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MARKET REPORT
TUESDAY, 6th MAY 2008
40 REARING & 41 WEANED CALVES
10.30 am – Auctioneer: Jon Pullin
A relatively short entry of calves on offer today and of varied quality selling
to another strong spring trade.
Friesian (4): A very smart bull calf from K D Sheridan topped at £140, others
£20-£40 all going to rear.
Native Breeds (7): Best Hereford bulls topped at £235 for K D Sheridan,
£192 for J Millard. A single Hereford heifer £100 for B J & D Reeves.
Angus bulls topped at £160 and £140 heifers to £114 all from M/s Malswick
Farms.
Continentals (28): A cracking Charolais bull from D J Spratt topped at £272,
Simmentals from F D J Bennett, Cromhall made £262, medium blues sold to
£205 and £173 with small Continental bulls £120-£150. Limousin to £214
from W J Tinney. Heifer trade very strong £270 for Simmental from J
Millard best Simmental generally £148 - £180, blues topped at £240 from M/s
Malswick £195 for A F & P J Little, £180 and £195 again for Malswick
Farms.
SPECIAL SALE OF WEANED CALVES
10.30 am – Auctioneer: Ben Baggott
A very pleasing entry for the May Special Sale with over 40 calves forward
selling to a very strong trade. A December 07 British Blue heifer made £322
for Malcolm Tucker.
M/s P T Hinds sold British Blue steers (4 months) at £370 per head their
similar aged heifers made £320, Messrs Malswick Farms consigned a strong
run of Blue calves their September calves topped at £355 and £325.
November born blue steers made £305, Hereford steers and a Simmental steer
£295 (October born). Smart Limousin and Angus heifers of similar ages
made £278.
Messrs T S F Baker consigned December born weaned Hereford heifers
selling at £302 per head, December and January heifers £280 per head.
Next Special Weaned Calve Sale – 3rd June 2008
4 COWS & CALVES
11.30 am - Auctioneer: Jon Pullin
Short supply very strong demand. A Simmental x Cow (03) and her Charolais
x heifer calf (Jan 08) £790 for J Herbert, 2 Simmental x Cows (020 with
Simmental x bull calve (Feb 08) to £712 and £695 for Peter Amesbury. A
served Simmental x heifer from Mrs Gainey made £580 (in calf to Angus).
429 STORE CATTLE
11.30 am - Auctioneer: Jon Pullin & Arthur White
Generally quality was not as high as in recent weeks, on consequence
averages were lower with steers £487 and heifers £468. The lesser quality
steers with the grass growing were a very good trade and the best saw
exceptionally strong bidding.
Cattle that were short of time before 30 months were still wanted but of
course at less per kg. Outliers still at a premium per kg, top price £950 for
Angus steer from B M H Pert and £748 for Simmental x heifer from George
Hall. Bulls £755 for Limousin from James Simmons
Among the large consignments were Charolais cross steers and heifers from
John Herbert selling to £528 (July 07) (160) for steers with others £470 (Sept
07) (174) and heifers of £445 (July 07)(137).
24 from Jim Adams made to £585 (April 07) (120) and £580 (120) for
Simmental x steers and £492 (Mar 07)(105) and Limousin heifers £520 (Mar
07) (126).
18 Charolais x steers from Roger Pearce sold to £598 (April 06) (121), £525
(Dec 06) (133).
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Blue x heifer £552 (Feb 06) (119).
Miss B Ganderton’s outlying consignment sold to £765 (Sept 06) (137) for Welsh
Black x £722 (May 06) (141) for Angus steers £700 (May 06) (132), Charolais x
heifer £720 (May 06) (140).
George Hall’s 31 Simmental x heifers sold to keen bidding topping at £748 (May
06) (135) £725 (May 06) (140), £730 (Oct 05 – OTM) (134) £685 (May 06) (126)
£665 (April 06) (123) £640 (Mar 06) (127).
Andrew Poole’s 40 cattle sold to £670 (Aug 06) (136) for Angus steers £560 (Dec
06) (135) for Limousin x steer £720 (Feb 06) (128), Angus x heifer £668 (Mar 06)
(125) £445 (Sept 06) (100) for Friesian steers.
JP Fowlers 18 heifers sold to £478 (May 06) (120) from Limousin x heifer and
Charolais x heifer (Dec 05) (117).
Watkins & Partners sold Simmental x steers to £885 (June 06) (144) £755 (May
06) (139) for Limousin x steers and £645 and £642 (July 06) (125) for Simmental
x heifer.
Tony Harding showed 16 mainly Angus x steers selling to £735 (April 06) (143)
with his Hereford x steer (also with named sires) £580 (April 06) (125).
British Blue x Steer:
British Blue x Heifer:
£445
May 07
142
£338
Sept 07
178
£438
April 07
140
£338
April 07
123
£405
April 07
135
£552
Feb 06
119
Limousin x Steer:
Limousin x Heifer:
£295
Dec 07
121
£272
Aug 07
130
£270
May 07
155
£288
April 07
100
£402
Aug 07
139
£372
June 07
108
£460
June 06
144
£380
Oct 06
129
£500
Sept 06
127
£535
June 06
121
£755
June 06
151
£625
Aug 06
155
£562
April 06
121
Simmental x Steer:
Simmental x Heifer:
£385
July 07
127
£330
April 07
125
£360
May 087
124
£315
July 07
117
£355
April 07
132
£400
Dec 06
133
£630
Mar 06
120
£325
May 07
119
£690
June 06
127
£565
April 06
121
£552
Nov 05
111
£605
Dec 05
113
£565
July 06
135
£600
Nov 06
124
Charolais x Steer:
Charolais x Heifer:
£540
April 07
157
£290
June 07
167
£472
April 07
160
£310
Aug 07
138
£325
Feb 07
117
£355
May 07
155
£595
April 07
134
£638
Nov 06
129
£662
Aug 06
135
£540
June 06
132
£282
Feb 07
129
£310
Nov 06
104
£330
Sept 06
120
£720
May 06
140
£645
May 06
145
Angus x Steers:
Angus x Heifers:
£282
Aug 07
141
£218
Aug 07
102
£500
April 07
137
£305
Nov 06
115
£348
April 07
142
£950
Aug 06
141
£805
April 06
123
Hereford x Steers:
Hereford x Heifers:
£252
July 07
133
£225
Sept 07
119
£580
Nov 06
121
£340
April 07
105
£425
June 07
142
£218
Nov 07
132
£462
June 07
105
£270
April 07
115
£275
Dec 07
162
£555
Mar 06
115
£715
April 06
121
£390
Mar 07
130
£582
Mar 07
137
£525
Mar 07
142
£495
Mar 07
121
Burson & Sons sold stronger stores with Friesian steers (April 06) £600 (108)
and £642 (Feb 06) (108) with Swedish Red steer £640 (Mar 06) (112), British
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Entries for coming week to Chris Voyce 01291 680068, Jon Pullin 01454
269486, Ben Baggott 07894 214150 or Arthur White 01453 832080.
from Alistair Basson £1016 for a 675 kg steer. Devon steers reached £1000 for
M/s Breakspear & Son, their 565 kg Friesian steer made £748. Heifers topped at
£1183 for British Blue from Richard Carter, Limousin £1029 for G A & F A
Bosley. A tremendous trade throughout.
Steers / Bulls
Heifers
Limousin
170 M Potter
153 GA&FA Bosley
Simmental
161 FG&DHall
121 P James & Ptrs
Blonde
140 C Thomas
113 C G Denton
Hereford
151 A H Basson
136 B J Ford & Sons
Blue
201 R Carter
177 R Carter
Friesian
133 Breakspear
Angus
152 M/s Breakspear
Devon
185 Breakspear
THURSDAY, 8TH MAY 2008
40 BARREN COWS & OTM CATTLE
Friesian x Steers:
£330
July 07
£320
July 07
£498
Mar 07
£158
Sept 07
£108
Dec 07
£488
Jan 06
£600
April 06
£642
Feb 06
Beef Shorthorn Steers:
£452
Feb 07
Friesian x Heifers:
80
100
99
91
80
102
109
108
104
397 PRIME HOGGETTS
10.00 am – Auctioneer: Chris Voyce
Numbers falling away as the season draws to a close but many lambs meeting
a very strong trade with keen demand from the 7 buyers present. The
handyweight lambs traded best upwards of 147 ppkg topping at 166 and 157
ppkg for 35-37kg hoggs from Alan Grindle. The medium lambs sold to
173ppkg for 52 kg lambs from H & S Rogers Farming Ltd and topped for
43kg at 186ppkg for C & T Shaw. In the super heavyweight category 55.5kg
lambs from T & S Pain, Tortworth made 144 ppkg the heaviest forward at
60kg made 128 ppkg for M/s J & G Hamilton.
Hoggetts
Kgs
Vendor
£
P/kg
30
D G Davis
44.00
147
35
A Grindle
60.00
166
43
C & T Shaw
80.00
186
52
H & S Rogers Ltd
90.00
173
New Lambs
36.5
M/s A Scott & Partners
78.50
215
39
M C Bennett
78.50
201
40.5
C Benson
75.30
186
47.5
E C Wilcox
70.00
147
70 PRIME LAMBS
10.00 am – Auctioneer: Chris Voyce
Good trade for the small entry forward. 36.5 kg lambs from A Scott &
Partners made 215ppkg £78.50, 186ppkg for 40.5 kg lambs from Chris
Benson. Heavier lambs, 47.5 kg from E C Wilcox made 147 ppkg.
185 CULL EWES
10.30 am – Auctioneer: Chris Voyce
Trade still strong, topping at £60 for Mr S Hayward, Churcham, ramps topped
at £50 for Mr C Benson
105 PIGS
10.30 am - Auctioneer: Ben Baggott
A very good entry of pigs forward today for the monthly pig sale, with an
excellent run of porker and cutter pigs. . A good entry of sows sold to a fast
trade topping at £150 for W Middle. Boars sold to an improved trade topping
at £125 from the same home.
Best well fleshed sows £145 plus, 2nd quality sows £100+, Plainer sows
between £60 - £80, with feeding sorts £40 - £50
A very good show of fat pigs sold to a solid trade with a fresh face buying.
An excellent run of large white x G.O.S from the Oakdean Partnership sold
well topping at £70 with others from the same home £64.
M C Wright sold to £69 (welsh x)
M/s M F & H Windell sold to £70 (large white)
One pen of Saddleback weaners sold to keen bidding selling for £24.
Next Monthly Sale on Thursday 12th June 2008
Please enter your pigs with Ben Baggott 07894 214150
39 BEEF CATTLE
11.30 am – Auctioneer: Jon Pullin
A shorter entry met a tremendous trade for all types on offer. Simmental cows
topped at 123p pkg 710 kg for Tim Bellamy, Friesians to 96 ppkg for B J Ford.
Best cattle traded 90p plus to 123 ppkg for cows. Some very smart steers from
Rob Breakspear made 141 ppkg 590 kg for south Devon. A super run of
Simmental steers from George Hall 130-137p, MRI 129, Hereford 128, Friesian
123 and Sussex 120 all from Rob Breakspear. A run of finishing Hereford steers
87-89p from Mrs H M Innes. Overage heifers to 156 from Mr R Carter, Blonde to
135 for C G Denton.
SLAUGHTER ONLY “RED” MARKET
The Next Slaughter Only Market is THURSDAY 1st MAY 2008
The 6 day rule does not apply. People with TB Restricted Cattle MUST
apply to DEFRA for a movement licence. This licence with only be issued if
you have had a TB test in the last 60 days. (Please plan ahead)
POULTRY
1.30 pm - Auctioneer: Ben Baggott
The first poultry sale was held at Cirencester today selling to a huge crowd of
naerly 400 people. An excellent entry in all departments sold well with some
buyers leaving empty handed.
80 lots of sitting eggs sold to a very fast trade with all breeds and types in demand.
Highlights were:
Guinea Fowl @ £9.20 / doz, French Wheaten Marans @ £15.80 / doz, Maran @
£20 for 15 eggs, Wellsummers @ £10 / doz, Buff Orpington @ £14.50 / doz,
Aracana @ 13.50 / doz, Cream Legbars @ £13 / doz.
70 cages of poultry sold to spirited bidding, with demand strong right till the end.
Some of the highlights of the day:
Pair of Welsummer hens @ £24.50 / bird, Trio of Light Sussex @ £17.50 / bird,
Trio of Light Sussex @ £15 / bird, Guinea fowl @ £12 / bird, Silver laced
Wyandottes @ £15.50 / bird, Trio of Khaki Campbell duck @ 10.50 / bird, Rode
Island Red @ £20 / bird, Copper Blue Maran @ £17 / bird, 6 week old Goslings @
£15.50 / bird, 3 week old Ducklings @ £9.50 / bird, Black rock x laying birds @
£15.50 / bird, Pair of Sebastible geese @ £21 / bird, Blue Moscovey duck @
£13.50, Warren hens @ £20 / bird
A small entry of equipment sold well. Chicken house and run @ £245, 50m of
electric netting @ £62, Incubator @ £62
MONDAY, 19TH MAY AT 11.00 AM
At Elm Farm, Elmore, Gloucester, GL2 3NT
240 Holstein Friesians
Comprising the Genuine Dispersal Sale of the entire Commercial NMR recorded
herd of 110 cows, 46 in-calf or recently served heifers and 84 Maiden heifers and
heifer calves. The herd currently averages 8164 litres at 3.74% bf, 3.24% pr with a
rolling cell count average 233. The herd is fed a simple grass and maize silage
based diet with straights to include maize, gluten, Soya and Minerals. The herd is
young (75 first to third calvers) and is predominantly an autumn calving herd with
78 calving August to December. The herd is closed and TB tested clear on 7 th
April. Genus sires form the backbone of this modern milky herd with youngstock
sires including Wallace, Westminster, Sinatra and Melody. Service sires Nansen,
Dragon, Jammer and Sirius.
Catalogues Available
11.00 am – Auctioneer: Chris Voyce
FRIDAY, 30TH MAY AT 6.00 PM
Short entry met a very good trade for all types on offer. Best steers toped at
201 ppkg for a 655 kg. British Blue from Richard Carter grossing £1313.
Simmental steers from George Hall topped at £1051, Alistair Basson’s
Simmental steer to £1017, 7 steers sold over £1,000 including Hereford again
Genuine Dispersal Sale of 2 Vintage Lorries, Flatbed Trailer, Lorry and
Tractor spares, Vintage Memorabilia and a large qty of scrap on behalf of
Mrs J Pargeter, Longmans Barn, Avening, Stroud
Brief Catalogue & Details in Preparation
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