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TRURO LIVESTOCK MARKET MARKET REPORT & WEEKLY NEWSLETTER Wednesday 11th September 2019 “Still a solid trade for the best prime cattle to 184p/kg this week” 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: Ian Michell of Nancegollan TRURO LIVESTOCK MARKET LODGE & THOMAS. Report an entry of 30 UTM & OTM prime cattle, 39 cull cows & bulls, 75 store cattle including 2 suckler cows & calves, 88 rearing calves & stirks and 449 finished & store 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 fair entry of prime cattle met a firm trade in line with recent weeks for good conformation cattle. Second quality and non-Farm Assured cattle are in demand but at a lower price. Top price per kilo was 184p for a Limousin x heifer from a quality entry from Messrs. F.T. & F.M. Johns of Cury purchased by J.V. Richards Ltd of Perranwell Station. Limousin x steers from the same farm saw a pair sell at 180p/kg to David King of Exeter with the heaviest at 707kg also achieving top value of £1,273. 16 Steers + Young Bulls & 10 Heifers Limousin x heifer to 184p (516kg) for Messrs. F.T. & F.M. Johns of Cury, Helston Limousin x steer to 180p (707kg) for Messrs. F.T. & F.M. Johns of Cury, Helston Limousin x steer to 180p (544kg) for Messrs. F.T. & F.M. Johns of Cury, Helston Limousin x steer to 177p (628kg) for Messrs. F.T. & F.M. Johns of Cury, Helston Limousin x steer to 176p (689kg) for Messrs. W.S. Gay & Son of St. Allen, Truro Limousin x steer to 176p (566kg) for Messrs. F.T. & F.M. Johns of Cury, Helston Aberdeen Angus x steer to 175p (632kg) for Mr. C.B. Stevens of Germoe, Penzance Limousin x steer to 173p (636kg) for Mr. S.B. Stevens of Germoe, Penzance Wednesday’s South-West Regional Market Averages Steers – 156.9p/kg Heifers – 158.2p/kg Truro Steers Truro Heifers Premium to 180p av. 176.71p Premium to 184p Prime to 158p Prime to 166p av. 161.33p Others to 145p av. 136.00p Others to 132p av. 126.00p All Steers av. 167.29p All Heifers av. 144.52p OTM PRIME CATTLE Few OTM cattle forward with the best of four over 3 year old non-Farm Assured cattle topping at 112p/kg and averaging 109.44p. th “Orange” TB-Restricted Market – This Tuesday 17 Sept @ 10am Entries invited for October Sale- 2 to - - Patrick Dennis 07889 600160 Frank Johns’ topping heifer 184p/kg .…& a grand steer from the same farm CULL COWS & BULLS Auctioneer – Andrew Body A slightly increased entry of cull cows met a trade in line with other regional markets. Premium beef cow at 115p/kg was a 741kg South Devon from Messrs. W.S. Gay & Son of St. Allen with Friesians to 97p/kg (719kg) for Mr. N. Warren of Withiel, both bought by David Ellis of Lelant. A tonne+ Charolais cull bull from Mr. T.R. Nicholas of Gweek realised 106p/kg and £1,125, also to David Ellis. 19 Beef Cows – leading prices South Devon x to 115p (741kg) for Messrs. W.S. Gay & Son of St. Allen, Truro Limousin x to 114p (676kg) for Mr. T.R. Nicholas of Gweek, Helston Limousin x to 106p (652kg) for Mr. S.J. Crago of Par, St. Austell Simmental x to 105p (853kg) for Messrs. I.D. & S.S. Backway of St. Eval, Wadebridge Aberdeen Angus x to 105p (797kg) for Mrs. R. Raby of St. Mawgan, Newquay Limousin x to 96p (601kg) for Mr. P.I. Hodge of Manaccan, Helston 19 Dairy Cows – leading prices Friesian to 97p (719kg) for Mr. N. Warren of Withiel, Bodmin Friesian to 93p (783kg) for Chynoweth Farm Partners of St. Allen, Truro Friesian to 92p (756kg) for Messrs. W.J.A. & S.J. Hain of Four Lanes, Redruth Friesian to 89p (767kg) for Messrs. R.G. Olver & Son of St. Stephen, St. Austell Friesian to 88p (777kg) for Messrs. R.G. Olver & Son of St. Stephen, St. Austell Friesian to 88p (752kg) for Messrs. W.J.A. & S.J. Hain of Four Lanes, Redruth 1 Cull Bull Charolais to 106p (1061kg) for Mr. T.R. Nicholas of Gweek, Helston Overall Averages: Beef Cows to 115p/kg av. 92.76p/kg Dairy Cows to 97p/kg av. 83.51p/kg Cull Bulls to 106p/kg - 3 - - STORE CATTLE Auctioneer – Andrew Body Store cattle numbers are slowly building up towards the peak Autumn period when cattle start to be housed. Trade remains similar to recent weeks. Top price of the day was £860 for a pair of 18mo Devon x Limousin steers from Mr. J.R. Julyan of Tresillian with a younger pair of Aberdeen Angus crosses next in line at £805 for Mr. J. Symons of Threemilestone. A super bunch of four Simmental crosses from Messrs. G.E.R. & C.E.R. James of Rosudgeon sold well at £600. On the heifer side, again mostly younger cattle with top prices for natives including £725 for Aberdeen Angus and £710 for Herefords. 43 Steers – leading prices 2yo Limousin x to £745 for Tresco Estate of Tresco, Isles of Scilly 1½yo Devon x to £860 for Mr. J.R. Julyan of Tresillian, Truro Aberdeen Angus x to £805 for Mr. J. Symons of Threemilestone, Truro Welsh Black x to £695 for Mr. J. Symons of Threemilestone, Truro 1yo Simmental x to £550 for Mr. I.G. Michell of Nancegollan, Helston Blonde d’Aquitaine x to £490 for Mr. A. Horton of Penponds, Camborne British Blue x to £480 for Messrs. W.J.A. & S.J. Hain of Four Lanes, Redruth 8mo Simmental x to £600 for Messrs. G.E.R. & C.E.R. James of Rosudgeon, Penzance Aberdeen Angus x to £470 for Mr. A. Horton of Penponds, Camborne 33 Heifers – leading prices 1½yo Aberdeen Angus x to £725 for Mr. A.J. Bostock of Stithians, Truro Hereford x to £710 for Mr. I.G. Michell of Nancegollan, Helston 1yo British Blue x to £515 for Messrs. W.J.A. & S.J. Hain of Four Lanes, Redruth Aberdeen Angus x to £430 for Mr. A.J. Bostock of Stithians, Truro 6mo British Blue x to £350 for Mr. R.S. Dawe of Grampound, Truro Suckler Cow & Calf A young Aberdeen Angus cow/heifer with 6mo well-grown calf at foot sold to a good trade at £910 for Mr. A. Horton of Penponds, Camborne. - 4 - - REARING CALVES & STIRKS Auctioneer – Patrick Dennis A similar entry of calves to last week but limited top quality calves forward which affected the averages. Month-old Limousin x bulls led for J.C. & F.C. Tripconey Ltd of Black Rock at £245 and £230. Two further Limousin x bulls at £225 for Messrs. S.M. & J. Blee of St. Martin and Mr. M.J. Brown of Scorrier with a 3 week old youngster and whose Limousin x heifer hit £205. A smart pair of Aberdeen Angus x heifers from Mr. C.M. Phillips of St. Mawes sold well at £195. 42 Bulls Limousin x to £245 for J.C. & F.C. Tripconey Ltd of Black Rock, Camborne, av. £180 British Blue x to £215 for Messrs. L.T. Harvey & Sons of Newbridge, Penzance, av. £101 Hereford x to £175, av. £112 Friesian to £80 for Messrs. J.R, P.M. & D.W. Treleaven of Trenarren, St. Austell, av. £55 Friesian bobby calves to £24, av. £17 34 Heifers Limousin x to £205 for Mr. M.J. Brown of Scorrier, Redruth, av. £159 Aberdeen Angus x to £195 for Mr. C.M. Phillips of St. Mawes, Truro, av. £147 British Blue x to £170 for Mr. N. Warren of Withiel, Bodmin, av. £103 Hereford x to £95 for both Messrs. E.V. & B.K. Benney of Garras, Helston and Mr. M.W. Hooper of Stenalees, St. Austell, av. £60 5 Male Stirks Hereford x to £300 four times for Messrs. M.G. & T.A. Tuckett of Tywardreath, Par Limousin x to £300 for Mr. P.I. Hodge of Manaccan, Helston 7 Heifer Stirks Aberdeen Angus x to £250 for Mr. J. Mallaber of Carharrack, Redruth, av. £198 Hereford x to £235 three times for Messrs. M.G. & T.A. Tuckett of Tywardreath, Par, av. £300 Limousin x to £235 for Mr. P.I. Hodge of Manaccan, Helston PRIVATE TREATY SALES REGISTER Patrick Dennis 07889 600160 Full list of TB-free and TB-restricted stock, fodder etc. online – currently available: 210 Super Stores A superb bunch of 210 store cattle, all out of Holstein Friesian cows, very well-reared & grown for their age. Early viewing recommended. Can be split to meet purchasers’ requirements:- • 65 steers & 65 heifers av. age 13mo • 90 British Blue x steers av. age 11mo (heifers from this age group may also be available) - 5 - - FINISHED & STORE SHEEP LAMBS (275) Auctioneer – Ed Harris The finished lamb trade has been falling throughout the week and Truro was in line with that trend. A fine pen of butchers’ quality Texel lambs from Messrs. I.D. & S.S. Backway of St. Eval topped at £84.50 to Trevarthens of Roskrow. Dominating the averages again this week were Methleigh Farm Ltd reaching a premium of 176p/kg for a choice 43.2kg pen purchased by J.V. Richards Ltd of Perranwell Station.