exeter livestock centre market report - kivells

EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE

MARKET REPORT August 2017

Friday 4th Store Stock Market


Matford Park Road, Exeter, Devon, EX2 8FD

01392 251261 [email protected] www.kivells.com

Steers to £1260 Heifers to £1270

The very strong trade of late was more than maintained for a good late summer entry of finishing and store cattle. Selling

to a top of £1260 for 28m Limousin steer, one in an excellent entry of sixteen from Rob Hawkins of Awliscombe. Other

forward Blues of the same east Devon holding made £1140 (x3) & £1125 (x2) while strong heifers at 26 months realised

to £1270 for a Charolais, Limousins to £1215 and Blue females to £1010. A futher entry of Blue steers and heifers from

the Pratt family of Honiton, all in the 20-22 month bracket saw groups of steers make £1200 (x8), others to £1170 (x2)

and heifers to £1140. Charles & Ann Down of Abbots Kerswell sold their usual quality, three-quarter meat cattle to

£1240 for a pair of Limousins (27m), other to £1150 (24m). South Devons sold to £1200, again for the same consignor,

also £1200 for Steve Mann of Ilsington and £1165 (21m) from Steven Slade of Aylesbere. 20 month Charolais steers

£1115 for John Cole & Son of Ivybridge. Freisian steers sold to a top of £920 for a bunch of five from Trevor Daniel,

Chawleigh who sold similar groups at £870 (x5) & £845 (x4). Young cattle again look a thundering price, with an eye-

catching group of four Charolais steers (11/12m) reaching £1040 apiece for Graham & David Parker of Umberleigh,

whilst 11 month Limousin steers from Stuart Westcott of Longdown rose to £915 (x4). Quality young heifers also in

demand with 12 month Limousins to £910 and Charolais to £805, both for Michael Vought of Hennock.

Steers to £785 Heifers to £705

Smaller, younger cattle remaining a cracking trade, toping a £785 for a bunch of belting Limousin cross steers (9m) from

Harry Davis & Sons of Chagford, with others of the same age attaining £770. Steve Francis of South Tawton realised

£770 for further Limousin cross steers (9m), with South Devons from the same home attaining £730. Smashing Simmental

steers from Steve & Anne Barkwill of Tavistock topped at £755 (10m), whilst R Gillbard of Launceston realised £750 for

a bunch of Limousin cross steers. Devon cross steers from Richard Hill of Dunsford hit £660 (10m), Friesian steers

(14m) from David Cole of Bradninch sold to £450, whilst a load of Blues up from Truro from WR Davey saw the best

realise £640. Heifers topped at £705 from Steve & Anne Barkwill showing Simmental crosses (11m), Angus heifers from

the same home and of a similar age attained £660, Richard Hill realised £630 for Devon crosses, whilst Blue heifers from

WR Davey attained £615.

A decent entry of calves sold to a strong trade

topping at £400 for a smart Simmental bull from

Malcolm & Kay Pring of Broadclyst. Weaned

South Devon steer calves to £380 & £370 for

Mick Branton of Dunsford. Young Limousin bulls

to £330 for Andrew & Rose Retter of Honiton

who sold others to £290. Only a handful of

medium British Blue bulls forward which sold to

£295 (x2) for Roger & Sam Parris of Stockland.

Native calves an excellent trade topping at £320

& £270 (x2) for Hereford bulls with others to

£315, £292 & £288 for James Baker of Aylesbeare.

Aberdeen Angus bulls to £290 for Martin & Liz

Bennett of Broadhembury. Heifers sold to £345,

£335, £325, £318, £302 & £300 for weaned South

Devons from Mick Branton. Young Limousin

heifers to £285 for Andrew & Rose Retter,

Hereford heifers to £278 for James Baker,

Simmental heifers to £275 for Malcolm & Kay

Pring, £260 (x2) for Messrs C & EC Mills of

Sampford Peverell and Martin & Liz Bennett who

also sold a Charolais at £255. Aberdeen Angus heifers to £240 for Messrs RC Dymond & Sons of Colyton. Friesians to

£95 for Mr S Reed of Umberleigh.

CALVES - 10.15 am

CALVES Bulls Heifers

Breed TOP AVE TOP AVE

British Blue 6 295 211 6 250 225

Limousin 2 330 310 7 285 248

Charolais 2 255 235

Simmental 3 400 232 3 275 265

Hereford 8 320 272 7 278 209

Devon 2 172 165 4 138 115

South Devon 3 380 339 6 345 320

Aberdeen Angus 9 290 186 6 240 186

Fleckvieh 1 90 90

Holstein / Friesian 11 95 42

Guernsey 1 52 52

Jersey 3 16 14

313 STORE CATTLE & STIRKS – 10AM Auctioneers: Simon Alford 07789 980203 Alan Webber 07967 718048

73 SUCKLED CALVES & STIRKS – 11.30AM Auctioneer: Ian Caunter 07813 068935

98 CALVES – 10.15AM Auctioneers: Mark Davis 07773 371774 & Ian Caunter 07813 068935

A similar entry to last week saw a decent run of young store lamb, with no forward sorts on offer. A pen of Suffolk cross

ewe lambs from JD Midgely of Newton Abbott saw the highest price of £75 a head with others at £70. John Jordan of

Gidleigh hit £73.50 with well-bred Suffolk cross lambs followed closely by Alistair Wimberley of Moretonhampstead at

£71 for Charollais cross. P Squire of Holbeton sold a super, even run of Suffolk cross lambs at £70 apiece (x3 pens)

whilst shapely, Texel cross lambs for Lawrence Glanville fetched £69.50 & £69, with Kevin Dinnis of Tedburn seeing £68

for Charollais cross. Small lamb still seeing strong competition between £25 & £48 apiece.

Fat, hill bred ewes to £74, lean strong grazers to £61.50 and £60.50 for Alistair Wimberley, a similar price being achieved

by RJ Luscombe of Shaugh Prior.

A top of £90 for young Dorset ewes for Richard Partridge of Teignmouth who also sold FM Easy-Cares at £76 and young

“black” Dorset’s at £79 apiece.

1501 SHEEP – 11AM

Auctioneer: Russell Steer 07788 318701

1386 STORE LAMBS

63 GRAZING EWES

50 BREEDING EWES


TUESDAY 8TH AUGUST 2017

*Catalogue Available from www.kivells.com *

For further information please contact Russell Steer 07788 318701, the Market

Office 01392 251261 or [email protected]

Vacancies at the Exeter Livestock Centre -

Market Wash Down Cleaners

We are looking for workers to join our market wash down team to operate the lorry

wash and washout pens after each sale.

Working Hours: This is a zero hour contract with flexible afternoon/evenings on Mondays

and Fridays with a finish time depending on when the market is cleaned throughout. There

is also the possibility of more hours on additional market sales.

To apply please call the Exeter Livestock Centre 01392 251261 (Opt 1) or

Robert Armstrong 07791 484290

http://www.kivells.com/

FORTHCOMING DAIRY SALES FRIDAY 11TH AUGUST

FRIDAY 25TH AUGUST

For entries and further information please contact Mark Davis 07773 371774 or the

Market Office 01392 251261

Catalogues from www.kivells.com

Proud to be supporting The Honiton Hill Rally

THE HONITON HILL

RALLY AUCTION to be held at

Smeatharpe Airfield, Smeathorpe, Honiton, Devon, EX14 9RF

*Please note change of venue*

MONDAY 28th AUGUST 2017 Commencing at 10.00am

Auction of approximately 2000 Lots to include Vintage vehicles, tractors,

farming bygones, cars, tools etc.

Entry Forms available from the Market Office or www.kivells.com

Completed and Signed Forms to be received by no later than

Monday 14th August 2017

Further information from Mark Davis 07773 371774 or the Market Office 01409 253275



Available by Private Treaty

45 acres of Standing Straw (Winter

Wheat) located at Lympstone, Exeter –

good access, level ground

* Please contact the Kivells Rural Professional office on 01392 252 262

for further details *

In the last few weeks the sun has been shining and the combines have been rolling across the south

west, however as I sit down to write this month’s rural reflection, all harvest activity is on hold as we

wait for this spell of untimely wet weather to pass! Despite early reports suggesting disappointing

yields and bushel weights for Winter Barley in the south west, as harvest has progressed the latest

reports suggest yields being close to or slightly above farm averages and good grain quality, which is

certainly pleasing to hear. Here’s hoping the unsettled weather will soon pass and all harvest activity

can recommence.

The Basic Payment Scheme has certainly been a hot topic in the press recently since Michael Gove

took on his new role as DEFRA secretary. Speaking at the Royal Welsh Show Mr Gove guaranteed

British farmers a free trade deal with the EU post Brexit, stating that it would be in the best interest of

both parties. However, such a bold statement has quite rightly received heavy criticism considering

that the UK has not yet started negotiating a trade deal for agriculture with the EU post Brexit. For the

time being we will have to wait and see if Mr Gove can keep his promises.

As many of you will know, the government has now guaranteed direct support payments for farmers

to remain at their present level until 2022, however it looks as though the basis of the current support

system will change radically from the area based system presently in place. Although the exact format

of the future support system and what it will look like in practice is still unknown, it has recently been

heavily mooted that more emphasis will be placed on environmental protection and that subsidies will

have to be earned, rather than payment being received based purely on the area of land that the

applicant has under their management control. As Brexit progresses it will be interesting to see exactly

what kind of support system is proposed.

On the same thread, the Rural Payments Agency have just begun making post payment adjustments

for both the 2015 and 2016 Basic Payment Scheme years, whereby applicants who have either been

over or under paid in those scheme years will have their payment looked into and adjusted accordingly.

The Kivells team are in regular contact with the RPA on behalf of our large farming client base across

the south west, so if you feel your payment was incorrect for either year please do contact us and we

will do all that we can to help resolve the matter.

On to other matters and battery storage has received a lot of publicity in the press of late as the

government has recently announced that there will be £246 million pounds worth of investment into

the development of battery technology as part of their Industrial Strategy. Battery storage works by

storing electricity in off-peak hours, when excess electricity is produced, and then releasing this

Rural Reflection August 2017

energy back into the grid during peak periods as required. This provides an important opportunity for

landowners, who are in some cases already being approached by energy companies looking to place

storage facilities on their land. Some companies are currently offering rents of up to £20,000 per year

for periods of generally 20-25 years for the use of storage facilities. There are some specific

requirements for sites for battery storage, including that the land must usually be in the close proximity

of a sub-station (and the sub-station itself must have the additional capacity to charge the storage

facility) and the site cannot be located on land in an AONB, National Park or land which is in either

flood zone 2 or 3. Therefore this does slightly limit the number of landowners who may be affected by

battery storage proposals, yet for those with land that falls within the relevant criteria it certainly

provides a significant opportunity to diversify income streams. If you have been approached by an

energy company regarding this and would like any help or advice please do contact your local Kivells

office; we will be more than happy to assist.

On a final note, Michaelmas will be a date marked on many of your calendars and with September

quickly approaching it is not far away now. For those of you farming land on agricultural tenancies this

could mean notices for rent review may soon be served, or, equally, if notice was served last year, rent

reviews may be taking place this coming Michaelmas. If so, we would highly recommend taking

professional advice, in order that you get the best possible outcome, whether you are the landlord or

the tenant. The Kivells team are regularly dealing with landlord tenant matters and have much

experience in doing so, therefore if you require an agent to represent you, or if you need any advice

please do get in touch and we will do all that we can to help.

On behalf of the Kivells Rural Professional Team

Caroline Squire

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 252262 [email protected]

Caroline Squire 01392 252262 [email protected]

FRIDAY 4th AUGUST - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE

Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Native Breed Cattle

MONDAY 7th AUGUST - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE

Weekly Prime Stock Market

TUESDAY 8th AUGUST - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE

14th Special August Sale of Breeding Ewes & Rams to inc Show & Sale of Mule Shearlings


Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Sale of Dairy Cattle, 1st Season’s Show & Sale on behalf of the Devon &

Cornwall Longwool Sheep Association & Fortnightly Pig Sale

SATURDAY 12th AUGUST – HILL STREET FARM, SHERBORNE

‘Sherborne’ Production Sale of Pedigree Poll Dorsets - further details to follow



TUESDAY 15th & WEDNESDAY 16th AUGUST - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE

NSA Ram Show & Sale


Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Monthly Catalogued Sale of Beef Breeding Cattle, Annual Show & Sale on

behalf of the Greyface Dartmoor Sheep Breeders Association, Rare Breed Sale & Dexter Sale

MONDAY 21st AUGUST - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE


TUESDAY 22nd AUGUST - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE

Sale of TB Restricted Prime, Cull & Store Cattle

WEDNESDAY 23rd & THURSDAY 24th AUGUST - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE

17th Annual Official Show & Sale of Lleyn Sheep on behalf of the Lleyn Sheep Society


Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Monthly Sale of Organic Cattle & Sheep, Annual Show & Sale on behalf of

the Whiteface Dartmoor Sheep Breeders Association, Sale of Dairy Cattle & Fortnightly Pig Sale


BANK HOLIDAY - Weekly Prime Stock Market as usual


Honiton Hill Rally FRIDAY 1st SEPTEMBER - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE

Weekly Store Stock Market to inc 1st Autumn Judged Sale of Continental & Continental Cross Store Cattle &

Native Breed Cattle, 6th Annual Early September Breeding Sheep Sale & Sale of MV & Non-MV Rams

MONDAY 4th SEPTEMBER - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE


FRIDAY 8th SEPTEMBER - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE

Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Fortnightly Pig Sale



FRIDAY 15th SEPTEMBER - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE

Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Easycare Sheep Sale, Pedigree Zwartbles Sale & Sale of Dairy



FORTHCOMING SALES


Matford Park Road, Exeter, Devon, EX2 8FD

01392 251261 [email protected] www.kivells.com

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