HOLSWORTHY MARKET REPORT Wednesday 19 February 2020

EVERY WEDNESDAY

Gates open 6am

SALE TIMES 09:45 am - Draft Ewes followed by Finished Lambs 10:30 am - Store Lambs & Couples 09.45 am - Calves and Stirks 11 am - Store followed by Finished & OTM Cattle

11 am - Cattle

A really exciting trade in the dairy ring with a top call of £2,150 on behalf of PJ JM & RP Reed of Gidcott, Milton Damerel with 4 dairy cows exceeding the £2,000 bracket.

Holsworthy Market, New Market Road, Holsworthy, Devon, EX22 7FA

01409 253275

249 DRAFT EWES & RAMS WEIGHT TOP AVERAGE & 1234 HOGGS – 09.45 am Per P/Kg Per P/Kg Auctioneer: Steve Prouse 07767 895366 LAMBS head T68L head TLW 25.5-32 - - - - A much larger entry met a very similar trade overall average being 233.6p, well within the national trade. 32.1-39 85.50 231 82 225.1 Several pens 245p and over to a top of 250p for a 39.1-45.5 109.80 250 102 234.2 bunch of Charollais x 44kg £109.80 from Geoffrey & 45.6-52 118.80 246 111 230 Simon Grigg of Weach Barton, Bideford. Followed 52+ 131 231 115.10 221.7 by 2 vendors at 246p Victor Goaman of Stitworthy Farm 46kg £113 and Alistair Baily of Lower Moor Overall 131 250 109.50 233.60 44.4kg £109.20 again several heavies £120 to a top EWES of £131 realised by Alistair Baily. Light 102 83.50

249 DRAFT EWES & RAMS Heavy 135 117 What a flyer, ewes up around £10 ahead and more Rams 130 114 ewes are needed. Charollais topped the day from Rod Wood of Forda Farm at £135. Suffolk X topped at £129 from Charlie Currah of Ashwater. Several pens and mules over £90 to a top of £100.50 from Messrs D Nancekivell & Sons of Heatham. Polled Dorset ewes topped at £100 from Messrs Griffin of Thorndon.

245 STORE HOGGS Again a very fast trade, several pens £85 to £95 to a top of £105 for a pen of Suffolk X from K Dennis of Boyton.

COUPLES 36 EWES & 52 LAMBS A strong trade with more buyers in attendance. Singles up to £150.

173 CALVES & STIRKS – 09.45 am Auctioneer: James Morrish FLAA 07814 010133

BREED BULLS HEIFERS CALVES No Top Ave No Top Ave Friesian 35 278 66.77 - - - Limousin X 10 325 142.60 13 320 175.38 British Blue 30 452 175.63 23 320 182.65 Aberdeen Angus 11 200 130.91 10 208 93.70 Hereford X 10 438 236.10 11 310 142 Charolais 1 430 430 - - -

6 220 152.67 6 192 117.50 Simmental X A bigger entry on calves today saw a big improvement in the 1st quality & 2nd quality calves with new buyers in attendance. Overall top call of the day was £452 for a reared Blue Bull from John George & Family of Buckland Brewer who saw others at £420 (x2) for Herefords. Best heifers hit £320 for Angus heifers (5m) from Messrs Nancekivell of Kilkampton. Other prices to note included reared Charolais calves to £420 on behalf of Messrs Rockett of Bridestowe. In the baby calve section trade pushed upwards £10 on the week with Messrs O Petherick & Son of Aldercombe hitting £275 for Blue Bulls closely followed by the pick of a run from Messrs Dilling at £240 and Simon Goaman of Bideford at £235 (x3). This week’s Folk2Folk champion was awarded to Messrs Baker of Lewdown who sold a lovely 4 week old Hereford at £210 and purchased by Derek Challacombe of Roborough. Again Messrs Collins Partnership of Winscott sold a wonderful Limousin Bull at £325 whilst best Angus bull reached £200 for A. A Parsons. Holstein Bulls were again a splendid trade with reared calves from Herdacott Farm at £278 whilst the best of the babies at £106 (x2) for Messrs Smale of North Petherwin, £105 for Messrs Colwill

& £94 for Harvey Brothers.

In the heifer pens plenty of trade was seen with 4 Blue heifers from Messrs Petherwick & Son at £320, and Limousins (x2) from Messrs Nancekivell also at the same money. Best baby heifers hit £280 from Winscott Farm and Blues from Messrs Crocker of Lewdown at £218.

Speaking after the sale Kivells’ Auctioneer James Morrish said “A really pleasing day was seen today with both buyers & sellers going home happy”.

NEXT WEEK Our February special show of Stirks & Reared Calves already include 50 Limousin Stirks from one farm near Winkleigh and 21 Blue/Angus & Limousin Skirks from one farm near Hatherleigh. Also 130 baby calves with the sale commencing at 9.45am.

58 DAIRY CATTLE - 11.00 am DAIRY CATTLE Top Ave Auctioneer: Mark Bromell - 07966 430001 1st Calving Heifers 2080 1833 Mark Davis - 07773 371774 1st Calving Heifers (2nd Quality) 1650 1432

2nd / 3rd Calving Cows 2150 1894 The mid-month dairy sale saw a good entry 4th/5th Calving Cows 1700 1460 with some exceptionally high quality animals Autumn Calved Heifers 1600 1227 forward. Both cows and heifers exceeded the Ayrshire/Jersey Calved Heifers 1200 1100 £2000 mark and we thank our vendors for supplying such quality and providing such a good choice to a busy ring of buyers.

Top call of the day was £2150 which was achieved on two occasions for the same vendor Messrs PJ JM & RP Reed of Milton Damerel. Firstly for a superb fresh calved 2nd calver ‘Gidcott Leon Ella’ yielding 40Kgs and secondly for a fantastic 3rd calver ‘Sandyhill Seaspray 28’ yielding 40Kgs. The same vendor also sold a 4th calver ‘Gidcott Barney Violet’ at £1700 with their consignment of 11 averaging £1617. Well fleshed milky cows had a strong trade throughout the sale.

A good entry of heifers also met a good trade topping at £2080 for a fresh calved heifer yielding 37Kgs and selling on behalf of Messrs J Kempthorne & Sons of Bodmin. The same vendor also sold heifers to £1950 & £1800 and their consignment of 6 freshly calved heifers averaged £1750. Mr KJ Grabham of Highampton sold a fresh calved heifer ‘Kenham Chief Jane 96’ at £1850 and Mr RBP Nicholls of Penzance sold a smart heifer at £1750. Mr DB Brown of Bodmin sold a smart white heifer ‘Stlawrence Paradise Holly’ yielding 35Kgs at £1700. There was a good selection of heifers to cater for a wide range of buyers requirements. Andrew & Jon Bird of Marlbrook Farms, Jacobstow sold their last 3 heifers topping at £1200 for ‘Marlbrook Lucky Finish’. This was the final consignment from Marlbrook Farms and we thank Andrew & Jon for all their support and custom and wish them the best for the future.

Bonner Farms of Umberleigh sold a consignment of 25 heifers comprising a mix of freshly calved and autumn calving. The fresh calvers topped at £1680 for a January calved heifer yielding 30Kgs. The autumn calvers topped at £1600 for an October calved heifer due back to calf in September yielding 21Kgs. An October calved Fleckvieh x heifer also met strong demand selling at £1550.

Forthcoming Dairy Sales:

Wednesday 26th February- Herd Dispersal Sale of 62 Homebred British Friesian X and Blue Albion X Dairy Cattle on behalf of Messrs CFS Fox & Son, Luxulyan, Bodmin. PLUS 9 In Calf/Bulling Heifers. Low cost system. Cubicle Housed and Herringbone Parlour Milked. Cows are running with a Simmental X Bull. Latest test: 3.72%BF 2.90%PTN cc167. This herd is farmed on a high exposed farm on the slopes of Bodmin Moor and will particularly suit farmers wanting Friesian type grazing cattle for Spring/Summer milk. PLUS additional entries of fresh milk from regular vendors.

Wednesday 4th March- Early Month Dairy Sale. Entries invited for cataloguing by 10am Thursday 27th February. Entries to date include fresh milk, plus a consignment of youngstock.

Wednesday 11th March- Herd Dispersal Sale of approx. 120 Dairy Cattle on behalf of Chynoweth Farm Partners of Truro. Cubicle Housed and Herringbone Parlour Milked. BVD & IBR vaccinated. 9000Kgs Herd Average. Further details to follow.

339 STORE CATTLE – 11 am Auctioneer: David Kivell - 07899 960272

STEERS HEIFERS

No 0-15 mths 16-22 mths 23+ mths 0-15 mths 16-22 mths 23+ mths Breed Sold Top Ave Top Ave Top Ave Top Ave Top Ave Top Ave A.Angus 56 735 720 915 902 1010 1010 560 490 780 680 - - British Blue 59 930 850 930 910 1070 1040 795 660 990 840 - - Hereford 29 745 640 865 863 - - 600 600 760 720 - - Charolais 18 740 730 1135 1040 - - 705 690 945 880 - - Friesian 57 610 580 690 655 890 802 ------Limousin 38 840 740 970 905 1150 1138 750 670 905 860 - - Simmental 11 790 740 1060 930 - - - - 915 902 - - South Devon 13 - - 1035 940 - - - - 875 860 - - Stabiliser 25 720 720 - - - - 565 540 - - - - Devon 25 - - 810 705 - - - - 790 640 - - Montbeliarde 4 670 670 ------ 5 670 618 ------

Another cracking entry and a huge number of buyers present all keen to bid. Top call was £1150 for a Limousin steer from Messrs Jordan of Broadwood and £1150 also achieved by a group of 4 Single Suckled Charolais from Mr A May of Week St Mary. Other 18-20mth Single Suckled steers saw strong bidding, Outlying Pure Bred South Devon steers from Mr R Dyer of Braunton sold to £1035. Single Suckled Simmental from Messrs Trewin of Bideford topped at £1060 and many more required. 18-20mth Dairy Continentals saw younger lighter steers fetch the same money as older cattle previous weeks with plenty of British Blue and Limousins 14-16mth £900+, 14mth British Blues from Mr A Pomeroy of Bradworthy fetched £930, similar aged Charolais from Messrs Kirk of Petrockstow sold to £970. Holstein steers saw trade also stronger forward sorts topping at £890 for 4 from Mr J Chamberlain of Shebbear. Outlying 12mth Holstein steers from Messrs Ranches Ltd of Bridestowe saw real demand with the first pen fetching £610 with others to £580. Quality wintering heifers in demand, 20mth Dairy x British Blues topped at £990 for Messrs Chamberlain of Shebbear, Charolais from Messrs Kirk £945. A good run of Single Sucked Limousin heifers from Mr Allin of Grimscott topped at £905.

Cattle vendors should note that it may be advisable to sell cattle now with the current strong trade and several weeks of winter ahead as feed support might prove to be tight in a month’s time. For on farm advice please contact Alec Shadrick on 07767 896136. Top price this week was 117p for a heavy Holstein from Messrs Goaman of OTM COWS Hartland realising £947. Auctioneer: David Kivell

This week’s winner of the Lark Plant was awarded to Messrs Jordan of Broadwood for a Limousin steer at £1150.

Kivells notice to Store Cattle Vendors It has come to our attention in recent months that a large number of in calf Store Heifers are being reported, and because of this the vendors are having to pay large vet bills and cost of losses to the purchaser. In previous years we have found that vendors who have scanned their Heifers empty at the time of their TB test, have had a stronger trade on the day, and that has covered their cost of scanning, based on this although it’s voluntary and not compulsory to scan your Heifers, we would highly recommend it. On talking to purchasers they would be more than happy to give a little extra with the guarantee of empty Heifers. A superb lorry & dray load of Barley Straw today STRAW – 11AM down from the Cotswolds sold to £81 p/tn. We Auctioneer: David Kivell - have sold 3 other loads this week direct to farms 07899 960272 at £82-£85 p/tn. If you are looking for straw contact us on 01409 253275 or James Morrish on 07814 010133. We offer official weighbridge tickets aswell as your opportunity to inspect the load before it is unloaded!

- FEBRUARY SALES WEDNESDAY 26th – HOLSWORTHY Weekly Prime & Store Market. 200 Calves & Stirks to inc Show & Sale of Stirks. Current entries include 50 Limousin x from Winkleigh, 20 Aberdeen Angus from Hatherleigh and 12 British Blue from Shebbear. PLUS Dairy Sale of 75. Entries to include 10 freshly calved heifers from the pedigree ‘Mudgeon’, herd and other regular vendors. PLUS the Herd Dispersal Sale of 62 Homebred Dairy Cattle on behalf of Messrs CFS Fox & Son of Luxulyan, Bodmin. Including In Milk/In Calf British Friesian and Blue Albion x Friesian Cows and Heifers. PLUS approx. 9 In Calf/Bulling Heifer. Low cost system. Cubicle Housed and Herringbone Parlour Milked. Cows are running with a Simmental X Bull. Latest milk test: 3.72%BF 2.90%PTN cc167. THURSDAY 27th – HALLWORTHY Weekly Prime & Store Market on offer 200 Store Cattle and Special Sale of Store Hoggs. MARCH SALES WED 4th – HOLSWORTHY Weekly Prime & Store Market to inc OVER £500 PRIZE MONEY TO BE WON! TAKING ENTRIES NOW PLUS Early Month Dairy Sale. Entries to date include freshly calved cows and heifers, plus a consignment of youngstock. Further entries invited for cataloguing by 10am Thurs 27th Feb THURSDAY 5th – HALLWORTHY Weekly Prime & Store Market to inc Monthly Organic Sale & Special Sale of Couples MONDAY 9th – HOLS & HALL TB Restricted Sale of Store Cattle, OTMs & Cull Cows Entries close for licensing on Monday 2nd March WEDNESDAY 11th – HOLSWORTHY Weekly Prime & Store Market to include Herd Dispersal of approximately 120 Dairy Cattle on behalf of Chynoweth Farm Partners, Truro. Cubicle Housed, Herringbone Parlour Milked. BVD & IBR Vaccinated. 9000Kgs Herd Average. Further details to follow. FORTHCOMING MACHINERY SALES SATURDAY 7th MARCH – 9:45am HOLSWORTHY MONTHLY MACHINERY, PIG & POULTRY SALE TO INCLUDE ‘SPECIAL JOHN DEERE SALE’

Entries already include 2 FULL DISPERSALS with 4 tractors and a whole range of machinery & implements to include 2015 John Deere 6140R tractor c/w H340 loader, John Deere 6430 Premium, 1980 Leyland 245 tractor, Fiat Hitachi bull dozer c/w bucket, 1993 Sanderson 725c teleporter, Landrover Defender c/w high-ab & heavy duty winch, 1990 Landrover Defender SWB, 1990 Homemade tractor with Triumph Herald engine. Unreserved dispersal of log yard in South Cornwall to inc 2 County tractors, Zetor and International tractors, log trailer, hydraulic splitters and range of various equipment. Other entries include shearing trailer, Rolland soft top livestock trailer, Herbst 21’ 18tn low loader plant trailer, plant transport trailer (carries 13tn digger), 3tn tipping trailer, twin axle low loading trailer c/w ramps, 22’ bale trailer on super singles, car trailer, plant trailer, metal floor bale trailer, AW dung spreader, set of hydraulic drags, Grassland sub-lift machine, Twose 420 flail hedge trimmer, Massey Ferguson 30 drill, Lely 900 tedder Kubota G3HST ride-on lawn mower, Strimech 1.5m shear grab, 70” lightweight Howard rotavator, feeder mixer bucket (2 way auger) c/w Manitou brackets. Dispersal of equipment & tools from one garage in Launceston. Also generator, cement mixer, circular saw on stand, wrought iron fire basket & combination safe. PLUS SALE OF FURNITURE – approx. 11am to inc clearance of oak & pine furniture. Entered items ONLY will be sold. ~ 100 Pigs ~ 250 Poultry ~ 200 New tools ~ 200 Pet food ~TAKING ENTRIES NOW! Call: 01409 253275 / Email: [email protected] Entry forms at www.kivells.com PRIVATE TREATY SALES DAIRY CATTLE - Contact Robert Speck 07909 538520  100 in-milk Pedigree Holstein Friesian cows  200 in-calf heifers due Feb/Mar suitable for grazing systems  30 in-calf Fries/Crossbred grazing type due 1st April to Hereford FODDER Currently available:  2 clamps 2019 silage ~ Woolsery / Bideford  Approx. 100tn 2019 Maize silage ~ Torrington  Approx. 120 2019 Grass silage ~ Torrington  141 round bale haylage ~ Shebbear  70 round bale haylage ~ Hatherleigh Lorry & trailer loads of straw direct from Salisbury & Cotswold. Delivered Barley £83p/tn – Wheat £77p/tn ORDER NOW - James Morrish 01409 253275 / 07814 010133