HALLWORTHY MARKET REPORT THURSDAY 14th NOVEMBER 2019 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, Camelford, Cornwall, PL32 9SH Tel: 01840 261261 Fax: 01840 261684 Website: www.kivells.com Email: [email protected] SHEEP AUCTIONEER STEVE PROUSE 07767 895366 91 Draft Ewes Smaller entry met a strong trade with no big heavy Ewes on offer, the average size Ewe ¾ meat sold up to £76 from three vendors. 174 Fat Lambs The finished Lambs have met a much faster trade across the Weight Top Average board, overall average on the day Per Head Per Kilo Per Head Per Kilo 32.1-39 65.80 173 65.80 173.1 was 188.3p, and a lot more could 39.1-45.5 84.80 192 80.40 188.9 have been sold, top per kilo on 45.6-52 88.50 181 85.70 175 the day was 192p which was Overall 88.50 192 81.90 188.3 realised by two vendors, Rich and Charlie Matthews, Torpoint with 40kgs, £76.80 and Messrs Treleaven and Old St Minver with 44.2kgs £84.80. Top per head on the day was £88.50 from Merv Gimblett of Treneglos. 521 Store Lambs A flying trade for all on offer with a large crowd of buyers present. 11 pens over £71, to a top of £76 for a pen of Texel x Mule from Richard Nankivell of St Breward who also realised £75.50 and £72.50 of other pens. Malcum and Glenda Taper of Polperro realised £75, for their 1st pen of Suffolk x, and £70 with their second. Messrs J & J Prideaux of Dunsmouth sold the 1st pen of Texel x Lambs at £73.50. More Store Lambs needed please 26 Rams A steady trade met a top call of £250, for a Texel 4T from Tony England of South Molton. STORE CATTLE AUCTIONEER RICHARD DENNIS 200 Cattle at Hallworthy met another brisk trade, with plenty of buyers looking for fleshy wintering Cattle. Top spot on the day went to Mr G E Williams, of St Kew, with a tremendous run of forward Cattle, three very smart black Limousin Steers to £975, with a pen of four Simmental Steers with plenty of stretch to £955, and another pen of three Simmental x Steers to £945. Mr R J Butter of North Hill ran in close with an exceptionally well finished young British Blue x Steer with great definition, out of a Simmental x Cow, which realised £950. Mr K Bird of Bude saw his top end of a wonderful run of Bazadaise x Cattle to £940, for a pen of six Steers with length and stretch, to make huge Cattle with great conformation. Mr PJS Parsons of South Petherwin saw their top of a strong run of Charolais x and British Blue x Cattle top at £910. A group of three younger Cattle from D J Keat & Sons of Bodmin, saw a very smart run of 14-17 month Aberdeen Angus Steers top out at £830 for his first pen of three, and £810 for his second pen of four. Heifers Mr R J Butter of North Hill topped this section with a shapely Limousin x Heifer with good conformation to £920. PJS Parsons of South Petherwin ran in close with a superb Charolais x Heifer with a great outlook at £900, and a pair of British Blue x Heifers to £875. The Keat Family of Bodmin ran in again with a tremendously well fleshed pair of Aberdeen Angus, Name Sire Heifer to £850. RA & D Philp of Wadebridge saw their best a single British Blue Heifer to £855. Cows and Fats R.R Sanders of Par saw their 5 year old Hereford Bull, a lengthy and well fleshed Bull touch out at 94ppkilo to £1128. .