Are large livestock markets a problem?

[topground]

Oh the ham rolls the old landlady used to make in there were , prob the best ive ever had , dry aged ham , salad and huge dark chewy rolls ,
to be fair most of those markets amalgamated into sedge a huge catchment from gloucester to cornwall use it , shame auctioneers dont court the pedigree market more, huge potential with wales not far and on the motorway

Mr and Mrs Fred Callaway , Mrs C still around. Have to go to the Hunters on Mendip for a ham roll of that quality today!

 

[kfpben]

Sedgemoor and Frome are the only survivors in this part of the world. Markets at. Winford opposite the Prince of Waterloo then down the road at Avon Livestock Centre, Keynsham, Highbridge, Bridgewater, Taunton, Yeovil, Farington Gurney and Chippenham, all markets I have known now gone.

Salisbury are on the up. Sold over 1000 store cattle in the last week.
Have even got a few dairy cattle going through there now too.

 

[Bigguy]

It’s closer than you think

No actually your wrong on that one I've taken stuff there for folks and the don't get it subsidised, it's over to the west a bit on a Wednesday, all sorts of deals to get people to go.

 

[andybk]

Mr and Mrs Fred Callaway , Mrs C still around. Have to go to the Hunters on Mendip for a ham roll of that quality today!

Christ how old is she Now ?, she seemed 80 , 30 years ago when i worked at Dundry , had her rolls for lunch every day

 

[thorpe]

dad could do 6 mkts a week 30 years ago and travel no further than 16 miles . i still have 1 mkt 15 miles away , but i chose 1 50 miles away and thats only for buying i wouldnt trust any of the bu99ers for selling at . SORRY.

 

[salers]

Mold Llanrwst?

Doubt that very much!!

 

[tr250]

Im still shocked that no one really has taken up the mantle in the south like Banbury , It was an international stock yard , Worcester sort of fills the gap but lacks the clout , (streaming services etc ) , H&H do a good job in the North , a huge gap for a central pedigree sheep and cattle base , down here with interested auctioneers and a "will do" attitude

I never went to Banbury but Northampton shut as well leaving a big gap but on the other hand I think it’s an area that has been ploughed up in big parts limiting stock numbers dramatically since my grandfathers day certainly for 20 Miles south of us towards Banbury area I would regard as an arable area in general. Melton is 20 miles north of us and seems to be on an upward trend since loss of Newark. We choose to go to Thrapston as it’s a small mart but prices are up there with the best

 

[thorpe]

I never went to Banbury but Northampton shut as well leaving a big gap but on the other hand I think it’s an area that has been ploughed up in big parts limiting stock numbers dramatically since my grandfathers day certainly for 20 Miles south of us towards Banbury area I would regard as an arable area in general. Melton is 20 miles north of us and seems to be on an upward trend since loss of Newark. We choose to go to Thrapston as it’s a small mart but prices are up there with the best

stuff melton!

 

[Fake it ‘til you make it]

Oh the ham rolls the old landlady used to make in there were , prob the best ive ever had , dry aged ham , salad and huge dark chewy rolls ,
to be fair most of those markets amalgamated into sedge a huge catchment from gloucester to cornwall use it , shame auctioneers dont court the pedigree market more, huge potential with wales not far and on the motorway

Those rolls sound like the ones in the cafe at the old Northampton market in the town centre. My mouth is watering now!

 

[tr250]

Those rolls sound like the ones in the cafe at the old Northampton market in the town centre. My mouth is watering now!

I was only a lad but that little cafe on the end of the calf shed?

 

[Fake it ‘til you make it]

I was only a lad but that little cafe on the end of the calf shed?

Yes. I was only a lad too, but the cafe had a blue interior I think, and the rolls would have been on the counter under a glass or plastic cover. Heaven after getting up early drawing and loading lambs. Then you had the bar, really dark and full of smoke in those days. Old boy at the end of the sheep pens with a stall selling work boots. A few pigs and Cade lambs in the little shed at the very front. Stores, calves and cull cattle on a Saturday, I remember my brother and I once walked past a big mature bull looking pretty lively in a pen which wasn’t bolted shut. Pretty sure it was a Friesan too. Nearly sh@ myself!!! Spent most Saturdays there in the autumn growing up.

 

[tr250]

Yes. I was only a lad too, but the cafe had a blue interior I think, and the rolls would have been on the counter under a glass or plastic cover. Heaven after getting up early drawing and loading lambs. Then you had the bar, really dark and full of smoke in those days. Old boy at the end of the sheep pens with a stall selling work boots. A few pigs and Cade lambs in the little shed at the very front. Stores, calves and cull cattle on a Saturday, I remember my brother and I once walked past a big mature bull looking pretty lively in a pen which wasn’t bolted shut. Pretty sure it was a Friesan too. Nearly sh@ myself!!! Spent most Saturdays there in the autumn growing up.

Yes think it was blue interior with a lady in there that was a bit deaf that or I was very quiet. Thing that stands out in my memory is Brian pile giving the initials of the buyer WG, RG etc

 

[Fake it ‘til you make it]

Yes think it was blue interior with a lady in there that was a bit deaf that or I was very quiet. Thing that stands out in my memory is Brian pile giving the initials of the buyer WG, RG etc

Often WG or Bill, 2 accounts for the same sheep dealer (who had his own trucks). About 20 years ago I remember Brian selling some Suffolk tups. The old farmer used to get them really fit, polish their heads up with cooking oil (and probably a bit of boot polish ) and they would sell well. Anyway, the last year I saw him sell any, age seemed to getting the better of the farmer, and his rams weren’t as good as they used to be. Brian was pleading with the buyers” Fifty Guineas, fifty Guineas and please not for meat.” I thought it was a kind and sympathetic gesture to a man who had always taken pride in his sheep and supported the market for a long time.

 

[tr250]

Often WG or Bill, 2 accounts for the same sheep dealer (who had his own trucks). About 20 years ago I remember Brian selling some Suffolk tups. The old farmer used to get them really fit, polish their heads up with cooking oil (and probably a bit of boot polish ) and they would sell well. Anyway, the last year I saw him sell any, age seemed to getting the better of the farmer, and his rams weren’t as good as they used to be. Brian was pleading with the buyers” Fifty Guineas, fifty Guineas and please not for meat.” I thought it was a kind and sympathetic gesture to a man who had always taken pride in his sheep and supported the market for a long time.

Yes I’ve got a lot of time for Brian he sold in Thrapston till recently. My grandmother was a teacher in village school and taught Bill

 

[Dyffryn]

Doubt that very much!!

I would to. But the area he is from I cant think of a different company running two markets. St Asaph and Oswestry?

 

[Yale]

Mold Llanrwst?

Jones Pi55over.

We take everything to Mold,great bunch there,that’s why they sell more cattle than the whole of Wales put together.

 

[gone up the hill]

Sedgemoor and Frome are the only survivors in this part of the world. Markets at. Winford opposite the Prince of Waterloo then down the road at Avon Livestock Centre, Keynsham, Highbridge, Bridgewater, Taunton, Yeovil, Farington Gurney and Chippenham, all markets I have known now gone.

Not actually correct about Taunton and Highbridge markets.

They were both closed to make one large livestock market at Sedgemoor.

As for markets generally, there are getting less and less stock and farmers about so it stands to reason there will be less livestock markets in time and that will certainly instensify when the BPS goes to be replaced by the Elms aka tree/ scrub growing policy let alone if princess nut nuts gets her way and brings the UK Livestock industry to a complete standstill for months on end with the new travel rules she is pushing to be introduced ( and which i suspect will be given the history of Boris )

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Has anyone mentioned Carmarthen
Was the livestock Centre For Wales
Its a total tragedy the gates are still shut , worse still no one seems to care or have I missed summat

 

[AGN76]

Jones Pi55over.

We take everything to Mold,great bunch there,that’s why they sell more cattle than the whole of Wales put together.

We go to Llanrwst, no probs there either.

Can't say I'm a fan of Ruthin

 

[Dyffryn]

Jones Pi55over.

We take everything to Mold,great bunch there,that’s why they sell more cattle than the whole of Wales put together.

St Asaph have had a great new young Auctioneer. But they really need to sort out there sheep weighting scales! How can they get away with still using a swinging needle clock baffles me!