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CIRENCESTER LIVESTOCK
MARKET REPORT
TUESDAY, 15th JANUARY 2008
84 REARING & WEANING CALVES
10.30 am – Auctioneer: Jon Pullin
A tougher trade today, but fewer quality sorts on offer. Best calves again
sold well and on a par with previous weeks. Medium and 3rd quality calf
trade more selective.
Friesian (1): Only one forward to rear at £15.
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Strong stores, saw at least a dozen buyers bidding with some of the prices:Charolais x heifer £545 (Feb 06) (119p) for C Ledgerwood. With John
Marklove’s Simmental x steers (Sept 06) £620 (110p) and £540 (108p). F G
Reade sold 31 Continental x heifers to £510 for Blonde x (June 06) (115p),
Simmental x (April 06) £485 (112p), Limousin (Dec 05) £492 (11p), Belgian
Blue x (Feb 06) £460 (113p).
M Righton’s Charolais x steer (Feb 06) made £635 (117p), Simmental x (Nov
05) £635 (115p) with other Continental x (June 06) £538 (110p), his
Charolais x heifer made £545 (Feb 06 (114p) and Belgian Blue heifer £510
(May 06) (112p).
A consignment of steers (not too well grown for age) saw Hereford x £315
(107) and £210 (Feb 06) (98p), Angus x £335 (126p), Hereford x £260 (May
06) (113p).
Native Breeds (28): An excellent entry for Angus and Hereford today
with Hereford bulls to a top of £145 for S C Daniell & Son, £50 - £75 for
medium bulls. A strong Angus bull from D C Ingles topped at £174, best
fresh types £95-£118, mediums £76-£80. Hereford heifers sold well to a
top of £70 for D J Hibbard & Sons. A super run of Angus heifers from D
C Ingles sold at £65 - £80 for best sorts, mediums £40 - £45.
K C Hall & sons Hereford x heifer (Sept 06) made £322 (108p). A new
customer from Collingbourne Kingston, George Crook sold Angus x steers
(Jan 06) at £550 (112p) and Angus x heifers (Sept 05), £445 (95p), £478 (Dec
05) (104p). Belgian Blue heifer £628 (Nov 05) (105p) and Hereford x heifer
(Oct 05) £470 (95p).
Continental (28): A short entry today. Only medium Simmental on
offer to £148, Limousin topped at £165 for D Meredith, best £130+,
Blues topped the day overall for C & E Best at £198.
John Griffiths had another consignment this week with Belgian Blue heifer
(Dec 05) £515 (100p), Simmental x heifer (Nov 05) £622 (115p), Limousin x
(May 06) £588 (115p). His Friesian steer (Oct 05) made £540 (88p).
Best Continental heifers few on the ground and most medium quality
sorts traded £65-£77 topping at £90 for L J Scott’s British Blue.
R & C Chancellor sold Limousin x steers (Mar 06) £595 (115p) and
Charolais x heifer (March 06) £505 (108p).
The 25 weaned calves on offer met a very strong demand. A J Matthews
consigned October 07, Friesians at £66-£84 per head with Hereford
heifers from M/s Thorn Farms to £182, younger weaned heifers to £155.
Hazell & Jefferies outlying steers from Pangbourne this week attracted
considerable interest with prices at £662 (105p), Belgian Blue x £538 (July
06) (100p), Belgian Blue (Feb 06) £688 (105p), Blonde x steer £652 (May
06) (115p) and £578 (105p), Hereford x steer (Jan 06) £708 (103p),
Simmental x (July 06) £580 (105p).
D W Sprackman, Thornbury sent another good bench of Blue steers and
heifers that traded to £260 for the bulls and £170 for the heifers (all Oct
07).
Next Special Sale of Weaned Calves - Tuesday, 5th February
Entries to Ben Baggott or Jon Pullin
4 DAIRY CATTLE
11.30 am - Auctioneer: Jon Pullin
A superb trade for the small entry on offer many more could have sold.
R J & N J Clarke consigned 3rd and 4th calved cows giving 24-26kg with
good cell counts at £910 - £1080 with his fresh calved Friesian heifer at
£1,220.00
For further details or to discuss dairy sales,
please contact Jon Pullin on 07736 800760
6 COWS & CALVES
11.30 am - Auctioneer: Arthur White
A good trade with heifers and calves in particular sought after. A
Pedigree shorthorn cow (April 02) in calf to Belted Galloway made £400
from Wiltshire Wildlife. 2 Simmental x Cows (03) from P Amesbury
with Simmental x heifer calf (Oct 07) £630 and £500. M Righton’s
Limousin x heifer (05) with her Bull calf (Nov 07), £510 and another
with steer calf (Sept 07) £755.
248 STORE CATTLE
11.30 am - Auctioneer: Arthur White
A wonderful mid January entry sold to a super trade with a ring full of
buyers, many going away without purchasing sufficient cattle.
The few younger cattle on offer were furiously bid for 3 Belgian Blue
steers (June 07) D W Sprackman made £392 (148p), Roger Groves
Charolais x steer (April 07) made £470 (150) with his Charolais x heifer
(April 07) £360 (108). Simon Lane’s suckled Simmental x steers made
£405 (128p) and his Simmental x heifer £300 (105p) and £285 (117p).
Reg Curtis 3 Simmental x heifer (Jan 07) made £340 (108p).
Betty Chiswell sold Charolais x steers to £652 (Nov 05) (112p), £625 (110p)
with Simmental x steers (May 06) £690 (111p). Peter Baker had Charolais x
heifers (June 06) £460 (107p) with Charolais x steer (April 06) (102p) with
his Angus x heifer (Aug 06) £380 (100p).
Geoff Bovingdon from Windsor sold Angus x heifers (April 06) £380 (103p),
Limousin x heifer £400 (Aug 06) (113p). W Horton & Son had 13 Angus
steers with named sires selling to £650 (June 06) (108p), £588 (109p), £500
(105p).
Tom Cullimore’s Belgian Blue steers (May 06) (107p) with his Friesian
steers (Oct 05) £402 (81p). Donald Taylor from Reading sold 12 mainly
Charolais x steers (April 06) £570 (114p) with his Angus x steers (Nov 05)
£530 (112p).
Suzie King sold another excellent consignment with her Belgian blue x steer
(Jan 06) £655 (110p), Angus x steers (named sires) £615 (125p). 4 OTM
steers sold to keen bidding topping at £675 for Belgian Blue (Nov 04) (90p)
and £610 (92p).
Steers averaged a tremendous £516 and heifers £411.
Top Steer pries were:
Hereford x
£708
Hazell & Jefferies
Simmental x
£690
Miss B Chiswell
Belgian Blue
£688
Hazell & Jefferies
Angus
£662
Hazell & Jefferies
Charolais x
£652
Miss B Chiswell
Blonde x
£652
Hazell & Jefferies
Top heifer prices were:
Belgian Blue x
£628
G I Crook
Simmental x
£622
E J Griffiths
Limousin x
£588
E J Griffiths
Charolais x
£545
C Ledgerwood
Entries to Chris Voyce 01291 680068, Jon Pullin 01454 269486, Ben
Baggott 07894 214150 or Arthur White 01453 832080.
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Lydney Office (Chris Voyce): 01291 680068 Falfield Office (Jon Pullin): 01454 269486 Ben Baggott 07894 214150
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THURSDAY, 17th JANUARY 2008
675 PRIME HOGGETTS
10.00 am – Auctioneer: Chris Voyce
Overall Average –
Another good January entry of lambs met a stronger trade up some 10p
on the week. Light weight lambs 32-38kg averaged 110p topping at
114p (£44) for Mr B E Robinson. Medium lambs averaged 106p topping
at 112p (£50.50) for J C De Lisle Wells, Heavy lamb (46kg+) averaged
104p topping at 108p (£52.80), very heavy lambs 52kg+ averaged 98.5 p
topping at 100p (£54) for Mr A C Cook.
Kg
Vendor
£
P/Kg
38.5
R D Scudamore
£44.00
114.20
45
Mr J C De Lisle-Wells £50.50
112.20
48
M/s Hill & Archard
£52.80
107.90
127 CULL EWES
10.30 am – Auctioneer: Chris Voyce
Overall Average -
115 STORE LAMBS
10.30 am – Auctioneer: Chris Voyce
A smaller entry compared to last week, sold to an improved trade topping
at £38 for Mr L Coleman. Best lambs £32+, medium sorts £25+. A
smaller number of in-lamb ewes sold to £39.50.
Next Week – Thursday, 24th January
200 Texel x and Welsh x In Lamb Ewes
Next Monthly Sale of Pigs on Thursday 14th February 2008
Please enter your pigs with Ben Baggott 07894 214150
84 BEEF CATTLE
11.00 am – Auctioneer: Chris Voyce
A much better entry and quality of cattle on offer today leading to an
excellent trade throughout the morning. Best cattle forward traded at 120
– 148p pkg with plenty of cattle in the 110-120p bracket. Only a few
plainer types on offer 70-80p again well sold for conformation.
MORE CATTLE NEEDED EACH WEEK
FOR ON FARM SELECTION PLEASE CONTACT BEN 07894 214150
Steers / Bulls
145 J J Comer
126 R J Hussey
112 M/S Breakspear
148 Mr R Carter
110 Leonard Bros
125 B J Ford & Son
115 B J Ford & Son
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Vendor
Mr M Potter
B Willis
P C Jenner
M/s Garraway
M/s Breakspear
Mr M Potter
Prior knowledge of cow numbers for Thursday’s is useful to inform
buyers –Please contact Jon Pullin/Ben Baggott
ADAS MEETING
TRANSPORT REGULATIONS
Wednesday, 23rd January 2007 – Cirencester Market Canteen
New Transport Regulations – Certificates of Competence
9.45 am – Coffee, 10.00 am – Start, 12.30 pm – Finish
VENDORS – IMPORTANT NOTICE
Similar numbers to last week with best ewes topping at £45.50 for Mr C
Benson and £43.50 for C B Powell & Son. Best ewes £35+ , medium
ewes £26-£32. Smaller ewes £15-£22 with grazing sort £10-£12. Rams
topped at £45 for Mr C Benson.
Limousin
Simmental
Hereford
Belgian Blue
Blonde
Charolais
Angus
Friesian
Best generally 94-109p, Native breeds 75-80p.
Grade
Top
Avg
Suckler Cows
1 (9)
115
103.6
2 (3)
83
78
Friesian Cows
1 (11)
88
81
2 (12)
68
58
Overage Steers
(7)
104
82
Overage Heifers
(7)
122
98
More cattle needed to meet demand.
144
120
Heifers
J J Comer
B J Ford & Son
119
R J Hussey
119
115
Eddolls Ltd
K B Berry & Son
50 OVERAGE CATTLE
11.30 am - Auctioneer: Jon Pullin
A super trade. The only disappointment being that another 50 or more
were not forward to meet a very strong demand fuelled by yet another
buyer around the Cirencester ring.
Continental cows sold to a flying trade, top 10 forward 88p and over
topping at 115p for Mr M Potter, 110 for R J Hussey & Son, 109 M/s
Breakspear, 106 and 105 for Mr Clift, top 2 beasts today grossing £1087
and £1070.
Best Friesian cows also sold well, best 72p plus peaking at 85, 87 and
88p. The medium Friesians strong money 60-70p a few plainer steaking
cows well sold in the mid 40’s, no cows sold under 40p. Overage steers
sold to 104p for Limousin from M/s Breakspear, 92p for South Devon
for Les Smith. Some super quality Limousins forward topped at 122p.
Entry Forms –This is a legal requirement to transport your cattle with
passports to market. Please ensure entry forms are completed, these can be
obtained either from the Market Office, Website or can be faxed.
TB Test Dates - Please could all Vendors please ensure they complete the
TB test date on their entry form, or alternatively place in pencil the TB test
date on the front of the passport.
Named Sires – Please ensure if cattle are by a Registered Pedigree Hereford
or Angus Bull that this is noted either on the entry form or on the spine of the
passport. The full name is required, “named sire” is not sufficient and will be
classed as no registered sire.
FORTHCOMING SALES
Monday, 25th February 2008
2 Cirencester Collective Machinery Sale
nd
at The Down Ampney Airfield, Down Ampney
(2 miles from Market Yard)
Entries Invited – Entry Forms Available
DAIRY CATTLE SALES
100 Holstein Friesians
Monday, 7th April 2008 (11 am)
On Instructions from Tortworth Estate Co
Following the company’s decision to merge their two existing herds into one
and to convert to Organic Production, the complete Spring block calving
portion of the commercial Elm Tree Herd is being sold, the herd is being
removed to the Bristol Sale Centre, Easter Compton for convenience of sale
and the herd is in the Blue Tongue Free Zone.
150 Holstein Friesians
Friday, 25th April 2008 (11 am)
On instructions from G W Sivell
Genuine Dispersal Sale of the commercial herd of cows, in-calf heifers and
youngstock and surplus dairy equipment to be held at Manor Farm,
Tewkesbury Road, Longford, Gloucester (subject to clear TB test). Blue
Tongue Free Zone
OCDS UPDATE
It has now been confirmed that cattle entered into the OCDS Scheme in 2008
will receive a flat rate payment of 292 euro’s. This is effectively a 10%
deduction in euro’s, but due to the continual weakening of sterling this
equates to a January payment just 2% down at £214 per head.
2008 is the final year of the scheme and with a further 270,000 cows pre –96
born still on UK farms it is essential for farmers to decide early in 2008 if a
pre-96 cow is to stay or go before the end of the year and the cut off date to
book in cattle is now 30th September 2008. The RPA only has capacity to
handle 6,000 cows a week and so to avoid disappointment and no payment
for such cows, speak to us early as we hold regular OCDS Collections.
Pre-96 cows may still be used on farms, but after this year (or effectively 30 th
Sept) Pre-96 cattle are worthless for death and will attract a disposal cost to
the owner. Speak to us early.
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Cirencester Market (Weekly – Tuesday & Thursday) – Tel: 01285 869911 Fax: 01285 869333
Lydney Office (Chris Voyce): 01291 680068 Falfield Office (Jon Pullin): 01454 269486 Ben Baggott 07894 214150