Truro Livestock Market
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TRURO LIVESTOCK MARKET MARKET REPORT & WEEKLY NEWSLETTER Wednesday 29th January 2020 “A ring full of buyers for stores saw £985 for Herefords from Tim Wood” 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: PCJ Farming of Breage, Helston TRURO LIVESTOCK MARKET LODGE & THOMAS. Report an entry of 24 UTM & OTM prime cattle, 40 cull cows & bulls, 45 store cattle, 59 rearing calves & stirks and 268 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 – Bob Mosley An improved entry of prime cattle saw strong demand and better prices and overall averages. Over a quarter of the cattle sold for £2/kilo and over!! Heifers outselling the steers this week with two from George Richards Farms at 213p/kg – a Limousin x and a Stabiliser x; steers to 205p/kg for a Limousin x from the same farm and all three purchased by R.J. Trevarthen Ltd of Roskrow. Top value prime was a 664kg Limousin x steer also for George Richards Farms selling at £1,315 to J.V Richards Ltd of Perranwell Station. Leading the heifers to £1,221 was a smart Limousin x heifer from Messrs. R.H. & C.D. Care of St. Buryan bought at 209p/kg by R.J. Trevarthen Ltd (pictured). 11 Steers & 10 Heifers – top 8 prices Limousin x heifer to 213p (570kg) for George Richards Farms of Summercourt, Newquay Stabiliser x heifer to 213p (545kg) for George Richards Farms of Summercourt, Newquay Limousin x heifer to 209p (584kg) for Messrs. R.H. & C.D. Care of St. Buryan, Penzance Limousin x heifer to 208p (483kg) for Messrs. R.H. & C.D. Care of St. Buryan, Penzance Limousin x steer to 205p (637kg) for George Richards Farms of Summercourt, Newquay Limousin x heifer to 200p (481kg) for Messrs. R.H. & C.D. Care of St. Buryan, Penzance Limousin x steer to 198p (664kg) for George Richards Farms of Summercourt, Newquay Limousin x heifer to 193p (622kg) for Messrs. M.D. Curtis & Son of Gunwalloe, Helston Wednesday’s South-West Regional Market Averages Steers – 167.9p/kg Heifers – 162.7p/kg Truro Steers Truro Heifers Premium to 205p av. 201.50p Premium to 213p av. 208.60p Prime to 178p av. 172.75p Prime to 193p av. 181.50p Others to 164p av. 160.20p Others to 159p av. 153.50p All Steers av. 172.27p All Heifers av. 190.33p - 2 - - One of a pair of heifers @ 213p/kg ….& top value £1,315 for Carol Richards OTM PRIME CATTLE Top price OTM was a smart Limousin x heifer from Mr. A.E. Lawrence of Mullion selling at 162p/kg to David King of Exeter. 1 Steer & 2 Heifers Limousin x heifer to 162p (573kg) for Mr. A.E. Lawrence of Mullion, Helston Limousin x heifer to 143p (481kg) for Mr. A.E. Lawrence of Mullion, Helston Limousin x steer to 140p (658kg) for Messrs. M.D. Curtis & Son of Gunwalloe, Helston CULL COWS & BULLS Auctioneer – Bob Mosley A similar entry to recent weeks met strong demand and firm prices across the board. Well- covered cows are selling especially well. A smart pair of Charolais cows for Diddy Farms of St. Stephen topped at 139p/kg and 137p/kg bought by David Ellis of Lelant and Messrs. Rapson of Tavistock respectively. A super Friesian average this week of 105.94p/kg and a top value of £1,089 for a huge 923kg cow at 118p from Tregarrick Farms of Helston bought by Dawn West Devon of Hatherleigh. Heavy cows, as always from Mr. D.J. Heller of Blackwater, led the dairy averages selling at 124p/kg and 123p/kg to West Devon and David King of Exeter. A Charolais bull weighing 1201kg for Mr. B. Cowell of Wendron sold at 104p/kg and £1,249 to David Ellis. 16 Beef Cows – leading prices Charolais x to 139p (504kg) for Diddy Farms of St. Stephen, St. Austell Charolais x to 137p (598kg) for Diddy Farms of St. Stephen, St. Austell Limousin x to 135p (702kg) for Messrs. S.M. & J. Blee of St. Martin, Helston Limousin x to 128p (709kg) for Mr. J.R. Julyan of Tresillian, Truro British Blue x to 111p (755kg) for Mr. L. Vague of Baldhu, Truro Charolais x to 110p (682kg) for Mr. K.R. Williams of Tehidy, Camborne Hereford x to 106p (709kg) for Mr. A.C. Brewer of Trevalga, Boscastle - 3 - - 23 Dairy Cows – leading prices Friesian to 124p (767kg) for Mr. D.J. Heller of Blackwater, Truro Friesian to 123p (806kg) for Mr. D.J. Heller of Blackwater, Truro Friesian to 123p (726kg) for Messrs. B.H, G.J. & F.B.W. Ely of St. Keverne, Helston Friesian to 122p (804kg) for Mr. D.J. Heller of Blackwater, Truro Friesian to 122p (767kg) for Messrs. A.D. & J.A. Bray of St. Martin, Helston Friesian to 118p (923kg) for Tregarrick Farms of Helston Friesian to 118p (760kg) for Mr. D.J. Heller of Blackwater, Truro Friesian to 118p (656kg) for Messrs. W.C. & W.R. Martin of St. Buryan, Penzance Breed Averages: Charolais x to 139p/kg av. 128.67p/kg Limousin x to 135p/kg av. 131.50p/kg Friesian to 124p/kg av. p/kg British Blue x to 111p/kg Hereford x to 106p/kg av. 101.00p/kg Norwegian Red x to 97p/kg Aberdeen Angus x to 94p/kg Danish Red x to 89p/kg 1 Cull Bull Charolais to 104p (1201kg) for Mr. B. Cowell of Wendron, Helston Overall Averages: Beef Cows to 139p/kg av. 100.53p/kg Dairy Cows to 124p/kg av. 104.71p/kg Cull Bulls to 104p/kg STORE CATTLE Auctioneer – Patrick Dennis A lighter entry than recent weeks but continued strong trade and demand for all types across the board. Numbers are in short supply generally keeping the prices firm. Topping at £985 were a 19/22 month old Hereford-sired steer pair from Messrs. J.A.H. Wood & Son of Little Petherick who also saw a good trade for their Friesian steers selling to £855. A trio of 18 month old Aberdeen Angus steers from Messrs. R.H. & L.G. Benney of Breage sold well at £895. Few heifers forward saw a top of £865 for Mr. A.E. Lawrence of Mullion with his Limousin x. 37 Steers – leading prices 2yo Hereford x to £985 for Messrs. J.A.H. Wood & Son of Little Petherick, Wadebridge British Blue x to £865 for Mr. K. Burley of Stithians, Truro Friesian to £855 for Messrs. J.A.H. Wood & Son of Little Petherick, Wadebridge Jersey x to £700 for Messrs. J.A.H. Wood & Son of Little Petherick, Wadebridge - 4 - - 1½yo Limousin x to £900 for Mr. A.E. Lawrence of Mullion, Helston Aberdeen Angus x to £895 for Messrs. R.H. & L.G. Benney of Breage, Helston Saler x to £845 for Mr. L.J. Mann of Constantine, Falmouth Hereford x to £840 for Messrs. J.A.H. Wood & Son of Little Petherick, Wadebridge 1yo Hereford x to £590 for Messrs. R. Lawry & Son of Mawnan Smith, Falmouth 8 Heifers – leading prices 2yo Limousin x to £865 for Mr. A.E. Lawrence of Mullion, Helston British Blue x to £800 for Mr. A.E. Lawrence of Mullion, Helston 1yo Blonde d’Aquitaine x to £650 for Mr. L.J. Mann of Constantine, Falmouth REARING CALVES & STIRKS Auctioneer – Patrick Dennis Similar numbers to recent weeks met a decent trade for all the calves on offer. Top price at £255 was a 5 week old British Blue x bull for Messrs. L.T. Harvey & Sons of Newbridge. A run of stirks for J.O. Nightingale Ltd of Whitecross saw best prices for the bunches of British Blue crosses with the males making £385 and best heifers £290. 29 Bulls British Blue x to £255 for Messrs. L.T. Harvey & Sons of Newbridge, Penzance, av. £141 Simmental x to £250 for Mr. A.G. Cave of Rame, Penryn, av. £243 Aberdeen Angus x to £245 for Mr. A.G. Cave of Rame, Penryn, av. £91 Friesian to £86 for Mr. D.J. Heller of Blackwater, Truro, av. £74 Friesian bobby calves to £40, av. £38 11 Heifers Aberdeen Angus x to £162 for Mr. A.G. Cave of Rame, Penryn, av. £110 British Blue x to £152 for Messrs. B.L. Hearn & Partners of Whitecross, Wadebridge, av. £107 Limousin x to £142 for Messrs. S.M. & L. Blee of St. Martin, Helston 7 Male Stirks British Blue x to £385 (x3) for J.O. Nightingale Ltd of Whitecross, Wadebridge, av. £385 Aberdeen Angus x to £305 (x2) for J.O. Nightingale Ltd of Whitecross, Wadebridge, av. £290 12 Heifer Stirks British Blue x to £290 (x3) for J.O. Nightingale Ltd of Whitecross, Wadebridge, av. £267 Aberdeen Angus x to £235 (x4) for J.O. Nightingale Ltd of Whitecross, Wadebridge, av. £221 - 5 - - FINISHED & STORE SHEEP HOGS (138) Auctioneer – Ed Harris Numbers are tight, which continues to drive trade nationally in the upward direction. Prices up again on last week’s flyer, topping at £107 for a smart pen of 54kg Texels from Mr. R.A. Coad of Cubert bought by J.V. Richards Ltd of Perranwell Station. A good run of three pens forward from Mr. N.F. Dalgarno of Tregony saw his best-pick butchers’ quality Texel hogs reach £104.50 and another at £102.