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CIRENCESTER LIVESTOCK
MARKET REPORT
TUESDAY, 22nd JANUARY 2008
79 REARING & WEANING CALVES
10.30 am – Auctioneer: Jon Pullin
Overall Average - £104
A few more farmers around the ring selectively purchasing the better
calves leaving plainer and small calves difficult to sell. Generally, the
calves on offer of average type, the previous week’s weather has
certainly not helped.
Friesian (13): No rearing trade at all today – all Friesians £3-£11, 3
Brown Swiss bulls made £24-£30.
Native Breeds (13): Angus bulls from new Vendors W D & M Guley
sold well for size, topping at £98 twice. Best £80+, mediums £62-£68.
Small Hereford heifers £5-£20. Angus heifers topped at £32 and £38 for
M/s Guley.
Continental (29): Best Simmental bulls 3-4 weeks old off the cows
topped at £208 for B J & D Reeves, Limousin bulls £150 and £170 for R
A Williams & Son, £130 for M T & I Scott. Blue bulls topped at £195
and £204 from R H & M E Oughton, medium bulls £130/£140, smaller
bulls £110. Heifers were more selective, Charolais at £88 from R A
Williams, strong Simmentals for B J & D Reeves £114 and £160, fresher
calves £90 for R T & E B Townsend. Best Simmental £70+, Limousin to
£86 for R T & E B Townsend, £84 for L T & C R Wall, best £66+,
mediums £50+. Generally the heifers back £15 - £20 on the late autumn
trade, but quality also back. Those leaving calves on the cows are
benefiting certainly on the Continental calves.
An excellent entry of weaned calves saw 24 forward in this new section
that is attracting good numbers through on a weekly basis. C C Harber,
Earls Croomb continue to consign calves, their October Friesians to
£130, October Hereford bulls (named) a strong price at £250 per head,
their heifers at £156. M/s Stevens Farm who regularly consign showed
another good hand of 2/3 month Hereford heifers at £182 per head and
similar aged Angus calves £176 per head. Limousin (Sept 07) from D C
& B Wilcox made £262, same breed heifers Sept/Oct/Nov at £176 £194.
More weaned calves always sell in this continually growing section.
Next Special Sale of Weaned Calves - Tuesday, 5th February
Entries to Ben Baggott or Jon Pullin
13 COWS & CALVES
11.30 am - Auctioneer: Arthur White
Very dear, the few on offer saw very keen bidding, selling to £760 for
Limousin x heifers (2005) and her Limousin heifer calf (Sept) for Mr
Righton and £645 for Hereford x Cow (03) and her Blonde x heifer calf
Dec 07) from Robert Scot, 03 Hereford x cow and Blonde heifer calf
(Nov 07) from G Maidment £540 and in-calf Hereford x Cows (03) from
same farm £460.
269 STORE CATTLE
11.30 am - Auctioneer: Arthur White
Up some £40 head on 23rd January 2007. A most wonderful demand
perhaps the best for quite a few months, with the fact that Cirencester is
in a Blue Tongue area making no difference to demand, Mr Grover from
Thatcham, Berks sold young Blonde steer to £700 (130) with others £540
(114), £545 (126) and £485 (130), with his Blonde heifer £645 (117),
£502 (113) and £620 (127). Other Blonde steers sold to £430 (129) for
Nigel & David Maidment with their Blonde heifers £408 (128).
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Ieaun Preece from Pembroke sold 53 cattle which have been outlying on the
West Wales coast, meeting very keen competition with his Charolais heifers
to £540 (125), Limousin heifer £458 (115) and Simmental heifer £450 (120)
and £480 (118), his Limousin x steer made £585 (123). Friesian steers much
dearer selling to £552 (96) from Greg Dancer and £518 (99) from E Burson.
Beef Shorthorn steers to £600 (97) from Wiltshire Wildlife. Some of the
prices realised were as follows for the strong trade on all breeds and ages:Limousin x Steers:
Limousin x Heifers:
£575
116
D & E Clark
£308 114 D & S Cheacker
£652
124
R & C Chancellor
£460 110 D Cheacker
£625
120
R Dancer
£490 108 E Burson
£728
113
L B Cook
£590 113 N Pointon
£735
113
L B Cook
£658 121 G Dancer
£510
113
D Rumming
£495 115 C & M Garraway
£522
122
D Rumming
£382 111 I & J Alvis
Simmental x Steers:
Simmental x Heifers:
£545
116
Peter Jones
£532 106 E Burson
£685
116
R Dancer
£600 111 R Dancer
£570
120
R Dancer
£530 113 M Righton
£590
109
M Righton
£530 112 C & M Garraway
£602
122
I & J Alvis
£480 115 I Preece
£450 120 I Preece
Belgian Blue x Steers:
Belgian Blue x Heifers:
£570
143
David Cheacker
£430 118 N Maidment
£718
106
L B Cook
£592 92
N Maidment (OTM)
£600
122
M Righton
£532 123 M Righton
£640
112
D Clark
£545 105 N Pointon
£668
119
N Pointon
Charolais x Steers:
Charolais x Heifers:
£570
120
M Righton
£645 121 R & C Chancellor
£600 117 R & C Chancellor
£540 125 I Preece
£585 119 M Righton
Blonde x Steers:
Blonde x Heifers:
£540
141
J Grover
£645 117 J Grover
£545
126
J Grover
£602 127 J Grover
£700
130
J Grover
£408 128 N Maidment
£582
107
E Burson
£430
120
N Maidment
Hereford x Steers:
Hereford x Heifers:
£530
113
J A Jones
£320 88
G Bovingdon
£538
112
G & D Crook
£310 89
G Bovingdon
£648
107
L B Cook
£455 103 G & D Crook
£730
109
L B Cook
£452 100 D Rumming
£605
106
D Clark
£532
112
D Clark
Jersey x Angus Steer:
£380
95
G Bovingdon
Aberdeen Angus x Steers:
Aberdeen Angus x Heifers:
£502
100
G Bovingdon
£530 104 G Dancer
£732
106
L B Cook
£432 95
G Crook
£525
111
G Hoddinott
£418 94
G Crook
Averages:
Steers £484 Avg
Top £735 (L B Cook)
Heifers £453 Avg
Top £658 (R F Dancer)
Overall Average (269)
£458
Tuesday, 5th February 2008 – Sale of Organic Store Cattle in conjunction
with our normal store cattle sale
For further details or to discuss dairy sales,
please contact Jon Pullin on 07736 800760
Entries to Chris Voyce 01291 680068, Jon Pullin 01454 269486, Ben
Baggott 07894 214150 or Arthur White 01453 832080.
VENDORS – IMPORTANT NOTICE
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
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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
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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
2nd Cirencester Collective Machinery Sale
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
30th Sept) Pre-96 cattle are worthless for death and will attract a disposal
cost to the owner. Speak to us early.
Voyce Pullin Markets Ltd
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