HOLSWORTHY

MARKET REPORT Wednesday 24 April 2019

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 and Stirks

11 am - Store Cattle followed by Finished & OTM Cattle

11 am - Dairy Cattle

Another fantastic day at Holsworthy with over 600 beef animals topping at

£3990 and in excess of 1300 sheep reaching £240

Holsworthy Livestock Market, New Market Road, Holsworthy, Devon, EX22 7FA

01409 253275

483 HOGGS

A smaller entry of nearly 500 hoggs saw the trade continue

to fly high with the best heavy types to £105 in from Angus

& Sue Howie of Meeth. Top medium weights hit £99.50

for Messrs Bailey & Son with lightweights to £97 on behalf

of Messrs J & C Stoneman of Sampford Courtenay.

Premium on the day was set at 206p/kg with plenty

upwards of 200p/kg.

356 DRAFT EWES & RAMS

A faster trade for all classes of ewes. Top on the day was £111.50 from Mr D Bourne of North Tawton with

several other pens around £100. Mules topped at £80 and Rams sold to a top of £114 from Mike Spry of

Poundstock.

111 EWES AND 172 LAMBS (COUPLES)

Another good entry met a strong trade throughout. Top price on the day was £240 for Suffolk x doubles from

Darren Ridd of West Buckland, Barnstaple who also topped the singles at £176 again for Suffolk x 4T.

181 NEW SEASON LAMBS

A larger entry met with more demand with the

overall average on the day being 242.1p/kg. More

lambs are needed to fulfil buyers orders. The top

price per kilo this week was 254p from Mr D

Bourne, North Tawton. Several pens over £103 to

a top of £105.20 for a pen of Charollais 42kgs from

Sally and Chris Prouse, Court Farm, Clawton.

WEIGHT TOP AVERAGE

New

Season

Lamb

Per

Head

P/Kg

TLW

Per

Head

P/Kg

TLW

32.1-39 94.00 254 93.00 250.60

39.1-45.5 105.20 250 101.35 241.80

45.6-52 103.50 222 93.30 190.00

52+ 99.50 160 99.50 160.00

Overall 105.20 250 99.10 242.10

LAMBS, DRAFT EWES & RAMS – 09.45 am

Auctioneer: Steve Prouse - 07767 895366

WEIGHT TOP AVERAGE

Hoggs Per

Head

P/Kg

TLW

Per

Head

P/Kg

TLW

32.1-39 75.50 199 69.50 181.00

39.1-45.5 97.00 217 88.00 205.20

45.6-52 99.50 215 95.10 194.70

52+ 105.00 182 95.70 165.20

Overall 105.00 217 92.60 202.90

Ewes

Light 88.00 73.50

Heavy 111.50 97.00

Ram 114.00 88.00

A useful entry of baby calves today saw the 1st quality bulls and heifers hitting a flying trade with the Folk2Folk

champion being a five week old Limousin bull calf from Messrs Veale of Upcott Barton hitting a fantastic £430

and going off to its new home near Okehampton with the Squire Family, with other similar calves at £405 from

the same home.

Plenty of baby Blue Bulls (3-5 weeks) selling well with PF Cleave of Morwenstow selling his best at £358. Alan

Tucker of Stibb Cross at £335. Some wonderful Angus bull calves forward topped at £235 on behalf of Cleave

Farm Partnership of Bideford with Messrs Goodman at £178 and £140 for Messrs Andrews of Saltash.

Hereford bulls hit £410 for Messrs Bendle and Lintin of Chittlehampton with others from Brian Thomas of

North Newton at £395. Baby (4 week olds) Herefords topped at £250 for Cleave Farm Partnership with Geoff

Bond of Langtree at £162 and Will Dunn of North Tawton at £138.

Strong Simmental bulls came in from Messrs Dilling and reached £412 and £392 whilst Moorview Farm Ltd of

Milton Damerel topped the Welsh Blacks at £200.

Holstein bulls saw a further increase with WS Bond & Sons at £116. Messrs Dilling at £99 with John Tallamy

at £86 and Jeff Endacott at £79. Top 10 Holstein averaged £89.30.

A good entry of Heifer calves saw a top call of £325 for some smart Limousin Heifers and £330 for Charolais

both in from Stone View Farm near South Molton. Messrs Veale of Beaworthy saw classy Limousin heifers at £270, whilst WS Bond & Son hit £250.

We had a big crowd of buyers today looking to purchase reared Calves/Stirks from Holsworthy. If you

have stirks to sell please let us know for advertising on the internet, facebook and papers.

BREED BULLS HEIFERS

CALVES No Top Ave No Top Ave

Aberdeen Angus 11 235 89.91 11 180 99.27

Friesian 15 116 45.27 - - -

Limousin 11 430 243.73 20 325 176

British Blue 15 358 227.27 26 245 168.73

Simmental 4 412 283.50 - - -

Hereford 21 410 161.48 20 250 79.10

Kiwi 1 90 90 - - -

Charolais - - - 2 330 307.50

Welsh Black 2 200 121 - - -

163 BABY CALVES & STIRKS

Auctioneer: James Morrish FLAA

07814 010133

A superb entry of good grazing cattle this week. Top call this week

was £1110 for 2 12 month single suckled Charolais steers from

Messrs G Bowden, Black Torrington who sold others at £1000. A

good run of 18-20 month single suckled Aberdeen Angus Steers from

Mr G Worth, Thornbury topped at £1095 for 5, with heifers from

the same farm to £940 for 7. Stronger feeding British Blues saw a

top call of £1075 for 2 from Mr A G Dennis, Northlew.

Several young native steers and Heifers sold well this week with 8-12 month Hereford x Friesian Steers £500-

£580, Heifers £480-£540 and more would have sold well today. Heifers topped at £1020 for a British Blue

from Mr R Vooght of Petrockstowe. Dairy x British Blues from Messrs Dennis, Northlew rose to £1015.

Charolais heifers from Mr A May of Week St Mary fetched £995. A solid Friesian trade this week with 18-20

month grazing types sold to £745 for Cory Farms (Organic) with most other Holsteins this age £650 +.

A short entry of White Parks to £400 for a non Farm Assured Cow

from Messrs Peacock of Vognacott.

Top steer was 171.5p for a Limousin from Messrs Harris of Bridgerule.

The top price of the day was 176.5p for a Limousin from Messrs Honey

of Bridgerule. Top price per head was £1166 for a Non Farm Assured

Aberdeen Angus Steer from Messrs Petherick, Clawton

STEERS HEIFERS

Breed No

Sold 0-15 Months 16-22 Months 23+ Months 0-15 Months 16-22Months 23+ Months

Top Ave Top Ave Top Ave Top Ave Top Ave Top Ave

Aberdeen Angus 50 750 675 1095 985 1065 1065 750 475 940 880 - -

British Blue 51 880 780 1035 985 1075 1075 - - 1020 860 1015 975

Hereford 120 880 725 1000 925 - - 620 505 900 745 - -

Charolais 28 1110 925 1005 1000 595 595 995 820 - -

Friesian 41 625 485 745 702 - - 495 495 715 715 - -

Limousin 26 705 705 960 855 - - 770 620 945 850 - -

Simmental 19 540 525 1025 820 - - - - 780 780 - -

Montbeliarde 1 710 710 - - - - 350 350 - - - -

British Shorthorn 5 930 930 650 650

South Devon 6 770 591 - - - - - - - - - -

350 STORE CATTLE – 11 am Auctioneer: David Kivell – 07899 960272

This week’s winner

of the Lark Plant

was awarded to Mr

G Bowden for a

Charolais Steer at

£1110

Kivells notice to Store Cattle Vendors It has come to our attention in recent months that a large number of in calf Store Heifers are being reported,

and because of this the vendors are having to pay large vet bills and cost of losses to the purchaser. In

previous years we have found that vendors who have scanned their Heifers empty at the time of their TB test,

have had a stronger trade on the day, and that has covered their cost of scanning, based on this although it’s

voluntary and not compulsory to scan your Heifers, we would highly recommend it. On talking to purchasers

they would be more than happy to give a little extra with the guarantee of empty Heifers.

GRAZING COWS – 11 am Auctioneer: David Kivell – 07899 960272

11 FINISHED CATTLE – 11 am

Auctioneer: David Kivell – 07899 960272

A very good quality entry of Limousin

Bulls & Heifers for the South West Limousin Club Show & Sale saw a large

crowd gathered around both the judging

and sale ring.

Overall top price was achieved by Reserve Champion

‘Treloweth Nebo’ which sold for 3800gns on behalf of Mr A

M C Eddy. Overall Champion ‘Loosebeare Nachos’ realised

3500gns selling on behalf of Messrs EW Quick & Sons.

‘Killerton Noticeabull’ also sold at 2900gns on behalf of Mr PW

Greed. A good entry of Maiden Heifers topped at 1400gns

on three occasions for ‘Killerton Nicoise, Killerton Nansei &

Killerton Noline’ on behalf of Mr PW Greed.

Despite the large crowd, bidding was very selective with

buyers targeting top quality bulls for which there was a

decent trade. The Heifer trade was also very selective. The

vendors produced some outstanding stock and should be

congratulated.

Thanks to our Judge – Paul Richards who placed the following:

Class 1 - Pedigree Bull (Split into three groups)

1st Prize - Lot No 4 Messrs EW Quick & Sons

2nd Prize - Lot No 1 Mr A M C Eddy

3rd Prize - Lot No 2 Mr M A & Mrs D Luxton

1st Prize - Lot No 8 Messrs EW Quick & Sons 2nd Prize - Lot No 7 Messrs J H Neale & Son

3rd Prize - Lot No 5 Messrs EW Quick & Sons

1st Prize - Lot No 13 Mr A M C Eddy

2nd Prize - Lot No 11 Mr PW Greed T/A Columbjohn Farm Ltd

3rd Prize - Lot No 14 Messrs J H Neale & Son

Class 4 - Pedigree Heifer (Split into two groups)

1st Prize - Lot No 21 Mr PW Greed T/A Columbjohn Farm Ltd

2nd Prize - Lot No 24 Mr PW Greed T/A Columbjohn Farm Ltd

3rd Prize - Lot No 25 Mr PW Greed T/A Columbjohn Farm Ltd

1st Prize - Lot No 30 Mr PW Greed T/A Columbjohn Farm Ltd

2nd Prize - Lot No 29 Mr PW Greed T/A Columbjohn Farm Ltd

3rd Prize - Lot No 28 Mr PW Greed T/A Columbjohn Farm Ltd

SOUTH WEST LIMOUSIN SPRING SHOW & SALE

Auctioneer: Mark Bromell 07966 430001

Reserve Champion - Lot No 13 Mr A M C Eddy Kindly sponsored by Mr RG Northcott

Supreme Champion - Lot No 4 Messrs EW Quick & Sons Kindly sponsored by Tamar Milling

Judge Mr Paul Richards from the Castlekayle Pedigree Limousin Herd, in Cornwall, said “The Champion

he was looking for was an easily fleshing limousin, having good locomotion and with true breed

characteristics”.

Thanks to all our sponsors today:

Mr RG Northcott, Harpers Feeds, South Western Limousin Cattle Breeders Club,

Mole Valley Farmers, Tamar Milling, Hamblys & Markrite

MAY SALES

WEDNESDAY 1st - HOLSWORTHY Early Month Dairy Sale. Entries to date include 100 Youngstock.

Including Dispersal of 50 outstanding British Friesian in-calf Heifers,

Bulling Heifers and Maiden Heifers reared on an exposed North Cornwall coastal farm on behalf of ER & J Headon & Sons of Boscastle.

These cattle have excellent conformation and are extremely well grown for their age, all Sired by top AI British Friesian Sires. To include an outstanding consignment of 30 in calf British Friesian Heifers due Jun - August and 20 Bulling/Maiden Heifers. PLUS a consignment of 15 Bulling Heifers from AL & EM Adams and 24 Yearlings to baby Calves on behalf of MP Varcoe & Partners.

THURSDAY 2nd - HALLWORTHY Normal Weekly Market on offer 250 Store Cattle and Special Sale of Stirks plus 70 Double and Single Couples. Further entries invited to S Prouse.

SATURDAY 4th - 12.00 NOON RUGBY MARKET, STONELEIGH PARK, KENILWORTH, WARWICKSHIRE, CV8 2RG

Midland South Devon Cattle Breeders Club ANNUAL SHOW & SALE

The breed that’s quietly going places! 104 Pedigree South Devon

Cattle to include: 13 Pedigree Bulls, 53 Pedigree Heifers & 6 Calves, 2 Primestock & 2 Commercials with Calves at foot.

PLUS Dispersal of the Pedigree ‘Cross Tree’ Herd on behalf of Mr M Perris, Daventry, Northamptonshire. To inc 10 Cows with Calves at foot, 5 Heifers & 1 Bull.

Judging from 9.00am. Sale 12.00 noon.

THURSDAY 9th – HALLWORTHY Normal Weekly Market 250 Store Cattle. Further entries to Steve Prouse 07767 895366

MONDAY 13th MAY – HOLSWORTHY MARKET AND HALLWORTHY STOCKYARD MONTHLY TB SALE Entries for licencing close Friday 3rd May due to the bank holiday. Holsworthy 01409 253275 or Hallworthy 01840 261261

WEDNESDAY 15th – HOLSWORTHY Mid-Month Sale To include the dispersal of the

‘Sunrise’ Herd OF 40 PEDIGREE, CLASSIFIED, ORGANIC AND ROBOT MILKED HOLSTEIN FRIESIAN NMR

RECORDED IN MILK & IN CALF COWS on behalf of TM Middleton, Lostwithiel.

This herd is homebred, cubicle housed and all year round calving. This brings to the market a herd with a very long Pedigree history of cows with Cogent and Semex breeding. This herd contains some outstanding female families with several generations of highly classified individuals. This herd will appeal to both commercial and pedigree buyers with special interest for Organic producers and robot systems.

FORTHCOMING MACHINERY SALES

SATURDAY 4th MAY – HOLSWORTHY MONTHLY MACHINERY SALE OF TRACTORS, MACHINERY,

VEHICLES & EFFECTS. PLUS POULTRY, PLANTS & PET FOOD ** NO

PIGS **

Current entries include; John Deere 6330 Premium tractor c/w loader 3517hrs (auto quad, creeper gearbox), 08 plate John Deere 6320 c/w loader 5500hrs, Valtra Valmet 900-4 c/w Quicke loader, 1949 Field Marshall Series 3 tractor. ALSO 14ft Ifor Williams flatbed trailer c/w sides, 12ft flatbed trailer, 90 Pheasant/Poultry crates, 20 new field gates, qty roofing sheets. PLUS 200 new tools from Wales.

250 lots of Pet Food, 900 Trees, Plants & Hedging.

Entries invited to 01409 253275/ machinery@kivells.com

PRIVATE TREATY

WANTED: 100 cows with a predominantly spring calving pattern. MWB

FODDER 100 Tonne Clamp Silage ~ Holsworthy 120 Big Square Haylage ~ Taunton 100 Round Bale Haylage ~ Halwill New season Straw Orders now being taken – James Morrish FAAV 07814010133 Morrish FLAA

07814 010133

Kivells Messaging 2019

Important News Over the last 12 months we have been in discussions with our insurers and other advisors and listened to you, our sellers and buyers. The number of lots and attendees at our sales have grown over the last few years and we recognise that we need to adapt to meet and build on this increased demand for our services from both existing customers and new clients. At the same time we also recognise that our on farm dispersal sales and the Holsworthy Saturday collectives are not just sales but useful social events. The opportunity to meet and socialise mixing business and pleasure is essential in an age when farmers and many in the wider agricultural community work in isolation and then continue to be alone on the internet. Getting the balance right between traditional and established ways of working and providing a safer environment is challenging particularly in market sites and farms. Kivells, Sellers and Buyers - we all have responsibilities and we at Kivells recognise that some improvements could be made. We have trialled some of these at Holsworthy and some have been well received and others less so. We ask that you bear with us as we put in place these changes many of which are primarily for your safety and to ensure you have the right information. Our staff will remind you and guide you and we ask that you respect the fact that they do so for your benefit and the benefit of other attendees. We have introduced new signage at our market sites and the messaging will be replicated at our on farm and other sales. In addition all our sale catalogues, to include Livestock Market sales, will include additional information for all attendees under a Notice to Purchasers heading. The Notice to Purchasers will act as useful reminders for our regular Sellers and Buyers and answer many of the frequently asked questions raised by new attendees. To ensure that all attendees to our Livestock Market sales are made aware of our new Health & Safety message we will also be creating digital messages for our canteen displays etc. We will also include this messaging in our market reports. In addition with this initiative we will be improving the information content on Kivells.com particularly under the Agriculture Heading. You will be able to easily find much of the information you will need regarding trading with Kivells and all sales to include Terms and Conditions and Sellers and Buyers Responsibilities. The intention here is to enable you to have and absorb this information ahead of any sale and help you to register, buy and sell with knowledge. Kivells Livestock sales are conducted under the 2017 Livestock Auctioneers Association Terms and Conditions and these will also be posted in all of our market offices. As regards Machinery Sales Kivells currently operate under our own Terms and Conditions. However the Livestock Auctioneers Association has recently published its own version and we are currently reviewing our strategy in this regard. We will update you when a decision is made.

Thank you for your business to date and we look forward to partnering you in the future.