MARKET REPORT - TUESDAY 29th October 2019

**Weekly Highlights of 3838 Head Sold at Melton Mowbray Market, Tuesday 29th October 2019**

Prime Steers (25) to 206p/kg and £1,237.44 Prime Heifers (19) to 213p/kg and £1,330.67

Cows (11) to 130p/kg & £905.81 Store Cattle (193) to £980

**3456 SHEEP ENTERED THIS WEEK** Prime Lambs (1635) to 208p/kg & £96.50 SQQ 175.01p/kg

Ewes (370) to £85 Store Sheep (1160) to £73.50

Breeding Sheep (264) to £113 (Rams to 270 Guineas) Youngstock (123) to £540 (Reared) & £190 (Calves)

Pigs (145) to £150 for a Sow Poultry to £90 for a Trio of Gold Brahmas

Scalford Road, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 1JY Telephone: 01664 562971

Fax: 01664 561153 Holding No:- 22/296/8000

Weekly Notices

Pay on the day Policy

We are making some changes to our customer account management system modernising and

strengthening our processes for the benefit of everyone. The main change will be that all stock must

be paid for on the day; unless you have agreed terms with Gillstream Markets Ltd. You can apply for

terms using an ‘Account’ form, which can be posted or emailed on request and are also available

from the market office. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact us on 01664

562971.

Notice to vendors bringing cattle into Melton Mowbray Market

In order to comply with the Tuberculosis (England) order 2014 we would like to remind vendors when stating the TB testing date of the cattle being sent to market the date of test section should be filled out as the date

of injection not the date of the reading. The 60 day period in which animals can be moved begins on this date.

To assist us with this matter please ensure a TB test certificate accompanies all cattle entering the market, this can be sent directly from your vets to the office via email or a hard copy sent with your entry form.

Farm assurance status

Would all cattle vendors selling cattle as Farm Assured please ensure that their Farm Assurance is up to date, with all linked holdings registered to the primary holding, and ensure that the stickers used in

passports match the details held by the administering Farm Assurance body. We are increasingly having issues with linked holdings not being covered under a primary FABBL account, and severe deductions

are being applied at the time of slaughter. In such instances, the vendor is liable for all deductions made

Sheep Scab

Farmers are asked to inspect their flock for signs of sheep Scab, any livestock forward, showing signs of scab will be rejected from the market.

Named/Numbered Sires

Vendors are advised that named sires must be officially printed on the passport of the animal and not hand written. We will not sell animals as being named or numbered sire if the sire details are not printed onto the passport. Sire

details may be checked with the breed societies online to ensure that they are correct. Please also include sire details on your blue entry forms which accompany cattle to market. Thank you for your cooperation.

A Change in sale time Please Note Cull Ewes are now being sold at 10:30am before the prime lambs and store lambs.

Mortality Warranty

Dear vendors and purchasers, From the 17th September 2019 Melton Mowbray Market is introducing a buyers mortality warranty whereby the purchasers can opt to insure

any stock purchased from the market to cover death post sale within 7 days of the date of the fall of the hammer. Currently purchasers are only covered under the Livestock auctioneers association conditions of sale which does not cover mortality, the terms

are available from the market office and will be displayed in the catalogue. The mortality warranty scheme is in place at a lot of other markets and adds an extra level of protection for the purchaser. Initially we will be applying this to the sheep section at

a rate of 30p per head.

LIVESTOCK ENTRIES – TUESDAY 5th November 2019

6 Simmental Heifers, 8-10 months , TB1, FA, T Jones 15 Simmental and Limousin Steers 7-8 months, TB4, L Green

3 in calf cows, 1 stock bull (4 years), 2 steers 12-16 months, All Simmental, Swan Lodge Ltd

7 Dexter cows and calves (Feb-July born), Sobraon Farms 2 Hereford Steers, 26 months, 1 Limousin Heifer 18 months, TB4

4 Charolais X Steers & Heifers from T R H Jackson & Partners (TB1) 15 B Blue, Angus and Hereford Steers & Heifers from Richard Wingate (TB4)

8 B Blue and Angus Steers & Heifers from Throckenholt Farms (TB4) 9 Angus steers, registered sire, 16 Limousin x Angus Steers and Heifers,

1 Angus Heifer 17 months, TB4, Homebred, Single Suckled, JH & PE Nicholson

150+ Breeding sheep 800+ Store Lambs

200+ Store Cattle expected 150+ Calves & Weanlings

ENTRIES 12th NOVEMBER 2019

Special entry of 30 British White Steers and Heifers from J Hair, Nettleton Grange. 15-30 months old, TB4

TUESDAY SALE TIMES

RING 1 BARREN COWS 10.00am Followed by PRIME CATTLE & BULLS

RING 2 COWS & CALVES & DAIRY COWS 11.30am Followed by REARED CALVES Followed by STORE CATTLE

RING 3 REARING CALVES 10.00am

SHEEP CENTRE CULL EWES 10.30am Followed by PRIME LAMBS AND STORE LAMBS Followed by BREEDING SHEEP & RAMS

FUR AND FEATHER AUCTION TIMES SUNDRIES - 9.00AM (Stock accepted up to 8.00am on a Tuesday &

10am - 1pm on a Monday)

POULTRY SALES STARTING 9.30AM (Booking in from 6.30am until 9.00am)

followed by the sale of Rabbits CAGE & AVAIRY SALES STARTING 9.30AM (Booking in from 6.30am until 9.00am) followed by the sale of Eggs

& Game

Clean Cattle – 44 Overall average – 166.18p/kg

As deadweight outlets continue to turn cattle away we find more and more farmers returning to the live ring seeking a fair and transparent trade. Now more than ever vendors should be supporting the live system in an industry where deadweight outlets are turning their back on farmers. Trade sharper on the week with additional buying support around the ring and new vendors in the fold saw a top today of 213p/kg for P Russell’s usual quality with a steer from the same home to 206p/kg. H & BA Witcomb’s consistent run of quality to 204p/kg with a Limousin Heifer from the same stable to 202p/kg. Heavier steers from JW & GM Freeman & Son to 190p/kg and RW & VJ Tattershall to 188p/kg for a Limousin x Heifer. A top in the lump for a Hereford Heifer from H & BA Witcomb grossing £1330 (200p/kg) with JW & GM Freeman & Son to £1237 and an older bull from PC & DG Holman to £1194.

Type No. To (p/kg) Vendor Average (p/kg)

Light Steers 7 180 Savory Farms 158.53 Medium Steers 9 206 P Russell 173.02

Heavy Steers 9 190 JW & GM Freeman

145.75

Light Heifers 3 213 P Russell 171.77 Medium Heifers

8 204 H & BA Witcomb

178.4

Heavy Heifers 8 202 H & BA Witcomb

176.15

Steers Top Gross (£ p/h) Vendor

1237.44 JW & GM Freeman 1195.33 JW & GE Freeman

1184.82 P Russell

1167.24 P Russell 1143.42 TG & DM Watchorn

CATTLE

AUCTIONEER – SCOTT RUCK Tel: 07796 897516

Heifers Top Gross (£ p/h) Vendor

1330.67 H & B A Witcomb 1285.57 H & B A Witcomb

1222.28 H & B A Witcomb 1151.81 H & B A Witcomb

1145.75 TG & DM Watchorn

Barren Cows – 11 Overall Average – 98.63p/kg

Cows forward of varying qualities topping at 120p/kg with lesser grading sorts 100p/kg and feeding cows to 98p/kg. Thank you to vendors for their continued support in the live ring we look forward to welcoming consignors old and new back to the live ring over the coming months.

** 3456 SHEEP ENTERED THIS WEEK** Prime New Season Lambs (1635) - SQQ 175.01p/kg Melton Mowbray Market truly putting its name on the map yet again this week with 3456 sheep forward and yet more new faces down the alleys. A top today for a fantastic show of quality from Railway View Farms topped at 208p/kg for tasty Texels with J F Sharpe & Son to 192p/kg for Beltex and Frank Gibbs’ first time here up from Stratford-upon-Avon to 190p/kg for 40kg. A faster trade all round today as buyers struggle to fill orders from other outlets, saw a top of £96.50 for heavies from Railway View farm also selling 2 other pens to £90 and BL Burton Farms usual entry of meated heavies to £89.50. PH & KV Wood to £88.50 for 53.5kg and Winfrey Farms to £88 for 52kg. Other Quality heavies from KA Gill, TW Needham, WT Carr & Sons, RW & VJ Tattershall and RO Bartlett all regularly £85-£88. Lighter lambs to £82 for WT Carr & Sons 44kg with the best end of the 40+kg regularly £70-£75. Please look no further for your lamb selling requirements and do not hesitate to call to book in your entries.

Store Sheep (1160) Overall average - £55.85 Another week and another packed sheep shed with another show of quality store lambs forward. With pen after pen of size and quality readily available. Top price pen from JA & PE Dickinson with Contienntal lambs to £73.50 twice from the same home. Lambs fit enough to kill met with a good trade between £68-£73. Size easiest to place with lambs from A Harby, KJ Heaps, RA Barnes & Son, B Wood and AW Kirkman all in the £65-£70 bracket. More lambs could have been sold to advantage with homes for all grades of lambs.

NSL Type To From Average

Lights 208p £80 149p £53 175.8p £66.04

Mediums 192p £81.50 141p £60 174.86p £74.54

Heavies 178p £90 157p £76.50 169.74p £81.49

Overs 168p £96.50 114p £66 161.47p £87.02

PRIME SHEEP

AUCTIONEER – SCOTT RUCK Tel: 07796 897516

Cull Ewes (370) Overall average - £51.08 Please note going forward we will be selling Cull Ewes at 10:30 before the sale of Prime lambs. Cull ewes faster on the week and certainly pounds dearer compared to reports from other outlets topping at £92 for a cull Ram from M Vawser with continental x to £85 for J E Smith and £83 seen for plainer Continantal x from Ruth Holman. For the quality on offer pleasing trade with grazers well sought after by a number of new faces producing an average hugely influenced by the leaner, plainer and native bred ewes forward. Breeding sheep (264) Topping at £113 Rams (27) Topping at 260gns Just shy of 300 breeding sheep forward this week saw full mouth continental x ewes from RO Bartlett, Buckingham top at £113 with Beeswax Dysons one crop mules to £104 and a sad but welcome flock reduction from Les Baker saw a top of £89 for older breeders. Rams well sought after topping at 260gns for T Jarvis with Greenfields to 200gns for Texel Shearlings and Ram Lambs and JW & SM Hallam and Eggleston to 135gns.

Stores and Reared Cattle – (193)

A steady trade throughout with some highlights from start to finish. Cattle with potential to fit the ever changing slaughter house requirements were in great demand but some of the other entries finding a more sticky trade. Top trade today was £980 per head for a pen of four 19 month old Charolais steers from WA Sturges of Billesdon. Best heifer sold at £960 for a meated 18 month old Limousin from J F Greaves & Son of Nether Broughton. In the younger section trade was still good with 6-7 month old Limousin steers to £625 and heifers to £600.

HEIFERS Heads Breed Age Price £

1 LIM X 18m 960

1 LIM X 23m 885

1 LIM X 20m 885

1 Hereford 26m 880

1 BRB 25m 845

2 LIM X 20m 815

2 BRB 23m 805

1 CHAR X 20m 795

3 LIM X 21m 790

3 Hereford 18m 780

STEERS Heads Breed Age Price £

4 CHAR X 19m 980

3 CHAR X 20m 970

3 LIM X 16m 950

2 SIM X 17m 935

1 SIM X 22m 920

3 AX 18m 910

5 LIM X 17m 910

1 BRB 20m 870

2 AX 19m 855

1 LIM X 22m 850

STEERS Heads Breed Age P/KG

5 LIM X 17m 2.5

3 LIM X 16m 1.9

3 CHAR X 20m 1.7

3 AX 18m 1.7

2 AX 19m 1.8

1 BRB 20m 1.6

1 SIM X 22m 1.5

4 CHAR X 19m

2 SIM X 17m

1 LIM X 22m

HEIFERS Heads Breed Age P/KG

1 LIM X 18m 1.8

1 LIM X 23m 1.7

1 LIM X 20m 1.8

1 Hereford 26m

1 BRB 25m

2 LIM X 20m 1.8

2 BRB 23m 1.6

1 CHAR X 20m 1.5

3 LIM X 21m 1.7

3 Hereford 18m

STORES AND REARED CATTLE

AUCTIONEER – Ben Shouler Tel: 01664 560181

Cows and Calves Small entry in this week. Mr J Goacher topped today at £900 for a 3½ year old Lincoln Red in calf cow with 5 month old calf at foot. Trade not as strong as previous weeks but very much in line with trend.

Don’t forget to book your cattle in by phoning the market before 12 on

Thursday call us on 01664 562971

Rearing Calves – 94 More interest created a better demand but purchasers were buying to price and consequently there were no calves over £190. 50% of the entry were Hereford X and these were definitely a better trade than last week, peaking at £150 for a bull from Nick Connors of Upper Broughton who sold heifers to £90. Prices for British Blue heifers remain firm but Blue bulls were less money. Latham Farms of Averham sold B Blue bulls to £190 and Blue heifers to £140. Angus calves were also a better trade with W A Robinson of Hickling selling bulls to £125 and heifers to £85. J Hawley & Sons of Brentingby sold Simmental bulls to £145 and Chandler and Dickman sold Simmental heifers to £115.

Bull Calves No. Top Price £ Average £ Friesian 4 68 50

Holstein 5 58 40 Hereford 25 150 93

A Angus 12 125 81 Montbeliarde 2 70 65

Simmental 4 145 121

British Blue 6 190 156

Heifer Calves No. Top Price £ Average £

Hereford 22 90 58

A Angus 5 85 66

British Blue 7 140 121

Simmental 1 115

CALVES AUCTIONEER- BARRIE WILLIAMSON

Tel: 07541 400919

Reared/Weanlings - 30 under 6 months

More Suckler bred steers sparked a better demand and even Dairy bred British Blues were a firmer trade. Tom Lee of Ripley sold 6 month old Charolais and Limousin steers to £540 and Limousin heifers to £395. T R H Jackson & Partners of Great Ponton sold 3 Charolais steers for £505 each and Andy Collins of Morley, Derbys sold 3 B Blue steers for £480 each.

Steers No. Top Price £ Average £

Salers 1 290 Hereford 3 320 217

A Angus 1 330

Charolais 4 540 514 British Blue 3 480

Limousin 2 540 365

Heifers No. Top Price £ Average £

A Angus 1 225

Hereford 1 235

British Blue 6 205 192

Limousin 4 395 251

Bulls No. Top Price £ Average £

Hereford 3 230

REARED AUCTIONEER- BARRIE WILLIAMSON

Tel: 07541 400919

Pigs – 145

Excellent entry for the fifth Tuesday sale of the month continued with a strong demand throughout the auction. Cull Sows peaked at £150 to average £100 each while 2 prime gilts from Norman Davill of Bunny reached £110 each. A good run of younger stores from Hardy’s Animal Farm, Skegness sold from £22 to £29 each.

8 Cull Sows to £150 Average £100

3 Cull Boars to £60 Average £60

26 Fat (Cutters & Porkers) to £110 Average £88

50 Stores to £34 Average £29

58 Weaners to £16 Average £14

NEXT PIG SALE 5th NOVEMBER 2019

Some exceptional prices seen this week in the Poultry section with 100+ lots entered. An array of breeds were entered this week from Old English Game to Shield Owl Pigeons. The top price of the day went to a Trio of Gold Brahmas which sold for a cracking £90. Other top prices went to a Trio of Muscovy’s making £46 closely followed by a Pair of 2018 Corish Game which sold for £44 and a Quartet of Light Sussex Large Fowl which sold for £36. Cockerels averaged between £15 and £2. Trade was quieter in Cage and Aviary this week. 30+ lots were entered, top price of the day went to a Pair of Budgies making £14. A Diamond Dove was not far behind fetching £11. No entries of Ferrets this week, despite the demand being there. The Rabbit trade has picked back up over the last few weeks now. Rabbits were in high demand this week. Highest price went to 2 Rabbits selling for £27, next was a Doe Rabbit which sold for £20. Guinea Pigs were slightly quieter with the highest price going to a Sow which made £7.50.

Thank you to everyone who attended our first ever Smallholders Sale. Despite the wet and cold weather, we had a great day. Some of the highlights from the day included; a Pair of Ruddy Shelducks with sold for a staggering £92, 3 Modern Game Pullets making £72, Trio of Toulouse Geese selling for £60. The Guinea Pigs entered saw some great prices including; £27 for 3 Sows, £18 for 2 Sows and £13 for 2 Boars. A reminder that we now pay out via BACS for amounts over £5. Please ensure the office have your details. Entry forms for the Christmas Table Birds Sale are now available from the office and online.

FUR AND FEATHER

Becky Allen - 07949173180

For sale Hazel hedge laying stakes

and binders, £13 per score +VAT.

Willow hedge laying binders £11 per score + VAT. Call John Dawson on:

07884490439

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Call us on:

01664 562971

For Sale Border Collie pups, can be

recommended Also Kittens

Please Call Trever Oxby on:

0194981534

For Sale

Aberdeen Angus Bulls, TB tested and ready to work.

Please Call:

07582 369674

For Sale Ifor Williams

Livestock Trailer 10ft by 5ft

Landrover wheels £550 (No VAT)

Call 07860689271

For Sale 10 used telegraph poles

27ft-33ft long £250 ono.

Crash barriers also available.

Contact Matt on: 07974 585454

For sale Good natured Collie Pups

from working parents. Microchipped and ready to

go. Please contact Helen on:

07929652919

Wanted

Sheep grazing, Leicestershire and

surrounding areas. Please call: 07796897516

For Sale Miniature Dachshund

Puppies, good pedigree, Vet

checked, lovely pups Tel: 07967417675

SP Mynard sheep dipping services

Water and chemical supplied and disposed of,

also colour dipping Please Contact Sean on:

07855330679

For sale Good natured Collie Pups

from working parents. Vaccinated and Microchipped

and ready to go. Please contact Helen on:

07929652915

Please call to discuss your marketing requirements for all

livestock classes:

Scott Ruck: 07796 897516 or 01664 562971 Barrie Williamson : 07541 400919

Ben Shouler: 01664 560181 or 01664 502950

Barrie Williamson: 07541

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The Farmhouse Pantry, Market Bar are also available for private

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