MARKET REPORT - TUESDAY 21st MAY 2019

**Weekly Highlights of 2538 Head Sold at Melton Mowbray Market, Tuesday 21st MAY 2019**

Prime steers to 212p/kg and £1349.24 Prime heifers to 230p/kg and £230

Cows to 130p/kg & £1167.92 Store Cattle (163) to £1130

Cows and Calves (14) to £1460 Prime Hoggs (804) to 207p/kg & £100 SQQ 191.36p/kg Prime Lambs (482) to 250p/kg & £102 SQQ 221.16p/kg

Breeding sheep: Ewes (211) and Lambs (281) to £89/life

Average £62.88/life Breeding ewe lambs to £132

Ewes (331) to £121 Youngstock (107) to £630 (Reared) & £390 (Calves)

Pigs (86) to £140 Poultry to £50 for Mandarins

Stock wanted week in week out for Buyers from across the counties - Please do not hesitate to contact Tom, Scott, Ben or Barrie to help

with your marketing requirements.

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

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

Market Muttering

The continued warm weather bought a market similar to the week previous with many farmers busy beginning their silage making. Great prices were seen across all sections and many vendors very pleased with the trade of the day.

Notice to vendors bringing cattle in to Melton Mowbray

Market

In order to comply with the Tuberculosis (England) order 2007 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.

TB Restricted sale

Please contact Tom or Scott to discuss sales of store and prime cattle from TB

restricted holdings.

Bio security charges

Please note the bio security fee charged to vendors bringing stock to market currently includes cleansing and disinfection of all market sections and

washout of vehicles on market days.

Young lambs / kids

Please ensure that any lambs or kids brought to Market have a healed navel

and are over 7 days old. If you have any questions, please call Scott or Tom.

LIVESTOCK ENTRIES – TUESDAY 28TH May 2019

150+ Store Cattle expected

100+ Calves

200+ Ewes with Lambs @ Foot

For full details please see the published catalogue on our website

www.meltonmowbraymarket.co.uk

Leicestershire Young Farmers Rally 2019

We were pleased to be the main sponsor of the Leicestershire Young Farmers annual rally over the weekend which saw a great turn out. We would like to say a huge congratulations to Melton Mowbray Young Farmers who came out on top winning the overall competition.

Work with us? Melton Mowbray Market has units available for like

minded businesses. Call: 01664 562971

CATTLE

AUCTIONEER – TOM GREENOW Tel: 07775 758586

Clean Cattle – 64 Overall average – 167.03 p/kg

Please note that, going forward, there will be a cap of £30 per beast commission, which will bring our fat cattle commission charges more into line with other outlets. A mixed cattle trade, with literally something for everyone. A lot of plain cattle in the mix, which need to be considered in the averages. Several nice butchers heifers which landed readily between 215-226 p/kg, with vendors more than pleased with the days trading.

Please phone me to discuss marketing your cattle – ready competition in this ring for absolutely anything and everything, with 20 active accounts ringside today.

A top price in the heifers of 230p/kg for J B Thompson and per head of £1369.85 for H & B A Witcomb. In the Steers a top of 212p/kg for A Robinson and per head of £1349.24 for H & B A Witcomb.

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

Light Steers 4 212 A Robinson 149.66

Medium Steers

13 207 J B Thompson 181.03

Heavy Steers 7 190 H & B A Witcomb

155.82

Light Heifers 7 194 M Hurst 137.83

Medium Heifers

24 230 J B Thompson 190.3

Heavy Heifers

6 209 H & B A Witcomb

177.52

Steers Top Gross (£ p/h) Vendor

1349.24 H & B A Witcomb 1299.68 JC & AT Hutchinson

1292.69 J B Thompson 1240.33 J H Dunthorne & Son

1213.2 J Bunning

Heifers Top Gross (£ p/h) Vendor

1369.85 H & B A Witcomb 1320.06 J B Thompson

1278.32 J B Thompson 1267.3 P W Bird & Son

1258.34 F & EM Taylor & Sons

Barren Cows – 18 Overall Average – 112.11p/kg

A serious, serious trade. More needed with fierce trade on everything FABBL or

not. Cow meat in superb demand and buyers only wanting more.

Grade 2 (2) to 130p/kg

Grade 3 (9) to 125p/kg

Grade 4 (5) to 106p/kg

Ungraded (1) to 15p/kg

Bulls (12) to 163p/kg Please could all cattle be easily identifiable with two clean tags, the right sex

on the passport and an entry form correctly filled in including TB Status. Thank you in advance.

SHEEP

AUCTIONEER – SCOTT RUCK Tel: 01664 493 023

**PLEASE NOTE HOGGS MUST BE MOUTHED AND DECLARED FROM NOW ONWARDS- ANY HOGGS WITH TEETH UP WILL BE WEIGHED AND SOLD AT

THE END OF THE VENDORS RUN**

Prime New Season Lambs 482 - SQQ 221.16p/kg Reports from the Monday markets telling a tale of doom and gloom for the lamb trade however this section looking well sold under the circumstances. An SQQ above and beyond expectations achieved by other outlets with every kilo weighed and paid for today at Melton. Quality sought after with the best end readily 225p/kg + & topping at 250p/kg for G C Rivett’s 40kg. With W R Gill’s 41.5kg to 246p/kg and I G Birden with 37.5kg to 240p/kg. D Smith & Sons 42kg to 238p/kg with B A Williamson to 238p/kg. 230p/kg + seen for R L Law, IJ & PJ Handley and J Hawley & Sons Continentals. A top of £102 seen for W R Gill’s, Shapley 41.5kg. With £100 for busting pens of Continental x from G C Rivett, D Smith & Sons, B A Williamson & IJ &PJ Handley. £90-£100 readily for the better meated lambs with those off the boil just a shade less.

Prime Hoggs 804 - SQQ 191.36p/kg An SQQ which includes some of the leanest and clear up end of line hoggs sold this year including a number with teeth up and would easily be nearer 200p/kg + and if they had been separated as stores. Trade still holding up as processors stick with the hoggs in preference of new season but change over must be imminent. H Haywood & Son topping at £100 for heavies with £98.50 for J Beesley’s 51kg. Cade Farming, Livesey Bros and a handy run from Robert Hazlewood all readily £95 for the lighter end.

A top p/kg of 207p three times for Beeswax Dyson & Robert Hazelwood & H

Haywood & Sons 43 – 45kg. With 206p/kg For C Baxter’s 41.5kg and 205p/kg

for 45kg also from Beeswax Dyson.

Lambs and Hoggs wanted week in week out for more and more buyers joining

the force. This week 11 on 18 accounts.

Ewe Hoggs – 52 Looking well sold again, a top today of £132/head for Lowesby Farms flashy mules with Texel x from C Baxter to £110. **A show of smart Texels next week awaits – photos will be on our Facebook

page.**

Cull Ewes – 331

A sharp trade which rose as the sale went on. Everything dearer with firms

seemingly wanting to buy meat. A top price of £121 for G C Baker, Ancaster

Overall average - £69.44

Ewes and Lambs – 211 (ewes) 281 (lambs) They keep coming! The smartest run of Mule Hoggs and Lambs seen for some time from Lowesby Farms topping at £89/head and £178/outfit with all other pens readily £86-89. W Frith’s Texel Theaves and lambs to £88/life and Willows activity Farms useful mules with Texel x Lambs at foot to £68. Older ewes with younger lambs readily £60/life + with £50 - £60 for others accordingly.

Overall average per life – £62.88

Please do not hesitate to contact us if bringing Prime sheep in so we can make eager buyers aware of numbers expected.

**PLEASE ENSURE YOUR HOGGS ARE IN THE MARKET BEFORE 9:30AM TO AVOID LATE STARTS – HELP US SO THAT WE CAN HELP YOU**

STORES AND REARED CATTLE

AUCTIONEER – BEN SHOULER Tel: 01664 560181

Store cattle – 176

Less numbers than previous weeks most likely due to the seasonal silage making time. Trade overall very good with some excellent prices achieved from start to finish. Top price on the day goes to G Stevenson of Coleshill who sold a 9 month old Charolais Steer to £1130. Older cattle also in great demand with A L Lamb & Son of Great Casterton selling Two 20 month old Saler Steers to £1105. Don’t forget to book your cattle in for future weeks – 01664 562971

Cows and Calves – 14 Choice cows with calves at foot selling extremely well, bit older cow outfits failing to reach the heights of previous weeks. Top price of £1460 for a 4 year old Blue cow with 6 week old Blue calf at foot from Delamore Farms of Terrington St Clement.

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

STEERS Breed

No. Of heads

Age Price (£/h) p/kg

Saler 2 20 months 1105 1.98

Limousin x 1 18 months 980 2.08

Hereford 4 14 months 950 1.79 Limousin x 1 15 months 800 1.81

Aberdeen Angus x

5 21 months 725 2.02

Aberdeen Angus x

2 25 months 680 1.49

Aberdeen Angus x

1 26 months 660 1.53

Limousin x 1 25 months 590 1.53 British Blue x 2 24 months 520 1.51

Hereford 1 21 months 410 1.18

HEIFERS Breed

No. Of heads Age Price (£/h) p/kg

Saler 2 21 months 1020 1.88

Limousin x 1 25 months 925 1.83 Longhorn x 2 23 months 705 1.67

Aberdeen Angus x

1 30 months 665 1.56

Aberdeen Angus x

6 25 months 635 1.79

Aberdeen Angus x

5 24 months 580 1.61

Limousin x 2 20 months 575 1.66 Aberdeen Angus x

1 27 months 525 1.5

South Devon 1 22 months 500 1.19

Longhorn x 2 24 months 300 1.01

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Rearing Calves – 45

Better selection of Continental X calves met with higher prices. A J A Dilks of Shottle, Derbys topped the section with Charolais bulls reaching £390, Limousin bulls to £380 and Charolais heifers to £300. Paul Cash of Boston also sold Limousin bulls to £355 and J A & A J Coxon of Church Broughton sold a Limousin heifer for £225. N G & C A Taylor sold a British Blue heifer for £210. Bull Calves Top Price £ Average £

Friesian 95 Holstein 170 72

A Angus 185 155

Hereford 170 150 Charolais 390 342

Limousin 380 238

Heifer Calves Top Price £ Average £

A Angus 190 162

Hereford 140

British Blue 210

Limousin 225 130

Charolais 300 283

Reared/Weanlings - 61 under 6 months

More buyers looking for youngstock to turn out helped to boost prices and maintain a good solid trade for both suckler and dairy bred stock.

A top price of £630 was paid for a Charolais steer from Richard Booth of Bicker while a Charolais X heifer from K J Goatcher of Grantham made £610.

T R H Jackson & Partners of Great Ponton also sold 3 Charolais steers for £590 each and Throckenholt Farms of Spalding sold a Simmental X bull for £500 and 2 younger Limousin heifers for £430 each.

Hereford X heifers from K J Goatcher reached £490 and S J Branson of Leicester sold a B Blue steer for £465 and a Hereford X heifer for £450.

Albert Hopkinson of Stanley sold 2 younger Charolais steers for £450 each and M G Fraser of Norwich sold 2 Limousin X steers for £400 each.

Richard Wingate of Wilksby sold several well matched bunches of native dairy bred stock with Black Hereford steers selling to £375, Angus steers to £350 and Red Hereford heifers to £345.

Steer/Bull Calves Top Price £ Average £ Shorthorn 340 250

A Angus 340 339 Charolais 630 600

Limousin 400 301

Simmental 500 Hereford 375 331

British Blue 465 300

Heifer Calves Top Price £ Average £

A Angus 350 306

British Blue 295

Hereford 490 320

Charolais 610 503

Limousin 430 400

Shorthorn 215 207

Pigs – 86

More buyers helped to boost prices to create the best trade this year.

Both prime gilts and boars from Stan Taylor of Bottesford reached £140, while

Brooksby Melton College sold cull sows to £120.

20 Fat (Cutters and Porkers) to £140 Average £116

29 Stores to £62 Average £43

25 Weaners to £34 Average £29

9 Cull Sows to £120 Average £99

2 Cull Boars to £98 Average £77

1 In Pig Sow to £128

NEXT PIG SALE

TUESDAY 4th JUNE 2019

TUESDAY SALE TIMES

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

RING 2 REARED CALVES 11.00am Followed by COWS & CALVES & DAIRY COWS Followed by STORE CATTLE

RING 3 REARING CALVES 10.00am

SHEEP CENTRE PRIME LAMBS 10.30am Followed by CULL EWES STORE LAMBS 11.30am Followed by BREEDING SHEEP & RAMS

FUR AND FEATHER AUCTION TIMES SUNDRIES - 9.00AM (Stock accepted up to 8.45am on a Tuesday & 1pm on a

Monday) POULTRY - 9.30AM followed by the sale of Rabbits CAGE & AVAIRY - 9.30AM

followed by the sale of Eggs & Game ALL STOCK MUST BE BOOKED IN BY 9.15AM (unless stated)

ANY STOCK PRESENTED AFTER THIS TIME MAY BE REFUSED

FIRST, THIRD & FIFTH TUESDAY OF THE MONTH PIGS 9.00am

PRIVATE SALES

12 Pedigree Simmental cows with Registered Calves at foot - High herd

health status, Warwickshire Choice of 4 Pedigree Simmental Bulls from a high herd health status herd 20 Pedigree Longhorn Cows with Calves at Foot following a herd reduction 12 British blue bulling heifers - Reared from top grading calves. 18/20

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Pedigree Aberdeen Angus Bulls ready to work, EBV’s available, BVD accredited, TB4 – Cambridge SEE PICTURE BELOW

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Scott Ruck: 07796 897516 or 01664 562971

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