Market reports

HOLSWORTHY

Kivells report on January 6 an entry of 35 dairy cattle topping at £1,550 on behalf of P&J Cobbledick of Meeth and selling to an overall average of £1,233. The 43 store cattle saw the best Blue steers hit £1,060 on behalf of Alan Pomeroy of Bradworthy, with Messrs Furse of Renson topping the heifers at £1,050. Just a handful of cull cows reached a top call of £730 on behalf of David Turner of Dodscott. An entry of 218 calves continued to sell well with the best at £420 for John & Mark Elliott of Bradford, with James Weeks and family of Hartland topping in the heifer calf pens at £365. In the sheep section, an entry of 283 cull Sheep saw a very strong trade with Messrs GT Grigg & Son of Trengune topping with Texels at £127 and an overall average of £81.40. The 395 prime sheep forward saw a wonderful trade with Teresa Dennis topping at £117 and a premium on the day set at 250p/kg for Ken & Mike Hill of Bideford.

CUTCOMBE

Exmoor Farmers report on January 6 an excellent sale, with 918 sheep going through the ring. Prime hoggs sold to an absolutely flying trade, which has jumped up from the last sale in 2020. The SQQ average stood at 240.44ppk and the top price of the day from E J W Land saw his hoggs away at 256ppk and the top per head was £129.80 for a bunch from D W & J Jones (61.5kg); others from the same home hit £128 (62kg), £119.20 (56.5kg), £118.50 (55kg), £117.50 (51.5kg), £117.20 (53kg), £114.50 (51.5kg) and £111.80 (49kg) (twice). Other noted prices included two pens from R P Elston & Son with a 59kg hogg to £126 and a further (57kg) to £117.80, with a bunch of six from E R Dascombe & Son (55kg) to £117.80 and J Pugsley & Son saw the first five of their run (52kg) to £112.80, with others (49kg) to £108.50. This was followed by pens from Rackenford Manor Farms with a leading price of £108 for 52kg hoggs and their lighter weight 42kg hoggs sold to £103. Other lighter weight hoggs at (45.5kg) to £109.50 for D W & J Jones. The dearest ppk of the day was for a pen of 42kgs from E J W and M J & A J Land, which sold to £107.50 for a pen of 34 hoggs. E R Dascombe & Son saw their pen of 12 45kg hoggs to £106.50, which was matched by a pen of 8 from R P Elston; J Pugsley’s main bunch of 19 (43kg) sold to £106.20 and 43.5kg hoggs from S Coates hit £104.20. Lighter hoggs again at 37.5kgs sold to £93.80 for R J Govier, followed by a pen of 10 from S G Stacey at 38.5kg sold at £93.50 and P J & J Webber saw his pen of 38kg hoggs to £86. The ppk as stated above topped at 256ppk, with others around the 250ppk mark, including R J Govier’s pen above. The under

39kg hoggs averaged at 243ppk and the 39-45kgs averaged 240ppk, with the heavier hoggs still averaging at 222ppk and the over 52kgs at 212ppk, topping at 221ppk, so many more are required to fulfil demand and at these prices don’t let an opportunity to cash in be missed. A short number of store hoggs forward sold to a top of £79.50 for a pen from P J Hobbs. An entry of 218 grazing ewes sold to an average of £76 with a top of £118 for a pen from D W & J Jones, who followed up with a further three at £110.50, a single at £106.50 and topped the cull rams at £110. E R Dascombe & Son saw the top of his ewes at £109.80 and others to £89.50. R P Elston & Son saw ewes to £108 and F E Rawle & Son saw a pen of eight away at £103. S J & R J Webber topped at £97 and Luckyard Farm Ltd sold their pen to £93.50. W H Toze & Son also broke the £90 barrier with a ewe to £91.50. Ewes in strong demand and especially the leaner meat ewes are excelling their over-fat counterparts. The 11 cull rams again met with a strong trade, the top as above at £110 for D W & J Jones; others to £108 for Mr J Elliott with J R Richards & Son selling their ram to £97, a pair from D F & P A Bawden to £88 and J Elliott’s second to £85. Many more could have been sold to best advantage and should you be scanning ewes in the near future then please don’t hesitate to book them in for the next sale at Cutcombe, which will be on Wednesday, January 20.

NEWTON ABBOT

Rendells report on January 6 a light entry of lambs to begin the New Year meeting a fast paced trade, with a top per kilo of 225kg for 44.6kg lambs and £100.50 from MJ & JM Evans, Dunsford. Other heavier lambs sold to 215ppk for 46.5kg lambs and £100.

TRURO

Lodge & Thomas report on January 6 a fair number of 33 mainly excellent quality UTM prime cattle entered for the first market of the New Year, which was rewarded with a fantastic trade across the board. A super entry of heifers from RH & CD Care, St Buryan saw their three Limousin crosses topping at 225p,

224p and 223p/kg, purchased by Dales Family Butchers, Peter Morris Butchers and RJ Trevarthen Ltd respectively. Premium steer from WT Bryant & Sons, St Martin a big 716kg Limousin cross at 214p/kg realising £1,532 to RJ Trevarthen Ltd. Even dearer at £1,590 was an 841kg Limousin cross from JM Hinkley, Rejerrah sold to JV Richards Ltd. Top value heifer at £1,378 for DL & AE Grigg, Goonhavern being a heavy 703kg Limousin cross and bought by RJ Trevarthen Ltd. Premium steers to 214p/kg (212.11p). Prime steers to 197p/kg. All steers average 189.56p/kg. Premium heifers to 225p/kg (215.08p). Prime heifers to 197p/kg (1963.6p). All heifers average 199.56p/kg. Two good top prices in the OTM section, both bought by David Ellis. Limousin OTM heifer to 195p/kg. Hereford OTM steer to 188p/kg. A surprisingly short entry of 15 cull cows met with a flying trade for all on offer with more required to meet very strong buyer demand. A premium of 156p/kg for a well-fleshed young Friesian from W Marsh & Son, St Stephen realising £1,002 to Messrs Rapson, Tavistock. Few beef sorts forward saw a Limousin cross lead at 130p/kg and £991 for JM Hinkley, Rejerrah and bought by David Ellis. A short entry of 30 store cattle included a run of mainly British Blue cross stores from CJ & JE Colwell, Grampound which saw leading 22m steer trio at £885, and half a dozen younger heifers all £675. Steers: Two-year-old British Blue crosses to £855. One and a half year-old Hereford crosses to £750. Heifers: One and a half year-old British Blue crosses to £675, Hereford crosses to £540. A good entry of 94 rearing calves as well as a mixture of stirks sold well with buyers back in force. Leading the bulls was a month-old British Blue cross from JH & SM Dark & Son, Mullion at £350, with further Blues all for different vendors at £315, £305 and £300 twice. Messrs Dark also sold a Limousin cross heifer to jointly lead at £238, matched by a British Blue cross for RM & CD Rundle, Mevagissey. BB bulls £350 (£212), hfrs £238 (£145), Lim bulls £248 (£204), hfrs £238 (£178), AA bulls £235 (£184), hfrs £182 (£134), Sim bulls £225 (£214), Hfd bulls £220, hfrs £145 (£120), Shn bulls £160, Fries bulls £68 (£56). A big stirk entry saw older stirks top at £490, with nice younger stirks from W Marsh & Son, St Stephen to £415 for Limousin cross males, and their heifers to £390. Stirks – Hfd males £445 (£393), hfrs £455 (£370), Lim males £415 (£327), hfrs £390 (£337), BB males £370, hfrs £490 (£405), AA males £320, hfrs £250 (£240). In the sheep pens, a lighter entry of 130 hogs but no shortage of demand, with prices soaring higher again this week. Numbers are tight nationally and more are needed to meet buyer demand. An exceptional leading average of 249p/kg (£111) for a uniform pen of mediumweight Texels from RA Coad, Cubert purchased by RJ Trevarthen Ltd, Roskrow. Also achieving £111 were a fine pen of 47.6kg good conformation lambs from a good run forward from ID & SS Backway, St Eval bought by JV Richards Ltd. Standard to 230p/kg. Medium to 249p/kg (237.1p). Heavy to 236p/kg (219p). Overweight to 182p/kg. SQQ average 236p. A smaller but quality entry of 45 cull ewes forward and tremendous trade to match. The whole entry averaged £98.50!! Six pens over £100 and selling to a top price of £113 for a superb pair of Texel ewes from TB & MB Osborne, St Eval. First quality to £113 (£104). Second quality to £86 (£75). Cull rams to £90 (£86). An entry of 53 store sheep and all types keenly contested, with the current finished prices boosting buyer confidence. A top price of £81.50 for a pen of Dorsets from AJ GluyasMorrish, Praze. Best to £81.50 (£80). Medium to £76 (£74.50). Smaller to £49.50. A consignment of FM breeding ewes which had been running with the ram sold to £116 for D Cowell, Helston.

HALLWORTHY

Kivells report on January 7 a moderate entry for the first sale of the year and for those entered a very solid trade. Top spot going to P Tucker of Bodmin, with a strong 19m Welsh Black with plenty of potential to £1055, next a pair of 11m British Blue cross steers from P Jones of Bratton Clovelly with exceptional muscling and outlook to top out at £970. P J Goodman of Launceston ran in next with a pen of four 16m British Blue cross steers, out to £920. P Jones in again with a 10m South Devon cross with plenty of attitude to £810. A strong show of young 14-16 month heifers from M Button of St Tudy saw his first pen of five Charolais crosses away to £880, and a second to £820 five times. P J Goodman ran in close with a very sleek Limousin cross heifer with a tremendous carcase at 15m to £875, and a growthy Charolais cross at the same age to £850. Friesians from Mr Goodman at 15m to £690. A few cows around with top pence per kilo to 121 from Mr J Crago of Par. Grazing cows from J Hollman of Blisland topped out at £880 for a Hereford cross. Bulls to 90ppk. In the sheep pens, an entry of 198 draft ewes, with the ewes going dearer every week. This week’s market would be up £8 to £10 ahead on markets earlier in the week. Top on the day was £108 for a pen of Texel’s from G T Grigg & Son of Tregune, followed by John Crago of Par who topped the Suffolk’s at £104. Mules topped at £90, and hill-bred ewes to £69. As seen throughout the country this week there are less lambs coming into the market, resulting in a much faster trade for all good meat lambs and all weights. An entry of 194-head saw a top per kilo of 245p for 44kgs £108 from Mervin Gimblett of Churchtown, Treveglos. Several other vendors 240p plus. The heavy lambs very much in demand selling to a top of £126 from two vendors, Winston Grigg of Trengune and Mrs C A Statton of Fennel Farm, Badgall. A small entry of 65 store lambs sold to a flying trade, topping at £96 for Toby Dance of St Ervan.

SOUTH MOLTON

Stags report on January 7 a smaller entry of 884 prime hoggs this week, with numbers nationally going very short. The shortened numbers has driven the trade into overdrive, new buyers also in attendance making the hoggs very very dear. Predicting the trade has become extraordinarily difficult with pubs, hotels and restaurants all shut and processors reporting that exporting hoggs is still tvery difficult because of the bureaucracy yet the hogg trade takes off in the other direction. All types in very strong demand and sold up to 274ppk! It is very clear that all outlets are short and there doesn’t seem to be enough hoggs fit at the present time to cope with the demand. I suppose we want to remember that what can go up so fast can also come down as fast. Best pens to 274ppk to shapely 41kg Charollais crosses from Mr RP Williams of Winsford with 272ppk to 43kg Beltex crosses from Mr RW Tapp & Son of South Molton. 271ppk to 41.5kg Texel crosses from Mr D Kiff & Son of Muddiford with 268ppk twice; the first to 45kg Texel crosses from Mr JC Stimpson of Rackenford and the second to 42.9kg Charollais crosses again from Mr RP Williams. 267ppk to 40kg Texel crosses from Messrs CP & CA Guscott of Dulverton with 265ppk three times; the first and second pens to 43kg and 44kg Charollais crosses from Messrs Irwin & Sons of Mariansleigh and the third to 42.2kg Charollais crosses from Mr GR McLeod of Swimbridge. 43.4kg Texel crosses from Mr G Dart & Sons of Molland at 264ppk with two pens at 262ppk; both to 44kg Texel cross pens from Messrs HJ & RH Mildon of Brayford and Messrs Guscott’s second pen. 260ppk again to the Guscott Family with a pen of 44.3kg Texels with 259ppk six times; the first and second pens to 42.1kg and 43.2kg Charollais crosses from Messrs RJ & AR Snell of Burrington; the third to 44kg Texel crosses from Mr W Smale of North Molton; the fourth to 44kg Texel crosses from Mr G Dart & Sons again; the fifth 46kg Charollais crosses from Mr JC Webber of Burrington and the sixth to 46kg Texel crosses from Mr PG Nicholas of Ilfracombe. 258ppk to 44kg Charollais crosses from Messrs RO & MM Allin & Son of Beaford. Topping the day at £137 to a solid 61kg Texel cross from Messrs Roberts & Phillips of Dulverton with £134 to 64kg Suffolk crosses from Messrs DL & JM Bray & Son of Knowstone. Closely followed at £133 to 52kg Pure Texels from Mrs PA Stentiford of Whiddon with 57kg Suffolk crosses from Messrs Parsonage

Farms of Chulmleigh at £132. £131 to 52.5kg Texel crosses from Mr JC Stimpson of Rackenford. Four pens at £130; the first and second pens to 56kg and 60.5kg Charollais crosses from Messrs DJ & RA Woollacott of Yarnscombe; the third to 59kg Suffolk crosses from Messrs DL & JM Bray again and the fourth to 67kg Charollais crosses from Mr S Stentiford of South Molton. Two pens at £129.50; the first to 55kg Charollais crosses from Messrs CJ & SE Ley of Burrington and the second to 54.5kg Charollais crosses from Mr AA Milton of Chapelton. £129 to 62kg Texel crosses again from Mr S Stentiford with £128 to 54kg Suffolk crosses from Mr RW Tapp & Son of South Molton. £127.50 twice; the first to 57.4kg Suffolk crosses from Mr AW Selley & Son of Ash Mill and the second to 54kg Charollais crosses from Mr M Milton of Chapelton. £126 to 53.2kg Texel crosses from Messrs IFJ & JC Harris of Beaworthy with £125.50 three times; the first to 53.4kg Suffolk crosses from Mr JK May of Eastleigh; the second to 52kg Texel crosses from Mr W Smale of North Molton and the third to 51.3kg Suffolk crosses again from Mr RW Tapp & Son. £125 twice; the first to 52kg Charollais crosses from Messrs Woollacott again and the second to 59kg Texel crosses from Mr EF Thorne of Tawstock. Another decent line up of 396 cull ewes and rams to start the New Year and another lift in the trade. Last weeks trade was very strong and I would say that this week was again slightly up. As with the hoggs all weights, breeds and thickness was wanted although the leaner ewes definitely looked the dearest sold on the day. Again a reduced entry of ewes nationally has help keep the trade high and it looks likely to remain this way for a while. Top call today at £139 for a super Texel ram from Mr R Heggadon of Broadwoodkelly whose other Texel cross followed at £131. Charollais cross from Mr WJ Woollacott & Sons of Bishops Nympton at £129 with a Charollais from Messrs Irwin & Sons of Mariansleigh at £123. Best ewes peaked at £127 for Pure Texels from Mr FR Chave & Son of Cruwys Morchard with Charollais’from Mr G Dart & Sons of Molland at £120, the same value at Pure Suffolks from Mr RH Dymond & Son of Croyde. Suffolks Mules from Mr AA Milton of Chapelton at £114.50 with similar ewes at £109 from Messrs GE & EJ Nicholls of West Anstey. £107 three times; the first to Cheviot Mules from Mr P Morish of Cheriton Bishop; the second to Suffolk Mules from Messrs RO & MM Allin & Son of Beaford and the third to blackfaces from Mr MJ King & Sons of Iddesleigh. Blue Faced Leicesters from Mr BC Dallyn of Parracombe at £106.50 with Texel crosses from Mr R Heggadon of Iddesleigh at £106. £105 twice; both to Suffolk pens from Mr RH Dymond & Son again and Mr E Heard of Cadeleigh. £103 to Suffolk Mules from Mr G Dart & Son again with Texels again from the Chave Family at £102. £101.50 to Texel crosses from Mr MJ King again with £101 to Suffolk Mules from Mr WJ Woollacott & Sons of Bishops Nympton. Texel crosses from Messrs K & C Morish of Cheriton Bishop at £100.

EXETER

Kivells report on January 8 store steers topping at £1360 for a Blue (26m) from Andrew Banbury of Crediton with other blues from the same vendor reaching £1180 and pen of four (22m) close at £1175 for Anne Brown of Ottery St Mary. Stabiliser steers (18m) from Nigel Gribble of Bathpool sold to £1220 apiece whilst a single red Limousin steer of a similar age made £1200 for Messrs Govier of South Molton. A couple of Charolais bred bullocks (26m) from Stuart Westcott sold at £1150 with a bunch of six Simmental steers (18m) good money at £1150 for Messrs Govier again. A couple Angus steers (22m) ran to £1150 for Anne Brown with younger (16m) Angus bullocks fetching £1140 for Stephen and Susan Sallis of Jacobstowe. Store heifers saw the best to £1260 given for a pen of five Charolais (20m) from Michael Vooght of Hennock with three quarter meat British Blue females to £1210 for MS & JS Southwood of Black Dog and £1185 for Andrew Banbury. Later born Blue heifers (17m) reached £1070 for Stephen and Susan Sallis followed by a bunch of five Stabiliser heifers (21m) at £1140 apiece for Nigel Gribble and Simmentals (21m) rose to £1110 for MS & JS Southwood. A tremendous entry of 182 calves to start 2021 with saw a flying trade from start to finish! Top of the day was the best of a cracking run of 28 calves from Martin & Liz Bennett of Broadhembury at £402 for a cracking young British Blue bull with at £395, £392, £385 & £360 with Charolais bulls from the same farm to £380, £362 & £345, the whole consignment of bulls and heifers from the Bennett’s averaged £297! Well done to the family on a cracking show of calves! Paul Hendy of Kingsbridge sold three smart Blue bulls to £382, £380 & £368 with others to £338 & £332 for Mr DW Rowe of Axminster, £320 for Ashley & Jess Bond of Honiton and £315 & £305 for Ross Govier of Longdown. Young Simmental bulls a strong trade with the best to £338 & £300 for Messrs GE Furneaux & Son of Modbury with others to £290 for Martin & Liz Bennett. Native calves a strong trade with the best Aberdeen Angus bulls to £265 x 2 for Dowrich Farms Ltd of Crediton with others to £230 x 2 for Mr DW Rowe & Messrs GE Furneaux & Son and £210 for Messrs JM & LC Burrough of Clyst Hydon. Hereford bulls to £285 for Derek Burrough of Yarcombe with others to £230 for Jonathan Musgrave of Yealmpton. Heifers a cracking trade topping at £368 for an outstanding month old Limousin heifer from Paul Hendy. A cracking run of Blue heifers from Martin & Liz Bennett sold to £355, £350, £340, £322, £308, £295 & £290 with Charolais heifers from the same farm at £305. Month old Simmental heifers flew to £305 for Messrs GE Furneaux & Son who sold others to £265 & £250. Aberdeen Angus heifers to £235 for Dowrich Farms Ltd. A larger entry of Friesians sold to a decent trade for the quality that was forward topping at £65 for John Simmons of Poltimore. Kivells held their first dairy sale at Exeter Livestock Centre with a tremendous entry of 220 head forward with vendors from West Sussex, Surrey, Kent, Dorset & Devon! The sale saw 33 buyers from as far as Scotland, Wales, Shropshire, Staffordshire and across the South West when just shy of 50% of the entry sold online through our MartEye online bidding service! The Sale started with a decent entry of fresh cows & heifers which met a slightly steadier trade than we saw before Christmas but still strong topping at £2100 for a super pedigree heifer from Terry Cox of Dorset with“Holmead Mogul Tessie” who sold with 11 generations of VG or EX dams behind her. GCB Davis of Tiverton sold two smart pedigree heifers topping at £1900 & £1700. A nice consignment of fresh heifers travelled down from Surrey from Richard Kent who dispersed his herd two years ago at Exeter, they topped at £1700 twice with others to £1650 twice, £1620 & £1600 twice. A pure Montbeliarde heifer sold well at £1500 for Staplegrove Livestock, Cullompton. Cows topped at £1700 for an outstanding fourth calver from GCB Davis which sold giving 60kgs. The same vendor sold others to £1600 & £1550 with a sixth calving Fleckvieh at £1250. Heifer calves sold to £220 for a crossbred heifer calf from Jim & Lorna Burdge of Yarcombe who also sold to Holstein Friesiains at £180 and another at £200 for GCB Davis. A dispersal consignment of Holstein & Fleckvieh x youngstock from Messrs Edgar & Son of Kent met a flying trade topping at £1050 & £1000 twice for Heifers due in the Summer and it was the Fleckvieh bulling & yearling heifers which really set the ring alight topping at £880 x 3 with other groups to £850 & £820 with an overall average of £842 for the 49 head. The dispersal sale of the autumn calving herd on behalf of Messrs DH Tupper Farms of Petworth, West Sussex saw a flying trade from start to finish with the cows back in calf for August seeing the strongest demand! Top of the sale was 2000gns for a heifer by Seagull-Bay MJ Solaris due in August with a second calver by Ladys-Manor Graf La Bron close behind at 1900gns and two third calvers due in August also selling at 1900gns. Many of the best young cows & heifers sold well between 1600-1800gns. Older cows saw many fourth to sixth calvers making between 1200-1400gns. A nice start to the year in the pig section with buyers cautious but prepared to pay well for the right thing. Trade difficult but better than two weeks ago. Top call of the day for a cull sow was £60 given for the best of 8 in from Andrew Freemantle with others between £40-£55. Top call of the day for prime and store pigs was £92 given for a pen of heavies in from James Mitchell of Taunton and purchased by Exe Valley Farm Shop. Messrs Chadwick saw their 1st pen of 110 kg pigs hit £91 a price matched by Nigel & Sandra Tope of Blackawton with others from the same farm at £90. Just a few Oxford Sandy stores forward on Friday saw a better trade with the best at £34 & others at £30. An electric trade in the sheep pens from start to finish with the 39 orphan lambs selling well and to a top of £40 twice for Mark Brown of Uplowman to average £29.77 overall. Almost 1000 store hoggs were an eye watering trade with the average lifting some £20 from our last sale to level at an astonishing £98.56, surely a record for stores in January. Jethro Kimber topping the sale at £130 with a single ram hogg but pens of forward sorts selling at £128 for Mark Brown, £125.50 for Alan Jewell of Bridestowe, £124 for Keith Rowell of Crockernwell and £122 for both Tuckergreenhalf of Morchard Bishop and Derek Challacombe of Winkleigh. Jethro Kimber also topped the grazers with a ram at £130 followed by a Suffolk cross ewe at £118.50 for Jakins Partners of Wembury and £109 for a trio of ewes from the Palk family of Blagdon. 116 ewes with 158 lambs at foot were a slightly improved trade and fiery for the best. Top today of £250 for doubles from Brian Westcott of Minehead, £240 & £238 for

Mark Brown, £232 & £230 for Derek Cole of Bradninch, £230 for Jethro Kimber and £225 for both Graham Nicholls of Parracombe and the Barrow family of Over Stowey. Best of the singles to £195 or £97.50 per life from Kye Trevelyan of Westleigh. Average of £183 per outfit or £77.50 per life. A tremendous line up of in-lamb ewes and an overall pleasing trade from start to finish. topping the sale at £178 was a Texel ewe from Russell Stevens of Crediton whilst no less than seven pens sold at £170 apiece, firstly for the best three pens of flock aged Cheviot Mules from Jakins Partners of Wembury and their flock dispersal and then for the first four pens of Suffolk x FM ewes from Dan Hutchings of Stogumber.

SEDGEMOOR

Greenslade Taylor Hunt report on January 11 a superb entry of 74 prime cattle (63 UTM and 11 OTM) which met the best trade in recent memory. 17 active buyers in the ring and others looking on. Top was 225.5ppk for a lightweight, shapely Limousin steer from JF Walker & Partners, North Petherton, who sold others similar at 224.5 and 215.5ppk. Further handyweight Limousin steers at 216.5ppk (590kg) from MP & DM Hine, Chard; 215.5 (601kg) and 204.5ppk (602kg)

L & A Maddock & Co, Wiveliscombe and 213.5 (570kg) and 210ppk (616kg) D & K Ware, Skilgate. Charolais steers at 222ppk (565kg) JR Payne, Brompton Regis and 214.5ppk (658kg) L & A Maddock & Co again.

Dairy bred Blue steers at 210ppk (634kg) SER Hunt, Kilve; 206.5 (664kg) 205.5 (617kg) and 195ppk (622kg) CWM & GN Bolt, Huntsham and 197.5 (696kg) and 189.5ppk (802kg) from FG Payne & Sons, Wellington. Blonde steer at 208.5ppk (595kg) from MJ Tuckett & Partners, Exeter. Native steers rose to 198.5ppk for a 648kg Hereford from S Middleton, Culmstock. Steers sold to £1,631.88 for an 875kg OTM Blue from Vigar & Sons, Langport, who sold another OTM Blue (769kg) at £1,495.71. UTM steers at £1,604.25 for a 930kg Charolais from CG, GR & MS Spiller, Upottery. 802kg Blue at £1,519.79 from FG Payne & Sons, who sold another at £1,374.60 (696kg). Charolais to £1,411.41 (658kg) from L & A Maddock & Co. Limousins to £1,394.29 from JF Walker & Partners. Heifers also on fire to 220.5ppk for a 505kg Limousin from JF Walker & Partners again, who sold other top drawer type Limousins at 219.5 (547kg) 219.5 (507kg) 219.5

(485kg) 219.5 (542kg) 219.5 (451kg) and 209.5ppk (637kg). Proper butchers’types at 218ppk (524kg Blonde) and 217.5ppk (527kg Limousin) from MJ Tuckett & Partners again. Dairy bred Blues at 212.5 (584kg) 205 (572kg) and 204.5ppk (578kg) from J & A Moon, Glastonbury and 208.5ppk (688kg) from FG Payne & Sons. Further Limousins 211.5ppk (498kg) MP & DM Hine again; 207.5 (513kg) and 204.5ppk (582kg) D & K Ware again; 206.5 (635kg) and 204.5ppk (575kg) KJ & S Bishop again and 205ppk (587kg) J & A Moon again. Charolais to 207.5ppk (602kg) from KJ & S Bishop again. Heifers sold to a top of £1,467.65 for an OTM Limousin (745kg) from GDW Isaac & Son, Broadhembury. UTM heifers to £1,447.74 for an Angus (756kg) from F & S Webber, Enmore. Blue heifers at £1,434.48 (688kg) from FG Payne & Sons and £1,358.64 (666kg) from J & A Moon. Charolais to £1,352.93 (701kg) EJ Collins & Son, Chard. Hereford heifers to £1,344.46 (749kg) RJ & LA Mitchell & Voke, Chew Stoke, who sold another at £1,305.29 (643kg). Limousin heifers to £1,334.52 (637kg) from JF Walker & Partners. More cattle wanted! An excellent entry of 70 cull stock met the best trade seen for a long time. It was a fire cracker of a trade. All buyers absolutely going hammer and tongs to secure supply. Top was an unbelievable 191.5ppk for a young Charolais cow from AS Cowling, Clatworthy, not setting a new centre record but being very close to it. Further Charolais cows at 154.5 and 152.5ppk from AS Cowling again; 148.5 and 143.5ppk from KJ & S Bishop, Enmore and 145.5 and 143.5ppk from W Hilborne & Son, Wells. Limousin cows rose to 175.5ppk from SR Bishop, South Perrot. An exceptional run of Limousin cows from KJ & S Bishop again met calls of 168.5, 163.5, 158.5 (2x) 157.5 (2x) 156.5 and 137.5ppk, when a Simmental from the same farm achieved 166.5ppk. Further Limousins at 160.5ppk from PA Strawbridge, Offwell and 138.5ppk, M Jeffery, Langport. Sucklers sold to an excellent £1,441.91 for a 991kg Charolais from W Hilborne & Son, who sold others at £1,263.92 and £1,176.70. Continental cows at £1,438.80 (880kg Lim) £1,332.00 (800kg Sim) £1,303.65 (833kg Lim) £1,287.02 (812kg Lim) £1,262.25 (850kg Ch) £1,254.19 (874kg Ch) and £1,219.94 (724kg Lim) all from KJ & S Bishop. Charolais cows at £1,321.35

(690kg) £1,183.47 (766kg) and £1,162.05 (762kg) from AS Cowling. Further Limousin cows at £1,227.83 (765kg) from PA Strawbridge and £1,193.40 (680kg) from SR Bishop & Son, who also sold a Hereford at £1,173.69 (966kg). Dairy breeds equally sought to 135.5ppk for a 527kg Friesian from CJ Mear & Son, Chard. Further Friesian at 134.5ppk (605kg) from

JM & SN Faun, Holford, who sold a Holstein at

131.5ppk (772kg) and another Friesian at 127.5ppk (834kg). Further Holstein at 128.5ppk (833kg) from RJ Tucker & Sons. Any black and white with flesh 120ppk plus. Dairy breeds sold to £1,070.41 (833kg Holstein) from RJ Tucker & Sons. Friesian at £1,063.35 (834kg) from JM & SN Faun. More cows wanted! Nearly double the entry of finished hoggs at 946-head sold to a much dearer, flying trade for all presented. The best handyweights sold to 282ppk from C Peach. Others 281ppk from R Langford; 279 and 266ppk from CD Byrne; 274ppk from TL Attwell; 271ppk from RR Creed & Son and A Dagger; 270ppk from RW Norton; 269ppk from GJ Warren Farming; 267ppk from Holmes Farm Spaxton and 266ppk from MJ & GM Summers. Heavier hoggs saw the greatest increase per head from last week and sold to £144, £141, £139 and £135 from J Sprake & Partners. Others £143 and £139 from AR Henson; £140 and £137 from AF & RD Tucker & Sons; £136.50 from Loosemore & Son and £135.50 from RR Creed & Son. Overall average £123.36.