A brisk trade for a good line up of suckled calves; more quality sorts are expected at our Second Autumn Show & Sale on 2nd November with entries for cataloguing closing Friday 26th October at 3pm. 39 BEEF BREEDING CATTLE – 12 NOON Auctioneers: Mark Davis 07773 371774 A varied entry for our monthly beef breeding stock which incorporated a special sale of South Devon cattle. A 2014 born George Teign bred South Devon bull ‘Bacchus 5’ topped the sale at £1800 for JW Hillson up from Yelverton whilst an Autumn 2016 South Devon heifer from Tom & Michael Hartnell’s ‘Cornworthy Court’ herd rose to £870 and spring 2017 sorts reached £815. In the commercial pens a neat outfit comprising of a 2014 born Angus cow and her spring 2018 born steer calf fetched £1020 for JG Thomas of Tavistock and a smart Limousin with her July born heifer calf at foot drew £1010. Kivells are delighted to announce that our very own auctioneer Russell Steer has won the national Farmers’ Guardian competition and been awarded the ‘Mart’s The Heart’ accolade for Auctioneer of the Year 2018 Well Done Russell – a fantastic achievement! 131 CALVES – 10.15 AM CALVES - 10.15 am Auctioneers: Mark Davis 07773 371774 & Ian Caunter 07813 068935 CALVES Bulls Heifers Another large entry of calves saw probably the Breed TOP AVE TOP AVE most difficult trade we have seen for some time. British Blue 30 270 130 12 175 82 Particularly for small and plain calves but even the Limousin 11 240 130 5 100 57 better end were harder to place. The very best Charolais 6 365 327 2 235 215 sold well with three super Charolais bulls from Messrs RH & MJ Hurford of Axminster selling at Simmental 4 210 149 1 32 32 £365, £348 & £338 with other Charolais bulls to Aberdeen Angus 8 220 166 8 95 36 £312 & £300 from John Simmons of Poltimore and South Devon £300 from Messrs BJ & CA Ellis of Axminster. No real outstanding British Blue bulls forward but Hereford 4 225 126 5 100 65 some strong sorts from Ashley & Jess Bond of Norwegian Red Honiton sold to £270. Limousin bulls to £240 for Fleckvieh 2 8 5 1 2 2 Kathryn Starr of Dunkeswell and native calves saw Shorthorn the best Hereford bulls to £220 for Derek 1 30 30 Burrough of Yarcombe and Aberdeen Angus bulls Holstein / Friesian 18 50 15 1 10 10 to £220 for Phil Grabham of Whmple. Heifers topped at £235 for Charolais heifers from John Simmons who sold another at £195. British Blue heifers looked excellent value and topped at £175 for Kathryn Starr. 233 PIGS – 10.15AM Auctioneer: James Morrish 07814 010133 Another excellent day in the pig pens with three new vendors selling at Exeter for the very first time! 45 CULL SOWS & BOARS Trade for an entry of forty-five was very strong with the very best gheavyweights to £180, £179, £178 (x2) & £177 all on behalf of Chris Down of Budleigh Salterton. Rob & Richard Ovenell came up with a trailer load from Torrington and saw their best at £160 (249kgs) and £153 (231kgs). Timmy & Rupert Stockwell of Kingsbridge topped at £150 with a smart run from Andrew Freemantle topping at £146 (x2). Plenty of medium weight sows between £100-£120 with very little below £80. Top ten sows today averaged £169.40. 188 PRIME & STORE PIGS A splendid entry of 109 prime pigs with three pens over £120. The ‘trade of the day’ was £118 given for the pick of eight prime pigs in from Phillip Dyer of Aylesbeare which hit £118 (91kgs) with others from the same farm at £115 (92kgs) from the same unit. Messrs Ware of Silverton hit £120 (103kgs) twice and the first pen of medium weights (90kgs) from Richard & Vicky Gibbins of Poltimore at £108. Several lightweights forward included a pen from Teign School of Kingsteignton reaching £70 whilst huge praise has to be given to Martin Hodges who once again took premium on the day at 117p/kg for a pen of five medium weights hitting £92. Strong store pigs saw a massive trade with Martin Hodges of Honiton topping at £72 for his first pen with others at £53 & £51. Messrs Wakeham saw their young stores at £41 whilst older white stores came in from Messrs Turner reaching £60 and going off to Cornwall. A very pleasing day once again with both new and established buyers and sellers joining the ranks. * Please note - Our next Pig Sale at Exeter will be on Friday 2nd November * Please contact James Morrish 07814 010133 or 01392 251261 with your entries. SHEEP – 10.30AM Auctioneer: Russell Steer 07788 318701 1849 BREEDING EWES, SHEARLINGS & EWE LAMBS 825 lowland shearling and older ewes sold to £115BREEDING for pure Suffolk’s EWES from & RAMS Mike Waycott of Ashburton as Suffolk cross shearlings sold to £107 for CW Thirtle of Okehampton and best of the mule shearlings sold to £102 (x2) for Cliff & Anne Williams of Bampton and £102, £101 (x2), £100 (x2) & £98 (x2) for Dallyns Dairy of Barnstaple.