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Frome Market, Standerwick, Frome, Somerset BA11 2QB
Tel: 01373 830 033 Fax: 01373 831 201 Email: [email protected] Website: www.fromelivestock.com
Auctioneers: Cooper & Tanner and Symonds & Sampson
Sale Reports & Information for the week ending
12TH FEBRUARY 2021
2350 HEAD SOLD
PRIME CATTLE to 202.50p/kg CULL COWS to 143.50p/kg PRIME HOGGETS to 287p/kg STORE HOGGETS to £110.50 DAIRY to £1900 PIGS to £103
CULL EWES to £122.50 CALVES to £430
STORE STEERS to £1478 STORE HEIFERS to £1186
COVID 19 REGULATIONS JANUARY 2021
Please note the Government have made it mandatory for
people to wear masks when in a livestock market.
Please help to protect yourself & those around you &
please bring your own face mask.
Please note with immediate effect we are having to
reintroduce Drop & Go system. Vendors are asked to
unload their stock onto the loading bays, pass over their
paperwork and then leave. Please ensure any instructions
are clearly identified on the entry form. Please read next page.
NO SOCIAL VISITS OR ON LOOKING ALLOWED.
Buyers please note attendance at markets MUST be restricted to those
conducting business and only 1 representative per business. Buyers will
be restricted to allow Social distancing – wear a face mask and 2m
between each buyer. Buyers must sanitise on entry to the market, on
exiting and whenever possible. Buyers must not attend with partners,
children or others. Buyers where possible should double up and buy for
multiple clients. Any buyer who does not actually secure a purchase
MUST register with the office after the sale.
Hauliers MUST ensure their name and contact details are recorded on the
entry form for the stock they are delivering.
Anyone who is knowingly ill, showing symptons of the virus, or has an
underlying health issue, MUST NOT attend.
Pregnant women or children MUST NOT attend the market.
Please only attend the market intending to conduct business,
onlookers and the public MUST NOT attend.
.
FROME LIVESTOCK WEEKLY SALES WEDNESDAYS: Dairy, Prime cattle, Cull cows, Prime lambs/Hoggets, Store sheep, Ewes & Lambs, Cull ewes & rams, Calves, Pigs fortnightly (24th February), Reared calves/Stirks fortnightly (17th February STARTS APPROX. 12.30PM). FRIDAYS: Store cattle plus Cows & Calves
Market Gates Open at 6.30 am – Please get your stock to market EARLY
Many thanks for bearing with us over this difficult period
Lockdown Three
5th January 2021 – 15th February 2021
During the present climate our Normal Office Hours of
8.30am to 5.00 pm may slightly differ. In order for us to
create office bubbles you may find you will be put through
to our answer machine. If you would kindly leave a
message containing your name and telephone number a
member of staff will return your call as soon as we are able.
Many thanks for your Co-operation.
WEDNESDAY 10th FEBRUARY 2021
TOTAL HEAD SOLD: 1244
PRIME CATTLE (60) to 202.50p/kg or £1335 Starts 11.30am AUCTIONEER: MARK NORTHCOTT 07798 645274 A good entry met another buoyant trade despite the drop in deadweight prices demand was still very strong and more could have been sold. OTM’s a small entry sold at late rates.
TOP PRICE STEER 202.50p/kg for an Angus from MH Rossiter
TOP PRICE HEIFER 199p/kg for a Limousin from RS Baber
UTM FAT TOTALS: No MIN P/KG MAX P/KG
STEERS
Light 100-500kg 1 194.50 194.50
Medium 551-650kg 10 147.50 202.50
Heavy 651kg+ 12 178.00 198.50
HEIFERS
Light 100-500kg 1 164.50 164.50
Medium 551-650kg 12 179.50 193.50
Heavy 651kg+ 20 161.50 199.00
THANK YOU
TO ALL VENDORS AND BUYERS WE ARE TRULY GRATEFUL TO YOU ALL.
HERE AT FROME LIVESTOCK MARKET WE MEET ALL IMPOSED RESTRICTIONS AND
POLICIES SET OUT BY THE LAA AND GOVERNMENT.
WE WERE FULLY COMPLIANT WITH THE SOCIAL DISTANCING RULE.
A HUGE THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR THEIR KIND WORDS AND SUPPORT; WE ARE
DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN UNDER IMMENSE PRESSURE.
IF VENDORS, IN THESE UNCERTAIN TIMES, WOULD LIKE TO BE PAID BY BACS FOR THEIR CONVENIENCE PLEASE EMAIL OR PUT ON YOUR
ENTRY FORM YOUR BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS.
UTM STEERS
BREED MAX
(p/kg) VENDOR
MAX (£)
VENDOR
Angus 202.50 MH Rossiter, Bridport 1348 RMJ & AL Robinson, Chippenham
Limousin 198.50 RMJ & AL Robinson, Chippenham
1405 RMJ & AL Robinson, Chippenham
Charolais 198.00 RE & AM Hicks, Bristol 1323 RE & AM Hicks, Bristol
Shorthorn 196.00 RE & AM Hicks, Bristol 1279 RE & AM Hicks, Bristol
Hereford 194.50 MH Rossiter, Bridport 1112 MH Rossiter, Bridport
Blue 193.00 BJ & EM Yandle, Martock
1314 BJ & EM Yandle, Martock
Devon 181.50 AH Collins, Congresbury
1352 AH Collins, Congresbury
Friesian 147.50 F Pearce & Son, Devizes
908 F Pearce & Son, Devizes
UTM STEERS (23) Max. 202.50p/kg & £1352 MH Rossiter’s Angus topped the steers at 202.50p/kg with others to 194.50p/kg from F Pearce & Son and 191p/kg from RMJ & AL Robinson. Limousin x to 198.50p/kg from RMJ & AL Robinson, Charolais x to 198p/kg from RE & AM Hicks who also had others to 196p/kg, 195.50p/kg 3 times. Blue x to 193p/kg from BJ & EM Yandle. Shorthorns to 196p/kg from RE & AM Hicks. Herefords met another excellent trade to 194.50p/kg from MH Rossiter. Lean Friesians to 147.50p/kg from F Pearce & Son.
UTM HEIFERS (33) Max. 199p/kg & £1335 A mixed entry of heifers sold well topping at 199p/kg for RS Baber’s Limousin x. Charolais x to 195p/kg from RMJ & AL Robinson, Blue x to 195.50p/kg from JD & JS Padfield who had others to 194.50p/kg twice and 193.50p/kg from BJ & EM Yandle. Angus in strong demand to 187p/kg from MH Rossiter and Herefords to 186.50p/kg from RMJ & AL Robinson.
UTM HEIFERS
BREED MAX
(p/kg) VENDOR
MAX (£)
VENDOR
Limousin 199.00 RS Baber, Bristol 1210 RS Baber, Bristol
Blue 195.50 JD & JS Padfield, Radstock
1335 JD & JS Padfield, Radstock
Charolais 195.00 RMJ & AL Robinson, Chippenham
1269 RMJ & AL Robinson, Chippenham
Angus 187.00 MH Rossiter, Bridport 1219 TRC Vines, Calne
Hereford 186.50 RMJ & AL Robinson, Chippenham
1130 RMJ & AL Robinson, Chippenham
Simmental 185.50 JD & JS Padfield, Radstock
1228 JD & JS Padfield, Radstock
OTM PRIME CATTLE Max. 157.50p/kg & £1039 Steers to 157.50p/kg from RJ & JC Banwell and heifers to 151.50p/kg from MH Rossiter. Many thanks for your support on this bitterly cold day and please keep your cattle coming, thankyou.
CULL COWS (42) Beef to 143.50p/kg Dairy to 131p/kg Starts 11.30am AUCTIONEER: MARK NORTHCOTT 07798 645274 Another totally insufficient entry today to satisfy the continuing exceptional
demand for cull and plenty more could have been sold to advantage. Quality
Friesians met a storming trade to 131p/kg from RM & HM Heal with a further 11
selling in advance of 125p/kg. Top headage of £1150 from Knapp Farm Ltd with
others to £1123 from IW Lane & Sons, £1090 from RM & HM Heal and 5 more
selling over £1000. Manufacturing cows also in very strong demand and
urgently wanted. Plain types dear with nothing below 69p/kg. Beef also sold to a
flying trade to 143.50p/kg for a Lincoln from RJ & JC Banwell. Blues to
140.50p/kg from BA & CM Godwin & Sons, Angus to 128.50p/kg from Pittard
Partners, Brown Swiss to 127p/kg from SH Lawrence & Sons and Ayrshire to
120.50p/kg from RM & HM Heal. Young feeding cows wanted. More cows
please – this trade wont last forever.
CULL COWS
BREED MAX
(p/kg) VENDOR
MAX (£)
VENDOR
Lincoln 143.50 RJ & JC Banwell, Wedmore
810 RJ & JC Banwell, Wedmore
Blue 140.50 BA & CM Godwin & Sons, Bath
1080 BA & CM Godwin & Sons, Bath
Friesian 131.00 RM & HM Heal, Radstock
1150 Knapp Farm Ltd, Glastonbury
Angus 128.50 Pittard Partners, Sherborne
867 Pittard Partners, Sherborne
Brown Swiss 127.00 SH Lawrence & Sons, Timsbury
894 SH Lawrence & Sons, Timsbury
Ayrshire 120.50 RM & HM Heal, Radstock
807 RM & HM Heal, Radstock
SHEEP (923) Starts 10.30am AUCTIONEER: ROSS WHITCOMBE 07815 985 737 PRIME HOGGETS (752) Max 287p/kg £138 Another large entry of hoggs forward, which sold to a super trade, with fresh buyers looking to source sheep from Frome. Some real super types forward with best to 287p/kg from JW & E Kerton who had others to 285p/kg. Heavies to £138 from Keevil Farm Partners. Light 39kg hoggs to £112 and 287p/kg from JW & E Kerton. Handy weights to 285p/kg from Spring Farm Partnership and £123 from NF Clothier & Sons Ltd. Heavier types to 285p/kg and £131 from JW & E Kerton. Heavies to 249p/kg and £138 from Keevil Farm Partnership. Sell Live and thrive, keep your hoggs coming to Frome, we’ve got the buyers and need the sheep to keep coming.
NO. WEIGHT
(KG) MAX
(P/KG) VENDOR
MAX (£)
VENDOR
200 32.1-39 287.00 JW & E Kerton, Yeovil 112.00 JW & E Kerton, Yeovil
361 39.1-45.5 285.00 Spring Farm Prtnrs, Winford
123.00 NF Clothier & Sons Ltd, Ston Easton
154 45.6-52 285.00 JW & E Kerton, Yeovil 131.00 JW & E Kerton, Yeovil
37 52+ 249.00 Keevil Farm Prtnrs, Beckington
138.00 Keevil Farm Prtnrs, Beckington
STORE HOGGETS (70) Max £110.50 A super entry of store hoggs forward which sold to a flying trade with best to £110.50 from BA & CM Godwin & Sons. Any hoggs with size and shape all £100+. Smaller hoggs all £85+. More wanted each week.
CULL EWES (102) MAX £122.50 A good entry of cull ewes with fresh buyers ensuring a flying trade for all entered. Best ewes to £122.50 from Longclose Farm of Milton Abbas with rams to £117 from S & J Wheeler. Best Suffolks over £100 with North Country mules over £90. Welsh ewes to £80, more needed each week.
Any undeclared ram store lambs will be subject to a 25% deduction if found by the buyer after the auction. To prevent this please declare all ram lambs when
booking them in.
ARE YOU UNDER TB RESTRICTION? We hold regular Restricted Orange Sales for Cull Cows, Prime and Store Cattle
Restricted Orange Sales 2021 Dates:
MONDAY 22ND FEBRUARY MONDAY 22ND MARCH
Cattle must be licenced to these sales please call the Market Office on
01373 830033 for more information Entries for catalogue by
the Wednesday prior to sale please Licences must be obtained from animal health
at least one week before the sale. Applying for a licence has now changed;
an application form (TB204) must be completed and either emailed to [email protected] or
posted to APHA, Polwhele, Truro, Cornwall, TR4 9AD
PIGS (73) AUCTIONEER: WILL WALLIS 07833 453482 A smaller entry forward this week with not many quality sorts on offer and mostly Boars. Trade better than the last sale and some other reports. Times still very difficult for the pig industry, with slow sales in the UK and export non-existent.
FAT PIGS The best heavy cutters to £103 from LE Miller & Son of Bridgwater. Other pens
from the same farm to £101, £94 and £90. Others to £83 from S & S Gould of
Stalbridge. A nice run of Tamworths from Boynton Farms sold well for some
light porker weights to £69 and £67.
STORE PIGS Not many stores on offer this week due to the cold weather. Strong coloured
stores to £56, strong White stores to £46 from J Ware.
CULL SOWS AND BOARS Trade better than some other reports! The best sows to £34 from P & T Reakes. Others to £28 & £29. There is hope that paperwork is now getting sorted and the export starting soon.
DAIRY Starts 12noon AUCTIONEER: TREVOR ROWLAND 07968 480401
CALVED HEIFERS TO £1900 CALVED COWS TO £1400
A firm trade for the right types again this week. A few more older calved cows
on offer which were less sought after than the markets before Christmas,
However, a super entry from CR & YS Bennett attracted good interest for the
younger sorts forward. Top spot was for their B & W “Panache” daughter having
calved in mid Jan and giving 32 litres which peaked at £1,900! Two cracking 4th
calvers from the same consignment sold to a strong £1,400. Finer boned calved
Holstein heifers were more difficult to place with the “best of the rest” selling to
£1,300 from the Tunley family, Cirencester. A run of more traditional British
Friesian type heifers for growing and bulling sold to £535.
Entries for Next week:12 6-7mo dairy youngstock already to hand for next
week.
Important Notice!
Owing to the current lockdown, the dairy will now be sold at 12noon in
Ring (2)
SIRE NAMES ABERDEEN ANGUS & HEREFORD CALVES, STORE CATTLE &
FAT CATTLE THAT COME TO MARKET WITH NO SIRE NAME/ONLY PART NAME OR INCOMPLETE NAME WILL BE SOLD AS
NO SIRE FOUND. ALL ABERDEEN ANGUS & HEREFORD SIRED STOCK MUST
HAVE FULL NAME OF SIRE.
NEXT FORTNIGHTLY PIG SALE:
WEDNESDAY 24th FEBRUARY 10.15am
Please contact the Auctioneer Will Wallis 07833 453 482
with your entries in advance
NEXT SALE OF REARED CALVES:
WEDNESDAY 17th FEBRUARY THEN FORTNIGHTLY THEREAFTER
APPROX. 12.30PM Please contact
Charlie Coleman 07494 588013 Mark Ferrett 07702 264502 Tom Rogers 07384 462288
with your entries in advance
CALVES (123) Starts 09.30am AUCTIONEERS: CHARLIE COLEMAN: 07494 588 013 Better numbers on the week with trade yet again increasing, calves being sent to Frome are reaping the rewards. Hundreds more could have been sold to advantage.
CONTINENTAL BULLS TO £430/HEIFERS TO £265 Only 1 corker forward which met exceptional demand to £430 for a Blue bull from the Harding family. Trade dearer again seeing Blue bulls sailing past £230 with a steer to £325 from the Osborne family. Smaller sorts still £170+. Blue heifers a stand on trade seeing the best to £265 from the Osborne’s again. Others past £200 from PHG Turner, majority smaller end calves sold well between £140 - £180. Another cracking run of Simmental and Charolais calves from the Hannam family flew seeing a Simmental bull to £270, with smart heifers to £255 and a Charolais to £205. A grand showing of Limousin really ticked the boxes seeing a smart but young bull from PHG Turner selling to £290, with others to £270, £265 and £250 from Peter Turner, who saw medium sized heifers to £185. Another ripping fast trade.
NATIVE BULLS TO £285/NATIVE HEIFERS TO £240 Trade keeps getting dearer and dearer! A marvellous showing of calves yet again in huge demand here at Frome. Topping the day, a quality run from WL Baxandall from the Isle of Wight stole the show seeing bulls to £285 and heifers to £240 and £215. Medium to best flyers past the £230 mark with plenty pushing higher with even smaller end to £170+. Heifers a serious trade seeing nearly all medium to better types pushing and exceeding £170. Smalls a vast improvement on the year with most £70+. Only a handful of Herefords with medium bulls to £160 from Perry Farms and smaller heifers to £80 from JT Jackson.
FRIESIAN TO £142 Nearly 40 Friesian types forward meeting a super trade seeing a large run from Diva Sherborne to a mighty £142, £125 and £115. Another lovely blocky British
Friesian to £115 from RT Millard. A fierce trade with calves in serious demand here at Frome, please keep them coming.
Calves start 9.30am! Please get to market on time! PLEASE BE AWARE CALVES/STIRKS OVER 41DAYS COMING TO MARKET NEED TO
HAVE A TB TEST DATE. PLEASE PUT THIS ON YOUR ENTRY FORM. The winner of the £25 for the top price Native Sired heifer under 41 days sponsored by Howard & Sons – Kubota, was an Angus to £168 from DIVA (Sherborne) Ltd. Next week the £25 sponsored prize will be for the top price any breed male/female. Howard & Sons: New Kubota dealers in Wiltshire & Somerset.
Tel: 01380 723986
FRIDAY 5TH FEBRUARY 2021 TOTAL STORE CATTLE SOLD: 1106
SALE TIME: 10.30AM AUCTIONEERS: TREVOR ROWLAND 07968 480 401 LESTER WILLIAMS 07778 646 031 CHARLIE COLEMAN 07494 588 013 ROSS WHITCOMBE 07815 985 737
STEERS TO £1478 HEIFERS TO £1186 A Candlemas with a difference, but buyers still keen looking to source cattle
from Frome. An excellent trade from start to finish when many more could have
been sold to the advantage. Many thanks to our vendors, buyers and staff for
supporting Candlemas 2021 at Frome!
FEEDING BULLS Only a few feeding bulls forward but plenty of trade. Older 16 – 18mo bulls saw
Limousin and Simmentals from the Carey family to £818 and £640, other
younger Herefords to £585.
GRAZING COWS Plenty of trade for the grazing cows from Nigel Butler, Newbury seeing prices to
£740.
YOUNG CONTINENTAL On a day which is traditionally for the more forward cattle its not surprising to see
fewer best young continentals on offer. Those that were carrying good shape and
stature sold well as trade was flying at Frome again this week. Another top draw
consignment of 60 12 -15mo cattle from GM & S Silvester & Sons saw their
marvellous dairy bred Simmentals eagerly sought and the first bunches of steers
sold to £1055, £1020 and £935 with heifers at £880. Blue x dairy bred heifers
from the same home topped at £900 and at just 12mo too!! Outstanding single
suckled Limousin cattle from Nigel Butler, Newbury, commanded wonderful
prices which saw 10mo steers to £1,095 & £1,022. More good types from A T
Attwell 9mo at £905 & £810. Plenty of good hard types from M & S Ramm which
all sold with their Limousin steers 10mo at £770 and £772 while heifers from the
same home peaked at £800!! Hard younger SS Charolais 6-8mo from Cutts
Agriculture created keen interest and saw steers to £765. Plenty of younger cattle
for next week at our follow up Candlemas sale, see you then!!
YOUNG STEERS YOUNG HEIFERS
BREED £/
HEAD AGE VENDOR BREED
£/ HEAD
AGE VENDOR
Angus 1155 17mo RC Garraway, Chippenham
Blue 900 17mo PJ JM & A Evans, Chippenham
Limousin 1095 10mo Brook Valley Ltd, Thatcham
Shorthorn 892 17mo J & S Farming Ltd, Yeovil
Shorthorn 1075 17mo J & S Farming Ltd, Yeovil
Simmental 880 15mo GM & S Silvester & Sons, Hampshire
Simmental 1055 15mo GM & S Silvester & Sons, Hampshire
Hereford 845 12mo T & RE Witchard, IOW
Hereford 995 17mo RB Bowditch & Son, Bridport
Angus 810 14mo CJ Wells & Sons, Swindon
Blue 960 16mo NP Hayward, IOW Limousin 800 11mo M & S Ramm & Son, Wareham
ANGUS A grand show of nearly 40 Angus today sold to a rip-roaring trade! Topping the
day was an exceptional run from Puncknowle Manor Estate whose 14 – 15mo
steers flew to £1475, £1432, £1425, £1390 and £1315 for quality goods.
Regular 4 supporters, RC Few & Sons saw their usual well done solid steers to
£1200. A run of true Candlemas cattle from Sam Foot & team sold exceptionally
well seeing both steers and heifers straight off the chalk ready to work 23 –
27mo selling to £1070 and £980 respectively. As always, a pleasure to welcome
the Silvester family whose trip to Frome certainly paid off seeing steers to
£1085 (13 – 15mo). A marvellous consignment from Rempstone Farm saw
suckler bred 10mo steers to £890 with heifers to £630. Good to see a lovely
team of cattle from the Coleberd family (7 – 12mo) steers to a tremendous
£1070 with heifers to £660. 13mo Dairy bred steers from Manor & Auckland
found exceptional support seeing steers to a wonderful £750, with heifers to
£600. 8mo Angus x steers from the Pope family of Blandford soared to £1070
for a quality beast. Hard outwintered Dairy x heifers from Maria & Andy
Robinson ticked the boxes to £830 at only 18mo. The Flux family of the Isle of
Wight were well rewarded for their trip to see steers to £945 (18mo). A ripping
trade throughout, all grades in exceptional demand, the trip to Frome paying off.
HEREFORD A large entry of Herefords forward today which sold to a super trade for all
entered. A super consignment from Puncknowle Manor Estate enjoyed a flying
trade with 7 bunches of steers over £1300 with the top bunch achieving £1388.
Other fleshed forward Herefords to £1260 from RB Bowditch & Son and £1185
from JB Carter. Younger fleshed Herefords to £1095 from HP & J Flux and
£1080 from D Flux & C Griffin. No forward Hereford heifers entered today but a
lot of those smaller thicker types about. Best to £885 from Queen Thorne
Agriculture, £880 from RB Bowditch, £875 from J Trott & Sons who had others
to £850. A Quality run of true Candlemas Hereford heifers from Andy & Marie
Robinson caught the buyers eyes eventually selling at £805 with others to £800.
Quality feeding steers to £1042 from RB Bowditch & Son sold well to £1042,
with out wintered feeding steers from Andy & Marie Robinson looking well sold
to £1035 with others to £955. Younger, thick Hereford steers to £975 and£960
from T & RE Witchard. Harder Dairy type Hereford steers to £930 from Evershot
Farms, £892 twice from J & S Farming and Isgar & Sons who had others to
£890 and £860. Younger smaller steers to £790 from CT Baker, £720 from CA
Reeves and £695 from J & H Pounder who had others to £670. Smaller fleshed
heifers to £760 twice from BK & A Garrett & Sons and Evershot Farms. Thicker
15 – 16mo heifers from HP & J Flux enjoyed competitive bidding selling to
£745. Younger heifers to £550 from J & H Pounder with others to £545.
FORWARD CONTINENTAL What a marvellous trade! Trade on fire here again at Frome. What has to be the
highlight of the day is an exceptional run of 140 cattle from Mr Morris of the Isle
of Wight who saw his 109 20 – 21mo Blue heifers top at £1100 with others to
£1085 and £1025 resulting in a tremendous average of £986, with Limousin
heifers storming to £1075. Topping the day a quality well shaped 18mo
Limousin steer from the Brett family, who saw others to £1195. Good to see
regulars PW CC & JC Gould’s Limousin steers £1195 (28mo) and heifers to
£1080 (28mo). Well fleshed Dairy x Blues from the Flux family of the Isle of
Wight saw 18mo steers top to a tremendous £1150. A quality run from Queen
Thorne Agriculture soared to £1170 for well done Blue heifers at only 22mo, big
blocky Saler steers from the same home roared to £1120. Very few forward
Simmentals or Charolais today, this said big rangey 22mo Simmental steers
from the Bushell family sailed to £1055. Good to see Colin Virgin here seeing a
Charolais x 19mo to £930. Sweet Charolais and Blonde heifers from Mr Morris
rocketed to £1040 for both. An older but well framed Simmental heifer from the
Pope family sold well to £1186. A lovely Simmental heifer sold well to £1058
from the Garrett family. Forward cattle in big, big demand. Do make use of the
roaring trade here at Frome.
FORWARD STEERS FORWARD HEIFERS
BREED £/
HEAD AGE VENDOR BREED
£/ HEAD
AGE VENDOR
Angus 1478 23mo Puncknowle Manor Estate, Dorchester
Simmental 1186 33mo WE Pope, Blandford
Hereford 1388 23mo Puncknowle Manor Estate, Dorchester
Blue 1170 22mo Queen Thorne Agriculture, Sherborne
Limousin 1290 20mo Joss Brett, IOW Limousin 1080 28mo PW CC & JC Gould, Warminster
Blue 1150 18mo HP & J Flux, IOW Angus 1070 21mo CJ Wells & Sons, Swindon
Saler 1120 24mo Queen Thorne Agriculture, Sherborne
Friesian 958 23mo AG Hinks & Sons, Gillingham
Friesian 1090 22mo RB Bowditch & Son, Bridport
Charolais 935 24mo PW CC & JC Gould, Warminster
Simmental 1055 23mo Miss Bushell, Chichester
Devon 890 19mo NP Hayward, IOW
Charolais 930 20mo Virgin & Sons, Templecombe
Hereford 885 23mo PW CC & JC Gould, Warminster
Fleckvieh 905 18mo AM & M Robinson, Marnhull
Gloucester 875 19mo J Alvis, Gloucester
COVID 19 REGULATIONS JANUARY 2021
Please note the Government have made it mandatory for people to
wear masks when in a livestock market.
Please help to protect yourself & those around you & please bring
your own face mask.
Please note with immediate effect we are having to reintroduce
Drop & Go system. Vendors are asked to unload their stock onto
the loading bays, pass over their paperwork and then leave. Please
ensure any instructions are clearly identified on the entry form.
If you transport Cattle or Sheep, you must read this
and act! The deadline for replies is 25th February 2021
DEFRA have a “Consultation on improvements to animal welfare in
transport December 2020”. Within its proposals Government wants
to:
introduce maximum journey time limits for cattle and sheep of 21
hours, including time spent in market.
introduce minimum post-journey rest periods of 7 days for cattle
and 48 hours for sheep.
require no livestock or horse journeys to be allowed to take
place if the forecast external temperature for the journey is outside
a temperature range of 5-30oC, unless the vehicle is able to
regulate the internal temperature within a 5-30oC temperature
range for the duration of the journey by means of a thermo-
regulation system.
require head room heights for Dairy Cattle of 20cm, Beef Cattle
of 30cm, Sheep of 22cm and Pigs 9cm.
As you are aware Defra and Welsh Government have a
consultation open on “improvements to animal welfare in
transport”.
I am pleased to advise that the deadline for submitting responses
has been extended until 25th February.
It is imperative that all members respond to the consultation, which
can be found through the link below:
https://consult.defra.gov.uk/transforming-farm-animal-health-
and-welfare-team/improvements-to-animal-welfare-in-
transport/
FROME MARKETS 1ST INAUGRAL SPRING STIRK FAIR
WEDNESDAY 28TH APRIL 2021
SHOW & SALE
KINDLY SPONSORED BY BARBERS 1833
TO BE JUDGED IN THE PENS PRIOR TO SALE
BEST PEN OF 2 OR MORE NATIVE BRED DAIRY CROSS
STEERS UPTO 7 MONTHS OLD
BEST PEN OF 2 OR MORE NATIVE BRED DAIRY CROSS
HEIFERS UPTO 7 MONTHS OLD
BEST PEN OF 2 OR MORE CONTINENTAL BRED DAIRY
CROSS STEERS UPTO 7MONTHS OLD
BEST PEN OF 2 OR MORE CONTINENTAL BRED DAIRY
CROSS HEIFERS UPTO 7 MONTHS OLD
BEST PEN OF 2 OR MORE DAIRY BRED STEERS OR
HEIFERS UPTO 7 MONTHS OLD
OVERALL CHAMPION
£30 PRIZE MONEY AND ROSETTES FOR THE WINNER
OF EACH CLASS WITH THE OVERALL CHAMPION
RECEIVING A £70 PRIZE AND THE “SPRING STIRK
FAIR CUP”
FOR ALL INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT
AUCTIONEER- CHARLIE COLEMAN 07494 588013
FIELDSMEN- TOM ROGERS 07384 462288
MARK FERRETT 077022 64502
OFFICE- 01373 830033
Breeding Suckler Sale Wednesday 24th February @ 2pm
Large Entries Anticipated, Entries Invited Now.
Online Bidding now available please phone the market office
to register – 01373 830033.
Pedigree Beef Breeding Bull Sale Wednesday 14th April @ 2pm
Ring 2, Entries Invited.
Poultry Sale Postponed – March 13th
New Proposed Date Saturday 10th April
Depending on COVID-19 & Avian Flu Restrictions
