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20^th July 2020 Trade Talk - Ted Ogden, Auctioneer/Sales Manager at CCM Auctions, Skipton Mart, North Yorkshire Having now worked in northern livestock auction marts for 25 years, I’ve seen many things that have come along to challenge our industry, but each time before it has been a livestock related problem not a human one that we all faced. Covid 19 has brought operational challenges to auction marts, but those have easily been... Read the full article

10^th July 2020 Trade Talk - James Morrish, Auctioneer & Marketing, Kivells, Holsworthy Livestock Market It’s been quite a week! On Saturday we saw our first machinery sale at Holsworthy market (Devon) since March due to the Covid-19 situation which saw a top call of £18,000 for the best of over 720 lots sold. Traditionally the town of Holsworthy would have been enjoying the St Peters Fair week which has been celebrated since... Read the full article

6^th July 2020 Trade Talk - Drew Patrick, Hexham Auction Mart At the beginning of the Coronavirus crisis, we did see stock entries fall in livestock markets, but this has since resulted in larger throughput of numbers now in May and June, especially in the store cattle section here at Hexham. Our loyal weekly purchasers at Hexham must be commended for adhering to all the social distancing... Read the full article

29^th June 2020 Livestock markets ask for continued understanding from farmers as vendor restrictions relax. The LAA is working hard with Defra and Welsh Government ahead of the autumn sales season. The Livestock Auctioneers’ Association (LAA) has called for the need for understanding and a sensible approach from their clients, as the rules on vendors attending livestock sales at ringside are steadily eased, following on-going... Read the full article

26^th June 2020 Trade Talk with Andrew Body, Cattle Auctioneer, Truro Market, Cornwall - Good entries in a changing landscape Reflecting on today’s market in Truro (17th June), it takes some believing to see how things have dramatically changed in a short space of time. Coronavirus is in no small part responsible for fluctuations, but only two weeks ago the store cattle trade was teetering on the edge of dropping, due to persistent dry weather. ... Read the full article

12^th June 2020 Trade Talk - Tom Greenow, Market Manager, Gisburn Auction Marts It has been a busy first half of the year here at Gisburn, with numbers up on previous years in all sections. Throughout the period trade has been buoyant, with ewe and lamb couples as dear as they have ever been and prices exceeding £200 per outfit being a regular theme. Prime sheep trade will have offered some encouragement... Read the full article

5^th June 2020 Trade Talk from Philip Dale, Norwich Livestock Market – Pleased to be trading again and adapting to the new normal. Norwich Livestock Market re-opened on 16th May, after temporary closure at the onset of the COVID-19 lockdown. We are lucky to have a loyal client base who stuck with us, and the first market back saw an entry of 246 store and breeding cattle, 9 prime cattle and 39 calves, plus 962 sheep, which was a pleasing entry. The... Read the full article

29^th May 2020 Trade Talk from Jess Maynard, Stags – Spring lamb trade has sprung As spring progresses and remaining old season lambs come to an end, we have seen a huge influx in new season lambs, much faster than normally anticipated. Honiton Collection Centre in East Devon and South Molton Livestock Market in North Devon have seen a near double increase in lambs being presented week on week, year... Read the full article

22^nd May 2020 Trade Talk – Alastair Brown, Bletsoes – Stratford and Thrapston Markets What else could be thrown at the farming industry to disrupt business next? We should look at this as a positive, this time last year we had the world open for business - hotels, restaurants, fast food chains. This year we have none of those, we are relying on people eating at home as they are locked down and we are all... Read the full article

15^th May 2020 Trade Talk – Ian Atkinson, North West Auctions The recent month has certainly seen some interesting changes for livestock auctioneers amid the Covid-19 pandemic. A big thank you must go to Chris Dodds, the Executive Secretary of the Livestock Auctioneers Association, for his hard work to ensure that auction markets remain open. Auction markets have recently been permitted... Read the full article

8^th May 2020 Trade Talk – Ben Shouler, Melton Mowbray Market Well what a transformation we have experienced at Melton Market over the last few weeks as we adapt to the Coronavirus lockdown and keep the food chain going. To minimise staff and customer numbers at any one time, and maintain social distancing, we have altered our usual working pattern to now sell sheep on our usual... Read the full article

30^th April 2020 WLAA Chairman Rhys Davies appointed to Hybu Cig Cymru Board Dolgellau Livestock Market chief executive takes seat on HCC board to drive development, promotion and marketing of Welsh red meat sector Rhys Davies, the chief executive of Farmers Marts (RG Jones) Ltd and chairman of the Welsh Livestock Auctioneers’ Association (WLAA), has been appointed as a non-executive director to... Read the full article

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