HOLSWORTHY MARKET REPORT Wednesday 18 November 2020 EVERY WEDNESDAY Gates open 6am SALE TIMES 09:45 am - Draft Ewes followed by Finished Lambs 10:30 am - Store Lambs 09.45 am - Calves and Stirks 11:00 am - Store Cattle followed by Finished & OTM Cattle 11:00 am - Dairy Cattle Another very buoyant sheep trade at Holsworthy with the best 1,200 sheep reaching £101.00 On behalf of Anthony Barriball of Clawton Holsworthy Livestock Market, New Market Road, Holsworthy, Devon, EX22 7FA 01409 253275 778 LAMBS & 227 DRAFT EWES & RAMS WEIGHT TOP AVERAGE Per P/Kg Per P/Kg 09.45 am LAMBS Auctioneer: Steve Prouse 07767 895366 head TLW head TLW 32.1-39 - - - - Good entry of lambs considering some of the numbers seen in other markets in the South West this week and we 39.1-45.5 98 218 90 204.6 saw a stronger trade across the board. Top per kilo being 45.6-52 100 216 96 202.6 218p for 2 pens of Suffolk x 45kgs £98 from Ken & Mike 52+ 101 186 99.11 175.9 Hill of Bideford. Followed by the Trewin family of Westacott, Abbotsham being 216p for 46.4kgs £100. 34 Overall 101 218 96.40 204.6 pens over £97 to a top of £101 from Anthony Barriball of EWES Clawton. Light 86 70.20 Heavy 91.50 86 DRAFT EWES Rams 92 101 Another strong trade and still more ewes are needed. Top call was £91.50 from 3 vendors. 139 STORE LAMBS A flying trade, up around £5 a head, several pens around £80 to a top of £85.50 from Nick Cooke of Barnstaple. 216 BABY & REARED CALVES – 09.45 am Auctioneer: James Morrish 07814 010133 Numbers a little tighter today but trade was BREED BULLS HEIFERS flying high and hit a top call of £400 for strong No Top Ave No Top Ave Limousin calves in from Steve Urquhart of Dunstaple. The very best of the real babies A. Angus 4 275 139.75 6 160 141.67 topped at £375 for (under 42 day) Limousins Friesian 47 192 65.47 - - - in from Messrs Nancekivell of Kilkhampton. Hereford x 11 220 174.82 9 100 62.11 Jeff Endacott of Halwill topped a busy entry of Limousin x 21 375 279.86 11 230 160.45 British Blues at £370 with a 26 day old Blue British Blue 50 370 244.18 52 325 147.29 bull from Messrs Home of East Putford at Charolais x 1 370 370 - - - £370 also Messrs Bass of St Teeth hit £355 with John Elliot close up at £330 (x4) and £320 (x2). Best Angus bulls hit £275 for Messrs Tillier of Kelly with top Herefords at £220 for Messrs Tape of Hartland with Messrs Baker & Son of Lewdown at £200. Not many Charolais bulls forward today ensured a blistering trade with Ann Jose and family at the top of the pile at £370. The top 15 Limousins averaged a massive £336 with 8 different vendors selling in excess of £300. Best heifers today came in from Hollafrench Farm, North Tamerton and hit £325 for a Blue with a run of 4 from Mark Elliot of Bradford at £300 with Izzy & Jeremy Ovens at £260. Nigel Cleave & family of Launcells reached a top call of £230 for Limousin heifers with Angus’ to £160 on behalf of John Cann of Highampton. Spirited bidding today for the Holstein bulls from 8 or 9 different bidders sold the best at £192 (x3) with Messrs Tillier at £172 (x3) & Gemma Smale of North Petherwin at £146. Real babies came in from C&C Burnell of Chawleigh hit £98 with Kevin Parsons of Jacobstow at £87. Top 15 Holstein bulls sold to an exciting average of £134.28. Entries for next week to 01409 253275 Clamp of silage – Near Winkleigh FODDER FOR SALE Following the sale of the farm’s dairy herd an ‘unopened’ clamp of silage is for sale by private treaty. The clamp is built on a concrete yard & sides and is sheeted down to a good standard. The analysis is available on request but includes 33.1% dry matter & 61.8 ‘D value’. It is to be sold ‘as a clamp’ and is available with immediate effect. For more details contact 01409 253275 ref James Morrish. 150 Round Bales of Hay at Bratton Clovelly. For further details contact 01409 253275 ref James Morrish. 185 STORE CATTLE – 11 am Auctioneer: David Kivell 07899 960272 A smaller entry saw no let up in the trade, fewer forward cattle this week saw stronger steers and heifers again over £1000. Top call was £1150 for a 16mth Hereford steer from Messrs Timms of Northlew who also sold 16mth British Blues at £1080. A good run of stronger Hereford steers from Messrs Thomas of Truro £1090 with others at £910. Heifers topped at £1140 for 3 well fleshed British Blues from Messrs J & L Quance of Shebbear with most other 18mth Continental heifers £900+. Native heifers also in demand with Aberdeen Angus from Messrs Poole of Hartland realising £995, younger Aberdeen Angus heifers from Mr R Marshall reached £960 with 5 Hereford heifers from the same farm £810 (18mth), few Friesian steers this week sold to a top of £875 for 4 from Messrs Jenkin of Truro. Younger 15mth Holsteins in demand with a run of 15 from Mr R Griffin of North Tamerton topping at £745 with others at £650. 70 YOUNGER CATTLE Another flying trade this week, Messrs Dilling of Highampton sold well presented British Blue steers to £780 with 7mth Simmentals from the same farm £755 and British Blue heifers realising £660 (9mths). Single suckled Saler steers from Messrs Honey of Putford reached £690 (4) with some very young 4mth steers reaching £500 – more required! Beef types topped at £645 for 2 non assured Continental cows from Mr RJ Carter of GRAZING COWS North Tawton. Holsteins to £500 for 2 from Messrs Towns of Bodmin. A short entry saw the top of 178p for a 532 kilo Limousin from Mr J Wyatt of Ilfracombe FINISHED CATTLE with others to 173p. Heavier steers topped at 153p for a non assured Aberdeen Angus steer from Mr R Petherick of Clawton. DAIRY CATTLE Top Ave 38 DAIRY CATTLE - 11.00 am 1st Calving Heifers (1st quality) 2150 1856 Auctioneer: Mark Bromell - 07966 430001 1st Calving Heifers (2nd quality) 1600 1347 Mark Davis - 07773 371774 2nd Calving Cows 2200 2200 5th + Calving Cows 1700 1500 th A smaller entry for the mid-month sale saw 8 Calving Jersey Cross 800 800 a range of qualities, however a strong trade In Calf Heifers 1500 1053 was seen throughout. Star of the day was a Heifer Calves 300 276 superb second calving cow sold on behalf of Holstein Bull 950 950 Messrs R Kempthorne and Partners of St. Stabiliser Bull 960 960 Tudy for £2,200. The same vendor also sold another two top quality heifers making £1,850 and £1,720. The consignment averaged £1,924. Messrs H Burrows & Sons of Woolacombe sold a group of freshly calved heifers topping at £2,150 for ‘Glendane Rachel 24’ with others realising £1,850 & £1,800. Mr Brown of Bodmin sold a 1st calving heifer at £2,000. Messrs R L & M J Allin of St Giles on The Heath continued their herd dispersal with a consignment of 12 cows and heifers topping at £1,800 for ‘Panhollow Hamilton Misty’ a freshly calved heifer yielding 30Kgs, with other cows reaching £1,700 and £1,680. Messrs H J S A & J Wonnacott of Woolsery sold a consignment of In Calf Heifers topping at £1,300 for a heifer 8 months in calf to ‘Thuborough Calyx’. A heifer from R C & T Martin of Torrington sold to £1,250. With others selling for £1,220 and £1,150. Mr PF Cleave of Morwenstow sold a consignment of 5 heifer calves topping at £300. Two Bulls ‘Thuborough Calyx’ a two year old pedigree Holstein bull with 7 generations of VG and EX selling for £950 on behalf of Steve Wonnacott and ‘Trebartha Toby’ a stabiliser bull from Messer’s M & A C G Marshall selling at £960. Forthcoming Dairy Sales: Tuesday 24th November – Exeter - Dispersal Sale of 274 Holstein Friesian Dairy Cattle being the Autumn & Winter Calving Portion of the herd on behalf of Messrs Dallyns Dairy Ltd of Collacott Farm, Barnstaple removed to Exeter Livestock Centre for convenience of sale. Friday 27th November – Exeter - Sale of Dairy Cattle. Wednesday 2nd December – Holsworthy - Early December Dairy Sale. To incorporate the Dispersal Sale (first consignment) of 38 Classified and CIS Recorded Holstein Friesian Dairy Cattle from the Pedigree ‘Pollamounter’ herd on behalf of Messrs JH Hawkey & Son of Pollamounter Farm, St Newlyn East. The sale includes 36 August- November Calving Cows and Heifers and 2 Dry Cows. The herd are farmed on a simple system, maximising grazed grass during the Spring to Autumn. The cows are cubicle housed and herringbone parlour milked. The herd have been monitored with low readings for Lepto, IBR, BVD and Johnes. CIS 12 month rolling average: 6407Kgs 4.74%BF 3.08%PTN. Friday 11th December – Exeter - Christmas Stocking Filler Show & Sale of Dairy Cattle. Wednesday 16th December – Holsworthy - Christmas Cracker Dairy Show & Sale. Entries invited to Holsworthy 01409 253275 or [email protected]. Wednesday 23rd December – Holsworthy - Herd Dispersal Sale of 65 In Milk Cows and Heifers on behalf of Messrs FE & DK Jenkin of Falmouth. Homebred and closed herd. Herringbone Parlour Milked and Cubicle Housed. Vaccinated for Lepto and BVD.