Lodge & Thomas offer the service of sending your market prices by email on Market day. Please continue to wear a face mask/covering. “One of Messrs W T Bryant & Sons’ cracking heifers ” 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: Messrs M D Curtis & Sons of Helston TRURO LIVESTOCK MARKET LODGE & THOMAS. Report an entry of 30 UTM & OTM prime cattle, 29 cull cows, 45 store cattle, 111 rearing calves & stirks and 577 finished, store sheep & breeding 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 The finished cattle trade moved up another gear with a high proportion of quality beasts including a superb run of 8 single suckled Limousin steers and heifers from Messrs W T Bryant & Sons selling to the top price seen in Truro (except at Christmas shows) at 249p/kg with a massive average at just under 240p/kg. Steers – top prices Limousin x to 239p (685kg) for Messrs W T Bryant & Sons of St Martin, Helston Limousin x to 218p (627kg) for Messrs F T & F M Johns of Cury, Helston Limousin x to 218p (707kg) for Messrs W T Bryant & Sons of St Martin, Helston British Blue x to 205p (570kg) for Messrs M D Curtis & Son of Gunwalloe, Helston Heifers – top prices Limousin x to 249p (567kg) for Messrs W T Bryant & Sons of St Martin, Helston Limousin x to 245p (560kg) for Messrs W T Bryant & Sons of St Martin, Helston Limousin x to 244p (530kg) for Messrs W T Bryant & Sons of St Martin, Helston Limousin x to 241p (636kg) for Messrs W T Bryant & Sons of St Martin, Helston Limousin x to 241p (593kg) for Messrs W T Bryant & Sons of St Martin, Helston Limousin x to 217p (681kg) for Messrs M D Curtis & Son of Gunwalloe, Helston Wednesday’s South-West Regional Market Averages Steers – 207p/kg Heifers – 194p/kg Truro Steers Truro Heifers Premium to 239p/kg Premium to249p/kg av. 243p/kg Prime to 218p/kg av. 205p/kg Prime to 217p/kg av. 106p/kg All steers av. 209.52p/kg All heifers av. 220.63p/kg _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Page - 2 - CULL COWS Auctioneer – Andrew Body Despite only a handful of entries being notified, a useful entry of cull cows contained mainly dairy types and the trade continues as strong as ever. Please tell us what entries you have so that we can properly notify the buyers and keep them coming. Included in the younger cow section were freemartin heifers selling well. Beef Cows – leading prices South Devon x to 157p (736kg) for Messrs P & M R Biddick of St Columb, Newquay Dairy Cows – leading prices Friesian Hfr to 178p (582kg) for Messrs J A Sweet & Partners of St Newlyn East, Newquay Friesian Hfr to 172p (574kg) for Mr H G Dark of Cury Cross Lanes, Helston Friesian to 158p (500kg) for Messrs J A Sweet & Partners of St Newlyn East, Newquay Friesian to 143p (827kg) for Messrs D & J A Bray of St Martin, Helston Friesian to 141p (629kg) for Messrs E V & B K Benney & Son of Garras, Helston Overall Averages: Beef Cows to 157p/kg av. 137.45p/kg Dairy Cows to 178p/kg av. 119.26p/kg Next “Orange” Market – Tuesday 17th August @ 10am TB-RESTRICTED PRIME CATTLE, COWS & STORE CATTLE STORE CATTLE Auctioneer – Andrew Body A small entry contained mainly super quality, young steers and heifers selling to a large contingent of buyers with many more required. Steers – leading prices 1½yo Simmental x to £1,250 for Mr G V Ninnis of St Just, Penzance Limousin x to £1,165 for Mr K Lane of Lowertown, Helston 1yo South Devon to £1,070 for Mr C Weldhen of St Columb, Newquay Limousin x to £1,040 for Messrs T A & F A Jenkin of Newbridge, Penzance British Blue x to £950 for Mr R Wootton of Zelah, Truro _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Page - 3 - Heifers – leading prices 2yo South Devon x to £890 for Messrs P & M R Biddick of St Columb, Newquay 1½yo Limousin x to £ £895 for Mr R Wootton of Zelah, Truro Aberdeen Angus x to £865 for Mr P C Tregunna of Veryan Green, Truro 1yo Limousin x to £880 for Mr K Lane of Lowertown, Helston Aberdeen Angus and Hereford sires please write on front of passport REARING CALVES Auctioneer – Patrick Dennis A large entry of rearing calves and stirks sold on an extremely buoyant trade and included a number of good consignments from regular vendors. Bulls (Calves & Stirks) British Blue x to £420 for Mr D J Heller of Blackwater, Truro Friesian to £325 for Messrs W Marsh & Son of St Stephen, St Austell British Blue x to £395 for Messrs J A Sweet & Partners of St Newlyn East, Newquay British Blue x to £375 for Messrs R M & C D Rundle of Mevagissey Aberdeen Angus x to £350 for Messrs S Wallace & Son of Helston Heifers (Calves & Stirks) Aberdeen Angus x to £300 for Messrs W Marsh & Son of St Stephen, St Austell British Blue x to £300 for Messrs W Marsh & Son of St Stephen, St Austell British Blue x to £300 for Messrs J M & A J Laity of Rosudgeon, Penzance British Blue x to £300 for Messrs W Marsh & Son of St Stephen, St Austell Limousin x to £245 for Messrs Mr W H A Hicks of Maenporth, Falmouth _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Page - 4 - ARLA MILK PRODUCERS All Calves sold through Truro Market are sold without the restriction preventing Purchasers from slaughtering low value calves for veal meat. If you require that your calves are sold with a restriction preventing their slaughter within 8 weeks of birth, it is imperative that you or your agent FINISHEDnotifies our& STORE staff atSHEEP the point of unloading and it is clearly stated on the entry form. We will then announce this information for the attention of the Buyers at the point of sale and we will require Buyers to sign a Declaration confirming their compliance. Lodge & Thomas will not be liable for any consequential action PRIMEfollowing LAMB anyS (breaches345) of the Buyers’ Declarations. Auctioneer - Ed Harris A good entry forward and flying trade to match. Some excellent quality lambs presented and strong demand from our local butcher and abattoir buyers. An exceptional top price of £141 (313 p/kg) for a super pair of 45kg butcher’s lambs from Master Max Grigg of Truro. A Trio of butcher’s quality 47kg lambs from Mr T Blake of St Stephen realised £130. Make pre - booking stock your priority Help us to notify your entries to our buyers so that they buy from Truro to fill their order “Max Griggs toppers at £141” Leading Averages: 313p/kg for 45.0kg lambs from Master M Grigg of Truro 304p/kg for 36.2kg lambs from Mr R Withers of Probus, Truro 277p/kg for 47.0kg lambs from Messrs M & S Blake of St Stephen, St Austell 264p/kg for 41.5kg lambs from Mr T D Retallick of Talskiddy, St Columb 260p/kg for 48.2kg lambs from Messrs T B & M B Osborne of St Eval, Wadebridge 257p/kg for 44.6kg lambs from Mr R Rowe of Penhallow, Truro 254p/kg for 46.4kg lambs from Mr S C R Brake of Mawgan Porth, Newquay 254p/kg for 44.3kg lambs from Messrs P T R & P E Jones & Son of Crantock, Newquay 253p/kg for 48.3kg lambs from Messrs B N & C Hoskins of Silverwell, Truro 252p/kg for 43.1kg lambs from Messrs P J Grylls & Sons of Kenwyn, Truro _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Page - 5 - Top Price Lambs: £141.00 (45.0kg) from Master M Grigg of Truro £130.00 (47.0kg) from Messrs M & S Blake of St Stephen, St Austell £125.50 (48.2kg) from Messrs T B & M B Osborne of St Eval, Wadebridge £124.50 (53.2kg) from Messrs B N & C Hoskins of Silverwell, Truro £123.00 (72.5kg) from Mrs B Baxter of Porkellis, Helston £122.00 (48.3kg) from Messrs B N & C Hoskins of Silverwell, Truro £120.50 (48.7kg) from Messrs C H P Powell & Sons of St Ervan, Wadebridge £120.00 (50.5kg) from Miss R S Frank of Chacewater, Truro £120.00 (61.0kg) from Messrs W S Gay & Son of St Allen, Truro £118.50 (52.0kg) from Messrs M & S Baxter of Wendron, Helston £118.50 (50.1kg) from Messrs J & I Parfitt of Lanteglos by Fowey Averages: Light (32.1kg-39kg) to 304p/kg av. 264.00p/kg Medium (39.1kg-45.5kg) to 313p/kg av. 245.00p/kg Heavy (45.6kg-52kg) to 277p/kg av. 245.70p/kg Overweight (52.1kg+) to 234p/kg av. 219.00p/kg SQQ Lamb Average 245 p/kg CULL EWES (129) Auctioneer - Ross Collins A large entry and what a trade! In a week where predications pointed towards falling prices, there were 27 pens of ewes over £100 and a top price of £133 for a trio of Suffolk ewes from Messrs P J Grylls & Sons of Kenwyn. Leading Prices: £113.00 for ewes from Messrs P J Grylls & Sons of Kenwyn, Truro £128.00 for ewes from Messrs H G Lutey & Son of Zelah, Truro £128.00 for ewes from Mr J A Morphew of Penrose, Wadebridge £126.00 for ewes from Mr D J Tremain of Bridge, St Columb £123.00 for ewes from Mrs J Moon of Carnmenellis, Redruth £122.00 for ewes from Mr B Cowell of Wendron, Helston £121.50 for ewes from Mr D J A Eyles of Ladock, Truro £121.50 for ewes from Mr D J Tremain of Bridge, St Columb £119.00 for ewes from Mr J A Morphew of Penrose, Wadebridge £119.00 for ewes from Messrs P T R & P E Jones & Son of Crantock, Newquay Averages: First quality to £133.00 av.