HOLSWORTHY MARKET REPORT Wednesday 4 March 2020 Spring March Show & Sale EVERY WEDNESDAY Gates open 6am SALE TIMES 09:45 am - Draft Ewes followed by Finished Lambs 10:30 am - Store Lambs & Couples 09.45 am - Calves and Stirks 11 am - Store Cattle followed by Finished & OTM Cattle 11 am - Dairy Cattle Over 2000 head of stock at Holsworthy on Wednesday saw a top call in the store cattle lines of £1240 from Messrs Vooght of Petrockstowe. A huge thanks to all our vendors, purchasers and sponsors for a highly successful day. Holsworthy Livestock Market, New Market Road, Holsworthy, Devon, EX22 7FA 01409 253275 309 DRAFT EWES & RAMS WEIGHT TOP AVERAGE Per P/Kg Per P/Kg & 978 HOGGS – 09.45 am LAMBS Auctioneer: Steve Prouse 07767 895366 head T68L head TLW 25.5-32 - - - - Larger entry again, very much sought after and a lot more could have been sold. Numerous pens over 32.1-39 95 244 82 221 240p to a top call of 250p for a pen of 47.2kg £118 39.1-45.5 107.80 245 101 233.7 from Graham Heard of Lutsford, Hartland followed 45.6-52 119.80 250 114 234 by 4 vendors at 245p being Matthew Petherick of 52+ 135 234 117 216.90 Slyddon 48.3kg £118.50, Ken and Mike Hill of Bideford 47.2kg £115.50, Jonny Allin of Docton Farm Overall 135 250 110 231 47kg £115 and Mr A M Johns of Bembridge, EWES Sheepwash 42kg £103. Several pens of heavies over Light - - £120 to a top of £135 from Miss A Cleave of Launcells followed by Messrs WJ & P Wooldridge of Heavy 138.50 121.50 Chollaton who realised £130.20 Rams 148 - 309 DRAFT EWES & RAMS The trade was on fire for the lean and hill type ewes with the overall average of £100.19. Highest average per head seen for many years. Top of the day was £138.50 for a pen of Texel x from FC Bealey of Healand Manor, Torrington. Suffolk x topped at £135.50 from BD Allin of Launcells. Polled Dorset Ewes from Mark Wise of Bude sold at a top of £122. Several pens of mules around £100 at a top of £106 from 3 vendors. Rams topped at £148 for 2 from Rob and Julie Honey of Higher Beer. 86 STORE HOGGS A flying trade, top being £98 from Allan Marshall of Chilsworthy. COUPLES 40 EWES & 69 LAMBS Larger entry of couples met a stronger trade with more buyers in attendance. Doubles topped at £200 from Danny Norman of Dolton and singles saw several over £150 to a top of £165 for a Texel x 2T from Bradley Bourner of Bondleigh. 164 BABY & REARED CALVES – 09.45 am Auctioneer: James Morrish FLAA 07814 010133 BREED BULLS HEIFERS CALVES No Top Ave No Top Ave Friesian 37 215 37.16 - - - Limousin X 8 315 116.38 13 310 184.92 British Blue 34 390 227.29 24 285 170.29 Aberdeen Angus 6 172 112.83 3 70 48 Hereford X 2 122 76 10 95 37.90 Charolais X 3 190 101.67 2 95 95 Welsh Black 2 108 100 - - - A nice entry of 164 being part of over 450 in the past week at Holsworthy, saw a generally better trade for the first quality whilst the Holstein bull trade was a little more selective. Overall top call in the baby calf section was the Folk2Folk champion of the day being a 37 day old Blue Bull from Becky Mills of Petersmarland reaching £390 and selling to David Hopper of Virginstow. Other Blues reached £315 (x2) with Jimmy Tucker of Launceston close up at £305 and Messrs Tancock of Kelly Bray at £300. Some wonderful Limousin calves forward today saw Messrs S & M Furse in pole position at £315 whilst the best of a good number of Angus Bulls topped at £172 for Moorview Farming. Charolais Bulls topped at £190 for a very young bull calf from Mike Stone of Pancrasweek with Welsh Blacks at £108 for the Merrett family. In the heifer pens trade was flying high for the best under 42 days old with AT Bayly topping the Blues at £275 with Martin Gorst of Launceston at £260. However, the best heifer trade today came for Limousins with 40 day old Limousin Heifers from D & D Furse of Ashwater hitting £310 going off to its new home near Rock, on the North Cornish coast. Messrs P H Collins Partners saw their best at £260 (x2) with Messrs S & M Furse at £245 and a lovely bunch from Messrs Dilling at £230. Holstein Bulls were a good trade for stronger types with the best to £215 for Richard Webber of Barnstaple whilst the best 40 day Bulls hit £100 from Kevin Parsons of Jacobstowe and a bunch of 5 babies from SR Gilbert & Son of Sheepwash to £90. A smaller entry of Stirks today (26) saw the best Limousins to £460 for Limousins from J & R Pomeroy of Bradworthy with Blues from Richard Webber of Harracott at £382 (x2) whilst Heifer stirks topped at £365 for Whiteley Farm of Bradworthy. Next week’s entries already include 15 Blue & Hereford Skirks from one farm (4mth) and 10 Blue Skirks from Shebbear. Also 12 ‘top draw’ Blue steer & heifer NEXT WEEK calf/skirks from Torrington. 600 STORE CATTLE – 11 am Auctioneer: David Kivell - 07899 960272 STEERS HEIFERS No 0-15 mths 16-22 mths 23+ mths 0-15 mths 16-22 mths 23+ mths Breed Sold Top Ave Top Ave Top Ave Top Ave Top Ave Top Ave A.Angus 48 735 680 935 850 - - 580 490 840 760 - - British Blue 101 845 725 1085 960 1120 1120 765 702 980 902 1095 1045 Hereford 44 785 710 1130 970 - - 575 575 840 770 - - Charolais 98 855 780 1235 995 - - 700 700 865 820 - - Friesian 101 - - 735 640 - - - - - - 800 800 Limousin 110 1050 760 1225 985 1185 1085 - - 1010 970 1180 1095 Simmental 62 - - 1240 1065 - - 745 640 1045 980 - - Devon 20 - - 935 853 - - - - 690 635 - - South Devon 16 - - 870 870 - - - - 865 865 - - Fleckvieh 2 - - 955 955 - - - - 680 680 - - Saler 9 - - 880 880 - - - - 790 790 - - Welsh Black 3 - - 850 850 - - - - 735 735 - - One of the biggest ever entries of store cattle at Holsworthy and a big thank you to both vendors and purchasers that travelled miles to attend our Show & Sale. Several superb consignments of well bred Continental & native Steers saw several bunches exceed £1200 with a top call of £1240 for a Simmental Steer from Messrs Vooght of Petrockstowe whose other bunch of (4) Steers realised £1215. Now Farm Assured Charolais Steers from Mr J Mckinerin reached £1235. Single suckled Limousins from Messrs Tonkin of Holsworthy topped at £1225 (2) with other groups realizing £1190 (4) and £1135. An annual consignment of single suckled Simmental Steers from Messrs Cornborough Farms reached £1200 for (7) with others racing to £1090 (6). Younger 17-20mth well farmed Continental x Holstein Steers saw a strong trade throughout, many bunches over £900 with Charolais from Messrs Kirk of Petrockstowe to £970 Limousins from the same farm reached £1000. British Blues 18-20mth from Mr B Vickery sold to £955, British Blues from Messrs Bragg of Tavistock £910-£1120. Natives very much in demand this week with a top call of £1130 for a Hereford Steer from Messrs Bryne of Ashwater with others from the same farm £985. Few Aberdeen Angus Steers saw a top call of £935 for a Steer from Mr Wooldridge of Okehampton. An annual consignment of Outlying Pure Bred Devon Steers from Messrs Alford of Bideford rose to £935 (7) with other younger Devons from the same farm at £835. A superb entry of 106 from Messrs Kirk of Ashwater presented singled suckled quality 9-10mth Steers and Heifers. The first pen of Charolais Steers reached £900 with 9-10mth Limousins to £845. Good shapely 9- 10mth Limousin and Charolais Heifers from the same farm saw all 9-10mth Heifers from £700-£710. Again, a big thank you to the Kirk Family. Other single suckled Limousin calves from Mr J Melville of Bradworthy saw his consignment of 15 average £823 rising to £1050 for a cracking 12mth Limousin. A strong trade for forward Heifers this week, most Continentals This week’s winner of the with flesh £900+ topping at £1180 for a superb suckled Limousin from Mr Lark Plant was awarded to B Tonkin of Holsworthy. Holstein Steers saw a similar trade to previous Messrs Vooght of weeks, most 20-22mth wintering Steers £650 with the better type Holstein Petrockstowe for a £700+ to £735 for Messrs Hervin of Umberleigh. Simmental Steer at £1240 ~ Spring March Show & Sale ~ SHOW RESULTS Kindly judged by David Lockwood Class 1. Pair or more of British Blue Steers GP & JA Kirk of Ashwater Class 2. Pair or more of British Blue Heifers HM McCowan of Torrington Class 3. Pair or more of Charolais Steers SA Kirk of Petrockstowe Class 4. Pair or more of Charolais Heifers GP & JR Kirk of Ashwater Class 5. Pair or more of Limousin Steers J Melville of Bradworthy Class 6. Pair or more of Limousin Heifers GP & JA Kirk of Ashwater Class 7. Pair or more of any other RK Vooght of Petrockstowe Continental Steer or Heifer Class 8. Pair or more of Aberdeen Angus Steers HF Chubb of Tetcott Class 9. Pair or more of Aberdeen Angus Heifers D Challacombe of Roborough Class 10. Pair or more of Hereford Steers J Byrne of Ashwater Class 11.