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EXETER LIVESTOCK
CENTRE
MARKET REPORT
July 2017
Monday 17th Prime Stock Market
EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Matford Park Road, Exeter, Devon, EX2 8FD
01392 251261 [email protected] www.kivells.com
Monday 17th July
Prime Cattle to 221ppk & £1390 Barren Cows to 181ppk & £1350
Plenty of cattle forward on Monday met a stronger trade with Prime Cattle reaching a decent high of 221ppk (530kg/£1168) paid for a cracking young but well finished Limousin heifer (18m) from Geoffrey Tapp of Rackenford whilst highest realised
price came from Jack Neale of Boyton with a majestic Limousin bull (25m) which delivered £1390 (900kg x 155ppk). The now expected top notch offering from Keith & Hilary Harvey, Bovey Tracey saw their best to 213ppk for another quality Blonde,
a heifer (26m) whilst the finest of a run of Limousin steers (20m) from Phillip Dennis of North Tawton rose to 203ppk. A Blonde heifer (28m) sold by Adrian Bowden, Drewsteignton got 200ppk with the better of a couple of Hereford steers (25m)
from George Wright of Cullompton fetching 196ppk. A few ‘Over Thirty Month’ prime on offer hit 190ppk for Adrian Bowden again, this time with a Blue steer (32m) followed by a tremendous Charolais heifer (31m) from Aimee Mogford of Rackenford
which levelled out at £1325. Another good entry of Barren Cows again looked dear as Geoffrey Tapp also topped this section with a grand Blue cow at 154ppk (880kg/£1350) whilst a young South Devon barrener from Basil Cane of Plymouth was
knocked down at a heady 181ppk. More strong classy sorts from Rob & Sharon Luscombe up from South Brent sold well with their Simmental’s to 153ppk (736kg/£1122), Limousin’s got 145ppk for Harry Davis of Chagford and further Simmental cows
ran to 144ppk for Ben Watts of Ashburton and 142ppk for Ian Drake of Wiggaton. A Blonde barrener from Steve Francis of North Tawton also looked a good price at 140ppk with out of parlour dairy sorts to 128ppk for a Friesian from Earth Products of Plymouth. A well-muscled Blonde cull bull from Rob & Sharon Luscombe tallied a worthy £1235 (1000kg x 124ppk).
Vendors are kindly reminded to inform us of their entries for Monday’s Prime Cattle and Barren Cow
auction in advance to enable potential purchasers to be advised of likely numbers.
Please contact the Market Office (01392 251261) or Robert Armstrong over the weekend by phone or text (07791484290) or by email [email protected]
Thanks to our vendors for your continued support and a reminder to all that there is good competition for all classes of prime cattle and barren cows at Exeter Livestock Centre on a Monday.
Also note, TB pre movement tests are NOT REQUIRED for this sale.
77 PRIME CATTLE & BARREN COWS – 10.45AM
Auctioneer: Simon Alford 07789 980203
FARM ASSURANCE
Buyers are increasingly asking that Cattle & Sheep sold though the Prime Market on a Monday should be Farm Assured
Though Farm Assurance is not essential when selling your stock, it is becoming more noticeable that assured stock is being sold to a premium.
Please contact the Market Office for further information or the following farm assurance certification bodies will be able to assist you with any membership queries:
Kiwa PAI email: [email protected] website: www.kiwa.co.uk/pai
NSF Certification email: [email protected] website: www.nsf-cmi.com
SAI Global email: [email protected] website: www.saiglobal.com
SFQC email: [email protected] website: www.sfqc.co.uk
EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE - FRIDAY 21st JULY AT 12 NOON
Monthly Catalogued Sale of Beef Breeding Stock
comprising 200 Pedigree South Devon Cattle to inc -
The Dispersal Sale of the Pedigree “Kingsmeade” Herd
of 84 South Devon Cattle On behalf of Messrs AM & KT Musgrave of Taunton, Somerset
comprising 32 pedigree cows with spring born calves at foot, 1 commercial cow and calf, 17 pedigree
maiden heifers & 1 pedigree bull. Plus the dispersal of 30 Cows & late Autumn born calves, 13 In Calf
Heifers & 8 Maidens from the “Cruggan” herd of Mr J Trounce of Cornwall. Plus 9 Cows & Calves
from LE Walters & Son and 11 pedigree mainly polled South Devon maiden heifers born spring 16 and
1 autumn calved pedigree South Devon cow with calf at foot on behalf of Messrs GK & MA Garrett.
The sale will commence with Continental & Native Cows & Calves & Bulls
For further information please contact Mark Davis on 07773 371774 or
the Market Office on 01392 251261
Lambs to £106.50 & 226ppk Hoggs to £87.20 & 123ppk
Cull Ewes to £116.50 & Rams to £122.50
Numbers still high and trade also remains strong with the better fleshed
heavier lambs in strongest demand as has been the case over recent weeks.
Heavy lambs sold to £106.50 & £104 for 47 & 48kg (222 & 221ppk)
Charollais & Texel crosses from Kevin & Becky Matthews of Launceston.
£105 was achieved by Peter & Andrew Baker of Marldon with a single 51kg
Charollais lamb, £103.50 was paid to both Alan Ridgway of Newton Abbot
and Antony Barrow of Bickington with their 48 & 49kg lambs respectively,
£102 for 46kg (222ppk)smart continentals from Mark Harvey of Slapton
whilst both Chris Irish of Woodland and Lyn Loosemore of Yeoford made
over £100 of heavier lambs. Some great 45kg weight lambs peaked at
£99.80 (222ppk) for Harry Kerswell of Kingsbridge, £99 (220ppk) for JE &
JP Redman of Chagford, £96.50 for Steve Smaridge of Mamhead and £96.20
for both Mark Harvey and Tom & Emma Wotton of Moretonhampstead.
Two pens of fantastic 43kg lambs from David & Mary Stark of Denbury
rose to £97 and £95.20 or a sale topping 226ppk and 221ppk. Several pens
of 40 & 41kg lambs over the £85 mark with Jerry Sanders-Carr of
Kentisbeare selling 41kgs to £88.50 followed by Andrew Walter-Symons
of Churchstow at £88 and 40kg lambs peaked at £86.20 for Andrew
Chudley of Moretonhampstead and £86 for Tracey Cobbledick of Bude.
39kgs sold to £81 for Tom & Emma Wotton, £79.20 for Higher Cliston
Farm of Sampford Courtenay and £78.20 for Abel Bros of Tavistock. 38kgs
to £77.50 for both Luke Knight of Cadbury and Rob Harding of Lympstone
whilst 37kg lambs reached £75.50 for Margaret Heard of Maundown and
35kgs made £71 for Ellimore Farm of Lustleigh. SQQ and overall average is back four pence at 202ppk.
Sold to £87.20 & 123ppk for Clare McDonald and Phil Morish of Whiddon Down.
A tremendous entry of cull ewes and rams, far more than anticipated the day before our big breeding ewe sale met a
strong trade throughout. Ewes topped at a credible £116.50 for strong pure Suffolk ewes from KA White & Son of
Sandford with others hitting £110. Powerful Suffolk crosses from the Widdicombe family of Berry Pomeroy attained
£114.50 with others realising £105.50, JT Venning & Son up from Fowey attained £113 and £104, Kevin & Becky Matthews
topped at £112.50 for smart Texel’s, Suffolk crosses from Ken Luscombe of South Milton reached £110, similar goods
from Chris Irish attained £106.50, Continental crosses from ES Coaker of Bishopsteignton achieved £105.50, Phillip
Hutton of Northlew realised a little less hitting £105 for Suffolk crosses, Wilf Walters of Kingston realised £104.50 again
for Suffolk crosses, whilst James Baskerville of Bow attained £104 for a cracking pen of Charollais. Pen after pen of
meated ewes pushing past the £90 mark! A large proportion of Mules forward saw the best from Milborne Wick Farms
of Sherborne achieve £89, whilst Ken & John Heard of Okehampton hit £87.50 for their Scotch bred mules. A shortage
of rams saw the best top at £122.50 for John Attree of Harbertonford, Peregrine Aubrey of Slapton realised £117.50,
Poll Dorset’s from Keith and Christine Morish of Cheriton Bishop topped at £116.50, whilst Mike and Niall Tewson of
Ipplepen attained £111.50. All in the ewes averaged an impressive £76.58 considering the large number forward and the
quality on offer, up £2.37 on the week.
*From Monday 24th July, Hoggs and Mature Sheep will be sold amongst the cull ewes and described as such*
Sale commencing at 9.30am
Top Average
Weight No’s
Fwd
£’s Per
Head P.P.K
£’s Per
Head P.P.K
PRIME LAMB
25-31 6 59.50
(-0.50)
192
(+4)
55.00
(-4.22)
176
(-10)
32-39 347 81.00
(-4.80)
208
(-12)
74.68
(+0.57)
196
(~)
40-45 1039 99.80
(-5.20)
226
(-20)
85.13
(-2.36)
204
(-5)
46-52 76 106.50
(-3.50)
222
(-10)
101.34
(+0.79)
214
(+2)
53+ 1 97.00
(-24.00)
183
(-36)
97.00
(-14.20)
183
(-8)
PRIME
HOGGS 3
87.20
(-6.80)
123
(-51)
55.00
(-5.50)
118
(-14)
EWES 1229 116.50 (-2.00)
76.58 (+2.37)
RAMS 19 122.50
(+7.00)
77.68
(-24.18)
1229 CULL EWES & 19 RAMS
2732 SHEEP – 9.30AM
Auctioneers: Russell Steer 07788 318701 & Ian Caunter 07813 068935
3 PRIME HOGGS
1481 PRIME SPRING LAMBS
Countryside Stewardship Applications now open!
Management agreements and capital grants available
Application packs need to be ordered by 31st July
For further information pop into
the Kivells Rural Professional office or speak to
Claire Bellew 07789 980 204 Ian Caunter 07913 068 935
Available by Private Treaty
87 Acres of Mowing Grass
situated at Aylesbeare
Approximately 20 acres of grass keep available between Tiverton and Cullompton – for cutting
only from August 2017
* Please contact the Kivells Rural Professional office on 01392 252 262 for further details *
EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE - TUESDAY 18TH JULY 2017
*Catalogues available from www.kivells.com*
Further information from Russell Steer 07788 318701 or the Office 01392 251261
Why not come and visit us at Mid Devon Show
on the 22nd July - Stand H71
As I write this month’s Rural Reflection we have just left an extremely dry period of weather and seem
to be entering into a week that appears to be unsettled, a little like our country’s politics throughout
June. Hopefully Michael Gove now at the helm for our country’s Department for Environment, Food
and Rural Affairs will be able to provide a firm stance on the requirements for the agricultural sector,
time will only tell.
Moving swiftly on, rain will be a welcomed occurrence for both the livestock and arable sector as large
areas of land look to be suffering from the extreme temperatures we have witnessed across the
country over the last month.
There is now doubt about it, the farming industry seems to be able criticise every aspect of the weather
we face. Mainly because the weather hugely contributes to the success on which ever farming
enterprise we chose to undertake. That said, the prolonged period of dry weather has enabled farmers
to ‘make hay whilst the sun shines’, as when travelling around the South West throughout June it
would appear every pasture field practicable for hay production was mown, baled and stacked
relatively stress free.
Moving onto professional matters and starting with the Basic Payment Scheme a significant proposal
affecting all arable farmers continues to progress through the motions over in the European
Parliament. The European Parliament are planning to advance their proposal in banning all Plant
Protection Products (PPPs) on nitrogen-fixing crops, fallow land, cover and catch crops. Therefore
sprays will no longer be able to be applied for all of Basic Payment Scheme claimants that undertake
the option of planting the crop beans to meet the Ecological Focus Area requirements. Whilst the
position has yet to be finalised, the proposed ban would apply for BPS 2018 applications and therefore
when cropping plans are being reviewed for 2018 the potential ban on the use of PPPs will need to be
considered.
The Kivells team are currently in preparation for the next wave of Countryside Stewardship application
packs which must be applied for by the 31st July 2017. As discussed in many publications the topic of
Countryside Stewardship receives mixed emotions, whereby for some it has been decided a scheme
that is too onerous, but for others, fits perfectly into the farming business and unlocks further grant
aided funding. It is worth mentioning that in collaboration with the Countryside Stewardship Mid-Tier
Scheme, farm holdings that are identified by Natural England to be in a high priority target area have
the ability to apply for stand-alone capital grants worth up-to £10,000. To establish whether your
holding is situated in a high priority area please give your nearest Kivells office a call and speak to one
of the team.
Rural Reflection July 2017
Throughout June the professional team at Kivells have been busy receiving instructions on various
sales of land, buildings and residential property throughout the West Country. My colleagues Claire
Bellew and Thomas Rattray have been favoured agent on a number of different properties throughout
Devon and Cornwall and will soon be bringing these properties to the Market. The professional team
here at Kivells have a fantastic connection with the rural community through our network of offices
and four livestock markets. The team has the knowledge and ability to deal with large commercial
farms through to smaller equestrian type properties. If you are considering selling please do not
hesitate to give us a call.
Work continues to progress with National Grid and the renewal of the power cables from Plymouth to
Exeter with reports of certain areas of the first stretch nearing completion. As previously stated it is
imperative that you keep time recordings of all issues that arise because of the necessary works to the
pylons, this includes even your time in dealing with National Grid. The professional team here a Kivells
provide a hands on approach when dealing with all utility companies and ensure you as the landowner
or occupier receive the correct payment for what has been lost.
Finally as we approach July the arable sector will be gearing themselves up for the all-important
harvest period. Reports up country suggest fields of Oil Seed Rape are already being sprayed off and
many suggesting Winter Barely being only three weeks away. At the end of June Kivells held the 28th
Annual Sale of Standing Straw which proved to be another success with all bar a few lots making or
exceeding vendors’ expectations. Prices topped at £76 per acre for Winter Barley, Winter Wheat
traded above the £50 mark depending on quality, and we saw averages up on last year with all crops
levelling out at £54.19 per acre. Clients are always looking to purchase standing straw as it suits the
system they farm, if you have any to market then please give your nearest office a call.
On behalf of the Kivells Rural Professional Team Ian Caunter
Exeter Office
The Kivells Rural Professional Team
David Kivell 01409 253275 [email protected]
Mark Bromell 01409 253275 [email protected]
Mark Bunt 01579 324927 [email protected]
Tom Rattray 01566 776886 [email protected]
Claire Bellew 01392 252262 [email protected]
Ian Caunter 01392 252262 [email protected]
Caroline Squire 01392 252262 [email protected]
FRIDAY 14th JULY - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Sale of Dairy Cattle & Fortnightly Pig Sale
MONDAY 17th JULY - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Prime Stock Market
TUESDAY 18th JULY - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
45th Great July Fair to inc Annual Sale of Breeding Ewes & Rams, Show & Sale of Suffolk X Shearlings, MV &
Non MV Rams on behalf of the West Country Suffolk Sheep Association
FRIDAY 21st JULY - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Monthly Catalogued Sale of Beef Breeding Cattle
MONDAY 24th JULY - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Prime Stock Market
TUESDAY 25th JULY - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Sale of TB Restricted Prime, Cull & Store Cattle
FRIDAY 28th JULY - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Monthly Sale of Organic Cattle & Sheep, Sale of Dairy Cattle & Fortnightly
Pig Sale
MONDAY 31st JULY - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Prime Stock Market
TUESDAY 1st AUGUST - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Monthly Horse & Saddlery Sale
FRIDAY 4th AUGUST - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Native Breed Cattle
MONDAY 7th AUGUST - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Prime Stock Market
TUESDAY 8th AUGUST - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
14th Special August Sale of Breeding Ewes & Rams to inc Show & Sale of Mule Shearlings
FRIDAY 11th AUGUST - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Sale of Dairy Cattle, 1st Season’s Show & Sale on behalf of the Devon &
Cornwall Longwool Sheep Association & Fortnightly Pig Sale
MONDAY 14th AUGUST - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Prime Stock Market
TUESDAY 15th & WEDNESDAY 16th AUGUST - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
NSA Ram Show & Sale
FRIDAY 18th AUGUST - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Monthly Catalogued Sale of Beef Breeding Cattle, Annual Show & Sale on
behalf of the Greyface Dartmoor Sheep Breeders Association, Rare Breed Sale & Dexter Sale
MONDAY 21st AUGUST - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Prime Stock Market
TUESDAY 22nd AUGUST - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Sale of TB Restricted Prime, Cull & Store Cattle
WEDNESDAY 23rd & THURSDAY 24th AUGUST - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
17th Annual Official Show & Sale of Lleyn Sheep on behalf of the Lleyn Sheep Society
FRIDAY 25th AUGUST - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Store Stock Market
FORTHCOMING SALES
EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Matford Park Road, Exeter, Devon, EX2 8FD
01392 251261 [email protected] www.kivells.com