HOLSWORTHY

MARKET REPORT Wednesday 30 August 2017

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

Another superb entry of 215 cattle saw the best from

Bob Cowell of Helston at £ 1160

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

01409 253275

476 LAMBS

Despite lots of farmers busy at home moving bales still a useful

entry of prime lambs which sold to a very strong trade and to

a top call of £90.80 for a nice pen of heavy weights from

Graham and Vivian Hookway of Torrington with Geoff Grigg

of Bideford close up at £90.20 with three other vendors at £90.

Premium on the day was set at a very respectable 206p/kg on

behalf of Messrs J & L Crouch & Wakeham of Higher

Cookworthy with the overall average set at 192.86p/kg just

about identical to last week.

451 DRAFT EWES

Big numbers forward again today on a day when size mattered.

Mr RJ Turner of Bude topped the day at £98.50 with Mr BR

Tonkin of Ugworthy Barton at £93. Eight pens up and over the

£90 bracket with buyers competing well. Plenty of trade for

the light weight and hill types with many pens between £55 -

£60. Best of Mules types reaching £81 for two vendors with

lots of grazing types between £42 - £56. Overall average on the

day stood strong at £64.87.

71 STORE LAMBS

Numbers were tight however trade was strong with Roger and Sarah Berry of Weare Gifford topping the day

at £63.50 for the best of the store lambs. Best of the couples reached £154 on behalf of DM Cole of Glebeland

with the same vendor selling his best breeding sheep at £112.

LAMBS, DRAFT EWES & RAMS – 09.45 am

Auctioneer: Steve Prouse - 07767 895366

Another good entry of calves with a lot

more buyers in attendance this week

resulting in a tremendous trade for all on

offer.

Top call of the day was £485 for a smart

young Charolais x bull sold by Messrs RJ

& CY Matthews from Bodmin closely

followed by the best young British Blue x

bull making £482 on behalf of Mr RWH Dilling

from Highampton who also went on to top the

heifer section this week with his British Blue x

selling for £385. A usual good run of calves from

Mr PH Collins Partnership from Holsworthy saw

their best British Blue x bull sell for £450 with

their Britisb Blue x heifers making £380 and £320.

Messrs J Colgrove & Partners from Mevagissey

sold a smart Charolais x bull for £440 and their

run of very young British Blue x heifers selling to

£268.

Messrs K & MJ Chamberlain & Son from Beaworthy sold their best British Blue x bull for £440 and a fine run

of calves from Messrs SA & EJ Kirk from Petrockstowe saw their best British Blue x bull make £438 with others

at £430 and £372. Plenty of other vendors selling their best bulls in excess of £400.

Friesian bulls topped at £240 on behalf of Bradley Farm Partnership from Camelford with another at £205 for

Messrs K & MJ Chamberlain & Son from Beaworthy with a decent average of £84.92.

The top priced heifers noted above further good heifers saw a Limousin x make £335 for Messrs RJ & CY

Matthews with further British Blue x heifers to £298 for Messrs K & L Care from St Austell.

BREED BULLS HEIFERS

CALVES No Top Ave No Top Ave

Friesian 39 240 84.92 2 95 64.50

British Shorthorn 1 115 115 1 82 82

Aberdeen Angus 4 230 218 2 212 210

Devon 7 320 209.43 9 220 185.11

British Blue 50 482 318.52 32 385 240.63

Hereford 8 282 224 8 250 167.88

Charolais 3 485 436.67 - - -

Simmental 3 320 294.33 4 250 238

Welsh Black 4 238 197 1 160 160

Limousin 6 322 223 10 335 213.50

196 CALVES - 10.15am

Auctioneer: Patrick Dennis 07831 620990

The winners of this week’s Genus £25 vouchers for the highest priced bull and heifer calves was won by

Messrs K & MJ Chamberlain & Son, Ladford Farm, Shebbear with a British Blue x bull calf sired using British

Blue Fertility Plus fetching £440, the heifer section was won by Mr NK Isaac, Glebe Farm, Hollacombe with

a British Blue sired by Newpole Hearthrob making £268.

Another cracking entry of store cattle saw several consignments of younger cattle this week. A good entry of

60 British Blue and Hereford steers and heifers from Mr G Piper, Holsworthy saw 9 month old British Blue steers £650 for a bunch of nine. British Blue heifers same age to £670 with 18 others at £665 and Herefords

to £510 a good trade. Stronger 12 month old cattle from Messrs RG Wheeler & Son, Torrington saw British

Blue steers to £825 and British Blue heifers to £715. Aberdeen Angus steers £760 and Aberdeen Angus heifers

£665 and many more 9 – 10 months old cattle required to meet this strong demand.

Several overage cattle from Mr B Cowell, Helston saw 36 month old heifers to £1120 with plenty of other

Simmental heifers 36 months plus over £1000. Under 30 month old heifers from the same farm topped at

£1160 for a 26 month old Simmental with steers to £1060 for a 24 month old Simmental 40 months old with

other steers to £1040.

A strong Native sale this week, 17 month old Herefords from Messrs M & S Horn, Sutcombe saw steers £965

with others at £940. Smaller framed Aberdeen Angus single suckled types £955 from Messrs Jolinox, Dolton

with heifers from the same farm to £850. Holstein steers saw a stronger trade especially for those framer types

to a top of £735 for four 20 month old Holsteins from Messrs HR Yelland & Son, Middlecroft.

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A pedigree Charolais cow and heifer calf at foot from Messrs K & R Ford, Webbery Barton topped at £1520.

Simmental cows and 3 month old calves from Messrs FL Clark & Son, Nethervelly to £1350. Hereford cows

and calves from the same farm to £1200.

STEERS HEIFERS

Breed No

Sold

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 59 760 742 955 892 852 852 685 670 - - 850 835

Friesian 24 472 325 735 682 - - - - 655 655 - -

Hereford 30 810 772 965 950 - - 705 542 - - - -

Charolais 8 - - - - 950 950 755 755 - - 1055 1010

Simmental 28 - - 920 920 1060 1005 - - - - 1160 972

Limousin 8 - - 1045 982 - - 755 702 950 950 - -

British Blue 63 825 702 - - - - 715 665 - - - -

215 STORE CATTLE - 11am

Auctioneer: David Kivell – 07899 960272

3 COWS & CALVES

Auctioneer: David Kivell – 07899 960272

This week’s winner of the Lark Plant award for top price store cattle goes to Mr B Cowell, Helston for a 26 month old Simmental

heifer reaching £1160.

1 x 24.000 wide Fertiliser Spreader with Vari Spread, GPS Tracking and Weigh Cells

Lime and Sea Sand Supplied and Spread

Jeresy x bulls from Messrs WR Sanders & Sons, Bodmin sold to £350 with others at £300, cows urgently

required.

Cows topped at 126p/kg for a 694 kilo Friesian cow from Messrs DR & LJ Johns, Burlorne. Top price per head

was £992 for a 800 kilo cow 124p/kg from Messrs Mitchell & Downing, Menerdue, Redruth.

FORTHCOMING SALES

• SEPTEMBER SALES

WEDNESDAY 6th – HOLSWORTHY – Early Month Dairy Sale. Entries to date include freshly calved cows and

heifers and a consignment of In Calf Heifers. Further entries invited for cataloguing by 10am Friday 1st September. 4th

Special Sale of Breeding Ewes & Special Sale of Rams on offer, 750 ewes including 100 Suffolk x 2Ts, 150 Mule 2TS, 80

Mule FM, 100 Suffolk x Mule Ewe Lambs, 30 Suffolk x FM, 70 Stock Rams. Sale of 200 Store Cattle inc: 19 Purebred

Char strs 8-16mo SS, 26 Fr strs 10-17mo & 7 Here hfrs 17mo.

THURSDAY 7th – HALLWORTHY On offer 300 Store Cattle to include 70 Charolais x Steers 12-16 months old

(Subject to TB test) from Mr R A Cornelius, St Breward, and Special Sale of Store lambs, entries to Steve Prouse 07767

895366.

SATURDAY 9th - HOLSWORTHY – 10AM

Autumn Rare & Native Breed Sale to Inc Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, Poultry, Sale of Goats. Current

entries Genuine Dispersal of pedigree Aberdeen Angus Breeding Cattle (9 cows & calves plus

stock bull). Part Dispersals of Pedigree Devons & British Shorthorns. Consignment of Highland

strs, Dexter cows & 12 Belted Galloway hfrs. 280 Sheep to inc: Jacobs, Lleyn, Zwartbles & Teeswater. 130 Pigs & 400

Poultry. *To coincide with the:

2nd SHOW & SALE OF DEVON & CORNWALL LONGWOOL’S

On behalf of the Devon & Cornwall Longwool Sheep Association. Entries & enquiries 01409 253275.

GRAZING COWS

Auctioneer: David Kivell – 07899 960272

OTM CATTLE

Auctioneer: David Kivell – 07899 960272

SATURDAY 9th - RESURRANCE FARM, SUMMERCOURT, NEWQUAY, CORNWALL, TR8 5BG-

10:30am Dispersal Sale of Farm Machinery & Implements. On behalf of Messrs Whimbeley. Inc: Browns 5m

tineweeder, Mascar 2110 Round baler, Lemken four furrow reversible plough, Marshall rotaspreader, Various trailers,

Toppers, Round feeders, IAE Cattle crush, Large quantity of sheep hurdles, Granite rollers & cast iron pig troughs.

Entries invited 01840 261261.

MONDAY 11th – HOLSWORTHY/HALLWORTHY TB Restricted Sale entries invited.

TUESDAY 12th – LISKEARD Special Sale of Breeding Ewes entries 07767 895366.

THURSDAY 14th – HALLWORTHY 250 Store Cattle, plus 1200 Breeding Ewes and Ewe Lambs, entries to hand

include, 100 Suffolk x 2Ts, 100 Mule 2Ts, 80 Mule FM, 100 Romney 2Ts, 130 Speckled and Speckled X FM Ewes from

Messr Abel Bros, Tavistock, 250 Mule Ewe Lambs being consignments of 150, 60 and 40 from 3 local vendors. 70 Stock

Rams, 550 Store Lamb. Steve Prouse 07767 895366

SATURDAY 16th - HIGHER FRANKABOROUGH, BROADWOODWIDGER, PL16

0JS. Complete Dispersal of Tractors, Farm Machinery & Effects. On behalf of Mr T Shopland –

Case 785 tractor c/w Tanco loader & bucket reg. G672 BGL - 4,400hrs, International 885XL 2wd

reg. A770 KCUb - 4,312hrs, Super Dexter c/w loader buckets 1964 reg - 6,491hrs, Marshall 70

dung spreader, Teagle Tomahawk 404 bale shredder, Major 1100 slurry tanker, Zweegers

haybob, PZ 165 grass mower, Fella centipede. Quantity of granite mushrooms & troughs &

Husqvarna ride on mower (VGC). Entries invited 01409 253275.

TUESDAY 19th - HOLSWORTHY Coins, Books, Militaria Sale 01409 259256

WEDNESDAY 20th – HOLSWORTHY – Mid

Month Dairy Sale. To Include a Production Sale of 100

Pedigree, Classified, CIS Milk Recorded Dairy Cattle

from the ‘Hoops’ herd on behalf of Mr JG & SG Ley,

Sutcombe, Holsworthy. To comprise freshly calved and

in full milk production Cows and Heifers, close to calving

In Calf Heifers and Dry Cows and also Heifers. This sale

will include superb quality cattle many with deep

pedigrees and multiple EX/VG classifications.

SATURDAY 23rd – TRELABE, CALLINGTON

LINKINHORNE, CALLINGTON, CORNWALL

PL17 8QP. Dispersal of Tractors, Machinery &

Full Range of Sheep

Handling Equipment on

behalf of Messrs DS & AM

Horne (Retirement sale).

Outside entries invited

01409 253275.

SATURDAY 23rd – TRESADDERN SHAMBLES,

ST COLUMB TR9 6JD 10.30AM on behalf of Mr R J

Dudden. Dispersal of Vintage Tractor, Machinery,

Bygones, Implements, Workshop equipment,

Antiques & furniture to inc: CASE DEX 1941 and

Blackstone 34 HP 1929. Contact Peter Hooper on

01579 345543 or John Wakeham 07977 479686.

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