Market Report for Weekending Wednesday 7th May 2014
Important Changes
To Wednesday in Newark
As from Wednesday 14th May 2014 we will be running Red/Orange markets on alternate weeks for Cull Cows , OTMs, Young Bulls and Clean Cattle.
ORANGE SALES commencing 14th May
Cattle and sheep can go direct to slaughter or for further feeding Cattle at AFU and EFU
NO PRE-MOVEMENT TESTING
SIX DAY RULE MUST BE OBSERVED
Sheep vendors please note these Sales are Green, sheep can return to the Holding of origin
RED SALES commencing 21st May
Exactly as we have been running SLAUGHTER ONLY CATTLE OF ALL TYPES
NO PRE-MOVEMENT TEST
CATTLE FROM HOLDINGS WITH TB BREAKDOWN
NO SIX DAY RULE
Sheep vendors please note this is still a red day
PLEASE NOTE SALE DATES:
Wednesday 14th May Orange
Wednesday 21st May Red
Wednesday 28th May Orange
Wednesday 4th June Red
Wednesday 11th June Orange
Wednesday 18th June Red
Our Saturday markets remain unchanged and it goes without saying we will continue to pay vendors on the day for all stock sold
Please if in any doubt contact any of our Auctioneers at anytime
1044 CATTLE
SOLD THIS WEEK
Pedigree Blue Bulls to £4,300
Pedigree Bazadaise Cows & Calves to 3,000gns
Store Steers to £1,080
Store Heifers to £1,160
Rearing Heifer Calves to £470
Young Bulls to 222.5p - £1.413.72
OTMS to 210.5p - £1643.62
Steers to 229.5p - £1561.48
2831 SHEEP SOLD THIS WEEK
New Season Lambs to 253.00 - £111.00
Hoggets to 256.00 - £109.50
Cull Ewes to £128.00
Cull Rams to £140.00
147 PIGS SOLD THIS WEEK
Sows to £170.00
THIS SATURDAY – 10th May 2014
Sale of Store Pigs, Fat Lambs, Cull Ewes and Breeding Sheep
TB Regulations from Jan 1st 2013
ANNUAL TESTING PARISHES
FAT CATTLE can be moved to a Red /slaughter only market WITHOUT pre-movement testing.
6 Day Rule does NOT apply
STORE CATTLE must be pre-movement tested and the 6 Day rule applies (Pre-movement test lasts 60 days)
4 YEAR TESTING PARISHES
Cattle can move to any market without pre-movement testing
All WEDNESDAY MARKETS are RED/SLAUGHTER ONLY MARKETS
FEEDING COWS, STORE AND BREEDING CATTLE, SHEEP AND PIGS will be held on SATURDAYS
We believe that this will be in everyone’s best interest and look forward to continuing to provide a complete marketing service to all our clients.
The market is licenced to accept cattle from TB Restricted Herds, ie. Herds that have had a TB breakdown in our Red (Slaughter only) markets subject to the following conditions:
a. The animals being presented for sale must have had a negative TB test in the previous 30 days
b. In order for you to bring your stock here you will need to obtain a licence (TB24B) from your local Defra Animal Health Office.
Obviously there will be many concerns and questions that you may have, we will continue to update you in this publication or better still ring anytime
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SHEEP EID
The following applies to movements made from 01.01.2011 – for sheep indentified since 1st January 2010
1. Lambs/Hoggets destined for slaughter before they reach 12 months of age and identified with a single tag bearing flock mark (electronic or manual)
These sheep can be recorded on movement documents as a batch. There is NO requirement to list all the flock numbers, even when a “batch within batch” consignment is moved.
2. Lambs/ Hoggets (Stores) must be double tagged and must be electronic
These sheep MUST be individually identified on the movement document, unless they are moving to Newark or any other approved CPRC (Central Point Recording Centre) where the tags will be read and recorded on behalf of the keeper.
Keepers using the CPRC facility must populate their Holding Register with the read information within 48 hours of the sheep leaving their holding
Holding Registers:
1. ALL sheep moved MUST be recorded in the keepers Holding Register “Keepers” include: farmers, dealers, markets, abattoirs etc. This has been a requirement since 31st December 2009.
The recording requirements include:
· All individual numbers, if full EID has been applied
· All flock numbers, if single slaughter tags have been applied
** FORTHCOMING SALES **
Paul Gentry 07801 032846
Rachel Gascoine 07885 432939
Keith Miller 07801 032847
James Sealy 07772 618315
Market Office 01636 676741
This Saturday 10th May 2014
Sale of fat Lambs, Cull Ewes, Store and Breeding Sheep
Wednesday 14th May 2014 (ORANGE MARKET)
Sale of Cattle, Pigs and Sheep
Cattle and sheep can go direct to slaughter or for further feeding Cattle at AFU and EFU
NO PRE-MOVEMENT TESTING
SIX DAY RULE MUST BE OBSERVED
Saturday 17th May 2014
The Complete Unreserved Sale of the ’Penny Herd’ of Pedigree Limousin cattle, the ‘Birdies Herd’ and the Production Sale from the ‘Ironstone Herd’ and guest consignments from the ‘Scorboro Herd’ and the ‘Rachels Herd’. Also Calves, Pigs and Sheep this day. No Store Cattle today. Sale of Farm Machinery and Implements after Sheep sale.
Wednesday 21st May 2014 (RED MARKET)
Sale of Cattle, Pigs and Sheep
SLAUGHTER ONLY CATTLE OF ALL TYPES, NO PRE-MOVEMENT TEST, CATTLE FROM HOLDINGS WITH TB BREAKDOWN - NO SIX DAY RULE
Sheep vendors please note this is still a red day
Saturday 24th May 2014
Sale of Fat Lambs, Cull Ewes, Store and Breeding Sheep
Wednesday 28th May 2014 (ORANGE MARKET)
Sale of Cattle, Pigs and Sheep
Cattle and sheep can go direct to slaughter or for further feeding Cattle at AFU and EFU
NO PRE-MOVEMENT TESTING
SIX DAY RULE MUST BE OBSERVED
Saturday 31st May 2014
The Complete Unreserved Dispersal Sales of The ‘Marstonmill Herd’ of Pedigree British Blonde Cattle on behalf of Ian & Sue Archer, Coventry and the ‘Gregmaur Herd’ of Pedigree British Blue Cattle on behalf of Derek and Maureen Gregory, Lutterworth and also the Complete Unreserved Dispersal Sale of the top quality (mostly Limousin cross) Cows with British Blue and Limousin Calves at foot (250 Head) together with Blue and Limousin Stock Bulls on behalf of Messrs HG Blaxell & Son, Hickling (4 Year area), together with our normal Sales of Feeding Cows, Store and Breeding Cattle, Reared and Rearing Calves, Store Pigs, Fat Lambs, Cull Ewes and Breeding Sheep
Wednesday 4th June 2014 (RED MARKET)
Sale of Cattle, Pigs and Sheep
SLAUGHTER ONLY CATTLE OF ALL TYPES, NO PRE-MOVEMENT TEST, CATTLE FROM HOLDINGS WITH TB BREAKDOWN - NO SIX DAY RULE
Sheep vendors please note this is still a red day
For further information or help please contact either:
Paul Gentry Mobile 0780 1032846
Home 01522 789152
Rachel Gascoine Mobile 07885 432939
Home 01636 813245
Keith Miller Mobile 0780 1032847
James Sealy Mobile 07772 618315
Market Mobile: 07852 961915 (Chris & Shirley)
Office 01636 676741
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STORE CATTLE
Please fill in a Movement form when entering Store Cattle,
on this form PLEASE show how you would
like your cattle sold
OTMS CATTLE
Any cattle with CTS Forms MUST have a green passport attached if you have lost this please apply to BCMS for a replacement BEFORE you bring
the cattle to market
IMPORTANT NOTICES
Double Tags: Please ensure all animals are double tagged with two readable tags, this is a legal requirement. If the abattoir is unable to read them it may result in them binning the animal
MARKET REPORT
REPORT FOR SATURDAY - 3rd MAY 2014
Auctioneer: Paul L Gentry
Telephone: 0780 1032846
525 CATTLE SOLD TODAY
Comprising: 62 Feeding Cows and OTMS, 96 Rearing and Reared Calves,
105 Breeding Cattle, 262 Store Cattle
FEEDING COWS & OTMS – 62 averaged 126.68p or £773.31
(Commencing at 10.30am)
A grand entry of feeding and grazing cows and OTMS met a packed ringside of buyers and a magnificent trade prevailed.
Today we saw some extreme ‘hat-racks’ which although well sold did nothing to enhance the averages!!
Ian Stancombe sold Limousins to 169.5p - £884.79, Messrs GH Bowser Ltd sold Limousins to 167.5p - £830.80, Blues to 163.5p - £776.63, Mark Gathercole sold Blues to 164.5p - £1038, Gary Sharp, Essex sold Simmentals to 159.5p - £1194.66, Sam Pilkington sold Charolais to 159.5p - £1148.40, Norwich vendors Messrs G & WT Williams sold Simmentals to 158.5p - £852.73. Mr RC Birch sold Simmentals to £1204.17.
A great result and many more could have been well sold, also today Finished/Meat cows were also well sold
BREEDING CATTLE – 105
Today saw the Inaugural UK Breeders Official Society Sale of Pedigree and Cross bred British Bazadaise Cattle and The Official Society Sale of Pedigree Saler Cattle
Topping the Sale of Bazadaise Cattle was Anne Orr-Ewing, Swindon, Wiltshire with a very nice heifer and calf outfit, Foxacre Fulvia (Sept 2010) was sold with a July 2013 bull calf at foot Foxacre Independence who in turn was to Cesar and was back in calf to the same sire. Taking her at 3000gns was Breed Society Chairman, William Crawford, West Lothian, Scotland.
Willie Crawford then sold a marvellous consignment of in-calf heifers selling to a top price of 2,400gns (twice), firstly Mr SH Hamplett, Stafford purchased Macford Hayley (Jan 2012), Martin Faulconbridge then bought Macford Heidi (April 2012), William sold others at 2,200gns, 2200gns, 2,100gns, 2,100gns, 2000gns.
In the Saler Messrs Pye sold in-calf heifers to 2,000gns (twice) both to Messrs A Turner
& Sons, Grantham.
Peter and Sheila Donger sold Saler Bulls to 3,300gns. Seawell Homer (Feb 2012) by the homebred sire Seawell Extra and out of French imported dam Aurore purchasing Homer was Mr C Colgan, Berwick Upon Tweed.
British Blue Breeding bulls from long distance travellers Mr & Mrs N Jenkinson, Devon sold Dymond Blue Harvey Moon ET this February 2012 born son of the much admired Drift Domino and out of Ballgrange Ella ET was snapped up at £4,300 by Newark regular Ian Stancombe, Cambs.
Yorkshire vendor Stephen Potter sold Brookfield hank (Jan 2012) sired by Drybarrows Dalmation and out of Brookfield Emily he went home with Messrs Marshall, Skipton at £2,900.
David North, Lincoln sold two Charolais bulls at £2,000 each.
In the Commercial Breeding cattle Kevin Johnson, Burton Coggles sold Limousin heifers with Limousin calves at foot at £1,880, £1,800 and £1,550.
Messrs Pilkington Farms, Buxton sold in-calf Charolais cows (49 months) to £1,300 all springing to a Limousin, others selling to £1,100.
Gary Sharp, Essex sold Hereford Cows (60 months) with Hereford calves to £1,200.
Mrs Todd, Pickering sold Pedigree Blonde 30 month old in-calf heifers to £1,350 and cows (58 months) to £1,350 and £1,300.
Mr M Rix, Burwell sold Angus (47 months) cows with Limousin (1 month) calves to £1,140 and heifers (28 months) with (1 month) calves to £1,120.
STORE CATTLE – 262
A grand entry of mostly younger and smaller cattle on offer, definitely today it was evident that feeders and grazers were paying closer attention to current prime stock returns.
Saying that quality cattle and younger long term well-bred cattle were still very well sold.
Melton Mowbray vendor Andrew Coombe sold Bazadaise cross heifers 24 months old to £1,090 and steers to £1,080.
Liam Yewdall, Norfolk sold 14 month old Blue heifers to £1,160 and 13 month old to £1.020. Harry Wright, Cromer sold Saler 11 month old steers to £1,020 and heifers to £930.
Paul Green, Newark sold 18 month old Limousin steers to £1,000, Kevin Johnson, Burton Coggles sold Limousin 16 month old heifers to £1,060. Michael Mawer sold 17 month old Charolais steers to £930. March vendor Mr IJ Smith sold Limousin 23 month old heifers to £950.
Younger nice breed and long term cattle were a nice trade selling from £700-£800 for 9-12 month old cattle.
CALF REPORT
Auctioneer: Keith Miller
Mobile: 0780 1032847
Another excellent show in the calf department and I must say I didn’t quite know which way trade was going to go with all doom and gloom being the attitude of talk about the finished product but obviously with prices achieved today there was no panic with best calves dearer on the week.
As always Ian and Steph Sharman lead the way selling Montbeliarde heifers to £470.00, Limousin heifers at £460.00, £450.00 and £445.00 and Blue Bulls to £430.00, also Charolais at £420.00.
Messrs Holland sold Blue Bulls to £320.00 and the Batty’s sold Limousin/Friesians Bulls at £285.00, also Black and whites sold generally from £40.00 to £90.00.
The Stirks also sold to a decent trade with Messrs Robert Shaw selling Bazadaise heifers at £700.00 and Bulls the same way bred to 600.00.
Messrs Westhall Lodge sold their usual load of Bulls and Limousin Steers and Heifers with their Blue Stores selling to £490.00 and Limousin and Charolais Heifers at £100.00. Gary Sharp sold Limousin Bulls to £530.00 and the Page’s sold Blue Heifers to £380.00. Black and White Bulls sold better than expected with Paul Haines selling to £320.00 and David Goodwin got to £300.00. MANY MORE REQUIRED
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PIG REPORT
Auctioneer: Keith Miller
Mobile: 0780 1032847
An excellent entry of pigs forward this week although not as many forward as booked, but nevertheless a great result.
Top price today went to Carl Voute, Cawston who sold Cull Sows to £170.00 twice, Messrs Eagle sold six Hampshire Gilts ready to serve at £122.00, also a few finished pigs sold to £95.00.
Strong Stores sold from £58.00 to £72.00 depending on breed.
Weaners were well sold especially for Gilt Pigs selling to £58.00 and Boar Pigs up to £40.00.
An excellent result, keep this up
Please contact Keith Miller as soon as possible with your entries or for advice on marketing anytime on 0780 1032847 or the market office on 01636 676741
*Please note in accordance with our Terms of Trading, condemned Sows and Boars for which a certificate will be provided shall be the responsibility of the vendor who shall stand the loss*
2627 SHEEP SOLD TODAY
1410 – PRIME HOGGETS
29 – SPRING LAMBS
1182 – CULL EWES
10 - GOATS
Auctioneer: James Sealy
Mobile: 07772 618315
Home: 01788 510206
Prime Sheep
Again a fantastic entry of sheep, you can’t believe how well these Saturdays have taken off!