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HOLSWORTHY
MARKET REPORT Wednesday 20 May 2020
EVERY WEDNESDAY
Gates open 6am
SALE TIMES
09:45 am - Draft Ewes followed by Finished Lambs
10:30 am - Store Lambs
09.45 am - Calves and Stirks
11:00 am - Store Cattle followed by Finished & OTM Cattle
A massive day in the Sheep Pens saw the Prime Lamb and Couple Trade off the clock with the
best at £280 on behalf of Torrington Farmers Hunt
Holsworthy Livestock Market, New Market Road, Holsworthy, Devon, EX22 7FA
01409 253275
*Cows top at £2000, Heifers at £1700
and maiden heifers (10 month) £820*
A small entry of milkers saw a strong trade
with more required to meet buyer demand.
The sale topped at £2000 for a 48 Kg, 3rd
calver “Bocaddon Glenton BD Marble” sold on
behalf or regular vendors Messrs SR Gilbert
and Son, Sheepwash. A high yielding 3rd
Calving, Ayrshire Cow “Lyner Oblique Polka
Dot 17 GP 83” sold at £1300 as part of a good
consignment of Ayrshire in milk cows from the renowned Lyner herd of Messrs AC & DC Walters & Son, Launceston.
Heifers were in short supply and topped at £1700 for a very smart heifer “Hadge MVP Poppy” from Paul Nichols of
Penzance.
In calf heifers sold on a good trade topping at £1380 for a summer calving Seagull Bay daughter sold by Steve Wonnacott
of Woolsery.
Another exceptional entry of maiden heifers from the outstanding Willsbro herd from Wadebridge attracted strong
interest and demand. These well grown 10-11 month heifers topped at £820 twice for two bunches. The very consistent trade saw a consignment average of £804. Mike and Peter Holland consigned an excellent run of 30 6-8 month old
maiden heifers from their Hilkleigh herd at Umberleigh which were much admired and sold topping at £620 and
averaging £565. Mark Hillson also sold a good entry of youngstock from his Coppicepark Herd with 10 month old
heifers selling at £700 and 7 month old heifers at £550. 3 week old British Friesian calves from David Ellis St Ives had
plenty of demand topping the section at £180 for a group of 5 calves with two young Ayrshire Calves from Richard Loud,
Bodmin selling very close behind at £170.
We thank all vendors for participating in the “Drop and Go” policy and thank all buyers for their superb social distancing
which is greatly appreciated and provides a very safe environment for all buyers and staff within the market.
We have demand and enquiries for more fresh milk, both cows and heifers.
Forthcoming Dairy Sales:
Wednesday 27th May- Complete Herd Dispersal of the Tridinnick Herd of 68 mainly Pedigree Guernsey Cows and Youngstock
on behalf of Messrs M &MA Thomas, Tregony, Truro. Winners of the Small herd Cornish Guernsey club competition 2019. Low
input, HB Parlour and Johnes Screened.
Friday 29th May – Exeter Dairy sale. Entries invited for cataloguing.
Wednesday 3rd June - Holsworthy Early month collective dairy sale.
Wednesday 10th June – Dispersal sale of 110 British Friesian Cows and Youngstock on behalf of Messrs AA, AE & AA Parsons of
Launceston
DAIRY CATTLE Top Ave
BLACK & WHITE
1st Calving Heifers 1700 1425
3rd Calving Cows 2000 2000
AYRSHIRE
2nd/3rd Calving Cows 1300 1277
5th Calving Cows 1080 1040
IN CALF HEIFERS
Due Summer 1380 1350
Due Autumn 700 700
MAIDEN HEIFERS
10 – 11 months old 820 803
6-8 months old 620 565
Ayrshire Heifer 380 380
Heifer Calves 180 177
82 DAIRY CATTLE - 11.00 am
Auctioneer: Mark Bromell - 07966 430001
Mark Davis - 07773 371774
1236 LAMBS
Another good trade from start to finish and numbers
didn’t matter with over 1200 lambs on offer. The
trade held right to the end, the sappy young 40 to
43kg selling to a premium 265p to £109.20. Top on
the morning of 273 for a pen of 40kgs form Mark
Denford, Green Park, Holsworthy followed by 269p
for a pen of 40kg from the Harding Family
Wadebridge £107.60. 6 vendors realized 268p; 27
pens of lambs over £114.50 to a top of £118 from 2
vendors Ken & Mike Hill, Bideford and Mr & Mrs Colin
Burrow, Welcombe.
WEIGHT TOP PER HEAD
TOP PER KG AV PER HEAD
AV PER KG
32.1-39 99.50 262 96 253.50
39.1-45.5 117 273 110.50 258.2
45.6-52 118 252 114.10 238.4
OVERALL 118 273 112 25831
EWES
LIGHT
69 60.50
HEAVY 75 73
RAMS 79 74
HOGGS 145 SOLD
The light has nearly gone out on the Hoggs this season. But our trade held up for one more week, top per
kilo on the morning was 202p £90 for a super pen of Charollais x 44.6 from Messrs R&K Squire, North Tawton.
4 pens over £100 to a top of 108.50 form Charlie Metherell, Torrington.
1236 LAMBS &
288 DRAFT EWES & RAMS
09.45 am
Auctioneer: Steve Prouse 07767 895366
DRAFT EWES
Smaller entry met a steady trade with nearly all average and light weight ewes on offer top being £75 form MG
Harris, Winkleigh.
COUPLES 90 EWES & 160 LAMBS
What a flying trade from all on offer a smart run of Suffolk x 4T Couples from Torrington Farmers Hunt saw
7 pens & doubles over £250 to a top of £250. Roger & Di Passmore, Instow realised £220 for a pen of mule
Hogg Doubles and their Hogg Singles easily achieved around £180 per couple.
Another very useful entry of calves today even though several vendors were back home on the farm completing
silaging. Trade was truly fantastic with several purchasers going home empty handed. Top call of the day was
£440 given for the best of a smart run of 10 week old Blue Bulls & Heifers from Messrs Petherick & Son of
Kilkhampton topping at a massive £440 whilst the pick of a nice consignment form T&M Morrow of Truro,
Cornwall at a massive £410 for their Limousins.
68 British Blue calves saw Martin Gorst & family of North Petherwin hit £400 (x2) with 4 other vendors from
£385-£395. Charolais Bulls topped at £324 for very young bulls in from Gaden & Son of Bratton Clovelly with
best Angus bulls to £235 on behalf of the Cann family of Highampton. Limousin bulls were the highlight of the
day with Treaveale farm at £410, Jeff Endacott at £400 with babies at £292 for Messrs Monks and £268 for
D&D Furse of Ashwater. Messrs JJ Uglow & Sons took top place in the Herefords at £228 & £222 with plenty
of 25 day old Herefords over the £200 bracket. Holstein bulls hit a flying trade with a team of 9 (10 week old)
Holstein bulls reaching a massive £160 each with others from J&S Endacott at £125 with nothing less than £75.
Speaking after the sale Kivells calf auctioneer said “what a wonderful day at Holsworthy today. Buyers & sellers
continue to adhere to the social distancing rules, all standing at least 2m apart with some buyers having to
stand in the calf pens down through the market to allow them to bid. A huge thank you to our loyal customers
for working with us through this difficult time.
More calves needed next week 01409 253275.
147 CALVES & STIRKS – 09.45 am
Auctioneer: James Morrish FLAA 07814 010133
Calf Collection Day
Our 1st collection of ‘TB resricted calves’ on Monday saw a nice consignment of Friesian bulls (apprx 70kg)
sold on behalf of one regular customer.
Collection will take place every Monday morning from 9-10:30am however all calves must be pre-booked with
the office by 5pm on the Thursday prior to the Monday.
To book in your calves please call 01409253275.
An entry of principally younger cattle today saw a very similar trade to last week, albeit several purchasers
concerned about grass. Best strong cattle reflected the fact that the finished trend is gradually rising, and saw
best cattle to £1180.
Principal prices as follows:
Ken Thorne 5 Aberdeen Angus Steers 23m £1110
Peter & Richard Luxton 2 British Blue Steers 21m £955
6 Hereford Heifers 22m £890
Peter Johns, Seaview 2 Aberdeen Angus Steers 25m £1090
2 Charolais Steers 23m £990
Ben Boundy, Stratton 4 British Blue Steers 20m £890
4 British Blue Heifers 17m £760
John Elliott 1 Limousin Heifer 28m £940
7 Friesian Steers 15m £690
Dan Jones, Heggaton 3 Limousin Heifers 18m £1005
SR & RM Crocker 2 Charolais Heifers 17m £755
Will Braund, Whitstone 1 British Blue Heifer 12m £770
FAT CATTLE
A nice run of fat cattle from Charlie Kneebone saw his best Aberdeen Angus steers to 190p/kg
BARREN COWS
An entry of good quality cows saw Graham May’s 5 Limousins average 144p/kg (£1063) and Adrian & Jackie
Mitchell’s 4 Friesians average 116p (£870)
170 STORE CATTLE – 11 am
Auctioneer: David Kivell
ON-LINE MACHINERY SALE
Kivells of Holsworthy are delighted to have received instructions to disperse 2 farms in Devon of their Farm
Machinery. The 1st on the edge of Exmoor includes:
JD 6195 Tractor (18 reg) only done 2200 hrs. Fully loaded Tractor
JD 6750 2wd Self Propelled Forager. Very Smart
JD 331 Rear Mower (2018) Quick Knife. Mint Machine
JD 131 Front Mower (2017) Quick Knife. Lovely piece
Reco Fella Twin Rake (2015). Nice machine
Major 2600 LGP Slurry Tanker (2006) Very tidy
Plus more from this farm (see www.kivells.com)
From a farm near Hatherleigh:
New Holland TS125 Tractor (04 plate) 4wd
Ford 7710 Tractor (‘c’ reg) 2wd
MF 135 Tractor 2wd
Sanderson Telehandler c/w bucket, bale spike & pallet forks
JPM low loading Trailer c/w Bale Wedge
Bomford ‘long reach’ Hedge Trimmer
Ifor William Livestock Trailer c/w Partings
Shelbourne Reynolds Post Drive
Plus lots more
Visit www.kivells.com or call 01409 253275
As from this week, Livestock Auctioneers from each section will be giving a verbal report on the trade of the
day at Holsworthy. We hope you like this new addition to our market reports which can be found on Kivells
Facebook page of www.kivells.com.
NEW MARKEING SERVICE@
HOLSWORTHY MARKET
HELP TO THE FARMING COMMUNITY
We are very aware that during this uncertain time, we want to be able to provide our
customers with the right information of organisations that maybe able to support you.
Royal Agricultural Benevolent Instititution
(RABI) 0808 2819490
Farm Community Network
(FCW) 03000 111999
Tennant Farmers Association
(TFA) 0118 930130
National Farmers Union
(NFU) 0370 8458458
County Landowners Association
(CLA) 0207 2350511
Samaritans
(SAMS) 116 123
Market Chaplins
07801 755732
Storm Jorge was the last barrage of wet weather we received at the end of February. The continued wet weather
throughout the start of 2020 has proven difficult, not just for the farming community but the nation as a whole, with
shocking scenes broadcasted across the national news. March has notoriously proven to provide surprises in our
weather pattern, let’s hope this month brings some welcomed warm sunshine.
Lambing appears to be in full swing for many of our clients across the West Country, with mixed reports on
proceedings. Many indicating the lack of space with little opportunity in turning ewes and lambs out to grass. In terms
of the arable sector, winter drilled crops appear to be ok in places, that said there are a large proportion of fields
that remain saturated and have unfortunately received a lot of surface run off.
All three livestock markets have been extremely busy for the start of 2020, in particular in the sheep section with
trade receiving a wonderful welcomed lift in prices, putting smiles on many of the sheep farmers walking out the
market gates. Trade is up due to a lack of numbers nationwide, which together with the world shortage of sheep
meat has meant for further away buyers travelling to the South West to purchase the good quality Lamb our farmers
produce. Store cattle trade has also seen a welcome lift with big numbers here at Exeter last Friday and trade in
comparison to the finished product can only be reported as strong.
Onto professional matters, the RPA (Rural Payments Agency) have confirmed that the Basic Payment Scheme will
open on March 12th 2020 and we are now in preparation with many clients, getting the land parcels ready and updating
client details to ensure that we are ready for the submissions before the May deadline. As you have probably read
in various publications, the application for this year will be the last one as you know it. Going forward the government
has announced that the Basic Payment Scheme will be phased out, with percentage reductions being applied. Recent
publications suggest that from 2021 farmers that received a Basic Payment Scheme payment of £30,000 or less will
receive a 5% reduction, compared to those that receive £150,000 or more, will receive a 25%.
Another scheme that has recently reopened is the Countryside Stewardship Scheme. This scheme has now been
running for a number of years and has progressed and evolved, with the scheme becoming more appealing and less
onerous. The Kivells team are busy meeting with clients and discussing the opportunities that this scheme provides
for farmers and landowners. The scheme not only provides additional income through the use of land parcel based
management options but also provides capital works to the farm. Over the last few years, Kivells as a team have put
some tremendous case studies together in relation to these Mid-Tier Countryside Stewardship applications and
farmers and landowners have benefited greatly from additional income on land that perhaps proves less productive.
This, together with capital works on and around the farm buildings or across the farm, in particular on hedgerow
boundaries, is a opportunity that should be diffidently considered.
Rural Reflection March 2020
Claire Quick 01392 252262 [email protected]
Ian Caunter 01392 252262 [email protected]
James Clack 01392 252262 [email protected] Further to the above, big changes lie ahead in terms of government funded schemes. George Eustice the Minister
for Agriculture outlined a number of points in which we can expect big changes in how farmers obtain government
funding in the future. Below highlights some of the main points picked out from Mr Eustice’s speech:
· The larger subsidy payments goes to the wealthiest of landowners
· Direct payments artificially inflate land rents and stand in the way of new entrants
· The Basic Payment Scheme encourages some farmers to coast and take no risk in simply remaining in
occupation of land in order to collect subsidies
· The government don’t believe that payments really support the income of the most vulnerable sectors, for
example some evidence suggests that around 30% of sheep farmers don’t even get the Basic Payment Scheme
because they are forced to rely of temporary grazing or some form of contract farming agreement and do not
qualify for the payments.
Interesting points and in some cases I can relate to his comments. Going forward and as mentioned farmers in
England will see the Basic Payment Scheme phased out and a new Agri Environment funding rolled in. This will be
undertaken by a 7 year transition period starting in 2021. The new Environmental Land Management System (ELMS)
has begun trail tests in 2019 with pilots planned to run from 2021. ELMS will replace the Basic Payment Scheme and
Countryside Stewardship funding and its role as planned from 2024 – 2027.
So what do we understand that ELMS (Environmental Land Management System) will focus on! A strap line that we
keep hearing from the government and branded around by professionals in the agricultural sector ‘Public Money
for Public Goods’. Ultimately farmers and landowners will be receiving financial support for environmental
benefiting the general public. This will include improving air, water and soil quality, increase bio-diversity, tackle
climate change and enhance better protection for historic environment. Interesting times ahead, and if you require
any further advice or explanation on the matter please get in touch.
Onto other professional matters and throughout 2019, the farm and land market seemed very steady with little to
no land or farms entering the market because of the uncertainty surrounding Brexit. Thankfully, whatever your
opinion is on Brexit, this matter has been decided and there is a little more confidence in how the country is
moving forward. With that being the case, in the last month we have been out to a number of clients with the
intention to sell farms and land and we are hoping to see a number of these properties being launched in the coming
Spring. If you are currently in the position to sell any form of property or are indecisive as to whether to scale down
the farming business, or indeed just require extra additional influx in capital, then please do contact your nearest
Kivells office and one of our professionals will be delighted to come out and talk you through the options.
Our team will provide you will a full market appraisal, listing the various options in selling your property, with a no
fee cost.
Spring sees the renewal of grass keep agreements and very often the creation of Farm Business Tenancies. At each
livestock market we are constantly asked on the availability of grass keep and whether or not there is any land
coming up for let under a grass keep licence. To that end, as a licensor with additional grass we are able to
recommend robust licensees through the use of private treaty. We are also able to set up the required informal
tender process which advertises the land in question and enable a licensee to be obtained. We, as agents then go on
to create a meaningful grass keep agreement between both parties which is in today’s world, become ever more
important. If you have surplus grass keep or land that you wish to rent out, please get in touch and discuss the
options with your local Kivells agent.
Finally we are continuing to undertake compensation claims on behalf of clients relating to a number of matters but
more recently in relation to the renewal of gas pipe lines. I have already expressed the importance of
instructing an agent to act on your behalf, but over and over again companies are entering land without
compensating fairly the landowner and/or the tenant. Surely your time is better spent farming rather than on the
phone chasing compensation or requesting apparatus to be removed from your land? Even your time can be
included within a claim and all our fees are covered by the company that has caused the damage or inconvenience.
I leave you with a few pictures that were taken back in March 2018 of the South Hams countryside, let’s hope for a
sunny warm March for 2020 which will enable livestock to be turned out and machinery to get on the fields. Once
this weather does come right it is going to be an extremely busy spring for the agricultural sector!!
On Behalf of the Kivells Rural Professional Team
Ian Caunter
Exeter Office
The Kivells Rural Professional
Team
David Kivell 01409 253 275 [email protected]
Mark Bromell 01409 253 275 [email protected]
Mark Bunt 01579 324 927 [email protected]
Tom Rattray 01566 776 886 [email protected]
Claire Quick 01392 252 262 [email protected]
Ian Caunter 01392 252 262 [email protected]
James Clack 01392 252 262 [email protected]
Phoebe Millar 01409 259 551 [email protected]
