tuesday 2nd & wednesday 3 november 2021

Tuesday 2nd & Wednesday 3rd November 2021

*4979 Head forward and sold this week*

Sheep (3883)

Prime Sheep (1679) NSL (1679) SQQ 253.46p/kg to 291p/kg & £145.50

Cull Ewes (1116) to £200 & Average £91.55 Store Lambs (954) to £109.50 & Average £82.85

Breeding Sheep (133) to £355

Prime Cattle (187) Steers to 295p/kg & £1852.90 Heifers to 275p/kg & £1663.40

Bulls to 261p/kg & £2059.13 Cows to 204p/kg & £1601.30

Store Cattle (462) Steers to £1390 Heifers to £1380

Cows with calves at foot to £1620 In Calf Cows to £1300

Calves (193) Baby Calves to £408 Weanlings to £725

Pigs (254)

Porkers to £105 Sows to £150

Call us on: 01664 562971

Melton Mowbray Market, Scalford

Road, Leicestershire, LE13 1JY

Pay on the day policy – reminder of terms We would like to remind our customers that all store and breeding stock must be paid for on the day. Prime stock purchasers can apply for terms using an account form, which can be posted or emailed on

request and are also available from the market office. For Prime stock purchasers with credit agreements, credit terms will extend to a maximum of two weeks. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to

contact us on 01664 562971.

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.

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.

Cattle Entry Forms

We would like to remind our customers of the importance of correctly filling

out Cattle Entry Forms. ALL cattle must be accompanied by a fully completed

and signed entry form to include the TB testing interval and date of most

recent test along with Farm assurance details and any reserves. Cattle entry

forms can be collected from the market office or downloaded from our

website. If you have any questions, please ask a member of staff or call us on

01664 562971.

Social Distancing We draw everyone’s attention to the operating arrangements for all livestock

markets at this current time. Customers are reminded that social distancing

should be practiced at all times and facemasks should be worn in areas

whereby social distancing becomes difficult.

REMINDER

Please ensure your vehicles are locked and that you leave no valuables on display, even if you leave them for the shortest time, including unloading.

Thieves are opportunists – don’t give them the opportunity.

EXPECTED ENTRIES

TUESDAY 9TH NOVEMBER 2021 SHEEP

1800+ Prime Sheep 800+ Ewes

1000+ Store Lambs 200+ Breeding Sheep

WEDNESDAY 10TH NOVEMBER 2021 100+ Prime Cattle

300+ Stores 100+ Calves

SALE TIMES

TUESDAY SHEEP CENTRE

PRIME LAMBS 10.00am

Followed by CULL EWES AND STORE LAMBS

FOLLOWED BY BREEDING SHEEP

WEDNESDAY CATTLE & PIG SALES PIGS

PIGS every FIRST and THIRD Wednesday of the month

*Please Note Pigs are now to be sold on

WEDNESDAYS at 10am*

RING 1

Prime Bulls 10am Followed by COWS & PRIME CATTLE

RING 2

STORE CATTLE 12 Noon

RING 3

REARING CALVES 10.00am

FOLLOWED BY WEANLINGS

NO TUESDAY FUR AND FEATHER AUCTIONS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

PRIME SHEEP AUCTIONEER – SCOTT RUCK

*1679 Prime Sheep Forward & Sold*

Tel: 07796 897 516

Prime Lambs (1679) SQQ 253.46p/kg to 291p/kg & £128

Some super runs of lambs forward today, with numbers tightening nationwide, and trade rising in response. An SQQ of 253.46p/kg looking strong when the difference in the yard of sheep is taken into account. Top of the tree today saw the Friskney wanderer Paul Baker selling 44kg to 291p/kg with 43.5kg from the same home to 287p/kg. MCB Thompson saw quality to 280p/kg for 43kg with the Baker stable hitting 278p/kg for 45kg. T French sold handy 32kg to 277p/kg with Ena Kirkman topping her day at 274p/kg for 37kg. Mr & Mrs Burnett sold 32kg to 272p/kg with 36kg from the same home to 269p/kg. Heavies still equally wanted with Paul Baker selling 46kg to 279p/kg, with others to 275p/kg and 274p/kg. D Cragg sold 54kg to 269p/kg matching Paul Bakers 48kg with JT Voss selling 48.5kg to 265p/kg. TA Smith Farm sold 48kg to 263p/kg, with AG & SC Clarke selling 46.5p/kg to 261p/kg. In the lump, lambs still really totting up in the handy weights with Paul Baker flying here too to see 44kg to £128, with 43.5kg and 45kg to £125 from the same home. MCB Thompson sold 43kg to £120.50 with PR Bakers 45kg to £120. Kingarth Farms saw 45kg to £117.50 with M & H Pick selling 44kg to £117. D & G Rowles saw 44kg to £116.50 twice equal with 45.5kg from PA Wilford. Top of the tree today saw D Cragg selling 54kg to £145.50, with J Selby selling 54kg to £141. GG & CG Hewerdine sold 59kg to £140 with JW & GM Freeman selling 60.5kg to £135 with KS Mayfield & Co reaching £130.50 for 57kg.

Cull Ewes & Goats (1116) to £200 Average £91.55

Another whopping yarding of ewes with numbers seemingly not drying up, and competition reigning supreme to see an all-in average of £91.55 for everything from best Texel ewes to Hebridean types.

Top of the tree today saw belting rams from D Cragg selling to £200, with PJ Haynes & Son topping his tups at £180. Top ewes today saw £150 for Georgia & Charlotte Davies selling Texel types to £180, with Dave Burns hot on their heels to see £156 for Texels alongside Tups from Ollie Johnson topping at £151. Paul Baker flew high in here too with Suffolk ewes to £150, and David Scarborough topping his run at £145.

Dorsets today to £130 from Henry Tickler, with top mules today on the unstoppable Baker Bus selling massive Welsh mules to £130 on two occasions.

Grazers still sought after and these actively trading between £80 & £90 for those good grazing types, with plainer ewes perhaps looking the dearest sold between £55 and £70.

CULL EWES & GOATS

AUCTIONEER – MARTIN LLOYD Tel: 07775 758586

Pigs (254)

STORE SHEEP

AUCTIONEER – MARTIN LLOYD

Tel: 07775 758586

PIGS

AUCTIONEER – SCOTT RUCK

Tel: 07796 897516

Store lambs (955) to £109.50 average £82.87

Another good show of sheep and a veritable army of bidders at ringside all keen for sheep. Numbers seemingly no problem and many more could have been sold to vendor advantage. Top of the tree today saw Stevenson & Son selling Texel types to £109.50 with Simon Hubbard selling to £106. Brooksby College sold to £103 with PC Marshall to £100.50. Top Tups today for Beltex from Dave “Dabba” Mitchell selling to £97, with others from the same home to £94. Strength today all between £85 and £100 with the better end of the medium lambs all around the £80 mark. Harder bred mediums actively £72-£76 with the best end of the smalls over £70. Harder bred long-term types between £60 & £65 with very little sold today under £50.

Another big show of pigs forward and trade almost non-existent for anything other than the spec goods. Best pigs a neat trade but anything slightly off centre very difficult, sows again difficult but realising more than in most other marketing options. Prime pigs selling to £105 for Gilts from Knaggs Farrier Service with Lovett & Vickers selling to £102 for hogg pigs. A & P Schofield sold to £98 for smart porker pigs. Top sows to £150 from Alf Oliver, with Steve Branson selling to the same figure. Sows and Litters topping at £120 from H Fitzhugh, for a sow and 9. Weaners very tricky, with even the best of weaners only towards the £20 mark and those harder bred sorts sometimes towards single figures.

October’s ‘Saturday Spectacular’ defiantly didn’t disappoint with not only the usual sale of poultry and all things sheep and cattle, but this one included the ‘Regional In Lamb Sale of Pedigree Charollais Ewes and Ewe Lambs’ with a tremendous entry of both from across the counties, supported well. A tremendous show of stock from start to finish saw not only vendors but buyers travel across the regions to get their hands on some top genetics and quality stock forward on offer.

Pick of the draw came from no other than long standing supporters of the breed team ‘Sulwood’ or better known to many as The ‘A’ Team Trimming Team, of Geoff and Carol Watson; their lot 16, a shearling gimmer, sired by ‘Ffwrd Samson’ and out of the one ewe in the flock that holds a place in both their hearts, ‘Sulwood Lady Bird’, who is still in the flock at the age of 9. This shearling gimmer was scanned carrying twins to ‘Bincome Warrior’, and sold away for 900gns, heading home with R & S Tindall. Another from the same good home out of the same quality sire, this time carrying a single to the same service sire hit a high of 750gns. A trip down from Yorkshire for Charles Marwood saw a top for gimmers at 600gns with more to follow at 540gns, while the central region team, CW & JM Thomas saw a high 500gns. Ewe lambs topped for CW Marwood & Son at 290gns.

Included in the Charollais sale was the dispersal sale on behalf of the ‘Lincs’ Flock for Tina Blythe with some 20+ years of Pedigree breeding going under the hammer, as a restructure in the flock sees the Charollais have to part. A tremendous show of sheep from this good home with flock ewes and ewe lambs on offer. Pick of the day from the dispersal came in the form of a three-shear ewe by ‘Aberkinsey Policeman’, carrying twins to ‘Boyo Vesper Martini’ and hitting a high of 660gns. Following closely behind from the same good pen another three-shear ewe, this time by ‘Edstaston Silver Lining’ which hit a top of 540gns, while the older timer of the flock, nicknamed ‘Granny’, a 2015 born ‘Logie Durno Mcfly’ daughter carrying a single to ‘Vesper Martini’, hit a top of 520gns. The ewe lambs from this super run of sheep saw a high of 420gns for the last Charollais through the ring who was a daughter of the ‘Granny’, the 2015 born ewe and sired by ‘Boyo Vesper Martini’ who is a son of the second highest priced Charollais Ram, ‘Ffwrd Top Notch’. More from the same good home sold away to 300gns.

Another successful sale for the breed with plenty of interest in easy lambing ewes, with the commercial market always at heart.

CHAROLLAIS BREEDING SHEEP – SATURDAY 30TH OCTOBER


Tel: 07796 897516

PRIME CATTLE

AUCTIONEER – MARTIN LLOYD

Tel: 07775 758586

187 PRIME CATTLE SOLD THIS WEEK!

37 Steers to 294.5p/kg or £1852.90 43 Heifers to 274.5p/kg or £1663.40 23 Young Bulls to 260.5p/kg or £2059.13 84 Barren Cows to 203.5p/kg or £1657.10

Numbers out in force today with a massive yarding of cows forward bumping the numbers.

Every size, shape, type and description forward with trade slightly easier overall on the week.

As ever, every kilo weighed and paid over our bridges. Sell Live and Thrive!

To Discuss the Marketing of Prime Cattle, please contact:

Martin Lloyd: 07775 758586 Scott Ruck: 07796 897516 Steve Martin: 07960 085950 John Gent: 07827 925204

Market Office: 01664 562971 37 Prime Steers AVERAGED:247.81p/kg A super show of steers forward again, and although a strong trade, the roaring edge slightly off last week’s trade. Top of the tree today from GW Amos selling best sorts to 294.5p/kg, with Nick Wooster selling Limousin steers to the same figure. Top spot hotly contested with the Amos stable selling a further two beast to 293.5p/kg. Top gross today from AC Wells selling Limousins to £1852.90, with others from the same stable selling to £1841.90. Pentelow Farms back in the entry today selling to £1826.96 with others to £1809.42.

PRIME STEER TOP PRICES PENCE PER KILO

Vendor Breed Weight(KG) P/kg GW AMOS LIM X 612 294.5

NJ WOOSTER LIM X 604 294.5

GW AMOS LIM X 605 293.5


NJ WOOSTER LIM X 578 289.5 GW AMOS BRB X 606 287.5

PW BIRD & SON LIM X 604 285.5 AC WELLS LIM X 649 285.5

PENTELOW FARMS LIM X 566 285.5 PENTELOW FARMS LIM X 636 284.5

PRIME STEER TOP PRICES POUNDS PER HEAD

Vendor Breed Weight(KG) £s/Head AC WELLS LIM X 649 1852.90

AC WELLS LIM X 671 1841.90

PENTELOW FARMS LIM X 656 1826.96 PENTELOW FARMS BRB 636 1809.42

GW AMOS LIM X 612 1802.34 NJ WOOSTER LIM X 604 1778.78

GW AMOS LIM X 605 1775.68 M & MJ WINTERTON LIM X 694 1766.23

GW AMOS BRB 606 1742.25


43 Prime Heifers AVERAGED: 218.65P/KG A sweet show of heifers forward again today, with AC Wells flying high here too to sell Limousin heifers to 274.5p/kg, with Horace Witcomb selling to 265.5p/kg, and PW Bird & Son selling to 262.5p/kg. Shape and finish rewarded today and those slightly off spec good possibly looking the dearest sold with some “O” grading types 210-220p/kg. Top gross today from the Witcomb stable with a top of £1663.40 for his run with others at £1640.79.

PRIME HEIFER TOP PRICES PENCE PER KILO Vendor Breed Weight P/kg


H & BA WITCOMB LIM X 641 265.5 PW BIRD & SON LIM X 560 262.5

H & BA WITCOMB LIM X 641 259.5 H & BA WITCOMB LIM X 604 256.5


H & BA WITCOMB LIM X 627 241.5


PRIME HEIFER TOP PRICES POUNDS PER HEAD Vendor Breed Weight £s/Head


J BELLAMY & SON LIM X 674 1553.57

H & BA WITCOMB LIM X 604 1549.26




RAJ HOPKINS BRB 646 1450.27

23 Young Bulls AVERAGED: 212.96p/kg A much more mixed yarding of bulls forward today, with quality waining from previous weeks. That said a top today from Richard Lowe up from Rugby to sell Limousins to 260.5p/kg, with Gary King selling Limousins to 256.5p/kg. Top Natives from Tower House Farm selling Angus to 222.5p/kg. Top gross today also on the Warwickshire bus with Stuart Friswell selling Black Limousins to £2059.13, with IH King selling to £1789.43.

PRIME YOUNG BULLS TOP PRICES PENCE PER KILO

Vendor Breed Weight

(KG) P/kg

J & R LOWE LIM X 635 260.5 IH KING LIM X 644 256.5

J & R LOWE LIM X 589 255.5

IH KING LIM X 641 254.5 LA BURTON LIM X 568 250.5

IH KING LIM X 723 247.5 J & A FARMING LIM X 515 241.5

S FRISWELL LIM X 867 237.5

AP DANVERS LIM X 583 229.5 TOWER HOUSE FARM AA X 679 222.5

PRIME YOUNG BULLS TOP PRICES POUNDS PER HEAD

Vendor Breed Weight

(KG) £s/Head S FRISWELL LIM X 867 2059.13

IH KING LIM X 723 1789.43 J & R LOWE LIM X 635 1654.18

IH KING LIM X 644 1651.86

IH KING LIM X 737 1639.83 IH KING LIM X 641 1631.35

TOWER HOUSE FARM AA X 679 1510.78 J & R LOWE LIM X 589 1504.90

LA BURTON LIM X 568 1422.84 AP DANVERS LIM X 583 1337.99

84 Barren Cows AVERAGED- 140.46P/KG A massive yarding of cows forward today, and a large number of feeding sorts amongst them. Top of the tree today saw Stuart Friswell selling Limousin cows to 203.5p/kg, with Tower House Farms selling OTM Heifers to 202.5p/kg. Top gross today from J Hall selling Lincoln Red Stock Bulls to £1657.10, with top cow from the Donger stable selling huge white Charolais to £1601.30.

PRIME COW & OTM CATTLE TOP PRICES PENCE PER KILO

Vendor Breed Weight P/kg

S FRISWELL LIM X 667 203.5 TOWER HOUSE FARM AA X OTM HEIFER 611 202.5

JR HALL LINCOLN RED STOCK

BULL 913 181.5

STRATTON FARMS LIM X 733 179.5 R BEE LIVESTOCK LIM X 645 178.5

AB BARKER CHAR X 898 176.5

D COLLINGTON SD X OTM HEIFER 700 176.5 HM WALKER CONT X OTM HEIFER 740 176.5

AB BARKER CHAR X 906 171.5 J & R LOWE LIM X 749 169.5

PRIME COW & OTM CATTLE TOP PRICES POUNDS PER HEAD

Vendor Breed Weight £s/Head

J HALL & SON LINCOLN RED STOCK

BULL 913 1657.10

PM & SM DONGER CHAR X 956 1601.30 AB BARKER CHAR X 898 1584.97


WS JACKSON LINCOLN RED STOCK

BULL 1251 1570.01

AB BARKER CHAR X 906 1553.79 AB BARKER CHAR X 880 1456.40

D & L FARR SD X 1040 1440.40 AB BARKER CHAR X 878 1426.75


STORE CATTLE


Tel: 07796 287 516

Store Cattle (462)

Over 450 head forward and sold for our first Autumn Store Cattle Fair, incorporating our Annual Suckled Calf Show and Sale. A top-quality entry forward and put in front of our judge, Angela Tarry-Smith, Brackley, who awarded the prize for the best pen of 4 or more steers to WW Spoke & Son, Flore for their Simmental steers and the prize for best pen of 4 or more heifers to Lowesby Farms, Lowesby, with our congratulations to Alan and Chloe. Starting with breeding cattle saw Lovett & Vickers selling Limousin cows with strong calves at foot to £1620, with Limousin stock bulls from Mark Forrester selling to £1300. On then into the store cattle, which saw a fantastic show of quality amongst the entry. Flying high today saw Lowesby Farms selling 16-month-old Limousin x steers to £1390, with similar aged heifers from the same stable selling to £1380. The super run of suckled calves from Lowesby topped at £1260 for 12-month-old Limousin steers with their fantastic run of 75 averaging £1101.47. AB Barker sold super Charolais yearling heifers to £1270, with 18-month-old South Devon steers from V Durham selling to £1205, with strong Limousin x steers to £1170 from Mark Thomas at 23 months. Ruth Holman & Co sold Limousin steers to £1170 at 18 months with Herefords from Ryan Coates selling to the same figure. A grand run of cattle from KW & DJ Bailey saw strong Simmental steers at 20 months selling to £1130. JK Squires sold 26-month Angus steers to £1090, with stablemates to £1000. WW Spokes & Son, up from Flore sold a grand bunch of Simmental steers to £1070 at only 9 months, and a pleasure to see BP Farms up from Southam for the first time in this market to sell big pens of Angus steers to £1015 at 17 months, with 14-month-old Blue steers from Tom Greenfield selling to £1000. Younger cattle an equally strong trade today with AW Kirkham selling March ’21 born Limousin steers to £965 with JK Dew & Partners selling to £920 for Limousin steers the same age. Blonde steers from P Goffe up from Brackley saw £930 at 8 months old with stablemates to £850. N & M Green and Son sold February born Limousin heifers to £795. Another grand show expected next week at the “Stockyard of the Midlands” with several good runs already entered and a super run of 200 stores up from Fristling Hall Farms, Essex on Wednesday 17th November.

CALVES

AUCTIONEER – OLIVER CHAPMAN

Tel: 07887 710660

Calves and Reared (193)

Melton market’s calf numbers continue to remain buoyant and plentiful with the 200 barrier very nearly broken this week with 192 on offer. Plenty of rearing calves forward to see a two-tier trade for all goods on offer. With the best ended continental bred calves the easiest to place with the slightly more dairy bred calves proving a little trickier; however, all things considered, a satisfying sale and average for the time of year.

Pick of the bunch this week came in the form of a Simmental sired bull calf from RP & JL Jarvis & Son hitting a high of £408, with blue heifers from the same home to £300. Gaulby Lodge Farm saw a high of £315, while RB Batty hit a top of £300, along with D A Ofield. Pen after pen of continental bred calves through and selling above the £200 mark. Dairy bred bull calves not quite so fierce this week and selling between the £50 to £100 mark.

Weanlings see another strong show forward with something for everyone, with native bred, dairy bred right through to the very best ended continental bred cattle. Topping were a joint share of Oak Farms and TRH Jackson & Partners both seeing a high for 6-month-old weanlings at £725. Chapel Hill Farms with a single Charolais bred bullock reached £620. A super run of Hereford cattle from Stonelodge farms following close behind to £600 with more to follow at £540 and £525. 12-week-old dairy bred weanlings from Chandler and Dickman hit a top of £320.

Weanlings can be sold to vendors advantage weekly; please do not hesitate to contact us to discuss marketing options. Also please remember to help us help you and enter stock to allow us to inform buyers of expected numbers each week.

Classified Ads

For Sale

Young Pedigree Registered

Homebred Hereford Bulls

18 months old, ready to work.

Good conformation and

bloodlines, quiet. Eligible for

use in Hereford Beef schemes.

Ideal for using on heifers.

Oakham area.

William Bevin 07860 819554

Hegde cutting and

hedge laying

Contact: 07934243966

Kittens for sale

Farm Bred

Kinoullton

01949 81534

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Tuesdays, Wednesdays and

other special market days to

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Enthusiastic staff also required

- please contact Christine on

07398 545772,

or [email protected].

Job Vacancy

Experienced Stock Person

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& Open Farm in North London.

Accommodation available.

Please contact 07836 214617

For more information.

For Sale

PARSON RUSSELL TERRIER

PUPS

Parents both work & show

Nicely marked

Lively, confident, dogs only

Mother working family pet

1st vaccination. Docked, &

Microchipped

For more details call:

07495 281717

For Sale

Willow Hedge laying binders

£12 per score

Cut your own £5 per score

All plus VAT

John Dawson

07884490439

For Sale

12 Saddle Hay Racks

12 Sheep Troughs

3 Sheep Hay Ring Feeders

32 Sheep Hurdles (6 foot)

20 Sheep Hurdles (4 foot)

Docking Crate

07912 449136

For Sale

Border Collie Puppies.

Both parents working and

registered.

Will be microchipped,

wormed and 1st vaccine.

Tel Graeme: 07891 677468

mailto:[email protected]

tuesday 2nd & wednesday 3 november 2021

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