HOLSWORTHY

MARKET REPORT Wednesday 17 June 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

The Dairy cow trade was the highlight of the week with the very best at £2,200 on behalf of

Messrs Fishleigh of Broadwoodkelly with a third of the entry exceeding the £2,000 bracket!

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

01409 253275

757 LAMBS

A few less on offer this week. The trade nationally

has eased back to around 200p per kilo, our overall

average on the morning was 203p and more lambs

could have been sold. The young tight skinned sappy

lambs saw many pens over 211p to a top of 215p for

a pen of 46kg £99 for Rod Evely of Woolaton, Peters

Marland. 14 pens over £98 to a top of the morning

of £103 from Shaun Ellis of North Petherwin.

424 DRAFT EWES & RAMS

More ewes on offer with 7 buyers in attendance met a flying trade up around £7 to £9 a head with the big

ewes up to £115 from Derek Broad of Homeleigh, Launceston. Mules to £72 and rams to £98.

WEIGHT TOP AVERAGE

LAMBS Per

head

P/Kg

T68L

Per

head

P/Kg

TLW

32.1-39 80 206 75.30 197.30

39.1-45.5 94.50 211 87.40 203.1

45.6-52 99 215 96.50 207.7

52+ 103 191 99.60 173.5

Overall 103 215 90.10 203

EWES

Light 85 66

Heavy 115 90

Rams 98 77

757 LAMBS, 424 DRAFT EWES & RAMS

09.45 am

Auctioneer: Steve Prouse 07767 895366

Another massive day in the calf pens saw the trade climb

even further with an overall top call today set at £605 for the best of the entry of 102 stirks.

The best stirks came in from R&L Ashton of Shebbear which

reached £605 for a Charolais with best 4 month old Limousins

at £550 for the Pomeroy family of Bradworthy whilst a

cracking run of 50 3-6 month Hereford stirks in from Brian

Thomas of South Molton topping at £520.

In the baby calf section a ‘monster of a trade’ for the 1st quality

calves with new buyers joining the ranks pushing the best to

£460 for the best of the Blue bulls from Messrs Schuttkacker

& Sons of Bere Alston near Tavistock. John & Mark Elliott of

Bradford saw their best Blues at £430 & £405 with baby Blues

from Becky Mills of Petersmarland at £390. Messrs Care of St

Austell sold a 34 day olf Blue to top their consignment at £358

with John Cann of Highampton at £335 with a big bunch of

Limousin baby calves from Andy & Will Hutton of Rutleigh Ball

at £332. Ann Jose & family saw their 30 day old Blue at £330

with numerous vendors over £310 to include Messrs Willsbro

of Wadebridge, Cornwall who sold 23 topping at £315. Heifers

saw a really exciting trade with Becky Mills taking the top 3

slots at £372, £355 & £340 with John Elliott at £340 and £338

(x2). No less than 31 heifers up and over the £300 bracket with plenty of buyers ready to spend.

Holstein bull calves were even better today with the very best at £162 with Les Tape of Hartland at £148 and

Andrew Gilbert & family of Sheepwash selling 4 at £117. Very young (30 days and less) topped at £82 for

Messrs Drew with the best from Steve & Kat Pomeroy of West Putford at £76 for the best of their

consignment. Denny Hooper & family of Inwardleigh saw their team of 7 sell well at £73 with there being plenty

of ‘rearing men’ present and ready to buy Holsteins to rear which look the cheaper option than continentals

at this time.

On Monday we held our weekly collection of TB restricted calves which saw animals from 3 farms top at £84

with others at £81. TB calves needed for Monday, if you have some please contact us on 01409 253275.

Top 10 Beef bulls (under 42 days) averaged £387.30

Top 10 Beef heifers (under 42 days) averaged £321.68

Top 10 stirks averaged £544

Top 10 Holstein bulls average £102.49

286 BABY & REARED CALVES – 09.45 am

Auctioneer: James Morrish FLAA 07814 010133

A grand entry of good quality cattle today saw another lift in the trade particularly for stronger types.

137 young cattle saw increased demand for all classes with young Blues and Limousins in particular demand.

Principle Prices Breed Sex £ Mths

Charlie Withecombe British Blue Steers 1060 23

British Blue Heifers 1090 24

E Schuttkacker Simmental Heifers 1060 25

Fred Champion Hereford Steers 1170 24

Brian Yelland Limousin Steers 1010 23

Peter Martin Fleckvieh Steers 1240 25

David Daniel British Blue Steers 1075 21

Will Prouse British Blue Heifers 905 21

Aberdeen Angus Heifers 910 21

Charolais Heifers 985 21

Roger Vanstone British Blue Steers 1140 21

British Blue Heifers 1000 20

Friesian Steers 1055 24

FAT CATTLE

Blue heifers to 169p. Friesian steers to 165p.

FAT COWS

Best Friesian types to 122p (£1076) from Messrs

Goaman of Elmscott.

300 STORE CATTLE – 11 am

Auctioneer: David Kivell

Cows to £2200 & Heifers to £2100

A small but good quality entry met a flying

trade with over 25% of the freshly calved cows and heifers selling at over £2000.

The sale was topped by a very smart Red and White 2nd calver, ‘Hawkleigh Aikman Saphire 2 GP81’, who sold at

£2200 on behalf of Messrs. P F & M W Fishleigh of Broadwoodkelly. This cow calved early April and has been

served and was sold giving 42 Kgs. Messrs. S R Gilbert & Son from Sheepwash had another outstanding entry

of fresh calvers in the market and opened the sale with the first lot in the ring realising £2100 for a 2nd Calver,

‘Bocaddon Jitterbug SS Cornelia’. The same vendors sold another 2nd calver ‘Bocaddon Commend BJ Polamie’, a

naturally polled cow yielding 48 Kgs which sold at £2000.

An excellent consignment from Phil and Richard Reed from Milton Damerel, met huge demand with the

consignment topping at £2100 for a freshly calved heifer ‘Gidcott Gerold Christine’. Others from the same

consignment realised £2050 for a 2nd calver ‘Gidcott Altaarmani Panache’ and another heifer ‘Gidcott Altabarney

Rebecca 3’ selling at £2000. Phil and Richard Reed from Milton Damerel saw their consignment of 5 cows and

heifers average a very impressive £1950 and the Gilbert family from Sheepwash consignement of 10 cows and

heifers averaged £1810.

In calf heifers saw a very strong trade topping at £1450 on behalf of Philip Hicks of St. Anns Chapel with others

at £1400 and £1380. James Trounson from Mullion also saw a superb trade on is in calf heifers topping at

£1380 with others at £1350 and £1320. Mature bulling heifers from Mr. A. A. Wilkins of St. Austell levelled at

£700.

More fresh calvers are required to meet the strong demand.

Forthcoming Dairy Sales:

Monday 22nd June – Dispersal sale at Exeter of ‘Meadwell’ herd of 206 Preigree Holstein Friesians to include

11 Guernsey cows and heifers, 9 Pedigree Guernsey (‘Bourton’ prefix), Guernsey Youngstock and a pedigree

Aberdeen Angus bull.

Friday 26th June – Exeter Dairy Sale.

Wednesday 1st July – Early – Month Dairy Sale at Holsworthy.

DAIRY CATTLE Top Ave

In Milk Heifers (1st Quality) £2100 £1907

In Milk Heifers (2nd Quality) £1650 £1490

2nd Calvers £2200 £1858

3rd Calvers £1650 £1425

In Calf Heifers £1450 £1321

Bulling Heifers £700 £700

DAIRY CATTLE - 11.00 am

Auctioneer: Mark Bromell - 07966 430001

Mark Davis - 07773 371774

“I would like to thank all customers past and present for making the ‘Cowshed’ the success that its

been. I made the decision in early March to call it a day, but due to Coronavirus unfortunately myself

and the team haven’t been there to say Goodbye! Days full of banter and fun with customers young

and old has been an absolute pleasure and I will miss you all.

Stay safe and thank you again!” ~ Jo ~

As from this week, Livestock Auctioneers from each section will be giving a verbal report on the trade of the

day at Holsworthy. We hope you like this new addition to our market reports which can be found on Kivells

Facebook page and www.kivells.com.

HELP TO THE FARMING COMMUNITY

We are very aware that during this uncertain time, we want to be able to provide our

customers with the right information of organisations that may be able to support you.

Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution

(RABI) 0808 2819490

Farm Community Network

(FCW) 03000 111999

Tennant Farmers Association

(TFA) 0118 930130

National Farmers Union

(NFU) 0370 8458458

County Landowners Association

(CLA) 0207 2350511

Samaritans

(SAMS) 116 123

Market Chaplins

07801 755732

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