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TRURO LIVESTOCK MARKET MARKET REPORT & WEEKLY NEWSLETTER Wednesday 18th September 2019 “Crowds gathering for the start of the breeding sheep sale” MARKET ENTRIES Please pre-enter stock by Tuesday 3.30pm PHONE 01872 272722 TEXT (Your name & stock numbers) Cattle/Calves 07889 600160 Sheep 07977 662443 This week’s £10 draw winner: J.D. May of St. Mary’s, Isles of Scilly - 1 - - TRURO LIVESTOCK MARKET LODGE & THOMAS. Report an entry including Tuesday’s “Orange” Market of 63 UTM & OTM prime cattle, 39 cull cows & bulls, 156 store cattle, 96 rearing calves & stirks and 618 finished, store & breeding sheep UTM PRIME CATTLE HIGHEST PRICE BULLOCK Each Wednesday the highest price prime steer/heifer sold p/kg will be commission free Auctioneer – Andrew Body A much improved entry of prime cattle with some of the highest prices for a number of weeks. Demand is good for quality finished prime cattle. Top price per kilo was 203p for a Limousin x steer from Mr. W.G. Piper of Germoe purchased by David King of Exeter. Top value at £1,228 was an Aberdeen Angus x weighing 686kg for Nicholls & Co. of Redruth and bought by Messrs. Rapson of Tavistock. 32 Steers – top 8 prices Limousin x to 203p (595kg) for Mr. W.G. Piper of Germoe, Penzance Limousin x to 190p (631kg) for Messrs. F.T. & F.M. Johns of Cury, Helston Limousin x to 184p (603kg) for Messrs. F.T. & F.M. Johns of Cury, Helston Aberdeen Angus x to 179p (686kg) for Nicholls & Co. of Sandy Lane, Redruth British Blue x to 177p (629kg) for Messrs. F.A. Pearce & Partner of Chacewater, Truro Simmental x to 175p (669kg) for Messrs. J.M. Hicks & Son of Sennen, Penzance Limousin x to 175p (620kg) for Messrs. F.T. & F.M. Johns of Cury, Helston Limousin x to 175p (587kg) for Mr. B.J. Townsend of Mitchell, Newquay 9 Heifers – top 5 prices Limousin x to 189p (516kg) for Mr. W.G. Piper of Germoe, Penzance Limousin x to 179p (519kg) for Messrs. F.T. & F.M. Johns of Cury, Helston Limousin x to 175p (653kg) for Messrs. F.T. & F.M. Johns of Cury, Helston British Blue x to 175p (576kg) for Messrs. F.A. Pearce & Partner of Chacewater, Truro Limousin x to 174p (595kg) for Messrs. F.T. & F.M. Johns of Cury, Helston Wednesday’s South-West Regional Market Averages Steers – 156.2p/kg Heifers – 157.0p/kg Truro Steers Truro Heifers Premium to 203p av. 186.60p Premium to 189p av. 184.00p Prime to 175p av. 170.25p Prime to 175p av. 173.50p Others to 160p av. 151.43p Others to 151p av. 138.50p All Steers av. 163.52p All Heifers av. 167.69p - 2 - - OTM PRIME CATTLE Auctioneer – Andrew Body Topping the OTM section was a big 750kg British Blue x steer from Mr. R.G. Thomas of Feock selling at 144p/kg and £1,080 to David King of Exeter. Steers & Heifers British Blue x steer to 144p (750kg) for Mr. R.G. Thomas of Feock, Truro Shorthorn x heifer to 140p (619kg) for Messrs. J.A. & C.R.N. Baker of Newquay Hereford x steer to 128p (610kg) for Messrs. E.J. Pengelly & Sons of Porthpean, St. Austell Overall Averages: OTM Steers to 144p/kg OTM Heifers to 140p/kg CULL COWS & BULLS Auctioneer – Andrew Body A decent number of cull cows met a better trade on the week. Well fleshed cows both beek and dairy in good demand with straight out of the parlour cows at a lesser level. A standout Friesian from Messrs. W.O. Brown & Son of St. Austell topped the averages selling at 126p/kg and £881 to Dawn West Devon of Hatherleigh. Leading the beef sorts to 124p/kg was a Charolais x from Messrs. R.J. & S.J. Gabriel of Launceston purchased by David King of Exeter. Top value on the day was a grand South Devon cow at £1,016 for Messrs. J.A. & C.R.N. Baker of Newquay purchased by Dawn West Devon of Hatherleigh. 15 Beef Cows – leading prices Charolais x to 124p (696kg) for Messrs. R.J. & S.J. Gabriel of Launceston South Devon x to 120p (847kg) for Messrs. J.A. & C.R.N. Baker of Newquay Limousin x to 113p (503kg) for Mr. W. Martin of Coombe, St. Austell Charolais x to 110p (761kg) for Messrs. R.J. & S.J. Gabriel of Launceston South Devon x to 108p (761kg) for Mr. & Mrs. P. Tullett of Tregony, Truro South Devon x to 106p (752kg) for Mr. K. Pascoe of Sithney, Helston Hereford x to 105p (852kg) for Messrs. C.D. & S.C. Rodda of Crantock, Newquay Saler x to 104p (589kg) for Mr. J. Small of Newquay 17 Dairy Cows – leading prices Friesian to 126p (699kg) for Messrs. W.O. Brown & Son of St. Austell Friesian to 113p (716kg) for Mr. W. Skewes of Rosudgeon, Penzance Friesian to 108p (683kg) for Mr. W. Skewes of Rosudgeon, Penzance Friesian to 104p (755kg) for Messrs. S.J. Dustow & Son of Ladock, Truro Friesian to 98p (810kg) for Messrs. S.J. Dustow & Son of Ladock, Truro Friesian to 90p (804kg) for Messrs. C.J. & J.E. Colwell of Grampound, Truro Friesian to 90p (736kg) for Messrs. J.H. Hawkey & Son of St. Newlyn East, Newquay - 3 - - 6 Cull Bulls British Blue to 98p (588kg) for Messrs. J.C. Dawe & Son of Tresillian, Truro Limousin to 97p (624kg) for Messrs. J.C. Dawe & Son of Tresillian, Truro Aberdeen Angus to 95p (616kg) for Messrs. J.C. Dawe & Son of Tresillian, Truro Limousin to 94p (751kg) for Messrs. J.C. Dawe & Son of Tresillian, Truro Overall Averages: Beef Cows to 124p/kg av. 100.63p/kg Dairy Cows to 126p/kg av. 89.52p/kg Cull Bulls to 98p/kg av. 94.05p/kg “ORANGE” (TB-RESTRICTED) MARKET – TUESDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER Auctioneer – Andrew Body Almost 50 prime cattle, cows and store cattle forward for the “Orange” Market. UTM & OTM PRIME CATTLE An entry of prime cattle from Mr. A.J. Jelbert of Mitchell, Newquay saw Limousin x heifers top at 151p/kg to Trevarthens of Roskrow, averaging 146.28p. An entry of OTM heifers also for Mr. A.J. Jelbert of Mitchell, Newquay sold to 160p/kg to David Ellis of Lelant and averaged 157.96p. CULL COWS A small entry of cull cows sold to a top price of 108p/kg for a smart Friesian cow from Mr. P.J. Harvey of Kea bought by David Ellis of Lelant. 30 STORE CATTLE A run of Limousin x steers for Messrs. M. & J. Rowe of Ashton, Helston sold to a top price for 1½yo of £655. Similar age Aberdeen Angus x steers sold to £630 for Messrs. K. & M. Ferris of Gunwalloe, Helston who also had Friesian steers reaching 2yo at £610 and 1½yo Friesian steers to £575. Next “Orange” Market – Tuesday 15th October @ 10am TB-RESTRICTED PRIME CATTLE, COWS & STORE CATTLE Licences required by Tuesday 8th October – Entries to Patrick Dennis 07889 600160 - 4 - - STORE CATTLE Auctioneer – Patrick Dennis A better number of store cattle forward with a high proportion being around 18 months old. Trade remains firm and in line with other regional markets. Top price of the day was £950 for a pair of Shorthorn heifers for Messrs. J.A. & C.R.N. Baker of Newquay. 78 Steers – leading prices 2yo Hereford x to £750 for Messrs. P. Tullett of Tregony, Truro Simmental x to £745 for Mr. C.G. Andrew of Enniscaven, St. Austell Friesian to £585 for Mr. C.C. Harris of Lanhydrock, Bodmin 1½yo Simmental x to £880 for Messrs. I.D. & S.S. Backway of St. Eval, Wadebridge Hereford x to £800 for Mr. J.M. Curnow of Troon, Camborne British Blue x to £790 for Mr. C.G. Andrew of Enniscaven, St. Austell Longhorn x to £790 for Messrs. I.D. & S.S. Backway of St. Eval, Wadebridge Montbeliarde x to £770 for Mr. C.G. Andrew of Enniscaven, St. Austell Limousin x to £760 for Mr. J.M. Curnow of Troon, Camborne Charolais x to £710 for Mr. C.G. Andrew of Enniscaven, St. Austell Aberdeen Angus x to £630 for Mr. R.G. Hawkey of St. Mawgan, Newquay South Devon x to £615 for Messrs. W.L. House & Son of Quintrell Downs, Newquay Devon x to £600 for Mr. J.M. Curnow of Troon, Camborne 1yo Charolais x to £805 for Messrs. H. Williams & Son of Tehidy, Camborne Simmental x to £780 for Mr. J.M. Curnow of Troon, Camborne British Blue x to £770 for Messrs. G.B. & J.G. Ellis of St. Buryan, Penzance Hereford x to £765 for Messrs. R.J. & S.J. Gabriel of Launceston Devon x to £555 for Mr. P. Nancarrow of St. Mewan, St. Austell 8mo Hereford x to £445 for Mr. D.E.G. Hosking of Hayle 48 Heifers – leading prices 2yo Shorthorn x to £950 for Messrs. J.A. & C.R.N. Baker of Newquay Charolais x to £670 for Mr. I.G. Michell of Nancegollan, Helston 1½yo Limousin x to £885 for Mr. S. Backway of St. Eval, Wadebridge Charolais x to £685 for Mr. J.M. Curnow of Troon, Camborne Devon x to £650 for Mr. J.M. Curnow of Troon, Camborne British Blue x to £585 for Mr. R.G. Hawkey of St. Mawgan, Newquay Aberdeen Angus x to £530 for Mr. R.G. Hawkey of St. Mawgan, Newquay - 5 - - 1yo Limousin x to £820 for Mr. C.P. Rundle of Castle Dore, Par 3 fine Limousin x heifers at £885 for Sam Backway of St Eval REARING CALVES & STIRKS Auctioneer – Patrick Dennis A good entry of calves this week met a continued firm trade for first quality but lesser quality are more difficult.