EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
MARKET REPORT
March 2017
Friday 3rd Store Stock Market
EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Matford Park Road, Exeter, Devon, EX2 8FD
01392 251261 [email protected] www.kivells.com
Steers to £1325 Heifers to £1230
STORE CATTLE CONTINUE TO SELL TO A TREMENDOUS TRADE
Best store steers saw an impressive high of £1325 for a cracking Simmental (23m) from Paignton’s Andrew Palk whilst his top heifer (24m) of that breed rose to £1210. Further top quality Simmental steers (22m) from Douglas Horton, Kingsbridge hit
£1255 followed by his grand Charolais heifer (23m) which fetched £1210. South Devon and Angus bullocks (29m) sold well and to £1240 & £1230 for John Reddaway, Newton Abbot and Michael Tooze of Broadsands respectively with John Searle of
Hollacombe also attaining £1230 for a lovely bunch of four Limousin steers (23m), the latter also achieving top price of the day for heifers with an eye catching Blue (24m) which made £1230. Younger Blue steers (15m) ran to £930 for Stuart Turner of
Crediton whilst Holstein Friesian steers fell just short of £800 for a trio from FG Palmer & Sons of Dean Prior. Top store heifers already reported, but others of note saw Blues around the 20m mark to £1130 both from Clive Timms, Inwardleigh and Richard
Widger of Aveton Gifford. Limousin females (25m) from Gerald & Jill Vallance of Ashburton saw £1075 for a pair whilst younger types from Simon Jervis of Ideford sold to £855 again for Limousin’s (15m).
Steers to £850 Heifers to £770
Another excellent entry of younger cattle saw a top of £850 given for a cracking pair of Black steers (10m), being the best of a well wintered run of calves from Sandra Harvey and family of Holbeton. Others from the Harvey’s saw a couple of Charolais
steers (7m) reach £760 apiece, a price also attained for two heifers with similar comments, their trio of Angus steers (10m) made £780 a head also heifers of the same breed and age to £730. More terrific Angus cross cattle from the Cuming brothers of
Moreton fetched £805 a life for a striking pen of five steers (10m) with slightly earlier born pure sorts of that breed seeing £765 for Ray Tratt of Honiton. A further entry of very decent South Devon youngsters from Charles Chick of Stowford saw steers
(7m) rise to £730 a head for a pen of four whilst his bunch of older (11m) heifers with the same good breeding rose to £675. Well presented dairy bred heifers from Malcolm Harris of Slapton looked a good price at £770 for a Charolais (10m) also a group of three off the same farm and with the same comments to £745. Best Limousin heifers (10m) to £705 for Tucker &
Parkhouse of Pennymoor.
A cracking entry of calves sold to a flying trade! Top of the day was £445 for a smart Charolais bull from
David Headon of North Tawton who sold others to £440 & £435. Other Charolais bulls to £325 for Martin
& Liz Bennett of Broadhembury who also sold a smart run of young Simmental bulls to £355, £325 (x2), £305
& £295 and a Limousin to £290. British Blue bulls to £350 & £325 for John Cowley of Ashwater with others
to £345, £340 & £335 for smart young calves from Paul Hendy of Kingsbridge and £315 for Phillip & Caroline
Cox of Lifton. Limousin bulls topped at £310 for Messrs GJ & G Winzer & Sons of Loddiswell. Native
calves sold to £370 (x2) for some weaned Aberdeen Angus steers with young Angus bulls to £285, £280, £270 & £250 for Messrs RC & AR Pratt of Tiverton.
Hereford bulls to £280 for Rob & Jack Chapple of Axminster and £260 for Duncan & Sally Maynard of
Awliscombe. Heifers topped at £375 for a cracking Charolais heifer from David Headon who sold others to £365 & £360. Other Charolais heifers to £310 for Martin & Liz Bennett.
Limousin heifers to £265 (x2) for Messrs GJ & G Winzer & Sons. Friesians a good trade for anything decent but several small and plain crossbred calves forward. The best sold to £138 for a smart young British Friesian from Messrs H & A Wastenage of
East Budleigh who sold other smaller but shapely calves well to £92 & £90. Others to £102 for Messrs K, F & L Mitcham of Whitford. Fleckvieh bulls to £132 for Rob & Jack Chapple of Axminster.
CALVES - 10.15 am
CALVES Bulls Heifers
Breed TOP AVE TOP AVE
British Blue 12 350 278 4 240 190
Charolais 4 445 411 4 375 352
Limousin 8 310 231 12 265 212
Simmental 7 355 304
Hereford 2 280 270
Aberdeen Angus 10 370 245 9 182 102
Devon 1 145 145 1 85 85
Fleckvieh 1 132 132
Norwegian Red 4 85 41
Holstein / Friesian 30 138 30
457 STORE CATTLE & STIRKS – 10AM Auctioneers: Simon Alford 07789 980203 Alan Webber 07967 718048
157 SUCKLED CALVES & STIRKS – 11.30AM Auctioneers: Ian Caunter 07813 068935 & Simon Alford 07789 980203
117 CALVES – 10.15AM Auctioneers: Mark Davis 07773 371774 & Ian Caunter 07813 068935
IMPORTANT NOTICE FROM ARAMS
As you may be aware ARAMS have recently moved premises to Northampton and now have a new PO Box address. The new address for the
return of movement forms is:
Animal Reporting and Movement Service (ARAMS), PO Box 1470, Northampton, NN1 9GB
Please also be aware that the Freepost address is no longer valid and Royal Mail will not redirect letters to them. ARAMS have updated the
ARAMS1 licence forms with the new PO Box address but it may take some time for the existing forms to go out of circulation. Furthermore our
software company have not yet updated the address on licences printed in our Market Offices.
Normal service resumed after last week’s near disaster with stronger lambs selling to £26 (x2) & £20 for the Morgan family of
Kingsbridge, £20 (x5) for Derek & Gill Harris of Dartmouth and £20 also for Brian Palfrey of Stoodleigh. Majority of others from £14 - £20 and nothing less than £8 to average £14.53 up just over a tenner on last week.
Numbers beginning to tighten in the store market causing trade to lift considerably. No best killing hoggs forward but framier
stores selling to £76 & £75 for Dorsets from NJ Williams of Ottery St Mary, £75.50 for three quarter Suffolks from Neil Hardy of Crediton, £74.50 for Texel x Border Leicester’s from Jonathan Lentern of Chagford and £74 for Lleyns from Chris & Alison
Crudge of Tiverton. Four vendors at £73, a total of nine pens at £72 and countless number of pens over £70. Several smaller and funnily bred sorts forward, all finding competitive bidding and selling well from a bottom book of £31.50 to stronger sorts in
the early £60’s. Overall average of £64.11 is up £3.61 on last week with similar quality on offer.
A short number sold to £79.50 for a Suffolk ram from John Ball of Stoke Gabriel whilst Dorset Ewes sold to £65 again for NJ Williams.
The special catalogued sale kicked off with 240 nicely bred and well grown Suffolk x NC Mule Ewe Hoggs from first time vendors
Lulworth Castle Farms of Wareham who saw great interest and experienced a solid trade from start to finish selling to £92 (x3), £90, £86 (x3), £84 (x6) & £83 (x6). Strong In-Lamb Suffolk Mule Shearlings from Mark & Henry Johnson of Bridport sold well
and to £138, £132 (x2), £131, £130 (x2) & £128 (x4) as In-Lamb Mule Ewe Hoggs from Ian Dennis of Totnes sold at £119 & £115 with his two pens of Suffolk crosses at £116. More Mule Ewe Hoggs at £102 & £90 (x2) for John Salmon of Newquay who also sold Mule Ewes at £100.
Numbers similar, quality was better and the trade was just about the same! Best doubles being 6T/FM Suffolk cross ewes with
Charollais lambs selling to £180 & £175 for the Snell family of Kentisbeare and £175 for sheep with the same comments from James Parish of Uffculme. Dorset Ewes with Christmas born Charollais sired lambs to £175 & £165 for Robert & Christine Steer
of Avonwick whilst others sold to £158 & £154 for GMA Chugg of Farway, £155 for Paul & Liz Harris of Kingswear and £154 also for WM Heard of Inwardleigh. Singles to £145 & £140 again for Robert & Christine Steer with their younger end Dorsets
with nice lambs, £144 again for James Parish with Suffolk cross ewes and £142 for Steve Caunter of Harbertonford with Dorset x Charollais Shearlings with Berrichon sired lambs. Other good singles being F/BM Mules with strong sappy lambs from Mike &
Steve Gilpin at £138 and a cracking Lleyn 6T with a young lamb sold well at £136 for Chris & Alison Crudge. Plenty of average doubles around the £145-£155 mark and singles of the same ilk from £110-£122. Some smaller or indifferent singles from £90 -
£108 looking chancy and £5-£8 cheaper than last week. That said, everything was keenly bid for and the couple trade looks set firm for the coming weeks, weather and grass growth dependant! Averages of £136.13 an outfit is worth talking about or £57.85
per life.
1747 SHEEP – 11AM
Auctioneer: Russell Steer 07788 318701
42 ORPHAN LAMBS
781 STORE HOGGS
18 GRAZING EWES
512 BREEDING EWES & EWE HOGGS
393 COUPLES (167 EWES & 226 LAMBS)
Friday 17th March
Friday 7th April
Friday 5th May
~ Entries now being taken ~
For more information please contact Robert Armstrong on 07791 484290 or
the Market Office 01392 251261
EXETER RURAL PROFESSIONAL DEPARTMENT The Basic Payment Scheme application window is expected to open in early
March … NOW is the time to start preparing your BPS application!!
Countryside Stewardship Schemes Rural planning and development Landlord and Tenant matters Grazing / cropping licences Contract / Share Farming Agreements Arbitration and dispute resolution Valuations for a variety of purposes Rural diversification Compulsory purchase and compensation Renewable energy
Please contact:-
Claire Bellew, Ian Caunter or Caroline Squire on 01392 252 262 (opt 2)
or pop into the office, open Monday to Friday 8.45am – 5.30pm
FORTHCOMING DAIRY SALES (PLEASE NOTE SALES WILL NOW BE FORTNIGHTLY)
FRIDAY 10TH MARCH incorporating the ‘Spring Gold Sale’ of Pedigree Jerseys
FRIDAY 24TH MARCH
For more information please contact Mark Davis 07773
371774 or the Market Office 01392 251261
Collective Grass Keep Sale
Friday 17th March 2017 at Exeter Livestock Centre
Entries Invited
For further information please speak to Claire, Ian or Caroline in the Rural Professional
Office or call 01392 252 262
Rural Reflection March 2017
As we enter the month of March storm Doris seems to be causing mayhem throughout the country but
luckily here in the South West I think we have got away lightly with strong winds but no snow! The weather
throughout February has been mild which I am sure has been welcomed by the early lambers to ensure
the young lambs are given a good start. I am due to take a week out of the office in March to help my Dad
with the lambing at home so let’s hope the good weather continues.
I have recently joined the professional team here at Kivells and one thing I have learnt in my first few weeks
is that I will never have a dull day here! There is always something going on within the office and I am
looking forward to working with the whole team at Kivells to ensure all aspects of support for a farming
business are covered.
Throughout my first few weeks I continue to be kept busy speaking
to the RPA on behalf of clients that have not yet received their 2016
BPS payment or alternatively received a wrong payment. As agents,
we now have case workers with the RPA which is a one point of call
for any queries regarding unpaid claims which will hopefully progress
claims more quickly.
Whilst dealing with 2016 payments we are also getting closer to the 2017 BPS application window with the
online system due to open up in early March to allow applications to be submitted alongside land being
registered and land and entitlements being transferred. Besides submitting BPS applications on behalf of
a number of clients we also trade a lot of entitlements so if you have any entitlements to sell or you need
to purchase some please let us know.
I seem to speak to Natural England on a regular basis
regarding the countryside stewardship applications and I
am pleased to report that we have had our first confirmed
agreement through the post! Let’s hope this is a good sign
with many more agreements to come. Hedgerow grants are
also a hot topic with Natural England and the application
window is currently open for grants of up to £5,000 for
hedge laying, earth bank and stone wall restoration and the
planting of hedgerow trees. This grant is available for
anyone that is not currently in a countryside stewardship
agreement or HLS agreement. If your land is in an ELS
agreement you are eligible to apply providing the hedgerow
is not already subject to another obligation. If you are
interested in applying for this grant please get in touch and
we will be more than happy to help.
In the Kivells professional team we carry out a lot of planning applications and this is an area we feel
rewarding when a development changes a farm or business. A recent project that has been carried out
involved an application for an agricultural workers dwelling on a dairy farm where a planning appraisal was
required to show the need for an extra worker on the holding which in this case was the farmers son.
Within this planning appraisal the labour requirements were looked at to prove there was a need for an
additional worker to live within close proximity of the farm buildings, alongside the need for labour the
farm accounts are also looked at to prove it is a sustainable farm business going forward.
Class Q for the change of use from agricultural to residential has also been popular on farm buildings and
it is great to see existing farm assets adding value to the farmstead. I have recently had an application
approved for the change of use of two agricultural buildings on a farm under Class Q and these can be
developed into residential dwellings with no restriction on who lives in them. This gives flexibility for family
members or farm workers to live in them or alternatively they can be sold off to realise capital for the farm.
If you have any planning related queries please just give us a call.
We have been busy over the last couple of weeks carrying out market appraisals on land, farms and rural
property throughout all of the offices over the South West. The Spring is the perfect time to put your land
or property on the market when everything is looking at its best and at Kivells we have unrivalled contact
with the rural community via our network of offices and four livestock markets. We deal with the sale of
large estates through to pony paddocks and we advise on the method of sale, value and provide a
comprehensive marketing plan so if you are considering selling please do not hesitate to give us a call. We
have had a large number of successful sales throughout 2016 so the land and farms team within Kivells are
perfectly suited to sell at the optimum price.
On behalf of the Kivells Rural Professional Team
Claire Bellew
Exeter Office
The Kivells Rural Professional Team
David Kivell 01409 253275 [email protected]
Mark Bromell 01409 253275 [email protected]
Mark Bunt 01579 324927 [email protected]
Tom Rattray 01566 776886 [email protected]
Claire Bellew 01392 252262 [email protected]
Ian Caunter 01392 251261 [email protected]
Caroline Squire 01392 252262 [email protected]
George Mitchell 01579 345543
MONDAY 6th MARCH - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Prime Stock Market
FRIDAY 10th MARCH - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Sale of Dairy Cattle & Fortnightly Pig Sale
MONDAY 13th MARCH - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Prime Stock Market
TUESDAY 14th MARCH - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Monthly Horse & Tack Sale
FRIDAY 17th MARCH - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Store Stock Market to inc 1st Spring Judged Sale of Continental & Continental X Cattle, Monthly Sale of
Organic Cattle & Sheep and Collective Grass Sale
MONDAY 20th MARCH - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Prime Stock Market to inc Special Sale of Spring Lambs
TUESDAY 21st MARCH - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Sale of TB Restricted Prime, Cull & Store Cattle
FRIDAY 24th MARCH - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Monthly Catalogued Sale of Beef Breeding Cattle to include Special Sale of
Simmentals on behalf of the SW Simmental Breeders Society, Dairy Sale & Fortnightly Pig Sale
MONDAY 27th MARCH - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Prime Stock Market
FRIDAY 31st MARCH - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Monthly Sale of Native Breed Cattle
MONDAY 3rd APRIL - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Prime Stock Market
TUESDAY 4th & WEDNESDAY 5th APRIL - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Spring Show & Sale of Cattle on behalf of the SDHB Society
FRIDAY 7th APRIL - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Store Stock Market to inc 'Heart Of Devon' 5th Anniversary, 2nd Spring Judged Sale Of Continental &
Continental Cross Cattle, Catalogued Show & Sale Of Suckled Calves & Stirks, Dairy Sale to inc English Gold Top
Sale of Jerseys and Fortnightly Pigs
MONDAY 10th APRIL - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Prime Stock Market to inc Easter Show & Sale of Prime Lambs
FRIDAY 14th APRIL - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
GOOD FRIDAY – NO MARKET
MONDAY 17th APRIL - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
EASTER MONDAY - Weekly Prime Stock Market as usual
TUESDAY 18th APRIL - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Sale of TB Restricted Prime, Cull & Store Cattle
FRIDAY 21st APRIL - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Monthly Catalogued Sale of Beef Breeding Cattle, Dairy Sale & Fortnightly Pigs
MONDAY 24th APRIL - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Prime Stock Market to inc April Show & Sale of Spring Lamb
WEDNESDAY 26th APRIL - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Devon YFC Young Farmers Day
FORTHCOMING SALES
EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Matford Park Road, Exeter, Devon, EX2 8FD
01392 251261 [email protected] www.kivells.com
