HOLSWORTHY

MARKET REPORT Wednesday 11 July 2018

St Peter’s Fair

EVERY WEDNESDAY

Gates open 6am SALE TIMES

09:45 am - Draft Ewes followed by Finished Lambs

10:30 am - Store Lambs & Couples

10:15 am - Calves inc the weekly Genus sponsored competition followed by Stirks

11:00 am - Store Cattle followed by Finished & OTM Cattle

11:30 am - Dairy Cattle

The Annual St Peter’s Fair Day Saw Over 2,000 Animals Sold

At A Top Call Of £1,145!!

Holsworthy Livestock Market, New Market Road, Holsworthy, Devon, EX22 7FA

01409 253275

684 LAMBS

A smaller entry met a steadier trade which has been seen

throughout the Country in the past few days. Our overall

average on the day was 186.8p/kg which was in line with

the rest of the Country. The well fleshed lambs sold to a

top of 198p/kg for 43 kilos at £85.20 from Miss A Cleave

of Pigsdon, Launcells. Rod Wood of Forda realised

195p/kg for his pen of 42 kilos at £82. Two vendors

realised 194p/kg, John Turner of Queensland for 41.2 kilos made £80 and Messrs Gregory of Pencuke, St Gennys for 42.2

kilos made £82. 11 pens over £90 to a top of £96 sold by

Charles Bellew & Sons of Court Barton.

STORE LAMBS

Small entry with no big framed lambs on offer. The trade was

stronger than expected with the top being £63.50 from Mark

Walter of Bradworthy.

666 DRAFT EWES

Again, a very large entry with nearly 400 plain and light

weight ewes on offer which reflected in the overall average.

The good meat ewes met a very strong trade from start to

finish. Top on the day was £109 from Helen Hambly of South

Hill for Texel ewes. The Suffolk x topped at £103.50 from

David Seccombe of Seccombe Farm followed by Rob Johns

of Bradworthy who

made £99.50. Mule ewes up to £82.

BREEDING EWES

A small entry met a flying trade and more could have been sold as several

prespective buyers went home empty handed. Top on the day was £165 for

three pens of Suffolk x 2T from Peter Dunn of Instow.

FARM TO LET BY INFORMAL TENDER

Farm to let by Informal Tender at Netherton Farm, Upton

Cross, Liskeard, Cornwall PL14 5BD.

Approximately 113 acres of pasture and arable land, range of

buildings and option to take a two bedroom farmhouse available on

a Farm Business Tenancy Agreement from 29th September 2018.

Tenders close Friday 3rd August 2018.

All enquiries to Mark Bunt, Kivells Liskeard Office.

Tel: 01579 345543.

WEIGHT TOP AVERAGE

Lambs

Per

Head

P/Kg

TLW

Per

Head

P/Kg

TLW

32.1 – 39 71.80 189 68 178

39.1 – 45.5 85.20 198 80.40 186.80

45.6 – 52 96 193 90 187.60

Overall 96 198 85.40 186.80

Light Ewes 80 58

Heavy Ewes 109 94

Rams 95 86

LAMBS, DRAFT EWES & RAMS – 09.45 am

Auctioneer: Steve Prouse - 07767 895366

Top prime lambs reached 198 p/kg and £94.

Cull ewes flew past £100!

The biggest entry of calves ever seen in the new Livestock Market

saw a packed ring of buyers in the sales gallery push the best of the

entries up between £25 - £35 compared to last week.

81 Stirks hit a flying trade with the best hitting £600 plus, with the

overall top call of the day being £602 for the best of an outstanding

line up of British Blue (3 month old) steers in from J Ovens of Halwill

with others from the same family at £600 and £582. John Elliott of

Bradford saw and exceptional trade for his team of (3 – 4 month old)

British Blue steers and heifers topping at £590 with his best reared

Limousins hitting

£580, £560 and

£500. Messrs

Dilling of Highampton topped the Simmentals at £485 with Messrs

Schuttkacker & Son of Bere Alston near Tavistock topping the

Herefords at £460. Best reared heifers topped at £485 for the best of

the British Blues in from Messrs Hooper of Saltash at £465 with their

top 8 averaging £461. An Honourable mention to Messrs Nicholls of

Parracombe, Exmoor who made the difficult trip down, however were

very well rewarded with the best of their trailer load hitting a massive

£600.

A fantastic line up of 226 baby calves saw the best ‘even dearer’

however the 2nd and 3rd class calves were a little easier. Top of the day

in this section was Messrs P H Collins

Partnership who reached £462 after

winning both the Pretty Maid Cup, The

Famers Guardian Award and The Folk 2

Folk Champion Calf Award. The

Champion calf of the day headed up the

fantastic entry in from Messrs Collins

which saw others to £430 and £410 for

4 week old calves. The best baby

Herefords topped at £415 on behalf of

Messrs Ford of Chumleigh and £395 for

Mark and Kim Davey of Lewdown.

Charolais baby calves hit a flyer with

Kevin Ellis of North Petherwin at £375

with Nigel Isaac of Hollacombe close up

at £365. Peter Heywood of Ashreigney

topped the baby Limousins at £380 with

best baby Aberdeen Angus in from

Cleave Farm Partnership of Weare

Gifford at £235. Messrs P & J Dymond

travelled up from Liskeard with very young Devons hitting £130 (x4) whilst the best South Devons reached £158 for A

T Bayly. It was great to see Russel Risdon of Camelford here for the second week hitting £240 for a bunch of young

Herefords with Messrs Stone of Pancrasweek selling very young Charolais at £338.

Again, good entries of Holstein bull calves saw the best 3 month olds to £200 for Steve Daniel of Torrington with others

at £192 for Messrs Nancekivell of Kilkhampton and £180 for J J Uglow & Sons of Whitstone. Best baby Friesians came in

from O M Francis & Son of Egloskerry at £125 with Mike Hopper at £118.

Speaking after the auction, James Morrish said ‘what a day! Every pen in the calf section was full with calves having to be

penned on the loading bays and in the dairy pens. A very big thank you to all vendors, purchasers and Kivells staff who

made it a very special St Peter’s Fair Sale’.

The winners of this week’s Genus prizes for the highest priced calves under 42 days were R & S Home,

Stowford Park, East Putford with a British Blue making £360 sired using fertility plus, the heifer section was

won by K & MJ Chamberlain, Ladford, Shebbear with a British Blue sired using fertility plus making £370.

307 CALVES – 10.15am

Auctioneer: James Morrish 07814 010133

Champion winners Andrew and

Carol Bevan of Messrs Collins

Partnership who also took the Folk

2 Folk award and the 2018 Pretty

Maid Cup.

Kivells auctioneers are privileged to have been picked to auction at 2 recent

charity events.

Kivells Auctioneers, David Kivell and Mark Bromell had the Honour of

conducting a ‘2 evening’ auction at Hartland Abbey and helped raise over

£42,000 for 2 charities being Cancer Research UK & North Devon Hospice.

Guests saw the top call of the night reach £4,000 for a helicopter ride lunch

for 6 at Portledge Estate.

HOLE IN ONE FOR DAIRY CREST

On the 5 July Kivells were delighted to have helped raise over £11,800

at the Dairycrest (Davidstow) Charity Day.

Top call at the after dinner auction was £520 for a flat screen TV.

Kivells Charity total for 2018 is over £150,000!!

CHARITY CORNER

Another successful St Peter’s Fair sale with a huge crowd of

buyers in attendance. Several vendors cancelled consignments

fearing an easier trade but the trade jumped £50 on pervious

weeks and more could have easily been sold. Very few forward

saw a top of £1145 for a 27 month old Hereford steer from

Mr R Bowden, Churchtown with Aberdeen Angus from Mr C

Kivell of Buckland Brewer achieving £1090 for four 27 month

olds. Top priced heifers were £1095 achieved by Messrs

Daniel of Upcott for a 24 month old British Blue and also

£1095 was realised for a 34 month old Wagyu heifer from

Messrs Vanstone of Huddisford. A good solid trade for 18 –

22 months grass cattle with plenty of bunches of 18 – 22 month

old British Blues over £900 to a top of £1055 for two from

Messrs Daniel of Sutcombe. Young single suckled cattle sold well. South Devon steers from Mr P Balsdon of Patchacott

saw 12 month old steers to £935 with others at £870. Single suckled Limousins 14 month old from Messrs Thorne of

Panson, St Giles reached £850 with other Aberdeen Angus steers to £770.

Another massive trade for the young Dairy x Continentals. A consignment of 18 4 – 7 month old Charolais steers and

heifers from Messrs M W & M E Hawking of Highampton saw steers to £610 and heifers to £545. More required to

meet demand. Strong Holstein Steers sold well, Messrs Wheeler of Norwood topped at £940 for 6 well farmed steers

2 months old with others from Mr T J Daniel of Sutcombe to £870.

A short entry saw a top call of £490 for two young Friesian x Channel Island cows from Mr N Granger of Darracott.

St Peter’s Fair kindly sponsored by

Prize money awarded on the day for the following top prices:

~ Native Steer:

£1145 for a Hereford x steer from Mr R Bowden, Churchtown, Bridgerule

~ Native Heifer:

£890 for an Aberdeen Angus Heifer from Mr C Kivell, Winslade Barton,

Buckland Brewer

~ Continental Steer:

£1055 for two British Blue steers from T J Daniel, Upcott, Sutcombe

~ Continental Heifer:

£1095 for a British Blue heifer from T J Daniel, Upcott, Sutcombe

320 STORE CATTLE - 11am

Auctioneer: David Kivell – 07899 960272

GRAZING COWS - 11am

Auctioneer: David Kivell – 07899 960272

An improved entry saw another strong trade resulting in a top call of 139p/kg for a 638 kilo Brown Swiss cow from

Messrs Poole of Wonford with beef cows from Mr S Bowden of Riverside reaching 137p/kg for a 770 kilo cow. Top

price per head this week was £1108 for a young Aberdeen Angus cow from Mr K Thorne of Hartland.

STEERS HEIFERS

Breed No

Sol

d

0-15

Months

16-22

Months

23+

Months

0-15

Months

16-22

Months

23+

Months Top Ave Top Ave Top Ave Top Ave Top Ave Top Ave

Aberdeen

Angus 26 770 745 1090 1090 - - - - 890 767 - -

Friesian 53 - - 940 702 870 835 390 - 675 675 840 840

South Devon 6 935 909 - - - - 810 810 - - - -

Hereford 54 715 685 955 785 1145 1145 565 510 750 750 885 865

Charolais 20 610 555 995 995 - - 545 480 815 815 - -

Simmental 5 - - 900 900 - - - - 990 857 - -

Limousin 88 850 785 1000 940 - - 710 665 890 822 930 930

British Blue 54 845 770 980 905 1055 1055 740 580 925 875 1095 1095

Lincoln Red - - - - - - - - - 855 855 - -

OTM COWS

Auctioneer: David Kivell – 07899 960272

LARK PLANT Agricultural Contractors

Umbilical Slurry Spreading with 9.000 dribble bar or splash plate

Also 2,400 gallon Self-Fill Vacuum Tanker

Urea and Fertiliser spreading with wide spread GPS tracked, dual wheel

spreader available for all

your fertilising needs.

Phone 07802 821832

SEA SAND

Delivered in 20 ton loads for cubicles or loose bedding, or even spreadon fields

Lime supplied and spread

Muck Spreading with 2 side discharge and 1 rear discharge

Phone 07387 267675

This week’s winner of

the Lark Plant award

for top price store

cattle goes to Mr R

Bowden of

Churchtown achieving

£1145 for a 27

month old Hereford

Steer.

**NEW DEADLINES FOR DAIRY CATALOGUING**

With immediate effect all Dairy entries will now be required by 10am on the Thursday prior to the

Sale. This is due to our new advertising deadlines. Please email your entries to dairy@kivells.com or phone the office

01409 253275

Full Time Personal Assistant The role: Kivells requires a full time Personal Assistant to support a Director of the Company together with offering secretarial support to the busy Rural Professional Department based at the Holsworthy Agri-Business Centre. The candidate: Kivells are looking for a candidate who is very presentable, articulate, has a superb eye for detail together with excellent time-management skills and a strong knowledge of all MS Office packages and the local area. In addition, the successful candidate will be bright, cheerful, willing to help and quick to learn. Responsibilities will include audio typing, copy typing, preparation of reports, preparation of sales particulars and associated paperwork, diary management, client liaison on the telephone and in person, upkeep of filing systems and general PA and office duties as required. The candidate will be required to work under their own initiative, be forward thinking and prepared to accept challenging tasks. Previous PA/secretarial experience is an advantage and agricultural knowledge would be beneficial. A full UK driving licence is desirable but not essential. Competitive salary commensurate with experience for the right candidate. This is an interesting and varied role requiring a candidate with a strong work ethic and the ability to adapt. Working Hours: 8.45am till 5.00pm Monday to Friday To apply for this role, please visit www.kivells.com/job-vacancies. Alternatively, please contact Wendy Johnson by email wendy.johnson@kivells.com or call 01409 259544 for an application form. Closing date for applications to be received: Friday 20th July

FORTHCOMING SALES

• JULY SALES

SATURDAY 14th – PRUSTON BARTON at 11:00

AM

BLACKAWTON, TOTNES TQ9 7AJ

Genuine Dispersal of 3 Tractors, JCB

Handler, Farm Machinery & Effects

On behalf of Messrs HC Dayment & Son

Sale comprises JCB 525-56 handler, Case JXU 105 Tractor,

Case Maxxum 125 Tractor C/W multi controller, Case

Quantum 65C Tractor, Keenan Mech Fibre 340 Feeder

Wagon C/W Pace Connect, Kidd 450 Straw Shredder,

Marshall Dungspreader, 1550 Slurry Guzzler, Overum

Ransomes 4F Rev Plough, Slurry Stirrer, 30ft Bale Trailer,

Qty Ring Feeders, Bateman Foot trimming Crush C/W

Foot trimming Attachments, Granite Troughs & Rollers,

Dairy Equipment & Calf Pens and Feeders plus many other

lots. Outside entries to date inc International 785 2wd,

David Brown 990 2wd with Safety Cab, 2 Claas Round

Balers, Welger RP220 Round Baler, 2 x Lely Mower

Conditioners, 3 x Toppers, 3 x Straw Choppers, 2

Kawasaki Mule 3010 Mules, Dowdeswell DP7 4F & 5F Rev

Ploughs, Haybob 380, Krone Hay Turner & Claas Volta Hay

Turner plus many other lots. See website for full details.

Further Outside Entries invited to 01392 251261

SATURDAY 14th – LANDLAKE SAWMILLS at

10:30AM

Dispersal Sale of Working Saw Mill

To include; 2008 Ford Transit pickup, ‘V’ reg Mitsubishi L200 pickup, Forklift c/w lifting pallet forks, Dewalt radial arm

saw, Melabo circular saw c/w roller bench, Sheffield & Kity dust extractors, Record Power BS300 bandsaw, Charawood

pillar drills, Qty of Dewalt hand drills, trolley, cement mixer, fire extinguishers, work benches, hand tools, gate hangings,

lrg qty of roofing felt, hazard site fencing, garden furniture inc; 4 garden sheds, gates, fence panels, garden benches &

plant pots. Over 200 timber planks of various sizes, lrg sel of wood decking, qty fire wood etc. Also Clearance of

workshop tools & equipment from one neighbouring business. Entries to 01409 253275.

Viewing AM of the sale, Strictly NO viewing prior to the day

WEDNESDAY 18th – HOLSWORTHY Mid-Month Dairy Sale Entries to date inc; 40 In Milk and In Calf Cows

calving February/ March to BB on behalf of Carters Lodge Farms Ltd, West Sussex. Further entries by 10am Thurs 12th

July.

THURSDAY 19TH – HALLWORTHY Weekly market to inc Special Sale of Store Lambs. Further entries invited.

FRIDAY 20TH – HALLWORTHY EVENING POULTRY SALE commencing at 6:30PM. Entries to 01840

261261

WEDNESDAY 25th – HOLSWORTHY

Complete Herd Dispersal Sale of the NMR Recorded, Homebred, Closed and Pedigree ‘Hadge’ Herd of

260 Holstein Friesians

To include 170 In Milk/Dry Cows and 90 Youngstock from In Calf Heifers to baby Calves. On behalf of Messrs D H

Jennings & Partners, Newdowns Farm, Nanstallon, Bodmin removed to Holsworthy Livestock Market for convenience

of sale due to health reasons.

To be conducted in association with Messrs Jefferys.

NMR Lac Av 6505Kgs 4.24%BF 3.23%PTN cc161

All year round calving with an Autumn peak. The Herd is performing exceptionally well as they are managed on a low

cost & low input grass based system and would have potential for much higher yields. Cubicle Housed, Herringbone

Parlour & BVD vacc. Further details to follow.