HALLWORTHY MARKET REPORT

THURSDAY 13th AUGUST 2020 EVERY THURSDAY Gates Open 6.30am

SALE TIMES 09:45 am Draft Ewes followed by Prime, Store Hoggs & Breeding Sheep 10:45am Tested & Untested Prime & OTM Cattle 11:00 am Store Cattle & Stirk

Hallworthy Stockyard, Hallworthy, , , PL32 9SH Tel: 01840 261261 Fax: 01840 261684

Website: www.kivells.com Email: [email protected]

SHEEP AUCTIONEER STEVE PROUSE 07767 895366

261 DRAFT EWES What a trade flying from start to finish, overall average of £72.21, and to a top of £95 from I & S Parsons of Minster, several other pens in the nineties. 379 FAT LAMBS Weight Top Average Per Head Per Kilo Per Head Per Kilo 32.1-39 78.50 207 76.30 200.6 39.1-45.5 100 230 91 213 45.6-52 105.50 225 103 217.4 52+

Overall 105.50 230 95 211.8

A very strong trade across the board and a lot more could have been sold, overall average of 211.8ppkilo. Top per kilo being 230p for a pen of 42kgs, £96.50, from Ken and Pat Bird of Crackington Haven, followed by Ray Martin of Laneast who realised 225p, for his 46kgs £104. Top per head on the day was £105.50 for a pen of 48.8kgs from John Hooper, Crackington Haven. 378 STORE LAMBS Good entry again with a strong trade, top on the day was £78.50 for four pens from Rundle Weldhen, Trekenning. 609 BREEDING EWES Good Entry met a flying trade and a total clearance, nine pens realising £160 for four vendors, Steve Cornelius of Trevenn for three pens of Texel x 2T, Martin and Dudley Harris of Mount, , Mr Richard Wilcocks of Tredethy for two pens of Mule 2T and Richard Grigg, , for his three pens of Texel x Mule. A flock dispersal from Messrs Brenton Bros of Bodbrane met much interest with their Texel x 4T selling to £145, and Texel x 6T to £120. Their 1st three pens of Mule 4T sold to £132. Tony had a run of Mule 2T on offer which topped at £148.

STORE CATTLE AUCTIONEER RICHARD DENNIS

257 STORE CATTLE A cracking day at Hallworthy with 265 Cattle through the ring. A hot humid day with a hot trade to match. Top spot going to a super Aberdeen Angus Steer from Messrs Kemp of St Meryn topping out at £1255. The Uglow Family of Tredarrup with their usual run of quality animals ran in close with some real fleshy and deep bodied Cattle, their top a pen of four Limousin Steers to £1155, a pen of three British Blue to £1150, next a pen of three British Blue to £1120 and another pen of five British Blue x to £1100. His best pen of four Aberdeen Angus, Name Sire to £1085. Topping out at £1155, Mr Viggers of Milton Abbott with a single deep Charolais Steer, and his Limousin x Steer to £1075, and a pair of Limousins to £1065. Natives from Mr Jope of saw his first strong pair of quality deep fleshy steers to £1135, another pair topping out at £1055, and a single to £1030. J B Facey of St Wenn saw their first pen of Hereford x to £1060 and a second pen at £1025. Heifers Not so many Heifers around but a good trade again, with Mr Kemp taking the honours with a single Aberdeen Angus to £1115. Mr Viggers running in close with a single Limousin x to £1055. F C Chapman of saw his lead Heifer to £985, a deep stretchy Limousin x Heifer. Rick Cobbledick saw his best pen of British Blue x Heifers away at £945. BREEDERS An Aberdeen Angus Bull from Mr Ovens of Camelford topped out at £1560, plenty of scope and growth about him. A small dispersal of Cows and Calves from Ben & Jess Collings saw their best, a pedigree Aberdeen Angus Cow with Limousin Calf to £1320 and other Aberdeen Angus Cows with Limousin Calves to £1200 and £1180. Mr R Haddy of Boscastle saw his front end of a small reduction sale of North Devons to a top of £950 also £880 and £860, all with younger Devon Calves at foot.