TRURO LIVESTOCK MARKET

MARKET REPORT & WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

Wednesday 29th January 2020

“A ring full of buyers for stores saw £985 for Herefords from Tim Wood”

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: PCJ Farming of Breage, Helston

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TRURO LIVESTOCK MARKET

LODGE & THOMAS.

Report an entry of 24 UTM & OTM prime cattle, 40 cull cows & bulls, 45 store cattle, 59 rearing calves & stirks and 268 finished & store sheep

UTM PRIME CATTLE

Auctioneer – Bob Mosley

An improved entry of prime cattle saw strong demand and better prices and overall averages. Over a quarter of the cattle sold for £2/kilo and over!! Heifers outselling the steers this week with two from George Richards Farms at 213p/kg – a Limousin x and a Stabiliser x; steers to 205p/kg for a Limousin x from the same farm and all three purchased by R.J. Trevarthen Ltd of Roskrow. Top value prime was a 664kg Limousin x steer also for George Richards Farms selling at £1,315 to J.V Richards Ltd of Perranwell Station. Leading the heifers to £1,221 was a smart Limousin x heifer from Messrs. R.H. & C.D. Care of St. Buryan bought at 209p/kg by R.J. Trevarthen Ltd (pictured).

11 Steers & 10 Heifers – top 8 prices

Limousin x heifer to 213p (570kg) for George Richards Farms of Summercourt, Newquay Stabiliser x heifer to 213p (545kg) for George Richards Farms of Summercourt, Newquay Limousin x heifer to 209p (584kg) for Messrs. R.H. & C.D. Care of St. Buryan, Penzance Limousin x heifer to 208p (483kg) for Messrs. R.H. & C.D. Care of St. Buryan, Penzance Limousin x steer to 205p (637kg) for George Richards Farms of Summercourt, Newquay Limousin x heifer to 200p (481kg) for Messrs. R.H. & C.D. Care of St. Buryan, Penzance Limousin x steer to 198p (664kg) for George Richards Farms of Summercourt, Newquay Limousin x heifer to 193p (622kg) for Messrs. M.D. Curtis & Son of Gunwalloe, Helston

Wednesday’s South-West Regional Market Averages

Steers – 167.9p/kg Heifers – 162.7p/kg

Truro Steers Truro Heifers Premium to 205p av. 201.50p Premium to 213p av. 208.60p Prime to 178p av. 172.75p Prime to 193p av. 181.50p Others to 164p av. 160.20p Others to 159p av. 153.50p All Steers av. 172.27p All Heifers av. 190.33p

HIGHEST PRICE BULLOCK Each Wednesday the highest price prime steer/heifer sold p/kg will be commission free

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One of a pair of heifers @ 213p/kg ….& top value £1,315 for Carol Richards

OTM PRIME CATTLE

Top price OTM was a smart Limousin x heifer from Mr. A.E. Lawrence of Mullion selling at 162p/kg to David King of Exeter.

1 Steer & 2 Heifers

Limousin x heifer to 162p (573kg) for Mr. A.E. Lawrence of Mullion, Helston Limousin x heifer to 143p (481kg) for Mr. A.E. Lawrence of Mullion, Helston Limousin x steer to 140p (658kg) for Messrs. M.D. Curtis & Son of Gunwalloe, Helston

CULL COWS & BULLS

Auctioneer – Bob Mosley

A similar entry to recent weeks met strong demand and firm prices across the board. Well-covered cows are selling especially well. A smart pair of Charolais cows for Diddy Farms of St. Stephen topped at 139p/kg and 137p/kg bought by David Ellis of Lelant and Messrs. Rapson of Tavistock respectively. A super Friesian average this week of 105.94p/kg and a top value of £1,089 for a huge 923kg cow at 118p from Tregarrick Farms of Helston bought by Dawn West Devon of Hatherleigh. Heavy cows, as always from Mr. D.J. Heller of Blackwater, led the dairy averages selling at 124p/kg and 123p/kg to West Devon and David King of Exeter. A Charolais bull weighing 1201kg for Mr. B. Cowell of Wendron sold at 104p/kg and £1,249 to David Ellis.

16 Beef Cows – leading prices

Charolais x to 139p (504kg) for Diddy Farms of St. Stephen, St. Austell Charolais x to 137p (598kg) for Diddy Farms of St. Stephen, St. Austell Limousin x to 135p (702kg) for Messrs. S.M. & J. Blee of St. Martin, Helston Limousin x to 128p (709kg) for Mr. J.R. Julyan of Tresillian, Truro British Blue x to 111p (755kg) for Mr. L. Vague of Baldhu, Truro Charolais x to 110p (682kg) for Mr. K.R. Williams of Tehidy, Camborne Hereford x to 106p (709kg) for Mr. A.C. Brewer of Trevalga, Boscastle

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23 Dairy Cows – leading prices

Friesian to 124p (767kg) for Mr. D.J. Heller of Blackwater, Truro Friesian to 123p (806kg) for Mr. D.J. Heller of Blackwater, Truro Friesian to 123p (726kg) for Messrs. B.H, G.J. & F.B.W. Ely of St. Keverne, Helston Friesian to 122p (804kg) for Mr. D.J. Heller of Blackwater, Truro Friesian to 122p (767kg) for Messrs. A.D. & J.A. Bray of St. Martin, Helston Friesian to 118p (923kg) for Tregarrick Farms of Helston Friesian to 118p (760kg) for Mr. D.J. Heller of Blackwater, Truro Friesian to 118p (656kg) for Messrs. W.C. & W.R. Martin of St. Buryan, Penzance

Breed Averages: Charolais x to 139p/kg av. 128.67p/kg Limousin x to 135p/kg av. 131.50p/kg Friesian to 124p/kg av. p/kg British Blue x to 111p/kg Hereford x to 106p/kg av. 101.00p/kg Norwegian Red x to 97p/kg Aberdeen Angus x to 94p/kg Danish Red x to 89p/kg

1 Cull Bull

Charolais to 104p (1201kg) for Mr. B. Cowell of Wendron, Helston

Overall Averages: Beef Cows to 139p/kg av. 100.53p/kg Dairy Cows to 124p/kg av. 104.71p/kg Cull Bulls to 104p/kg

STORE CATTLE

Auctioneer – Patrick Dennis

A lighter entry than recent weeks but continued strong trade and demand for all types across the board. Numbers are in short supply generally keeping the prices firm. Topping at £985 were a 19/22 month old Hereford-sired steer pair from Messrs. J.A.H. Wood & Son of Little Petherick who also saw a good trade for their Friesian steers selling to £855. A trio of 18 month old Aberdeen Angus steers from Messrs. R.H. & L.G. Benney of Breage sold well at £895. Few heifers forward saw a top of £865 for Mr. A.E. Lawrence of Mullion with his Limousin x.

37 Steers – leading prices

2yo Hereford x to £985 for Messrs. J.A.H. Wood & Son of Little Petherick, Wadebridge British Blue x to £865 for Mr. K. Burley of Stithians, Truro Friesian to £855 for Messrs. J.A.H. Wood & Son of Little Petherick, Wadebridge Jersey x to £700 for Messrs. J.A.H. Wood & Son of Little Petherick, Wadebridge

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1½yo Limousin x to £900 for Mr. A.E. Lawrence of Mullion, Helston Aberdeen Angus x to £895 for Messrs. R.H. & L.G. Benney of Breage, Helston Saler x to £845 for Mr. L.J. Mann of Constantine, Falmouth Hereford x to £840 for Messrs. J.A.H. Wood & Son of Little Petherick, Wadebridge

1yo Hereford x to £590 for Messrs. R. Lawry & Son of Mawnan Smith, Falmouth

8 Heifers – leading prices

2yo Limousin x to £865 for Mr. A.E. Lawrence of Mullion, Helston British Blue x to £800 for Mr. A.E. Lawrence of Mullion, Helston

1yo Blonde d’Aquitaine x to £650 for Mr. L.J. Mann of Constantine, Falmouth

REARING CALVES & STIRKS

Auctioneer – Patrick Dennis

Similar numbers to recent weeks met a decent trade for all the calves on offer. Top price at £255 was a 5 week old British Blue x bull for Messrs. L.T. Harvey & Sons of Newbridge. A run of stirks for J.O. Nightingale Ltd of Whitecross saw best prices for the bunches of British Blue crosses with the males making £385 and best heifers £290.

29 Bulls

British Blue x to £255 for Messrs. L.T. Harvey & Sons of Newbridge, Penzance, av. £141 Simmental x to £250 for Mr. A.G. Cave of Rame, Penryn, av. £243 Aberdeen Angus x to £245 for Mr. A.G. Cave of Rame, Penryn, av. £91 Friesian to £86 for Mr. D.J. Heller of Blackwater, Truro, av. £74 Friesian bobby calves to £40, av. £38

11 Heifers

Aberdeen Angus x to £162 for Mr. A.G. Cave of Rame, Penryn, av. £110 British Blue x to £152 for Messrs. B.L. Hearn & Partners of Whitecross, Wadebridge, av. £107 Limousin x to £142 for Messrs. S.M. & L. Blee of St. Martin, Helston

7 Male Stirks

British Blue x to £385 (x3) for J.O. Nightingale Ltd of Whitecross, Wadebridge, av. £385 Aberdeen Angus x to £305 (x2) for J.O. Nightingale Ltd of Whitecross, Wadebridge, av. £290

12 Heifer Stirks

British Blue x to £290 (x3) for J.O. Nightingale Ltd of Whitecross, Wadebridge, av. £267 Aberdeen Angus x to £235 (x4) for J.O. Nightingale Ltd of Whitecross, Wadebridge, av. £221

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A premium of 228p/kg for PCJ Farming

FINISHED & STORE SHEEP

HOGS (138)

Auctioneer – Ed Harris

Numbers are tight, which continues to drive trade nationally in the upward direction. Prices up again on last week’s flyer, topping at £107 for a smart pen of 54kg Texels from Mr. R.A. Coad of Cubert bought by J.V. Richards Ltd of Perranwell Station. A good run of three pens forward from Mr. N.F. Dalgarno of Tregony saw his best-pick butchers’ quality Texel hogs reach £104.50 and another at £102. Strong demand across the board and very strong averages for the 40-45kg weights peaking at 228p/kg for meaty 40.6kg hogs from PCJ Farming of Breage bought by R.J. Trevarthen Ltd.

Leading Averages:

228p/kg for 40.6kg hogs from PCJ Farming of Breage, Helston 226p/kg for 40.5kg hogs from Messrs. K.S. & L. Dodd of Old Kea, Truro 223p/kg for 44.0kg hogs from Mrs. A.J. Gluyas-Morrish of Praze-an-Beeble, Camborne 223p/kg for 37.6kg hogs from Messrs. K.S. & L. Dodd of Old Kea, Truro 218p/kg for 45.1kg hogs from Mrs. A.J. Gluyas-Morrish of Praze-an-Beeble, Camborne 217p/kg for 44.1kg hogs from Messrs. P.T.R. & P.E. Jones & Son of Crantock, Newquay 213p/kg for 48.0kg hogs from Mr. N.F. Dalgarno of Tregony, Truro 211p/kg for 42.6kg hogs from Mr. P.G. Gilbert of St. Buryan, Penzance 209p/kg for 43.5kg hogs from Mr. I.C. Lobb of St. Ewe, St. Austell 208p/kg for 46.0kg hogs from Mr. T. Hopper of Veryan, Truro 208p/kg for 43.1kg hogs from Mr. I.C. Lobb of St. Ewe, St. Austell

Top Price Hogs:

£107.00 (54.0kg) from Mr. R.A. Coad of Cubert, Newquay £104.50 (55.8kg) from Mr. N.F. Dalgarno of Tregony, Truro £102.00 (48.0kg) from Mr. N.F. Dalgarno of Tregony, Truro £100.00 (51.5kg) from Messrs. P.T.R. & P.E. Jones & Son of Crantock, Newquay £100.00 (52.0kg) from Mr. J.T. Rowe of Lower Penponds, Camborne £99.50 (49.0kg) from Messrs. P.T.R. & P.E. Jones & Son of Crantock, Newquay £98.50 (45.1kg) from Mrs. A.J. Gluyas-Morrish of Praze-an-Beeble, Camborne £98.50 (54.3kg) from Mr. N.F. Dalgarno of Tregony, Truro £98.00 (44.0kg) from Mrs. A.J. Gluyas-Morrish of Praze-an-Beeble, Camborne £96.50 (48.2kg) from Mr. T. Hopper of Veryan, Truro

Averages:

Standard (32.1kg-39kg) to 223p/kg av. 223.4p Medium (39.1kg-45.5kg) to 228p/kg av. 213.0p Heavy (45.6kg-52kg) to 213p/kg av. 202.0p Overweight (52.1kg+) to 198p/kg av. 190.4p

SQQ Hog Average 213.4p

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£107 toppers for Bob Coad £104.50 pen from Norman Dalgarno CULL EWES (107) – Ross Collins

Prices were exceptional, in-line with recent weeks. Prices and averages speak for themselves! Topping at £110 were a fine pen of Texel x ewes from Mr. P. Squance of Newquay with cull rams to £107.50 for a Charollais from Mr. P.L. Batten of St. Columb.

Leading Prices: £110.00 for ewes from Mr. P. Squance of Newquay £107.50 for a ram from Mr. P.L. Batten of St. Columb £105.00 for ewes from Mr. P.G. Gilbert of St. Buryan, Penzance £104.00 for a ram from Mr. P.L. Batten of St. Columb £100.00 for ewes from Mr. N.F. Dalgarno of Tregony, Truro £99.00 for ewes from Mr. J.E.G. Brewer of St. Merryn, Padstow £95.00 for ewes from Watson Smyth Farms Ltd of Padstow £93.50 for ewes from Mr. N.F. Dalgarno of Tregony, Truro £91.00 for ewes from Mrs. A.J. Gluyas-Morrish of Praze-an-Beeble, Camborne £89.50 for ewes from Messrs. K.S. & L. Dodd of Old Kea, Truro

Averages: 1st quality to £110.00 av. £91.50 2nd quality to £80.00 av. £70.50 Cull rams to £107.50 av. £95.00 STORE HOGS (23) – Ross Collins

All stores keenly contested with prices following the trends of the lively finished trade, peaking at £83.50 for well-bred types from Mr. P. Squance of Newquay.

Leading Prices: £83.50 for stores from Mr. P. Squance of Newquay £78.00 for stores from Messrs. K.S. & L. Dodd of Old Kea, Truro £65.00 for stores from Messrs. K.S. & L. Dodd of Old Kea, Truro

Averages: Best stores to £83.50 av. £80.00 Medium stores to £65.00 av. £64.00

Wanted – 400 STORES

We have a farmer seeking up to 400 store hogs. Consignments of 50+ wanted.

To discuss contact Ed Harris 07977 662443

Next Week – COUPLES

20 ewes & lambs inc. 8 Dorset x Charollais, 5 Suffolk x Charollais,

7 Charollais x Mule

Further entries invited 01872 272722

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WEDNESDAY NEXT 5TH FEBRUARY

LODGE & THOMAS.

10.00am – Rearing Calves & Stirks

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10.00am – Dairy & Beef Cull Cows then Prime Cattle

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11.15am – Special Breeding Sale of 43 South Devon Cattle (see flyer) followed by

Store Cattle and Suckler Cows & Calves Several nice consignments of suckler bred Limousin cattle: 12 Lim x strs & hfrs 6-11mo,

12 Lim (8 strs & 4 hfrs) 18mo, 11 Lim x strs 9-11mo F/A, 6 Lim x strs 10mo F/A

11.15am – Hogs, Cull Ewes & Store Sheep

Plus 20 Couples – 8 Dorset x Charollais, 5 Suffolk x Charollais, 7 Charollais x Mule

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GRASS/GRAZING TO LET BY TENDER Tender details & plans from Agents 01872 272722

120 acres GRAZING/MOWING GRASS near Victoria, Roche Available 1st March 2020 for 12 months in 3 Lots of 88.41, 15.05 and 16.45 acres. Level pastures, well-fenced and watered. Licensee to apply their own fertiliser.

Tenders by Monday 17th February 12 noon. Ref: ROC

340 acres HEATHLAND GRAZING The Lizard National Nature Reserve, Helston Available for 3 years in 2 Lots of 213.35 and 128.08 acres. Large heathland grazing blocks

that are fenced and watered, for extensive grazing by cattle 0.3 LU/Ha. Tenders by Monday 24th February 12 noon. Ref: ROC

38.5 acres GRAZING/MOWING GRASS Ladock, Truro Available for 1-3 years. 38.5 acres of newly seeded grass near Boswiddle, Ladock.

Particulars and plans from the Auctioneers. Ref: RJM

Next “Orange” Market – Tuesday 18th February @ 10am TB-RESTRICTED PRIME CATTLE, COWS & STORE CATTLE

Licences required by Tuesday 11th February – Entries to Patrick Dennis 07889 600160

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Wednesday 5th February Truro Market @ 11.15am

Inc. Complete Genuine Dispersal Sale of

43 SOUTH DEVON CATTLE

On behalf of H.J. May Esq. of Treworgan Manor Farm, Trispen, Truro

26 pure bred South Devon in-calf cows (9 sold with calves at foot) – back in-calf to the Pedigree South Devon bull (included in sale) plus 7 older calves Catalogue online

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Wednesday 12th February Truro Market @ 12.30pm

Inc. Complete Genuine Dispersal Sale of

38 HOLSTEIN FRIESIAN DAIRY COWS

Comprising 36 Holstein Friesian cows & 2 Brown Swiss x cows

On behalf of Messrs. C. Lane & Sons of Carminowe Farm, Gunwalloe, Helston

Complete dispersal sale of 38 Holstein Friesian cows due to a change in farming policy. The majority of the herd

are late Spring & Summer calving and have been running with the Pedigree Limousin stock bull. The cows are

milked through a herringbone parlour, cubicle housed and fed on a grass-based system and home mix of barley.

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Truro Sale Room Friday 14th Feb 10am

ONLINE ANTIQUES & FINE ART AUCTION Entries invited to Carl Nielsen 07738 219438

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Ref: LAT190022 Guide Price £595,000

LITTLE DOWRAN FARM DOWRAN, ST. JUST, PENZANCE, TR19 7RS

A spectacularly situated traditional stone farmhouse with range of farm buildings and 10 acres, in an idyllic rural setting with superb uninterrupted and far reaching country and

coastal views taking in the Longships Lighthouse and the Isles of Scilly to the west. Detached traditional stone built 3 bedroom farmhouse of character with 3 separate

reception rooms.

Extensive range of agricultural barns and buildings with Planning approved for conversion into 3 dwellings. Approximately 10 acres of productive agricultural land which is level or

gently sloping and in easily worked and conveniently shaped pasture fields.

Further land available by separate negotiation.