EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
MARKET REPORT
January 2018
Friday 5th Store Stock Market
EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Matford Park Road, Exeter, Devon, EX2 8FD
01392 251261 [email protected] www.kivells.com
Steers to £1350 Heifers to £1145
2018 kicked off with a red hot store cattle trade here at Exeter with all breeds and ages in tremendous demand. Top call
of the day came in the way of a single South Devon (33m), being the best of an outstanding run of top quality forward
steers from Paul Caunter of Kingsbridge which made £1350, close behind were a couple of grand Limousin steers
(averaging 29m) and off the same farm at £1340 and a trio of Charolais and Simmental bullocks of a similar age which
drew £1305 apiece. Next in line was Terry Phillips, Tedburn who sold expensive looking pairs of cracking Limousin steers
(18m) to £1290 whilst slightly older South Devon Bullocks (21m) again looked a very decent price at £1220 for Jonathan
Musgrave of Yealmpton also Charolais steers (25m) saw £1180 for David Withers of Whimple. Derek Pyle, Clyst Honiton
sold his best Limousin steers (25m) for £1135 and Blues of the same age for £1070. Well covered Blonde cattle (27m)
from David Drew of Lapford topped the heifers section with pairs selling to £1145, £1050 and £1030 with South Devon
females (21m) to £1060 for Jonathan Musgrave. Blue heifers rose to £985 and £965 for John Northam down from Staple
Cross (30m) and Derek Pyle (27m) respectively. Three young Blonde heifers from Martin Curtis, Plymouth ran to £840
a head.
Just a small entry of youngstock to kick the year off with a couple of Limousin steers (8m) looking a decent price a £595
apiece for the Winzer family, Loddiswell also young, hairy Charolais steers (6m) to £530 for C Mortimore, Chagford
and heifers (7m) out of the same trailer to £545.
Another short entry of calves sold to a flying trade
and many more could have been sold to
advantage! Top of the day was £460 for a cracking
Limousin x bull from Paul Hendy of Aveton
Gifford. Other Limousins to £320 for Michael Pyle
of Broadhembury and £290 for Kim Davey of
Lewdown. British Blue bulls topped at £400 &
£385 for Chris Creeper & Connie Baldock of
Axminster, £360 for James Baker of Aylesbeare
and £335 for Andrew Peters of Talaton. Charolais
bulls topped at £325 & £295 for Messrs RH & MJ
Hurford of Axminster and £300 for Michael
Holmes of Umberleigh. Aberdeen Angus bulls
sold to £295 & £285 for Messrs SG Brimacombe & Sons of Crediton with others to £270 for Phil Grabham of Whimple.
Young Hereford bulls sold well to £252 for Duncan & Sally Maynard of Awliscombe with others to £245 for Stuart
Middleton of Cullompton. Heifers topped at £325 for a Limousin x heifer from Paul Hendy who also sold a British Blue
heifer at £275. Other Blue heifers to £270 (x2) for Messrs SG Brimacombe & Sons and Chris Creeper & Connie Baldock.
Only two Friesians forward which sold to £72 & £58 for Messrs RH & MJ Hurford.
CALVES - 10.15 am
Auctioneer: - Mark Davis – 07773371774
CALVES Bulls Heifers
Breed TOP AVE TOP AVE
British Blue 7 400 325 11 275 216
Limousin 9 460 274 7 325 191
Charolais 4 325 293 3 245 201
Simmental 2 235 187
Hereford 4 252 240 1 140 140
Aberdeen Angus 5 295 226 7 260 191
Norwegian Red 1 55 55
Holstein / Friesian 2 72 65
135 STORE CATTLE & STIRKS – 10AM Auctioneer: Simon Alford 07789 980203
28 SUCKLED CALVES & STIRKS – 11.30AM Auctioneer: Ian Caunter 07813 068935
65 CALVES – 10.15AM Auctioneer: Mark Davis 07773 371774
FRIDAY 19TH JANUARY 2018
SPECIAL JANUARY
CATALOGUED SALE OF
SUCKLED CALVES For entries and further information please contact
Robert Armstrong 07791 484290
or the Market Office 01392 251261
A sizable offering saw all 19 lambs sell well and to £35 for David & Adrian Cole of Bradninch, to £32 (x3) for Alison
Burrow of Payhembury, £30 (x4) & £28 for Keith & Christine Morish of Cheriton Bishop and £26 for Steven Middleton
of Cullompton whilst all others were from £16 to £22 to level at £25.
1601 Store Hoggs were another strong trade selling to £85 for a trio of strong Suffolk Charollais crosses from Michaela
Elliott of Ashburton as more forward hoggs sold at £81.50, £80.50 & £78.50 for Temuka Ltd of Meshaw, £80 for IJ Rowe
of Whiddon Down and £79 for Dennis Tapp of Rackenford. Numerous pens of short keep hoggs trading from £75 to
£78.50 with mediums keenly sought after too from £60 to £74 whilst long term hoggs were more variable on the week
from £40 to £59 depending on quality. Overall average was back around £5 from last week’s flyer at £62.80.
Michaela Elliott of Ashburton topped the grazers selling a young Charollais Ram at £103, Dorset ewes from FA & CJ
Elsworthy of Witheridge made £75 and D Biss of Chard achieved £68 of theirs.
What a difference a week makes! Couples were a much firmer trade reaching £192 for doubles from both Dave Lockyer
of Burlescombe and John Vooght of Dunsford who had other Dorset doubles at £190 as well as singles with the same
comments at £146 (£73/life). This was only eclipsed by Dave Lockyer’s strong single lambs on young Dorset ewes that
made £158 (£79/life). RS & JM Summers of Meshaw saw the best of their Suffolk cross outfits hit £180 for doubles and
£134 & £132 for singles as Mick Branton of Dunsford sold his best double at £172.
1730 SHEEP – 11AM
Auctioneer: Russell Steer 07788 318701
19 ORPHAN LAMBS
1601 STORE LAMBS
38 GRAZING EWES & RAMS
29 EWES & 43 LAMBS (72 LIVES)
EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE - FRIDAY 12TH JANUARY
COLLECTIVE FODDER SALE Entries to date include Haylage:- 65 Round, 50x 4 String Rectangular. Straw:- 8x 12
tonne loads of Quadrant wheat straw on the lorry, 30 Round barley, 100 Round wheat,
100 conventional spring barley, 17 Quadrant winter barley. Silage:- 507 Round.
Hay:- 230 Conventional, 108 7ft long rectangular bales, 60 Round, 60 Mini Hesston,
50 4 string rectangular bales
Catalogues available from www.kivells.com
For further information please contact Ian Caunter 07813 068 935 or the office 01392 252262
Further information from Russell Steer 07788 318701 or 01392 251261 and www.kivells.com
Well, what a wash out the last few weeks of 2017 turned out to be! The home farm certainly had
some trackways washed away and fields flooded over the festive period, which I’m sure was also
the case for many of you reading this too. As I write this month’s Rural Reflection it looks as though
more stormy weather is forecast but here’s hoping for a calm and dry spell soon, particularly as
many of you will now have started lambing.
I begin with some very welcome news from the Rural Payments Agency in that 84% of Basic
Payment Scheme payments were made before Christmas to some 71,000 farmers. For those of
you who have not yet received your payment the RPA should have been in touch by email or letter
by the end of December to either advise that you may be paid before the end of December or that
you definitely won’t be paid by the end of December. For those receiving an email or letter stating
the latter, the RPA will be in touch again by the end of January if you have still not been paid to
give more specific information on the progress of your claim. There will also no doubt be some of
you who are still in the midst of trying to resolve payment queries for the 2016 or even 2015
payment years. With the RPA’s current focus being to make 2017 BPS payments, the number of
staff dealing with post payment adjustments has duly decreased, however we have been advised
that activity on this front will increase again towards the end of January. Acting as BPS agents for
numerous farming clients across the south west we are regularly in contact with the RPA and so if
you have any queries regarding your payment, for either this year or previous years, please do be
in touch and we will do all we can to assist.
The Woodland Creation Grant application window has now opened and if you are looking to apply
applications must be submitted by Friday 16th February. These grants are worth up to £6,800 per
hectare with the option to apply for ten-year annual maintenance payments as well. However, it
is important to note that land that is entered into a woodland creation agreement is viewed as
non-agricultural from the outset of the agreement (even if the land has not yet been planted) and
therefore it becomes ineligible for the Basic Payment Scheme payment, unless it was used to claim
the Single Payment Scheme payment in 2008. If you are interested in applying or would like any
more information please do contact your local Kivells Rural Professional office.
For those of you who applied for Mid-Tier Countryside Stewardship agreements or Water Capital
Grants last September, you will no doubt still be waiting to hear from Natural England as to
Rural Reflection January 2018
whether you will be offered an agreement or a grant for 2018. A combination of being short
staffed and receiving a much higher than anticipated number of applications has led to a
frustratingly slow response from Natural England. To that end, Natural England have recently
advised that they are still in the process of reviewing applications and they hope to be in touch
with all applicants either with an agreement offer or an update on the status of their application
by the end of January, so in the meantime we continue to wait! All agreements will be back dated
and will still have start dates of 1st January 2018 despite the fact that agreement offers will not be
made until after this point.
We have now started our 2017/18 season of fodder sales across our auction centres with a strong
trade seen for straw in particular, which will be pleasing news for the arable farmers amongst you,
although not so much for those of you farming livestock and having to use the stuff! We have
further sales at Exeter on 12th January, 9th February and 2nd March, and at Holsworthy on 10th January
and 14th February so if you are looking to either buy or sell please do be in touch.
Until next time…...
Wishing you all a Happy and Prosperous New Year
On Behalf of the Kivells Rural Professional Team
Caroline Squire
Exeter Office
The Kivells Rural Professional Team
David Kivell 01409 253275 [email protected]
Mark Bromell 01409 253275 [email protected]
Mark Bunt 01579 324927 [email protected]
Tom Rattray 01566 776886 [email protected]
Lisabeth Miller 01409253 275 [email protected]
Claire Bellew 01392 252262 [email protected]
Ian Caunter 01392 252262 [email protected]
Caroline Squire 01392 252262 [email protected]
MONDAY 8th JANUARY - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Prime Stock Market
FRIDAY 12th JANUARY - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Sale of Dairy Cattle, Fortnightly Pig Sale, Special January Sale of In-Lamb
Ewes & Fodder Sale
MONDAY 15th JANUARY - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Prime Stock Market
FRIDAY 19th JANUARY - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Annual January Catalogued Sale of Suckled Calves
MONDAY 22nd JANUARY - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Prime Stock Market
FRIDAY 26th JANUARY - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Monthly Sale of Organic Cattle & Sheep, Sale of Dairy Cattle & Monthly Sale
of Beef Breeding Cattle plus Fortnightly Pig Sale
MONDAY 29th JANUARY - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Prime Stock Market
FRIDAY 2nd FEBRUARY - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Monthly Sale of Native Breed Cattle
MONDAY 5th FEBRUARY - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Prime Stock Market
FRIDAY 9th FEBRUARY - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Store Stock Market to inc St Valentine’s Fair of Store Cattle, Special February Sale of In-Lamb Ewes,
Ewe Lambs and Couples, Sale of Dairy Cattle & Fortnightly Pig Sale
MONDAY 12th FEBRUARY - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Prime Stock Market to inc Special Sale of Spring Lamb
WEDNESDAY 14th FEBRUARY - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Monthly Machinery & Implement Sale
FRIDAY 16th FEBRUARY - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Monthly Catalogued Sale of Beef Breeding Stock
MONDAY 19th FEBRUARY - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Prime Stock Market
TUESDAY 20th FEBRUARY - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Monthly TB Restricted (Orange) Market
FRIDAY 23rd FEBRUARY - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Monthly Sale of Organic Cattle & Sheep, Sale of Dairy Catle & Fortnightly
Pig Sale
MONDAY 26th FEBRUARY - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Prime Stock Market
FRIDAY 2nd MARCH - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Monthly Sale of Native Breed Cattle & Fodder Sale
MONDAY 5th MARCH - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Prime Stock Market
TUESDAY 6th MARCH - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Horse & Equine Sale
FRIDAY 9th MARCH - EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Sale of Dairy & Fortnightly Pig Sale
FORTHCOMING SALES
EXETER LIVESTOCK CENTRE
Matford Park Road, Exeter, Devon, EX2 8FD
01392 251261 [email protected] www.kivells.com