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1 MARKET REPORT January 2018 Monday 22 nd Prime Stock Market Matford Park Road, Exeter, Devon, EX2 8FD

2 Monday 22 nd January 52 PRIME CATTLE & BARREN COWS 10.45AM Auctioneer: Simon Alford Prime Cattle to 200ppk Barren Cows to 1276 Monday saw the Prime Cattle section with lower numbers forward and a top of 200ppk for a Bazadaise heifer (23m) from Bottor Rock Farms, Hennock. A run of neat, well covered Limousin heifers sold to 198ppk for Jeff Harvey of Bovey Tracey and Simmental steers (29m) rose to 197ppk for Michael Tooze of Broadsands. Plenty of Barren Cows forward with very much a mixed bag on offer. Best barreners hit an impressive high of 189ppk ( 1006) given for a young Blonde cow from Martin Reed of Kings Nympton with slightly older kinds out of the same trailer to 150ppk. Further quality Blonde cows fetched 165ppk (and a massive 1276) for Bottor Rock Farms with their huge 1034kg Charolais realising Smart Angus cows from Robert & William Reddaway, South Tawton reached 143ppk and 1130 with cows of a similar type and breed to 140 & 138ppk for Robert Summers of Sidmouth. Simmentals from Douglas Horton, Kingsbridge grossed 137ppk and British Shorthorns from Vooght Brothers, Newton Abbot reached 136ppk. Lessor but fleshed and Farm Assured cows were selling in the 110 to 125ppk bracket with older, hill bred and any lacking condition were anywhere from 60 to 95ppk. An eye-catching Limousin cull bull from Brian Vallance, Bickington drew 123ppk and at 1044kg, totalled a considerable Vendors are kindly reminded to inform us of their entries for Monday s Prime Cattle and Barren Cow auction in advance to enable potential purchasers to be advised of likely numbers. Please contact the Market Office ( ) or Robert Armstrong over the weekend ( ) or robert.armstrong@kivells.com Also note, TB pre movement tests are NOT REQUIRED for this sale SHEEP 9.30AM Auctioneers: Russell Steer & Ian Caunter Hoggs to 105 & 198ppk Cull Ewes to 102 & Rams to PRIME HOGGS & PRIME LAMBS A shorter entry of prime sheep started off quite a hesitant trade but the shortage in number worked into a sharper trade across the board. Farm Assured, Bellied out and been on Cake tick all the right boxes and give you a fair chance of making a premium, without one of these elements your giving buyers a reason not to bid at your hoggs! A single over weight Charollais Hogg from Gerald Burrough of Dunkeswell sold to 105 and a penful of Charollais and Suffolk sired overweights from Miss E Pearse of Colebrook achieved Two pens of smart 52 & 50kgs sold at 97 & Weight No s Fwd EWES 541 RAMS 18 Top s Per P.P.K Head PRIME HOGGS (+4.50) (-2.50) (+10.50) (+15.00) (-3.00) (-3.50) Average s Per P.P.K Head 93 respectively for Geoff Tripp of East Prawle, Roy Adams of Talaton sold pens of 48 & 49kg Charollais cross hoggs at as more 49kg hoggs made 88 for Tony Pickard of South Molton and more 48kgs were for Dave Pollard of Black Dog and for Len Sharland of Tiverton. Smart 46kg hoggs sold to for Steve Harris of Littlehempston and to 86, 85 & for Tucker Crooke Burnell of North Tawton. 45kg hoggs peaked at 86 (191ppk) for David Helmer of Loddiswell and & for Sam Ursell of Tedburn St Mary. 44kg fed hoggs provided the top price per kilo when Tony Pickard of South Molton s continental crosses realised 87 or 198ppk. More 44kgs at 84 (191ppk) for the Baxter family of Exwick and 80 for Alex Stephens of Ermington whilst the same price was given for the best pen of 43kgs from Jeff Harvey of Hennock. 41kgs sold to (191ppk) for the Steer family of Ashburton and for Ed Ellis of Dunchideock as the Baxter family exhibited smart 40kg hoggs that made 78 (195ppk). 38kgs to 74 (195ppk) again for David Helmer with others and a double pen of 27 35kg hoggs from Rob & Sue Greep of Cornwood were well sold at (190ppk) with the same weight hoggs close behind at 66 for Abel Bros of Tavistock. SQQ is up 7 pence at 180ppk. 195 (+9) 198 (+6) 187 (+7) 174 (+14) Many abattoirs are requesting that any dirty/wet hoggs are belly-clipped before presented for sale. Chris Steer is providing a service every Monday morning; please contact him on (+10.47) (+1.40) (+4.18) (+7.50) 182 (+28) 179 (+3) 178 (+8) 159 (+9) (+0.49) (+14.04) 541 CULL EWES & 18 RAMS & WETHERS Almost 600 cull sheep were topped by rams at 109 for a Dorset from Ian Knuckey of Axminster, for a pair of Dorset s from John Hallett of Exton and 98 for a pair of Ryelands from John Mills of Chulmleigh. Ewes reached 102 for pure Suffolk s from Mike Waycott of Ashburton, for crossbreds from Tom & Steve Hammett of Broadclyst and 95 for more of the same from Tucker Crooke Burnell of North Tawton. A few further pens in the early 90 s and anything with any weight and streghth was sold in the 80 s. Still plenty of sheep showing effects of the weather and presented for sale on the leaner side, these trading from 35 to 65 depending on breed. Best Dorset s into the 80 s, best Mules into the early 70 s and best of the hill sheep unchanged in the 40 s to average 59 overall.

3 MONTHLY MACHINERY SALE Wednesday 14 th February at 10.30am (And every second Wednesday of the month thereafter) Entries to date: Ransoms Gang Mower, Levis rear mounted Digger, Toro Greens Mower, Various qty of walk behind Mowers, 16ft Triaxle Ifor Williams Trailer, S10 Ifor Williams Trailer, Stationary Diesel Engine, Pegasus Horsebox, 2x Ewe milk Feeders, 5x ft Feed Barriers, 9x 2016 Heavy Duty Yard Gates 12ft 16ft, 6x 2016 Heavy Duty slotted Posts with Hinges, 1200 Lt Diesel Tank with Nozzle, 22x 9ft Sheep Troughs, Cattle Handling System, Plastic Cattle/Sheep Feeding Troughs, Pallet Folks, Electric Fence Posts, Sheep Hurdles, 20ft Shipping Container, Assortment of Timber Lengths, 50 lots of workshop tools and assorted items For entry forms and further information please contact Ian Caunter , the Office or Matford Park Road, Exeter, Devon, EX2 8FD FRIDAY 9 TH FEBRUARY COLLECTIVE FODDER SALE **ENTRIES NOW BEING TAKEN** For further information and entry forms please contact Ian Caunter or Further information and entries to Russell Steer or and livestock@kivells.com

4 Rural Reflection January 2018 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 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 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 16 th 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 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

whether you will be offered an agreement or a grant for 2018.

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

5 whether you will be offered an agreement or a grant for 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 1 st 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 12 th January, 9 th February and 2 nd March, and at Holsworthy on 10 th January and 14 th 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 david.kivell@kivells.com Lisabeth Miller lisabeth.miller@kivells.com Mark Bromell mark.bromell@kivells.com Claire Bellew claire.bellew@kivells.com Mark Bunt mark.bunt@kivells.com Ian Caunter ian.caunter@kivells.com Tom Rattray thomas.rattray@kivells.com Caroline Squire caroline.squire@kivells.com

FORTHCOMING SALES TUESDAY 23 rd JANUARY - Monthly TB Restricted (Orange) Market FRIDAY 26 th JANUARY - Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Monthly Sale of Organic Cattle & Sheep, Sale of Dairy Cattle,

6 FORTHCOMING SALES TUESDAY 23 rd JANUARY - Monthly TB Restricted (Orange) Market FRIDAY 26 th JANUARY - Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Monthly Sale of Organic Cattle & Sheep, Sale of Dairy Cattle, Monthly Sale of Beef Breeding Cattle & Fortnightly Pig Sale MONDAY 29 th JANUARY - Weekly Prime Stock Market FRIDAY 2 nd FEBRUARY - Weekly Store Stock Market to inc Monthly Sale of Native Breed Cattle MONDAY 5 th FEBRUARY - Weekly Prime Stock Market FRIDAY 9 th FEBRUARY - 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 12 th FEBRUARY - Weekly Prime Stock Market to inc Special Sale of Spring Lamb WEDNESDAY 14 th FEBRUARY - Monthly Machinery & Implement Sale Matford Park Road, Exeter, Devon, EX2 8FD livestock@kivells.com

MARKET REPORT August 2018

MARKET REPORT August 2018 Monday 13 th Prime Stock Market 73 PRIME CATTLE & BARREN COWS 10.45AM Auctioneer: Simon Alford 07789 980203 Prime Cattle to 211ppk & 1517 Barren Cows to 138ppk & 1240 Monday saw