october 2017 - kivells

EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE

MARKET REPORT

October 2017

Monday 23rd Prime Stock Market


Matford Park Road, Exeter, Devon, EX2 8FD

01392 251261 [email protected] www.kivells.com

Monday 23rd October

Prime Cattle to 198ppk & £1501 Barren Cows to 135ppk & £1240

Monday saw Prime Cattle top 198ppk and a massive £1501 for a tremendous South Devon steer (27m) from Alan

Luscombe of Bickington, similar sorts from the same vendor realised to £1463 (193ppk) and £1374 (192ppk). Angus

steers (19m) saw 193ppk (£1228) for Merlin Brown, Moretonhampstead whilst a grand 868kg Charolais steer (27m)

from Denis Clements of Whimple saw £1445 and a very decent 690kg Blue steer (27m) from Anne Brown of Ottery

totalled £1297. Barren Cows saw the best selling to 137ppk for a young South Devon from Adrian Bowden,

Drewsteignton, close behind at 135ppk was a smashing South Devon from Keith & Hilary Harvey, Bovey Tracey which

grosses £1240. Limousin’s again from the Harvey’s drew 134ppk with Blue barrener’s reaching133ppk for Martin Daw of

Ugborough. Devon cows sold to 129ppk for Arthur Salter, Broadclyst and Holstein Friesians saw116ppk (£720) for

Trevor Wilson of Kingston

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.

72 PRIME CATTLE & BARREN COWS – 10.45AM

Auctioneer: Simon Alford 07789 980203

Further information and entries to Russell Steer

07788 318701 or 01392 251261 and [email protected]

MONTHLY ORGANIC SALE - FRIDAY 27TH OCTOBER Entries to date include:

7 South Devon steers & heifers (18m), 6 Limousin X steers (17m) – to be sold in the Store Cattle ring at 10am

30 Hereford X steers & heifers with named sires (12m) - to be sold in the Stirk ring at 11.30am

For more information please contact the Market Office 01392 251261

mailto:[email protected]

Lambs to £86 & 195ppk Cull Ewes to £104.50 & Rams to £123

More lambs forward this week, coming in soaked right through and not looking or going to percent at their best sold to a straight and overall similar trade.

Top money at £86 was given for 51kg smartly bred and well finished lambs from both Richard Yabsley of Dartmouth and Rob Thorn of Chagford. This

was closely followed by the Baxter family of Exwick with 44kg Bleu de Maine and Beltex crosses at £85.80 or a sale topping 195ppk who also sold 43kg Bleu de Maine’s at £80 (186ppk). Overweight lambs were no better to sell, reaching

£81 for 53kgs from Robert & Christine Steer of Avonwick and £80 for both PJ Kelland of Chevithorne and Messrs Adcock & Wotton of Moretonhampstead.

Richard Yabsley sold his second pen of 51kg Texel crosses at £80 and other 49-51kg lambs sold at £79.80 for Phil Lee of Tedburn St Mary, £79 for both the

Retter family of Cheriton Bishop and Neil & Kate Lethbridge of East Allington whilst best of the 46kgs sold to £78.50 for the Browse family of Halberton and

£78 for Mark Harvey of Slapton who also had 45kg continental cross lambs at £80 & £79.80 (178 & 177ppk). Other 45kg lambs at £79 for Rothamsted

Research of North Tawton and £77 for both Gordon White of Coleford and the Browse family who also had 43kgs at £76.20 (177ppk) and smart Beltex sired 42kg lambs at £78.50 (187ppk). More 43kgs at £76.20 (177ppk) for Blackaton Manor Farms

of Widecombe and best of the 41kgs made £73 (178ppk) and came from JAC & CM Stanbury of Throwleigh. Majority of lighter but fleshed lambs were similar to store prices reaching £63.20 for Rick Mathews of Millbrook and £61.20 for D Attrill of

Meshaw while even lighter or leaner/plainer lambs would have been better placed on a Friday. SQQ of 168ppk is just a penny less than last week or two pence less than a fortnight ago.

A larger show of generally better quality cull ewes and rams met an unexpectedly firmer trade, particularly for the better end.

Best rams topped at £123 for a super Texel from Michael Down of Payhembury, £117.50 for similar from Richard Peeke of Totnes and £105 for Charollais from Martin Palfrey of Neopardy. Other rams to £82 for Robert & Christine Steer and to £60

for a couple of Welsh Mountains from Dave Cole of Ivybridge. Crossbred ewes sold to £104.50 for a super pen from Phil Lee of Tedburn St Mary, £102.50 for similar from Seward Folland of Puddington, £100.50 for Suffolk crosses from Michael Down

and £99.50 for John Reddaway of Cossick Cross. Others to £99 for both the Retter family and Torbay Coast & Countryside of Occombe, £98.50 for Ray & Sylvia Toms of Cheriton Bishop and best of a good run of heavy weight ewes from Tripp Bros

& Sons of Dunsford sold at £98.50, £97 & £92. Best mules into the mid to late £70’s on several occasions and Dorset’s into the £80’s. The very plain and lean ewes were less in number and a brighter trade while hill and horned ewes were maybe up

a pound or two and from £19 to £46. Overall average of almost £64 is up nearly £14.

Top Average

Weight No’s

Fwd

£’s Per

Head P.P.K

£’s Per

Head P.P.K

PRIME LAMB

32-39 40 63.20

(-6.80)

167

(-12)

60.33

(-3.60)

160

(-9)

40-45 509 85.80

(+4.80)

195

(+11)

72.67

(+0.01)

169

(~)

46-52 281 86.00

(+4.00)

171

(-3)

76.58

(-1.73)

160

(-6)

53+ 13 81.00

(-9.80)

153

(-9)

79.38

(-2.31)

142

(-8)

EWES 664 104.50

(+4.50)

63.12

(+12.52)

RAMS 11 123.00

(+73.00)

74.14

(+37.77)

664 CULL EWES & 11 RAMS

1568 SHEEP – 9.30AM

Auctioneers: Russell Steer 07788 318701 & Ian Caunter 07813 068935

883 PRIME SPRING LAMBS


MONTHLY

MACHINERY SALE Wednesday 8th November at 10.30am

(And every second Wednesday of the month thereafter)

For entry forms and further information please contact Ian Caunter 07813 068935, the Office

01392 252262 or email [email protected]




mailto:[email protected]

Well, what happened to the Indian summer we were promised after a washed out August? It looks like the

Great British weather had other ideas and we seemed to have jumped into Autumn after what felt like a

particularly short summer. As I write this the sun is shining and I am sure many of you are out there today

trying to make the most of a rare dry day.

Latest reports suggest the Harvest Results have been mixed for 2017 with some farms not having managed

to finish combining due to the wet and untimely weather. In the meantime, hedge-cutting appears to be

in full flow since the hedge-cutting window opened on the 1st September.

It has been hive of activity in the professional offices at Kivells throughout September as the deadline for

Countryside Stewardship application forms was the 30th September. The team managed to submit 68

applications to Natural England before the deadline (53 Mid-Tier Countryside Stewardship applications and

15 Water Capital grant applications). The expected monetary value to our clients is worth circa £300,000

of capital work which includes hedge laying, fencing, concrete yard renewal, hard bases livestock drinkers

and many more. Successful agreements will commence on 1st January 2018. If you would like to find out

more about the Countryside Stewardship Scheme please contact your local Kivells office for more

information.

The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) have announced the proposal to change the rules for greening for the Basic Payment Scheme 2018 will be taken forward. Those arable and mixed farmers amongst you may need to prick your ears for this part! If you are planning to use leguminous crops for your Ecological Focus Area (EFA) greening element, you may be affected. For example, plant protection products can no longer be used on these areas which applies to crops such as combinable peas or beans planted this Autumn. Other changes include the use of the tree lines for greening and the minimum period for catch crops. Previously tree lines were not classified as a hedge for greening purposes however, in 2018 they can be. Please feel free to speak to someone in the professional team if you’re concerned about your greening element of the Basic Payment Scheme to avoid payment penalties in 2018.

Some of you may have had a payment from the RPA recently which is labelled ‘FDM Reimbursement 2016’. FDM stands for Financial Discipline Mechanism which is a deduction applied to all claims above €2,000 which is put into a reserve fund in case of a farming crisis. If not all of the reserve fund is used in that year, claimants will be reimbursed. There are currently grant opportunities available under the Rural Development Programme for England in the form of LEADER funding. This funding is to help increase productivity and animal welfare. The amount of funding available will depend on the area in which the farm falls into. For example, the Greater Dartmoor Leader group will fund up 40% of eligible costs with a maximum payment of £100,000. Supported projects include milking robots, enhanced cattle and sheep handling systems, crop robotics, LED lighting in livestock housing etc. There is also funding available for rural business start-ups and farm

Rural Reflection October 2017

diversification. If you would like to check the eligibility of a project you are considering and would like to be guided through the application process, please contact a member of the Kivells team and we will be happy to help. In other news it has just been announced that there is a Rural Broadband Infrastructure grant available for Local Authorities to apply for. There will be a focus on connecting rural businesses in areas with poor connection speeds. The aim would be achieve speeds of 30Mbps in these rural areas. The RPA need to be contacted in the first instance to request and application pack and handbook and they will assess applications on a case by case basis. This is an evolving topic and it will be a case of ‘watch this space’ until we know which Local Authorities will be eligible to apply. The Kivells farms and land department have seen a flurry of new instructions this Autumn. Details of farms and land for sale can be found on our website www.kivells.com. There have also been some recent pleasing sales despite the uncertain backdrop of BREXIT. A recent auction near Holsworthy saw 23.42 acres of organic pasture land reaching £200,000 which was well above the guide price. If you are thinking of selling, please get in touch with a member of our team for a free no obligation market appraisal.

Looking forward, the date has been announced for the Autumn Budget, which will take place on the 22nd November 2017. As this is the first budget to be made in the Autumn, rather than the Spring, we will have to see what the impact on the agricultural industry will be. On a more certain note, the exchange rate for 2017’s BPS payment has been set at €1 = £0.89470. Thankfully this is a slight increase from last year (€1 = £0.85228) which I’m sure will be gratefully received! Payments will be made by the RPA from the 1st December 2017 onwards.

On behalf of the Kivells Rural Professional Team

Lisabeth Miller

Holsworthy 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]

Lisabeth Miller 01409253 275 [email protected]

Claire Bellew 01392 252262 [email protected]

Ian Caunter 01392 252262 [email protected]

Caroline Squire 01392 252262 [email protected]

http://www.kivells.com/

FRIDAY 20th OCTOBER - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE

Weekly Store Stock Market to inc 1st Autumn Catalogued Sale of Suckled Calves & Stirks, Monthly Catalogued Sale of Beef

Breeding Stock & Fortnightly Pig Sale

MONDAY 23rd OCTOBER - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE

Weekly Prime Stock Market

FRIDAY 27th OCTOBER - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE

Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Monthly Sale of Organic Cattle & Sheep & Dairy Sale

MONDAY 30th OCTOBER - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE


FRIDAY 3rd NOVEMBER - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE

Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Monthly sale of Native Breed Cattle, 2nd Autumn Catalogued Sale of Suckled Calves &

Stirks & Fortnightly Pig Sale

MONDAY 6th NOVEMBER - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE


WEDNESDAY 8th NOVEMBER - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE

Monthly Machinery & Implement Sale

FORTHCOMING SALES




FORTHCOMING DAIRY SALES FRIDAY 27TH OCTOBER

For more information please contact Mark Davis 07773 371774 or the Office 01392 251261

Catalogues available from www.kivells.com

Friday 20th October 429 entered – catalogue available from www.kivells.com

Friday 3rd November

Friday 17th November

For more information please contact Robert Armstrong on 07791 484290

or the Market Office 01392 251261

FRIDAY 20TH OCTOBER

CATALOGUED SALE OF BEEF

BREEDING CATTLE Entries to date inc 12 “Lumbylaw” bred Pedigree South Devon Spring Calving In Calf Cows & 1 Bull from

Messrs Rowe of Cornwall, 8 Pedigree South Devon In Calf Heifers from “Cornworthy Court”, Hereford

x Cows & Calves, 2 Pedigree Limousin Cows & Calves, 1 Ped British Blue Bull & 2 Ped South Devon Bulls.

*Catalogue Available*

For further information please contact Mark Davis 07773 371774 or the Office 01392 251261



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