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CIRENCESTER LIVESTOCK
MARKET REPORT
Voyce Pullin
Auctioneers, Valuers
& Rural Surveyors
THURSDAY, 8TH JANUARY 2009
425 PRIME HOGGETTS
10.00 am – Auctioneer: Chris Voyce
Overall Average – 158p/kg
TUESDAY, 6th JANUARY 2009
48 REARING & WEANED CALVES
10.30 am – Auctioneer: Jon Pullin & Ben Baggott
A pleasing entry on a bitterly cold morning that saw another good
attendance of buyers making all grades of calves on offer a good trade.
Top 10 bull calves £228 - £300, top 10 heifer calves £170 - £205
dominated by the Continental calves but also continued support for all
types of Friesian bull calves in particular the plain types have increased
in value to make then economical to market.
Friesians (12): Sold to an average of £30 topping at £90 for M/s B
Gough &Son, medium rearing types £28 - £44, killing calves going to
rear at£12-£18.
Native Breeds (5): Hereford bulls £140 and £182 for B J Hibbard &
Son, their heifers £48 and £36. A single Angus heifer made £88 for M/s
W J Tinney & Sons. An Angus bull to £165 for P J & S R Bennett.
Simmental (7): 2 smart bulls forward from M & A Bowen made £252
and £238. Heifers topped at £192 for Lodge Farm Ltd, £175 and £150
for Ms Wooldridge, none below £128.
Charolais (1): A single heifer to £100.
Limousin/Blonde (4): D Meredith made £238 of his Limousin bull calf
and £180 for his heifer. A smart Blonde bull from C Gallop reached
£260.
British Blue (18): Another strong entry for this top selling breed. 7 bulls
sold to £300, £228 and £198 for P J & S R Bennett. M/s W J Tinney’s
bulls made £295 and £272. L Lewis sold bulls to £230. Heifers are
keenly sought; 11 forward twice to £250 for P J & S R Bennett who sold
others at £188. M/s J D Wright, Marlborough continued to consign
quality heifers twice selling to £180. M/s E J Webb sold to £172 with 2
heifers from W J Tinney & Son at £162 and £158. Blue bulls averaged
£253, heifers averaged £165.
48 Head (incl Friesians) Avg £141.98
36 Continental & Native Breed Bulls and Heifers Avg £179.47
60 STORE CATTLE
11.30 am – Auctioneer: Chris Voyce
A short entry with little TB testing carried out over the Christmas period
saw a very strong trade on all forward.
Organic Simmental x steers (20 – 24mnths) sold to £670 from Aquetong
Farming Ltd, Malmesbury. Younger Simmental steers (15mnths) sold to
£650 from the same home with their Simmental heifers (29mnths) to
£742 and (21mnths) to £600.
Organic Hereford steers (10 – 14mnths) sold to £378 with Hereford
heifers (10 – 13mnths) to £345 from Mr C Moxey, Hillmarton.
MRI x steers (21mnths) sold to £790 & £740 from Mr R Young,
Fretherne. Hereford x steers (17 – 18mnths) sold to £472 from Mr A
Ractliffe, Harescombe with his British Blue heifers (19mnths) to £550 &
£475.
Chris Voyce 01291 680068, Jon Pullin 01454 269486, Ben Baggott
07894 214150 or Arthur White 01453 832080
The weak pound has resulted in little imports and a very strong export trade
coupled with a shortage of hoggetts and the end result is a very strong
demand. Today’s entry saw a large percentage of heavy hoggetts forward but
the trade was ahead of most other centres and deadweight prices.
The best handyweight hoggetts trading between 160 – 175p/kg topping at
184p/kg £70 for 38kg from M/s D & M Whitcombe.
The heavier sorts traded over £70 topping at £81 for 50.5kg (160p/kg) from
Miss V Jones.
MANY MORE HOGGETTS NEEDED TO MEET CURRENT
DEMAND
Kgs
36
37.5
38
39
40
43.5
48
50.5
63
Vendor
H C Jones & Son
J Pocock
D & M Whitcombe
B Robinson
Poole Farming
D M Clark
Home Farm Partnership
V Jones
C Dicks
£
57.20
60.00
70.00
65.50
67.80
72.00
75.50
81.00
75.00
p/kg
159.0
160.0
184.0
168.0
170.0
166.0
157.0
160.0
119.0
70 CULL EWES
10.30 am – Auctioneer: Chris Voyce
Overall Average - £54.30
A short entry of ewes met a very strong trade with the best strong ewes £65 £70. Medium ewes £47 - £59. Plainer ewes £40 - £45. Cull Rams to £47.
MORE EWES NEEDED
FORTHCOMING SALES
Special Store Hoggett Sale
Thursday 22nd January 2009
35 BEEF CATTLE
11.00 am – Auctioneer: Chris Voyce
Average: Steers 160 p/kg, Heifers 145 p/kg
A few more forward with some good meat cattle on offer but few exceptional
shaped sorts. Trade saw the best 170 – 185p/kg topping at 189p/kg for a
575kg Limousin steer from M/s P & T Akers. The medium sorts traded
between 150 – 165p/kg.
MORE CATTLE NEEDED
WITH 5 ABBATOIRS BUYING CATTLE
Steers / Bulls
Heifers
Limousin
189.0 P & T Akers
171.0 B J Ford & Sons
Hereford
138.0 B J Ford & Sons
124.5 R W Butt
Angus
142.0 B J Ford & Sons
South Devon
164.0 R Hussey & Son
British Blue
181.0 R Hussey & Son
160.0 R Hussey & Son
6 OTM CATTLE
11.00 am – Auctioneer: Chris Voyce
A new section for clean beef animals between 30 – 48 months. British Blue x
Steers sold to 159p/kg from /s R Hussey & Son. Friesian x Steers sold
between 115 – 122p/kg from Mr D Lewis.
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SLAUGHTER ONLY “RED” MARKET
The Next Slaughter Only Market is THURSDAY 5th FEBRUARY 2009
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)
32 BARREN COWS & OTM CATTLE
11.30 am – Auctioneer: Jon Pullin
A good entry for the first show of the year met spirited bidding from the
six bidders around the ring resulting in a superb trade for all types of cow
on offer.
Friesian from M & J Hussey topped the cow trade at 130p, Limousin
from TRC Vines to 129p, PJ & T Akers also sold Limousin to 117p.
Native breeds saw Shorthorn Cows to 113p 7 Welsh Black to 109p kg.
The best Frisians traded 98-108p but 18 topped 83ppkg and a number of
these medium fleshed and plainer types of cow would be 10-15p dearer
than just before Christmas. The 3rd quality plain cows traded 68-74p
again much dearer and well in advance of the deadweight system.
26 Overage cows Avg 95.5 ppkg
6 Overage steers Avg 124.07 ppkg
JANUARY MONTHLY DAIRY SALES
20th January 2008 (11.30 am)
To include 8 fresh calved cows from M E Weaver, Malmesbury
PEDIGREE AYRSHIRES
Genuine Reduction Sale by Private Treaty from the “Highway” herd of
Pedigree Ayrshire’s. Due to high stock numbers, this sale provides a
great opportunity to purchase first class stock from this established herd.
Available for sale are 17 in calf heifers due to the Angus bull between
January and May. All are cubicle trained. Also available in up to 10
each of the bulling and yearling heifer groups. In addition, Buyers may
select upto 15 of the spring calving portion of the herd if required. The
herd currently averages 5168 at 4.07% bf, 3.29% pr with a rolling cc avg
of 100. The heifers are vaccinated for BVD and the herd is run on a
simple easi-feed system of cake, grass and maize silage. The herd has a
good TB history in recent years and they have also been well placed in
the county NMR milk recording awards. The herd is based in Midlands
and available for inspection through the Auctioneers.
Further details from Jon Pullin – Falfield Office
TUESDAY, 27TH JANUARY
28 SUCKLER COWS & 1 BULL (JAN 04)
Comprising the Genuine Dispersal Sale of 28 Simmental and Limousin
Cows (spring calving to the Simmental Bull) on behalf of C J & C King,
Buxwell Farm, Minety, Wiltshire at Cirencester Market (11.30 am prior
to store sale)
ORGANIC STORE CATTLE SALES
Our Organic Store Cattle are held on the 1st Tuesday of each Month in
conjunction with our usual Store Cattle Sales.
The sale dates are as follows:
rd
Tuesday 3 February 2009, Tuesday 3rd March 2009, Tuesday 7th
April 2009, Tuesday 5th May 2009
PEDIGREE LIMOUSIN BULLING
HEIFERS
BY PRIVATE TREATY
20 Pedigree Limousin Bulling Heifers, well grown and good
confirmation
Contact Ben Baggott 07894 214150
Voyce Pullin
Auctioneers, Valuers
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MOD PAYS MILLIONS TO FARMERS FOR
NOISE DISTURBANCE TO ANIMALS
A report stated recently in the Telegraph stated “Farmers whose animals have
suffered from stress because of low flying fighter or military planes won
hundreds of thousands of pounds in compensation from the Ministry of
Defence”. The noise of the aircrafts and helicopters on training missions,
have terrified livestock causing disturbance and injury in several cases.
Voyce Pullin have conducted a number of similar claims for farmers
throughout Gloucestershire and surrounding counties. The extent of
successful claims undertaken by our team is vast and often farmers and
landowners are unaware that they can use our professional services to
represent them in such matters.
In addition to the usual pipeline and road compensation schemes other claims
undertaken by our team include:
1. Claims against electricity companies entering onto land.
2. Negotiations for site compounds and helicopter landing sites.
3. Access and damage compensation for pylon repairs.
4. Damage to property/land from vehicle incidents.
5. All insurance issues relating to livestock losses.
6. Negotiation of access rights to and from railway networks.
If a related incident has affected your livestock then conduct Voyce Pullin for
further advice and information.
SINGLE PAYMENT SCHEME
Single Payment Scheme paperwork is now arriving – Voyce Pullin can
undertake checks to ensure all is correct.
PRIME LAMB NUMBERS SOLD VIA
LIVESTOCK AUCTION MARKETS RISE BY
27.8% IN ONE YEAR
The latest AHDB annual market throughput statistics clearly show that
farmers are returning to the live auction ring to sell their prime cattle and
prime sheep in unprecedented numbers.
In 2008 some 6.9 million prime lambs were sold through livestock auction
markets in GB, which compares to 5.4 million in 2007, an increase of 27.8%
on the year. The new season SQQ lamb price was 130.50p per kg, which was
28% higher, compared with 2007. Old season SQQ lamb averaged 126.32p
per kg, 16% above the previous years levels. In 2008 some 1.8 million cull
ewes were sold through livestock auction markets in GB, which compares to
1.5 million in 2007, an increase of 20% on the year. The overall cull ewe
average price in 2008 was £32.96 per head, £4.35 higher in comparison with
2007.
In 2008 some 370,000 head of finished cattle were sold through livestock
auction markets in GB, which compares to 369,000 in 2007.AHDB estimates
that the overall GB finished cattle slaughtering were down by 5.5% in 2008.
The overall steer average in 2008 was 144p per kg, 29% up on the year with
heifers averaging 146p per kg, 28% above 2007 levels. Young bulls averaged
141p per kg, 30% up on the year. 170,000 cull cows were sold through live
auction marts in 2008 to average 91p per kg, 40% higher than the 2007
average.
Chris Dodds, Executive Secretary of The Livestock Auctioneers Association
says “these statistics are even better than I had predicted. They clearly tell us
that farmers in GB see the auction mart system as a vital tool to their
marketing options, with the live ring being their only available forum where
live, open, transparent and competitive trade can all be brought together in
one place. Competition is the cornerstone to our industry and livestock
markets are undoubtedly here to stay. It is my opinion that the live ring has
been a price setter rather than a price taker over the last 12 months and
farmers are always keen to follow and support a marketplace that continually
offers strong competitive bidding for their products. As more farmers return
to live ring selling it offers purchasers more of an assurance that they can
selectively source the correct quantity of stock that their slaughter contracts
are demanding.”
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Cirencester Market (Weekly – Tuesday & Thursday) – Tel: 01285 869911 Fax: 01285 869333
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