Sedgemoor Livestock Market report, Saturday January 25

An exceptional entry of 125 Dairy Cattle, to include 82 milkers, which topped at £2000.

125 Dairy Cattle. Auctioneer's comments:

Greenslade Taylor Hunt report exceptional entry to include 82 milkers generated a fast trade throughout for all types. Pedigree calved heifers from DW & CE Jones of Monmouth topped at £2000, when others sold to £1950 from JG Morgan, £1940 for the first consignment of a phased dispersal from Leggat & Son, Kent. £1910 and £1820 for SFB Agricultural Services.

A smaller entry of cows sold to £1740 (2nd calver) from Deptford Farms; £1720 from J Leggat & Son and £1690 from Alston Sutton Farms.

A second consignment of incalf heifers from MR & J Cheney of Hampshire sold to £1440 (2x) and £1420 (4x). Bulling heifers sold to £760 from E Hudson Baker, Suffolk.

Strong heifer calves sold to £280 (2x) from DH & C Bennett.

READ MORE: Sedgemoor Livestock Market report, Saturday January 18

612 Store Cattle and Grazing Cows. Auctioneer's comments:

Greenslade Taylor Hunt report another good entry in terms of numbers at 612 stores, just slightly up on last year’s equivalent week and part of an excellent 943 with the stirks, met another very bright trade.

Quality feeding stores fiercely contested to a top of £1295 for a Limousin steer (20m & FA) from JC & PA Chapple, Musbury, who also sold a Charolais steer (20m & FA) at £1280 and further Limousin steers at £1200 (19m & FA) and £1180 (21m & FA). Big timbered and fleshed Limousin steers at £1240 (3x 32m & FA) from F & M House & Son, West Huntspill, who sold others similar at £1140 (32/33m & FA). Top drawer Limousin steers at £1180 (17/19m & FA) SJ Williams, North Newton; £1140 (9x 14/22m) RWM Westlake & Sons, Churchinford, who sold reds at £1070 (6x 13/21m); £1120 (19/22m & FA) M Stevens, Okehampton, who sold others at £1045 (7x 20/25m & FA); £1120 (4x 18/21m & FA) TR & RT Tilley, Penzance, who sold others at £1050 (5x 18/22m & FA); £1105 (21m & FA) AW Selley & Son, South Molton and £1075 (2x 18m & FA) DD & ME Purchase, Kentisbury. Blue steers peaked at £1230 for a superb type (23m & FA) from SJ Williams again, who sold another at £1170 (20m & FA). Further best Blue steer at £1220 (21m & FA) AW Selley & Son again. Good types £1160 (19m & FA) N Morrow & Partners, Truro and £1105 (3x 23/25m & FA) CWM & GN Bolt, Huntsham. Simmental steers to £1100 (18m & FA) J & B Hull, Tiverton.

Native steers in tremendous demand to £1220 for a forward Angus (29m, FA & sire) from F & M House & Son again. Further well grown Angus £1195 (19m & FA) N Morrow & Partners again; £1160 (29m, FA & sire) RH Webb, Langport; £1140 (3x 21/22m, FA & sire) TA Blackshire, St Austell; £1130 (4x 21/23m, FA & sire) CM Parker & IF Burnett, Templeton; £1130 again (6x 18/19m, FA & sire) £1115 (6x 18/19m, FA & sire) and £1100 (6x 17/18m, FA & sire) all from C Stone, Puriton; £1105 (4x 17/18m, FA & sire) ET Summerfield, Oxford; £1100 (26m & sire) A Burland, Spaxton; £1080 (18m, FA & sire) AG Ludwell & Son, Holsworthy and £1045 (6x 21/22m, FA & sire) SR Hill, Tiverton. South Devon at £1085 (26m) S Rucklidge, Bicknoller. Hereford steers to £1065 (20/21m, FA & sire) AD Lee, West Buckland. Others to £1060 (25m & FA) AJ & SM Kift, Kentisbury. Welsh Black at £1050 (22m & FA) K & N Crang, Mudford.

Dairy bred steers rose to £1010 for a fleshed Fleckvieh (22m & FA) an up and coming breed, from K & N Crang again. Brown Swiss at £900 (27m & FA) D Hodges, Templecombe, who also sold well grown Friesians at £890 (26/27m & FA). Further strong Friesians £890 again (5x 20/22m & FA) C Stone again. Holsteins £830 (27m & FA) KH & DM Male, Fivehead; £820 (31m & FA) Ellicott & Son, Chedzoy; £805 (9x 25/29m & FA) NJ & CL Parker, Ilchester and £800 (6x 36/45m & FA) MF & MV Attwell, Somerton.

Heifers in tremendous demand to £1165 twice for fleshed Blues (22 & 27m & FA) from AW Selley & Son again. Further fleshed Blues at £1055 (3x 25/26m & FA) G Tucker & Son, Upottery. Well grown Blues £990 (21m & FA) DA Kidner & Son, East Huntspill; £950 (5x 17/21m & FA) AG Ludwell & Son again; £915 (3x 22/24m & FA) AK & CM Quick, Buckland St Mary and £900 (17/19m & FA) N Morrow & Partners again. Limousin heifers peaked at £1105 (33m & FA) from F & M House & Son again. Smart leaner reds at £1100 (21/22m & FA) DA Kidner & Son again. Further Limousins £1095 (27m & FA) FH & DB Gibbons, West Quantoxhead; £1025 (20m & FA) J & B Hull again; £1020 (2x 27m & FA) K & N Crang, Mudford; £1015 (29m & FA) F & M House & Son again; £1000 (2x 22m & FA) M Stevens again; £1000 again (only 17m) JR, RA & RD Stanbury, East Knowstone; £995 (22m) and £900 (20m) Miss P Curry, Sandford; £940 (4x 18m & FA) J & B Hull again; £925 (22m & FA) THJ Denbee, Wedmore and £920 (17m & FA) ET Summerfield, Oxford. Charolais heifers peaked at £1040 (2x 23m & FA) DD & ME Purchase again.

Further good Charolais £1030 (21m & FA) JR, RA & RD Stanbury again; £1025 (4x 26/29m & FA) D Hodges again; £980 (3x 20/22m) £945 (4x 19/23m) and £890 (4x 18/22m) all from MW Bowles, Compton Dundon. Simmental heifers rose to £1025 (3x 21/23m & FA) J & B Hull again, who sold others at £940 (2x 18m & FA). Further Simmentals at £925 (4x 21/22m & FA) THJ Denbee again.

Native heifers sold exceptionally well, particularly for Angus to £1050 (19m, FA & sires) from N Morrow & Partners again. Further Angus £1035 (22m & FA) M Stevens, Okehampton again; £980 (23/24m, FA & sire) TA Blackshire, St Austell again; £945 (3x 20/22m, FA & sire) CJ Mear & Son, Chard; £935 (2x 23m, FA & sire) RN & LA Bell, Durleigh; £930 (2x 24m, FA & sire) TA Blackshire again; £905 (3x 18/22m, FA & sire) AG Ludwell & Son, Holsworthy and £900 (27m, FA & sire) from K & N Crang, Yeovil again. South Devon at £950 (21m) GJ Thomas, Cowbridge. Others £895 (2x 19/20m & FA) DP & MG White, Dalwood.

Dairy heifers to £930 for Jerseys and a Montbeliarde (28/29m & FA) from CM Parker & IF Burnett again.

7 Grazing Cows (pre-movement tested). Auctioneer's comments:

Greenslade Taylor Hunt report small entry of grazing cows sold to £900 for a 2011 born BRB cow from P & G Ford.

312 Busk Calves and Stirks. Auctioneer's comments:

Greenslade Taylor Hunt report another good entry of stirks saw a continuation of the strong trade.

Top price of £900 (2x 15m) for Limousin steers from CA & B Jarvis, who sold another at £810. Younger Limousin to £890 (9m) £890 (10m) AGF Lockyer; £835 (11m) GA & DA Ellis; £815 (3x 10m) £740 (8m) AJ Barrett; £778 (2x 9m) A & P Bradford; £765 (2x 13m) JP Green & Son; £705 (8m) BR & MS Pike and £700 (2x 10m) ASE Bradford. Charolais to £845 (2x 9m) DJ Toogood, who sold others to £835 (2x 8m). Further Charolais to £820 (3x 9m) £750 (10m) HG Bishop & Sons; £745 (2x 10m) B Calder; £700 (6m) and £660 (2x 5m) KJ Dallyn.

Herefords to £800 (2x 14m) T Davey, who sold others to £725 (2x 13m) and £700 (2x 11m). Further Herefords to £680 (8m) B Calder and £610 (2x 9m) A Hares. British Blues to £830 (9m) AGF Lockyer, when dairy bred British Blues sold to £680 (2x 10m) JP Green & Son and £675 (10m) MJ & C Plowright. Blonde to £715 (2x 7m) S Gooding, who sold others to £645 (2x 7m). Simmentals to £715 (2x 10m) £705 (10m) £675 (8m) BK Hockey and £695 (14m) CJ Lambert. Angus to £700 for a bunch of 8 (10m) from MJ & C Plowright & Son, when others sold to £695 (16m) EJ & SJ Court; £655 (3x 8m) FL & NW Palmer and £600 (3x 8m) RD Hobbs.

Heifers sold to a top price of £860 (2x 17m) for Limousins from CA & B Jarvis. Further Limousins to £745 (4x 10m) £715 (4x 11m) AJ Barrett; £715 (2x 12m) N Morrow & Partners; £690 (9m) £670 (2x 9m) £635 (2x 9m) A & P Bradford; £670 (10m) £615 (7m) BR & MS Pike; £670 (11m) EA & DA Ellis; £660 (11m) £615 (8m) GRA Miller; £655 (3x 9m) £615 (4x 9m) C Jones; £635 (6x 8m) TW & SM Stevens; £625 (2x 8m) S Manning. British Blues to £800 (9m) from AGF Lockyer. Charolais to £705 (4x 10m) DJ Toogood, who sold others to £655 (3x 9m). Further Charolais to £705 (10m) HG Bishop & Sons; £610 (4x 7m) £605 (4x 7m) and £600 (4x 7m) KJ Dallyn. Herefords to £700 (18m) T Davey, when younger types sold to £655 (11m) R Hares and £620 (12m) DJ & SE Merrett. Blonde to £645 (5m) S Gooding. Simmentals to £640 (2x 13m) CJ Lambert, who sold others to £570 (2x). Further Simmentals to £530 (7m) L Strong. Angus to £570 (11m) MJ & C Plowright & Son; £540 (9m) S Manning; £520 (2x 8m) FL & NW Palmer and £518 (3x 9m) S Calloway. Welsh Blacks to £580 (2x 12m) N Morrow & Partners.

Beef Breeds (270) – not able to be exported from market. Auctioneer's comments:

Greenslade Taylor Hunt report fewer calves forward saw an improved trade especially on the top end. Top of the day for an 8 week old Blue from DH & C Bennett, same Vendor to £355. Other Blues £370 from JWO Marsh & Partners; £330 from The Colgrove Partnership and £320 from TJ & BE Cowley. Simmentals to £350 for 12 week old calf from DH & C Bennett. Younger to £185 and £170 from RD Knight & Son. Charolais to £300 and £285 from SM & DM Turner Ltd and £260 from GA Quick & Sons. Limousins to £250 for a young calf from Staplegrove Livestock and £205 from MF & AM Jones.

Continental heifers to £300 (3x) and £285 for SM & DM Turner Ltd’s Charolais. Others £290 from GA Quick & Sons. Blues also to £300 from DH & C Bennett and £290 and £245 from FE Hill & Sons. Simmentals to £275 from DH & C Bennett and £180 from DJ Palmer. Limousins to £110 from M & S Powell

Native bulls to £295 (4x) for Angus from Cleave Farm Partnership. Others £275 from CD Griffin & Partners and £275 from DH & C Bennett. Hereford bulls to £290 from DH & C Bennett and £215 (2x) from Cleave Farm Partnership.

Native heifers to £272 for a suckler bred Hereford from JLG Dorse. Others £185 from Cleave Farm Partnership. Angus to £230 (4x) from Cleave Farm Partnership and £210 from FE Hill & Sons.

Friesians (62) – not able to be exported from market. Auctioneer's comments:

Greenslade Taylor Hunt report fewer calves again sold to great demand to a top of £135 for DJ Palmer. Others £100 from GJ & JM Boyer and £100 (2x) from WJ Harraway. Best rearing types £80 plus, mediums £50-70 and plainer types mostly over £25. Fleckvieh to £200 from RF & BA Larcombe.

4131 Sheep. Auctioneer's comments:

Greenslade Taylor Hunt report the following sheep trades:-

Store Lambs (2697)

A much larger entry of 2697 store lambs sold to another very strong trade, particularly for the best lambs, although the smaller types were perhaps a shade easier. Once again the strongest lambs were in excess of £100, to a top of £111 for an outstanding pen from E Bright. Others to £110 from M Bennett; £101 (2x) from NA Norman; £100.50 from MJ & C Arthur; £100 from N Vernoum and AW Selley & Son; £99.50 from S Bye & Son; £99 from S Bale; £98.50 (2x) from BG & TW Randall; £98 from FP Hill & Son and N Vernoum; £96 from C Whiting; £95.50 from R Golledge and £95 from GF & DV Bussell. Overall average £75.51.

Cull Ewes & Rams (1027)

A similar sized entry of 1027 cull ewes and rams saw continuing strong demand for the best and medium ewes, although the leaner types and hill breeds were just slightly easier. Best continental ewes topped at £162 for a very smart pen of Texels from I Andrews. Other best ewes to £134 and £128 from RM & FR Thorne; £128 from S Bye & Son; £126 from GJ Cottrell; £120 (2x) from RG Drew & Sons; £119 from J Hillman; £117 (2x) from H Ralph; £115 from RP Adams; £113.50 from NJ Tucker & Son; £112 from A Churches and £110 from RM & FR Thorne. Cull rams sold to £123 from AFC Atyeo, when others sold to £120 from D Sheldon; £113 from S Francis; £105 from NJ Tucker & Son and £102 from S Bale. Medium ewes £50-£75, plain £25-£50 and boners generally £20 plus. Overall average £78.95.

Breeding Ewes (31)

A small entry of 31 breeding ewes sold to a reasonable trade. Ewes scanned inlamb due April sold to £107 and £102 from P Langdown, who sold others at £99. Overall average £96.

Couples (90 Ewes & 134 Lambs)

A much larger entry of couples, being 90 ewes with 134 lambs at foot, which sold to a noticeably reduced trade. Top call of £200 (£66.67/life) was achieved twice by SJ Cheacker for his doubles. Other best doubles to £195 (£65/life) from Wallover Barton Farm; £180 (£60/life) from MJ Keate and £178 (£59.33/life) from L Habberfield & Son. Singles to £152 (£76/life) from Jones & Pether and £140 (£70/life) from L Habberfield & Son and Wallover Barton Farm. A good bunch of 9 ewes with 15 lambs from J Harding sold well at £188 (£70.50/life). Overall average £59.42/life.

Goats (50)

A mixed entry of 50 goats sold to £108 for a strong billy from RG & AJ Habberfield, when others sold to £97.50, £85 (2x) and £80 from the same Vendors. Others to £78 from IP Merry. Overall average £59.15.

Orphan Lambs (42)

More orphans forward met another bumper trade when a larger entry averaged £20. Top price of £35 with lots of interest for higher quality. More again next week.

850 Poultry. Auctioneer's comments:

Greenslade Taylor Hunt report a slightly smaller entry of 850 head typical for our January sale, which met a relatively strong trade and saw a top of £100 for two silver laced Wyandotte females on behalf of N Croton. Further gold laced Wyandottes, which met a flying trade on the day, sold for £75 from R Sweet, Bishops Lydeard. A rare pair of Silver Carolina wildfowl forward from SJ Harper peaked at £75. A smart pair of golden pheasants sold at £55. Other prices of note included white Call Ducks which sold at £55.