TRURO LIVESTOCK MARKET MARKET REPORT & WEEKLY NEWSLETTER Wednesday 24th July 2019 “1st Special Breeding Sale – Ewes to £145 & Rams to £370” 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: Tracy Phizacklea of St. Austell TRURO LIVESTOCK MARKET LODGE & THOMAS. Report an entry of 22 UTM & OTM prime cattle, 36 cull cows & bulls, 85 store cattle, 70 rearing calves & stirks and 665 finished, store & 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 A similar entry to recent weeks and similar trade which is depressed by poor deadweight prices. Quality cattle continue to sell to a good trade. Top price per kilo was 189p (£1,204) for a British Blue x heifer from Messrs. R.J. & E.J. Hemmings of Lanlivery purchased by J.V. Richards Ltd of Perranwell Station. Steers to 178p/kg and £1,210 for a Limousin x steer from Mr. C. Eustice of Cubert, also bought by J.V. Richards Ltd. 10 Steers & 5 Heifers – leading prices British Blue x heifer to 189p (637kg) for Messrs. R.J. & E.J. Hemmings of Lanlivery, Bodmin Limousin x heifer to 186p (523kg) for Mr. A.G. Prowse of St. Allen, Truro Limousin x steer to 178p (680kg) for Mr. C. Eustice of Cubert, Newquay Hereford x steer to 169p (611kg) for Messrs. E. & M. & S. Beale of Porthtowan, Truro South Devon x steer to 168p (683kg) for Mr. C. Eustice of Cubert, Newquay Aberdeen Angus x steer to 165p (556kg) for Mr. A.G. Prowse of St. Allen, Truro Wednesday’s South-West Regional Market Averages Steers – 152.0p/kg Heifers – 162.7p/kg Truro Steers Truro Heifers Premium to 178p Premium to 189p av. 187.50p Prime to 169p av. 167.33p Prime - Others to 146p av. 131.40p Others to 147p av. 144.33p All Steers av. 153.37p All Heifers av. 161.74p 7 OTM CATTLE A nice young 668kg British Blue x steer for Messrs. R.J. & E.J. Hemmings of Lanlivery, Bodmin topped the OTM section realising 160p/kg and £1,069 to David King of Exeter. Overall Averages: OTM Steers to 160p/kg av. 130p/kg OTM Friesian Heifers to 118p/kg - 2 - - CULL COWS & BULLS Auctioneer – Andrew Body Similar numbers of cull cows to recent weeks with a quality entry forward selling to a strong trade. Well-fleshed beef cows were selling especially well. A premium of 130p/kg achieved for two cows this week, a big 784kg Shorthorn x from Messrs. A.A. & D.P. Eddy of St. Erth purchased by Dawn West Devon of Hatherleigh; and a Limousin x for Mr. P.E. Phillips of Carnmenellis selling at the same mark to David Ellis of Lelant. Top value at £1,134 (128p/kg) was a grand 886kg South Devon x cow from Messrs. P.R. & T. Eustice of Crantock also bought by David Ellis. A pair of big Friesians from Messrs. D.R. & B. Badcock of Crowlas saw the biggest 890kg cow top at 118p/kg and £1,050 to Dawn West Devon. A Stabiliser bull weighing 1007kg from for Mr. & Mrs. P. Tullett of Tregony sold well at 105p/kg and £1,057 to David King of Exeter. 17 Beef Cows – leading prices Shorthorn x to 130p (784kg) for Messrs. A.A. & D.P. Eddy of St. Erth, Hayle Limousin x to 130p (728kg) for Mr. P.E. Phillips of Carnmenellis, Redruth South Devon x to 128p (886kg) for Messrs. P.R. & T. Eustice of Crantock, Newquay Simmental x to 128p (812kg) for Messrs. I.D. & S.S. Backway of St. Eval, Wadebridge Hereford x to 121p (528kg) for Messrs. R.P. & B. Warren of Roche, St. Austell Charolais x to 120p (815kg) for Mr. K.R. Williams of Tehidy, Camborne Charolais x to 119p (734kg) for Messrs. R.P. & B. Warren of Roche, St. Austell Simmental x to 117p (698kg) for Messrs. I.D. & S.S. Backway of St. Eval, Wadebridge South Devon x to 116p (873kg) for Messrs. P.R. & T. Eustice of Crantock, Newquay 17 Dairy Cows – leading prices Friesian to 118p (890kg) for Messrs. D.R. & B. Badcock of Crowlas, Penzance Friesian to 110p (805kg) for Messrs. D.R. & B. Badcock of Crowlas, Penzance Friesian to 102p (765kg) for Messrs. J.H. & S.M. Dark & Sons of Mullion, Helston Friesian to 90p (765kg) for Messrs. J.H. & S.M. Dark & Sons of Mullion, Helston Breed Averages: Shorthorn x to 130p/kg av. 119.00p/kg Limousin x to 130p/kg av. 119.10p/kg South Devon x to 128p/kg av. 110.43p/kg Simmental x to 128p/kg av. 122.50p/kg Hereford x to 121p/kg Charolais x to 120p/kg av. 113.22p/kg Friesian to 118p/kg av. 90.97p/kg Ayrshire x to 76p/kg Shorthorn x to 75p/kg Guernsey x to 70p/kg av. 67.53p/kg 2 Cull Bulls Stabiliser to 105p (1007kg) for Mr. & Mrs. P. Tullett of Tregony, Truro Hereford to 105p (985kg) for Mr. A.J. Miller of St. Dennis, St. Austell - 3 - - Overall Averages: Beef Cows to 130p/kg av. 113.92p/kg Dairy Cows to 118p/kg av. 90.97p/kg Cull Bulls to 105p/kg av. 105.00p/kg STORE CATTLE Auctioneer – Patrick Dennis A fair number of store cattle forward which were generally a shapely batch forward and therefore sold extremely well. An entry of suckler-bred stores from Mr. D.M. Wills of Praze saw a 2yo Simmental x steer reach £1,020. Of the younger cattle, a lovely run of Limousin yearlings from Mr. C.L. Thomas of Sithney saw his best trio hit £795. On the heifer side, a 16mo nice Devon from Mr. M. Hancock of Four Lanes led at £770 with a bunch of four younger Limousin crosses selling at £725 for Messrs. P.C. & K.M. Jenkin of Cury. 40 Steers – leading prices 2yo Simmental x to £1,020 for Mr. D.M. Wills of Praze, Camborne Limousin x to £955 for Tresco Estate Office of Tresco, Isles of Scilly Hereford x to £925 for Mr. D.M. Wills of Praze, Camborne 1½yo Limousin x to £790 for Messrs. W.J. & S.J. Hocking of Gunwalloe, Helston Hereford x to £705 for Mr. D.M. Wills of Praze, Camborne Friesian to £430 for Messrs. G.M. & K.M. Trevail of Bugle, St. Austell 1yo Limousin x to £795 for Mr. C.L. Thomas of Sithney, Helston British Blue x to £570 for Messrs. G.M. & K.M. Trevail of Bugle, St. Austell Devon x to £520 for Mr. M. Hancock of Four Lanes, Redruth Hereford x to £500 for Messrs. R.G. Olver & Son of St. Stephen, St. Austell 45 Heifers – leading prices 1½yo Devon x to £770 for Mr. M. Hancock of Four Lanes, Redruth Hereford x to £675 for Messrs. G.M. & K.M. Trevail of Bugle, St. Austell Simmental x to £665 for Mr. D.M. Wills of Praze, Camborne British Blue x to £650 for Mr. D.M. Wills of Praze, Camborne 1yo Limousin x to £725 for Messrs. P.C. & K.M. Jenkin of Cury, Helston South Devon x to £410 for Messrs. G.M. & K.M. Trevail of Bugle, St. Austell Devon x to £450 for Mr. M. Hancock of Four Lanes, Redruth - 4 - - REARING CALVES & STIRKS Auctioneer – Patrick Dennis Calf numbers remain firm with best quality calves selling extremely well. The top four priced bulls were all strong calves over 10 weeks old with top British Blue £345 for Messrs. A.D. & J.A. Bray of St. Martin who also sold a Simmental x at £342, with further Blue bulls to £338 for Messrs. J.C. Boaden & Son and £325 for Mr. T. Howe of Ponsanooth. Four British Blue, Limousin & Simmental early May-born heifers also from Messrs. Bray each made £260. Aberdeen Angus and Hereford sires – please write on front of passport 53 Bulls British Blue x to £345 for Messrs. A.D. & J.A. Bray of St. Martin, Helston, av. £158 Simmental x to £342 for Messrs. A.D. & J.A. Bray of St. Martin, Helston Limousin x to £305 for Messrs. A.D. & J.A. Bray of St. Martin, Helston, av. £221 Charolais x to £245 Hereford x to £168 for Messrs. E.V. & B.K. Benney & Son of Garras, Helston, av. £148 Blue Albion x to £140 for Messrs. C.F.S. Fox & Son of Luxulyan, Bodmin Friesian bobby calves to £51, av. £26 16 Heifers British Blue x to £260 for Messrs. A.D. & J.A. Bray of St. Martin, Helston, av. £188 Limousin x to £260 twice for Messrs. A.D. & J.A. Bray of St. Martin, Helston, av. £187 Simmental x to £260 for Messrs. A.D. & J.A. Bray of St. Martin, Helston Hereford x to £105 twice for Messrs. E.V. & B.K. Benney & Son of Garras, Helston Friesian to £69 for Messrs. C.F.S. Fox & Son of Luxulyan, Bodmin, av. £54 1 Male Stirk Charolais x to £375 £85.50 lambs from Rhys Jones - 5 - - FINISHED & STORE SHEEP LAMBS (303) Auctioneer – Ed Harris Trade remains sluggish, with finish paramount to realising top prices. The heavy lambs continue to meet most demand, with a smart trio of Texel x lambs from Mr. D.J. Tremain of St. Columb topping at £89.50 to David Wilton of Peter Morris Butchers, St.