Cows 137.5p to 56.0p av p or av Charolais x to 113.5p ( ) Shorthorn to 137.5p ( ) Dexter to 56p ( 208.

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1 SOUTHERN COUNTIES AUCTIONEERS Salisbury Livestock Market Tuesday 19 th July 2016 Head of Stock (915) Barren Cows & Bulls (7) Auctioneer Iain Soutar Trade: A very small entry, hardly surprising on a scorcher in July, met a good trade particularly for the best meat with a smart underage Charolais x from Simon and Sarah Thorne, Romford Mill Farms, topping at a fabulous 169.5p and older sorts to 137.5p for a Beef Shorthorn from Tod Carder. A meaty little Dexter bull from TP & JH Stevenson reached 63.5p. Cows 137.5p to 56.0p av p or av Charolais x to 113.5p ( ) Shorthorn to 137.5p ( ) Dexter to 56p ( ) UTM 169.5p or ( Charolais x ) 63.5p or ( Dexter ) OTM Clean Cattle (12) Auctioneer Iain Soutar Trade: A decent demand in this section with Hereford steers from Messrs J & M Stallard & Son selling particularly well at up 175.5p or Friesian types in demand to break up at up to 127.5p for well covered heavy animals from Ray Long. As with the younger cattle heifers generally harder work topping at 161.5p for a Simmental x from Messrs Head Bros. As usual over three year old cattle heavily penalised. Steers 175.5p to 94.0p av p or av Hereford x to 175.5p ( ) Friesian to 127.5p ( ) Swedish Red & White to 119.5p ( ) Heifers 161.5p to 121.5p av p or av Simmental x to 161.5p ( ) British Blue x to 141.5p ( ) Limousin x to 139p ( ) UTM Finished Cattle (43) Auctioneer Iain Soutar Trade: A grand entry for a real haymaking day with numbers and quality both good, although there were no really best butcher s types available other than the good conformation South Devon bulls from Wakeley Cox which shared top price of 195.5p with a much heavier Angus x steer from Lockerley Hall Farms which grossed an impressive Another really good run of mainly dairy cross continentals from Matthew Pickford, Stoke Farms, saw British Blues reach 189.5p for steers and 179p for heifers, whilst Simmental x steers from Messrs Head Bros reached 189.5p with their Angus to 184.5p. Other good Angus cattle saw steers to 184p from Tod Carder and 179.5p from Jack and Sheila Barker with the day s top price heifer from Tod Carder at 183.5p. Top heifer return to Messrs J & M Stallard & Son with a Simmental x at

2 Farm assurance is getting more and more important, unless you ve got the very best butcher s quality or you leave enough time and scope for someone else to get them assured ( 90 days ). Although you may not agree with the principle, or practice of it, there is no doubt it is essential to access the main markets for beef cattle and allow all to bid for your cattle. Steers (25) Top price 195.5p per kilo Lightweight 189.5p to 123.5p av p or av Mediumweight 184.5p to 113.5p av p or av Heavyweight 195.5p to 155.5p av p or av Overall average p per kilo Angus x to 195.5p ( ) British Blue x to 189.5p ( ) Simmental x to 189.5p ( ) Limousin x to 176.5p ( ) Hereford x to 174.5p ( ) Jersey to 131.5p ( ) Young Bulls (5) Top price 195.5p per kilo Lightweight 134.5p to 107.5p av p or av Mediumweight 195.5p to 166.5p av p or av Overall average p per kilo South Devon to 195.5p ( ) Angus to 166.5p ( ) Heifers (13) Top price 183.5p per kilo Mediumweight 183.5p to 159.0p av p or av Heavyweight 169.5p to 164.5p av p or av Overall average p per kilo Angus x to 183.5p ( ) British Blue x to 179p ( ) Simmental x to 168.5p ( ) Charolais x to 169.5p ( ) Sheep (585) Auctioneer Simon Whaley PLEASE NOTE IMPORTANT As from January 1 st 2015 all sheep must have electronically readable ear tags. Please make sure you are able to comply and have sufficient tags ready for your sheep in advance. Trade: A few less sheep on offer probably due to haymaking. Trade for blue marked lambs easier by some by some 5p per kilo across the weight ranges partly due to the very hot weather and the strengthening of sterling against the euro after the last two weeks gains. Top price standardweights 188p per kilo form D Mann & Son of Bowerchalke, mediumweights to 191p per kilo from R W Gould of Pilton whose heavyweights also topped at the same money, overweights to 161p per kilo for JA & H Cradock of Motcombe, Shaftesbury. Yellow marked lambs topped at 189p per kilo for mediumweights from Mrs N & A Irwin of Cheriton, Alresford. Unpresented lambs topped at 185.1p per kilo from the Kings Farm Partnership of Alresford. A similar number of cull ewes and rams this week but very few best

3 quality forward, ewes carrying fat very difficult to sell once again but plainer sorts an improved trade throughout. Top price ewes from C & R Brown of Over Wallop, Stockbridge. Top price ram 80 from Philip Harrison of Wincanton. Would vendors of hoggets please mark any sheep with broad teeth erupted as these have to be sold separately. Vendors please note that dirty sheep which cannot be killed will be heavily discounted by buyers. Please clip out where necessary. VENDORS MANY THANKS TO THOSE WHO NOTIFIED US OF THEIR LIKELY ENTRIES FOR TODAY S MARKET, FOR THOSE WHO DIDN T PLEASE BE KIND ENOUGH TO DO SO NEXT TIME AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE AND IN ANY CASE BY 4PM MONDAY EITHER TO MY MOBILE OR TO OUR SALISBURY OFFICE SO THAT PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS MAY BE INFORMED OF LIKELY NUMBERS COMING FORWARD - THANK YOU. Blue Marked Lambs Top price 191p per kilo kgs 150p to 188p av p or 54 to av p to 191p av p or to 85 av kgs 175p to 191p av p or 82 to 97 av kgs + 161p or 86 Yellow Marked Lambs Top price 189p per kilo kgs 180p to 189p av p or 72 to 82 av kgs 184p to 185p av p or to 92 av Unpresented Lambs Top price 185.1p per kilo kgs 154p to 185.1p av.178.1p or 57 to av kgs 133p to 142.5p av p or 56 to 62 av kgs 147.1p to 150p av p or 75 Unpresented Hoggets 52kgs p or 51 2 Teeth Hoggets 52kgs p to 104.3p av. 76.5p or 55 to av Best Ewes 68 to av Medium Ewes 52 to 66 av Plain Ewes 25 to 50 av Ram 54 to 80 av. 62 Overall ewe average per head PLEASE NOTE VERY IMPORTANT Please remember to complete the top 2 sections of your Sheep Licence in full including relevant flock numbers etc. Vendors - if you have not done so already, please consider getting farm assured. Further details - contact abm This is making a marked difference to prices achieved.

4 Store Cattle (155) Auctioneer Ian Tanner Trade: A tremendous entry today, for a scorching day, it s safe to say we felt the heat! A real mixed quality entry, with a large amount of harder, dairy bred cattle met a superb trade for the entry, less faces around the ring but all hungry for cattle. Better bred sorts a really fantastic trade. Large numbers of 4-6 m.o. stores found good support, mainly Friesian steers/bulls or harder smaller beef types sold very well. Aberdeen Angus heifers to 307 from Shaun Howe with Hereford steers to 340 and British Blues to 355, 4 m.o. Charolais steers to 412 from Dave Cradock with his Hereford heifers to 350. Plenty of m.o. cattle forward today, and for the entry a real trade. John Terpstra s lorry load saw Friesian steers to a grand 669, Aberdeen Angus steers to 710, Hereford to 735 and Blues to 745. Hard Friesian steers from Wakely Cox sold exceptionally well trading from , his Aberdeen Angus hit a superb 845. Stronger Charolais steers to 920, Aberdeen Angus to 880 from a Hampshire farmer. Mick Newell s beef Shorthorn s sold to a super 920. Robert Marsh s Hereford steers sold well to 865 (1.80p a kilo) top price today to a fantastic 950 from Messrs Whitfield for an Aberdeen Angus heifer. Keep them coming, a very strong trade for the entry today. Bulls Steers Heifers Aber Ang m.o m.o m.o Hereford 30 m.o m.o m.o m.o Charolais/Simmental m.o m.o m.o British Blue 30 m.o m.o m.o m.o m.o. 355 Friesian m.o m.o m.o Limousin m.o. 630

5 British White m.o m.o m.o. 200 Shorthorn m.o. 920 Dexter m.o m.o. 140 Calves (5) Auctioneer Ian Tanner Trade: Just a pen full met a super trade, with less customers but trade just as strong, more are needed here, top price to a medium blue bull at 250 from Garrett and Mannerings. Bull Calves Friesians (2) 50 to 49 av Garrett & Mannerings, Compton Brit Blue (1) 250 As above OTH (1) 104 As above Shorthorn (1) 90 As above Weaned Calves (4) Auctioneer Ian Tanner Trade: A super demand for the goods here, topping at 300 for a Limousin heifer from Dave Cradock, do let me know if you have any to market. Bull Calves Simmental (1) 262 Cradock & Son, Peasedown St John Hereford x (1) 210 Cradock & Son, Peasedown St John Heifer Calves Brit Blue (1) 220 P Crawford, Hedge End Limousin (1) 300 Cradock & Son, Peasedown St John Pigs (122) Auctioneer John Bundy Trade: The best finished pigs remaining a very good trade. Sows and Boars once again dearer. All rearers much more difficult with haymaking, harvest and the extreme weather resulting in a shortage of buyers albeit today s quality not up to the standard set of late. Strong Stores 28 to 94 Sows 48 to 112 Medium Stores 5 to 23 Boars 69 to 78 Small Stores 1 to 15 Gilts 75 Sow/9 115