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CIRENCESTER LIVESTOCK
MARKET REPORT
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TUESDAY, 27 FEBRUARY 2007
47 WEANED/REARING CALVES
10.30 am – Auctioneer: Jon Pullin
A short entry of rearing calves again met strong demand, a super run
of weaned calves also met a very strong trade.
Top today for Continental from R B Bateman-Smith at £190 and the
same price for a smart blue bull from R H & M E Oughton. Chris
Gallop sold Simmental at £172 with a run of Limousin bulls from P
Gumm £129 - £151. Medium bull calves traded £120 - £130 with a
few others £70-£100.
Half a dozen Friesians on show selling to a top of £35 for T S Baker.
Heifers topped at £150 for a very smart Limousin from R T & E B
Townsend £129 for a Blue from C & E Best. Medium type heifers
£60 - £70.
A super run of Simmental x bull and heifer calves from M/s M & B
Jordan, Berkeley saw Sept-Nov 06 bulls sell at £231 - £240 with
heifers of a similar age £184. Younger Simmental heifers from the
same home sold at £134. A weaned Gelbveih steer sold from Mrs M
B Jones (Aug 06) sold at £176, Hereford and Angus heifers (Autumn
06) sold at £166 for the Exors of E J Greenaway. A smart weaned
blue steer from the same home made £198.
IMPORTANT – CALVES
Vendors please remember that next weeks sale is the last opportunity
to sell weaned calves (42 days plus) prior to the new movement
testing regulations which is enforced with effect from 1 st March
2007.
With effect from 1st April 2007 no calves can be sold on a temporary
passport. Entries of weaned calves needed and in strong demand.
338 STORE CATTLE/WEANED CALVES
11.30 am - Auctioneer: Arthur White & Chris Voyce
An excellent entry, almost 100 more than corresponding week last
year. Many favourable comments were made as to the quality of
cattle forward the last two weeks in Cirencester.
2 Cows and Calves – In-calf Charolais x Cow (01) for Miss Pollock
made £490. An Angus x cow (96) and her Angus cross heifer calf
(Oct 06) made £340.
6 Stock Bulls sold to £635 (May 05) for Pedigree Limousin Bull for
Mr D Telling with an older Limousin bull (Dec 97) for Miss
Coleman making £635.
Maurice Cook sold 13 Aberdeen Angus (Feb/May 06) to £588 (Mar 06)
(136p) for steers and £350 (May 05) (117p) for heifers.
Chris Merrett’s 29 bucket fed weaned off calves sold to very keen
bidding with Simmental cross heifer (Oct 06) £228 (120p), Friesian
steers (July 06) 3205 (92p), Angus heifers (May 06) £205 (109p).
Mr & Mrs Rawlings £370 (Mar 06) for Limousin heifers (120p).
Belgian Blue £405 (Aug 05) (110p).
Richard Baker’s Friesian steers (April 06) made £188 (97p).
UK Farms sold Hereford bulls £298 (July 06) (130p) with their Charolais
steers £350 9June 06) (153p).
J Emmerson had Belgian Blue heifers (Mar 06) make £388 (122p)
Two exceptional pure Charolais heifers from M & J Preece made £450
(Dec 05) (131p) and £430 (April 06) (160p).
Wallace & Klindt had an electric trade for their Angus steers (named
sires) Mar 06 made £450 (125p).
Chris Gallop’s Holstein Friesian bulls made £235 (Mar 06) (84p).
218 Store Cattle – The trade on these was full of spark (equivalent to an
electric storm) as bidders from South Wales to East Midlands to North
Yorkshire and all counties between bid furiously to acquire the quality
steers and heifers which generally seem to be in short supply, but
Cirencester again lived up to its reputation for quality steers and heifers
many with strength and stretch made like and probably better than the
Gloucester Market cattle of 6 years ago. Some of the prices reached
were as follows:Strong Continental steers (22-26 mths) sold generally between £650 £700 topping at £802 (108pkg) from M/s K Berry & Son, Coleshill for
Belgian Blues with Simmentals to £738 (107pkg) from M/s T & A
Rawlings, Purton Stoke.
Hereford steers sold to £620 (120 pkg) from M/s L B Cook & Family,
Bisley and Aberdeen Angus steers to £650 (108pkg) from M/s D Clark
& Son, Tetbury.
Strong Continental heifers (22-24 months) met a blistering trade with
Bazadias’ to £670 (120pkg) from Mr R Matthews, Toddington, Charolais
heifers sold to £660 (110pkg) from M/s T Breakspear & son, Reading
with Limousin’s to £688 (110 pkg) from M/s K Berry & Son.
Strong Hereford heifers sold to £448 (101pkg) from Mr C Weston, Stone
with Angus heifers to £415 (104 pkg).
The farming cattle (15 – 20 mths) sold to a very strong trade.
Continental steers sold between 108 – 120 pkg with heifers 95-115 pkg
generally.
The overall average for 330 stores was £457 with steers £491 and heifers
£443.
112 Weaned off/young Stores – A good selection sold to extremely
strong trade.
J Daniells sent his annual consignments with his Charolais steers
(Mar 06) to £572 (115p) with other £550 (April 06) (120p) and £520
(Mar 06) (114p) with his Charolais heifer £435 (Mar 06) (102p).
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THURSDAY, 1st MARCH 2007
375 PRIME HOGGETTS
10.00 am – Auctioneer: Chris Voyce
Overall Average – 107.5p/kg
Lambs were short in supply nationally due to last weeks dropping
trade, which made the lamb trade a little firmer. Fewer lambs
forward this week pushed the overall average up 6p/kg. The
handyweight hoggs traded between 97 – 112 p/kg topping at 112.1
p/kg £37 for 33kg from RJ & JA Drew. Medium weight hoggs
traded generally between 103 – 117 p/kg and heavier sorts 96 – 104
p/kg topping at £52 for 52.5kg from R D Scudamore.
Kgs
Vendor
£
p/kg
33
41
44.5
46
47.5
48
52.5
RJ & JA Drew
H Bush & Son
H Bush & Son
R D Scudamore
D & A Dando
J Hosier
R D Scudamore
37.00
48.00
48.00
50.00
50.00
50.00
52.00
112.1
117.0
107.8
108.5
105.2
104.1
99.0
216 CULL EWES
10.00am - Auctioneer Chris Voyce
Overall Average - £28.35
Trade remains strong for all types of ewes with the best sort of ewes
short in supply. Best Continental & Suffolk ewes sold between £48 £54 topping at £59. Mules were well sold £40.
Half meated ewes traded between £34 - £37. Plainer ewes sold
between £15 - £23. Cull Rams sold to £40
217 STORE SHEEP
Auctioneer Chris Voyce
Fewer store hoggetts this week sold to a firm trade with the best sort
generally between £38 - £43 topping at £45 from G & K Potter.
Medium hoggs traded between £32 - £37 with only a few smaller
lambs forward between £15 - £25. A flock dispersal for Mrs B
Gardner saw 16 ewes with 27 lambs sold to £90 with in lamb ewes
from the same flock to £54.
TB RESTRICTED HOLDINGS
We are pleased to announce that as from 1st March 2007 we are able to
sell cattle / cows from TB restricted farms every week. These cattle
cannot be TB reactors or inconclusive reactors but only cattle / cows
from farms under restriction.
These cattle / cows can be sold for
slaughter only through our RED section and cannot go home or for
further fattening. Please ensure tags and paperwork are correct before
consigning to market as they cannot return once in the RED section.
These cattle must be kept separate from the other cattle in the market and
must unload at the designated unloading bays marked red in colour.
Vendors must apply for a DEFRA TB movement licence in advance
which must accompany the cattle to market. All cattle must still comply
with the 6 day standstill as we are not a slaughter only market.
52 OVERAGE CATTLE
11.30 am - Auctioneer: Jon Pullin
Another tremendous trade followed that of last week with nearly half of
the entry (22) being overage steers and heifers.
Cows topped at 80p, steers at £1 and heifers at 94p.
Best overage steers topped at £1, £647 for Mr P Bateman with two others
at 94p, 89p and 90p from the same home.
Overage steers from D A & C M Griffin to 89p, 88p and 84p, steers from
M G Wildern to 88p.
Few Friesians on offer today a similar trade to recent weeks 71p and 65p
for G Timbrell & Son, 71 and 70p for Furzehill Farm Partners. Best
cows from D I Corfield at 75p £596.
6TH MARCH – Pedigree Cows & Calves
7 Pedigree Limousin Cows with Calves at Foot/In-calf (3 in-calf heifers,
2 maiden heifers).
NAMED SIRES
To obtain maximise prices on your cattle, please supply details of
Pedigree Sires in full, for Hereford and Angus cattle, just ear tag
numbers or “named sire” is insufficient and will not be announced as
having a sire name
32 BEEF CATTLE
10.45 am – Auctioneer: Chris Voyce
Overall Average –110.8p/kg Steers, Heifers 104.7p/kg
A shorter entry this week with only a handful of the best cattle
forward. The overall averages for both steers and heifers was up
almost 10p/kg. The best cattle were regularly above 125p/kg
topping at 132.5p/kg for a Gelbvieh cross form J Bell &son. The
commercial cattle sold between 108 – 118 p/kg with lesser sorts
94p/kg. Only a small sample of native breeds forward this week
which traded between 84 – 100p/kg.
Steers
Heifers
Limousin
129.5
R Carter
120.5
G Ripley & Son
Simmental
105.0
R Archard
108.0
K Silverthorne
Angus
99.5
E Gash
Belgian Blue 130.0
R Carter
Gelbvieh
132.5
J Bell & Son
Friesian
91.5
K Berry & Son
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