Truro Livestock Market
TRURO LIVESTOCK MARKET MARKET REPORT & WEEKLY NEWSLETTER Wednesday 18th August 2021 Lodge & Thomas offer the service of sending your market prices by email on Market day. Please continue to wear a face mask/covering. “A bunch of John Skinner’s single suckled heifers” 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: Messrs C D Greenaway of St Issey TRURO LIVESTOCK MARKET LODGE & THOMAS. Including Tuesday’s Orange Market, report an entry of 28 UTM & OTM prime cattle, 47 cull cows, 210 store cattle, cows & calves, 94 rearing calves and 447 finished, store sheep. HIGHEST PRICE BULLOCK Each Wednesday the highest price prime steer/heifer sold p/kg will be commission free UTM PRIME CATTLE - Auctioneer – Andrew Body A fair entry of cattle in the slaughter ring although few premium types on offer with several close to age and out of spec types affecting the overall average. The top average of 238p/kg as well as the top value at £1,487 for a butcher’s quality 626kg Limousin x heifer from Messrs A R, B & A Hosking of St Martin, Helston, purchased by Trevarthens of Roskrow, closely followed by a 756kg South Devon steer which realised £1,455 for Mr A Blamey of Veryan, Truro, bought by David King of Exeter. Heifers – top prices Limousin x to 238p (626kg) for Messrs A R, B & A Hosking of St Martin, Helston Limousin x to 213p (488kg) for Mr A S Ball of Nanstallon, Bodmin Aberdeen Angus x to 197p (645kg) for Messrs R G, E J & G A Williams of St Martin, Helston Limousin x to 196p (587g) for Messrs A J & S T Richards of St Keverne, Helston Limousin x to 195p (635kg) for Mr A Blamey of Veryan, Truro Belgian Blue x to 195p (676kg) for Mr A Blamey of Veryan, Truro Steers – top prices South Devon to 193p (756kg) for Mr A Blamey of Veryan, Truro Friesian to 188p (668kg) for Messrs W Marsh & Son of St Stephen, St Austell Wednesday’s South-West Regional Market Averages Steers – 190.8p/kg Heifers – 196.5p/kg Truro Steers Truro Heifers Premium to 238/kg av.
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