EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
MARKET REPORT
JANUARY 2021
Friday 22
ndJanuary – Store Stock Market
Current Covid-19 Regulations
We are strongly encouraging all vendors to “drop & go”. Stock can be sold on “owner’s approval” - please ensure your contact details are on the entry form.
If in extreme cases (chiefly breeding stock) vendors feel strongly about staying to see their stock sold, only one person from a business may stay and they must leave as soon as their stock has been sold.
Everybody must enter via the main entrance and ensure they are wearing face coverings and have sanitised their hands.
We ask all people on site to adhere to strict social distancing measures reverting back to the 2m rule with a face covering.
No social visits can be permitted. Active buyers and sellers only, with just one representative per business allowed. No children allowed.
Kivells would like to thank both vendors and purchasers for their support and co-operation at this difficult time.
EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Friday 22nd January
Store Steers to £1435 Store Heifers to £1385
Friday saw no let-up in the massive uplift in demand seen of late with bigger numbers and better quality cattle coming forward helping to attract more buyers here at Exeter. Forward stores mirroring strong finished cattle returns with best steers reaching a massive £1435 for a stunning beef bred Aberdeen Angus crossbred (19m) from Michael Vooght of Hennock followed by a well farmed trio of dairy bred Angus steers (21m) at £1215 for Robert and Christine Harris of Bickleigh, Tiverton and later born ones (15m) to £1200 for Matt Vellacott of Wellington. A couple of towering Hereford bullocks (30m) eased to £1385 for Cyril Emmett of Aylesbeare whilst Cyril’s British Blue steer of a similar age drew a decent £1340. Younger suckler bred Blue bullocks (15m) sold well and to £1155 for Stephen and Susan Sallis of Jacobstowe with several runs of yearling dairy cross blues selling in excess of £850 (£150 more a head in comparison to the autumn sales). A striking Limousin steer (20m) from DW, DM and MW Risdon of Broadwoodkelly drew £1355 with a pen of four Limousin of the same age fetching £1305 apiece for David and Mary Stark of Denbury and a further bunch of four (19m) reached £1250 a life for Ben and Amelia Watts of Ashburton. The latter also sold a super Charolais bullock (21m) for £1335 with other Charolais (20m) taking home £1280 and £1240 for Michael Vooght and Lester and Helen Bowker of Whimple respectively. South Devon’s always a strong trade here at Exeter with Friday being no exception as a couple (19m) from JP Matthews and Son of Torpoint made £1265 and another born around the same time and sold with a pair of matching Blonde steers saw £1245 for Jon Vincent of Staddiscombe, Plymouth. Store heifers sold to high of £1385 for a well-covered British Blue (29m) from Cyril Emmett with younger smart Blue’s (19m) from Bruce Ellett of Exmouth selling to £1095. South Devon heifers were again in demand with a single (26m) reaching £1230 for JP Matthews and Son, another (30m) from David Dayment, Aveton Gifford rose to £1195 and one sold with a likewise Blonde heifer (24m) saw the hammer fall at £1170 for Jon Vincent. Bruce Ellett saw his Aberdeen Angus female (33m) reach £1160 whilst a couple of eye catching Limousin’s (21m) sold for £1100 apiece for DW, DM, and MW Risdon again and Charolais (24m) fetched £1095 for Lester and Helen Bowker. Three well bred and fed Simmental heifers (19m) from Bruce Ellett eased to £1090.
Please notify us of intended numbers by Thursday lunchtime if you are bringing store cattle on a Friday, we message over three hundred potential purchasers the day before the sale and the more we can advertise the more buyers we can attract. Please call the Market office on 01392 251261 or Robert Armstrong on 07791 484290.
577 STORE CATTLE & STIRKS – 10:00 AM
Steers to £1090 Heifers to £880
A quality entry of stirks and suckled calves for our January catalogued show and sale met with outstanding demand throughout. Trade red hot from start to finish with the best topping at £1090 from Sandra Harvey from Broadwoodwidger presenting wonderful Charolais x steers (10m) with Hereford x steers off the same farm reaching £870 (11m) and further Charolais x steers (10m) to £860. Devon x steers (10m) from Sandra Harvey to £820 and her Hereford x (11m) drew £810. Lynette Parkhouse & Family down from Pennymoor sent a wonderful pen of 6 Limousin x steers (9m) that went on to achieve £950 with others off the same farm reaching £870, £845 & £800. Paul Bellamy from Bratton Clovelly presented smart Limousin x steers that topped at £915 with others levelling out at £900 (8m). Abel Brothers up from Tavistock saw £880 for Limousin x steers (10m) with South Devon steers (9m) to £830 and further Limousin x (9m) to £825. Another super show this time from Bruce Ellett from Exmouth saw Charolais x steers (8m) top at £880 with Simmental x (8m) to £855, £850 & £830, Bruce’s Blue steers (9m) drew £830. David Dayment, Aveton Gifford presented Limousin x steers (10m) which ran to £800. Native breeds also meeting a wonderful trade with Hereford x steers (10m) from EL Smith & Sons down from Bridport rising to £780 whilst the best of a cracking run from Tom Pollard & Family in from North Bovey saw South Devon steers (10m) reach £775. A good number of stirk steers forward with all meeting a cracking trade. Tom Wilde & Lizzie Caunter from West Ogwell sold Aberdeen Angus steers (10m) at £760 whilst Blues (10m) off the same farm hit £690. James Irish from Bovey Tracey sold further Blue steers (10m) for £610 with Angus steers (7m) to £520. Younger type stirk steers from Jonathan Musgrave from Yealmpton saw Blues (5m) achieve £465. Suckler bred heifers following suit meeting a rip roaring trade. Limousin x from Paul Bellamy (9m) came back at £880 with others off the same farm selling well and to £825. Charolais x heifers from Bruce Ellett levelled out at £800 (8m) with Blues off the same farm also making £800 and Charolais x a little younger obtaining £780. Sandra Harvey sold Blue heifers (10m) for £745 whilst Limousin x from Raymond & Sheila Palmer from Lustleigh achieved £725. South Devon heifers (10m) from Tom Pollard sold well at £690 with younger sorts to £665. Richard Luscombe and Family up from Shaugh Prior saw Limousin x heifers (9m) reach £665 whilst John Shears of Chagford brought Simmental x heifers (6m) that fetched £625. Heifer stirks topped at £650 for Blue’s (10m) from Tom Wilde & Lizzie Caunter with Angus’ off the same farm levelling out at £600 (9m). James Irish saw Limousin x heifers (8m) which went on to achieve £600 with Angus heifers off the same good farm to £520.
Trade throughout phenomenal! Further numbers required to fuel current demand.
Our thanks to our Vendors for putting together a cracking show of suckled calves, also our Judge Sam Habberfield of Wiveliscombe and our Sponsors Curtiswhitefordcrocker Solicitors for their kind sponsorship.
Class Winner Price
Best Pen of Steers Paul Bellamy of Bratton Clovelly £915 Best Pen of Heifers Paul Bellamy of Bratton Clovelly £880
252 STIRKS & SUCKLED CALVES
A super entry of calves sold an electric trade from start to finish when all classes were in strong demand from the best to the poorest calves! Top of the day was £435 for a smart Charolais bull from Kathryn Starr of Dunkeswell who sold others to £322 & £288.
Other Charolais bulls to £368 & £302 for Martin & Liz Bennett who had another super run of calves. Limousin bulls topped at £385 for Ross Govier of Longdown who sold others to £308 & £280. Other Limousin bulls to £300 for Paul Hendy of Kingsbridge. British Blue bulls to £375 & £300 for Stuart Dagworthy of Woodbury Salterton with others to £345 for Len, Angela & Jack Bartlett of Honiton, £330 x 2 for Ross Govier and £345 & £332 for Martin & Liz Bennett. Hereford bulls to £250 for Derek Burrough of Yarcombe. Heifers a strong trade topping at £345 for a British Blue heifer from Ross Govier with others to £338 for Stuart Dagworthy and £305 &
£270 for Roger & Sam Parris of Stockland. Charolais heifers to £335 for Frank Pike of Clayhidon. Limousin heifers to £265 for Ross Govier. Friesians another flying trade with three weaned Holsteins to £160 with younger sorts to £125 for Buddleford Partnership of Clyst Hydon.
A much improved trade on Friday with Sandra & Nigel Tope topping the day at £125 for the best of their run of 15 white porkers (110kg). Messrs Clarke came up from Bodmin with some heavyweights hitting £108 and James Mitchell from Taunton sold another load of 23 to a top of £91. Best of the coloured pigs reached £75 for A R Brown of Minehead and all selling in front of 7 active buyers. The sow trade continues to be difficult with most between £28 -£35.
*Please note, next Pig Sale is on Friday 5th February. Current entries include 10 Large White store pigs.
Please contact James Morrish on 07814 010133 with your entries as soon as possible to enable us to notify buyers.
CALVES - 10.15 AM
Auctioneer: Mark Davis – 07773 371774
CALVES Bulls Heifers
Breed TOP AVE TOP AVE
British Blue 25 375 237 23 345 183 Limousin 14 385 232 9 265 197 Charolais 10 435 300 7 335 207 Simmental 4 255 223 2 162 110 Aberdeen Angus 4 178 163 7 182 128 Hereford 8 250 178 5 165 139 Fleckvieh 2 152 143 1 228 228 Holstein / Friesian 15 160 90 137 CALVES – 10.15 AM
Auctioneer: Mark Davis 07773 371774
110 PIGS – 10:30 AM
Auctioneer: James Morrish 07814 010133
Further information and entries to Russell Steer 07788 318701 or 01392 251261 and [email protected]
Orphans to £42 Store Hoggs to £126 Grazing Ewes & Rams to £120 Double Couples to £265 & Singles to £200 Breeders to £158
Another similar number of 36 orphan lambs lacked the strength for another big price but sold to £42 for a pair of month old sorts from Ben Cullen of Exeter and also for a younger sort from Richard & Angela Smaridge of East Allington and Robert Moule of Berry Pomeroy sold three at £41. Plenty of other young “setting on” lambs from £30 to £38 whilst smaller, more fragile sorts were £10 to £20 to give an overall average of all but £32.
**Reminder that lambs are to be at least a week old with dry navals and must have had their morning feed before coming to market**
Nearly 2500 store hoggs yet again, being far more than anticipated, met a slightly steadier trade for the forward short keep hoggs but the medium term and keeping hoggs were just as dear. In general forward sorts back £5-£8, in line with the prime but still topping at £126 for a pair of shapely Charollais from Graham Nicholls of Parracombe, £117.50, £117, £115 & £114 for the usual quality Suffolk x wethers from David & Lynda Pellow of Sourton, £115 also for Adcock & Wotton of Moretonhampstead and £114 for M Coles of Sidbury. Short keep sorts usually all £105 plus whilst the medium term well bred hoggs were from £92 to £104 and harder bred types nearly always £80 plus. Fleshed Hill bred hoggs still keenly sought after by both farmer and abattoir buyers and usually £60 to £79. Overall average is back exactly £6 at £91.70 but this would be due in part to quality.
The grazing section continues to grow here on a Friday and this week peaked at £120 & £111 for Rams again for Adcock & Wotton who also had a pen of Texel x ewes at £105, Kevin Dinnis of Tedburn St Mary saw his best make £103 and Chris & Sue Popham of Trull made £98.
A super entry of 746 Breeding sheep were another fantastic trade with buyers from the Eastern counties and as far north as Lancashire were attracted by Foxworthy Estates genuine consignment of mainly 6T-FM ewes selling to £158 (x10), £152 (x10), £150 (x2), £148 (x2) & £147 (x2) for the NC Mules and to £158, £152, £150 & £148 (x3) for the Suffolk crosses. Their entire entry of 602 in lambers averaged an impressive £147. Other In-Lambers to £115 & £114 for Romney & Highlander crosses from Steve Carpenter of Looe, £110 for the Jordan family of Chagford and £107 (x3) for BM Mules from Mick Branton of Dunsford. Empty ewe hoggs to £127 for the whole consignment of 59 Cheviot Mules from John Salmon of Newquay, Graham Nicholls sold Charollais x Beltex Ewe hoggs at £114 & Beltex Ram Hoggs at £119 and a large pen of Mule running hoggs sold well at £108.
A larger entry of couples and another eye watering trade with buyers competing immensely well given the very mixed quality forward. Outstanding Suffolk cross FM doubles to £265 (£88.33/life) for Chris & Sue Popham of Trull who had singles of the same ilk at £188 (£94/life), Kye Trevelyan of Westleigh had doubles at £262 & £260 whilst Derek Cole of Bradninch sold large pens of Dorset doubles at £255 & £250. £250 also for Ben Brown of Chideock and £248 for May Priorton of East Village as older Mule ewes with twins sold to £245 for Graham Nicholls and £242 for Ben Cullen. Single couples being flock aged Dorset’s from the Lott family of Black Dog rang the bell at £200 followed closely by Clive Harding of Throwleigh with a Jacob cross single at £190, Kye Trevelyan at £185 and no less than 6 pens of singles sold at £180. Second quality sorts trading either side of £70 per life and some third quality sorts that we simply haven’t seen before now, from £44 to £62 per life. All in the Couples averaged £199. 85 per outfit or £80 per life, dearer given the quality forward.
** Lambs must be a week old with dry navals before coming to market and their pens must be bedded with straw please**
3738 SHEEP – 10.45 AM
Auctioneer: Russell Steer 07788 318701
36 ORPHAN LAMBS
2469 STORE HOGGS
156 GRAZING EWES & RAMS
746 BREEDING SHEEP
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Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Sale of Dairy Cattle and Monthly Sale of Organic Cattle & Sheep to inc 50 Charolais, Hereford & Aberdeen Angus X Steers & Heifers off one farm
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Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Monthly Sale of Native Breed Cattle, Special Sale of In-lamb Ewes & Fortnightly Pig Sale
MONDAY 8TH FEBRUARY – EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Prime Stock Market to inc Opening Sale of Spring Lambs
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Weekly Store Stock Market to inc St Valentines Fair of Store Cattle & Sale of Dairy Cattle
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TB Restricted Sale of Prime, Cull & Store Cattle
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Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Monthly Catalogued Sale of Beef Breeding Stock & Fortnightly Pig Sale
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Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Monthly Sale of Organic Cattle & Sheep and Sale of Dairy Cattle
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Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Monthly Sale of Native Breed Cattle, 1st Spring Judged Sale of Continental & Continental Cross Cattle, Special March Sale of In-Lamb Ewe & Ewe Hoggs, Fortnightly Pig Sale & Fodder Sale
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