HOLSWORTHY MARKET REPORT Wednesday 22 May 2019 EVERY WEDNESDAY Gates open 6am SALE TIMES 09:45 am - Draft Ewes followed by Finished Lambs 10:30 am – Store Lambs & Couples 10 am - Calves and Stirks 11 am - Store Cattle followed by Finished & OTM Cattle 11 am - Dairy Cattle A hugely successful day at Holsworthy with the best of the cattle hitting £1139 on behalf of Mr E Partridge Holsworthy Livestock Market, New Market Road, Holsworthy, Devon, EX22 7FA 01409 253275
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HOLSWORTHY
MARKET REPORT Wednesday 22 May 2019
EVERY WEDNESDAY
Gates open 6am
SALE TIMES
09:45 am - Draft Ewes followed by Finished Lambs
10:30 am – Store Lambs & Couples
10 am - Calves and Stirks
11 am - Store Cattle followed by Finished & OTM Cattle
11 am - Dairy Cattle
A hugely successful day at Holsworthy with the best of the cattle hitting £1139
on behalf of Mr E Partridge
Holsworthy Livestock Market, New Market Road, Holsworthy, Devon, EX22 7FA
01409 253275
700 LAMBS
The lamb trade nationally has dropped back over
the past week with trade here at Holsworthy well
up from other centres in South West from earlier
in the week. The overall average on the day was
210p with a lot more lambs required as buyers
orders were left unfilled. Many pens reached over
215p to a top of 220p for 3 pens of 44kgs £97.20
from Ken & Mike Hill of Bideford who also realised
219p from 3 other pens of 44kgs to £96. There
were 2 other vendors topping at 219p Messrs John
Turner of Queensland, 43kgs at £94.20 and the
Stephens family of Burnacott, Holsworthy with 4
pens of 44kgs at £96. The top price per head on the day was £98
for 3 pens of Charollais x 45kgs from Mark Vickery of Killock,
Kilkhampton
304 DRAFT EWES & RAMS
A slightly faster trade across the board with a lot more ewes could
have been sold. The top price of the day was £100 from S Rowland
of Whitstone. Mules topped at £74.
167 EWES & 210 LAMBS - COUPLES
The non Show sheep met some spirited bidding with doubles
topping at £202 for 15 doubles from Adam Kiff of Muddiford.
318 HOGGS
The hoggs keep on coming but the trade was easier this week with
more abattoirs switching over to New Season lambs. The top price
per kilo being 191p for 44kgs £84 from R W Squire of North
Tawton and top per head being £89 from Richard Metherell of Torrington.
ANNUAL SHOW & SALE ON BEHALF OF TORRINGTON FARMERS HUNT
Judge: Mr Ken Hill
Members and supporters of the Torrington Farmers Hunt were out in force with the 1st and 2nd prizes awarded
to Graham & Stephen Dunn of High Bickington reaching a top call of £295. Alan Milton took 3rd place with his
6T double couples at £225 with other doubles in from Peter Tucker at £220 and Mark Milton at £222.
In the single couples Peter Ley of Alverdiscott took top honours at £182 for his 1st prize outfit with Charlie
Metherell in 2nd at £180 and Nigel Lake of Beaford in 3rd place at £165. Our thanks go to Mr Ken Hill for being
todays judge.
ANNUAL SHOW & SALE ON BEHALF OF LAMERTON HUNT
Judge Mr Roger Tamblin
A really smart line up of couples for the lamerton Hunt saw the best doubles hit £208 for FM doubles with
others at £200 & £190 (x2). Treble couples hit £212 and the pick of the single couples hitting £170 and
purchased by Show judge Mr Roger Tamblin of Cornwall. Our thanks go to Mr Roger Tamblin for being todays
judge.
LAMBS, DRAFT EWES & RAMS – 09.45 am
Auctioneers: David Kivell & Andrew Varney
WEIGHT TOP AVERAGE
Lambs Per
Head
P/Kg
TLW
Per
Head
P/Kg
TLW
32.1-39 82.00 210 82.00 210.00
39.1-45.5 98.00 220 91.00 210.00
45.6-52 96.50 209 95.10 200.80
52+ 89.00 160 85.00 148.80
Overall 98.00 220 93.40 210.00
Ewes
Light 80 64
Heavy 100 86
Ram 96 86
A really good entry just shy of 200 saw the
best baby calves selling to a premium. Best
baby calves (under 42days) saw a top call
of £402 for a Blue in from Mike Hopper
and purchased by Harry Smith of Bideford.
This calf also won the Champion Folk2Folk
calf of the day. Messrs Irish of Newtton St
Petrock saw the best of their 10 hit £382
and Messrs Olde at £365.
It was nice to see Mike Braunton of Bodmin back at
Holsworthy with baby Blues (28-30 days) hitting £328, £318
and £310 whilst Haydon and Jo Simpson of Cleave Farm
Partnershipsaw their best at £350. Leading Limousin bulls
came in from Rob Veale and Family of Halwill hitting £365 with
Messrs Olde of Morwenstow at £360.
Best Charolais bulls in short supply with the best 3 week old
at £282 for Messrs Toms. A wonderful run of baby South
Devons in from Kimbo Davey of Lewdown topped at £415 with others at £362 and £300 from the same farm. Holstein
bulls saw a more difficult trade this week the very best at £77 from Messrs Luxton of Milton Damerel.
Plenty of heifers out today with the highlight of the sale being 2 Hereford heifers
(3 weeks) in from R & M Andrews from Trerulfoot near Plymouth at £212. Best
Blues hit £272 for Rob Veale with Simon Goaman at £225 and £224 with Alan
Tucker selling his baby Blues at £222. Again Kimbo Davey of Lewdown saw a
monster trade for her South Devons topping at £200for her baby South Devon
heifer. Limousin heifers were on fire with D & A Olde at £215, Peter Heywood
of Ashreigney at £208 and £202 for D & S Monks of Northlew.
61 Stirks saw no real show stoppers up for sale today however, the best hit £485
for Blue stirks in from Chris Britton of Ashwater with others from the same farm
at £435 and RT Cornish at £392 Rob Parrish of St Giles on the Heath topped the
Angus pens at £390 with Mark Davey of Cannon Park at £395 for South Devon
Heifer stirks.
Older Angus stirks came in from Messrs Schuttkacker of Tavistock at £475 x2 with
others at £445 and £442 with older Blue Heifers from Messrs Irish at £430.
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Kivells Messaging 2019
Important News Over the last 12 months we have been in discussions with our insurers and other advisors and listened to you, our sellers and buyers. The number of lots and attendees at our sales have grown over the last few years and we recognise that we need to adapt to meet and build on this increased demand for our services from both existing customers and new clients. At the same time we also recognise that our on farm dispersal sales and the Holsworthy Saturday collectives are not just sales but useful social events. The opportunity to meet and socialise mixing business and pleasure is essential in an age when farmers and many in the wider agricultural community work in isolation and then continue to be alone on the internet. Getting the balance right between traditional and established ways of working and providing a safer environment is challenging particularly in market sites and farms. Kivells, Sellers and Buyers - we all have responsibilities and we at Kivells recognise that some improvements could be made. We have trialled some of these at Holsworthy and some have been well received and others less so. We ask that you bear with us as we put in place these changes many of which are primarily for your safety and to ensure you have the right information. Our staff will remind you and guide you and we ask that you respect the fact that they do so for your benefit and the benefit of other attendees. We have introduced new signage at our market sites and the messaging will be replicated at our on farm and other sales. In addition all our sale catalogues, to include Livestock Market sales, will include additional information for all attendees under a Notice to Purchasers heading. The Notice to Purchasers will act as useful reminders for our regular Sellers and Buyers and answer many of the frequently asked questions raised by new attendees. To ensure that all attendees to our Livestock Market sales are made aware of our new Health & Safety message we will also be creating digital messages for our canteen displays etc. We will also include this messaging in our market reports. In addition with this initiative we will be improving the information content on Kivells.com particularly under the Agriculture Heading. You will be able to easily find much of the information you will need regarding trading with Kivells and all sales to include Terms and Conditions and Sellers and Buyers Responsibilities. The intention here is to enable you to have and absorb this information ahead of any sale and help you to register, buy and sell with knowledge. Kivells Livestock sales are conducted under the 2017 Livestock Auctioneers Association Terms and Conditions and these will also be posted in all of our market offices. As regards Machinery Sales Kivells currently operate under our own Terms and Conditions. However the Livestock Auctioneers Association has recently published its own version and we are currently reviewing our strategy in this regard. We will update you when a decision is made.
Thank you for your business to date and we look forward to partnering you in the future.