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Crowds flock to farm sale
Autumn sunshine pulled in huge crowds for a farm sale in Bedstone in Shropshire, which was run by McCartneys and saw fierce bidding on all items.
Around 1500 people from across England, Wales and Ireland, attended the retirement dispersal sale at Jay Barn Farm, held on behalf of Messrs. F. Goodwin, with a large selection of machinery, implements, sheep and cattle being auctioned.
“The sale was a great success,” commented Les Thomas, partner in charge at McCartneys’ Craven Arms office. “There were serious buyers at the sale from all over the UK and the majority of prices reached for machinery and livestock exceeded expectations.”
Leading prices: MF5455 tractor and loader £27,800; MF 390 tractor £6,000: International 414 tractor £3,000; Teagle straw shredder £7,800; Marshall Rota Spreader £3,200; NH570 Conventional baler £2,800; Leyland tractors £1,600 & £1,100; Nuffield 342 tractor £1,450 and Nuffield 4/65 £1,200.
Livestock prices were extremely buoyant: Two year old Welsh Mule Ewes sold to £124 and averaged £114. Three year old ewes averaged £99.50. Ewe Lambs sold to £78 and mixed Lambs to £60.
The Simmental x and Hereford x Cows with Charolais Calves also met a strong demand with outfits coming to £1,290, £1,350, £1,430, £1,520, £1,340, £1,500, £1,650 (x2), £1,400.
The Store Cattle: Steers to £880 and Heifers to £700.
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Chartered Surveyor Success at McCartneys
8th September 2009
McCartneys is delighted to announce two members of staff have successfully qualified as chartered surveyors.
Jon Bury and Tom Carter are both now Members of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS), after gaining several years of professional experience and passing final interviews.
Jon, 26, is based in McCartneys Tenbury Wells Office, and is concentrating on rural professional work. He joined the company after completing an honours degree in rural land management at Reading University.
27 year old Tom is manager of McCartneys Newtown Office, where he looks after all types of property sales – from houses, to farms and commercial units.
“It’s good news all round,” commented John Uffold, chairman of McCartneys. “Becoming RICS qualified is testament to Jon and Tom’s skill and hard work and we’re really pleased for them. It reflects well on McCartneys too – we pride ourselves on offering professional advice, and having staff with professional qualifications shows we’re doing just that.”
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English National Texel Show and Sale at Worcester Market 2009
7th September 2009
THE 2009 ENGLISH NATIONAL TWO DAY SHOW AND SALE OF TEXEL SHEEP SAW FIERCE BIDDING ACROSS THE ENTIRE TWO DAYS.
FEMALES ON THE MONDAY EVENING TOPPED AT 4000 GNS AND OVERALL CHAMPION A RAM LAMB FROM THE KELSO FLOCK SOLD TO A CONSORTIUM FOR 15,000 GNS.
TEXEL NATIONAL SHOW AND SALE 2009
A capacity crowd at this week’s English National sale of the Texel Sheep Society took bidding to 15,000gns for a ram lamb from Malcolm Reid – breeder of the sire of the record breaking 220,000gns ram lamb.
The un-named ram lamb, from Mr Reid’s Kelso flock in the Scottish Borders, is by Mellor Vale Officer and out of a Castlecairn Keltic Star ewe. He stood overall champion under judge Daniel Creer from the Isle of Man and was bought in a four-way split by Aberdeenshire breeders Willie Knox, Kenny Pratt and R Blackhall along with Coleraine, Northern Ireland breeders M and C Millar.
Auctioneer Clive Roads, who took the rostrum over the two-day fixture at Worcester Market, described the trade a “tremendous”.
“The breed is on a real high and we had a huge crowd over the two days. Demand was strong from both pedigree and commercial ram buyers.”
The lively trade produced a 78% clearance of ram lambs with 133 averaging £778.
And it was another ram lamb from the Kelso flock’s pen that achieved the day’s second highest price when Corwen, North Wales breeder I P Jones called 4600gns to secure another Mellor Vale Officer son.
A son of the 28,000gns Castlecairn Nile God made 4000gns for Boden and Davies, Stockport. Out of a Baltier Kracker ewe, the lamb went to Stephen Cobbold’s flock at Acton, Suffolk.
Best from Willie Knox’s Haddo flock was 3600gns for Haddo Performer – a son of the top producer Glenside Forsyth. Buyer was the Drayton Farm Partnership, Petersfield, Hampshire.
Shearling rams peaked at 5000gns when the Quick family from Devon sold Loosebeare Oh Boy O Boy. This son of Loosebeare Knightrider went to Simon Clarke, Burton-on-Trent who also took some choice gimmers.
He paid 1450gns for a daughter of Bettonfield Janitor consigned from the Quick’s Loosebeare flock that took the female and reserve overall championship. She shared the ride home with a gimmer by Garngour Nijinski from the Kingsland flock of Herefordshire-based Vaughans Farms Ltd. She is out of a Haddo Jogger ewe and made 1300gns.
But topping the female entry at 4000gns and selling to Malcolm Reid was one of the season’s big winners from Neil Pamplin’s Ashfield flock in Northamptonshire. The gimmer, by the 36,000gns Ettrick Nutcracker, was inter-breed champion at the Suffolk and East of England Shows this summer and breed leader at the Royal Norfolk.
Averages: 133 ram lambs £778; 53 shearling rams £623 and 58 gimmers £612. (McCartneys).
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Strong Sale of Montgomery Land
24th August 2009
McCartneys auctioneer Jenny Layton based at their Knighton Office is very pleased to report a successful sale of two areas of pasture land near Montgomery, Powys, sold by auction.
Lots 1 amounting to 6.53 acres generated much interest and sold in excess of the guide price of £6000 per acre. The land was gently sloping land suitable for grazing purposes for livestock or ponies. A full room gathered at The Dragon at Montgomery and bidding started at £25,000 and finished at £51,000 (£7810 per acre)
Lots 2 was an excellent block of well farmed agricultural pasture land amounting to 11.86 acres. Bidding started at £50,000 and climbed up to £95,500 (£8052 per acre).
For a free valuation and market appraisal of land to be entered in McCartneys’ next auction please contact Miss Jenny Layton in the Knighton Office on
01547 528621.
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Huge Crowds at Clem Davies Sale
18th August 2009
Hundreds of people turned out to a sale of tractors and equipment belonging to the late Clem Davies, which was held by McCartneys at Walton near Presteigne.
Clem was a well-known figure locally, and his collection of vintage tractors attracted huge interest.
“There were more than 600 people at the sale, many of whom had travelled from far and wide,” said Richard Gwilliam of McCartneys, who conducted the auction. “It really was a huge success and the sun shone too, which was a bonus!”
Three hundred lots were auctioned, including all manner of farm equipment and vehicles. Among those which attracted the most attention was a vintage McCormick W4 tractor, which was sold for £3,500 to the sons of the man who bought it originally, some sixty years ago. A 1966 Massey Ferguson 35 also made £3,800.
“It was a very busy and unique sale,” commented Mr Gwilliam. “I’m sure Clem would have been absolutely delighted with the interest in his collection.”
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Prime Pastureland for Sale
27th July 2009
An area of prime pastureland in Powys is to come under the hammer at the beginning of August – and it has already generated a great deal of interest.
The 18.39 acres of land is at Tegfan, on the edge of the village of Montgomery, and is being auctioned by McCartneys.
“Land like this doesn’t come up very often in this area, which has a reputation for producing top quality cattle and sheep,” said Jenny Layton, partner with McCartneys, who will be auctioneer at the sale. “We’ve already had lots of enquiries about it, so the auction promises to be a lively event.”
The land is being sold in two lots of 6.53 acres and 11.86 acres, and is suitable for grazing, pony paddocks or amenity use.
The auction is being held on Wednesday 12th August at The Dragon in Montgomery at 5pm. For more information please contact Jenny Layton on
01547 528621 or email
knighton@mccartneys.co.uk.
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A Warm Welcome Come Rain or Shine
27th July 2009
The weather may not have been up to much, but the McCartneys stand was as popular as ever at this year’s Royal Welsh Show.
Visitors braving the rain and mud enjoyed a cup of tea and a warm welcome as they chatted to members of the partnership.
“The Royal Welsh is popular with many of our clients, old and new,” said John Uffold, chairman of McCartneys. “It’s nice to be able to sit down and have a chat with them whatever the weather.”
The McCartneys team will also be at Tenbury Show on Saturday 1st August, Burwarton Show on Thursday 6th August and Kington Show on Saturday 12th September. Please feel free to join us at our stand for some light refreshments and a chat.
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Beef up Your Returns
13th May 2009
McCartneys’ flag will be flying high at next week’s Beef Expo 2009 – not least because one of the company’s partners is chairman of the event.
The Beef Expo is the annual flagship event of the National Beef Association, and McCartneys’ Clive Roads has been given the honour of chairing this year’s event at the Three Counties Showground in Malvern.
“I’m delighted to be so involved with the UK beef industry’s principal event. We’ve adopted the theme ‘Beef Up Your Returns’ this year and I hope it will be an entertaining and interesting day for people, as well as being informative.”
Throughout the day there will be practical demonstrations, seminars and livestock competitions, as well as other attractions including a butchery competition for farm shops and an auctioneers’ competition sponsored by McCartneys.
“There’s a great deal of support for the event and there’ll be an extensive trade stand area,” said Clive. “We’re expecting visitors from all over the world, so I hope we do Malvern proud.”
The Beef Expo 2009 is at the Three Counties Showground in Malvern on Thursday 21st May. McCartneys stand is no. 23, opposite the show ring.
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Commercial Success for Geraint
11th May 2009
New legislation means all commercial buildings on the market or for rent need an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) – and McCartneys now has just the man for the job.
24 year old Geraint Jones joined McCartneys 2 years ago as a trainee building surveyor and has just qualified as an energy assessor for commercial buildings.
“It’s a relatively new area of expertise, as the Government legislation requiring shops and industrial units to have EPCs has only just come into force,” said Geraint, who lives near Newtown on the family farm.
EPCs, which show a building’s energy efficiency and its impact on the environment, have been required for residential properties for some time, but it’s only in recent months they’ve been introduced for commercial properties.
“Obviously the assessment of a shop is different to that of a house, and so is the training for assessors,” added Geraint, who joined McCartneys after completing a building surveying degree at John Moore’s University in Liverpool. “For each building I produce an EPC alongside a report which suggests improvements to make a building more energy efficient.
Now the legislation is in place I’m getting busier by the week!”
If you require a commercial EPC or more information please contact Geraint Jones on
01544 230316 or email
geraint.jones@mccartneys.co.uk.
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BBC Film With McCartneys
11th May 2009
The spotlight is firmly on McCartneys Newtown office as part of a new BBC TV series.
Cameras have been filming at the branch over the past few days as part of BBC 2’s Property Watch.
“It’s been a real experience,” said manager Tom Carter, who has had cameras following him as he goes about his daily business. “The producers wanted to show how the green shoots are showing in the property market, so they’ve filmed me doing valuations, showing people around properties on the market and working in the office, as well as interviewing me.
Hopefully it’ll show that things are looking better, certainly here in Powys. It’s been fun to do too.”
Property Watch is looking in depth at all aspects of the property market and is being transmitted on BBC 2 every night from Monday 11th May to Thursday 14th May at 8pm.
