Sale Reports & Information for the week ending 29TH JANUARY 2021 1314 HEAD SOLD PRIME CATTLE to 207.50p/kg CULL COWS to 160p/kg PRIME HOGGETS to 294p/kg STORE LAMBS to £103 DAIRY to £1680 CULL EWES to £118 PIGS to £74 CALVES to £430 ORGANIC STEERS to £1340 ORGANIC HEIFERS to £1380 STORE STEERS to £1285 STORE HEIFERS to £1100 COVID 19 REGULATIONS JANUARY 2021 Please note the Government have made it mandatory for people to wear masks when in a livestock market. Please help to protect yourself & those around you & please bring your own face mask. Please note with immediate effect we are having to reintroduce Drop & Go system. Vendors are asked to unload their stock onto the loading bays, pass over their paperwork and then leave. Please ensure any instructions are clearly identified on the entry form. Please read next page. Frome Market, Standerwick, Frome, Somerset BA11 2QB Tel: 01373 830 033 Fax: 01373 831 201 Email: [email protected] Website: www.fromelivestock.com Auctioneers: Cooper & Tanner and Symonds & Sampson NO SOCIAL VISITS OR ON LOOKING ALLOWED. Buyers please note attendance at markets MUST be restricted to those conducting business and only 1 representative per business. Buyers will be restricted to allow Social distancing – wear a face mask and 2m between each buyer. Buyers must sanitise on entry to the market, on exiting and whenever possible. Buyers must not attend with partners, children or others. Buyers where possible should double up and buy for multiple clients. Any buyer who does not actually secure a purchase MUST register with the office after the sale. Hauliers MUST ensure their name and contact details are recorded on the entry form for the stock they are delivering. Anyone who is knowingly ill, showing symptons of the virus, or has an underlying health issue, MUST NOT attend. Pregnant women or children MUST NOT attend the market. Please only attend the market intending to conduct business, onlookers and the public MUST NOT attend. FROME LIVESTOCK WEEKLY SALES WEDNESDAYS: Dairy, Prime cattle, Cull cows, Prime lambs/Hoggets, Store sheep, Ewes & Lambs, Cull ewes & rams, Calves, Pigs fortnightly (10th February), Reared calves/Stirks fortnightly (3rd February STARTS APPROX. 12.30PM). FRIDAYS: Store cattle plus Cows & Calves Market Gates Open at 6.30 am – Please get your stock to market EARLY Many thanks for bearing with us over this difficult period Lockdown Three 5th January 2021 – 15th February 2021 During the present climate our Normal Office Hours of 8.30am to 5.00 pm may slightly differ. In order for us to create office bubbles you may find you will be put through to our answer machine. If you would kindly leave a message containing your name and telephone number a member of staff will return your call as soon as we are able. Many thanks for your Co-operation. WEDNESDAY 27th January 2021 TOTAL HEAD SOLD: 840 PRIME CATTLE (35) to 207.50p/kg or £1343 Starts 11.30am AUCTIONEER: MARK NORTHCOTT 07798 645274 Another short entry of Beef met an exceptional trade and dear with many more urgently wanted to satisfy this current demand. TOP PRICE STEER 207.50p/kg for an Angus from EM Horn & Son TOP PRICE HEIFER 203.50p/kg for an Angus from EM Horn & Son UTM FAT TOTALS: No MIN P/KG MAX P/KG STEERS Light 100-500kg 2 206.00 207.50 Medium 551-650kg 9 187.50 204.50 Heavy 651kg+ 3 179.50 205.50 HEIFERS Light 100-500kg 6 72.50 193.00 Medium 551-650kg 9 177.00 203.50 Heavy 651kg+ 5 167.00 197.00 THANK YOU TO ALL VENDORS AND BUYERS WE ARE TRULY GRATEFUL TO YOU ALL. HERE AT FROME LIVESTOCK MARKET WE MEET ALL IMPOSED RESTRICTIONS AND POLICIES SET OUT BY THE LAA AND GOVERNMENT. WE WERE FULLY COMPLIANT WITH THE SOCIAL DISTANCING RULE. A HUGE THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR THEIR KIND WORDS AND SUPPORT; WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN UNDER IMMENSE PRESSURE. IF VENDORS, IN THESE UNCERTAIN TIMES, WOULD LIKE TO BE PAID BY BACS FOR THEIR CONVENIENCE PLEASE EMAIL OR PUT ON YOUR ENTRY FORM YOUR BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS. UTM STEERS MAX MAX BREED VENDOR VENDOR (p/kg) (£) Angus 207.50 EM Horn & Son, 1285 W Green & Sons, Swanmore Warminster Hereford 205.50 AR Smith, Swanage 1343 AR Smith, Swanage Blue 198.0 BJ & EM Yandle, 1229 BJ & EM Yandle, Martock Martock UTM STEERS (14) Max. 207.50p/kg & £1343 A small entry of steers met a cracking trade with EM Horn & Sons’ smart proper butchers Angus topping the day at 207.50p/kg with another at 206p/kg. Herefords dear to 205.50p/kg from Austin Smith who also had another to 204.50p/kg. Blues to 198p/kg from BJ & EM Yandle. UTM HEIFERS (20) Max. 203.50p/kg & £1249 Mr Horn’s Angus topped the heifers today at 203.50p/kg, Blues to 199p/kg from JD & JS Padfield who had others to 197p/kg, 196.50p/kg and 196p/kg. South Devons sold well to 194.50p/kg from J &W Collins with another to 193p/kg. Herefords to 189.50p/kg from ARJ Corp & Son. Friesians to 167p/kg from KC & AM Godwin & Son and Simmentals to 182.50p/kg from H Selby, more cattle wanted. UTM HEIFERS MAX MAX BREED VENDOR VENDOR (p/kg) (£) Angus 203.50 EM Horn & Son, 1185 W Green & Sons, Swanmore Warminster Blue 199.00 JD & JS Padfield, 1249 BJ & EM Yandle, Radstock Martock South Devon 194.50 J & W Collins, 1020 J & W Collins, Warminster Warminster Hereford 189.50 ARJ Corp & Son, 957 DR & JL Selby, Chippenham Shaftesbury Simmental 182.50 H Selby, Shaftesbury 8883 DR & JL Selby, Shaftesbury Friesian 167.00 KC & AM Godwin & 1148 KC & AM Godwin & Son, Chippenham Son, Chippenham CULL COWS (67) Beef to 160p/kg Dairy to 132p/kg Starts 11.30am AUCTIONEER: MARK NORTHCOTT 07798 645274 A fair sized entry of 67 Culls met a storming trade and dearer to average 117.70p/kg with buyers short on numbers. Quality Friesian meat cows met a strong demand to 132p/kg from KC & AM Godwin & Son with a further 15 selling in advance of 120p/kg. Manufacturing cows also dear and wanted. Plainer types generally firmer with only a couple of boners selling below 80p/kg. Norwegian Red to 129.50p/kg from Diva (Sherborne) Ltd and Brown Swiss to 124.50p/kg from Foremore Ltd. Beef cows – Des Beatty’s excellent Limousin cows topped at 160p/kg and £1232, he also had another at 139.50p/kg. Charolais x to 129.50p/kg from MC Gibbs, Herefords to 130.50p/kg from RE & VA Pocock, Devon to 124.50p/kg from CB Farm Ltd, Angus to 136.50p/kg from GR Davis and Blues to 137.50p/kg from CA Reeves. Beef feeding cows are keenly wanted, please don’t miss the trade. CULL COWS MAX MAX BREED VENDOR VENDOR (p/kg) (£) D Beatty, Limousin 160.00 1232 D Beatty, Trowbridge Trowbridge CA Reeves, CA Reeves, Blue 137.50 616 Southampton Southampton M Plummer, Angus 136.50 GR Davis, Langport 871 Chippenham KC & AM Godwin & Foremore Ltd, Friesian 132.00 983 Son, Chippenham Shepton Mallet RE & VA Pocock, RE & VA Pocock, Hereford 130.50 1079 Calne Calne Norewgian Diva (Sherborne) Diva (Sherborne) Ltd, 129.50 924 Red Ltd, Templecombe Templecombe Charolais 129.50 MC Gibbs, Wells 775 MC Gibbs, Wells CB Farm Ltd, Cartlidge T/A Green Devon 124.50 854 Westbury Farms, Marlborough Foremore Ltd, Foremore Ltd, Brown Swiss 124.50 819 Shepton Mallet Shepton Mallet SHEEP (446) Starts 10.30am AUCTIONEER: ROSS WHITCOMBE 07815 985 737 PRIME HOGGETS (293) Max 294p/kg £130 A smaller entry of hoggs forward which sold to a storming trade. Best to 294p/kg from N Coltman and £130 from DG Perkins. Light lambs to 294p/kg from N Coltman and £107.50 from RS Williams & Sons. Handy weights to 280p/kg from Andy Pobjoy & family and £114.50 from L Smith. Heavier types to 264p/kg and £124 from the Heal family of West Pennard. Over 52kg hoggs to 228p/kg and £130 from Dave Perkins. Many more hoggs needed each week. WEIGHT MAX MAX NO. VENDOR VENDOR (KG) (P/KG) (£) T & C Wheeler, Avon Valley Country 7 25.5-32 240.0 72.50 Frome Park, Keynsham N Coltman, Leigh on RS Williams & Son, 40 32.1-39 294.00 107.50 Mendip Melksham PJ Pobjoy &Son, 154 39.1-45.5 280.00 114.50 L Smith, Priddy Norton St Philip BM Heal & Sons, BM Heal & Sons, West 72 45.6-52 264.00 124.00 West Pennard Pennard DG Perkins, DG Perkins, Shepton 20 52+ 228.0 130.00 Shepton Mallet Mallet STORE HOGGETS (55) Max £103 A smaller entry of hoggs forward which sold to another flying trade. Best to £103 from L Smith. Many more £90+, all types wanted and bid for! CULL EWES (98) MAX £118 A flying trade with cull rams to £118 from S & K Oakley who had others to £112. Best ewes to £115 from regular supporters Colin & Shelley Pople whose 20 ewes averaged £104. We have a serious ewe trade at Frome with plenty of buying support. More needed each week. Friday 29th January Special Sale of In Lamb Ewes & Store Hogget Sale Over 400 store hoggs already booked & more wanted. Vendors please make sure all sheep are tagged correctly, thank you. Any undeclared ram store lambs will be subject to a 25% deduction if found by the buyer after the auction.