for the week ending 24th september 2021 3125 head sold

Frome Market, Standerwick, Frome, Somerset BA11 2QB

Tel: 01373 830 033 Fax: 01373 831 201 Email: [email protected] Website: www.fromelivestock.com

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Sale Reports & Information for the week ending

24th SEPTEMBER 2021

3125 HEAD SOLD

PRIME CATTLE to 261.50p/kg CULL COWS to 158p/kg PRIME LAMBS to 252p/kg STORE LAMBS to £83.50 DAIRY to £1600 PIGS to £148 STORE STEERS to £1465

CULL EWES to £116 CALVES to £455

STORE HEIFERS to £1300

WEDNESDAY 13TH OCTOBER 9AM -1PM FREE HOG ROAST FROM 12NOON

WEDNESDAY 22nd SEPTEMBER 2021

TOTAL HEAD SOLD: 1325

PRIME CATTLE (57) to 261.50p/kg or £1611 Starts 11.30am AUCTIONEER: CHARLIE COLEMAN 07494 588013 A superb yarding of cattle well rewarded and Natives especially heifers well

wanted. Another market record set!

TOP PRICE STEER 250.50p/kg for a Limousin from WA Waterman

TOP PRICE HEIFER 261.50p/kg for a Limousin from WA Waterman

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

STEERS

Light 100-550kg 8 159.50 215.00

Medium 551-650kg 15 196.50 250.50

Heavy 651kg + 9 193.00 233.50

HEIFERS

Light 100-550kg 2 137.50 182.50

Medium 551-650kg 15 165.50 261.50

Heavy 590kg+ 8 189.50 245.50

UTM STEERS (32) Max. 250.50p/kg & £1611 A grand show of steers forward being headlined by Jean, Tony & Leon’s usual

quality which saw an exceptional young Limousin steer race to 250.50p/kg or

£1450. An outstanding entry from the Hicks family of Bristol met a rapturous

audience to top at a huge 247.50p/kg or £1611 for corking Limousin steers with

others to 233.50p/kg or £1559. Heavy weight Charolais from the same home

sold to 229.50p/kg or £1556, £1535, £1489, £1462 and £1409. A gorgeous

selection of Charolais from MJ & NM Coombe of Weymouth sold to 229.50p/kg,

224.50p/kg and 223.50p/kg or £1409, £1377 and £1332. Heavy Simmentals

from Waddon Farm Ltd well sold to 209.50p/kg twice or £1487 and £1405. A

single stocky Blue steer from FJ Lessey & Son looks well sold to 200.50p/kg or

£1207. A tremendous Friesian steer from DO Webb a huge sell to 193p/kg or

£1350. Angus again from Waddon Farm flew to £1340 or 208.50p/kg. HG

Davey’s best Angus steer sold to 213.50p/kg or £1048. Thick Herefords from PJ

Harvey really took the eye selling to 207.50p/kg and 201.50p/kg or £1450 and

£1413. Quality is lapped up and in serious demand. Frome is the place to sell.

UTM HEIFERS (25) Max. 261.50p/kg & £1546 Market records broken again! A beauty of a Limousin heifer from Jean, Tony &

Leon Waterman stole the show yet again racing to a huge 261.50p/kg or £1367,

leading the way in the South of England. A real belter of a Blue heifer from the

Hicks family flew away to 245.50p/kg or a monster £1546, with a Charolais from

the same home to 210.50p/kg or £1458. A good show of Angus was well

received today seeing MF Green lead the charge to 214p/kg or £1181, FJ

Lessey & Son’s to 213.50p/kg or £1321 with M Maggs of Calne selling to £1325

or 193.50p/kg for a heavy sort. The best of a run of Friesian heifers topped at

179.50p/kg or £1023 from the Maidment family. My thanks to all yet again.

UTM STEERS

BREED MAX

(p/kg) VENDOR MAX (£) VENDOR

Limousin 250.50 WA Waterman, Dorchester

1611 RE & AM Hicks, Bristol

Charolais 229.50 MJ & NM Coombe, Weymouth


Angus 213.50 HG Davey, Tadwick 1340 Waddon Farm Ltd, Shepton Mallet

Simmental 209.50 Waddon Farm Ltd, Shepton Mallet

1487 Waddon Farm Ltd, Shepton Mallet

Hereford 207.50 PJ Harvey, Bishop Sutton

1450 PJ Harvey, Bishop Sutton

Blue 200.50 FJ Lessey & Son, Wincanton

1207 FJ Lessey & Son, Wincanton

Friesian 193.00 DO Webb, Radstock 1350 DO Webb, Radstock

UTM HEIFERS

BREED MAX

(p/kg) VENDOR MAX (£) VENDOR

Limousin 261.50 WA Waterman & Sons, Dorchester

1367 WA Waterman & Sons, Dorchester

Blue 245.50 RE & AM Hicks, Bristol


Angus 214.00 MF Green, Salisbury 1325 M Maggs, Calne

Charolais 210.50 RE & AM Hicks, Bristol


Hereford 191.50 FJ Lessey & Son, Wincanton

1286 FJ Lessey & Sons, Wincanton

Friesian 179.50 LM Maidment & Sons, Corsham

1023 LM Maidment & Sons, Corsham

Fleckvieh 174.50 Ford Prtnrs, East Sussex

931 Ford Partners, East Sussex

OTM Max. 186p/kg & £1329 OTM’s as ever well received with very little price difference until the 36mo barrier is pushed. Top price to Frome regular ST Poulsom whose Shorthorn heifer topped to £1329 or 166p/kg. Well done Hereford heifers from Lulworth Castle look a good price to 184.50p/kg or £1217. Angus heifers from MF Green of Salisbury sold well to 179.50p/kg or £1068. A single Angus steer from Jim Winter topped at 186p/kg or £1037. Cattle are in demand here at Frome. Sell live and thrive. Bulls still in demand here at Frome, please do get in touch if you have any to sell

WEDNESDAY 13TH OCTOBER SPECIAL SALE OF DAIRY

Comprising of: 20 Organic In-Calf Holstein Friesian Heifers

Due to Pedigree Angus Nov/Dec 30 In-Calf Holstein Friesian Heifers Due to Friesian

13 In-Calf Heifers Pd+ to Pedigree Limousin Jofrey Gavin

CULL COWS (53) Beef to 158p/kg Dairy to 154.50p/kg AUCTIONEER: CHARLIE COLEMAN 07494 588013 Another excellent entry of cows here at Frome with again over half the entry

being Dairy cows which is good to see and long may it continue as your cows

are wanted here. Top of the day to an exceptional run from Matt Ford &

Partners of Hailsham which saw Friesians to 147.50p/kg, 146.50p/kg,

143.50p/kg and 142.50p/kg or £1146, £1042, £1039, £1027 and £1008 with

Fleckviehs from the same home to 158p/kg or £1180. The journey to Frome

certainly pays off! A smart cow from Richard Trowbridge & family was well

received sailing to 143.50p/kg or £1116. British Friesians from ST Poulsom a

roaring sell to £1027 or 131p/kg. Locals, Mells Park Trust had a cow soar to

144.50p/kg or £806. Out of parlour types still an outstanding sell with what looks

like no let-up in the trade at Frome, with all cruising past 100.10p/kg. A

tremendous run of Simmentals from S & H Webb really caused a stir selling to

157.50p/kg, 156.50p/kg or 143.50p/kg or £1392, £1357 and £1269. Best

Limousins to JJ Taylor selling to 146.50p/kg or £996. Good to see Gary Barton

& family of Holden Farm who’s exceptionally well covered Shorthorn cow sold to

131.50p/kg or £1241. Best Angus again from S & H Webb at 139.50p/kg or

£1040. Good to see Colin Potter here with their Angus to 126.50p/kg or £845.

Two meaty Herefords topped at £880 or 147p/kg from Pondhead Ltd of the New

Forest. My thanks to all, numbers are wanted here at Frome, please do keep

them coming, sell live & thrive!

CULL COWS

BREED MAX

(p/kg) VENDOR

MAX (£)

VENDOR

Fleckvieh

158.00 Ford Prtnrs, East Sussex

1180 Ford Prtnrs, East Sussex

Simmental 157.50 S & H Webb, Chickerell

1392 S & H Webb, Chickerell

Friesian 147.50 Ford Prtnrs, East Sussex

1146 Ford Prtnrs, East Sussex

Hereford 147.00 Pondhead Ltd, Lyndhurst

880 Pondhead Ltd, Lyndhurst

Limousin 146.50 JJ Taylor & Son, Bristol

996 JJ Taylor & Son, Bristol

Shorthorn 131.50 Holdens Farm Prtnrs, Salisbury

1241 Holdens Farm Prtnrs, Salisbury

FROME AND DISTRICT CHRISTMAS FATSTOCK SOCIETY

FROME FATSTOCK SHOW

WED 1st DECEMBER 2021

CLASSES FOR HANDLED & UNHANDLED BEEF CATTLE,

BARREN COWS, SHEEP, PIGS, (INC YOUNG FARMERS CLASSES),

AND CALVES

ENTRIES CLASSES 1-22 CLOSE FRIDAY 19th NOVEMBER

CALF ENTRIES ACCEPTED PRIOR TO 10am SHOW MORNING

SCHEDULES & ENTRY FORMS AVAILABLE FROM THE MARKET OFFICE – 01373 830033 OR ONLINE

www.fromelivestock.com or www.cooperandtanner.co.uk

HANDLED CATTLE CLASSES: 1 BEST NATIVE BREED STEER OR HFR 2 NOVICE CLASS FOR BEST STR OR HFR 3 BEST CONTINENTAL STEER 4 BEST CONTINENTAL HEIFER 5 BEST STEER OR HFR BRED & REARED 6 YF BEST BEEF BRED STEER OR HFR

LAMB & PIG CLASSES: 16 BEST PEN 3 LAMBS NOT EXCEEDING 42kg LW 17 BEST PEN OF 3 LAMBS OVER 42kg LW 18 BEST PEN OF 3 LAMBS SIRED BY A NATIVE RAM 19 BEST YOUNG FARMERS PEN OF 3 LAMBS 20 BEST PAIR OF PIGS NOT EXCEEDING 87kg LW 21 BEST PAIR OF PIGS OVER 87kg

22 BEST PAIR OF NATIVE PIGS (ANY WEIGHT) UNHANDLED CATTLE CLASSES: 7 BEST CONTINENTAL STEER

NON SHOW PIGS MUST BE PRE-BOOKED

8 BEST CONTINENTAL HEIFER 9 BEST NATIVE BREED STEER 10 BEST NATIVE BREED HEIFER 11 NOVICE CLASS FOR BEST BEAST 12 BEST YOUNG FARMERS BEAST 13 BEST DAIRY BRED BARREN COW

CALF CLASSES: 23 BEST CONTINENTAL CALF 24 BEST NATIVE BREED CALF 25 BEST DUAL PURPOSE CALF *** NEW CLASS *** CALVES DO NOT NEED TO BE PRE-ENTERED –

ENTRIES PRIOR TO 10am SHOW MORNING 14 BEST DUAL PURPOSE BREED BARREN COW 15 BEST BEEF BRED BARREN COW

SHEEP (871) Starts 10.30am AUCTIONEER: ROSS WHITCOMBE 07815 985 737 NEW SEASON LAMBS (599) Max 252p/kg £125 A strong entry of prime lambs forward with just one shy of 600 lambs penned when only 200 lambs were booked last night. It is true to say the lambs sold to an easier trade but that is a national trend with factories worried regarding the carbon shortage. That said best lambs here today still £125 and 252p/kg. We still had a strong contingent of buyers all looking to buy sheep from Frome. More lambs could have been sold to the advantage. Don’t forget our September Breeding & Store sheep sale with approximately 1000 sheep booked for Friday 24th September to include the Blue Texel & Beltex Societies Annual Show & Sale at 1pm.

WEIGHT (KG) MAX (£)

VENDOR

31.00 78.00 K Hignell, Bagdon

35.00 79.50 Coombe Barn Farming, Bath

37.00 82.00 PF Best & Son, Wareham



43.00 93.00 KF Romain, Midsomer Norton

44.00 96.50 FJ Doble, Yeovil

45.00 109.00 MJ Knowles & S Withers, Claverham

46.00 104.00 NF Clothier & Son, Ston Easton

48.00 105.50 AJ Hannam, Sherborne

49.00 118.00 Dennett & Hoskins, Bruton

50.00 113.50 BL Tayler & Partners, Chippenham



56.00 125.00 Thornhill Farm Dorset Ltd, Sturminster

Newton 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.

NOTE: Please ensure you fill in an entry form alongside your licence. Help us to help you. Pre book your stock!!

CULL EWES & RAMS (157) Max £116 A tidy entry of ewes which sold to a flying trade with new buyers present all keen to purchase sheep. Best ewes to £116 from GR Williams with easy care rams to £178 from J & K Walther. Many more ewes needed each week to meet the demand here at Frome.

STORE LAMBS (115) Max £83.50 A tidy selection of store lambs forward which enjoyed a flying trade considering the fat trade. Best lambs to £83.50 from LF Doman, with a tidy pen of Suffolk lambs to £81.50 from Will Stitch of Weare. More lambs needed each week. ** Entries already rolling in for our breeding and store sheep sale on Friday 24th September. Entries are still being taken; please call the market office to enter your sheep T: 01373 830033

PIGS (102) AUCTIONEER: WILL WALLIS 07833 453 482 A smaller entry forward met a much better trade than expected.

FAT PIGS The best heavies sold to £148 and £143 from Durnell & Sons. Not many other

White fat pigs forward this week. Light weight coloured fat pigs sold well to £90

from PG Apsey Despite negative deadweight reports the trade for live is still

going strong.

STORE PIGS The best strong stores to £69 and £61 for some 12w/o sorts from N Legge of

Herefordshire. Young weaners to £18 from R Lewis.

CULL SOWS AND BOARS Trade much better than other reports. With no current export demand due to closures in the Germany processing plants. Best to £69 from J & S Ward. Others to £61 from PB Weeks & Sons, most sows £50+.

NEXT FORTNIGHTLY PIG SALE:

WEDNESDAY 6TH OCTOBER Please contact the Auctioneer

Will Wallis 07833 453 482 with your entries in advance

DAIRY Starts 11am

AUCTIONEER: TREVOR ROWLAND 07968 480401 Calved British Friesian heifers to £1600

Very limited numbers forward but trade firm for fresh milk again this week. Smart British Friesian calved heifers from RJ Goss & Son topped at £1600 with more Holstein types from the same home selling to £1460. Don’t forget Monday 27th September the sale of 165 quality home bred Friesian Holstein heifers & cows at 10.30am.

WEDNESDAY 13TH OCTOBER SPECIAL SALE OF DAIRY

Comprising of: 20 Organic In-Calf Holstein Friesian Heifers

Due to Pedigree Angus Nov/Dec 30 In-Calf Holstein Friesian Heifers Due to Friesian

13 In-Calf Heifers Pd+ to Pedigree Limousin Jofrey Gavin

STIRKS

AUCTIONEER: CHARLIE COLEMAN 07494 588013 An extra week of stirks today and what a marvellous trade again. Topping the day and making up the majority of the sale was Dyson Farming seeing 5mo Blue steers to £500, Angus steers to £400, Simmental steers to £405, Limousin steers to £412, Blue heifers to £402, Angus heifers to £348, Simmental heifers to £362 and Limousin heifers to £330. Best Friesian steers to £200 for younger goods from Mark Peters. Another good entry is building for next week, please do get in touch.

NEXT SALE OF REARED CALVES:

WEDNESDAY 29TH SEPTEMBER THEN FORTNIGHTLY THEREAFTER

NEW START TIME: 1PM Please contact

Charlie Coleman 07494 588013 Mark Ferrett 07702 264502 Tom Rogers 07384 462288

with your entries in advance

CALVES (229) Starts 09.30am AUCTIONEERS: TIM HECTOR 07818 056 049 CHARLIE COLEMAN: 07494 588 013 Another good entry of calves sold to a firm trade, all breeds and grades saw good levels of demand from start to finish.

CONTINENTAL BULLS TO £455/ HEIFERS TO £312 A good entry of Continental calves, with many Blue bulls and heifers. Buyers were slightly more selective but overall a brisk trade, top bulls flew past £300 to top at £452 from Parr Farming and £450 from RTJ Voizey & Partners. Heifers sold very well all day to top at £312 and £300 both from Parr Farming. A wonderful Limousin from RGE Durston sold to £455 with his heifers to £220. Charolais bulls to £290 from KJ Osborne & Partners, heifers to £365 from WH LONGMAN & Sons. Simmental bulls to £260 and heifers to £205 both from Mark Futcher.

NATIVE BULLS TO £272/NATIVE HEIFERS TO £192 Almost all Angus forward today and generally quality back on previous weeks with smaller plainer sorts through the ring. Angus bulls to £272 from Pete Turner. Heifers to £192 from SC Eavis, Herefords bulls to £185 from S & G Gould and heifers to £162 from C & P Milton.

FRIESIAN TO £132 FLECKVIEH TO £270 More forward this week and a good trade with all selling over £20 and most over £50 to see Holstein average £84 and British Friesians to £61. Best sorts over £100 to top at £132 from Helliar Partnership. Fleckviehs topped at £270 from WH Phippen.

The winner of the £25 for the top price Cotinental Sired Bull under 41 days sponsored by Howard & Sons – Kubota, was a Limousin to £455 from RGE Durston. Next week the £25 sponsored prize will be for the top price Holstein/Friesian. Howard & Sons: New Kubota dealers in

Wiltshire & Somerset.

Tel: 01380 723986

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.

FRIDAY 24th SEPTEMBER 2021 TOTAL STORE CATTLE SOLD: 693

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 £1465 HEIFERS TO £1300

COWS & CALVES Some wonderful Pedigree Hereford cows & bull calves from D Thompson, Isle of

Wight peaked at £1660 and those with heifer calves to £1550. In calf heifers from

the same home to £1060 20mo and pedigree Hereford stock sire easily to £1530.

Hereford x cows with Charolais heifers from Brian Garrett easily to £1240.

FEEDING BULLS Angus feeding bulls 11mo at £675 and smart well conformed Blue x 10mo bulls

at £728 all from Townsend Farming. Super Angus x rigs 9mo forward from I

& J Holmes & Co to £728.

YOUNG STEERS YOUNG HEIFERS

BREED £/

HEAD AGE VENDOR BREED

£/ HEAD

AGE VENDOR

Limousin 1260 17mo PF Best & Son, Wareham

Blue 1115 14mo KA Salmon & Son, Frome

Simmental 1240 17mo Francis & Sons, Westbury

Charolais 1100 23mo TW & BM T/A WE Turner & Son

Blue 1200 16mo KA Salmon & Son, Frome

South Devon 990 17mo Potticks Pigs Ltd, Bathford

Angus 1065 17mo Francis & Sons, Westbury

Simmental 982 17mo Small Bros, Charterhouse

Charolais 1022 10mo Philip Trim, Dorchester

Hereford 965 16mo M & A Kerby, Gillingham

South Devon 990 11mo Potticks Pigs Ltd, Bathford

Limousin 882 10mo BA & CM Godwin & Sons, Bath

Hereford 970 17mo RE & VA Pocock, Calne

Angus 870 17mo Francis & Son, Westbury

YOUNG CONTINENTAL Many more numbers of young Continentals coming forward this week and the

demand matched the quality. A number of excellent consignments were on offer

both suckler bred and dairy bred types. Younger 6mo suckled Charolais steers

from the Nelmes family of Wareham sold to £965 and heifers to £742. Philip Trim

of Corfe Castle produced some excellent suckled Charolais with 8 – 10mo to

£1022 and regularly over £945, his heifers were equally sought to £910. James

Foot & family presented a tremendous consignment of 65 home bred suckled

Simmentals. Trade for these outstanding cattle was electric throughout. His 11

12mo steers to £1100, £1060 and £1000. Heifers were selling into top levels to

£892, £858 and £825. PF Best & Son continuing to enter top sorts with

Simmentals (10mo) at £912 and Limousin £930. Our annual consignment of top

quality home bred suckled Limousin steers & heifers, 10mo and from Brian

Godwin & family saw wonderful interest with best pens at £1175 and £1105 and

10mo heifers to £882. A big day for Blue x Dairy with 2 tremendous entries

forward from KA Salmon & Son & RJ Butler & Son. First through the ring was KA

Salmon & Son which saw their 13mo – 15mo steers at a massive £1200 with

11mo at £1050. 8mo heifers from the same home at £800. RJ Butler & Son of

Marlborough again entering a superb run of Blue x steers and heifers 14 – 18mo.

Steers were often over £1100 topping at £1185. Overall a super entry of cattle

with more buyers forward and a great day.

ANGUS An amazing entry of Angus sold to a massive trade with buyers competing with

fire to secure all grades. The best pure bred steers rocketed to an amazing £1465

(only 19mo) and £1385 from Angus Neish of Maiden Bradley and closely followed

at £1425 (24mo) and £1280 from FJ Moody & Son of Trowbridge. Other well-bred

and reared steers sold to fast bidding from £1250 and £1390 (22mo) all from

Brian Kingston & family. Good feeding steers met keen interest to £1185 (18mo)

from Cartwright-Hignett Partnership, £1168 from Brian Ewins, £1150 from RJ

Butler & Son, £1148 from Evershot Farm Ltd, £1145 from Philip Stranger & family

and £1140 from Isgar & Sons. Young steers also sold well to £935 from Ivo Yates.

Heifers also met an amazing trade with pure bred heifers selling to a massive

£1300 (only 18mo) from Angus Neish. Fleshed heifers equally sold well to £1280

(26mo) and £1145 from M Wilkins of Calne and bullers from £948 from Evershot

Farms to £1240 22mo from Philip Stranger & Sons. Others to £940 from Brian

Ewins. Young heifers sold well to £815 from Ivo Yates and £800 from A Wadman.

HEREFORD Herefords again in furious demand yet again even with numbers tighter. Top

price to AW Kingston for an outstanding pen of steers which raced to £1190 and

£1115 (22mo). Closely followed by exceptional steers from Brian Ewins which

raced to £1165. A superb run from PA & RJ Stanger saw the steers race away

to £1145 and £1028 with heifers topping the day at £1285 and £1062 (22mo).

Messrs RE & VA Pocock of Radstock marvellous run of stores at only 18mo

flew away to £1140, £1100 and £1090. The Butler family’s usual quality was

lapped up to see 18mo steers to £1130 with heifers to £885. Younger 15mo

types from the Kerby family a huge sell to £965 for cracking heifers. The only

younger bred cattle here today was a 5mo heifer from S Powell of the Isle of

Wight selling to £475. Trade still flying, do keep them coming.

FORWARD STEERS FORWARD HEIFERS

BREED £/

HEAD AGE VENDOR BREED

£/ HEAD

AGE VENDOR

Angus 1465 19mo AW Neish, Warminster

Angus 1300 18mo AW Neish, Warminster

Limousin 1425 19mo LHE Loder & Son, Sherborne

Hereford 1285 23mo PA & RJ Stranger & Sons, Shaftesbury

Blue 1345 31mo Helliar Prtnrs, Warminster

Limousin 1260 30mo RWH & CA Brown, Ludwell


Blue 1240 28mo RJ Butler & Son, Marlborough

Hereford 1190 22mo AW Kingston & Sons, Babcary

Continental 1150 30mo P Hurd, Warminster

Fleckvieh 1140 33mo P Hurd, Warminster

Simmental 1145 20mo D Hodges, Templecombe

South Devon 1140 18mo Cartwright-Hignett Prtnrs

Friesian 1100 26mo RH Groves & Sons, East Harptree

Simmental 1120 21mo PF Best & Son, Wareham


Continental 1100 31mo P Hurd, Warminster

Friesian 1030 23mo Helliar Prtnrs, Warminster

Normande 1010 24mo DJ Hawkins, Binegar

FORWARD CONTINENTAL Excellent selection on offer met another fantastic trade with buyers bidding

strong and hungry for numbers. Quality bred and reared Limousins met a good

premium with John & Sue Loder of Sherborne taking top honours with their

steers selling to £1425 (only 19mo) and £1335 (18mo). The Helliar Partnership

of Corsley sold overage Blue steers well to £1345 and Brian Kingston of

Babcary sold Blues to £1320 only 22mo and his Limousin 23mo to £1280.

Quality Charolais wanted and sold to a fast trade with 23mo steers to £1300

from Tom & Trudy Turner of Yeovil and their younger Blues 18mo to £1215.

This was equalled by Brian Godwin & family’s excellent consignment also

selling to £1215 (18mo). Other quality consignments also made notable prices

with 17mo Limousin steers to £1260 from the Best family of Wareham and

17mo Simmental steers to £1240 from Francis & Sons of Westbury. Fleshy

young Blues also a highlight selling to £1200 (16mo) from the large

consignment from Jim & Andy Salmon & family. Heifers also met an amazing

trade with Limousin heifers setting the trade on fire selling to £1260 from RWH

& CA Brown of Shaftesbury. Younger quality Limousin heifers also a massive

trade to £1225 (23mo) from PF Best & Sons of Wareham. Blue heifers another

highlight with 28mo to £1240 from RJ Butler & Son of Marlborough, £1215

22mo from Brian Kingston and £1105 from Philip Stranger & family. Younger

Simmental heifers sold to an excellent £1145 at only 20mo from Doug Hodges

& family of North Cheriton. Parthenaise heifers sold well again from Paul & Olly

Hurd from £1142 to £1150. Quality reared Charolais heifers wanted and sold

well to £1100 from Tom & Trudy Turner and yearling Blue heifers (14mo) to

massive £1115 from Jim & Andy Salmon & family.

FRIESIAN More numbers this week dominated by a super run of 30 19mo steers from the House family which were a huge sell to £975, £905, £865, £755 and £725. Forward 24mo steers from DO Webb flew to £1145 and £990, with David Helliar & Partners steers to £1030 and £890 for a 32mo heifer. DJ Hawkins steers 24mo sold to £1010, 21mo steers from regulars D Flux & C Griffin from the Isle of Wight flew to £800. Very few younger sorts forward, but all sold to an exceptional trade. Trade just as sharp, keep the cattle coming. Frome is the place.

MONTHLY SALE OF BREEDING SHEEP (1107)

BREEDING EWES A lovely entry of ewes forward for our special monthly sale, which sold well to a

ring full of buyers. 2 tooth Texel x mule ewes to £180 from L Bates, with others

to £168 from Brian Godwin. Cracking North Country Mules 2tooth to £180 from

Grant Bros. Older ewes enjoyed competitive bidding with Easycare ewes to

£100 from J & K Walther had others to £92, £90 and £88. Full mouth North

Country mules to £99 twice with others at £96 and £91 with broken mouth ewes

to £83 from Terry Mills of Keevil Farm Partnership.

EWE LAMBS Enjoyed a flying trade here today at Frome. Strong Suffolk mules to £129 from

MC & NJ Ford of Newent who had others at £118. Texel ewe lambs to £118

from Jackie Dacombe and Poll Dorsets to £114 from Rosanna Richards.

STORE LAMBS A cracking entry of store lambs which sold to a strong trade. Best store lambs to

£99 from MBJ Searle, other forward lambs to £89 from Rainbow Wood Farm.

Plenty of proper farming stores in the late £70’s and early £80’s. Many more

lambs could have been sold to the advantage.

RAMS A cracking entry of rams which sold to a flying trade with Charollais 2 tooth

rams to £425 from RJ & BE Kimber of Wincanton, super Texel rams to £305 &

£300 from Ross Edwards of Frome. Blue Face Leicesters from Keevil Farm

Partners enjoyed competitive bidding with best selling to £220, £200, £195 and

£190. Berrichon rams to £320 and £280 from AJ Park of Charlton.

SHOW & SALE OF BELTEX & BLUE TEXEL SHEEP SOCIETIES

BELTEX A warm welcome to the Beltex Sheep Society here at Frome. A superb entry of

Beltex here today which sold to a flying trade. Best rams to 600gns from

Andrew Bishop who was successfully purchased by Dave Perkins with other

shearling rams to 400gns from James Kimber and Louise Elworthy. Beltex ram

lambs enjoyed a flying trade with best types to 420gns from Louise Elworthy

who had others at 390gns. Shearling ewes sought after with best to 420gns

again from Louise Elworthy who had others to 390gns.

BLUE TEXEL A super entry of Blue Texels which drew a large crowd of buyers. Best

Shearling ewe lambs from Andrew Bishop who topped at 700gns. Aged ewes to

460gns from the Eastbury Flock who went to Tom Elliott. Shearling rams to

425gns from George Brown with ram lambs to 300gns from Abbie Batch. We

look forward to seeing you again.

ATTENTION TB VENDORS PLEASE NOTE: Unfortunately, due to data protection we can no longer access your license information from the ministry. Please ensure you remember

to enter cattle with us direct for the catalogue. This is important to maximise buyer attendance.

ARE YOU UNDER TB RESTRICTION? We hold regular Restricted Orange Sales for Cull Cows, Prime and Store Cattle

Restricted Orange Sales 2021 Dates: MONDAY 18TH OCTOBER

MONDAY 15TH NOVEMBER MONDAY 13 TH DECEMBER

Cattle must be licenced to these sales and licences must be obtained from animal health at least one week before the sale.

ALL VENDORS MUST ALSO CONTACT THE MARKET OFFICE BY THE WEDNESDAY PRIOR TO THE SALE TO NOTIFY US OF YOUR CATTLE ENTRIES

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

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/dairy-response-fund-set-to-open-for-applications

The Chaplain will be back at market, Standerwick

from Wed 29 Sept.

Chaplain’s Prayer Heavenly Father, as the harvest

draws to a close we thank you for our relative yields and prices which have

improved overall for most. We pray for all our farmers as the plan in very

uncertain future next seasons plans. We pray for those who have been

affected by labour, driver and transport shortages and pray it will improve

with government support. We pray for DEFRA hoping that British food

production will continue to be a central part of their policy.

SCAM AWARENESS SESSIONS

Buckinghamshire and Surrey Training Standards is

running a scam awareness session on three separate

dates. The focus is on farming businesses protecting

themselves from scams. The sessions will be hosted

by Trading Standards, with a guest speaker from FCN.

The sessions are on the following dates:

· 12 October - 18:30-19:30 · 26 October - 12:30 - 13:30·

11 November - 18:30 - 19:30

You can book your space

here:https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/buckinghamshire-and-

surreytrading-standards-32720403671 Help is here for all our farmers

Rural charities are working together to provide heightened levels of support

to farmers during the coronavirus outbreak in the UK. The Farming Help

charities consist of the Addington Fund https://www.addingtonfund.org.uk)

Farming Community Network FCN) https://fcn.org.uk , Forage Aid

(https://forageaid.org.uk) Royal Agricultural

Benevolent Institution (RABI)

(https://rabi.org.uk), The Prince’s

Countryside Fund (

https://www.princescountrysidefund.org.uk).

Chaplain’s Weekly News 23 Sept

https://www.addingtonfund.org.uk/

https://fcn.org.uk/

https://forageaid.org.uk/

https://rabi.org.uk/

https://www.princescountrysidefund.org.uk/

for the week ending 24th september 2021 3125 head sold

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