HOLSWORTHY MARKET REPORT Wednesday 29 July 2020 EVERY WEDNESDAY Gates open 6am SALE TIMES 09:45 am - Draft Ewes followed by Finished Lambs 10:30 am - Store Lambs 09.45 am - Calves and Stirks 11:00 am - Store Cattle followed by Finished & OTM Cattle 11:00 am – Dairy Cattle 278 Beef cattle saw a top call of £1,321 on behalf of Messrs Petherick & Son of Clawton with top stores at £1,255. Holsworthy Livestock Market, New Market Road, Holsworthy, Devon, EX22 7FA 01409 253275
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HOLSWORTHY
MARKET REPORT
Wednesday 29 July 2020
EVERY WEDNESDAY
Gates open 6am
SALE TIMES
09:45 am - Draft Ewes followed by Finished Lambs
10:30 am - Store Lambs
09.45 am - Calves and Stirks
11:00 am - Store Cattle followed by Finished & OTM Cattle
11:00 am – Dairy Cattle
278 Beef cattle saw a top call of £1,321 on behalf of Messrs Petherick & Son of Clawton
with top stores at £1,255.
Holsworthy Livestock Market, New Market Road, Holsworthy, Devon, EX22 7FA
01409 253275
1080 LAMBS
Well over a thousand lambs on offer met a much faster
trade. Overall average of 218.5, well up on other centres
in the South West. Several pens over 230p to a top of
242p for 2 pens of 44kgs £106.50 from Stuart May of
Week St Mary followed by Mark & Sam Vickery who
realised 233p for 3 pens 44kgs £102.50. Top per head
was £108.50 for a pen of Texel x from Graham Cowling
of Kings Hill, Bude.
220 STORE LAMBS
More on offer, still a flying trade. Several pens over £70
to a top of £78.50 from Sam Friend of Coryton.
589 DRAFT EWES & RAMS
Nearly 600 on offer again, very much sought after for
all grades. The big strong ewes sold to a top of £109
from Winston Grigg of Trengune who also realised
£103 for his 2nd pen. Suffolk x topped at 97 from D
Heard of Pancrasweek. Several mules £74 and over to
a top of £82.
WEIGHT TOP AVERAGE
LAMBS Per
head
P/Kg
TLW
Per
head
P/Kg
TLW
32.1-39 80.50 210 76.50 201
39.1-45.5 106.50 242 95 220.5
45.6-52 105.50 228 102 214.3
52+ 108.50 187 108.50 187
Overall 108.50 242 99.55 218.5
EWES
Light 86 67
Heavy 109 95
Rams 96 89
1080 LAMBS, 589 DRAFT EWES & RAMS
09.45 am
Auctioneer: Steve Prouse 07767 895366
Another fantastic day at Holsworthy saw 326 calves travelling to Holsworthy from 3 counties with buyers in
attendance from Exmoor, Gloucester, Honiton and Truro.
Overall top call today was £510 given for the pick of a quality line up of Angus and Limousin stirks (5m) in from
Messrs Horton of Roborough near Plymouth. It was pleasing to welcome Rodney & Paul Allin of St Giles back
to market with 50 stirks and what a trade he saw with the best at £455 with plenty between £420-£445.
Another nice group of Blue stirks came up from Camelford for the Pansons family to hit £395 whilst the best
heifers today reached £380 for the Allin family.
A huge entry of baby calves saw trade flying high with a top call of £400 given for a 6 week old Charolais bull
from WS Jose & Son of North Tamerton with Becky Mills close up at £395 for the best of the Blue bulls, a
price matched by Mark & John Elliott of Henscott. Martin Gorst saw his best at £395 with lots between £340-£375. Both Rob Squire of Torrington (£322) and Alan Pomeroy (£3 12) went home delighted with all 1st quality
Blues over £300. Simmental babies (30-35 days) saw a top of £320 for Messrs Dilling with Messrs Wellington
of St Kew at £305 and Messrs Heyward at £280. Limousins topped at £388 with others at £350 and quality
young calves from Richard Wooldridge at £320. Lots of Angus calves forward today saw the best to £280 for
Beckwell farms of Dartmoor with Montbeliardes to £180 from Rob Squire of Torrington.
Black & White bulls (Holstein) saw another massive trade with Andrew Gilbert of Sheepwash at £175, Becky
Mills at £152 and Messrs Endacott at £108.
TOP 10 AVERAGES
British Blue Top £395 Av £361 Aberdeen Angus Top £280 Av £226
Limousin Top £388 Av £309
Hereford Top £385 Av £269
Holstein Top £175 Av £116
A really good day was enjoyed by all with all customers adhering to social distancing rules with masks and
gloves available for all customers when required.
STANDING WHOLECROP
- Oats undersown with Grass
UMBERLEIGH/CHITTLEHAMPTON
* Approx. 20 acres of oats undersown with grass
Good clean, heavy crop, ready mid/late August
STANDING WHOLECROP
- Spring Barley
KILKHAMPTON
* Approx. 19 acres of Spring Barley wholecrop
326 CALVES & STIRKS – 09.45 am
Auctioneer: James Morrish 07814 010133
Another superb entry of cattle this week saw an unbelievable trade!
Those younger cattle up £100 on previous weeks with every vendor delighted by their prices. Fewer forward
cattle saw the strongest at £1200+. A superb consignment of 28 single suckled Limousin & Charolais 12-17mth from Messrs Tonkin of Holsworthy saw a top of £1255 others at £1175, £1170, £1150 & £1135 with the steers
and heifers averaging £1092 (these cattle were presented perfectly). Other notable prices were 20mth
Charolais from Mr Greenaway of Pancrasweek at £1170, dairy x British Blue steers 20mths to £1150 from
John Chamberlain of Shebbear and Herefords from Messrs Norman of Dolton to £1105. Younger 14-17mth
dairy x continental & natives up at least £100 on previous weeks with 12mth Herefords from Messrs Johns of
Launcells to £805, Aberdeen Angus’ from the same farm to £940 and 14mth dairy x Charolais to £995. Younger
single suckled 10mth Aberdeen Angus steers sold to £885 for 6 from Mr I Watson of Bradford. Heifers saw a
flyer with mostly young heifers averaging £807, overall top this week was £1070 realised by 2 vendors for 5
dairy British Blue 22mth and 3 from Messrs Tonkin of Holsworthy who sold others at £1060 & £1050 all 14-
16mth. However the dearest heifers were those young 10-12mth Hereford, Aberdeen Angus and British Blue
dairy x heifers which saw most over £500-£650. Holstein steers were also up this week especially for the
fleshier types with most over £850 to a top of £950 for a British Friesian type steer from Mr A Ogbourne of
Broadwood and Ayrshire steers from Mr C Kivell to £920. Young Holstein steers were in short supply and
more could have been sold.
GRAZING COWS - Top price this week was £1045 for a British Blue from Messrs Bellamy & Crocker. A
Hereford cow from Messrs Crocker of Lewdown sold to £840 with Friesians again from Messrs Bellamy &
Crocker to £755.
WEIGHING COWS - The overall average this week was 113p to a top of 120p for a smaller framed cow
from Messrs Adams of Ward farm realising £710.
FINISHED CATTLE - Holstein steers with finish sold to 175.5p (£1267) for a steer from Messrs Soper of
North Petherwin. A very finished heifer from Messrs Petherick of Clawton sold to 173p (£1321).
275 STORE CATTLE – 11 am
Auctioneer: David Kivell 07899 960272
An additional dairy market ahead of the herd dispersal
sale saw an easier trade to recent weeks. However, the
easier trade was also reflective of the average quality
forward. Overall, top price was achieved by Messrs. S R
Gilbert & Son of Sheepwash, with a smart freshly calved
heifer ‘Bocaddon Mercury CT Amie’ who was freshly calved
yielding 33 Kgs and sold at £1,950. This heifer was closely
followed by a heifer from Wills Bros. Ltd which had
calved in early June yielding 30 Kgs and sold at £1,900.
Messrs. W A Hooper & Son from Okehampton, sold
another early June calved heifer ‘Inwardleigh Cooper Daisy
Lin’ at £1,850.
A good entry of milking type cows topped at £1,800 for
‘Bocaddon Penmanship DF Violet’ a freshly calved second calver. Third calvers topped at £1,750 for ‘Bocaddon Fuel-
Up SG Bella’ both from the Gilbert family of Sheepwash. An in-calf heifer from Rachel Leonard of Chumleigh sold
at £1,400 and a dry cow from Ivor Barkwill from Milton Abbot sold at £1,250. Dairy heifer calves saw an easier
trade topping at £160 for a cross bred calf from Messrs. D & W Bowman, Helston.
The dispersal sale of the Trenhayle herd of mainly pedigree Ayrshires on behalf of Messrs. Roskilly & Sons from
Hayle in Cornwall, attracted a large crowd of buyers from all over the country keen to secure their long established
blood lines. The herd had been farmed on a very simple grass system and were milked once a day only, averaging
5,000 Kgs. The cow section topped at £1,523 for a dry cow ‘Trenhayle September 10’ due to calf in October with
her fourth calf to ‘Hilltown Oblique’. The dry cows had a flying trade with many selling in excess of £1,300 and an
overall average for the dry cows of £1,271. The milk section topped at £1,418 for a non-pedigree June calved heifer.
A real feature of the sale was an outstanding group of in-calf heifers and these had a flying trade topping at £1,575
for a ‘Oblique’ heifer due to calf in October to ‘Whitecroft Doctor Foster’ (sexed semen). The in-calf heifers due
before Christmas averaged a very impressive £1,388.
The young stock were a real credit to the Roskilly family and sold to great demand with bulling heifers topping at
£861 for a group of five, and yearlings selling to £630 for two groups of four heifers. Weened calves sold up to
£389. Cattle travelled away from Holsworthy to all corners of the west country and to Yorkshire! Can we take
this opportunity of thanking the Roskilly family for their instructions and we wish them all the best for the future.
Forthcoming Dairy Sales: Wed 5th Aug – Holsworthy Early-Month Sale. Entries to date inc:
13 freshly calved British Friesian cows and heifers from Messrs.
