TRURO LIVESTOCK MARKET
MARKET REPORT & WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
Wednesday 2nd January 2019
“Prime beef & hog trade kicks off the New Year with a flyer!!”
MARKET ENTRIES Please pre-enter stock by Tuesday 3.30pm PHONE 01872 272722 TEXT (Your name & stock numbers) Cattle/Calves 07771 817307 Sheep 07977 662443
This week’s £10 draw winner: Frank Matthews of St. Erme
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TRURO LIVESTOCK MARKET
LODGE & THOMAS.
Report an entry of 24 UTM prime cattle, 7 cull cows & bulls, 63 rearing calves & stirks and 442 finished & store sheep
UTM PRIME CATTLE
Auctioneer – Bob Mosley
A fair entry of prime cattle for the first market after the Christmas and New Year break. Quality cattle forward which sold to a firm trade and plenty of demand around the ring. Top price per kilo was 219p for a Limousin x heifer from a lovely run of bullocks from Messrs. W.T. Bryant & Sons of Mawgan, purchased by Chris Dale Butcher for his Helston Shop. Top price steer from the same farm being another Limousin x weighing 688kg and realising 217p/kg and £1,493 to Trevarthens of Roskrow.
11 Steers – top 5 prices
Limousin x to 217p (688kg) for Messrs. W.T. Bryant & Sons of Mawgan, Helston Limousin x to 213p (678kg) for Messrs. W.T. Bryant & Sons of Mawgan, Helston Limousin x to 207p (651kg) for Messrs. W.T. Bryant & Sons of Mawgan, Helston Limousin x to 195p (740kg) for Mr. J.A. Morphew of St. Ervan, Wadebridge Limousin x to 185p (702kg) for Messrs. W.T. Bryant & Sons of Mawgan, Helston
13 Heifers – top 8 prices
Limousin x to 219p (582kg) for Messrs. W.T. Bryant & Sons of Mawgan, Helston Limousin x to 206p (605kg) for Mr. W.J.P. Julian of Summercourt, Newquay Limousin x to 206p (511kg) for Messrs. A.R. & B. & A. Hosking of St. Martin, Helston Limousin x to 204p (629kg) for Mr. J. Julian of Summercourt, Newquay Limousin x to 197p (505kg) for Messrs. A.R. & B. & A. Hosking of St. Martin, Helston Limousin x to 191p (644kg) for Messrs. W.T. Bryant & Sons of Mawgan, Helston South Devon x to 190p (592kg) for Mr. D.J. Tremain of Bridge, St. Columb British Blue x to 188p (559kg) for Messrs. A.R. & B. & A. Hosking of St. Martin, Helston
HIGHEST PRICE BULLOCK Each Wednesday the highest price prime steer/heifer sold p/kg will be commission free
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Wednesday’s South-West Regional Market Averages
Steers – 181.5p/kg Heifers – 181.9p/kg
Truro Steers Truro Heifers Premium to 217p av. 208.00p Premium to 219p av. 206.40p Prime to 185p av. 178.50p Prime to 191p av. 185.40p Others to 169p av. 149.00p Others to 170p av. 160.00p All Steers av. 182.17p All Heifers av. 190.36p
Limousin x steers & heifers from Jonny Bryant topping @ 219p/kg & 217p/kg
Big 740kg Limousin x steer realising £1,443
for John & Melanie Morphew
6 CULL COWS & 1 BULL
Auctioneer – Bob Mosley
A light entry with a difficult trade for all cows as is being found in other regional markets. An Aberdeen Angus cull bull topped at 96p/kg for Mr. A.J. Bostock of Stithians, Truro who also had top price cull cow at 94p/kg being a British Blue x, both bought by David Ellis of Lelant.
Overall Averages:
Cull Cows to 94p/kg av. 58.00p/kg Cull Bulls to 96p/kg
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REARING CALVES & STIRKS
Auctioneer – Patrick Dennis
A decent calf entry with some cracking prices and a solid trade as buyers and farmers look to replenish after the Christmas break. Leading at £365 was a three-month-old Charolais x bull for Mr. R.D. Withers of Probus with Limousin x bulls to £305 for a month-old calf from Mr. M.J. Brown of Scorrier. Aberdeen Angus sired bulls at the same age selling well to £255 for J.O. Nightingale Ltd of Whitecross. On the heifer side, Limousins from Messrs. S.M. & J. Blee of St. Martin led at £200 and £185 with British Blue crosses to £182 for Sixty Acres Ltd of Zelah.
36 Bulls
Charolais x to £365 for Mr. R.D. Withers of Probus, Truro Limousin x to £305 for Mr. M.J. Brown of Scorrier, Redruth, av. £263 British Blue x to £295 for J.O. Nightingale Ltd of Whitecross, Wadebridge, av. £223 Aberdeen Angus x to £255 for J.O. Nightingale Ltd of Whitecross, Wadebridge Hereford x to £195 for Messrs. C.J. & J.E. Colwell of Grampound, Truro Simmental x to £135 for Messrs. C.F.S. Fox & Son of Luxulyan, Bodmin Friesian bobby calves to £32, av. £23
25 Heifers
Limousin x to £200 for Messrs. S.M. & J. Blee of St. Martin, Helston, av. £135 British Blue x to £182 for Sixty Acres Ltd of Zelah, Truro, av. £148 Aberdeen Angus x to £128 for Messrs. J.S. Rodda & Son of Gulval, Penzance, av. £96 Hereford x to £118 for Messrs. M.G. & T.A. Tuckett of Par, St. Austell, av. £109
2 Male Stirks
Hereford x to £205 for Messrs. M.P. Varcoe & Partners of St. Wenn, Bodmin Friesian to £130 for Messrs. M.P. Varcoe & Partners of St. Wenn, Bodmin
FINISHED & STORE SHEEP
HOGS (310)
Auctioneer – Ed Harris
A good entry of finished hoggets presented for the New Year Market were greeted by a flying trade. No less than 13 pens breaking the £2/kilo barrier to a top of 208p/kg twice. Firstly for a pen of shapely Texel x hogs from Mrs. E.M.J. Eggins of St. Breock and also for meaty 40.8kg hogs from Messrs. G.M. & J.A. Olver of Lanivet, both pens purchased by J.V. Richards Ltd of Perranwell Station. A good run of well-finished hogs from Mr. N.F. Dalgarno of Tregony saw his best pens topping the market at £96 and £95.50 to J.V. Richards Ltd and Trevarthens of Roskrow respectively.
Aberdeen Angus and Hereford sires – please write on front of passport
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Smart hogs from Norman Dalgarno
topped @ £96
Leading Averages:
208p/kg for 45.7kg hogs from Mrs. E.M.J. Eggins of St. Breock, Wadebridge 208p/kg for 40.8kg hogs from Messrs. G.M. & J.A. Olver of Lanivet, Bodmin 206p/kg for 46.1kg hogs from Messrs. T.B. & M.B. Osborne of St. Eval, Wadebridge 206p/kg for 43.0kg hogs from Mr. J.D. Couch of Couch’s Mill, Lostwithiel 206p/kg for 41.0kg hogs from Mr. J.D. Couch of Couch’s Mill, Lostwithiel 206p/kg for 41.0kg hogs from Messrs. P.T.R. & P.E. Jones & Son of Crantock, Newquay 204p/kg for 41.7kg hogs from Messrs. D.J. & S.P. Hopper of Sweetshouse, Bodmin 203p/kg for 47.2kg hogs from Mr. N.F. Dalgarno of Tregony, Truro 203p/kg for 45.0kg hogs from Mr. W.F. Teagle of Trevithick, Newquay 202p/kg for 44.5kg hogs from Messrs. G.M. & J.A. Olver of Lanivet, Bodmin 202p/kg for 44.0kg hogs from Mr. W.F. Teagle of Trevithick, Newquay
Top Price Hogs:
£96.00 (47.2kg) from Mr. N.F. Dalgarno of Tregony, Truro £95.50 (47.7kg) from Mr. N.F. Dalgarno of Tregony, Truro £95.00 (45.7kg) from Mrs. E.M.J. Eggins of St. Breock, Wadebridge £95.00 (46.1kg) from Messrs. T.B. & M.B. Osborne of St. Eval, Wadebridge £94.00 (48.8kg) from Mr. W.F. Teagle of Trevithick, Newquay £94.00 (49.0kg) from Mr. J.D. Couch of Couch’s Mill, Lostwithiel £93.00 (50.1kg) from Messrs. S. & S.A.J. Rickard of Devoran, Truro £93.00 (54.8kg) from Mr. F.K. Matthews of St. Erme, Truro £92.50 (56.7kg) from Messrs. W.S. Gay & Son of St. Allen, Truro £92.00 (53.4kg) from Mr. F.K. Matthews of St. Erme, Truro
Averages:
Medium (39.1kg-45.5kg) to 208p av. 197.62p Heavy (45.6kg-52kg) to 208p av. 186.77p Overweight (52.1kg+) to 172p av. 167.83p
SQQ Hog Average 197.62p
208p/kg pens of hogs for both Mark Olver and Paul Eggins
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Bob Coad (above)
L-R Malcolm Osborne
Paul Eggins Rhys Jones
RESULTS OF SHEEP POINTS COMPETITION 2018 This week we announced the results of our Annual Sheep Points Competition for the 2018 year. Each week points are awarded to the producers whose lambs and hoggets achieve leading prices per head and average prices p/kg. The competition continues to recognise quality and producers’ support of the Sheep Market. We are pleased to announce the following top four accumulated scores:
1st Prize £100 & Jim Large Trophy Mr. R.A. Coad, Cubert 121 points 2nd Prize £50 Messrs. T.B. & M.B. Osborne, St. Eval 50 points 3rd Prize £25 Mr. P. & Mrs. E.M.J. Eggins, St. Breock 42 points 4th Prize £15 Messrs. P.T.R. & P.E. Jones & Son, Crantock 39 points
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Final Leaderboard For 2018
Score Producer
121 points Mr. R.A. Coad
50 points Messrs. T.B. & M.B. Osborne
42 points Mr. P. & Mrs. E.M.J. Eggins
39 points Messrs. P.T.R. & P.E. Jones & Son
30 points Messrs. C.H.P. Powell & Sons
21 points Mr. W.F. Teagle; Messrs. M.G. & T.A. Tuckett
20 points Mr. D.J. Lobb
19 points Mr. R. Shazell
18 points Methleigh Farm Ltd; Messrs. W. & R. Taffinder
15 points Mr. W.D. Pascoe; Messrs. A.J. & S.T. Richards
13 points Messrs. I.D. & S.S. Backway
12 points Messrs. A.G. Collins & Son
10 points Mr. N.F. Dalgarno; Messrs. W.S. Gay & Son; Messrs. C.D. & S.C. Rodda; Messrs. M.A. & C. Sandbach
9 points Cregan Gate Partners
8 points Messrs. G.C. & V.D. Mitchell; Mr. A. Old; Messrs. G.M. & J.A. Olver
7 points Mr. G.W. Henwood; Messrs. D.J. & S.P. Hopper; Mrs. C. Opie; Messrs. J.A. & L.S.M. Tripconey
6 points Mr. D.J. Tremain Well done to all of the vendors. We are pleased to report that our Sheep Market throughput has increased yet again on the previous year. Thank you to all of our producers for your support, we look forward to working with you all in 2019. CULL EWES (48)
Auctioneer – Ross Collins
Fewer numbers but firm trade across the board topping at £80 for first quality types from both Mr. P.L. Batten of St. Columb and also for Mr. D.J. Tremain of St. Columb.
Leading Prices:
£80.00 for ewes from Mr. P.L. Batten of St. Columb £80.00 for ewes from Mr. D.J. Tremain of Bridge, St. Columb £78.00 for ewes from Mr. N.F. Dalgarno of Tregony, Truro £76.00 for ewes from Mr. P.L. Batten of St. Columb £70.00 for ewes from Mr. W.D. Pascoe of St. Newlyn East, Newquay £68.00 for ewes from Messrs. S.J. & S.M. Ward of Grampound Road, Truro
Averages:
First quality ewes to £80.00 av. £74.60 Second quality ewes to £67.50 av. £54.70
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STORE HOGS (84)
Auctioneer – Ross Collins
A mixed entry with several pens of smaller types forward but strong prices prevail particularly for the shorter-keep stores. A top price of £63.50 for a pen of strong stores from Mrs. P.M. Ellery of Talskiddy.
Leading Prices:
£63.50 for stores from Mrs. P.M. Ellery of Talskiddy, St. Columb £59.50 for stores from Messrs. S.J. & S.M. Ward of Grampound Road, Truro £58.50 for stores from Mrs. P.M. Ellery of Talskiddy, St. Columb £58.50 for stores from Messrs. D.J. & S.P. Hopper of Sweetshouse, Bodmin £57.00 for stores from Mr. T.D. Retallick of Talskiddy, St. Columb
Averages:
Best store hogs to £63.50 av. £60.00 Medium store hogs to £48.00 av. £44.00 Small store hogs to £32.00
NEXT WEEK – Breeding Ewes
40 Mule full mouth ewes scanned in-lamb and due from 10th March to Suffolk rams. 16 Dorset couples.
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WEDNESDAY NEXT 9TH JANUARY
LODGE & THOMAS.
10.00am – Rearing Calves & Stirks
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10.00am – Dairy & Beef Cull Cows then
Prime Cattle followed by
Store Cattle and Suckler Cows & Calves
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11.30am – Hogs, Cull Ewes & Store Sheep Inc. 40 Mule FM ewes in-lamb to Suffolk and 16 Dorset couples
Next “Orange” Market – Tuesday 22nd January @ 10am TB-RESTRICTED PRIME CATTLE, COWS & STORE CATTLE
Licences required by Tuesday 15th January – Entries to Patrick Dennis 07889 600160
