Committed
to Livestock Markets
Cirencester Livestock Market, Cotswold Agricultural Centre,
Driffield Road, Cirencester, GL7 5QA
Tel: 01285 869911
(Tues & Thurs Only) or Tel: 01291 680068/01454 269486
Cirencester
Livestock Market
Opened
on 1st November 2005 and officially opened by His Royal Highness
the Prince of Wales on 22nd November 2005. Situated
off the A419 Swindon to Gloucester Road taking the Spine Road
Junction signposted to South Cerney and the Water Parks, take
the sharp bend exit signposted Driffield and the market is
located 250 yards on the right hand side adjacent to Countrywide
Stores.
Cirencester
Market - Holding Number: 14/052/8001
Contact Chris Voyce (01291 680068), Jon Pullin (01454 269486),
Richard Barrow (07885 298316).
SALES
OF REARING & WEANED CALVES, BEEF COWS & CALVES, STORE
& DAIRY CATTLE AT OUR WEEKLY TUESDAY MARKET -
For
sales of Rearing & Weaned calves, Beef Cows & Calves
& Store & Dairy Cattle. These operate as "Green"
markets meaning all cattle & calves over 42 days of age
MUST be pre-movement TB tested within 60
days of sale. The Store Cattle Sale is a catalogued
sale and is available by fax or e-mail on the Monday prior
to sale.
These
sales also include Sales of Organic Cattle Sales
- Licencesed to sell Organic Cattle every Tuesday at Cirencester
Market in conjunction with usual store cattle sales (closing
dates for entries to the Organic Section must be to the Auctioneers
3 days prior to sale - accompanied with Vendors Trading Schedule
and Transfer document).
SALES
OF TB RESTRICTED STORE & BEEF CATTLE AT OUR MONTHLY MONDAY
MARKET - For Sales of Store & Beef Cattle &
Barren Cows. These operate as "Orange" markets
meaning all cattle & calves over 42 days of age MUST
be pre-movement TB tested within 90 days of sale. The
storage cattle is a catalogued sale and is available by fax
or e-mail on the Friday prior to sale. Vendors need
to apply for a tb16b form from DEFRA at least 5 working days
in advance of sale. These cattle can only be purchased
if you have an Approved Finishing Unit (AFU). Next Sales
- Monday, 21st August 2017
SALES
OF BEEF & OTM CATTLE & BARREN COWS AT OUR WEEKLY THURSDAY
MARKET - For sales of Beef Cattle & Barren Cows.
These operate as "Green TB Exempt" markets meaning
all cattle can move with or without a pre-movement TB test.
The non tested cattle can only be purchased if you have an
Approved Finish Unit (AFU) & Exempt Finish Unit (EFU)
or direct to Slaughter.
SALES
OF SHEEP & GOATS AT OUR WEEKLY THURSDAY MARKET - For
sales of Prime & Store Sheep & Cull Ewes. All
sheep MUST be accompanied with an AML2 Sheep
Licence (available from the Market Office). New
ear tagging regulations came into force on the 1st January
2015 and are as follows:
ALL
LAMBS BORN MUST
be electronically tagged either with a single electronic
slaughter tag (if destined to be slaughter within 12 months)
or full EID (1 electronic tag and a matching non electronic
tag).
HISTORIC
FLOCK / BREEDING & CULL EWES The
historic flock being the older ewes will need to be electronic
tagged with full EID (1 electronic tag and a matching non
electronic tag).
ELECTRONIC
SLAUGHTER TAG An
electronic Slaughter tag is a single yellow tag with
just your flock number and contains a microchip with
animal number.
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To
be used in sheep sold for slaughter or stores
(if
destined to be slaughter within first 12 months of life)
Cannot
be used for Cull ewes |
FULL
EID TAGS One
electronic tag which is a single yellow tag with flock
number & individual animal number and contains a
microchip & one non electronic tag with the individual
matching number printed on.
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To
be used in all breeding sheep (ewes or ewe lambs) (if
destined to be not to be slaughter within first 12 months
of life)
To
be used for Historic flock including cull ewes. |
SALES
OF PIGS AT OUR MONTHLY THURSDAY MARKET - For sales
of Prime and Store Pigs, Sows & Boars on the second Thursday
of each month. All pigs MUST move with
an electronic pig Licence eAML2 completing the Food Chain
& Trichinella Sections. The eAML2 helpline number
is 0844 3358400. Next Sales - Thursday,
10th August 2017 (11.00 am).
SALES
OF POULTRY - NEXT THURSDAY SALE - 10th
AUGUST 2017 (12.00 noon) - Sale of live poultry,
eggs and equipment at Cirencester Market .
Sales
Times - Tuesday's
Sales Times - Thursday's
(All
Thursday markets are "Green" markets with a TB exempt
section, which means Cattle can come to market without a Pre-Movement
TB test)
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