HOLSWORTHY MARKET REPORT Wednesday 7 October 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 A massive day at Holsworthy with over 1,000 Beef & Dairy animals selling to a top call of £2,000. Holsworthy Livestock Market, New Market Road, Holsworthy, Devon, EX22 7FA 01409 253275 WEIGHT TOP AVERAGE 504 LAMBS, 383 DRAFT EWES & RAMS Per P/Kg Per P/Kg 09.45 am LAMBS head TLW head TLW Auctioneer: Steve Prouse 07767 895366 32.1-39 75.50 194 75.50 194 39.1-45.5 91 202 86 197.5 Smaller entry met a lot stronger trade than was seen earlier in the week and a lot more could have been sold. 45.6-52 98.50 203 93 191.6 Top per kilo being 203 from SJ Murrin & Son of 52+ 100 176 96 171.4 Monkokehampton £93.50 46kgs followed by 2 producers Overall 100 203 90 197.2 at 202p Allan Marshall of Chilsworthy £89 44kgs and WJ EWES Wooldridge & Son of Milton Damerel 44.6kgs £90. Several Light 84 67 pens over £95 to a top of £100 from Steve Pomeroy of Wedfield, Bradworthy. Heavy 92 89.50 Rams 86 79 277 STORE LAMBS A faster trade this week met by all on offer. The big framed lambs over £77 to a top of £83 for 2 pens from Dave Crocker of Dringwell, Lewdown. DRAFT EWES Larger entry and a very strong trade with majority on offer being plain and lightweight ewes. Top of the day was £92 from Graham Cowling of Bude. 476 CALVES & STIRKS – 09.45 am Auctioneer: James Morrish 07814 010133 A massive entry of calves today saw every pen BREED BULLS HEIFERS full in the calf market and 2 rows of pens in the No Top Ave No Top Ave dairy section full of calves & stirks too! A. Angus 15 242 159.47 9 200 119.89 Best baby calves today hit £375 (x2) for Blue Friesian 40 110 56.90 - - - bulls up from Messrs Warren of St Buryan with Hereford X 15 350 160 18 295 137.22 Mike Hopper of Whitstone at £370 (32 days Fleckvieh 4 240 160.50 - - - old) and Messrs Davey of Pitt Farm, Hartland at 12 355 216.83 10 345 193.70 £360. Not so many Angus calves forward too Limousin X resulted in a better trade with Moorview British Blue 65 375 238.83 58 310 183.93 Farming in pole position at £342 with near Simmental X 3 265 231.67 10 280 182.70 neighbours Messrs Luxton at £205 and Phil Allin Charolais X 1 360 360 3 262 257.33 of Clawton at £200. Best Hereford reached Norwegian Red 16 175 63.63 - - - £350 for ARP Contracting with baby Herefords (26 days) in from Edward Dunn of Exbourne at £265. Messrs Bass of St Teath near Bodmin saw a wonderful (39 day old) Limousin fly to £365 with others in from Pitt Farm, Hartland at £355 with Rachel Skinner at £285. Charolais bulls today few and far between and topping at £360 from B&D Andrew of Shebbear with the best Simmentals reaching £265 for Messrs Schuttkacker of Tavistock at £265. In the heifer pens Messrs Parsons of Otterham Station topped at £310 for Blues with Charolais at £262 and £260 from Messrs Andrews. Herefords saw Messrs A&T Barriball of Luffincott hit £295 with the very best Limousins at £345, £315, £310 and £300 for WJ Hobbs & Son of Morwenstow. Lots of Holstein bulls today saw a top call of £110 on behalf of MB Davey of Hartland with SR Murrin of Lydford at £100 (x4). A&D Heyward of Liddaton hit £98 with plenty between £75-£90. A huge entry of 187 stirks saw plenty of interest from buyers throughout the South West. Tim & Sharon Bloye saw a big consignment of Herefords hit £420. Becky Mills of Petersmarland hit £425 (x4) for Herefords. Best heifers topped at £310 for P&E Goodwin of South Petherwin. Speaking after the sale, Kivells’ Auctioneer James Morrish said “We had a wonderful day today with the biggest entry of calves and stirks ever sold in the new Holsworthy Market. Huge thanks to our loyal vendors and purchasers for this support and to the Kivells’ droving and office teams for their hard work and efforts on the day”. 400 STORE CATTLE – 11 am Auctioneer: David Kivell 07899 960272 A large number of buyers saw another flying trade. A smaller entry of forward cattle saw plenty over £1100. Feeding steers topped at £1185 for 4 British Blues from Messrs Boughton of Bradworthy. A non FA Limousin steer from Mr Turl of St Giles rose to £1135. South Devon steers from Messrs Shillingham Farm Partners rose to £1130. Limousins from Messrs Satchell sold to £1120. A strong heifer trade this week saw a top call of £1200 for a Charolais heifer from Mr R Marshall of Shebbear. British Blues from Messrs Boughton of Bradworthy £1190. Shapley British Blues from Messrs Lethbridge £1130 (4) with several others over £1000. Younger 18-22mth Dairy x Continentals saw British Blues from Messrs Withecombe of Bideford make £1070, Limousins £955-£990 18mth for Messrs Marshall of Chilsworthy. Native cattle sold well with 16-18mth Hereford and Aberdeen Angus steers all over £950 and more required. 70 younger stores saw another exceptional trade, a cracking consignment of 9- 12mth Dairy x Hereford steers from Messrs N Shadrick of Holsworthy saw 12mth steers to £780, 10mth Hereford heifers from the same farm £590. Pure bred Limousins from Mr G May of Port Isaac 7mths averaged £700 to £760. Holstein steers saw the strongest unfed steers to £810 for 2 from Mr W Brown of Pancrasweek with most others over £750. Top price was 110p for a British Blue Cow from Mr G Hill of Patchacott realising £926. OTM COWS Overall average being 100.76p. A Limousin bull from Messrs Uglow of Treluddick realised 115p £1131. *** WINTER CATTLE HOUSING *** Available in the Winkleigh area. Cattle sheds for 100 cattle and also 100 cubicles (undercover). Water, yards & slurry pit on farm. No other cattle will be on the farm. Non TB cattle only. For further information please contact 01409 253275 61 DAIRY CATTLE – 11.00 am DAIRY CATTLE Top Ave Auctioneer: Mark Bromell - 07966 430001 1st Calving Heifers 2000 1882 Mark Davis - 07773 371774 1st Calving Heifers (2nd Quality) 1750 1500 2nd Calving Cows 1950 1750 A smaller entry for the early month sale saw a 3rd Calving Cows 1400 1400 good quality consignment sell to another very 4th Calving Cows 1200 1040 strong trade with quality in demand. 7th Calving Cow 900 900 Dry Cows 1350 1235 Heifers topped at £2000 on two occasions. In Calf Heifer 1000 1000 Firstly for ‘Larkland Cardinals Fayjan 17’ yielding Yearling Heifers 430 398 34Kgs and selling on behalf of Mr Dean Folland Heifer Calves 290 272 of Stibb Cross and secondly for ‘Bartinney Tampa Nutmeg GP84’ selling on behalf of DW & RJ Warren of Penzance. Other Heifers realised £1950 for ‘Glendene Bertha 107’ on behalf of Messrs H Burrows & Sons of Woolacombe. Messr JP Green & Son of Helston saw a strong trade for their consignment of Heifers which topped at £1920 for ‘Tregreen Armour Emerald BSR’. Over 60% of Heifers sold realised £1800 plus. Cows sold to a good trade topping at £1950 for a 2nd Calving Cow ‘Beckwell Franchise Hollytop 48’ selling on behalf of the Heyward Family of Okehampton. Older Cows topped at £1200 for a 4th Calving Cow ‘Gidcott Leon Dorothy 2’ selling on behalf of the Reed Family of Milton Damerel. A small entry of Dry Cows topped at £1350 for a 1st Calving Heifer due to calf with her second on behalf of Messrs I & N Pugsley of Ashwater. The same vendor sold an In Calf Heifer at £1000. An outstanding entry of Dairy Calves and Yearlings sold to a solid trade topping at £430 for a group of 3 pedigree Yearling Heifers born April/May 2020 on behalf of Mark and Lyn Bray of Barnstaple. These Heifers were extremely well reared and bred. A superb entry of Heifer Calves topped at £290 for a group of 3 pedigree Calves on behalf of Messrs MC & JG Vanstone of Buckland Brewer. FORTHCOMING DAIRY SALES: Friday 9th October – Exeter Livestock Centre - Sale of 160 Dairy Cattle to include the Dispersal Sale of the "Marshview" herd of 80 Pedigree Jerseys on behalf of Bolderston Partners of Wood Farm, Badingham, Woodbridge, Suffolk. The sale comprises: 42 In-Milk and/or In-Calf Cows & Heifers, 6 Dry Cows, 7 In-Calf Heifers, 3 Served Heifers, 6 Bulling Heifers, 4 Yearling Heifers and 13 “A” lot Heifer Calves. Monday 12th October – Exeter Livestock Centre – *Willsbro Sale 2020* Sale of 120 first class Pedigree Holsteins from the Willsbro herd on behalf of Messrs Wills Bros Ltd of Pawton Dairy, Wadebridge. The Sale will include 40 Milking Cows & Heifers, 80 Maiden Heifers and a selection of young Bulls. All genomic tested with unbroken Pedigrees from leading international cow families such as Amber, Ashlyn, Atlee, Roxy, Pammy, Rachel & Lila Z to name a few. In conjunction with Norton & Brooksbank. Wednesday 14th October- Holsworthy Livestock Market – Special Organic Sale of 80 Dairy Cattle to include two dispersal consignments. Comprising: 18 NMR Recorded Freshly Calved, In Milk and Dry Cows on behalf of Messrs G Cole & Son of Pancrasweek, Holsworthy.