EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
MARKET REPORT
December 2017
Friday 1st Store Stock Market incorporating the 36th Exeter & District Christmas Show
EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Matford Park Road, Exeter, Devon, EX2 8FD
01392 251261 [email protected] www.kivells.com
Steers to £1290 Heifers to £1135
A top quality entry of stores met a merited brisk trade with steers topping at a mighty £1290 given for a pair of
tremendous Blonde’s (21m) from Ian Littlejohns of Okehampton, others off the same farm saw an eye catching bunch of
six slightly younger (19m) bullocks of the same breed reach £1170 apiece and heifers with the same comments sell to
£1090. Top quality South Devon steers (18m) from David Walters, Payhembury sold well and to £1245 (x2) and £1210
(x4) with Simmentals (28m) to £1185 and £1165 for Michael Tooze, Paignton and Paul Caunter of Kingsbridge
respectively. A pen of strong Angus cross steers (20m) fetched £1170 for Peter Hendy of Staddiscombe, Plymouth with
Limousin’s (23m) to £1100 for Dawn Saunders of Ideford. Holstein Friesian sorts (23m) topped at £785 for a pen of four
steers from Tony West, South Zeal whilst the best of the yearling store steers sold at £1030 for a cracking muscled Blue
from Bernard Rendell of Colyton. Several excellent, forward and well covered heifers on offer with a Blue (28m) from
RE & E Vooght Newton Abbot seeing £1135 and a Blonde (19m) making £1125 for Andrew & Michaela Rodd of Lapford
also a single Limousin heifer (26m) from David & Mary Stark, Denbury drew £1105. A decent bunch of five Blue females
(21m) from Colin Pople, Aylesbeare ran to £950 a head, closely followed by a pair of the same breed (27m) at £940 for
Peter & Angela Smerdon of Rattery.
A good entry of exactly 100 stirks and suckled calves met a sound trade throughout. Top price was achieved by W & R
Farming Partners of Bradninch hitting £930 for a shapey Limousin cross steer (11m) which scooped first prize in the
Christmas Show. David Skelley Snr, Ivybridge presented a cracking run of Charolais cross steers with the best (8m)
reaching £780 with others of a similar age attaining £725. SG Brimacombe & Sons of Crediton topped at £740 with the
best of their quality run of 10m Blue cross steers (third prize winners in the show). Bruce Ellett of Exmouth achieved
£720 for excellent Charolais steers (8m), Gordon Bricknell of Christow hit £710 and £700 for Limousin cross steers
(12m) and Charlie Gordon of Silverton realised £710 for Charolais cross steers (8m). Paul Edworthy, Ashburton attained
£700 for South Devon steers (7m) whilst Dawn Saunders of Ideford achieved the same figure and was awarded second
prize in show for her pair of Limousin cross steers (averaging 8m). Heifers topped at £765 for a single, scopey Angus
from Charlie Gordon, Bruce Ellett hit £630 for Charolais cross heifers, whilst David Skelley Snr achieved £620, £610 and
£580 for again for Charolais cross heifers (9m).
A large entry of calves sold to an excellent trade
although some middle quality sorts a touch easier.
First prize in the Christmas show and top of the
day was £422 for a British Blue bull from Ian,
Caroline & Jess Tapp of Tiverton who sold a good
run with others to £390, £375 & £340. Other
Blues to £398 & £392 for Messrs Higgin of
Totnes, £378 for Messrs Diepenbroek Farms Ltd
of Seaton, £355 for Martin & Liz Bennett of
Broadhembury and £348 (x2) for SG Brimacombe
& Sons of Crediton and Paul Hendy of Kingsbridge
who also topped the Limousin bulls at £370 (third
prize in show) with others to £342 for Kathryn
Starr of Dunkeswell and £340 for Martin & Liz Bennett who also sold Simmental bulls to £325. Aberdeen Angus bulls to
£245 (x2) for Mark Davey of Lewdown and Ian, Caroline & Jess Tapp. Heifers topped at £338 for a British Blue for
Diepenbroek Farms Ltd who sold others to £330 & £325 (x2) whilst Ian, Caroline & Jess Tapp sold a run of Blue heifers
to £335 (second prize winners), £315 & £272. Charolais heifers sold at £250 (x2) for Messrs RH & MJ Hurford of
Axminster. A Fleckvieh bull sold at £190 for Messrs FNL & E Worth & Sons of Totnes whilst a Montbeliarde bull sold at
£170 for Rob & Jack Chapple of Axminster. A small number of Friesians topped at £92 for Steve Loud of Colyton
CALVES - 10.15 am
CALVES Bulls Heifers
Breed TOP AVE TOP AVE
British Blue 26 422 273 24 338 236
Limousin 11 370 254 11 225 140
Charolais 1 335 335 3 250 240
Simmental 7 338 215 2 226 213
Hereford 6 218 169 4 142 126
Devon 2 145 125
Aberdeen Angus 18 245 183 9 210 110
Montbeliarde 1 170 170
Fleckvieh 2 190 100
Holstein / Friesian 11 92 32
263 STORE CATTLE & STIRKS – 10AM Auctioneer: Simon Alford 07789 980203
100 SUCKLED CALVES & STIRKS – 11.30AM Auctioneer: Ian Caunter 07813 068935
140 CALVES – 10.15AM Auctioneer: Mark Davis 07773 371774
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An excellent entry of Show Cattle sold to a cracking trade. Top of the day was 400ppk (£2632) for the Overall Champion
“Saucy Clover” a 658kgs British Blue cross heifer from Lin Calcraft of Payhembury. The reserve Champion from Edward
Davies of Somerset, a super 15 month old Limousin heifer which sold at 255ppk (£1463). Jess Maynard of Witheridge
sold a cracking 19 month old Limousin cross heifer which won the YFC Class, she sold well at 265ppk and £1621. Matt
& Vicky Smith of Witheridge sold a cracking 18 month old Limousin steer which made 255ppk and a whopping £1728!
An 11 month old Devon cross steer from Alan Cook of Ivybridge stood first in the light steer class and sold well at
255ppk and £1218 and Alan also sold a British Blue heifer at 240ppk and £1238 at just 14 months old. A 732kgs Limousin
heifer from Messrs EC Haste & Son of Shebbear sold well at 240ppk and £1756. Scott Reed sold his 622kgs British Blue
steer at 230ppk and £1430.
All young lambs on offer were keenly contested with some buyers leaving empty handed. Tom Yandle of Mamhead sold
his to £23, closely followed by both John Vooght of Dunsford and Ken & Brenda Cole of Loxbeare at £22 and Alan
Bickley of Puddington made £21 of his. Overall average £21.
Almost 2000 store lambs were a much dearer trade on the week reaching £82.50, £80, £77 & £76.50 for Suffolk x Mule
wethers from David & Lynda Pellow of Sourton, the first two pens of this consignment were awarded first & second
prize in the show and purchased by the judge Mr Roger Heggadon, to whom we extend our thanks. Dorset ewe lambs
sold £82, £81 & £76 (x3) for Andrew Hammett of Umberleigh, forward Charollais crosses sold to £78 & £72.50 for Dave
Phillips of South Chard, more forward sorts sold at £77.50, £74 & £73 for Jonathan Musgrave of Yealmpton, £77 (x2) &
£75 for W Moore & Sons of Rackenford and £77 also for Harry Kerswell of Kingsbridge. Other notable lambs at £75.50
& £74 (x2) for Lyn Loosemore of Yeoford, Nick Cooke of Torrington sold the first four pens of his good consignment
at £73.50, a price matched by John Bond of East Allington. Medium lambs were generally all in the £60’s with only a few
pens of very small lambs less than £50 helping to lift the overall average by more than two pounds to £62.43.
Only a few pens forward sold to £63.50 for KH & PA Govier of Wiveliscombe and £56 for West Emlett Farm of Black
Dog.
66 Ewes with 106 Lambs at foot were a steadier trade after last week’s flyer with best of the FM Dorset doubles selling
to £178, £168 & £162 for Alan Bickley of Puddington who also topped the singles with similar at £138. Another strong
run from Paul & Matt Gammin of Ogwell saw doubles reach £160 & £155 (x2) alongside singles at £132, £130 & £128.
Similarly John Vooght saw his doubles make £160 and singles achieve £125 as Messrs K & J Services of Bovey Tracey had
a double at £142.
The Annual Christmas Show saw a reduced entry of 68 Prime Show lambs all sell well with the overall Champions coming
from Robert & Andrew Darke of South Pool, Kingsbridge having won the haltered class, they achieved the top price of
£220 and 431ppk (51kgs) selling to the judge, Mr Alastair David, Master Butcher at Darts Farm Butchers of Topsham.
The locally renowned Darts Farm Butcher also acquired the Reserve Champions from the same home, having won the
heavyweight class, they weighed 49kgs and sold at £120 or 245ppk. Messrs S & D Breeders of Ipplepen sold prime Blue
Texel ewe lambs after frenzied bidding at £190 or 380ppk. The first prize lightweight lambs were 37kgs from Paul & Lin
Calcraft of Payhembury that made £95 or 257ppk as first prize mediumweights came from the same home, weighed
42kgs and made £100 (238ppk) closely followed by 41kgs from Phil Dallyn of Ipplepen that rose to £98 (239ppk). First
placed Beltex sired lambs also came from Paul & Lin Calcraft and sold at £100, a price matched by first prize Natives
being heavy Suffolk’s from Steve & Rachel Stamp of Highbridge, whilst their son Archie trusted his brother Harry to
exhibit his 50kg Beltex sired lambs in the YFC class which picked up the first prize ticket and sold at £102. Numerous
other pairs from £92 to £102 or from 200-230ppk to give an overall average of £100.88 per head or 222ppk.
24 SHOW PRIME CATTLE Auctioneer: Simon Alford 07789 980203
2220 SHEEP – 11AM
Auctioneer: Russell Steer 07788 318701
7 ORPHAN LAMBS
1955 STORE LAMBS
18 GRAZING EWES
172 LIVES (66 EWES & 106 LAMBS)
68 CHRISTMAS SHOW LAMBS
A huge entry of 335 pigs saw a total of twenty-one buyers present with the biggest entry for our
Christmas Show for many years.
Yes, once again, Exeter saw the biggest entry of cull sows in any livestock in the UK this week! Five strong buyers on the
sows pushed the best to £130 for Messrs Martin of Haye Road, Cornwall whilst the pick of some lovely White sows
from Andrew Freemantle hit £128 (x2) and £127. Richard Dunning of Drewsteignton always sells quality and was well
rewarded today with his best also reaching £128. Richard Knox, Colin Gibbins and Chris Down all topped £120 with
their quality sows, while the best of the medium weight sows hit £106 for Timmy & Rupert Stockwell of Kingsbridge.
What a day and what a fantastic line up of first quality prime pigs with Nigel & Sandra Tope of Totnes reaching top slot
and the prizes with their first pen of 104kg pigs at £125 (x6) and second pen at £123. Richard Knox sold a double pen
of eleven heavyweights well at £121, whilst Messrs Peckmoor Farming made the long journey down from Crewkerne
with a load which saw a top call of £118. Richard & Vicky Gibbins produce some excellent prime pigs and this week was
no exception, their first pen of 99kg pigs hit £117 going to Tideford near Saltash, with others in pens of five and six at
£116 & £115 going to Bridport in Dorset. Mark Dallyn of West Buckland saw his trio hit £114 with plenty upwards of
the magical £100 landmark.
A really good entry of store pigs saw more interest with some buyers looking to purchase just two or three while
others are looking to fill sheds for the winter. Top call on the day was £40 on behalf of Lea Farming with a smart entry
of sixty coloured pigs, others to £35 from the same home. S Darley of South Molton saw his pen of five nice stores to
£29 and very young slip pigs reached £28 on behalf of Richard Simmonds of Witheridge who sold at Exeter for the very
first time.
My congratulations to all of the prize winners for the 2017 Exeter & District Christmas Show and thank you to
Steve Loveless for judging. We will continue to hold our pig sales every fortnight with our next sale on Friday
15th December and we continue right through the festive season with buyers wanting pigs on a regular basis.
Entries please to 01392 251261 or James Morrish 07814 010133.
335 PIGS – 10.15AM
Auctioneer: James Morrish 07814 010133
87 CULL SOWS
248 PRIME & STORE PIGS
Catalogues Available – www.kivells.com
Further information from Russell Steer 07788 318701 or 01392 251261
The Farming Community Network (FCN) would like to say a big thank you to Mary Curtis
for the three bird roast which raised £121 and the Trading Standards Team whose
hamper raffle raised £165 both for FCN - they are very grateful for the support.
EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
FRIDAY 8TH DECEMBER
COLLECTIVE FODDER SALE **ENTRIES TO DATE INCLUDE - **
500 Round Bales Wheat Straw; 200 Conv. Spring Barley Straw; qty Quadrant Winter Barley Straw; 300 Round Bales Silage; 200t 1st cut clamp silage; 30 4 String Bales Hay; 15 Round
Meadow Hay; 200 Conv. Meadow Hay; 40 Round Hay; 40 Round Haylage
For further information please contact Ian Caunter 07813 068935 or Caroline Squire 01392 252262
FRIDAY 22nd DECEMBER 2017 at 10am
CHRISTMAS SALE OF
DRESSED & OVEN
READY POULTRY
To book in entries and for further information please contact the
Market Office on 01392 251261 (Opt 1)
High pressure continues to dominate the country bringing with it cold, but dry weather, very much
needed if you are currently busy in the lambing pens. That said, the forecast is suggesting northerly
winds for the weekend, could snow be a feature for December?
Commodity prices seem to be holding their own, with both barley and wheat prices remaining
strong. Straw prices seem to be one of the main talking points, providing positive vibes for the
arable farmers, yet a little more frustrating for the livestock farmers amongst you having to use
the stuff.
Onto Basic Payment Scheme matters and some good news for a change. As returning from work
on Friday the 1st of December I was pleasantly informed that the home farm had received the
annual Basic Payment Scheme income and furthermore throughout the weekend it was clear that
many clients had also received the required payment. If you haven’t received anything yet, don’t
panic, it is understood the RPA are aiming to make payments to at least 90% of BPS claimants
(around 77,400) by the 31st of December.
With regards to the size of the payment there is further good news here too. It is understood
payments for the 2017 claim year should be just under 5% higher than the 2016 claim period due
to a more beneficial conversion rate from the Euro to the Pound. An increase that will be a
welcome boost to farmers across the country.
Here at Exeter we are busy submitting full and final claims against one large utility company for
clients that have been affected by works on the electrical pylons leading from Plymouth to Exeter.
It’s worth mentioning that if you experience any damage or losses as a result of any utility company
entering your land to undertake improvements or repairs to apparatus you are entitled to claim
for the losses you have incurred.
Throughout autumn, the professional team at Kivells have been busy receiving instructions on
various sales of land, buildings and residential property. We have seen our Exeter office build from
strength to strength, being favoured on a number of instructions including property that is
Rural Reflection December 2017
located down in the heart of the South Hams to property located at Bow, right in the centre of Mid
Devon. The professional team here at Kivells have a fantastic connection with the rural community
through our network of offices and livestock markets. Our team of agents have the knowledge and
ability to maximise the sale price of your property. If you are considering selling during 2018 please
do not hesitate to give us a call.
To finish, the Professional Team here at Kivells have been busy throughout 2017 with all types of
wok whether it be Property sales, Valuations, Tenancy matters, Planning or completing BPS and
Countryside Stewardship applications, the list is endless. We thank you for your continued custom
and we look forward to serving the South West rural community throughout 2018.
Until Next Year …………
Wishing you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
On Behalf of the Kivells Rural Professional Team
Ian Caunter
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]
Lisabeth Miller 01409253 275 [email protected]
Claire Bellew 01392 252262 [email protected]
Ian Caunter 01392 252262 [email protected]
Caroline Squire 01392 252262 [email protected]
FRIDAY 8th DECEMBER - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Christmas Cracker Ewe Sale & Fodder Sale
MONDAY 11th DECEMBER - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Prime Stock Market
WEDNESDAY 13th DECEMBER - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Monthly Machinery & Implement Sale
FRIDAY 15th DECEMBER - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Monthly Sale of Dairy Cattle inc ‘Christmas Stocking Filler Sale’ & Fortnightly
Pigs
MONDAY 18th DECEMBER - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Prime Stock Market
TUESDAY 19th DECEMBER - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Monthly TB Restricted (Orange) Market
FRIDAY 22nd DECEMBER - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Christmas Sale of “Dressed Poultry”
MONDAY 25th DECEMBER - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Christmas Day – NO MARKET
FRIDAY 29th DECEMBER - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Store Stock & Prime Stock Market (Combined Market), Monthly Sale of Organic Cattle & Sheep, plus
Fortnightly Pig Sale
MONDAY 1st JANUARY - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
New Years Day – NO MARKET
FRIDAY 5th JANUARY - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Monthly Sale of Native Breed Cattle
MONDAY 8th JANUARY - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Prime Stock Market
FRIDAY 12th JANUARY - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Sale of Dairy Cattle, Fortnightly Pig Sale, Special January Sale of In-Lamb
Ewes & Fodder Sale
MONDAY 15th JANUARY - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Prime Stock Market
FRIDAY 19th JANUARY - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Annual January Catalogued Sale of Suckled Calves & Monthly Sale of Beef
Breeding Cattle
MONDAY 22nd JANUARY - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Prime Stock Market
FRIDAY 26th JANUARY - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Monthly Sale of Organic Cattle & Sheep, Sale of Dairy Cattle & Fortnightly
Pig Sale
MONDAY 29th JANUARY - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Prime Stock Market
FRIDAY 2nd FEBRUARY - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Monthly Sale of Native Breed Cattle
MONDAY 5th FEBRUARY - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Prime Stock Market
FRIDAY 9th FEBRUARY - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Store Stock Market to inc St Valentine’s Fair of Store Cattle, Special February Sale of In-Lamb Ewes,
Ewe Lambs and Couples, Sale of Dairy Cattle & Fortnightly Pig Sale
FORTHCOMING SALES
EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Matford Park Road, Exeter, Devon, EX2 8FD
01392 251261 [email protected] www.kivells.com
