TRURO LIVESTOCK MARKET MARKET REPORT & WEEKLY NEWSLETTER Wednesday 5th June 2019 “Royal Cornwall Show 2019 is in full swing!!” 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: P. Freeman of Menheniot TRURO LIVESTOCK MARKET LODGE & THOMAS. Report an entry of 50 UTM & OTM prime cattle, 33 cull cows & bulls, 56 store cattle inc. 16 suckler cows and calves, 64 rearing calves and 504 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 An increased entry of prime cattle this week which met a similar trade and demand to recent markets. Butcher’s type cattle continue to sell to a premium but are in short supply. Top price per kilo and value was 217p (£1,358) for a 626kg Limousin x steer from Mr W.J.P. Julian of Summercourt purchased by Chris Dale for his Helston Butchers shop. Top Heifer also for Mr W.J.P. Julian was a 598kg Charolais x at 207p/kg purchased by David Wilton of Peter Morris Butchers, St. Columb. Top Steer at 217p/kg for Paul Julian 15 Steers & 19 Heifers – leading prices Limousin x steer to 217p (626kg) for Mr W.J.P. Julian of Summercourt, Newquay Charolais x heifer to 207p (598kg) for Mr W.J.P. Julian of Summercourt, Newquay Limousin x steer to 200p (579kg) for Messrs R.J. & A.M. Pedrick of Buckfast, Devon Limousin x heifer to 178p (517kg) for Messrs R.H. & C.D. Care of St. Buryan, Penzance Limousin x heifer to 177p (515kg) for Messrs R.H. & C.D. Care of St. Buryan, Penzance Limousin x steer to 177p (717g) for Mr D.R. Allen of Probus, Truro South Devon x steer to 175p (594kg) for Messrs W.S. Gay & Son of St. Allen, Truro Limousin x heifer to 170p (470kg) for Messrs R.H. & C.D. Care of St. Buryan, Penzance Hereford x steer to 169p (640kg) for Mr D.R. Allen of Probus, Truro South Devon x steer to 168p (568kg) for Mr D.R. Allen of Probus, Truro Limousin x steer to 167p (583kg) for Nicholls & Co., of Redruth Limousin x heifer to 167p (506kg) for Messrs R.H. & C.D. Care of St. Buryan, Penzance Wednesday’s South-West Regional Market Averages Steers – 168.6p/kg Heifers – 164.6p/kg Truro Steers Truro Heifers Premium to 217p av. 208.50p Premium to 207p Prime to 177p av. 171.20p Prime to 178p av. 168.33p Others to 165p av. 157.86p Others to 158p av. 146.38p All Steers av. 170.39p All Heifers av. 160.72p - 2 - - OTM PRIME CATTLE An entry of 16 OTM cattle sold well to a top price of 175p/kg for a Limousin x steer from Mr W.P. Harris of St. Tudy, purchased by David Ellis of Lelant. 7 Steers & 9 Heifers – leading prices Limousin x steer to 175p (662kg) for Mr W.P. Harris of St. Tudy, Wadebridge Aberdeen Angus x steer to 165p (632kg) for Messrs E.J. Pengelly & Sons of Porthpean, St. Austell Limousin x heifer to 148p (564kg) for Messrs M.D. Curtis & Son of Gunwalloe, Helston Devon x heifer to 147p (542kg) for Mrs A. Melhuish of Menheniot, Liskeard Devon x heifer to 146p (578kg) for Mrs A. Melhuish of Menheniot, Liskeard Simmental x steer to 140p (592kg) for Messrs D.P. & M.L. Osborne of Carharrack, Redruth Overall Averages: OTM Steers to 175p/kg av. 144.67p/kg OTM Heifers to 148p/kg av. 135.42p/kg CULL COWS & BULLS Auctioneer – Andrew Body A similar entry of cull cows to last week with good demand from buyers but fewer well covered cows on offer which affected averages. Top price and value this week was 123p/kg and £1,000 for a big South Devon cow for Messrs H.M. & L.J. Collins of Port Navas purchased by David King of Exeter. Top dairy cow was a Friesian at 104p/kg for Mr T.A. Wills of St. Erme purchased by David Ellis of Lelant. A Limousin cull bull achieved the overall top price of £1,324 at 124p/kg for Messrs R.D. Richards & Son of Ladock purchased by Mr P. George of St. Levan. 20 Beef Cows – leading prices South Devon x to 123p (813kg) for Messrs H.M. & L.J. Collins of Port Navas, Falmouth Limousin x to 117p (654kg) for Messrs H.M. & L.J. Collins of Port Navas, Falmouth South Devon x to 115p (748kg) for Messrs L.H. & M.A. Hawkey of St. Wenn, Bodmin Aberdeen Angus x to 113p (724kg) for Messrs L.H. & M.A. Hawkey of St. Wenn, Bodmin Limousin x to 109p (643kg) for Messrs H.M. & L.J. Collins of Port Navas, Falmouth Charolais x to 108p (772kg) for Messrs H.M. & L.J. Collins of Port Navas, Falmouth Blonde d’Aquitaine x to 105p (605kg) for Mr R.T. Dunn of Par, St. Austell Aberdeen Angus x to 100p (685kg) for Mr R.V. Flexman of Kenwyn, Truro 12 Dairy Cows – leading prices Friesian to 104p (758kg) for Mr T.A Wills of St. Erme, Truro Friesian to 97p (679kg) for Mr T.A Wills of St. Erme, Truro Friesian to 96p (749kg) for Chynoweth Farm Partners of St. Allen, Truro Friesian to 94p (809kg) for Messrs P.S. & S.H. Hammett of Little Petherick, Wadebridge - 3 - - 1 Cull Bull Limousin to 124p (1,068kg) for Messrs R.D. Richards & Son of Ladock, Truro Breed Averages: South Devon x to 123p/kg av. 119.00p/kg Limousin x to 117p/kg av. 113.00p/kg Aberdeen Angus x to 113p/kg av. 106.50p/kg Charolais x to 108p/kg av. 81.40p/kg Blonde d’Acquitaine x to 105p/kg Friesian to 104p/kg av. 86.72p/kg Shorthorn to 96p/kg av. 85.13p/kg Overall Averages: Beef Cows to 123p/kg av. 94.52p/kg Dairy Cows to 104p/kg av. 86.72p/kg Cull Bulls to 124p/kg Next “Orange” Market – Tuesday 18th June @ 10am TB-RESTRICTED PRIME CATTLE, COWS & STORE CATTLE Licences required by Tuesday 11th June – Entries to Patrick Dennis 07889 600160 STORE CATTLE Auctioneer – Patrick Dennis With Royal Cornwall Show this week, store cattle numbers, as is usually the case, are light. Trade for the cattle on offer was firm for both steers and heifers. Top price of the day was £1,030 for a trio of Aberdeen Angus x heifers from Messrs A.A. & D.P. Eddy of St. Erth. They also had the top price steers at £990 for an Aberdeen Angus x and a Welsh Black x. A run of smart South Devon cattle from Messrs R.J. & S.J. Rundle saw top prices for steers at £945 and £900 for heifers. 14 Steers – leading prices 2yo Aberdeen Angus x to £990 for Messrs A.A. & D.P. Eddy of St. Erth, Hayle Welsh Black x to £990 for Messrs A.A. & D.P. Eddy of St. Erth, Hayle South Devon to £945 for Messrs R.J. & S. J. Rundle of Kestle Mill, Newquay Simmental x to £650 for Mr M.S. Osborne of Carharrack, Redruth 1½yo South Devon x to £780 for Messrs R.J. & S.J. Rundle of Kestle Mill, Newquay 1yo South Devon x to £595 for Messrs R.J. & S.J. Rundle of Kestle Mill, Newquay - 4 - - 25 Heifers – leading prices 2yo Aberdeen Angus x to £1,030 for Messrs A.A. & D.B. Eddy of St. Erth, Hayle South Devon x to £900 for Messrs R.J. & S.J. Rundle of Kestle Mill, Newquay 1½yo Limousin x to £740 for W.P. & J. Jenkin Ltd., of St. Martin, Helston South Devon x to £700 for Messrs R.J. & S.J. Rundle of Kestle Mill, Newquay 1yo South Devon x to £620 for Messrs R.J. & S.J. Rundle of Kestle Mill, Newquay Suckler Cows and Calves A run of suckler cows and calves for Messrs J.M. & K. Hinkley of Rejerrah, Newquay, sold to a firm trade with a top price of £930 for a Limousin x cow with her young British Blue calf at foot. Other notable prices were a young British Blue cow with Aberdeen Angus calf at foot to £910 and Aberdeen Angus cow and young calf to £800. REARING CALVES Auctioneer – Patrick Dennis Fewer calves this week forward met a strong trade with several selling for over £300 and plenty of demand. Leading the day at £352 was a Limousin bull for Messrs J.A. & L.S.M. Tripconey of St. Keverne with top heifers at £275 for a British Blue from Messrs A.D. & J.A. Bray of St. Martin. 32 Bulls Limousin x to £352 for Messrs J.A. & L.S.M. Tripconey of St. Keverne, Helston, av. £317 British Blue x to £320 for Messrs A.D. & J.A. Bray of St. Martin, Helston, av. £194 Simmental x to £270 for Messrs S.J. Dustow & Son of Ladock, Truro, av. £235 Hereford x to £160 for Messrs C.J. & J.E. Colwell of Grampound, Truro, av. £111 Blue Albion x to £110 for Messrs C.F.S. Fox & Son of Luxulyan, Bodmin Friesian Bulls to £70 for Messrs R.D. Richards & Son of Ladock, Truro Friesian bobby calves to £33, av. £24 32 Heifers British Blue x to £275 for Messrs. A.D.