HOLSWORTHY MARKET REPORT Wednesday 25 July 2018 EVERY WEDNESDAY Gates open 6am SALE TIMES 09:45 am - Draft Ewes followed by Finished Lambs 10:30 am – Store Lambs & Couples 10 am - Calves inc the weekly Genus sponsored competition followed by Stirks 11 am - Store Cattle followed by Finished & OTM Cattle 11 am - Dairy Cattle Over 600 cattle (beef and dairy) saw an overall top of £1890 on behalf of D H Jennings & Partners of Bodmin whilst best beef animals topped at £1434 for Andrew Axford of Derriton. Holsworthy Livestock Market, New Market Road, Holsworthy, Devon, EX22 7FA 01409 253275 LAMBS, DRAFT EWES & RAMS – 09.45 am WEIGHT TOP AVERAGE Auctioneer: Steve Prouse - 07767 895366 Per P/Kg Per P/Kg 851 LAMBS Lambs Head TLW Head TLW 32.1 – 39 - - - - More lambs on offer met a similar trade with the well fleshed lambs selling to a premium. Numerous 39.1 – 45.5 84.20 190 76 180 pens over 185p/kg to a top of 227p/kg for a pen of 45.6 – 52 116 227 87.60 183 Texel 51 kilos at £116 from Mr N Forfitt of 52+ 89.20 168 89.20 168 Shebbear followed by three vendors who realised Overall 116 227 79.80 180.20 190p/kg. Dave Short of Bagbury saw 44 kilos at Light Ewes 84 55 £84.20, Rob Johns of Braworthy and David 108 93 Gregory of Pencuke, Bude saw 41kilos at £78. Heavy Ewes Eleven other pens over £90 to £92. Rams 94 76 533 DRAFT EWES & RAMS Again, a lot more plain ewes on offer than there were for heavy ewes due to the weather. The good meat ewes saw several pens over £90 to a top of £108 from David Fowler of Week St Mary then £97 sold by Mr R Endacott of Spreyton. 499 BREEDING EWES A large crowd of buyers present and the trade was very fast throughout with the top being £162 for two pens of Suffolk x 2T from Jim Mann of Higher Winscott followed by Jimmy Tucker, High Bickington who sold two pens of Suffolk x 2T at £155. Numerous pens of Suffolk x 2T between £120 to £135. Charollais flock age ewes from Mr R Endacott realised £120. 116 STORE LAMBS A slightly stronger trade. Top on the day was £63 from Mr David Allin, of Dolton. 265 CALVES & STIRKS Auctioneer: James Morrish 07814 010133 Another superb entry of 265 heads sold to a packed sales gallery of buyers with new purchasers ready to spend. Top call of the day was £510 for the best of a nice run of 12 week old British Blue bulls in from Jeremy Ovens of Halwill with others from the same farm at £495. Messrs Nicholls sold their British Blue stirks at £485 (x3) whilst the best of a quality line up of 8 week old stirks from Messrs Bray of Parracombe topping at an impressive £395. Other leading stirks came in from Messrs Dilling of Highampton at £390 with the best heifer stirks from B G Nicholls at £436. Best Aberdeen Angus heifers came in from Roy, Lorna and Paul Herniman of St Giles a £300. The trade for baby calves (under 42 days) was back up nearly to where it was pre – St Peters Fair. Top of the baby British Blues hit £395 for the Bray Family of Exmoor with Mike Hopper of Whitstone seeing a monster of a trade for his very young British Blue bull hitting £340. Tim Issac reached £340 for his best with Messrs Veale at £340. Nick Jones of Saltash sold 3 cracking baby calves to £335 with Alan Pomeroy at £305. Best of the Limousins reached £345 for Messrs Wade of Braworthy. Best baby heifers came in from P H Collins Partnership at £300 with Messrs Wearing of Tavistock at £265. Best baby Hereford heifers hit £130 for Trevor Lane of Helston in West Cornwall. Holstein bulls sold well at a top of £180 for Messrs Ayles with the top 10 all up and over the £100 mark. Best 4 week old Holsteins reached £100 for A & P Nancekivell with Gemma Smale close up at £85. Speaking after the sale, Kivells calf auctioneer said ‘it is fantastic to see the calf pens full week after week. Trade is back up where it belongs with plenty of buyers keen to spend. It is superb to see over 1,000 calves sold at Holsworthy in July and all is set well for the good number (and prices) to continue’. Top 10 bull calves to £510 averaging £446. Top 10 heifer calves to £435 averaging £349 265 calves (including Holsteins) averaging £237. The winners of the Genus vouchers for the highest priced calves under 42 days went to RB & NJ Veale of Halwill with a British Blue bull calf sired by Moorsley DJ making £340. The heifer section was won by RG, LA & SR Wearing, Wheal Maria, Tavistock with a British Blue fetching £265 sired by Moorsley Anderson. FARM TO LET BY INFORMAL TENDER Farm to let by Informal Tender at Netherton Farm, Upton Cross, Liskeard, Cornwall PL14 5BD. Approximately 113 acres of pasture and arable land, range of buildings and option to take a two bedroom farmhouse available on a Farm Business Tenancy Agreement from 29th September 2018. Tenders close Friday 3rd August 2018. All enquiries to Mark Bunt, Kivells Liskeard Office. Tel: 01579 345543 100 STORE CATTLE – 11 am Auctioneer: David Kivell – 07899 960272 Another firm trade saw good steers and heifers to a strong trade. A good run of 24 month old British Blue x steers from Mr W Prouse saw a top of £1085 (2) with other bunches at £960 and £940 with Aberdeen Angus’ and Herefords from the same farm fetching £1000. With forward heifers topping at £1005 for a 28 month old Limousin from Messrs McCowan of Frithelstock with other at £995. Younger grass continentals 16 – 18 month olds saw several bunches of steers at £650 - £800, heifers at £700 - £925 for two Limousins from Mr J Melville of Trentworthy. Young cattle with shape still in demand with 12 month old steers exceeding £600 and heifers to £580 but those stale small x bred continental heifers to place £380 - £450. Another strong trade for the stronger Holstein steers to a top of £820 for four 22 month old steers from Messrs Yeo Vale Farms of Bideford. More cattle could have sold well today as several buyers left empty handed. STEERS HEIFERS No 0-15 Months 16-22 Months 23+ Months 0-15 Months 16-22 Months 23+ Months Breed Sold Top Ave Top Ave Top Ave Top Ave Top Ave Top Ave Aberdeen Angus 23 500 500 - - 1000 1000 420 400 - - - - Friesian 4 - - 820 820 - - - - - - - - British Blue 22 655 655 - - 1085 990 - - - - 995 925 Hereford 23 - - 640 590 1000 1000 540 440 885 885 - - Limousin 20 610 610 995 995 - - 645 480 715 685 1005 975 14 OTM WEIGHING COWS & 10 FINISHED CATTLE Auctioneer: David Kivell – 07899 960272 Another good trade with an overall average of 96p/kg. Beef cows topped at 126p/kg for a Limousin from Messrs Thorne of St Giles realising £859 with others to 121p/kg. Those Holsteins with flesh at 95p/kg – 97p/kg for a 764 kilo cow from Messrs Mitchell of Herdicott to £741 plain/old out of parlour cows at 65p/kg – 75p/kg. Bulls topped at 101p/kg for a 890 kilo Charolais from Messrs Halls of Altarnun. More would have sold well this week. Some well finished cattle this week saw a good trade to a top of 178p/kg for a 680 kilo Saler steer from Mr E Partridge of Bradworthy with others at 177p/kg. Top Price per head was £1434 for a well finished 822 kilo steer from Messrs Axford of Derriton who also had top price per kilo heifer at 178p/kg for a 650 kilo British Blue. LARK PLANT This week’s winner of the Lark Plant Agricultural Contractors Umbilical Slurry Spreading award for top price with 9.000 dribble bar or splash plate SEA SAND store cattle goes to Also 2,400 gallon Delivered in 20 ton loads for cubicles or Mr W Prouse for a Self-Fill Vacuum Tanker loose bedding, or even spreadon fields Urea and Fertiliser spreading with wide 24 month old Lime supplied and spread spread GPS tracked, dual wheel British Blue x steer spreader available for all Muck Spreading with 2 side discharge and 1 rear discharge your fertilising needs. Phone 07387 267675 Phone 07802 821832 **NEW DEADLINES FOR DAIRY CATALOGUING** With immediate effect all Dairy entries will now be required by 10am on the Thursday prior to the Sale. This is due to our new advertising deadlines. Please email your entries to [email protected] or phone the office 01409 253275 DAIRY CATTLE Top Ave 255 DAIRY CATTLE - 11.00 am Weekly Market Auctioneer: Mark Bromell - 07966 430001 1st Calving Heifers (1st Quality) 1650 1523 Mark Davis - 07773 371774 In Calf Heifers 1020 984 Dispersal Sale on behalf DH Despite a large crowd of buyers present trade Jennings & Partners, Newdowns was more difficult. The small weekly market Bodmin. saw good demand for freshly calved Heifers 1st Calving Heifers 1890 821 from Sam and Fran Bayley, Buckland Brewer 2nd-4th Calving Cows 1680 865 topping at £1650 and averaging £1523. In Calf 5th + Calving Cows 1701 552 Heifers from Derek Challacombe of Dry Cows 1260 758 Roborough saw a firm trade with a top price Cows rearing Calves 924 717 of £1020 being achieved for an In Calf Heifer In Calf Heifers 1050 750 7 months in calf to pedigree AA.