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EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE

MARKET REPORT

November 2017

Friday 10th Store Stock Market


Matford Park Road, Exeter, Devon, EX2 8FD

01392 251261 [email protected] www.kivells.com

Steers to £1230 Heifers to £1100

Excellent numbers forward considering it’s mid November, with all but those poorer types seeing the strong trade of

late. Top priced steers came in the way of a pen of smart Limousin’s (averaging 21m) from Chris & David Pratt of

Kentisbeare which rose to £1230 apiece whilst younger sorts (18m) of the same breed sold well and to £1140 for Rob

Bickle of Bridestowe. Blue and Angus bullocks (21m) both ran to £1190 for AK Banbury, Crediton and Peter Hendy of

Staddiscombe, Plymouth also Simmental steers (30m) saw £1165 for John & Jill Redman of Chagford. Later born Charolais

steers (19m) reached £1090 for a pair from William Bromell, Chagford and £1080 for a bunch of six from Robert Perry

up from Dartmouth. Holstein Friesian bred steers fetched £850, both for a pen of five (24m) from Chris & David Pratt

and a trio (28m) from John & Jeffery Harris of Zeal Monachorum. A tremendous run of yearling Blue steers from Paul

Brimacombe & Family of Yeoford reached £900 for a group of three. Store heifers hit a high of £1100 given for a well

fleshed Blue (28m) from John Quick of Coldridge with Charolais females (19m) attaining £1040 for Tom Elliott of

Ashburton. Several well turned out Limousin heifers on show with a single (19m) from Rob Bickle selling for £1020 and

a bunch of three (24m) close behind at £1010 a head for BJ & CE Ellis of Musbury. Devon heifers (24m) got £945, again

for John Quick while a couple of very decent Herefords (24m) also made £945 for John & Jeffery Harris with Angus

heifers (26m) to £905 for MA Cake of Rockbeare.

A smaller entry of 116 stirks and suckled calves met a tidy trade throughout with well grown Charolais steers from the

Mortimore family of Chagford topping at £790, Andrew Barker & Family, Dunsford showed well presented Blue steers

(13m) attaining £760, further Blues, a little younger, from Stuart Dagworthy of Woodbury attaining £760 (9m). Limousin

cross steers from Terry & Jean Tall of Modbury (15m) realised £730, younger Charolais steers from the Mortimore

family (7m) hit £660 whilst Angus steers from TG Coles of Ugborough (10m) attained £630. A smaller show of heifers

saw the best hit £590 (12m) for Limousin heifers from Andrew Barker and family. Similar goods from Terry & Jean Tall

realised £580, Bernie Serpell of Plympton attained £575 for Charolais heifers (7m), further Limousin crosses from

Andrew Barker & Family realised £570, whilst Hereford heifers from Phil & Christine Caunter of Harbertonford realised

£545.

Another very large entry of calves sold to a

selective trade especially for small and plain calves

as we are now in that time of year when those

calves are difficult to rear. Top of the day was

£405 for a British Blue bull from Paul Brimacombe

& Family of Yeoford who sold others to £398,

£358 & £350. Limousin calves sold to £335, £318

(x2) & £310 (x2) for Billingsmoor Farm Ltd of

Butterleigh. Charolais bulls to £305 for Martin &

Liz Bennett of Broadhembury who sold others to

£280, Limousins to £280 and Simmental bulls to

£270. Other Simmental bulls to £302 for Malcolm

& Kay Pring of Broadclyst and £295 for Messrs C

& EC Mills of Sampford Peverell. Hereford bulls

to £265 for Richard, June & Anthony Barton of

Cullompton. Aberdeen Angus bulls were harder

work today and the best sold to £228 for Paul

Brimacombe & Family. Heifers topped at £302 for

a Limousin cross heifer from Paul Hendy of Kingsbridge with others to £248 for Billingsmoor Farm LTD. Simmental

heifers to £268 for Malcolm & Kay Pring and Charolais heifers to £242 & £235 for Messrs RH & MJ Hurford of Axminster

and £232 for Martin & Liz Bennett. Fleckvieh bulls to £180 for Rob & Jack Chapple of Axminster. Friesians to £100 for

Messrs TW & WT James of Penzance.

CALVES - 10.15 am

CALVES Bulls Heifers

Breed TOP AVE TOP AVE

British Blue 24 405 241 12 220 161

Limousin 11 335 262 12 302 177

Charolais 3 305 281 4 242 204

Simmental 6 302 260 1 268 268

Hereford 8 265 146 8 160 92

South Devon 1 225 225

Aberdeen Angus 16 228 127 21 150 78

Holstein / Friesian 27 100 24

Norwegian Red 2 45 45

Fleckvieh 3 180 80

477 STORE CATTLE, SUCKLED CALVES & STIRKS – 10AM Auctioneer: Simon Alford 07789 980203

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

162 CALVES – 10.15AM Auctioneer: Mark Davis 07773 371774

Another cracking entry of Dairy saw a more selective trade than of late for the second quality and crossbreds. The best

however continue to sell well and top of the day in the commercial milk section was £1800 for a second calver “Dartview

Ioata Dolly 63” by Regancrest Altaiota from Messrs JJ Palfrey & Son of Dartmouth who sold heifers to £1780. Derek Pyle

of Clyst Honiton sold a smart heifer by Woodmarsh Gerald at £1700. Other heifers to £1550 for Messrs R & J Legg &

Son of Bridport who also sold the heifer calf off this heifer at £380. Crossbreds topped at £1180 for a Jersey cross from

Roger Easterbrook of Okehampton.

The Golden Opportunity Sale of Pedigree Jerseys & Guernseys met a packed ring and an electric trade! I would like to

thank the vendors that continue to support our sales here at Exeter with exceptionally quality Jerseys and they were

rewarded with a trade than can only be described as “on fire”! Top of the day was 2050gns for the much admired heifer

from Bruce, Jenny & Jess Ravenhill-White of Umberleigh with “Whitenhill Aussiegolds Sunset” by Broadlin Aussiegold

out of three generations of VG or EX Dams, she sold having calved in August to Oliver Bolitho of Truro. Her heifer calf

a homebred sire Whitenhill Vanahlems Pecan sold exceptionally well at 520gns for their Justafew herd in Cornwall. The

Ravenhill-White’s had an exceptional team and sold others to 1950gns for “Whitenhill Vanahlems Winze” by Panoo Abe

Vanahlem, She sold to Alex & Claire Wilson-North for their Foxhole herd in North Devon who also secured a smart

second calver by Bluegrass Lord Actionman at 1920gns. Other heifers from Whitenhill sold to 1750gns twice and 1720gns

for the first cow in the ring, a third calver by Greenmile Maun Impish which sold to Peter Bullock of Crediton who has

established a new herd. Her heifer calf by Potterswall Minister sold at 480gns to Adam Smith. The Whitenhill consignment

of eleven in-milk cows & heifers averaged an incredible £1805! A cracking consignment from Daffyd & Helen Cox’s

Glanmor herd in Carmarthenshire met strong demand and proved that the long journey to Exeter was well worth it

with their best heifer selling to 1900gns for “Glanmor Fisher Aries” by a homebred sire Glanmor Tyler Mr Fisher, she

sold to Pete Bullock. Others sold to 1800gns twice for heifers by Vanahlem & Gemini which both sold to Maurice Grose

& Family of Cornwall and a second calver “Glanmor Legacy Starburst” by Hollylane Lilibets Legacy sold well at 1700gns

to Tristan Hocking of Penzance. The Glanmor consignment of five averaged £1858! Ian & Graham White of Minehead

sold a consignment following their dispersal last year which saw a fifth calver “Liddimore On Time Liberty VG87” by

Lencrest On Time sell exceptionally well at 1600gns. Heifers from the same home by Heartland Merchant Topeka sold

at 1500gns. Jim Elworthy of Cullompton sold two super milky heifers by Lagangreen Roy Boy at 1820gns & 1780gns to

David Plowman of Wiltshire. In-calf heifers topped at 2000gns for “Whitenhill Miles Delicious” by Three Valley Country

Miles out of an EX91 Dam from Bruce, Jenny & Jess Ravenhill and she sold to Martin Williams of Helston for his Trenithon

herd. Others from Whitenhill sold to 1300gns twice. Three Guernsey in-calf heifers from John Marks of Ivybridge sold

to 1000gns for “Sandy Hole Penwiths Lad Zinnia” with another at 950gns. What an exceptional day for the Jersey Breed!

The dispersal of the British Friesian & Crossbred herd on behalf of Messrs TW & WT James of Penzance sold to a very

decent trade and topped at 1200gns for a fresh Shorthorn x second calver with a Swedish Red x fourth calver having

calved in June also realising the same money. Others sold to 1150gns for a third calver and the dry cows topped at

1000gns for a British Friesian second calver. Seven heifer calves sold to an exceptional trade topping at 400gns with

others to 380gns & 350gns (x2).

Jersey Averages

17 In Milk Heifers £1736

5 In Milk Cows £1814

5 In Calf Heifers £1449

4 Heifer Calves £393

Dispersal Averages

36 In Milk &/or In Calf Cows & Heifers £925

11 Older or High Cell Count Cows £564

7 Heifer Calves £360

1 Friesian Bull £829

130 DAIRY CATTLE – 11.30AM Auctioneer: Mark Davis 07773 371774 & Mark Bromell

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Please call the Market Office on 01392 251261 or email [email protected]

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The first of the collective In-Lamb ewe sales saw a small entry in strong demand with Mark & Henry Johnson of Bridport

selling a super run of Dorset Mule shearlings scanned with almost 200% for January lambing at £142 (x2), £141 (x2), £140

(x3) & £130. Ray Tucker of Exeter sold his pure Dorset ewes scanned imminent at £136, £128 & £126 as well as Suffolk

x older ewes running with the ram at £100. Rachel Lang of Plympton sold scanned pure Suffolk ewes at £132 & £125 and

Ross Baker of Highampton parted with two pens of Suffolk cross shearlings that had been running with the ram for £120.

A sizable number of empty ewes for the time of year saw Andrew Pedrick of Buckfast eligh sell Beltex type shearlings at

£108, Robert Partridge of Teignmouth had Zwartbles shearlings at £102 as older or indifferent sorts were well above

cull values and looked well sold for the time of year.

Ewe Lambs sold to £96 (x2) & £92 (x2) for strong and powerfull Suffolk x Scotch Halfbreds from Phillip Haydon of

Hittisleigh and to £90 (x3) & £89 for similar Suffolk cross Mules from Milbornewick Farms of Sherborne. Brian Lavis of

Bridestowe sold two pens of stylish Suffolk crosses at £86, Bonner Farms of Burrington had two pens of Dorset’s at £82,

Mrs JA Parry of Tiverton saw her Dorset’s claim £81 and James Heard of Okehampton parted with pure Suffolk ewe

lambs at £80.

Store lambs were a similarly strong trade with Dave Fox of Cheriton Fitzpaine reaching £76.50, followed by Lovaton

Farm Partnership of South Tawton at £76 & £70.50, Phil Squire of Holbeton at £74.50, £74 & £72.50 and Jon Andrews

of Wembury claimed £73. Kevin Dinnis of Tedburn St Mary reached £72.50 of his whilst smarts sorts from both Davie

Farm Partnership of Shobrooke and Steve Webber of Umberleigh hit £72, with Steve selling two further pens at £70, a

price matched by Dan Vallance of Okehampton. Medium lambs were generally all over £60 whilst smaller or indifferent

lambs were generally top side of £50. Not too many hill bred lambs forward, but those that were traded from £2 to £52

and the overall average settled at £61 back less than a pound on last week.

Just three lots of couples saw Chris Popham of Trull sell a FM Dorset double at £178 and Ken & Brenda Cole of Loxbeare

sold BM Dorset doubles at £166 as well as singles with the same remarks at £132.

As the season now draws to a close bidders were being selective and soon became hard to find! That said Harold Keast

of Crediton sold two Charollais ram lambs at £300, Rachel Lang sold a Suffolk Shearling at £220, Bonner Farms parted

with two lambs at £200 and Mike Miller of Milton Abbas claimed £180 for his Charollais. All others sold were from £100

to £170.

A short offering of Suffolk Females at this annual event met with

a strong trade for all forward. SK Elsworthy of Chulmleigh

topped the sale of In-Lamb ewes at 460gns and followed it up

with another at 380gns. Ben Collings of St Clether saw his best

ewes sell to 440gns, 360gns & 320gns and Mike Waycott of

Ashburton saw his ewes reach 320gns, 300gns and 280gns as well

as selling a lamb at 250gns.

Following many sizable sales of Charollais Females in the South West over the last 3-4 months, trade today was steady

for the few sheep forward. John Barker & family of Wellington sold their best Ewe lambs at 330gns, 290gns & 250gns,

Andrew Pedrick of Buckfastleigh sold the best of his In-Lambers at 280gns and Colin Smallacombe of Bow parted with

the best of his In-Lamb ewes for 200gns (x2), 190gns & 160gns (x2).

2168 SHEEP – 11AM

Auctioneer: Russell Steer 07788 318701

319 IN-LAMB & EMPTY EWES

364 EMPTY EWE LAMBS

1369 STORE LAMBS

39 BREEDING RAMS

15 COUPLES (6 EWES & 9 LAMBS)

15 PEDIGREE SUFFOLK FEMALES

19 CHAOLLAIS FEMALES


FRIDAY 1ST DECEMBER

The 36th Exeter & District Christmas Primestock Show

To include Commercial Continental & Native Show Cattle,

Prime Show Lambs & Lamb Carcasses Plus Show Classes in the Calf, Stirk,

Store Sheep and Prime & Store Pig sections

***** 17 SILVER CHALLENGE CUPS PLUS TANKARDS *****

***** PRIZE MONEY IN EXCESS OF £2,500 *****

***** YOUNG HANDLERS AWARD *****

**** SHOW & SALE OF FUTURE SHOW CATTLE ****

***** LAMB CARCASE COMPETITION ****

Please contact Kate Rice 01884 855625 or [email protected] for further details


FRIDAY 8TH DECEMBER

COLLECTIVE

FODDER SALE **ENTRIES NOW BEING TAKEN**

For further information and entry forms please contact Ian Caunter 07813 068935 or Caroline Squire 01392 252262

Friday 17th November 383 entered – see catalogue at www.kivells.com

For more information please contact Robert Armstrong on

07791 484290 or the Market Office 01392 251261

mailto:[email protected]://www.kivells.com/

Further information and entries to Russell Steer

07788 318701 or 01392 251261 and [email protected]

Autumn is now in full swing and so far has proven to be a real wash out, with the wet weather hampering any attempt to proceed with autumn cultivations during October. Thankfully, as we enter November, the weather seems to be settling down, which will hopefully allow for winter crops to be sown and established with as few problems as possible. The recent announcement that an extra £40 million is being made available for farm productivity grants in the next stage of the Countryside Productivity Scheme is certainly pleasing. The money available is aimed to allow farmers to invest in a range of technology including robotic equipment and systems to aid livestock and crop production and to improve the use of renewable energy produced on farm by improving energy storage and distribution. Examples of eligible projects include robotic milking, slurry handling, harvesting and weeding equipment, and electrical battery storage systems to allow for better use of renewable energy that is produced on farm. The grants cover 40% of eligible costs with the minimum grant available being £35,000, meaning the minimum total investment needs to be worth £87,500 to be eligible for funding. Thus, if you are considering investing in farm technology that meets the above criteria it would certainly be worth looking into these farm productivity grants. If you would like any further information on these grants or any help in applying please contact your local Kivell Rural Professional office, we would be more than happy to help. The deadline for applications is December 2018 but each application will be considered as they are submitted. For those of you who may be interested in smaller scale farm grants, the LEADER grants may be better suited to you. Project eligibility and funding levels vary between local action groups but examples of projects eligible for funding include equipment to improve animal welfare, such as enhanced livestock handling equipment and calving detectors; equipment to increase the efficiency of energy, water and fertiliser usages such as LED livestock housing and pig/poultry water filtration systems. Unfortunately, the grant does not cover equipment that has already been bought, but if you are thinking of investing in some new equipment it may be worthwhile looking into the LEADER grants to see if your project would be eligible for funding. If you require any assistance please do contact your local Kivells Rural Professional office via the contact details over leaf. For the sheep farmers amongst you, you should be receiving your annual sheep inventory forms from DEFRA in the post or via email by the end of November. It is important to complete and return your inventory to DEFRA by 31st December 2017 as failing to do so will increase your chance of a Basic Payment Scheme inspection. After you have completed your inventory, you must remember to include your annual inventory total (as at 1st December 2017) in your holding

Rural Reflection November 2017

register in order to comply with Statutory Management Requirement 8: Sheep and Goat Identification of Cross Compliance. For those of you whose land is situated within Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZs) remember that grassland derogations for 2018 are now open and close on 29th December 2017. If you are successful in applying for a grassland derogation, the limit of spreading 170kg per hectare of nitrogen in livestock manure increases to 250kg for grazing livestock manure. If you wish to apply for a grassland derogation for 2018 you need to be in touch with the Environment Agency before the application window closes, and remember that if you applied for derogation in 2017 you will need to re-apply for 2018 if you would like another derogation. With December now just around the corner, so too is the Basic Payment Scheme payment window, which duly opens on 1st December 2017. The exchange rate for this year’s payments has been set at €1 = £0.89470, which means an increase of about 5% on last year’s payment and so this year payments should average approximately £90 per acre. Here’s hoping the Rural Payments Agency makes payments promptly this year.

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]

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 17th NOVEMBER - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE

Weekly Store Stock Market to inc 3rd Autumn Catalogued Sale of Suckled Calves & Stirks, Monthly Catalogued

Sale of Beef Breeding Stock & Fortnightly Pig Sale

MONDAY 20th NOVEMBER - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE

Weekly Prime Stock Market

TUESDAY 21st NOVEMBER - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE

Monthly TB Restricted (Orange) Market

FRIDAY 24th NOVEMBER - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE

Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Monthly Sale of Organic Cattle & Sheep plus Sale of Dairy Cattle

MONDAY 27th NOVEMBER - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE


FRIDAY 1st DECEMBER - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE

Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Exeter & District Primestock Show, Monthly Sale of Native Breed Cattle &

Fortnightly Pig Sale

MONDAY 4th DECEMBER - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE


FRIDAY 8th DECEMBER - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE

Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Christmas Cracker Ewe Sale & Fodder Sale



WEDNESDAY 13th DECEMBER - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE

Monthly Machinery & Implement Sale


Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Monthly Sale of Dairy Cattle inc ‘Christmas Stocking Filler Sale’ & Fortnightly

Pigs



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”


Christmas Day – NO MARKET


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


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


FORTHCOMING SALES


Matford Park Road, Exeter, Devon, EX2 8FD

01392 251261 [email protected] www.kivells.com

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