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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
Sale Reports & Information for the week ending
30TH AUGUST 2019
1,375 HEAD SOLD
PRIME CATTLE to 205.50/kg CULL COW to 133/kg DAIRY to £1,490
CALVES to £300 PRIME LAMBS to 203p/kg STORE LAMBS to £62 PIGS to
£166 CULL EWES to £80 STORE STEERS to £1,095 STORE HEIFERS to
£1,010
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FROME FATSTOCK SHOW
WEDNESDAY 27th NOVEMBER
SCHEDULES AVAILABLE SHORTLY
CLASSES FOR PRIME AND CULL CATTLE
LAMBS, PIGS AND CALVES
SPECIAL YOUNG FARMERS CLASSES
Further details from the Market Office
01373 830033
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WEDNESDAY 28TH AUGUST 2019
TOTAL HEAD SOLD: 915
PRIME CATTLE (50) to 205.50p/kg Av. 164.43p/kg Starts 11.30am
AUCTIONEER: MARK NORTHCOTT 07798 645 274
A cracking entry of 71 beef today sold to a competitive trade
with the very best selling over 200p/kg and more could have been
sold. Other grades at late rates. OTM’s sold to a variable
trade.
TOP PRICE STEER 205.50p/kg for a Limousin from WA Waterman,
Dorchester
TOP PRICE HEIFER 188.50p/kg for a Blonde from RE & AM Hicks,
Bristol
UTM FAT TOTALS: No AV P/KG MIN P/KG MAX P/KG
STEERS 166.60
Light 100-550kg 5 170.53 98.00 205.50
Medium 551-650kg 23 166.24 146.00 184.50
Heavy 650kg+ 9 165.75 149.50 173.50
HEIFERS 157.48
Light 100-500kg 4 136.45 128.50 140.50
Medium 501-590kg 6 164.62 143.50 188.50
Heavy 590kg+ 3 166.54 163.50 170.00
UTM STEERS (37) Max. 205.50p/kg & £1,358 (Av. p/kg)
The Waterman’s topped the steers at 205.50p/kg for a very smart
Limousin x butchers steer with their other steer selling to
204.50p/kg. Blues to 174.50p/kg from RE & AM Hicks, Blonde x to
184.50p/kg from RE & AM Hicks, Charolais x to 168.50p/kg from
RW Masters & Partners. Heavies to 165.50p/kg and £1358 from PG
Apsey. Herefords in strong demand to 176p/kg from Lulworth Castle
Farms, Angus to 169.50p/kg from Rossiter & Son. Friesians met
another good trade and wanted to 150p/kg from FJ Lessey &
Son.
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UTM STEERS
BREED AV
P/KG MAX
(p/kg) VENDOR
MAX (£)
VENDOR
Limousin 179.64 205.50 WA Waterman, Dorchester
1358 PG Apsey, Wincanton
Blonde 174.65 184.50 RE & AM Hicks, Bristol
1049 RE & AM Hicks, Bristol
Hereford 163.96 176.00 Lulworth Castle Farms, Wareham
1128 Lulworth Castle Farms, Wareham
Blue 168.45 174.50 RE & AM Hicks, Bristol
1034 RE & AM Hicks, Bristol
Angus 160.90 169.50 Rossiter & Son, Shaftesbury
1210 Rossiter & Son, Shaftesbury
Charolais 168.50 168.50 RW Masters & Prtnrs, Trowbridge
1166 RW Masters & Prtnrs, Trowbridge
Norwegian Red
154.00 154.00 FJ Lessey & Son, Wincanton
957 FJ Lessey & Son, Wincanton
Friesian 148.15 150.00 FJ Lessey & Son, Wincanton
940 FJ Lessey & Son, Wincanton
UTM HEIFERS (13) Max. 188.50p/kg & £1079 (Av.
157.48p/kg)
Best heifers sold to a good trade topping at 188.50p/kg for a
Blonde x from RE & AM Hicks, Blues to 163.50p/kg from GR
Gillett, Charolais x to 166p/kg also from RE & AM Hicks.
Montbelliarde x to 163.50p/kg from AG Hammond. Herefords to
143.50p/kg from RG & J Richards and Angus to 170.50p/kg from
Rossiter & Son.
UTM HEIFERS
BREED AV
P/KG MAX
(p/kg) VENDOR
MAX (£)
VENDOR
Blonde 188.50 188.50 RE & AM Hicks, Bristol 944 RE & AM
Hicks, Bristol
Angus 168.48 170.50 Rossiter & Son, Shaftesbury
1060 Rossiter & Son, Shaftesbury
Charolais 137.50 137.50 RJ Phelps, Westbury Sub Mendip
683 RJ Phelps, Westbury Sub Mendip
Montbelliarde 163.50 163.50 AG Hammond, Salisbury
966 AG Hammond, Salisbury
Blue 160.25 163.50 GR Gillett, Shaftesbury 899 GR Gillett,
Shaftesbury
Hereford 141.35 143.50 RG & J Richards, Yatton
730 RG & J Richards, Yatton
Simmental 137.50 137.50 RJ Phelps, Westbury Sub Mendip
683 RJ Phelps, Westbury Sub Mendip
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OTM PRIME CATTLE (21) Max. 159p/kg & £1059
A mixed entry met a keen trade with the quality under 36 month
cattle at similar rates to UTM’s but over 36 month and leaner types
variable. Steers – Angus to 159.50p/kg from Lulworth Castle Farms,
Herefords 145.50p/kg from G Hooper and Blues to 144p/kg from P
Hughes. Heifers – Herefords to 149.50p/kg from RW Masters &
Partners, Angus to 146.50p/kg from Lulworth Castle Farms and
Simmentals to 144p/kg from RJ Phelps. Many thanks for your support
– please keep your cattle coming.
CULL COWS (16) to 133p/kg Starts 11.30am AUCTIONEER: MARK
NORTHCOTT 07798 645 274 A very small entry following the bank
holiday met a dearer trade with many more cows of all grades
urgently wanted to satisfy demand.
BEEF COWS (4) Max. 133p/kg & £924 Salers to 133p/kg from PF
& JE Andrew, Angus to 133p/kg also from PF & JE Andrew.
More cows wanted to meet buyers demand, plase support your
livestock market.
DAIRY COWS (12) Max. 120.50p/kg & £907 Friesians sold to
120.50p/kg and £907 from the Groves farming Partnership with other
meat sorts from 105p/kg. Manufacturing and plainer cows also firmer
with boners from 53.50p/kg.
CULL COWS
BREED AV
P/KG MAX
(p/kg) VENDOR
MAX (£)
VENDOR
Saler 133.00 133.00 PF & JE Andrew, Devizes
924 PF & JE Andrew, Devizes
Angus 128.38 133.00 PF & JE Andrew, Devizes
859 PF & JE Andrew, Devizes
Highland 122.50 122.50 PF & JE Andrew, Devizes
770 PF & JE Andrew, Devizes
Friesian 96.49 120.50 Groves Farming Prtnrs, Trowbridge
907 Groves Farming Prtnrs, Trowbridge
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DIRECT SALES SERVICE
Frome Livestock Auctioneers
are pleased to now offer a direct to slaughter service
for Prime Cattle, Cull Cows & Bulls
All Classes and Grades Taken (TB Restricted Included)
Both UK and Foreign Imported Cattle
Guaranteed & Prompt Payment
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Transport Arranged
FROME FATSTOCK SHOW
WEDNESDAY 27th NOVEMBER
SCHEDULES AVAILABLE SHORTLY
CLASSES FOR PRIME AND CULL CATTLE
LAMBS, PIGS AND CALVES
SPECIAL YOUNG FARMERS CLASSES
Further details from the Market Office
01373 830033
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FARM ASSURANCE IS VITALLY IMPORTANT:
A number of abattoirs are now only accepting farm assured cattle
and as such we strongly advise vendors to register with an approved
body. This will give your cattle the greatest chance of achieving
the best possible price.
SHEEP (591) Starts 10.30am AUCTIONEER: ROSS WHITCOMBE 07815 985
737
NEW SEASON LAMBS (445) MAX 203p/kg & £110 (SQQ 173p/kg)
A nice entry of prime lambs forward which enjoyed a strong
trade. A lot of leaner lighter lambs forward which is meeting the
most resistance. It does pay to feed these lambs as the buyers are
wanting thicker heavier types. Cracking Texel lambs to 203p/kg from
CR & SL Pople of Weston Super Mare with best heavy lambs to
£110 from A Bowen of Bromham. Medium 44kg lambs from G Williams to
£83, heavier 50kg lambs to £95 190p/kg from Mike Knowles &
Sally Withers. More wanted each week to fill buyer’s orders.
NO. WEIGHT
(KG) AV
P/KG MAX
(P/KG) VENDOR MAX (£) VENDOR
65 32.1-39 167.82 203.00 CR & SL Pople, Hutton
77.00 CR & SL Pople, Hutton
197 39.1-45.5 174.53 185.00 RJ Coward & Son, Warminster
83.00 GR Williams, Bristol
157 45.6-52 174.07 190.00 MJ Knowles, Claverham
95.00 MJ Knowles, Claverham
22 52+ 167.28 191.00 A Bowen, Chippenham
110.00 A Bowen, Chippenham
STORE SHEEP (65) Max. £62 (Av. £51.75)
A smaller entry of store lambs which consisted of mainly smaller
types. Best to £62 from J Payne & Son. Smaller lambs in most
demand with plenty of buyers willing to compete.
CULL EWES & RAMS (81) Max. £80 A good entry of ewes which
sold to a livelier trade for all forward. Best to £80 from some
stronger Suffolks. Meaty North Country ewes to £65 with
Wiltshire
Horns to £62. Don’t forget our special monthly sale of breeding
ewes, rams and store lambs this Friday – 30th August.
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ARE YOU UNDER TB RESTRICTION?
We hold regular Restricted Orange Sales for Cull Cows, Prime and
Store Cattle
Restricted Orange Sales
2019 Dates: MONDAY 23rd SEPTEMBER
MONDAY 21st OCTOBER MONDAY 2nd DECEMBER
Cattle must be licenced to these sales please call the Market
Office
on 01373 830033 for more information
Entries for catalogue by the Wednesday prior to sale please
Licences must be obtained from animal health at least one week
before the sale.
Applying for a licence has now changed – an application form
(TB204) must be completed and
either emailed to [email protected] or
posted to APHA, Polwhele, Truro, Cornwall, TR4 9AD
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FORTHCOMING SPECIAL SALES
In addition to the regular sections on a Wednesday and
Friday:
Friday 30th August Special Monthly Sale of
Breeding Ewes & Stock Rams
Wednesday 4th September LADIES DAY!!!!!
Show & Sale of Dairy Cattle aswell as
Fortnightly Sale of Reared Calves
Wednesday 11th September Fortnightly Sale of Pigs
Friday 27th September Special Monthly Sale Of
Breeding Ewes & Stock Rams Including: Society Show &
Sale from Both The
Blue Texel & Beltex Sheep Societies
Saturday 5th October To Include: Pure & Rare Breed
Poultry
Hatching Eggs & Poultry Related Deadstock
Entry Forms, Catalogues & Calendar available online at
www.fromelivestock.co.uk where you can also pre-enter stock
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PIGS Starts. 10.15am AUCTIONEER: WILL WALLIS 07833 453 482 Trade
for stores and lighter fat pigs much better with plenty of buyers
looking for pigs. Heavier Pigs to a slower trade with summer BBQ
and the hog roast season ending.
FAT PIGS Porker weights sold to a very strong trade with no
heavier pigs forward this week. The best medium weights from both P
& TA Reakes and M & R Luther to £99 twice. Others to £98
from Mike Knowles.
STORE PIGS Strong stores to £76, £74 and £70 from Sleight Farm.
Others to £57 from J Ashman and £44 from Paul Hughes. 8w/o Welsh
stores to £40 and £39 from PA Scott.
BREEDING PIGS Young sow & litter sold to £150 from P
Hughes.
CULL SOWS & BOARS No heavy sows forward with the best to
£166 from Durnell & Son and £160 from PB Weeks.
DAIRY CATTLE Starts. 11.00am AUCTIONEER: TREVOR ROWLAND 07968
480 401 CALVED HEIFERS TO £1490 & £1150. A lively trade for the
limited number forward this week. Well presented smart calved
Friesian x Ayrshire heifers from Paul & Kay Trippick topped at
a strong £1490. Smaller hard types from regular vendor Brian
Fielding sold well to a keen audience at £1150.
Next week – “Ladies Day” A special show and sale of dairy
cattle. Entries already to hand include:
25 in calf heifers (pedigree & non pedigree) 40 bulling
heifers and youngstock
Freshly calved cows & heifers.
Class 1 for the best freshly calved heifer Class 2 for the best
freshly calved cow
Class 3 for the best in calf heifer Rosettes for 1st, 2nd &
3rd in each class Prize Money: £25 for 1st prize winners
£50 for champion £25 for reserve champion
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NEXT FORTNIGHTLY PIG SALE:
WEDNESDAY 11th SEPTEMBER 10.15am
Please contact the Auctioneer Will Wallis 07833 453 482
with your entries in advance
ADVERTISING SPACE AVAILABLE
PLEASE CONTACT
THE MARKET OFFICE
FOR MORE DETAILS
01373 830033
NEXT FORTNIGHTLY SALE OF REARED CALVES
WEDNESDAY 4TH SEPTEMBER FOLLOWING THE CALVES
Please contact the Auctioneer Charlie Coleman 07494 588013
or the market office 01373 831010 with your entries in
advance
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CALVES (234) Starts 10.00am AUCTIONEERS: TIM HECTOR 07818 056
049 CHARLIE COLEMAN: 07494 588 013
Another good entry today with Autumn calves starting to come
forward after a wet
harvest with numbers a plenty and a good ring full of customers
wanting to fill up for the
coming months.
ORGANIC Only the 3 today from Langford Farm with 3 super Angus
calves out of British Friesian
cows meeting real demand to top at £245 for a tremendous
Bull.
CONTINENTAL BULLS TO £300/HEIFERS TO £228 A very mixed run today
with all grades forward. The best a quality Blue bull from
George
James which really ticked the boxes at £300, with others to
£248, £232 and £230.
Several Simmentals forward found real interest with a Bull from
WH Longman & Sons at
£218 and another young calf from the Sealey family at £165. A
quality Limousin from
the Haels made a strong £260 for a calf showing real potential.
Medium quality calves
would easily be £170 plus, with only the real smallest under the
£100 mark. Top end
heifers look very well sold today with the best from regular
vendors C & P Milton topping
at £228, best quality mediums would consistently be £170 plus.
Others traded from £50
to £100. Again, the Longmans Simmentals proved very popular
topping at £166.
NATIVE BULLS TO £226/NATIVE HEIFERS TO £180 Once again Angus
prevails as the buyer’s favourite choice with strong
competition
throughout. A tremendous run of calves from the Davis family
really stole the show
regularly passing £200 which shows quality is certainly rewarded
in price. Even the
medium to smaller end showed little difference with only a few
Angus Bulls under £120.
Herefords also found support for the best medium quality with
Cross Key Farms topping
at £170 and £162. Hereford Heifers still look a good buy topping
at £95. Angus heifers
follow the trend of the bulls with constant competition to top
at £180 for J & D Tilbee of
Blackford. Smaller sorts sit very comfortable above the £70
mark.
FRIESIANS TO £110 FLECKVIEH TO £120
Another large entry of Friesians met a selective trade with the
best finding very good
rearing homes to top at £110 from C V Salmon of Pilton with
others to £99 and £80.
Smaller sorts found some competition with only the very smallest
below £11, but plenty
between £20 and £40. Fleckviehs again prove popular with the
best bulls to £120 from
the Phippen family for young calves.
The winner of the £25 for the top price Continental sired bull
calf under 41 days
sponsored by Howard & Sons – Kubota, was a Blue bull from DA
James & Son to £300.
Next week the £25 sponsored prize will be for the top price
Holstein/Friesian.
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FRIDAY 23RD AUGUST 2019
TOTAL STORE CATTLE SOLD: 392
SALE TIME: 10.30AM
AUCTIONEERS: TREVOR ROWLAND 07968 480 401 LESTER WILLIAMS 07778
646 031 ROSS WHITCOMBE 07815 985 737
STEERS TO £1,095 HEIFERS TO £1,010
Trade substantially better than anticipated with 100% clearance
and more could have been sold again this week.
SUCKLER COWS & CALVES
A good selection of cows and calves met with a variable trade
this week. A super consignment of younger Simmental x Charolais
cows and heifers with young Angus calves at foot from Lockerley
Hall Farm were well bought and generally £1000 - £900 topping at
£1050. This sale saw a small dispersal of the “Tennyson” herd of
pedigree and grading up Beef Shorthorn sucklers from P Morey from
Isle of Wight. Top spot was “Tennyson Aprils Katrina” and calf to
£1,240 closely followed by “Holly’s Kya” and calf to £1,150.
“Tennyson Jubilee” and “Aprils Jenny” both in calf sold well to
£1,150 and £1,000 with incalf heifers regularly over £900. All saw
competitive bidding throughout.
YOUNG STEERS YOUNG HEIFERS
BREED £/
HEAD AGE VENDOR BREED
£/ HEAD
AGE VENDOR
Simmental 1070 16mo DAM Marklove, Swindon
Simmental 855 17mo GM & S Silvester & Sons,
Portsmouth
Angus 960 17mo PH Creed & Son, Glastonbury
Angus 840 15mo M Plummer, Chippenham
Limousin 895 15mo LHE Loder & Son, Sherborne
Limousin 805 14mo LHE Loder & Son, Sherborne
Hereford 878 10mo Miss Davis, Bristol Charolais 735 15mo AJ
Mckie, Pewsey
Blue 685 14mo GM & S Silvester & Sons, Portsmouth
Blue 585 15mo GM & S Silvester & Sons, Portsmouth
Devon 595 9mo DAM Marklove, Swindon
Hereford 555 16mo ML & RI Loder, Yeovil
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HEREFORDS A good range of ages on offer with young yearling
steers with potential selling to a massive £878 only 10mo from Miss
Ellen Davis. Quality medium steers generally £840 - £795 from PH
Creed & Son, Eric Cary & family and LP Norman & Sons.
Framed steers 21mo sold well to £890 from Kenny Rostigina &
family. Younger heifers sold from £430 from James Adlam to £555
from Maurice & Rupert Loder. Bulling heifers sold to a strong
demand from £745 from PH Creed & Son to £760 from Eric Cary
& family.
ABERDEEN ANGUS An excellent show of Angus continue to top the
trade with premium prices paid for named sired and farm assured.
Yearling steers set the trade for the day selling to £820 14mo from
JJ Taylor & Son. Good framed feeding steers 17mo wanted and
sold to £835 from David Hiscock and similar fleshed types sold from
£945 16mo from Mick Silvester to £960 from PH Creed & Son.
Larger framed forward steers all over £1,000 with 19mo steers to
£1,025 from Eric Cary & family, £1,040 from Kenny Rostigina
& family, £1,030 - £1,085 from AJ Mckie, £1,090 21mo from HE
Cotton & Son and £1,095 23mo from EAS Reeves & Sons.
Yearling heifers wanted and sold from £775 15mo from Mick Silvester
to £840 15mo from M Plummer. Good bulling heifers sold to £855 18mo
from PH Creed & Son and fleshed heifers from £885 - £1,010 24mo
from EAS Reeves & Sons.
FRIESIANS & OTHER DAIRY STORES
The demand for Friesian steers continuing on from last week and
prices firm throughout the sale. Although the finished prices are
still low the stores have remained at good levels. Top spot to
Colin & Jo Smart of Bristol to £830 and a good consignment from
David Cotton & family were over £700. Young British Friesian
steers from regular vendor Mick Silvester to £505. Leaner younger
Holsteins generally £425 - £400.
CONTINENTALS
Demand continues to outstrip supply with only younger forward
steers available. Excellent quality Simmental steers sold well to
£1,070 only 16mo from DAM Marklove & family and well reared
Limousin steers 21mo sold to £982 from Adrian Samways. Younger
Limousin steers also met a fast trade from £945 - £950 13 – 14mo
from JJ Taylor & Son. Other good Limousin sold to £935 from
John & Sue Loder and their yearling to £895. Quality yearling
Simmentals met a bright trade from £895 11mo to £898 12mo from DAM
Marklove & family. Forward Limousin heifers also met a
competitive trade from £920 - £900 from John & Sue Loder, from
Mick Silvester met a good reception selling to £855 17mo. Similar
Limousin heifers 20mo met a fast trade to £845 from JJ Taylor &
Son. Yearling Limousin heifers 14mo with potential met strong
demand to £805 from John & Sue Loder.
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FORWARD STEERS FORWARD HEIFERS
BREED £/
HEAD AGE VENDOR BREED
£/ HEAD
AGE VENDOR
Angus 1095 23mo EAS Reeves & Sons, Warminster
Angus 1010 24mo EAS Reeves & Sons, Warminster
Limousin 982 21mo Adrian Samways, Sherborne
Limousin 920 22mo LHE Loder & Son, Sherborne
Hereford 890 21mo KE & AM Rostigina, Brockenhurst
Charolais 792 25mo AJ Mckie, Pewsey
Simmental 882 19mo NR Hitchins, Bristol Hereford 760 27mo EG PJ
& RJ Cary, Shepton Mallet
Friesian 830 25mo C & J Smart, Bristol Friesian 745 22mo HE
Cotton & Son, Glastonbury
Shorthorn 810 27mo C & J Smart, Bristol
PLEASE CONTACT THE MARKET OFFICE WITH YOUR STORE CATTLE
ENTRIES
01373 831010
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CONTACT US
Market Office: 01373 830033
Auctioneers & Fieldsmen
Trevor Rowland Store & Dairy Cattle Auctioneer 07968
480401
Mark Northcott Prime Cattle & Cull
Cow Auctioneer 07798 645274
Lester Williams Store Cattle Auctioneer 07778 646031
Tim Hector Calf Auctioneer
07818 056049
Ross Whitcombe Sheep & Store Cattle Auctioneer 07815
985737
Will Wallis Pig Auctioneer 07833 453482
Charlie Coleman Calf & Reared Calves Auctioneer 07494
588013
Greg Ridout Auctioneer
07817 517467
Tom Rogers Fieldsman 07384 462288
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07702 264502
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