Frome Market, Standerwick, Frome, Somerset BA11 2QB

Tel: 01373 830 033 Fax: 01373 831 201 Email: info@fromelivestock.com Website: www.fromelivestock.com

Auctioneers: Cooper & Tanner and Symonds & Sampson

Sale Reports & Information for the week ending

27th SEPTEMBER 2019

2192 HEAD SOLD

PRIME CATTLE to 211.50p/kg CULL COWS to 143.50p/kg DAIRY to £1700 CALVES to £390 PRIME LAMBS to 180p/kg STORE LAMBS to £60 PIGS to £200 CULL EWES to £64.50 STORE STEERS to £1192 STORE HEIFERS to £1072

Any pictures gratefully received. Please send to the market office.

WEDNESDAY 25TH SEPTEMBER 2019

TOTAL HEAD SOLD:1206

PRIME CATTLE (82) to 206.50p/kg Starts 11.30am AUCTIONEER: MARK NORTHCOTT 07798 645 274

A good entry met a strong competitive trade with all grades in demand and the best butcher’s cattle dearer. Under 30 month at late rates.

TOP PRICE STEER 206.50p/kg for a Limousin from WA Waterman

TOP PRICE HEIFER 211.50p/kg for a Limousin from WA Waterman

UTM FAT TOTALS: No MIN P/KG MAX P/KG

STEERS

Light 100-550kg 5 129.50 206.50

Medium 551-650kg 19 121.50 187.50

Heavy 650kg+ 8 128.50 179.50

HEIFERS

Light 100-500kg 15 126.50 157.00

Medium 501-590kg 12 137.00 211.50

Heavy 590kg+ 1 168.00 168.00

UTM STEERS (33) Max. 206.50p/kg & £1204 The Waterman’s cracking Limousin topped the steers at 206.50p/kg with Blues to 177.50p/kg from DO Webb. Simmental x to 179.50p/kg from JC Stainer. Angus in strong demand to 187.50p/kg from Norridge Farms. Herefords to 169.50p/kg from JC Stainer. Friesians met another good trade to 149.50p/kg from FJ Lessey & Son.

UTM STEERS

BREED MAX

(p/kg) VENDOR

MAX (£)

VENDOR

Limousin 206.50 WA Waterman, Bockhampton

1053 WA Waterman, Bockhampton

Angus 187.50 Norridge Farms, Warminster

1117 Norridge Farms, Warminster

Simmental 179.50 JC Stainer, Trowbridge 1204 JC Stainer, Trowbridge

Blue 177.50 DO Webb, Radstock 1082 DO Webb, Radstock

Hereford 169.50 JC Stainer, Trowbridge 1163 JC Stainer, Trowbridge

Friesian 149.50 FJ Lessey & Son, Wincanton

929 FJ Lessey & Son, Wincanton

Charolais 147.50 Norridge Farms, Warminster

1060 Norridge Farms, Warminster

UTM HEIFERS (28) Max. 211.50p/kg & £1237

Best butcher’s heifers sold to 211.50p/kg forv an excellent Limousin from the Watermans. Angus in strong demand to 168p/kg from RC Few & Sons. Devons to 139.50p/kg from John Fairey Will Trust. Herefords a good trade to 170.50p/kg from EF Saunders & Sons.

UTM HEIFERS

BREED MAX

(p/kg) VENDOR MAX (£) VENDOR

Limousin 211.50 WA Waterman, Bockhampton

1237 WA Waterman, Bockhampton

Hereford 170.50 EF Saunders & Sons, Warmwell

879 Lulworth Castle Farms, Wareham

Angus 168.00 RC Few & Sons, Warminster

1066 RC Few & Sons, Warminster

Devon 139.50 J Fairey Will Trust, Hampshire

682 J Fairey Will Trust, Hampshire

OTM PRIME CATTLE (21) Max. 165p/kg & £1058 Hereford steers to 159.50p/kg from AR Smith, Simmentals to 144p/kg from RW Masters & Partners. Over 36month Galloways to 133p/kg from Lulworth Castle Farms. Hereford heifers to 165p/kg also from Lulworth Castle Farms, Devons to 149.50p/kg from John Fairey Will Trust and Friesians to 131p/kg from WA Salvidge & Son.

CULL COWS (31) to 143.50p/kg Starts 11.30am AUCTIONEER: MARK NORTHCOTT 07798 645 274 A small entry met a dearer trade gaining 12p on average and many more could have easily been sold to the advantage.

BEEF COWS (11) Max. 143.50p/kg & £1188 Beef cows also sold to a fast trade with RTJ Voizey & Partners heavy Fleckvieh selling to 143.50p/kg or £1188. Devons to 126.50p/kg from John Fairey Will Trust, Herefords to 122p/kg from G Butt. Simmental to 138.50p/kg also from G Butt, Highlands 114.50p/kg also from RJ Sparshott. Feeding cows wanted.

DAIRY COWS (20) Max. 123p/kg & £902 Friesian meat cows in strong demand to 123p/kg from LW & RJ Wyatt with others at 123p/kg, 121.50p/kg and 120.50p/kg (twice). Manufacturing cows also urgently wanted and dearer with plain cows selling from 77p. More cows please to keep buyers coming.

CULL COWS

BREED MAX

(p/kg) VENDOR

MAX (£)

VENDOR

Fleckvieh 143.50 RTJ Voizey & Prtnrs, Yeovil

1188 RTJ Voizey & Prtnrs, Yeovil

Simmental 138.50 G Butt, Shepton Mallet

832 G Butt, Shepton Mallet

Devon 126.50 J Fairey Will Trust, Hampshire

1038 RJ Sparshott, Blandford

Friesian 123.00 LW & RJ Wyatt, Bath 902 PF & J Osborne, Westbury

Hereford 122.00 G Butt, Shepton Mallet

799 G Butt, Shepton Mallet

Highland 114.50 RJ Sparshott, Blandford

744 RJ Sparshott, Blandford

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FARM ASSURANCE IS VITALLY IMPORTANT:

A number of abattoirs are now only accepting farm assured cattle and as such we strongly advise vendors to register with an approved body. This will give your cattle the greatest chance of achieving the best possible price.

SHEEP (653) Starts 10.30am AUCTIONEER: ROSS WHITCOMBE 07815 985 737 NEW SEASON LAMBS (497) MAX 180p/kg & £85.50 A nice entry of lambs forward, however 1 or 2 on the leaner side. The weather has changed and lambs are needing to be fed to maintain condition. There is a big price difference between a heavy, lean lamb and a heavy, fleshed lamb. Best lambs to 180p/kg from Shaplands Farm Partnership and £85.50 from Mike Knowles & Sally Withers. Meated lambs all generally 163p/kg+. Leaner types have pulled back today’s average. 500+ lambs needed here each week to maintain buyers support.

NO. WEIGHT

(KG) MAX

(P/KG) VENDOR

MAX (£)

VENDOR

57 32.1-39 160.00 DR & PS Osborne, Keynsham

62.50 DR & PS Osborne, Keynsham

243 39.1-45.5 169.00 THJ Denbee, Wedmore

74.00 AC & JL Raymond, Templecombe

178 45.6-52 180.00 Shaplands Farm Prtnrs, Wiltshire

84.50 Shaplands Farm Prtnrs, Wiltshire

17 52+ 161.00 MJ Knowles & S Withers, Claverham

85.50 MJ Knowles & S Withers, Claverham

STORE SHEEP (93) Max. £60 A nice entry of store lambs which looked a good price compared to the prime lambs. Some of these leaner prime lambs could be better sold in the store section. Best store lambs to £60 from Kings Farm Partnership. Anything with a bit of frame and strength was £56+. Nothing under £45 today which included some mini sorts. Don’t forget our monthly sale this Friday – 27th September, over 600 store lambs booked with 600 breeding ewes and 80 breeding rams. Any undeclared ram store lambs will be subject to a 25% deduction if found by the buyer after the auction. To prevent this please declare all ram lambs when booking them in.

CULL EWES & RAMS (63) Max. £64.50 A smaller entry of cull ewes forward which was an easier trade than of late. The entry mainly consisted of hill or plain types. Fleshed Suffolk types to £64.50 from GR Williams of Priddy, more wanted each week.

ARE YOU UNDER TB RESTRICTION?

We hold regular Restricted Orange Sales for Cull Cows, Prime and Store Cattle

Restricted Orange Sales 2019 Dates:

MONDAY 21st OCTOBER NO SALE IN NOVEMBER

MONDAY 2nd DECEMBER

Cattle must be licenced to these sales please call the Market Office on

01373 830033 for more information

Entries for catalogue by the Wednesday prior to sale please

Licences must be obtained from animal health at least one week before the sale.

Applying for a licence has now changed an application form (TB204) must be completed

and either emailed to CSC.TBlicensing@apha.gis.gov.uk or

posted to APHA, Polwhele, Truro, Cornwall, TR4 9AD

FORTHCOMING SPECIAL SALES

In addition to the regular sections on a Wednesday and Friday:

Friday 27th September Special Monthly Sale Of

Breeding Ewes & Stock Rams Including: Society Show & Sale from Both The

Blue Texel & Beltex Sheep Societies

Wednesday 2nd October Fortnightly Sale of Stirks

Saturday 5th October To Include: Pure & Rare Breed Poultry

Hatching Eggs & Poultry Related Deadstock

Wednesday 9th October Fortnightly Sale of Pigs

Wednesday 9th October Herd dispersal:

100 Friesian Holstein in-milk & in-calf dairy heifers & cows

Wednesday 16th October Special sale of Suckler Cattle

Monday 21st October

Orange Market for Prime, Cull & Store Cattle

Entry Forms, Catalogues & Calendar available online at

www.fromelivestock.co.uk where you can also pre-enter stock

PIGS Starts. 10.15am AUCTIONEER: WILL WALLIS 07833 453 482 Not many quality pigs forward this week with a large number of boars also. Trade for culls and lighter fat pigs very strong again.

FAT PIGS Again the trade for porker weights very strong with 2 good pens from CE Tombs of Tadley to £114 and £96. Mostly heavier boar pigs forward with less demand. The best to £90 from WJ Tinney and £89 from MJ Knowles.

STORE PIGS Stronger stores to £58 from SR Horn. A nice run from V & H Christopher & Son of Manston to £38 and £28. Younger sorts from the same farm to £20.

CULL SOWS & BOARS Trade again lively with more wanted. The best heavy cull sows to £200 from PB Weeks & Son, others to £158 and £140. Good medium sows from BA Winter to £128. Our next fortnightly sale of pigs is Wednesday 9th October.

DAIRY CATTLE (31) Starts. 11.00am AUCTIONEER: TREVOR ROWLAND 07968 480 401 CALVED HEIFERS TO £1700 CALVED COWS TO £1360 A day where quality was sought but in short supply! The day was off to a flyer with a super heifer from regular vendor WL Baxandall where fast bidding saw their heifer to £1700 with their smaller framed heifer to £1325. Brian Fielding saw his best heifers to £1400 and £1320. Other heifers from GL Groves & Son from Bridgwater saw similar trade to £1380 and £1320. A Kiwi x heifer from IP & CJ Pickford saw competitive bidding to £900. Heifer calves sold to £220 from Stavordale Farm. MT & DG Handy’s dispersal of 7 freshly calved cows and 10 incalf cows saw competitive bidding from start to finish. Younger freshly calved cows saw a firm trade with plenty of demand from a packed ring of buyers. Best cows to £1360, £1280 and £1120. Older cows £950 - £800. In calf cows saw a more selective trade with most falling between £780 - £650.

NEXT FORTNIGHTLY PIG SALE:

WEDNESDAY 9TH OCTOBER 10.15am

Please contact the Auctioneer Will Wallis 07833 453 482

with your entries in advance

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NEXT FORTNIGHTLY SALE OF REARED CALVES

WEDNESDAY 2nd OCTOBER FOLLOWING THE CALVES

Please contact the Auctioneer Charlie Coleman 07494 588013

or the market office 01373 831010 with your entries in advance

CALVES (338) Starts 10.00am AUCTIONEERS: TIM HECTOR 07818 056 049 CHARLIE COLEMAN: 07494 588 013

Numbers up on the week and up on the year. Frome continues to be the place

to sell your calves with today proving Angus and quality are in serious demand.

CONTINENTAL BULLS TO £390/HEIFERS TO £260 Today saw quality and more quality forward with Blue bull calves in real

demand with 2 from J Sprake both topping at £390. It was a pleasure to see

Wardour Farms of Shaftesbury with their calf reaching £388. Medium bull

calves were a good trade with only the smallest under the £100 mark. A super

Limousin bull from BWR Hasell topped at £245 and a Simmental bull from the

Trowbridge family raced to £350. Heifers again found strong competition for the

best with Blue heifers topping at £260 from the Milton family. Plenty were £220+

with medium heifers settling at £160+. Only the smaller crossbred sorts would

be harder work under £100. Simmentals met a fierce trade with FR Cox’s

heifers charging to £250.

NATIVE BULLS TO £312/NATIVE HEIFERS TO £235 Once again Angus keeps getting dearer, an absolute stonker of a trade today

with the best bull to £312 with well over 20 calves over £230. Medium sorts

would be £180 - £160 and smallest to £100. Herefords are still rewarded for the

best calves seeing P Wade’s bull sail to £265, with others to £195 from D & J

Garrett. Angus heifers followed the trend of the bulls with best regularly to £100

to top at £125 from Chris Legg. Smaller calves to £50 with all looking well sold.

Hereford heifers topped at £235 from the Garretts and £200 from P Wade.

Smaller end and medium sorts looked good value to the rearer.

FRIESIANS TO £76 FLECKVIEH TO £352 Rearing Friesians again in real demand with a top price of £78 from LK

Farming. Plenty £75 - £70. Fleckviehs have stormed over the line today with the

Voizey family’s best bull to £352 and others to £270. Thank you to all vendors

and customers for your support.

The winner of the £25 for the top price Native sired heifer calf under 41 days

sponsored by Howard & Sons – Kubota, was a Hereford heifer from D & J

Garrett to £235. Next week the £25 sponsored prize will be for the top price any

breed male/female.

FRIDAY 20TH SEPTEMBER 2019 TOTAL STORE CATTLE SOLD: 986

SALE TIME: 10.30AM AUCTIONEERS: TREVOR ROWLAND 07968 480 401 LESTER WILLIAMS 07778 646 031 ROSS WHITCOMBE 07815 985 737

STEERS TO £1192 HEIFERS TO £1072 A brighter trade than expected with a couple of fresh faces around the ring looking to source cattle. More could have been sold to the advantage, please keep the cattle coming.

ORGANIC A superb entry of over 120 Organic all met with a very lively trade from the start. A few more Organic registered buyers forward this week and all were well sold. Strong 19 – 22mo Angus steers from Arminca Ltd from £1050 - £1020. Chave & Foster again presenting their quality stock with South Devon x steers from £975 - £900, Simmentals 16mo to £985 and Angus from the same home to £1050. More top Organics from the Hardwick Bros 16 – 18mo saw excellent bidding £965 - £955 for steers and heifers to £865. Herefords from the same home to £905. Younger Organics saw Simmental steers 12 – 14mo £738 - £730 while heifers were a little harder work at £580. Overall a great day in this section.

SUCKLER COWS & CALVES Nice Angus x cows with quality Angus steer calf from Roger Glover peaked at £1060. Outstanding Blonde x cows with quality calves from P Webber sold to a strong trade at £1270 and £1260. Shorthorn cows running with Simmental Bull from the Locke family sold well to £930.

YOUNG STEERS YOUNG HEIFERS

BREED £/

HEAD AGE VENDOR BREED

£/ HEAD

AGE VENDOR

Angus 1085 17mo AW Neish, Warminster Angus 1045 17mo AW Neish, Warminster

Charolais 955 17mo SJ Cox, Puddletown Simmental 935 16mo M & MR Massey, Bath

Limousin 895 11mo BA & CM Godwin, Bath Limousin 800 14mo Philliols Farm, Wareham

Simmental 890 11mo RE Dury & Son, Bristol Charolais 722 17mo CW House, Lymington

Hereford 842 17mo EF Saunders & Sons, Warmwell

Hereford 698 17mo EF Saunders & Sons, Warmwell

Blue 820 16mo T & J Stainer, Melksham

Blue 695 17mo GH Elliott & Co, Bridgwater

Blonde 750 21mo C & L Farming, Chippenham

Shorthorn 620 14mo AK Locke, Street

HEREFORD & DEVON With plenty of quality forward, the best met a strong buying contingent with a single 24mo steer charging to £900 from D Green with a super run from the Harrison family also to £900. Younger 15mo sorts really ticked the box with a run from EF Saunders topping at £842. 12 – 13mo sorts regularly traded between £750 - £600. Any farming types under 12mo met competition with most goods sailing past £500. A super example of the South Devon breed from J Virgin saw 16mo steers top at £835. Heifers met improved demand throughout with well fleshed cattle finding a premium.

ABERDEEN ANGUS Some real quality types forward with a superb run from AW Neish with best 19mo Angus steers to £1192 with 17mo steers to £1085. 29mo Angus heifers to £1072 and 17mo heifers to £1045. A cracking run of cattle well done! Other quality 18mo Angus steers to £1102 from MF Green and 24mo Angus steers to £1065 from MR Stevens. Medium 17mo Angus steers to £870 from EF Saunders & Sons and 16mo types to £850 from HP & J Flux. Younger Angus to £700 from Little Woolgarston Farm and £635 from EF Saunders & Sons.

FRIESIANS & OTHER DAIRY STORES Today saw a good entry of Friesians with plenty of competition forward with the best well grown steers from C & R Padfield flying to £795 for older steers. Others sold to similar demand at £770, £758 and £740. Younger sorts from T & J Stainer saw 15mo Friesians to £562. Any cattle showing potential met demand throughout.

YOUNG CONTINENTALS A few more younger Continentals coming forward and as with other sections trade

was lively. A glorious run from James Foot commanded premium prices which saw

his 8 – 11mo Simmental suckled steers to £830 and £795. Simmental heifers from

the same home to £688 - £612. Cracking 11mo Limousin steers from Brian & Rob

Godwin which sold to a flyer with best types to £895 with others to £842 and £755.

11mo Limousin heifers from the same good home to £760 and £620.

FORWARD CONTINENTALS A nice entry of forward Continentals entered today with some real quality types

on offer. Simmental steers 20mo to £1010 from J Trott & Sons with quality

18mo Charolais steers to £1000 from SJ Cox. 18mo Simmental steers to £970

from WT & JM Hill with Blues to £965 from D Foot. Simmental heifers 16mo to

£935 from M & MR Massey. Forward 27mo Blues to £905 with smart 19mo

Blues to £875 from T & J Stainer.

FORWARD STEERS FORWARD HEIFERS

BREED £/

HEAD AGE VENDOR BREED

£/ HEAD

AGE VENDOR

Angus 1192 19mo AW Neish, Warminster

Angus 1072 29mo AW Neish, Warminster

Simmental 1010 20mo J Trott & Sons, Castle Cary

Blue 905 27mo David Foot, Weymouth

Charolais 1000 18mo SJ Cox, Puddletown Hereford 860 24mo Little Woolgarston Farm, Wareham

Blue 965 25mo David Foot, Weymouth

Simmental 845 18mo WT & JM Hill, Sherborne

Hereford 900 22mo D Harrison & Sons, Bath

Limousin 830 20mo HP & J Flux, Nr Cowes

Devon 835 20mo J Virgin, Dorchester Charolais 760 18mo HP & J Flux, Nr Cowes

Friesian 795 26mo C & R Padfield, Melksham

Friesian 678 36mo LO Clothier & Sons, Chewton Mendip

Harvest Thanksgiving at Frome Market

7pm Thursday 3rd October

Conducted by the Market Chaplin Father Fairclough

Service, Auction and optional supper.

South West British Limousin Cattle Breeders Club are

kindly sponsoring £50 for the highest priced steer or heifer

sired by a Pedigree British Limousin Bull in the month of

October. Sire name to be disclosed.

CONTACT US

Market Office: 01373 830033

Auctioneers & Fieldsmen

Trevor Rowland Store & Dairy Cattle Auctioneer 07968 480401

Mark Northcott Prime Cattle & Cull

Cow Auctioneer 07798 645274

Lester Williams Store Cattle Auctioneer 07778 646031

Tim Hector Calf Auctioneer

07818 056049

Ross Whitcombe Sheep & Store Cattle Auctioneer 07815 985737

Will Wallis Pig Auctioneer 07833 453482

Charlie Coleman Calf & Reared Calves Auctioneer 07494 588013

Greg Ridout Auctioneer

07817 517467

Tom Rogers Fieldsman 07384 462288

Mark Ferrett Fieldsman

07702 264502