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EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
MARKET REPORT
MAY 2020
Monday 1st June - Prime Stock Market
** WE ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS!**
Our Markets are currently being run under very strict measures due to Covid-19.
Following Government guidelines, ALL VENDORS must DROP & GO and only buyers are permitted into
the market.
HELP US TO HELP YOU and lets keep the Country fed with GREAT BRITISH FOOD!
EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
01392 251261 [email protected] www.kivells.com
Monday 1st June
Prime Cattle to 219ppk and £1385 Barren Cows to 151ppk and £1333
A bumper entry of nearly 100 head saw prime cattle continue to rise in price with a very decent top of 219ppk given for a
superb 580kg Limousin heifer (24m) from David & Stewart Chapple of Cadeleigh with their slightly older (26m) 640kg
Charolais bred heifer easing to 217ppk and realising a massive £1385. Bottor Rock Farms Hennock chipped in with a smart
550kg Blonde steer (23m) making 215ppk and a super Bazadaise heifer (22m) that reached 209ppk and at 614kg realised
£1280, this was closely followed by Stephen Voysey of Longdown with a couple of glorious red Limousin heifers (19m)
which reached to 214ppk and £1157. A strong 624kg British Blue steer from Roger Adams, Cullompton returned 211ppk
and £1313 with the best from Keith & Hilary Harvey of Bovey Tracey running to 210ppk for a neat 560kg Blonde heifer
(26m). A decent run of well finished cattle from Graham Tancock, Broadclyst peeked at 199ppk and £1258 for a 630kg
Hereford steer whilst Reg Wills of Ashburton saw his best of a cracking run of ten Angus bred heifers (24m) reach 195ppk
and £1072. A nice pen of four Devon prime cattle from John Edwards of Barnstaple saw steers (25m) to 195ppk and £1042
with heifers (26m) also reaching 195ppk and realising £941. Barren cow trade just as strong as ever with an outstanding run
of South Devon’s from JP Matthews & Son of Torpoint topping the section at 154ppk with others to 151ppk and 149ppk
and a huge £1333 (886kg), also further grand South Devon barreners (585kg) sold to 144ppk and £1231 for Mark Martyn
of Boyton. A big (848kg) Simmental cow from Rob & Sharon Luscombe of Avonwick saw 141ppk and £1191 with a good
bodied 720kg Angus barrener making 140ppk for John Smith of Budleigh Salterton. Bottor Rock Farms saw a smart
Bazadaise cow fetch 139ppk whilst Herefords rose to 126ppk for Charles Ellis of Roborough, Plymouth. Best cull bulls sold
well again and to 130ppk for a 996kg Blonde from Rob & Sharon which realised £1289
Vendors are kindly reminded to inform us of their entries for Monday’s Prime Cattle and Barren Cow auction
in advance to enable potential purchasers to be advised of likely numbers.
Please contact the Market Office (01392 251261) or Robert Armstrong over the weekend (07791484290)
Also note, TB pre movement tests are NOT REQUIRED for this sale
95 PRIME CATTLE & BARREN COWS – 10.45AM
Auctioneer: Simon Alford 07789 980203
Spring Lambs to £133.50 & 249ppk Prime Hoggs to £109 & 210ppk Cull Ewes to £118 & Rams to £109.50
A very similar number of 2084 prime spring lambs were as expected less
money, but not as far back as feared with the best lambs least affected
and holding their own with a tremendous single 63kg Charollais from
BG & JZA Dart of Clyst Hydon topping the sale at £133.50 whilst their
50kgs of the same breed were £120.50 and other single overweights sold
to £125 for Phillip Rowell of Crockernwell and £117 for Alan Weymouth
of Salcombe. More 48-50kg lambs selling to £112.80 & £112.50 for
Ellen Yandle of Mamhead, £112.50 also for Trevor Selway of Weston
Cross, £110.20 for the Coaker family of Widecombe and £110 for John
Southwood of Copplestone. Smart 47kgs realised £110 for Pauline
Scanes of Cheriton Bishop as 46kgs sold to £108 for John Simmons of
Poltimore and £107 for Alan & Gerry Luscombe of Bickington. FH
Chave of Sampford Arundel sold a smart pen of 45kg pure Texel lambs
at £111.50 (248ppk) with the next best of this weight reaching £109 for
Ellen Yandle and 44kgs to £106.50 for Jerry Sanders Carr of Exminster
with plenty of 44-45kgs returning £103 to £105. Best of the 43kgs to
£102.20 for MA May & Son of Copplestone as 42kgs sold to £98.80 for
both David & Mary Stark of Denbury and Ken & Joyce Pleace of Clyst
Hydon whilst the top price pen of 41kgs also climbed to £98.80 for Tom
Yandle of Mamhead. A super pen of young sappy lambs from Jamie
Acton of Cheriton Fitzpaine took the top slot pence per kilo at 249ppk,
when his 39kgs rose to £97.20. More 39kgs at £89.50 for Edward Pring
of Broadclyst and £89 for both J & C Shelley of Shobrooke and Vivian O’Sullivan of Hittisleigh as 38kgs sold to £90 for
Barry Mildon & family of Cadbury and £89.80 again for Ellen Yandle and a smart pen of 37kg plums from Steve Hyde of
Calverleigh reached £89. Still a fair percentage of lean, un-fed lambs coming in and finding new homes for finishing around
the £2/kg mark, and these aren’t just light weights, all of which would be better sold as stores. Similarly stale lambs (some
born before Christmas) are meeting more resistance from buyers and would be better sold as stores. SQQ was 17p less at
223ppk.
147 Hoggs and 11 mature sheep were met with limited demand with noticeably fewer active buyers, for all but a few best
pens. Top of £109 for Charollais from Chris Hayter of Haccombe which at 52kgs also took the top spot per kilo at 210ppk
and Chris also topped the mature sheep section reaching £94. Similar weight hoggs to £92.50 for David Helmer of
Loddiswell and £90 for FH Chave whilst lighter 47kg hoggs realised £92.50 for Phil Coaker of Postbridge. 42kgs to £75 for
Mick Branton of Dunsford and others generally £60 to £75 depending on quality.
A much larger offering of 932 cull sheep were a similar story with the best pure bred lean ewes over the £100 mark selling
to a top of £118 for eight Charollais from Robert Hopper and family of Tiverton who also had Suffolks at £110. Andrew
Hodgson of Cullompton saw his best continental ewes make £108, Robin Irwin of Kingsnympton sold four Suffolks at £101.
Crossbred ewes were headed by a great run from Jeff Brewer of Padstow who had pens of Suffolk cross ewes to £95, £94.50,
£89.50 (x3) and £85.50 (x2) as other Texel type ewes sold at £94 for Vivian O’Sullivan and £90.50 for RJ Northcott of
Callington. Best of the Dorset ewes trading into the early £80’s but plenty from £60 to £70 and Mules often £55 to £65
depending on weight and cover. Hill ewes to £52 for strong Scotch ewes from Brian Vallance and family of Bickington and
cull rams were headed by a trio from Malcolm & Kaye Pring of Broadclyst realising £109.50. Overall average of £68 is up
£2 on the week.
Top Average
Weight No’s
Fwd
£’s Per
Head P.P.K
£’s Per
Head P.P.K
PRIME LAMBS
25-31 40 74.00 231 70.90 225
32-39 323 97.20
(-0.30)
249
(-1)
83.72
(-4.65)
219
(-10)
40-45 1462 111.50
(-0.50)
248
(-27)
96.43
(-4.73)
224
(-17)
46-52 189 120.50 (+2.00)
241 (~)
104.50 (-3.63)
221 (-7)
53+ 6 133.50 (+4.50)
216 (+1)
116.92 (+12.25)
209 (+16)
PRIME HOGGS
32-45 47 75.00
(-29.50)
179
(-59)
63.22
(-16.09)
144
(-49)
46+ 100 109.00
(-1.50)
210
(-15)
73.87
(-19.50)
147
(-43)
Top Average
EWES 914 118.00 (-1.00)
68.29 (+2.12)
RAMS 16 109.50
(+23.50) 69.28
(+6.12)
2084 PRIME SPRING LAMBS
691 PRIME LAMBS
Prime Lambs to £86 & 180ppk Cull Ewes to £90 & Rams to £99
691 PRIME LAMBS
Another quiet Monday in the sheep pens with 691 prime lambs selling at recent levels with a top of £86 for Texel x
50kg lambs from David Goss of Littlehempston who also had 51kg Charollais at £83.50 and smart 47kg continentals at
£83 (177ppk). Overweights to £85 for AJ Carter of Dawlish and £81.50 for Paul West of Holbeton. Other 50-52kg
lambs selling at £85 for Tripp Bros & Sons of Dunsford £84.20 for Tony Pickard of South Molton, £82.80 for Ken
Chapple of Oakford and £82.50 for RD Middleton & Son of Ashreigney. A trio of smart 47kg Beltex crosses from
Tracey Pike of Luppit sold at £82.50 (176ppk). 45kg Charollais lambs to £77 for Len Sharland of Tiverton and the same
price per head for 44kgs from Keith Milton of Pennymoor who also claimed top price per kilo when his two pens of
smart 41kg lambs rose to 180 & 178ppk or £73.80 & £72.80 respectively. A great line up of well finished light lambs
from 28 to 39kgs saw top per head of £66 achieved by both Blackaton Manor Farms of Widecombe with 39kg
Cheviots and also of 38kg Suffolk crosses from Abel Bros of Tavistock who also parted with 33kg Welsh lambs at
£56.20, 31kg hill lambs at £54, 30kgs at £53.20 (177ppk) and a large pen of 28kg Scotties at £48.20. Overall average is
just a penny better at 170ppk.
367 CULL EWES & 20 RAMS/WETHERS
A short entry of just under 400 cull sheep sold with a better feel to the trade as mule and other medium weight ewes
were noticeably dearer than seen in a long time. Best crossbred ewes to £90 for a pair of Black Texels from Tracey
Pike of Luppit, £89.50, £88.50 & £86 for penfuls of strong Suffolk crosses from Tom Yandle of Mamhead and £87 for
similar from Tim Whitley of Widecombe. Others £75 to £84 depending on breed, condition and weight. Best mules as
mentioned looking £6-£9 dearer on the week with two pens selling at £77.50 & £74.50 for Brad Simmons of
Thorndon Cross, £76.50 for Ellen Yandle of Mamhead and a meated run from Sam Ursell of Tedburn St Mary sold to
£76, £74.50, £73 & £72.50. Hill ewes fewer in number and often £30 to £40 with no real strength present and very
few lots sold under £25. Rams a touch stronger trade too with Brad Simmons also topping these with a weighty
Suffolk selling at £99 followed by AJ Carter with a Texel at £92.50 and B Moseley of Hittisleigh realised £89. All cull
sheep averaged £62, which is up £10 on the week, half of the lift is due to quality, the other half is the strength of
trade.
3174 SHEEP – 9.30AM
Auctioneers: Russell Steer 07788 318701 & Ian Caunter 07813 068935
Prime & Cull sheep Mortality and Rejection Insurance As of 1st April 2019 a levy of 15p (12p plus VAT) will be deducted from all prime and cull sheep sold at Exeter on a Monday to cover deaths and meat rejections associated with slaughter stock from this sale. There is an exception to this levy if a vendor is deemed to have an epidemic of cysticercus-ovis or similar, but in this unlikely event the auctioneer will liaise with the vendor in question.
914 CULL EWES & 18 RAMS
691 PRIME LAMBS
Prime Lambs to £86 & 180ppk Cull Ewes to £90 & Rams to £99
147 PRIME HOGGS & 16 MATURE SHEEP
691 PRIME LAMBS
Prime Lambs to £86 & 180ppk Cull Ewes to £90 & Rams to £99
691 PRIME LAMBS
Another quiet Monday in the sheep pens with 691 prime lambs selling at recent levels with a top of £86 for Texel x
50kg lambs from David Goss of Littlehempston who also had 51kg Charollais at £83.50 and smart 47kg continentals
at £83 (177ppk). Overweights to £85 for AJ Carter of Dawlish and £81.50 for Paul West of Holbeton. Other 50-52kg
lambs selling at £85 for Tripp Bros & Sons of Dunsford £84.20 for Tony Pickard of South Molton, £82.80 for Ken
Chapple of Oakford and £82.50 for RD Middleton & Son of Ashreigney. A trio of smart 47kg Beltex crosses from
Tracey Pike of Luppit sold at £82.50 (176ppk). 45kg Charollais lambs to £77 for Len Sharland of Tiverton and the same
price per head for 44kgs from Keith Milton of Pennymoor who also claimed top price per kilo when his two pens of
MONDAY 1st JUNE – EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Prime Stock Market.
Please Note: All Sheep MUST be pre-entered with Russell Steer (07788 318701) by 7pm on Sunday.
FRIDAY 5th JUNE – EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Store Stock Market, Sale of Beef Breeding Stock
Please Note: Entries for Beef Breeding Sale to be received by the 29th May for cataloguing – entries to
01392 251261.
MONDAY 8th JUNE – EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Prime Stock Market.
Please Note: All Sheep MUST be pre-entered with Russell Steer (07788 318701) by 7pm on Sunday.
FRIDAY 12th JUNE – EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Store Stock Market, Sale of Dairy Cattle, Sale of Pigs
MONDAY 15th JUNE – EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Prime Stock Market
Please Note: All Sheep MUST be pre-entered with Russell Steer (07788 318701) by 7pm on Sunday.
TUESDAY 16th JUNE – EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
TB Restricted Sale of Prime, Cull & Store Cattle
FRIDAY 19th JUNE – EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Monthly Catalogued Sale of Beef Breeding Stock, 32rd Annual June Sale
of Early Breeding Ewes & Rams inc. Show & Sale of Dorset Cross Ewes, Collective Standing Straw Sale
FORTHCOMING SALES
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