HALLWORTHY MARKET REPORT THURSDAY 26th JANUARY 2017 EVERY THURSDAY Gates Open 6.30am SALE TIMES 09:45 am Draft Ewes followed by Prime, Store Hoggs & Breeding Sheep followed Tested & Untested Prime & OTM Cattle followed by Store Cattle & Stirks 11:30 am Dairy Cattle (Monthly) NAMED SIRES Store cattle and calf purchasers are continually requesting the names of sires of Angus, South Devon and Hereford cattle. Please supply this information by writing it on the passport, it reflects in the sale price. Hallworthy Stockyard, Hallworthy, Camelford, Cornwall, PL32 9SH Tel: 01840 261261 Fax: 01840 261684 Website: www.kivells.com Email: [email protected] SHEEP AUCTIONEER STEVE PROUSE 07767 895366 143 DRAFT EWES A larger entry met a faster trade, up around £4 per head. Overall average on the day was £54.99. Eight pens realised £80 and over to a top of £92 from Mr C Highmoor of Lantuel, St Wenn, who also sold another pen at £87. Two other vendors realised £87; David Broad from Tintagel with his Texel ewes and James Eustice of St Ervan with a pen of Suffolk ewes. 238 FAT HOGGS A good entry met a strong trade with an overall average of 162.7p/kg. Top per kilo on the day was 176p/kg for a pen of 38 kgs from Mark Blake, Tregonhawke Farm, Millbrook. Top per head was £76.50 for a pen sold by Timmy Harris, St Tudy. 161 STORE HOGGS A small entry saw a flying trade and more could have been sold. Top on the day was £66.50 sold by Richard Jenkin, Lower Sutton Town, Werrington. STORE CATTLE AUCTIONEER RICHARD DENNIS 91 STORE CATTLE Numbers are still remaining short but with a ring packed full of buyers, the trade would be fantastic for all on offer. Top price of the day was £1100 for a pair of 21 month old Limousin x steers sold by Mr CA Rowe from Brayshop, who also went on to sell a pair of Charolais x steers at 19 months old for £1020. A 30 month old British Blue x steer sold for £1075 on behalf of Mr AM Penrose from Helston, who also went on to sell a 32 month old Devon x steer for £1000 and a 31 month old Beef Shorthorn x steer for £980. A good run of Hereford x steers from Messrs RR Sanders & Son from Tywardreath saw the best 22 month old steer sell for £1060, with another four at £960 and two made £910. A pair of Aberdeen Angus x steers at 24 months old sold for £1030 for Messrs NC Hore & Son from Wadebridge. Mr HJF Brown from Tintagel sold a 21 month old Charolais x steer for £945, with a pair of 17 month old Charolais x steers for £900, also going on to top the heifer section with a 21 month old Charolais x heifer making £910 and a pair at 16 months old for £905. A 17 month old Hereford x heifer made £790 for Messrs HR Lyne & Son from Manaccan, with another Hereford x heifer at £660 and Mr WH Dangar from Tintagel saw a bunch of six Limousin x heifers at 19 months old sell for £705. BREEDING SALE – 73 HEAD Another good entry for our catalogued breeding sale, drawing buyers from throughout the West Country and from as far afield as Somerset. The sale commenced with a good run of Hereford x bulling heifers from Messrs RR Sanders & Son from Tywardreath, which saw a bunch of four at 25 months old selling for £865, with others selling for £850 and £790. The sale also included the dispersal sale of Hereford x, Aberdeen Angus x and Limousin x in-calf cows from Messrs Brown Willy Farms Ltd from Bodmin Moor, all due in late spring to either Charolais or Limousin Bulls. Leading the bidding was an in-calf 4 year old Limousin x cow selling for £1100, with a 7 year old Hereford x selling for £1010 and another younger Limousin x cow making £1000, with further Hereford x cows selling for £975, £960 and £945 and many more making over the £900 mark. A good run of in-calf Hereford x heifers from Mr W Dangar from Tintagel, also due in the spring to either Limousin or Devon bulls, saw the best to £1100 with further heifers at £1010 (x2) £975 and £960, with many more in excess of the £900 mark. A 5 year old Limousin x cow sold for £910 on behalf of Mr M Finnemore from St Kew, who sold a further two for £905 and £900. Pictured: Part of the Brown Willy Farms Ltd consignment in the ring LISKEARD RURAL PROFESSIONAL DEPARTMENT Land Available By Informal Tender Land at Littleham Court, Littleham, Bideford, Devon 81.84 acres of pasture and arable land available on a three year Farm Business Tenancy Agreement commencing on 1st April 2017. Land at Maders, Callington, Cornwall 8.06 acres of permanent pasture available on a three year Farm Business Tenancy commencing on 25th March 2017. Tenders close 5pm on Monday 20th March 2017. Full details available from Mark Bunt or George Mitchell, Kivells, Liskeard Rural Professional Department. Tel: 01579 345543 or 07879 640970. Email: [email protected] FORTHCOMING SALES THURSDAY 2nd – HALLWORTHY Weekly Market 150 Store Cattle inc 50 Organic Cattle & Sale of In Lamb Ewes to include flock dispersal from Radmore of Grampound being 85 scanned in-lamb Suffolk x Leicester x Texel, due 5th March onwards to Texel PLUS 20 Lleyn x in-lamb flock age ewes running with Lleyn Ram due Mid-March onwards, PLUS 20 Suffolk x 2T scanned carrying doubles due 10th March onwards to Suffolk Ram. 10 Couples and 300 Store Hoggs. SATURDAY 4th – HOLSWORTHY Sale of 1,500 lots of Machinery & Pigs 10AM to inc; 4 full & part dispersals, ’09 LWB Landrover (35,000 miles), ’05 LWB Landrover (106,000 miles), ’12 Ford Ranger xlt 2.2tdci (25,280 miles), 7000L Alfa-Laval slurry tanker, 18ft cattle box, 14ft livestock trailer (detachable), 2x Suzuki King quad bikes, Keenan Klassik feeder wagon, Prime sand dispenser, straw choppers, Qty grabs & buckets, 20 calf rearing hut c/w hurdles, 5 Tractors; Massey Industrial, Fordson Std, Super Dexter, Massey Grey & Gold, International 454. Disp of Vintage car garage from Callington, 150 new hand tools from Chepstow, Clearance of Holiday park inc; Childs Quads, Ride- on lawn mowers. 60 chainsaws, strimmers etc from clearance in Cornwall. 100x 14’ 7 bar galv gates (never used), Reduction sale of sheep equip from N.Devon inc; Lamb adapter, turnover crate, walk through feed barriers & 30 sheep hurdles, 2 x Steel kit buildings (GP/farm 60’x40’x14’ & double car garage/lean-to type 21’x20’x8’) Also 150 Pigs & 3 Goats - NO Poultry ***Dispersal of 200 lots of horse brasses, show tack & other brass/copper from one dec’d estate in Launceston (bid online at www.the-saleroom.com)*** WEDNESDAY 8th – HOLSWORTHY Weekly Market Special Sale of In Lamb Ewes, entries invited to S Prouse 07767 895366. THURSDAY 9th – HALLWORTHY Weekly Market 150 Store Cattle plus 50 Poll Dorset empty 2T ewes and 30 Poll Dorset flock aged ewes also 250 Store Hoggs. THURSDAY 16th – HALLWORTHY Weekly Market 150 Store Cattle plus Special Sale of Couples to inc a consignment of 80 Poll Dorset Couples off one farm. .