h TRURO LIVESTOCK MARKET MARKET REPORT & WEEKLY NEWSLETTER Wednesday 11th November 2020 COVID-19 REGULATIONS: RETURN TO “LOCKDOWN” CONDITIONS With the return to “lockdown”, we are re-introducing our “drop & go only” policy for Vendors. Lodge & Thomas offer the service of sending your market prices by email on Market day. Only genuine Buyers permitted and a face mask/covering MUST BE WORN. “Trelawney Copplestone’s Charolais = Top price Heifer Calves” 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: Hugh Dawson of Methleigh Farm Ltd Farms Ltd of Penzance TRURO LIVESTOCK MARKET LODGE & THOMAS. Report an entry of 20 UTM & OTM prime cattle, 47 cull cows & bulls, 310 store cattle including suckled calves, 108 rearing calves & stirks and 275 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 slightly increased entry this week with no abatement in demand for all on offer. larger numbers required. Two Limousin x steers from Messrs. W.T. Bryant & Sons of St. Martin standing top at 220p/kg (£1,445) and 219p/kg (£1,402), both bought by David King of Exeter. Dearest at £1,512 was Messrs. T.B. & M.B. Osborne of St. Eval’s 813kg Simmental x steer, also bought by David King. Premium heifer at 218p/kg was a Limousin x from Messrs. W.H. & L.M. Williams & Son of Allet purchased by J.V. Richards Ltd of Perranwell Station. 11 Steers & 8 Heifers – top 8 prices Limousin x steer to 220p (657kg) for Messrs. W.T. Bryant & Sons of St. Martin, Helston Limousin x steer to 219p (640kg) for Messrs. W.T. Bryant & Sons of St. Martin, Helston Limousin x heifer to 218p (547kg) for Messrs. W.H. & L.M. Williams & Son of Allet, Truro Limousin x heifer to 213p (571kg) for Messrs. W.T. Bryant & Sons of St. Martin, Helston Devon x steer to 199p (604kg) for Messrs. R.E, G.L. & M.R. Body of Hayle Limousin x steer to 193p (610kg) for Mr. J.A. Skewes of Penwartha, Perranporth Limousin x heifer to 193p (571kg) for Mr. G.A. Furr of Mount Hawke, Truro Simmental x steer to 186p (813kg) for Messrs. T.B. & M.B. Osborne of St. Eval, Wadebridge Wednesday’s South-West Regional Market Averages Steers – 183.0p/kg Heifers – 170.8p/kg Truro Steers Truro Heifers Premium to 220p av. 207.75p Premium to 218p av. 208.02p Prime to 186p av. 173.67p Prime to 170p All Steers av. 186.62p All Heifers av. 188.17p OTM PRIME CATTLE One steer, just overage, for Messrs. R.E, G.L. & M.R. Body of Hayle being a 688kg Hereford x steer selling at 174p/kg and £1,197 to David Ellis of Lelant. - 2 - - CULL COWS & BULLS Auctioneer – Andrew Body A similar entry to recent weeks contained a fair proportion of plainer, straight out of parlour dairy types, but also some super shapely and well-fleshed beef cows achieving top prices. Five cracking cull cows from Messrs. C.R. & I.E. White of Helston saw their heaviest 861kg Limousin also dearest pence per kilo at 174p/kg and making a huge price of £1,498 to David King of Exeter. Friesians to 107p/kg for Messrs. S.J. Dustow & Son of Ladock purchased by Dawn West Devon of Hatherleigh, with dearest black and white an 895kg cow from Mr. C.R. Rusden of Penhallow realising £913 to David King. 24 Beef Cows – leading prices Limousin to 174p (861kg) for Messrs. C.R. & I.E. White of Helston Limousin to 152p (743kg) for Messrs. C.R. & I.E. White of Helston Limousin x to 149p (677kg) for Mr. G.A. Furr of Mount Hawke, Truro Limousin to 148p (627kg) for Messrs. C.R. & I.E. White of Helston Charolais to 135p (740kg) for Messrs. C.R. & I.E. White of Helston South Devon x to 106p (755kg) for Mr. R.T. Dunn of Par, St. Austell Hereford x to 105p (726kg) for Mr. W. Maxfield-Coote of St. Allen, Truro Hereford x to 104p (758kg) for Messrs. T.M. & S.D. Tremayne of Stithians, Truro 21 Dairy Cows – leading prices Friesian to 107p (798kg) for Messrs. S.J. Dustow & Son of Ladock, Truro Shorthorn x to 107p (471kg) for Mr. W. Maxfield-Coote of St. Allen, Truro Friesian to 102p (895kg) for Mr. C.R. Rusden of Penhallow, Truro Meuse Rhine Issel x to 84p (719kg) for Messrs. S.J. Dustow & Son of Ladock, Truro Friesian to 83p (778kg) for Messrs. R.J, K.M, A.M. & S.E. Worden of Gunwalloe, Helston 2 Cull Bulls Limousin to 105p (828kg) for Messrs. H. Williams & Son of Tehidy, Camborne Hereford to 88p (883kg) for Messrs. G.S. & K.M. Trevail of Bugle, St. Austell Overall Averages: Beef Cows to 174p/kg av. 78.45p/kg Dairy Cows to 107p/kg av. 112.27p/kg Cull Bulls to 105p/kg av. 96p/kg Next “Orange” Market – This Tuesday 17th November @ 10am TB-RESTRICTED PRIME CATTLE, COWS & STORE CATTLE (Entries for December Orange Market now invited to Patrick Dennis 07889 600160) - 3 - - STORE CATTLE Auctioneers – Andrew Body & Patrick Dennis A fair entry of store cattle sold prior to the fourth season’s sale of suckled calves with total headage in excess of 300. A solid trade for the quality and stronger stores on offer and steady demand for the suckled calves with a fair contingent of buyers topping-up on earlier purchases. Topping the steers at £1,050 were best trio from an entry of Aberdeen Angus crosses from Mr. C.R. Broom of Mawgan Porth. A nice run of young Limousin x stores from Mr. D.P. Anderson of St. Buryan saw heifers to £810 and heifers to £760. Overall top heifer came from a run of strong Limousin x stores from Mr. W. Martin of Coombe for a single at £915. A pair of pure Simmental heifers around the 16 month old mark for Mr. J. Buckland of St. Buryan made £845; matched by same age South Devon heifers from Messrs. R.G.T. & G.E. Gilbert of Ruan Minor, whose single steer hit £900. 205 Steers – leading prices 2yo Aberdeen Angus x to £885 for Mr. W. Martin of Coombe, St. Austell Hereford x to £750 for Mr. R.C. Coad of Bugle, St. Austell Limousin x to £740 for Mr. W. Martin of Coombe, St. Austell 1½yo Aberdeen Angus x to £1,050 for Mr. C.R. Broom of Mawgan Porth, Newquay South Devon x to £900 for Messrs. R.G.T. & G.E. Gilbert of Ruan Minor, Helston British Blue x to £860 for Sixty Acres Ltd of Zelah, Truro Limousin x to £810 for Mr. D.P. Anderson of St. Buryan, Penzance Devon x to £700 for Mr. S. Keyte of Paul, Penzance Simmental x to £660 for Mr. T.D. Retallick of Talskiddy, St. Columb Hereford x to £545 for Mr. T.D. Retallick of Talskiddy, St. Columb 1yo Limousin x to £670 for Mr. B.G. Coon of Penwithick, St. Austell Hereford x to £525 for Mr. R.C. Coad of Bugle, St. Austell 103 Heifers – leading prices 2yo Limousin x to £915 for Mr. W. Martin of Coombe, St. Austell Aberdeen Angus x to £820 for Mr. W. Martin of Coombe, St. Austell 1½yo Simmental x to £845 for Mr. J. Buckland of St. Buryan, Penzance South Devon x to £845 for Messrs. R.G.T. & G.E. Gilbert of Ruan Minor, Helston Aberdeen Angus x to £800 for Mr. C.R. Broom of Mawgan Porth, Newquay Limousin x to £775 for Mr. B.G. Coon of Penwithick, St. Austell Hereford x to £580 for Mr. T.D. Retallick of Talskiddy, St. Columb 1yo Limousin x to £545 for Mr. B.G. Coon of Penwithick, St. Austell - 4 - - Richard Gilbert’s South Devons David Anderson’s Limousin heifers Cow & Calf An Aberdeen Angus x heifer with Simmental x calf at foot realised £1,010 for Mr. C. Allen of Penwithick, St. Austell. 4TH PRIZE SALE OF SUCKLED CALVES The fourth and final Suckled Calf Prize Sale of the season contained a splendid catalogued entry of 200+ calves. £50 prize winners in each class were as follows:- Class 1: Steers born after 1st March 2020 Limousin x to £735 for Messrs. H. Williams & Son of Tehidy, Camborne Class 2: Heifers born after 1st March 2020 Charolais x to £570 for Mr. T. Copplestone of Darite, Liskeard Class 3: Steers born 1st October 2019 – 29th February 2020 Aberdeen Angus x to £730 for Messrs. R.J. Richards & Son of Carnkie, Redruth Class 4: Heifers born 1st October 2019 – 29th February 2020 Aberdeen Angus x to £400 for Mr. J.C. Trenerry of Callestick, Truro Other strong suckled calf prices:- Steers – up to 8½ months old Hereford x to £730 for Mr. M. Allen of Belowda, Roche Hereford x to £690 for Mr. M. Allen of Belowda, Roche Hereford x to £690 for Messrs. F.C. & B.R. Berryman of Pendeen, Penzance South Devon x to £690 for Messrs. R.G.T. & G.E. Gilbert of Ruan Minor, Helston Aberdeen Angus x to £680 for Messrs. R.J. Richards & Son of Carnkie, Redruth Heifers – up to 8½ months old Simmental x to £540 for Messrs. J.B. Langton & Son of Mount, Bodmin South Devon x to £525 for Messrs.