Store Cattle Sales
Sales of store and beef breeding cattle are held on Thursdays
fortnightly.
Also sales of dairy cattle & calves.
Entries for these sales close the Friday before the sale at 12noon.
A movement form for the sale can be downloaded here.
Calves on temporary passports cannot be offered for sale.
Cattle must be born after 1st August 1996 and cattle born after 1st January 1998 must be double-tagged.
Cattle aged 42 days and over from farms which are on a 1 or 2 year TB testing plan must have been tested within 60 days prior to the sale, and a copy of the test results must accompany the cattle to the sale.
New Paperwork Requirement
Legislation came into force on 1st January 2010 requiring slaughterhouse operators to 'Request, Receive, Check and Act Upon' Food Chain Information (FCI) for all cattle, sheep and goats sent to slaughter for human consumption.
This requirement forms part of the whole farm to fork approach for food safety. FCI is used by the Meat Hygiene Service to aid decisions about meat and may be used to determine inspection procedures. FCI also contributes slaughter house operators HACCP based food safety management systems by providing information about animals procured for slaughter.
The requirement needs declarations from producers to guarantee animal health provisions and will require a form detailing animal identity. We are incorporating the wording of the documents onto our current movement form which are now required for all store, primestock and OTM cattle.
It is essential that an entry form is completed and signed for each category of stock and consignment as we have further paperwork to complete which is reliant upon signed declarations from producers.
For further information please contact the office or David on 07721 616786.
TB Regulations for cattle moving into Scotland
As you are no doubt aware Scotland will become a TB Free Area as from 28th February 2010. Scottish buyers will only be able to purchase cattle which comply with the following new regulations -
1. Cattle from TB1 and TB2 parishes will obviously require testing as
they do now.
2. Cattle from TB3 and TB4 which are homebred will not require
testing.
Now the complicated bit!
3. For those who have purchased cows and calves, stirks, calves etc- if any holding which these cattle have previously occupied is currently on a TB1 or TB2 then these individual cattle will require testing regardless of your own holding status. The history of TB areas for that parish is irrelevant. The current TB Parish Status is the decider.
The responsibility lies with you, the vendor, to follow these rules, should you wish the Scottish buyers to bid for your stock.
If you have any queries then please contact us.
A copy of this information can be downloaded here
Lost tags
It seems there is a new purge on double tags with Trading Standard
Officers taking a much firmer line and returning cattle with only one
tag.
Please ensure all cattle are correctly tagged before coming to market.
We are now an ABM approved mart
Cattle and sheep sold at this Mart will retain their Farm Assurance Status
Click here to download a copy of this certificate