Frome Market, Standerwick, Frome, Somerset BA11 2QB

Tel: 01373 830 033 Fax: 01373 831 201 Email: info@fromelivestock.com Website: www.fromelivestock.com

Auctioneers: Cooper & Tanner and Symonds & Sampson

Sale Reports & Information for the week ending

5th OCTOBER 2019

2994 HEAD SOLD

PRIME CATTLE to 179p/kg CULL COWS to 139.50p/kg DAIRY to £1,310 CALVES to £390 PRIME LAMBS to 170p/kg STORE LAMBS to £60.50 STIRKS to £405 CULL EWES to £78 STORE STEERS to £1185 STORE HEIFERS to £1072

Any pictures gratefully received. Please send to the market office.

WEDNESDAY 2ND OCTOBER 2019

TOTAL HEAD SOLD:1039

PRIME CATTLE (109) to 179p/kg Starts 11.30am AUCTIONEER: MARK NORTHCOTT 07798 645 274

An excellent entry of over 100 Beef met a variable trade with overall demand easier across all grades as dead weight prices continue to fall. Overage were also at lower levels for all grades.

TOP PRICE STEER 179p/kg for a Blue from RE & AM Hicks, Bristol

TOP PRICE HEIFER 165.50p/kg for an Hereford from JN Baker, Berkeley

UTM FAT TOTALS: No MIN P/KG MAX P/KG

STEERS

Light 100-550kg 5 109.50 155.50

Medium 551-650kg 27 138.00 178.50

Heavy 650kg+ 16 128.00 179.00

HEIFERS

Light 100-500kg 6 92.50 137.50

Medium 501-590kg 8 107.50 153.50

Heavy 590kg+ 2 109.50 119.50

UTM STEERS (50) Max. 179p/kg & £1224 A mixed quality entry met a more selective trade with the quality cattle at a premium but at lower levels topping at 179p/kg for a smart Blue x steer from RE & AM Hicks, Blonde to 162p/kg from the same home. Simmentals to 172p/kg from MJ & NM Coombe, Charolais x 168.50p/kg from the Hicks family. Other grades at lower levels and in less demand. Angus sold well on the trade to 178.50p/kg from RC Few & Sons. Quality Herefords also a good trade to 168.50p/kg also from RC Few & Sons. Friesians met another solid trade to 158.50p/kg from Bushell Batchmere Farm.

UTM STEERS

BREED MAX

(p/kg) VENDOR

MAX (£)

VENDOR

Blue 179.00 RE & AM Hicks, Bristol 1224 RE & AM Hicks, Bristol

Angus 178.50 RC Few & Sons, Warminster 1125

RC Few & Sons, Warminster

Simmental 172.00 MJ & NM Coombe, Weymouth

1154 MJ & NM Coombe, Weymouth

Hereford 168.50 RC Few & Sons, Warminster

1193 Bushell Batchmere Farm, Chichester

Charolais 168.50 RE & AM Hicks, Bristol 1145 RE & AM Hicks, Bristol

Blonde 162.00 RE & AM Hicks, Bristol 1041 RE & AM Hicks, Bristol

Friesian 158.50 Bushell Batchmere Farm, Chichester 987

Bushell Batchmere Farm, Chichester

UTM HEIFERS (21) Max. 165.50p/kg & £988

Overall demand much easier for all heifers forward. Herefords topped the day at 165.50p/kg from JN Baker. Angus to 153.50p/kg from Bushell Batchmere Farm, Devon to 142.50p/kg from JN Baker. Limousin to 153p/kg from MH Rossiter.

UTM HEIFERS

BREED MAX

(p/kg) VENDOR MAX (£) VENDOR

Hereford 165.50 JN Baker, Berkeley 974 JN Baker, Berkeley

Angus 153.50 Bushell Batchmere Farm, Chichester

988 Bushell Batchmere Farm, Chichester

Limousin 153.00 MH Rossiter, Bridport 881 MH Rossiter, Bridport

Devon 142.50 JN Baker, Berkeley 726 JN Baker, Berkeley

Simmental 126.50 G Hooper, Kingston 701 MJ Madleym Weymouth

OTM PRIME CATTLE (42) Max. 169p/kg & £1268 A larger entry of OTM’s also sold to a more difficult trade and generally at lower levels apart from the few best. Steers to 156.50p/kg from RW Masters, Herefords to 149.50p/kg from PC Coward and Galloways over 36mo to 139.50p/kg from Lulworth Castle Farms. Heifers - Limousin to 169p/kg, Charolais to 168p/kg and Simmentals to 158.50p/kg all from JN Baker. Devon to 148p/kg from RW Masters. Angus to 154p/kg from MH Rossiter and Blues to 152p/kg from MH Rossiter.

CULL COWS (99) to 139.50p/kg Starts 11.30am AUCTIONEER: MARK NORTHCOTT 07798 645 274 A much larger entry met an excellent trade and dear to average 98.69p/kg and many more cows could have been sold to satisfy the current demand for manufacturing meat.

BEEF COWS (46) Max. 139.50p/kg & £1141 Heavy meat cows also met a good trade and dear topping at 139.50p/kg from Kellaway & Prideaux. Charolais to 127p/kg also from Kellaway & Prideaux, Fleckvieh to 114.50p/kg from Brue Farms. Limousin to 119.50p/kg from Paul Hurd, Norwegian Red to 116p/kg from Brue Farms, Angus to 131p/kg from BVH Van Hennick, Hereford to 130p/kg from T & J Crees, Devon to 90.50p/kg from W Sprake, Shorthorn to 117.50p/kg from S Dyer and Ayrshire to 98.50p/kg from RC Garraway. Young feeding cows with scope keenly wanted.

DAIRY COWS (53) Max.119 p/kg & £885 Best Friesian meat cows met a good trade to 119p/kg from ET Farwell & Son with a further 8 selling in advance of 110p. Top headage of £885 from SH Webb with Michelmersh Manor Farm’s selling for £801. Manufacturing cows also in strong demand with plainer types at late rates but the boners heavily discounted.

CULL COWS

BREED MAX

(p/kg) VENDOR

MAX (£)

VENDOR

Simmental 139.50 Kellaway & Prideuax, Affpuddle

1141 Kellaway & Prideuax, Affpuddle

Angus 131.00 BVH Van Hennick, Hants

1114 Kellaway & Prideuax, Affpuddle

Hereford 130.00 T & J Crees, Frome 1008 T & J Crees, Frome

Friesian 119.00 ET Farwell & Son, Christchurch

885 S & H Webb, Weymouth

Shorthorn 117.50 S Dyer, IOW 747 S Dyer, IOW

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FARM ASSURANCE IS VITALLY IMPORTANT:

A number of abattoirs are now only accepting farm assured cattle and as such we strongly advise vendors to register with an approved body. This will give your cattle the greatest chance of achieving the best possible price.

SHEEP (469) Starts 10.30am AUCTIONEER: ROSS WHITCOMBE 07815 985 737 NEW SEASON LAMBS (391) MAX 170/kg & £89 A nice entry of prime lambs which sold to a better trade than expected. Best heavy types to £89 from BL Tayler & Partners and 170p/kg from A Plimley. Other quality heavy types to 170p/kg from Mike Knowles & Sally Withers. Strong 44kg white face lambs to £76 from Horseley Farm Partners.

NO. WEIGHT

(KG) MAX

(P/KG) VENDOR

MAX (£)

VENDOR

21 32.1-39 167.00 C Sealey, Cheddar 63.50 C Sealey, Cheddar

215 39.1-45.5 170.00 A Plimley, IOW 76.00 Horseley Farm Prtrs, Bruton

134 45.6-52 170.00 MJ Knowles & S Withers, Claverham

84.00 MJ Knowles & S Withers, Claverham

21 52+ 162.00 BL Tayler & Prtnrs, Chippenham

89.00 BL Tayler & Prtnrs, Chippenham

STORE SHEEP (39) Max. £60.50 As expected a smaller entry of store lambs, which sold to an easier trade but in line with the fat trade. Best store lambs to £61 from A Plimley of the Isle of Wight with others to £60.50 from TFT Handy. 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.

CULL EWES & RAMS (42) Max. £78 A small entry of cull ewes which enjoyed a similar trade on the week. Best Suffolk types to £78 from RF & S Godwin with best rams to £69.50 from JR Shenton. More ewes wanted each week.

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We hold regular Restricted Orange Sales for Cull Cows, Prime and Store Cattle

Restricted Orange Sales 2019 Dates:

MONDAY 21st OCTOBER NO SALE IN NOVEMBER

MONDAY 2nd DECEMBER 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 CSC.TBlicensing@apha.gis.gov.uk or posted to APHA, Polwhele, Truro, Cornwall, TR4 9AD

FORTHCOMING SPECIAL SALES

In addition to the regular sections on a Wednesday and Friday:

Saturday 5th October To Include 1100 entries of Pure & Rare Breed Poultry

Hatching Eggs & Poultry Related Deadstock

Wednesday 9th October Fortnightly Sale of Pigs

Wednesday 9th October Herd dispersal:

100 Friesian Holstein in-milk & in-calf dairy heifers & cows

Wednesday 16th October Special sale of Suckler Cattle

Monday 21st October

Orange Market for Prime, Cull & Store Cattle

Friday 25th October Sale of Store Cattle to Include Organic

Entry Forms, Catalogues & Calendar available online at

www.fromelivestock.co.uk where you can also pre-enter stock

STIRKS (146) AUCTIONEER: CHARLIE COLEMAN: 07494 588 013 What a super entry! Big numbers forward met a big contingent of buyers looking to fill up their lorries. Top price today was for a tremendous pen of Angus steers from the Mansbridge family racing to £405 and £390 for 3mo steer. Heifers from the same home looked exceptionally well sold to £380, £370 and £360. A big run from Greenlanes Farming met solid competition with Friesians to £95 and Angus to £365. Simmentals from the Mansbridge family stormed to £330 for young, hard steers. A tidy run of Charolais from the Newman family met real demand for quality goods at £355. Our next sale is 16th October, a good entry is already building please contact Charlie Coleman for any enquiries – 07494 588013.

SATURDAY 5TH OCTOBER

Poultry Sale 1100 entries To Include: Pure & Rare Breed poultry, Hatching Eggs & Deadstock

DAIRY CATTLE Starts. 11.00am AUCTIONEER: TREVOR ROWLAND 07968 480 401 CALVED HEIFERS TO £1310 As expected with the South West Dairy event in full swing entries were minimal. For the Dairy on offer trade was lively and a super Ayrshire x Friesian freshly calved heifer from the Farwell family of Christchurch sold to a strong £1310. Next week genuine herd dispersal of 115 Friesian Holstein cows and heifers.

WEDNESDAY 9TH OCTOBER Herd Dispersal of 115 Friesian Holstein Dairy Cows, Heifers, In-Calf

Heifers & Youngstock Herd Av: 9,000 Litres 4.27% BF 3.3% PR August cc 109 BSC10

Home Bred, Closed Herd, Cubicle Trained, All Year Calving, Due to Ped Angus & B&W,

BVD, IBR & Lepto-Spirosis Vaccination Program

NEXT FORTNIGHTLY PIG SALE:

WEDNESDAY 9TH OCTOBER 10.15am

Please contact the Auctioneer Will Wallis 07833 453 482

with your entries in advance

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NEXT FORTNIGHTLY SALE OF REARED CALVES

WEDNESDAY 16TH OCTOBER FOLLOWING THE CALVES

Please contact the Auctioneer Charlie Coleman 07494 588013

or the market office 01373 831010 with your entries in advance

CALVES (235) Starts 10.00am AUCTIONEERS: TIM HECTOR 07818 056 049 CHARLIE COLEMAN: 07494 588 013

Another large entry in terms of numbers with mixed quality forward. Trade

selective with quality selling well but smaller sorts more difficult.

CONTINENTAL BULLS TO £390/HEIFERS TO £255 Plenty forward but not enough quality to satisfy demand, best calves over £300

to see Limousin to £390 and £362, Blues to £322. Plenty of medium calves

around the £200 mark, smaller shaped calves around £100. Heifers have met

similar demand to previous weeks with the best sought after all wanted. Blue

heifers to £145, Simmentals to £100 and Limousin heifers to £130.

NATIVE BULLS TO £230/NATIVE HEIFERS TO £375 About a third of the days entry were Native sired calves and generally smaller

framed plain calves for which there was good demand to a level. Better sorts

continue to be wanted to see Angus bulls to £230 and heifers to £125. Hereford

bulls to £205 and heifers to £105.

FRIESIANS TO £70 A good entry in terms of numbers but quality lacking although farmers still

looking to chance younger calves. Best Friesians £50 - £70, with medium

rearers to £30.

The winner of the £25 for the top price calf under 41 days sponsored by Howard

& Sons – Kubota, was a Limousin Bull calf from RGE Durston, Glastonbury to

£390. Next week the £25 sponsored prize will be for the top price any

Continental sired Bull calf.

FRIDAY 27TH SEPTEMBER 2019 TOTAL STORE CATTLE SOLD:662

SALE TIME: 10.30AM AUCTIONEERS: TREVOR ROWLAND 07968 480 401 LESTER WILLIAMS 07778 646 031 ROSS WHITCOMBE 07815 985 737

STEERS TO £1185 HEIFERS TO £1072 A smaller entry on the week with anything having flesh and cover meeting an improved trade. Plainer sorts would continue to meet a discounted demand but still plenty of customers for all grades.

SUCKLER COWS & CALVES Cows & calves led by a part genuine dispersal from Anthony Rackham saw his tremendous incalf Blonde cow with an Angus steer at foot storm to £1390, with a Devon cow and Angus steer at foot to £1180. A tidy Angus cow & calf outfit from Fifehead Farms also sold well to £740.

PEDIGREE BULLS & HEIFERS Exceptional Pedigree Charolais bulls from CW Gould of Fordingbridge really ticked the boxes with the best 11mo sort charging to £1020. Other younger bulls from the Jackson family sold well to £415. Also from the Gould family was a super pair of Pedigree Charolais heifers topping at £985 for a young 13mo heifer.

YOUNG STEERS YOUNG HEIFERS

BREED £/

HEAD AGE VENDOR BREED

£/ HEAD

AGE VENDOR

Angus 858 15mo MR Meredith, Bath Simmental 985 13mo CW Gould, Hants

Hereford 820 14mo MR Meredith, Bath Hereford 805 16mo Stablechief Ltd, Yeovil

Limousin 795 13mo KA Salmon & Son, Frome

Angus 798 17mo Parr Farming, Frome

Simmental 790 17mo DIVA Ltd, Templecombe

Limousin 670 17mo Stablechief Ltd, Yeovil

Charolais 732 13mo H Jackson, Alresford Blue 595 15mo GH Elliott & Co, Bridgwater

Blue 685 14mo GH Elliott & Co, Bridgwater

Shorthorn 578 13mo AD Freeston, Swindon

YOUNG CONTINENTALS Yearlings in short supply but well presented Limousins sold well to £795 (13mo) from KA Salmon & Son, 9mo to £640 from Andrew Gale and £605 from RB Newman and 5mo to £600 from Mrs PE Thistlewood. Yearling heifers wanted with Simmentals to £665 from RB Newman and £570 from Tim Crees & family. Blue heifers to £685 from GH Elliott & Co and £575 from ASC Harris & Son.

ABERDEEN ANGUS Over 270 on offer met another outstanding trade with new buyers ringside holding trade above expectations. Named sired and farm assured continue to sell to a premium. Generally younger steers forward with 20 – 23mo selling to £1000 from Mike & Bridget Cox and £950 from A Bown. Quality bred & reared 18mo steers from £990 - £955 all from Rossiter & Son. Overage steers took top honours to £1085 (31mo) from DIVA (Sherborne) Ltd. Other well grown steers sold well to £910 from G Read & Son. Medium framed steers met an exceptional trade with 15 – 16mo steers to £858 from Mrs MR Meredith and £830 from DIVA (Sherborne) Ltd. The well reared yearlings from KA Salmon & Son sold to a strong demand from £815 - £800. Quality 10mo Angus steers met fast bidding to £778 from PN Drew, £705 from Chris Bailward and £655 from Andrew Freeston. Angus heifers also sold to a premium with 19mo to £930 from Rossiter & Son. Other good bullers sold to £850 from DR Baverstock, £805 from Mike & Bridget Cox and £800 from FF & J Down. Younger heifers with bulling potential met the premium with 17mo to £798 from KA Salmon and 16mo to £770 from Stablechief Ltd. Yearling heifers wanted and sold from £500 from Andrew Freestone, £565 from GH Elliott & Co to £575 (10mo) from PN Drew.

FRIESIANS & OTHER DAIRY STORES A strong entry of older Friesians today topped at £1040 for a super Friesian x from the Yandles of Martock. Plenty of 15 – 19mo steers carrying flesh pushed regularly to top at £725 from D Hodges with others to £712. Younger 10mo to £385 from the Freestone family looked well sold with slightly older sorts to £545. A tidy run of Dairybred Shorthorns again from the Freeston family sold well to £578.

HEREFORD & DEVON Plenty of Hereford forward today with the best meeting real demand to top at

£1070 for a pair of super 23mo steers. A good number of well grown 15 – 18mo

animals held the trade well with the majority surpassing £750 for steers and

£600 for heifers. Andrew Parker’s entry met fierce competition with his best

steers to £965 with others to £895 from the Cox family of Bridgwater. Smaller

sorts are harder to be place with quality looking to be sourced. Hereford steers

to £690 from F Stone. A tremendous South Devon steer from the Sparshott

family flew to £1115.

FORWARD CONTINENTALS Mainly medium to stronger framed steers on offer with Limousin steers selling to

£1185 from J & S Ward, Blues to £1128 from DCA Farms, £1055 - £1050

(23mo) from CG Purchase & Son Ltd and 20mo to £920 from A Bown.

Simmentals to £1070 from DW & MA Brunt. Younger Charolais sold well to

£925 (20mo) from WJ Doggrell & Son and £890 (18mo) from Clive House.

Heifers met a firmer trade with fleshed Simmental heifers to £1072 (23mo) from

BJ & EM Yandle and £945 from DW & MA Brunt. Blue heifers also in demand to

£990 also from BJ & EM Yandle. £872 from Bart & Didi Van Hennick and £855

from DCA Farms. Good Limousin bullers met keen interest to £850 from both

RJ Sparshott and DW & MA Brunt.

FORWARD STEERS FORWARD HEIFERS

BREED £/

HEAD AGE VENDOR BREED

£/ HEAD

AGE VENDOR

Limousin 1185 25mo J & S Ward, Frome Simmental 1072 23mo BJ & EM Yandle, Martock

Blue 1128 23mo HG Bendall, Lydney Blue 990 25mo BJ & EM Yandle, Martock

Devon 1115 25mo RJ Sparshott, Blandford

Angus 930 19mo Rossiter & Son, Shaftesbury

Angus 1085 31mo DIVA Ltd, Templecombe

Limousin 850 27mo RJ Sparshott, Blandford

Hereford 1070 23mo MW & BM Cox & Son, Bridgwater

Charolais 820 18mo CW House, Lymington

Simmental 1070 27mo DW & MA Brunt, Bridport

Hereford 760 24mo AK & AD Parker Ltd, Sturminster Newton

South West British Limousin Cattle Breeders Club are kindly

sponsoring £50 for the highest priced steer or heifer sired by a

Pedigree British Limousin Bull in the month of October. Sire name

to be disclosed.

MONTHLY SALE OF STORE LAMBS, BREEDING EWES & RAMS (1293)

A wonderful entry for our September sale which saw customers travelling from West Sussex to Devon all looking to source quality sheep stock from Frome. All in all a strong trade for all sheep entered with more wanted for next month.

BREEDING EWES (480) A nice September entry of breeding ewes which sold to a strong trade for the

best types. Texel ewes to £111 from M Lailey with Beltex breeding ewes to

£132. Beltex couples with twin lambs at foot to £198 from Archie Hill. Scotch

halfbred ewes to £110 from O Martin. Smart 2T Texel mules to £110 from F

Callaway & Sons of Westbury. 2T Suffolk mules to £105 from L Thompson.

Genuine flock reduction from LA & T Rogers enjoyed success with flock aged

Continental ewes to £90 and £86.

BREEDING RAMS (141) MAX £380 When other centres have been struggling our ram section has been successful,

with plenty of rams being sold today with willing purchasers. Best Charollais to

£300+, Beltex x Charollais to £320. Texels to £280 and Suffolks to £260.

STORE LAMBS (787) Av. £53.76 A lovely entry of store lambs which sold to a strong trade considering the fat

prices. Best lambs all £60+. Medium farming types all £52+. Smaller types look

the dearest today with nearly all lambs entered being £45+. Today is proof that

our monthly sheep sale is building momentum with plenty buyers travelling

across the South-West to purchase quality lambs.

PEDIGREE BLUE TEXEL Delighted to welcome the Blue Texel Society here at Frome today for the first

time. All in all quality stock right the way through which sold to demand, with a

complete clearance in the female ring. Female champion (ewe lamb) to

410guineas from Dave & Kathryn Thompson of the Eastbury flock. Other quality

ewe lambs to 350guineas twice from the Moorleigh flock and sold to a buyer

from West Sussex. In the ram section the reserve male and reserve supreme

champion from PA & HM Coles stole the show, selling to 380guineas. Shearling

rams to 300guineas from Miss Abbbey Batch. All in all a lovely show of Blue

Texels and we look forward to seeing you in the future.

PEDIGREE BELTEX A first for the Pedigree Beltex Society here at Frome, with a highly successful

day. Best shearling rams from MA Heard & GJ Garland – The Maundown flock

selling to 320guineas who had others to 300guineas twice. In the female section

female champion went to A Dufosee from Spectra flock and sold to 420guineas.

We all look forward to seeing you all again in the near future.