MARKET REPORT - TUESDAY 3rd December 2019

**Weekly Highlights of 2763 Head Sold at Melton Mowbray Market, Tuesday 3rd December 2019**

All quoted averages include the stock offered for sale as part of the Melton and Belvoir agricultural society’s annual Christmas Fatstock

show and sale.

Prime Steers (21) to 358p/kg and £2,481.05 Prime Heifers (45) to 300p/kg and £2,009.65

Cows (11) to 140p/kg & £1,167.56 Store Cattle (177) to £1,020

Youngstock (61) to £575 (Reared) & £285 (Calves) ** 2443 SHEEP ENTERED THIS WEEK**

Prime Lambs (1181) to 762p/kg & £278 SQQ 199.9p/kg Ewes (387) to £140

Store Sheep (865) to £78 Pigs (151) to £185

Poultry to £75 for Three Double Breasted Turkeys ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. The Melton & Belvoir 67th Annual Christmas Fatstock Show and Sale

Champion Beast: J B Thompson –694kg Lim x Steer – 358p/kg

Purchased by Deakins Butchers

Champion Pen of Lambs: J F Burbidge & Son - £278 per head & 761p/kg Purchased by Robert Bowring Butchers

Champion Pair of Pigs: K Arden – £155 per head Purchased by Robert Bowring Butchers

Scalford Road, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 1JY

Telephone: 01664 562971

Pay on the day Policy

We are making some changes to our customer account management system modernising and

strengthening our processes for the benefit of everyone. The main change will be that all stock must

be paid for on the day; unless you have agreed terms with Gillstream Markets Ltd. You can apply for

terms using an ‘Account’ form, which can be posted or emailed on request and are also available

from the market office. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact us on 01664

562971.

Notice to vendors bringing cattle into Melton Mowbray Market

In order to comply with the Tuberculosis (England) order 2014 we would like to remind vendors when stating the TB testing date of the cattle being sent to market the date of test section should be filled out as the date of injection not

the date of the reading. The 60 day period in which animals can be moved begins on this date.

To assist us with this matter please ensure a TB test certificate accompanies all cattle entering the market, this can be sent directly from your vets to the office via email or a hard copy sent with your entry form.

Farm assurance status

Would all cattle vendors selling cattle as Farm Assured please ensure that their Farm Assurance is up to date, with all linked holdings registered to the primary holding, and ensure that the stickers used in

passports match the details held by the administering Farm Assurance body. We are increasingly having issues with linked holdings not being covered under a primary FABBL account, and severe deductions

are being applied at the time of slaughter. In such instances, the vendor is liable for all deductions made

Sheep Scab

Farmers are asked to inspect their flock for signs of sheep Scab, any livestock forward, showing signs of scab will be rejected from the market.

Named/Numbered Sires

Vendors are advised that named sires must be officially printed on the passport of the animal and not hand written. We will not sell animals as being named or numbered sire if the sire details are not printed onto the passport. Sire

details may be checked with the breed societies online to ensure that they are correct. Please also include sire details on your blue entry forms which accompany cattle to market. Thank you for your cooperation.

A W Watchorn

A special note this week regarding the untimely passing of Anthony Watchorn from Whissendine. A

market man through and through. Despite many challenges during his life, Anthony carried on farming to

the best standards he could in the same courteous manner. A pleasure for me to call him my friend.

B Shouler

LIVESTOCK ENTRIES TUESDAY 10th DECEMBER 2019

Expected:

300+ Store lambs

150+ Store cattle

700+ Prime Lambs

Latham House at Melton Mowbray Market

We are happy to welcome Latham House to the market Last Week for drop in sessions, making good use of our former Fur and Feather office. They will be providing a drop-in session with a Clinic Nurse every month for the Practice’s

registered patients. The date of the next clinic will be confirmed shortly.

Units Available

Commercial units available to rent at Melton Mowbray Market. These units offer great exposure in one of the Midlands busiest livestock markets, call the office on

01664562971 for more information.

Vehicle parking Customers are reminded that the bays on the docks are for the loading and unloading of livestock. Following some comments from customers over recent weeks we have decided to hatch out some bays to assist our customers during busy periods. Anyone found to be parking on these hatched areas and not actively loading/unloading will be issued with a £50 parking charge which will be levied against their account. Please help us to help you in assisting the smooth running of this busy livestock market.

Staff wanted

As our sheep shed continues to expand, we are looking for a practical, skilled and reliable person to join our team. The candidate must be able to clerk and be fit and able to assist with sorting sheep.

Applicants must be hard working and available to work on market days (Tuesdays). For more information or to apply please email scott@meltonmowbraymarket.co.uk or call on 07796897516.

This week saw another successful Fatstock show and sale held at Melton Mowbray Market.

As ever we say a huge thank you to the Melton and Belvoir agricultural society for helping

make this event possible.

This year saw a fantastic show of stock across all sections with a fantastic Limousin Steer

from J B Thompson winning the champion title in the cattle shed and selling to 358p/kg and

being purchased by Deakins Butchers. Champion in the sheep was J F Burbidge & Sons who

sold 3 lambs to a total of £278 per head and 761p/kg purchased by Robert Bowring

Butchers. In the Pig section K Arden took the title of overall champion with a cracking pair of

91kg pigs selling to £155 per head and being purchased by Robert Bowring Butchers.

A huge thank you to our Livestock judges Tom Deakin, James Ludgate and Robert Bowring as

well as all the wonderful judges in the non-livestock categories including cheeses, pies,

sausages and floral art to name a few. Also a special thank you to Mr Ed Cox who steped in

as guest auctioneer to sell the prime cattle.

Melton Mowbray Market are proud to host this fantastic event each year which is only

made possible by our wonderful vendors and of course the purchasers which support our

Fatstock sale.

Sales Report

Melton Mowbray market were proud to be appointed as official auctioneers and show sponsors for Winter Stock Festival 2019 and thankful for vendor and buying support in the sheep and pig section where there was an exceptional turn out of quality stock from across

the country. The show of sheep was kindly judged by Mr Andrew Atkinson, Harrogate with the pigs

judged by Richard Taylor of Owen Taylor & Sons Butchers. R Garth & S Priestly won both champion and reserve champion butchers lambs with the champion pen selling to £380 and 864p/kg selling to a reputable butcher in London, with their reserve champion pen selling to

£300 and 723p/kg. A single lamb in the Rabi class from R Garth & S Priestly to £155 and 456p/kg selling to keen supporter Mr Billy Burton, Peterborough. M J Wells & Son sold

39.5kg beltex x to £160 & 405p/kg to Mr Kevin Ludgate & family, Leighton Buzzard. Sam Booths 44kg to 318p/kg with J A & A Bradshaw-hird’s Beltex x to 317p/kg and B Lugsten’s

Kerry hill to 310p/kg. Emma Germany’s 43kg to 279p/kg purchased by the judge Mr Andrew Atkinson and kindly put back up in aid of RABI.

In the pig section the champion pigs went to C Hudson, Newark selling at £160 per head to Mr Billy Burton, Peterborough. C Bull up from Sussex sold the reserve champion pig to £120

also selling to Billy Burton. Breeding ewe lambs were kindly judged by Mr Charles Marwood down from Whenby York,

with the breeding mule ewe lambs being judged by Mr G Taylor from Cumbria. The champion lamb was a single mule from the Geary family selling to the days top price of

£365. The reserve champion lamb, a Blue Texel from H Williams, Llangadog Wales selling to £355. Beltex x Lambs from S Booth selling to a top of £155 with C D Timm also selling Beltex bred lambs to £145. Pure bred Suffolk ewe lambs from the same home also selling to £145. A huge thankyou to all vendors, purchasers and Melton Mowbray staff for helping the sale

run as smooth as possible, we look forward to seeing you all in 2020. Full results of the show and sale can be found at www.winterstockfestival.co.uk

TUESDAY SALE TIMES

RING 1 BARREN COWS 10.00am Followed by PRIME CATTLE & BULLS

RING 2 COWS & CALVES & DAIRY COWS 11.30am Followed by REARED CALVES Followed by STORE CATTLE

RING 3 REARING CALVES 10.00am FOLLOWED BY WEANLINGS

SHEEP CENTRE CULL EWES 10.30am Followed by PRIME LAMBS AND STORE LAMBS Followed by BREEDING SHEEP & RAMS

FUR AND FEATHER AUCTION TIMES SUNDRIES - 9.00AM (Stock accepted up to 8.00am on a Tuesday &

10am - 1pm on a Monday)

CAGE & AVAIRY SALES STARTING 9.30AM Followed by

EGGS, PRODUCE AND GAME Followed by

POULTRY Followed by

Rabbits and Guinea Pigs (Booking in from 6.30am until 9.00am)

Melton and Belvoir prime stock show Clean Cattle – 68 Overall average – 190.65p/kg This weeks prime stock sale included the Melton and Belvoir agricultural society 67th annual Christmas Fatstock show and sale kindly judged by Mr Tom Deakin of Deakins butchers, Tibshelf who backed his judgment by purchasing the champion beast in the show presented by J B Thompson, Stainby with a cracking Limousin x Steer selling to 358p/kg Reserve champion beast in the show was awarded to Lowesby Farms who’s Limousin x Heifer again sold to the judge for 300p/kg. M J Dickens and Family, welcome up with their annual consignment which topped at 248p/kg for Limousin x heifer selling to Robert Bowring Butchers. The Dickins family also sold a 605kg steer to 240p/kg also to the same buyer. In the un-led section an average of 217p/kg topping at 225p/kg for L T Sellars who’s Limosuin x Steers sold to Owen Taylors Butchers. Overall average in the show cattle was 225p/kg with 44 clean cattle forward int the commercial section averaging 169.4p/kg Type No. To (p/kg) Vendor Average

(p/kg) Light Steers 2 240 D & A

Dickinson 223.24

Medium Steers 12 240 M J Dickens 186.58

Heavy Steers 7 358 J B Thompson 218.17

Light Heifers 4 198 RW & VJ Tattershall

176.2

Medium Heifers

23 248 M J Dickens 184.79

Heavy Heifers 18 300 Lowesby Farms

188.47

Steers Top Gross (£ p/h) Vendor

2,481.05 J B Thompson

1,474.97 L T Sellars

1,448.98 M J Dickens

1,401.78 Lowesby Farms

1,302.74 Lowesby Farms

CATTLE

AUCTIONEER – ED COX

Heifers Top Gross (£ p/h) Vendor 2,009.65 Lowesby Farms

1,550.88 D & A Dickinson 1, 479.97 A J & B Bell

1,406.85 P A Wells 1,35.51 L T Sellars

Barren Cows – 11 Overall Average – 114.45p/kg Eleven cows forward this week averaging 114.45p/kg. Barren Show cows topped at 140p/kg for Brogan Cranfield’s Blue cross with AJ & B Bells Limousin x cow to 139p/kg. commercial cows topping at 118p/kg for Adocks Minorcas Ltd Hereford x

** 2443 SHEEP ENTERED THIS WEEK**

Please note the new sale times as follows: 10:30am Cull Ewes approximately 11:00am Prime lambs followed by Store lambs.

Prime New Season Lambs (1181) - SQQ 199.9p/kg

Fantastic to see another busy sheep shed at Melton Mowbray Market, a huge thank you to vendors and buyers for their continued support over the last 12 months as numbers continue to increase, rapidly making us the leading sheep market in the Midlands. Todays sale of sheep incorporate the 67th annual Melton and Belvoir Fatstock show and sale kindly judged by Master James Ludgate of Thame, who’s meticulous attention to detail awarded J F Burbidge & Sons, Stamford the title of Champion lambs in the show which sold for £278 per head & 762p/kg and were purchased by Robert Bowring Butchers. Reserve champion lambs from the same home, with a pen of three 45kg lambs making £210 & 467p/kg. Other highlights included the champion RABI Lamb also from J F Burbidge selling to the judge for £200 & 526p/kg and S Booth with lambs to £148 & 245p/kg A huge thank you to all exhibitors, sponsors, stewards and buyers for their support at this year’s sale, we look forward to a busy sheep shed over the next 12 months. In the commercial sheep increased buying power was seen down the alleys with a new face, made for a brisk trade with B J Barker & Son selling lambs to £104 for 56kg. Closely followed by J F Burbidge & sons to £100.50 for 42kg lambs and JW & SM Hallam & Eggleston selling heavy lambs to £96 per head and Framland farms Ltd and A M Lovett both with heavies to £94.50. In the p/kg J F Burbidge & Sons topped at 239p/kg for 42kg Beltex with P A Wilford’s lambs to 207p/kg and GG & CG Hewerdine to 200p/kg. Please do not hesitate to contact us to discuss marketing requirements.

NSL Type To From Average Lights 762p £287 178p £58 211.43p £77.29

Mediums 467p £210 180p £77 197.19p £84.57

Heavies 261p £120 168p £82 185.88p £90.42

Overs 245p £148 168p £89 184.59p £100.84

PRIME SHEEP

AUCTIONEER – SCOTT RUCK Tel: 07796 897516

Store Sheep (856) Overall average - £57.64 A slight increase in numbers of store lambs around this week. With demand

still strong for larger lambs fit enough to be killed. Large Suffolk bred lambs

topping trade today selling to £78. Size and frame most rewarded today with

many pens between £65.50 - £74. Longer keep lambs still available and still

meeting a brisk trade selling to £52 for continental sired lambs. Trade still

remains strong in the stores and more could be sold to advantage.

Cull Ewes (387) Overall average - £66.65 A smaller show of sheep to recent weeks however trade still remains firm for all grades of ewe. Topping trade today in the commercial section were Hallam & Eggleston with their cull rams to £130. D & J Inman saw £94 for their ewes with D Collington close behind at £92. Meated ewes easiest to place with all continental sheep well above £80 per head.

Goats (30) Overall average - £71.07 First price in the show goat section went to Mr R Spendlove for his nanny kid selling and topping today at £95, second place close behind reaching £88 from the same home. In the commercial goats a strong trade was seen throughout with B Browning and R Spendlove selling goats to a top of £84. An increase week on week in number with a trade to match.

Stores and Reared Cattle – (177) A strong entry this week with plenty of larger cattle on offer as well as a good run of younger suckler bred calves up to 10 months. Top price Steer today from Messrs G Watson of Newhall, Swadlincote who sold a well shaped 18 month old British Blue to £1,020. Best Heifers were from J Parker of Sutton Bonington who sold four 18 month old Limousin x Heifers to £980 per head.

STEERS Heads Breed Age Price

1 BLUE 18m 1020

4 CHAR X 25m 990

1 SIM X 22m 970

1 LIM X 21m 965

1 LIM X 20m 950

2 LIM X 21m 950

1 ANG X 27m 945

1 ANG X 23m 945

1 CHAR X 19m 925

1 S DEV 20m 905

HEIFERS Heads Breed Age Price

4 LIM X 18m 980

4 LIM X 17m 910

1 LIM X 25m 905

2 B Aq.X 21m 890

1 BAZAD 21m 880

2 LIM X 18m 840

3 LIM X 19m 825

1 LIM X 21m 770

2 FR 22m 670

2 HER 32m 665

HEIFERS Heads Breed Age P/kg

4 LIM X 17m 1.99

2 B Aq.X 21m 1.69

1 LIM X 17m 2.11

1 BAZAD 21m 1.75

2 LIM X 18m 1.72

3 LIM X 19m 1.69

1 LIM X 16m 1.24

1 LIM X 21m 1.12

2 FR 22m 1.69

2 HER 32m 1.19

STEERS Heads Breed Age P/kg

1 ANG X 23m 2.04

1 S DEV 20m 1.78

1 LIM X 18m 1.67

2 SIM X 18m 1.77

1 BLUE 18m 1.71

6 SIM X 17m 1.62

1 CHAR X 19m 1.81

1 BLUE 18m 1.88

1 LIM X 21m 1.79

1 CHAR X 20m 1.72

STORES AND REARED CATTLE

AUCTIONEER – Ben Shouler Tel: 01664 560181

Rearing Calves – 32

Prices continue to improve as numbers decline. David Stanley of Osgathorpe topped the section with a Limousin bull at £285 and also sold an Angus heifer at £195. British Blues from W Grice of Old Dalby reached £270 for bulls and £200 for heifers while 2 Hereford bulls from RA Smith & Co of Borrowash made £255 and £205 each. WA Robinson of Hickling sold an Angus bull for £245 and Chandler and Dickman of Great Dalby sold Simmental bulls and heifers to £220 and Montbeliarde bulls for £170.

Bull Calves No. Top Price £ Average £ Friesian 4 68 59

Holstein 2 28 24

Hereford 2 255 230 A Angus 1 245

Montbeliarde 1 170 British Blue 2 270 260

Simmental 3 220 165

Limousin 2 285 262

Heifer Calves No. Top Price £ Average £

A Angus 2 195 135

British Blue 3 200 170

Limousin 4 145 124

Simmental 5 220 136

Salers 1 105

CALVES AUCTIONEER- BARRIE WILLIAMSON

Tel: 07541 400919

Reared/Weanlings - 28 under 6 months

Not so many on offer this week but demand continues to improve helping to boost prices. A top price of £575 was paid for 2 six month old Simmental steers from Robert Carlton of Rugby who also sold Simmental heifers to £425. TRH Jackson & Partners of Great Ponton sold a Charolais steer for £530, 2 Charolais heifers for £425 each and a B Blue heifer for £440. Richard Booth of Bicker sold a Hereford steer for £395.

Steers No. Top Price £ Average £ Friesian/Holstein 7 255 212

Hereford 2 395 332

A Angus 1 225 Shorthorn 1 200

Simmental 2 575 Charolais 2 530 462

Heifers No. Top Price £ Average £

Limousin 1 245

A Angus 4 255 214

Hereford 1 235

Simmental 3 425 392

British Blue 2 440 335

Charolais 2 440

Bulls No. Top Price £ Average £

A Angus 1 280

REARED AUCTIONEER- BARRIE WILLIAMSON

Tel: 07541 400919

Pigs – 151

Excellent entry with a strong demand throughout the auction. This year’s Prime Stock Show attracted 20 entries with the Champion pair of Baconers from Kim Arden of Coates making £155 each and sold to the judge Robert Bowring of Mansfield, while the reserve Champion pair of Baconers from Stan Taylor of Bottesford made £148 each and again sold to Robert Bowring. Top price of the day went to Brooksby Melton College for a pair of heavyweight Gilts at £185 each.

20 PRIME STOCK SHOW to £185 Average £135

40 Fat (Cutters & Baconers) to £152 Average £89

26 Stores to £30 Average £25

59 Weaners to £12 Average £10

2 Cull Sows to £70 Average £60

2 Cull Boars to £152 Average £101

2 In Pig Sows to £90 Average £86

NEXT PIG SALE 17th DECEMBER 2019

PLEASE NOTE THERE WILL BE NO

PIGS 31ST DECEMBER 2019

PIGS AUCTIONEER- BARRIE WILLIAMSON

Tel: 07541 400919

The top five prices in Poultry this week went to Turkeys, with the highest price going to a pen of 3 Turkeys making £75. Cage and Aviary saw its highest price going to a Hob Ferret making £13, closely followed by a Pair of Zebras selling for £11. Top price in the Rabbits went to 2 Black Dutch Does making £20. No Guinea Pigs entered this week, prices were lower for Rabbits than previous weeks although good prices seen for in demand stock, a Mini Lop Doe sold for £17, followed by a Mini Lop Doe and young buck making £13. Lower prices in-cluded a Netherland Doe, Mini Lop Buck and Dutch Buck making £2 each. A Trio of Dark Brahmas made £50 In Poultry. Closely following were 3 Bluebell Point of Lay hens which made £41. Pens of five hybrids POL’s made between £36 and £20 per pen. Turkey prices ranged between £35 and £25 per life. Highlights in game saw a Siki deer weighing 30LB selling for £54 and a muntjac deer, weighing 20LB it sold for £46.

A Sundries meeting will be held in the Exhibition Hall on 10th December 2019 at 8:30am for customers with Hugh Brown and Becky Allen to discuss ways of moving the section forward. Both vendors and buyers are welcome.

FUR AND FEATHER

Becky Allen - 07949173180

Job Vacancy Part Time delivery Driver for 7.5 tonne lorry for family run animal feed business in Melton Mowbray. Must be physically fit as heavy lifting involved. CPC qualification an advantage but training will be given to the right person Previous applicants need not apply. Please send CV with hand written covering letter to Sandra Meakin, Buttercup Feeds, 1 Stanley Street, Melton Mowbray, LE13 1PE.

Collie Puppies 2 Dogs black/white 1 Bitch tri 3rd Generation bred Date of birth 14 June 2019

Great Grandad from Derbyshire Grandad from Silverstone Dad from Leicestershire NO interbreeding, work cattle/sheep

keen for work moving cattle around chipped and ready

£400 Dogs £450 Bitch 07951577652

Outstanding litter of registered Border Collie Puppies, both parents tough, stylish workers

£300 Contact J Newborough on:

01526 397153

Farm worker wanted Mixed farm, mainly beef cattle and some arable,

South Notts Call:

01159 372154 Or

07980646271

FOR SALE TWO HEREFORD BULLS.

ONE PRIZE WINNING STOCK BULL AND ONE 18 MONTH OLD HOME BRED

BULL. FOR DETAILS

PHONE 0797 1076230.

Troy Stephens Experienced shepherd with working dog looking for full

time employment. Based Greetham own transport &

trailer, full clean license to 7.5 tonnes & forklift, welding etc

07931 007394 / 07432 760758

Please call to discuss your marketing requirements for

all livestock classes:

Scott Ruck: 07796 897516 or 01664 562971

Barrie Williamson : 07541 400919

Ben Shouler: 01664 560181 or 01664 502950