TRURO LIVESTOCK MARKET MARKET REPORT & WEEKLY NEWSLETTER Wednesday 11th December 2019 50 lambs for Methleigh to 206p & £94.50 av. over £2/kilo!! 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: W.J. & S.J. Hocking of Gunwalloe TRURO LIVESTOCK MARKET LODGE & THOMAS. Report an entry of 19 UTM & OTM prime cattle, 56 cull cows & bulls, 142 store cattle including 7 dairy cattle and 10 suckler cows & calves, 84 rearing calves and 385 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 light entry of prime cattle which is not unusual at this time of year. Trade continued firm for mainly commercial type cattle and limited butchers’ types forward. Top price per kilo was 193p for a Limousin x heifer from Mr. R.E. Richards of St. Keverne purchased by J.V. Richards Ltd of Perranwell Station. Top value came for another Limousin x heifer weighing 721kg for Messrs. A.J. & S.T. Richards of St. Keverne and realising £1,298 to David Ellis of Lelant. 6 Steers & 9 Heifers – leading prices Limousin x heifer to 193p (551kg) for Mr. R.E. Richards of St. Keverne, Helston Limousin x heifer to 190p (604kg) for Messrs. R.H. & C.D. Care of St. Buryan, Penzance South Devon x heifer to 189p (651kg) for Messrs. R.H. & C.D. Care of St. Buryan, Penzance Limousin x heifer to 185p (628kg) for Messrs. R.H. & C.D. Care of St. Buryan, Penzance Limousin x heifer to 180p (721kg) for Messrs. A.J. & S.T. Richards of St. Keverne, Helston Limousin x heifer to 179p (529kg) for Mr. J.A. Skewes of Perranporth, Truro Limousin x steer to 175p (643kg) for Messrs. A.J. & S.T. Richards of St. Keverne, Helston Wednesday’s South-West Regional Market Averages Steers – 154.5p/kg Heifers – 172.3p/kg Truro Steers Truro Heifers Premium - Premium to 193p av. 189.25p Prime to 175p av. 173.00p Prime to 180p av. 177.67p Others to 158p av. 156.25p Others to 161p av. 149.50p All Steers av. 162.14p All Heifers av. 176.56p 4 OTM PRIME CATTLE Standing top a Galloway x steer at 130p/kg for Messrs. W.W. James & Sons of Sancreed bought by Messrs. Rapson of Tavistock. - 2 - - CULL COWS & BULLS Auctioneer – Andrew Body Another good entry of cull cows met a similar trade to recent weeks with well-covered cows selling to best demand. Leading this week were a pair of British Blue x cows for Messrs. R.J. & E.J. Hemmings of Lanlivery selling at 133p/kg and 123p/kg to David Ellis of Lelant. Dairy types saw Friesians to 106p/kg for Messrs. K. & M. Ferris of Gunwalloe matched by a Norwegian Red x from Messrs. W.L. Jasper & Son of Pendeen, both bought by Dawn West Devon of Hatherleigh. Standing top at £915 was big 924kg Friesian from Messrs. B.L. Hearn & Partners of Whitecross going to David Ellis. 19 Beef Cows – leading prices British Blue x to 133p (636kg) for Messrs. R.J. & E.J. Hemmings of Lanlivery, Bodmin British Blue x to 123p (701kg) for Messrs. R.J. & E.J. Hemmings of Lanlivery, Bodmin Limousin x to 109p (754kg) for Messrs. W.J. & S.J. Hocking of Gunwalloe, Helston Hereford x to 104p (665kg) for Mr. W. Maxfield-Coote of St. Allen, Truro Charolais x to 98p (913kg) for Mr. R.J. Geach of Padstow Devon x to 98p (604kg) for Mr. R.E. Richards of St. Keverne, Helston Aberdeen Angus x to 97p (540kg) for Mr. J.C. Trenerry of Callestick, Truro 34 Dairy Cows – leading prices Norwegian Red x to 106p (841kg) for Messrs. W.L. Jasper & Son of Pendeen, Penzance Friesian to 106p (747kg) for Messrs. K. & M. Ferris of Gunwalloe, Helston Friesian to 99p (924kg) for Messrs. B.L. Hearn & Partners of Whitecross, Wadebridge Friesian to 96p (624kg) for Mr. D. Pascoe of Sithney, Helston Friesian to 95p (742kg) for Messrs. K. & M. Ferris of Gunwalloe, Helston Friesian to 95p (654kg) for Mr. D. Pascoe of Sithney, Helston Friesian to 94p (675kg) for Messrs. J.H. Hawkey & Son of St. Newlyn East, Newquay Breed Averages: British Blue x to 133p/kg av. 127.76p/kg Limousin x to 109p/kg av. 90.25p/kg Norwegian Red x to 106p/kg Friesian to 106p/kg av. 85.56p/kg Hereford x to 104p/kg av. 94.50p/kg Charolais x to 98p/kg av. 96.00p/kg Devon x to 98p/kg Aberdeen Angus x to 97p/kg av. 81.75p/kg Dairy Shorthorn x to 74p/kg Guernsey x to 71p/kg av. 62.19p/kg 3 Cull Bulls Aberdeen Angus to 89p (1002kg) for Messrs. D.J. Searle & Son of Rosudgeon, Penzance Hereford to 84p (1072kg) for Mrs. C.P. Harris of Kea, Truro Overall Averages: Beef Cows to 133p/kg av. 92.74p/kg Dairy Cows to 106p/kg av. 82.15p/kg Cull Bulls to 89p/kg av. 77.67p/kg - 3 - - STORE CATTLE Auctioneer – Patrick Dennis A large number of store cattle for the run up to Christmas with mainly younger stock forward. Trade remained firm throughout with plenty of demand around the ring. An entry of super South Devon steers around 20 months old for Mr. C. Eustice of Cubert saw top trio at £940. Three strong Charolais steers around 16 months old for Mr. R.J. Geach of Padstow realised £930 with his three heifers slightly younger at £760. A striking pair of Limousin x steers at just 11 month old from Messrs. H. Gwennap & Son of Leedstown sold away to £900. A bunch of five young South Devon steer calves from Heather Rogers of Carbis Bay, which included three end of April born, realised £700. Heifers topped at £850 for a 19 month old Hereford x pair from Mr. A. Perry of Tregony. A nice run of 11 suckler-bred Aberdeen Angus named-sire 9/10 month old heifers from Messrs. B.J. Tregoning & Son of Wendron sold to £575. 66 Steers – leading prices 1½yo South Devon x to £940 for Mr. C. Eustice of Cubert, Newquay Charolais x to £930 for Mr. R.J. Geach of Padstow British Blue x to £850 for Mr. R.T. Lobb of St. Ewe, St. Austell Devon x to £835 for Mr. A. Perry of Tregony, Truro Limousin x to £835 for Messrs. J.M, S.K. & J.K. Sawle of Gunwalloe, Helston Hereford x to £815 for Mr. W. Maxfield-Coote of St. Allen, Truro Shorthorn x to £800 for Mr. W. Maxfield-Coote of St. Allen, Truro 1yo Limousin x to £900 for Messrs. H. Gwennap & Son of Leedstown, Hayle Aberdeen Angus x to £645 for Mr. G.F.K. Thomas of St. Agnes 9mo South Devon x to £700 for Messrs. G. & H. Rogers of Carbis Bay, St. Ives Devon x to £450 for Mr. R.C. Grist of Roche, St. Austell 59 Heifers – leading prices 1½yo Hereford x to £850 for Mr. A. Perry of Tregony, Truro Charolais x to £760 for Mr. R.J. Geach of Padstow Limousin x to £650 for Messrs. J.M, S.K. & J.K. Sawle of Gunwalloe, Helston Devon x to £540 for Mr. C. Ferkin of St. Mewan, St. Austell 1yo Aberdeen Angus x to £575 for Messrs. B.J. Tregoning & Son of Wendron, Helston 9mo Aberdeen Angus x to £565 for Messrs. B.J. Tregoning & Son of Wendron, Helston South Devon x to £520 for Messrs. G. & H. Rogers of Carbis Bay, St. Ives FODDER BEET For Sale Privately Harvested fodder beet with loading facilities- 4 - - – near Camborne 01872 272722 ref: AEB Angus heifers from Messrs. Tregoning to £565 Devons £835 for Andrew Perry 7 Dairy Cattle A special entry of in-calf dairy heifers for Messrs. R. & D.P. Rule of Mawla, Redruth topped at £980 with a further pair at £960 all due around February to Aberdeen Angus named-sires. 10 Suckler Cows & Calves A pair of Aberdeen Angus heifers with 8 week old calves at foot for Mr. G.F.K. Thomas of St. Agnes sold to £970. Some older in-calf cows forward saw Saler crosses top at £870 for Mr. R.C. Grist of Roche, St. Austell. REARING CALVES Auctioneer – Patrick Dennis A good entry of calves for the run-up to Christmas with a strong trade and plenty of demand throughout. An older British Blue x heifer calf from Messrs. B.L. Hearn & Partners of Whitecross topped the day at £295 with a further pair of older Blue heifers at £250 for Messrs. R.J, K.M. & A.M. Worden of Gunwalloe, Helston. A November-born British Blue cross also led the bull prices for Messrs. L.T. Harvey & Sons of Newbridge at £250. 50 Bulls British Blue x to £250 for Messrs. L.T. Harvey & Sons of Newbridge, Penzance, av. £150 Limousin x to £240 for Messrs. L.T. Harvey & Sons of Newbridge, Penzance, av. £133 Aberdeen Angus x to £235 for Messrs. S.M. & J. Blee of St. Martin, Helston, av. £155 Hereford x to £225 for Mr. M.R. Davey of Lewdown, Okehampton, av. £155 Simmental x to £178 for Messrs. T.J. & C.M. Dauncey of St. Just, Penzance, av. £115 Friesian bobby calves to £34 34 Heifers British Blue x to £295 for Messrs.