Frome Market, Standerwick, Frome, Somerset BA11 2QB

Tel: 01373 830 033 Fax: 01373 831 201 Email: info@fromelivestock.com Website: www.fromelivestock.com

Auctioneers: Cooper & Tanner and Symonds & Sampson

Sale Reports & Information for the week ending

2ND OCTOBER 2020

1784 HEAD SOLD

PRIME CATTLE to 208.50p/kg CULL COWS to 138.50p/kg PRIME LAMBS to 214p/kg CALVES to £415 DAIRY to £1610 STORE LAMBS to £79.50 STIRKS to £510 CULL EWES to £86 STORE STEERS to £1280 STORE HEIFERS to £1320

Please Note Change to Sale Start Times as from

Wednesday 7th October 2020

Calves 9.30am

Dairy 11am

Please Get your Stock to Market Early

COVID 19 REGULATIONS

Under guidance from the LAA (Livestock Auctioneers Association)

NEW GOVERNMENT RULES FACE MASKS ARE NOW MANDATORY IN LIVESTOCK MARKETS THIS IS

WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT.

We wish to remind everyone that the market is open for buyers and vendors to attend Please bring your own

face coverings.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Potential buyers must pre-register their interest, please contact Trevor Rowland: 07968

480401.

PLEASE TAKE TIME TO READ THIS

VENDORS

VENDOR ONLY “VIEWING AREA”

One Member per Business is now allowed into a “Viewing Area” to see their stock sold providing

they adhere to the social distancing rule at all times.

The viewing area is solely for vendors to watch their stock being sold, it is not designed for the

vendor to watch the whole sale.

Vendors are required to wear gloves & masks at all times and sanitise their hands on arrival and

departure.

Avoiding queues in the market office:

Please do not request a print out of your sales this will be emailed to you at the end of the

market day.

NO ONLOOKING ALLOWED

NO SOCIAL VISITS

GENUINE VENDORS ONLY

The sale documentation MUST be collected by the Auctioneers or Staff from the Vendors when

they arrive at the unloading bays – Vendors MUST NOT take the paperwork to the market office

themselves. Please ensure your mobile number is on your entry form.

FROME LIVESTOCK WEEKLY SALES WEDNESDAYS: Dairy, Prime cattle, Cull cows, Prime lambs/Hoggets, Store sheep, Ewes & Lambs, Cull ewes & rams, Calves, Pigs fortnightly (7th October), Reared calves/Stirks fortnightly (14th October AT 2.30PM). FRIDAYS: Store cattle plus Cows & Calves Please can we urge all Buyers attending sales to use hand washing/sanitation facilities provided. Rest assured

we are following and adhering to ALL government and medical advice and under those current guidelines,

there is no reason for us to cancel or postpone sales at this time. But we ask that you ALL remember the simple

rule and take social distancing seriously.

Market Gates Open at 6.30 am – Please get your stock to market EARLY

BUYERS

At the conclusion of the sale buyers MUST enter the Sales Office in a way that does not result in too many

entering at any one time.

Many thanks for bearing with us over this difficult period

WEDNESDAY 30th SEPTEMBER 2020

TOTAL HEAD SOLD: 985

PRIME CATTLE (19) to 208.50p/kg Starts 11.30am AUCTIONEER: MARK NORTHCOTT 07798 645274 A smaller entry of UTM’s met another very good trade and more could easily have been sold to satisfy the current demand with the best selling over 200p/kg. OTM’s under 36 month generally at UTM levels but the overs discounted.

TOP PRICE STEER 208.50p/kg for a Limousin from WA Waterman

TOP PRICE HEIFER 189p/kg for an Angus from Norridge Farms

UTM FAT TOTALS: No MIN P/KG MAX P/KG

STEERS

Light 100-500kg 3 160.50 208.50

Medium 551-650kg 3 182.50 186.50

Heavy 650kg+ 5 175.00 190.50

HEIFERS

Medium 501-590kg 4 133.50 198.50

Heavy 590kg+ 3 165.50 179.50

THANK YOU

TO ALL VENDORS AND BUYERS WE ARE TRULY GRATEFUL TO YOU ALL.

HERE AT FROME LIVESTOCK MARKET WE MEET ALL NEW IMPOSED

RESTRICTIONS AND POLICIES SET OUT BY THE LAA AND GOVERNMENT.

WE WERE FULLY COMPLIANT WITH THE SOCIAL DISTANCING RULE.

A HUGE THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR THEIR KIND WORDS AND SUPPORT;

WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN UNDER IMMENSE PRESSURE.

IF VENDORS, IN THESE UNCERTAIN TIMES, WOULD LIKE TO BE PAID BY BACS FOR THEIR CONVENIENCE PLEASE EMAIL OR PUT ON YOUR ENTRY FORM YOUR BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS.

UTM STEERS

BREED MAX

(p/kg) VENDOR

MAX (£)

VENDOR

Limousin 208.50 WA Waterman, Dorchester

1115 WA Waterman, Dorchester

Hereford 190.50 PJ Harvey, Bishop Sutton

1264 PJ Harvey, Bishop Sutton

Simmental 187.50 RE Nuttall & Prtnrs, Yeovil

1382 RE Nuttall & Prtnrs, Yeovil

UTM STEERS (11) Max. 208.50p/kg & £1382 Limousin’s topped the day at 208.50p/kg from WA Waterman with another selling to 205.50p/kg. Heavy Simmentals to 187.50p/kg from RE Nuttall & Partners. Herefords were again wanted to 190.50p/kg from PJ Harvey.

UTM HEIFERS (8) Max. 198.50p/kg & £1197 Ann Filkins topped the day with her Limousin x to 198.50p/kg, Herefords to 178.50p/kg from VI & GR Doggrell, Angus to 189p/kg from Norridge Farms and Friesians to 165.50p/kg from Tyning Farms Ltd. More cattle wanted.

UTM HEIFERS

BREED MAX

(p/kg) VENDOR

MAX (£)

VENDOR

Limousin 198.50 Norridge Farms, Warminster

1078 LM Maidment & Sons, Corsham

Angus 189.00 Norridge Farms, Warminster

1041 Norridge Farms, Warminster

Hereford 178.50 VI & GR Doggrell, Wincanton

1197 VI & GR Doggrell, Wincanton

Friesian 165.50 Tyning Farms Ltd, Kilmersdon

1041 Tyning Farms Ltd, Kilmersdon

OTM PRIME CATTLE (21) Max. 182.50p/kg & £1303 An increased entry met a good trade with WG Peddle and SG Flower’s under

36month Herefords jointly topped at 182.50p/kg for the steers. Angus to

159.50p/kg from KN Rendall. Heifers – Only 3 forward to 173.50p/kg for a

Stabiliser x from J Gray.

CULL COWS (48) Beef to 128.50p/kg Dairy to 138.50p/kg Starts 11.30am AUCTIONEERS: MARK NORTHCOTT 07798 645274 Once again demand outstripped today’s supply with meat cows particularly

wanted and dear. Plainer cows at late rates. Quality heavy Friesian cows sold

well to 138.50p/kg from NF Clothier & Sons and £1035 from DW & MA Brunt

with a further 10 selling from 120p/kg. Manufacturing cows were also dear and

urgently wanted. Plainer types unchanged and only a handful selling below

90p/kg. Beef cows – A mixed quality entry sold to a solid trade with Angus to

128.50p/kg from M Baker, Herefords to 127.50p/kg from Chave & Foster and

Simmental to 120p/kg from AL & DM Sage & Son. Feeding cows continue to be

wanted, more cows please, don’t miss the trade!

CULL COWS

BREED MAX

(p/kg) VENDOR

MAX (£)

VENDOR

Friesian 138.50 NF Clothier & Sons, Ston Easton

1035 DW & MA Brunt, Bridport

Angus 128.50 M Baker, Trowbridge

941 M Baker, Trowbridge

Hereford 127.50 Chave & Foster, Bath

1053 Chave & Foster, Bath

Simmental 120.00 AL & DM Sage & Son, Bath

807 AL & DM Sage & Son, Bath

DIRECT SALES SERVICE

Frome Livestock Auctioneers

are pleased to now offer a direct to slaughter service

for Prime Cattle, Cull Cows & Bulls

• All Classes and Grades Taken (TB Restricted Included)

• Both UK and Foreign Imported Cattle

• Guaranteed & Prompt Payment

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• Transport Arranged

SHEEP (580) Starts 10.30am AUCTIONEER: ROSS WHITCOMBE 07815 985 737 PRIME LAMBS (308) Max 214p/kg £118 A smaller entry of lambs which sold to an easier trade on the week, however anything with meat were all over 200p/kg. A tidy average of 197p/kg for every lamb entered in the market, which is far in front of other centres. Best lambs to 214p/kg from Mike Knowles & Sally Withers with heavy lambs to 205p/kg from Balmain & Balmain. Light 34kg lambs to 207p/kg from RJ Kyte with 38kg lambs to £80.50 from C Tucker. Standard weight lambs to 207p/kg and £96 from NF Clothier & Sons. Heavy lambs to 214p/kg from Mike Knowles & Sally Withers, topping at £108 from Balmain & Balmain who had others to £116. Nowhere near enough lambs here with over 10 buyers keen to battle it out, more sheep needed.

NO. WEIGHT

(KG) MAX

(P/KG) VENDOR

MAX (£)

VENDOR

27 32.1-39 207.00 RJ Kyte, Devizes 80.50 C Tucker, Devizes

159 39.1-45.5 207.00 NF Clothier & Sons, Ston Easton

94.00 NF Clothier & Sons, Ston Easton

109 45.6-52 214.00 MJ Knowles & S Withers, Claverham

108.00 Balmain & Balmain, Sherborne

13 52+ 205.00 Balmain & Balmain, Sherborne

118.00 Balmain & Balmain, Sherborne

STORE LAMBS (66) Max. £79.50 A tidy entry of lambs forward with fresh faces travelling up from Devon to purchase lambs from Frome. Best lambs to £79.50 from Coombe Barn Farming with other forward lambs to £76.50 from PM & JE Batstone & Son.

CULL EWES & RAMS (28) Max. £86 Av. £64.80 A very small entry of cull ewes which enjoyed a flying trade with best thick ewes to £86 from S & D Carnie who had other North Country mules to £78. Rams to £70 from C Tucker.

EWES & LAMBS (2+3) A small entry of 2 ewes and 3 lambs looked extremely well sold to £110 per outfit. Any undeclared ram store lambs will be subject to a 25% deduction if found by the buyer after the auction. To prevent this please declare all ram lambs when booking them in.

ARE YOU UNDER TB RESTRICTION? We hold regular Restricted Orange Sales for Cull Cows, Prime and Store Cattle

Restricted Orange Sales 2020 Dates:

MONDAY 19TH OCTOBER MONDAY 16TH NOVEMBER MONDAY 14TH DECEMBER

Cattle must be licenced to these sales please call the Market Office on

01373 830033 for more information Entries for catalogue by

the Wednesday prior to sale please

Licences must be obtained from animal health at least one week before the sale.

Applying for a licence has now changed; an application form (TB204) must be completed and either emailed to

CSC.TBlicensing@apha.gis.gov.uk or posted to APHA, Polwhele, Truro, Cornwall, TR4 9AD

STIRKS (135) AUCTIONEER: CHARLIE COLEMAN 07494 588 013 A good entry of quality today met yet again an outstanding trade for the time of

year. Topping the day a run of super Blue steers from the Peters family of East

Sussex which soared to £510, with Angus steers to £458 and £495 for Blue

heifers from the same home. A superb run of Friesians again from the Peters

stormed to £245 and £240. Good to see Steve Horn exhibiting quality Blue

steers also cruising to £505, with heifers to £490. Messrs Hickery saw quality

Angus steers to £470. Limousin steers from Greenlanes Farming cruised to

£500, with Charolais steers to £445 from the same home. Good to see Sam

Pitman of Gillingham here seeing his Limousin heifers to £400. A pair of real

cracking Angus heifers from Alan Mitchell & family excelled to £498 and £458.

Herefords in popular demand seeing best heifers to £378 from the Harris family.

A lovely young Devon heifer from the Patch family sailed to £385.

Our next sale is Wednesday 14th October commencing at 2.30pm. Please

contact Charlie Coleman on 07494 588013 for all information.

DAIRY (32) Starts 11am approx. AUCTIONEER: TREVOR ROWLAND 07968 480401

CALVED HEIFERS TO £1450 CALVED COWS TO £1220

& ORGANIC IN CALF HEIFERS TO £1610 Pleasing to see over 30 Dairy again this week, trade lively throughout the fresh

milk were a little less quality than of some previous sales. Top spot to Paul &

Kay Trippick selling their last heifers which sold to £1440. Generally a shortage

of best quality calved heifers today. This sale saw a good entry of Organic Dairy

cattle with a tremendous consignment from Tynings Farms Ltd of In calf

Friesians Holstein home bred heifers due November/December to pedigree

Angus. Trade was excellent for these grand types seeing prices 10 times over

£1500 and topped at £1610 for a “Cryptonite” daughter due early November.

Organic 1st cross Fleckvieh heifers 12 – 14mo from the Gould family regularly

over £550 topping at £585.

SIRE NAMES ABERDEEN ANGUS & HEREFORD CALVES, STORE CATTLE &

FAT CATTLE THAT COME TO MARKET WITH NO SIRE NAME/ONLY PART NAME OR INCOMPLETE NAME WILL BE

SOLD AS NO SIRE FOUND. ALL ABERDEEN ANGUS & HEREFORD SIRED STOCK MUST HAVE FULL NAME OF SIRE. WE APPRECIATE

YOUR HELP IN THIS MATTER. HELP US TO HELP YOU.

NEXT FORTNIGHTLY PIG SALE:

WEDNESDAY 7TH OCTOBER THEN FORTNIGHTLY SALES THEREAFTER

10.15am Please contact the Auctioneer

Will Wallis 07833 453 482 with your entries in advance

NEXT SALE OF REARED CALVES:

WEDNESDAY 14TH OCTOBER STARTS 2.30PM

Please contact the Auctioneer Charlie Coleman 07494 588013

or the market office 01373 830033 with your entries in advance

CALVES (325) Starts 09.30am AUCTIONEERS: TIM HECTOR 07818 056 049 CHARLIE COLEMAN: 07494 588 013 A huge jump in numbers saw a competitive trade for all calves although a touch easier on previous weeks.

CONTINENTAL BULLS TO £415/HEIFERS TO £298 A good entry saw a range of sorts all of which were in good demand to see best bulls over £300 to top at £415 for a Blue from Wardour Farms, Charolais to £325 from WH Longman & Sons, Simmentals to £290 from Mark Futcher with most bulls between £280 - £180. Continental heifers have eased slightly for good medium sorts, best Blues to £228 PHG Turner. A fabulous Simmental heifer from AL & DM Sage & Son flew to £298, Charolais to £208 from WH Longman & Sons, most £180 - £120.

NATIVE BULLS TO £345/NATIVE HEIFERS TO £162 A good firm demand for Native bulls with plenty of buyers for all grades with most between £180 - £150. A super Angus bull from S Harris rose to £345, others to £280 and £268. Hereford bulls to £230 from Cross Keys Farms, heifers eased on last week to see Angus heifers to £162 and Herefords to £135.

FRIESIAN TO £122 FLECKVIEH TO £368 Another large entry of Dairy bulls saw trade ease on previous weeks, Holsteins to £122 from Spicer Partners, British Friesians to £65 from Hosier Bros, plenty of smart Fleckviehs were well sought to £368 & £360 from RTJ Voizey & Partners and £268 twice from Hosier Bros.

PLEASE BE AWARE CALVES/STIRKS OVER 41DAYS COMING TO MARKET NEED TO HAVE A TB TEST DATE. PLEASE PUT THIS ON

YOUR ENTRY FORM.

** PLEASE TRY TO GET YOUR CALVES TO MARKET EARLY** THIS WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED

NEW SALE TIME 9.30AM START

The winner of the £25 for the top price Continental Sired Heifer under 41 days sponsored by Howard & Sons – Kubota, was a Simmental to £298 from AL & DM Sage & Son. Next week the £25 sponsored prize will be for the top price Native sired heifer. Howard & Sons: New Kubota dealers in

Wiltshire & Somerset. Tel: 01380 723986

FRIDAY 25TH SEPTEMBER 2020 TOTAL STORE CATTLE SOLD: 799

SALE TIME: 10.30AM AUCTIONEERS: TREVOR ROWLAND 07968 480 401 LESTER WILLIAMS 07778 646 031 CHARLIE COLEMAN 07494 588 013 ROSS WHITCOMBE 07815 985 737

STEERS TO £1280 HEIFERS TO £1320 A good entry of quality cattle today with a large number of buyers showing keen interest and a strong trade resulted.

COWS & CALVES No shortage of bidders for the quality on offer today. A super herd reduction for Phillip Harrison commanded vibrant bidding throughout. His Blue x cows & Angus x calves saw prices to £1480, £1450, £1340 and £1300. Super Simmental cows & calves from the same home to £1250, and Limousin to £1260. More quality Blue cows & Simmental calves from THJ Denbee were wanted at £1180 & £940.

ORGANIC Good entries of Organic again for our September sale with 125 penned for sale. Trade was strong throughout for all types. 16mo Angus x British White steers from Harley Farms (South) saw lively bidding to £820, heifers from the same home to £598, all were out wintered and several off the Salisbury plains. More quality Angus from the Hardwick Bros of Bridgwater saw 17mo steers to £970 and £940 while heifers topped at £898. Forward Angus steers 16mo to £1125 and heifers to £1128 from regular vendor Chave & Foster of Bath. More forward Continental Simmental 17mo again from Chave & Foster to £1100 and heifers to £1050. Herefords continued to see plenty of buyers with nice farming types, 16 – 17mo from £875 - £800 from both EF Lansdown & Partners and Slepe Farm.

YOUNG CONTINENTAL Plenty of trade all through the market today, with more buyers attending and very much in the mood to purchase. Younger Continentals were selling to high levels with quality Charolais saw 14mo steers from Cutteridge Farm to £995, closely followed by Clive House’s 9mo steers to £830 & £770, his heifers sold well to £630. A number of super suckled Limousins were present with Ollie Hares (Hares Partnership) seeing his 10mo steers to £860, heifers to £842 & £815 and 14mo steers from the same home to £900. Paul & Rob Lucas continuing to produce grand quality cattle with their Limousin steers 13 – 14mo to £840 and 12 – 15mo heifers to £802. Very few younger Continental x Dairy bred stores but those forwards were very well sold and all trade faster again this week

YOUNG STEERS YOUNG HEIFERS

BREED £/

HEAD AGE VENDOR BREED

£/ HEAD

AGE VENDOR

Limousin 1100 17mo RJ Bailey, Crewkerne Blue 1022 16mo RJ Bailey, Crewkerne

Angus 1052 17mo RJ Bailey, Crewkerne Hereford 860 17mo CW House, Lymington

Charolais 995 14mo M Baker, Trowbridge Simmental 835 17mo J Brett, IOW

Simmental 920 17mo J Brett, IOW Limousin 820 15mo J Brett, IOW

Blue 900 14mo Hares Prtnrs, Corsley Charolais 795 14mo M Baker, Trowbridge

Hereford 895 17mo RJ & S Mckie, Wimborne

Angus 775 17mo AW Neish, Warminster

ANGUS What a day at Frome. A wonderful show of Angus sold to another outstanding trade with the tremendously well bred and reared steers from Angus Neish selling from £1150 and topping at £1280 twice at only 19 – 20mo. His younger steers met a keen trade to £1150 for 18mo. Other forward steers sold to fast bidding forcing prices to £1200 (22mo) from the Brookfield family and £1135 (21mo) from F Stone. Younger steers from Raymond Bailey’s dispersal sale sold well to £1100 (19mo) and £1068 (18mo) from HG Davey. Good feeding steers wanted and sold to £990 from Townhill Farming Partnership, £952 - £958 from Kenneth & Jonathan Hames and £935 from Tim Gelfs. Younger steers met keen interest to £915 (16mo) from EH & S Burt of IOW, and yearlings continue to amaze selling from £772 from F Stone to £808 from TR Hordle. Some of the best heifers sold this season met a massive trade selling from £1105 - £1320 (19 – 20mo) all from Angus Neish. Bulling heifers wanted and sold from £1042 – £990 all from Townhill Farming Partnership. Pete Gould & family’s heifers also keenly sought to £950. Others to £905 from TJ Bourne and £870 (20mo) from Raymond Bailey and £785 from Tim Gelf. Yearling heifers from TR Hordle well sold to £748 (14mo).

FRIESIANS

Only a few on offer today and many more would have sold to advantage.

Framed steers sold to a fast trade from £860 from TJ Bourne to £890 (18mo)

from Richard Mckie & family. Their medium steers also wanted and sold from

£572 to £650. David Hawkins’ steers sold to £630 and good shaped types to

£700 from Frost & Frost. Yearling steers sold well to £560 from PM & K

Trippick.

HEREFORD Over 100 on offer met an amazing trade with forward steers from £1115 (20mo)

from Brian Trott and topped at £1252 (23mo) from Claude & Jeanette Eavis,

their others sold to £1062. Younger framed steers met a fast trade to £1090

(20mo) from PH Creed & Son, £1052 (20mo) from Brian Trott, £1062 from SC &

JA Eavis, £920 from Hook Valley Farm Partnership and £895 from Richard

Mckie. Yearling steers wanted and sold from £772 from TR Hordle to £785 from

Cartlidge T/A Green Farm. Heifers keenly sought selling to £1100 (23mo) from

SC & JA Eavis and bullers to £860 (17mo) from Clive House. Other good

bullers sold from £722 from Richard Mckie, £730 from PH Creed & Son, £780

from S Simmons, £820 from TJ Bourne, £845 from Pete Gould & family to £852

from Brian Trott. Yearling heifers sold from £650 from IJ & JC Brett and Mike

Knowles to £705 from Clive House.

FORWARD CONTINENTALS An excellent entry of forward Continentals met an outstanding trade, all grades

wanted with premium prices achieved for fleshed types with good conformation.

Quality reared Simmental steers topped the trade selling from £1190 (22mo) to

£1250 (23mo) from Claude & Jeanette Eavis and their Blues sold to £1112

(22mo). Will Weaver’s well fed Fleckviehs met sensational prices from £1200 -

£1235, his Blues also sold to £1235 (25mo) and his Charolais to £1150 (23mo).

Raymond Bailey’s dispersal sale met keen interest with his Charolais steers

selling to a massive £1230 (19mo), his Blues from £1180 - £1200 (18mo) and

his Limousin steers to £1100 (17mo). John & Sue Loder’s consignment met a

fast trade with their Limousins from £1105 (20mo) to £1135 (21mo). Many other

steers also sold well on this trade. Heifers also met a sensational trade with

Raymond Bailey’s Limousin heifers selling tov £1165 (23mo) and his younger

Blue heifers from £1022 - £1018 (16mo). PW CC & JC Gould’s Blue heifers

topped at £1075 (27mo). John & Sue Loder’s Limousin bulling heifers sold well

to £982 (23mo) and Hugo James T/A Townshill Farming Partnership Blue

bullers sold from £940 - £880. Simmental bullers topped at £900 (23mo) from

TJ Bourne and closely followed at £880 (19mo) from Raymond Bailey and £860

from Pete Gould & family.

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FORWARD STEERS FORWARD HEIFERS

BREED £/

HEAD AGE VENDOR BREED

£/ HEAD

AGE VENDOR

Angus 1280 19mo AW Neish, Warminster Angus 1320 20mo AW Neish, Warminster

Hereford 1252 23mo SC & JA Eavis, Sturminster Newton

Limousin 1165 23mo RJ Bailey, Crewkerne

Simmental 1250 23mo SC & JA Eavis, Sturminster Newton

Hereford 1100 23mo SC & JA Eavis, Sturminster Newton

Blue 1235 25mo W Weaver, Frampton Cotterell

Blue 1075 27mo PW CC & JC Gould, Warminster

Fleckvieh 1235 27mo W Weaver, Frampton Cotterell

Simmental 900 23mo TJ Bourne, Chippenham

Charolais 1230 19mo RJ Bailey, Crewkerne

Limousin 1135 21mo LHE Loder & Son, Sherborne

Galloway 1100 23mo J White, Yatton

Blonde 1080 19mo RJ Bailey, Crewkerne

MONTHLY SALE OF BREEDING SHEEP (1423)

BREEDING EWES (500) MAX. £132 Another good entry of Ewes forward which sold to a strong trade for every ewe presented. Although prices may not have hit July & August high prices, today’s prices illustrated the quality of ewes forward. Prices to note was £132 for some 2T Texel mules from FR Callaway & Sons Ltd. 6T - Full mouth ewes from M. Lailey enjoyed success with best ewes over £100. Quality older Texel mules to £85 from JW Tabor Ltd. A cracking run of 2016 born Easy Care ewes from J & K Walther enjoyed spirited bidding selling to £75.

EWE LAMBS (300) MAX. £100 A quality entry of ewe lambs forward which enjoyed a selective trade. Best Texel mules to £100 from Keevil Farm Partnership with strong Suffolk mules to £97 from Biddesden Farm Partnership whose 170 ewe lambs averaged £95, an excellent run, well done!

RAMS (37) MAX. £350 A very selective trade today in the Ram section, the best looked well sold but the others looked harder work. Cracking Texel rams to £350 from VM Dunford with quality Charollais ram lambs to £300 from T Newth.

STORE LAMBS (534) MAX. £72.50 A good number of store lambs forward which sold to a flying trade for all

entered with buyers travelling from Devon, Cornwall, Dorset and Wiltshire all

looking to source quality lambs from Frome Market. No real best store lambs

entered with more longer keeping lambs in the yard. Best Suffolk types to

£72.50 from Brian Fielding who had others to £71 and £68.50. Quality

Charollais lambs from Oak Farms topped at £72. Any lambs with shape and

size all £65+.

SHOW & SALE OF BELTEX & BLUE TEXEL SHEEP SOCIETIES

BLUE TEXEL EWE LAMBS TO 820gns, SHEARLING RAMS TO 570gns & SHEARLING EWES TO 420gns.

Lovely to welcome back the Blue Texel Society for their annual sale at Frome

Market. Quality sheep which met competive bidding throughout achieving 100%

clearance. Prices to note is a quality Blue Texel ewe lamb from Andrew Bishop

of Gloucester topping at 820gns, with Shearling rams to 570gns from Joshua,

Isabel & Richard Kimber. Ram lambs to 480gns from AD Bishop and Shearling

ewes from Eastbury Livestock to 420gns.

BELTEX SHEARLING RAMS TO 600gns & SHEARLING EWES TO 480gns Fantastic to welcome the Beltex Society back here to Frome with some top

prices being achieved and a high precentage of Beltex being sold through the

ring. Prices to note was a shearling ram to 600gns from AD Bishop from

Eldersfield, Gloucestershire, with a quality shearling to 420gns from MA Heard

of Wiveliscombe. Beltex ram lambs to 480gns from Louise Elworthy of Exeter.

Shearling Beltex ewes from the same home caught the buyers eyes and selling

to 480gns with other quality fetching 400gns.

FRIDAY 2ND OCTOBER 2.30PM Joint Herd Dispersals of BOSSINGTON & WOODHUISH

Herds Pedigree Red Ruby Devon Cattle

200+ Cattle To Include Cows & Calves, In-Calf Heifers, Stock Sires & Followers,

Also a quantity of Devon Semen BOSSINGTON HERD Viz: 44 Cows & Calves, 3 Stock Sires,

7 Maiden Hfrs, 22 Bulling Hfrs, 20 Dry Cows, 25 Steers, 26 Hfrs 14-17mo

PCHS, BVD, Lepto, IBR, Neospre Free, FA All Cows Running Back with Pedigree Devon Bulls

WOODHUISH HERD Viz: 28 Pedigree Cows with 28 Beef Shorthorn Sired Calves at Foot. All Cows Running back

with Beef Shorthorn Bull. Catalogues available

FRIDAY 9TH OCTOBER Sale of Store Cattle to Include

Annual Consignment From M Needham Dorchester To Consist of 80 Charolais x Steers & Heifers 5-7mo

4 British Blue x Steers & Heifers 5-7mo HB SS FA BVD Lepto IBR Wormed Creep Fed

Poultry Sale

Saturday 10th October

Catalogues now available or view online

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/dairy-response-fund-set-to-open-for-applications

CALVES/STIRKS - CHARLIE COLEMAN: 07494 588013

SHEEP - ROSS WHITCOMBE: 07815 985737

PRIME CATTLE/CULL COWS - MARK NORTHCOTT:

07798 645274

DAIRY - TREVOR ROWLAND: 07968 480401

PIGS - WILL WALLIS: 07833 453482

WEDNESDAY 14th October

NEXT STIRK SALE

STARTS 2.30PM

WEDNESDAY 7th OCTOBER

NEXT PIG SALE

WANTED

Part time/Occasional staff to work outside in the market,

on a self-employed basis.

To include Friday afternoons/evenings & Saturday

mornings. Applicants must have a very flexible approach

to working hours.

Contact Nick Hill 07741 591575

Tom Rogers 07384 462288.

WANTED

Part time Wednesday 9am – 2pm General admin

Contact Nick Hill 07741 591575.