TRURO LIVESTOCK MARKET

MARKET REPORT & WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

Wednesday 27th May 2020

MARKET CONDUCTED UNDER DEFRA GUIDELINES A big thank you to our Vendors & Buyers for co-operating and continuing

to support us during these difficult times “261p/kg premium lambs from Simon & Maria Grylls”

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This week’s £10 draw winner: Richard Gilbert of Ruan Minor

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TRURO LIVESTOCK MARKET

LODGE & THOMAS.

Report an entry of 27 UTM & OTM prime cattle, 50 cull cows & bulls, 182 store cattle including 24 suckler cows & calves, 26 rearing calves and 596 finished & store sheep

UTM PRIME CATTLE

Auctioneer – Andrew Body

A fair entry of prime cattle met an improved trade and strong demand. Best quality butcher’s cattle were in short supply but cattle on offer sold very well. Top price per kilo was 203p for a Limousin x heifer from Messrs. M.D. Curtis & Son of Gunwalloe purchased by David Wilton of Peter Morris Butchers, St. Columb. Steers selling to a premium of 198p/kg for a Limousin x steer from J.B. Old Farms Ltd of Treyarnon Bay with a big weight 807kg Aberdeen Angus x steer from the same farm standing top value selling at £1,461 to David King of Exeter. Dearest heifer was a 686kg Limousin x for Messrs. D.L. & A.E. Grigg of Goonhavern realising £1,276 to J.V. Richards Ltd of Perranwell Station.

7 Steers & 11 Heifers – top 10 prices

Limousin x heifer to 203p (622kg) for Messrs. M.D. Curtis & Son of Gunwalloe, Helston Limousin x steer to 198p (656kg) for J.B. Old Farms Ltd of Treyarnon Bay, Padstow British Blue x heifer to 197p (611kg) for Mr. J.R. Stephens of St. Winnow, Lostwithiel South Devon x heifer to 197p (601kg) for Messrs. W.S. Gay & Son of St. Allen, Truro Limousin x steer to 195p (683kg) for Messrs. D.L. & A.E. Grigg of Goonhavern, Truro Limousin x heifer to 195p (587kg) for Messrs. W.S. Gay & Son of St. Allen, Truro South Devon x heifer to 195p (500kg) for Gwealavellan Partners of Gwithian, Hayle Limousin x heifer to 192p (581kg) for Messrs. M.D. Curtis & Son of Gunwalloe, Helston Aberdeen Angus x steer to 188p (761kg) for J.B. Old Farms Ltd of Treyarnon Bay, Padstow Limousin x heifer to 186p (686kg) for Messrs. D.L. & A.E. Grigg of Goonhavern, Truro

Wednesday’s South-West Regional Market Averages

Steers – 174.4p/kg Heifers – 169.4p/kg

Truro Steers Truro Heifers Premium to 198p av. 196.50p Premium to 203p av. 196.50p Prime to 18p av. 182.33p Prime to 186p av. 181.00p Others to 174p av. 168.00p Others to 173p av. 171.00p All Steers av. 182.57p All Heifers av. 186.73p

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

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Heifers to 203p/kg for Messrs. Curtis Top value heifer for Messrs. Grigg £1,276

198p/kg premium for Ben & Sam Old .…& Aberdeen Angus steer top value £1,461

OTM PRIME CATTLE

Topping the OTMs was a British Blue x steer from a trio for Messrs. T.B. & M.B. Osborne of St. Eval, selling at 172p/kg and £1,123 to David King of Exeter.

7 Steers & 2 Heifers

British Blue x steer to 172p (653kg) for Messrs. T.B. & M.B. Osborne of St. Eval, Wadebridge Limousin x steer to 168p (641kg) for Messrs. T.B. & M.B. Osborne of St. Eval, Wadebridge Hereford x steer to 164p (682kg) for Messrs. T.B. & M.B. Osborne of St. Eval, Wadebridge Aberdeen Angus x steer to 161p (659kg) for Messrs. E.J. Pengelly & Sons of Porthpean,

St. Austell South Devon x heifer to 159p (481kg) for Messrs. R.G.T. & G.E. Gilbert of Ruan Minor, Helston

Overall Averages:

OTM Steers to 172p/kg av. 157.85p/kg OTM Heifers to 159p/kg av. 140.90p/kg

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CULL COWS & BULLS

Auctioneer – Andrew Body

A similar entry of cull cows to last week met a continued solid trade for both beef and dairy cows. Well-covered cows selling to the best advantage. Leading at 149p/kg was a smart Limousin x cow from Messrs. W.J. & S.J. Hocking of Gunwalloe purchased by David King of Exeter. At 144p/kg stood a strong South Devon cow for Gwealavellan Partners of Gwithian; weighing 891kg she sold to David King for a whopping £1,283!! On the dairy side, two Friesians from Messrs. R.A. & E.A. Wilkins of Truro led the trade at 137p/kg and 134p/kg, both bought by Messrs. Rapson of Tavistock. Dearest black and white was an 847kg cow from Messrs. D.R. & B. Badcock of Crowlas realising £1,067 to Dawn West Devon of Hatherleigh. A cracking Limousin cull bull from Mr. A.J. Jelbert of Mitchell sold well at 129p/kg and £1,178 to David King.

25 Beef Cows – leading prices

Limousin x to 149p (686kg) for Messrs. W.J. & S.J. Hocking of Gunwalloe, Helston South Devon x to 144p (891kg) for Gwealavellan Partners of Gwithian, Hayle South Devon x to 138p (793kg) for Mrs. S.P. Hearn of Tregavethan, Truro Limousin x to 134p (805kg) for Mr. A.J. Jelbert of Mitchell, Newquay Aberdeen Angus x to 134p (685kg) for Messrs. E.J. Pengelly & Sons of Porthpean, St. Austell Stabiliser x to 133p (787kg) for Messrs. J.N. & M. Miles of St. Mawes, Truro Hereford x to 129p (785kg) for Mr. A.J. Jelbert of Mitchell, Newquay Stabiliser x to 128p (618kg) for Messrs. J.N. & M. Miles of St. Mawes, Truro Limousin x to 121p (612kg) for Mr. J. Small of Newquay Charolais x to 120p (708kg) for Mr. P. Coulston of Trenear, Helston

24 Dairy Cows – leading prices

Friesian to 137p (614kg) for Messrs. R.A. & E.A. Wilkins of Truro Friesian to 134p (672kg) for Messrs. R.A. & E.A. Wilkins of Truro Friesian to 127p (731kg) for S.D. James & Co. of Summercourt, Newquay Friesian to 126p (847kg) for Messrs. D.R. & B. Badcock of Crowlas, Penzance Friesian to 124p (764kg) for Messrs. G.T. & V.A. Rowe of Sennen, Penzance Friesian to 119p (717kg) for Chynoweth Farm Partners of St. Allen, Truro Friesian to 118p (889kg) for Messrs. D.R. & B. Badcock of Crowlas, Penzance Friesian to 116p (724kg) for Messrs. L.T. Harvey & Son of Newbridge, Penzance

Breed Averages:

Limousin x to 149p/kg av. 115.00p/kg South Devon x to 144p/kg av. 133.94p/kg Friesian to 137p/kg av. 115.51p/kg Aberdeen Angus x to 134p/kg av. 124.00p/kg Stabiliser x to 133p/kg av. 110.29p/kg Hereford x to 129p/kg Charolais x to 120p/kg Saler x to 118p/kg Guernsey x to 87p/kg av. 80.74p/kg Jersey x to 81p/kg

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1 Cull Bull

Limousin to 129p (913kg) for Mr. A.J. Jelbert of Mitchell, Newquay

Overall Averages:

Beef Cows to 149p/kg av. 118.53p/kg Dairy Cows to 137p/kg av. 110.64p/kg Cull Bulls to 129p/kg

STORE CATTLE

Auctioneers – Andrew Body & Patrick Dennis

A good entry of store cattle along with a Special Sale of Breeding Cattle meant a strong contingent of buyers and smart prices across the board. Plenty of demand for all on offer. Another super consignment this week of 2 year old cattle from Ivey & Hawkstor Farms of Blisland saw leading four Charolais x steers at £1,090 and four heifers £985. From the same farm, thirteen big Devon x steers sold to £945 and £940. Limousin x prices included a trio of younger steers from Mr. A.J. Jelbert of Mitchell selling at £995, a pair of 10 month old Limousin x steers from Messrs. R.A.F. & R.M. Roberts of Gweek which hit £900 and smart young September-born Limousins over from St. Mary’s in the Isles of Scilly for Messrs. G. & M. Bird saw the three steers at £805 and heifer pair at £600. Nice young natives selling well including an entry of named-sire Hereford steers 10 months and younger for Messrs. V.R. Gould & Son of Mithian Downs to £775. On the heifer side, a highlight were Limousins from a dozen in for Mr. E.P. Eustice of Fraddam with top trio at £955. A single 11 month old British Blue x heifer from Messrs. R.A.F. & R.M. Roberts of Gweek made £685.

118 Steers – leading prices

2yo Charolais x to £1,090 for Ivey & Hawkstor Farms of Blisland, Bodmin Aberdeen Angus x to £985 for Messrs. E.J. Pengelly & Son of Porthpean, St. Austell Devon x to £945 for Ivey & Hawkstor Farms of Blisland, Bodmin Limousin x to £910 for Mr. E.P. Eustice of Fraddam, Hayle British Blue x to £835 for Messrs. C.H. Bird & Son of Gwinear, Hayle Hereford x to £760 for Messrs. T.G. Gwennap & Son of St. Levan, Penzance

1½yo Limousin x to £995 for Mr. A.J. Jelbert of Mitchell, Newquay Charolais x to £940 for Mr. P.C.J. Bennetts of Sithney, Helston Aberdeen Angus x to £900 for Mr. G. Sleep of Dobwalls, Liskeard British Blue x to £835 for Messrs. C.H. Bird & Son of Gwinear, Hayle Devon x to £685 for Mr. D.G.M. Patton of Coverack, Helston

1yo Limousin x to £900 for Messrs. R.A.F. & R.M. Roberts of Gweek, Helston Simmental x to £810 for Messrs. R.A.F. & R.M. Roberts of Gweek, Helston Hereford x to £775 for Messrs. V.R. Gould & Son of Mithian Downs, St. Agnes Blonde d’Aquitaine x to £750 for Mr. L. Vague of Baldhu, Truro British Blue x to £750 for Mr. L. Vague of Baldhu, Truro

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9mo Limousin x to £805 for Messrs. G. & M. Bird of St. Mary’s, Isles of Scilly Hereford x to £585 for Messrs. V.R. Gould & Son of Mithian Downs, St. Agnes

40 Heifers – leading prices

2yo Limousin x to £955 for Mr. E.P. Eustice of Fraddam, Hayle Charolais x to £985 for Ivey & Hawkstor Farms of Blisland, Bodmin

1½yo Limousin x to £730 for Mr. A.S. Ball of Nanstallon, Bodmin Aberdeen Angus x to £535 for Mr. L. Vague of Baldhu, Truro

1yo British Blue x to £695 for Messrs. R.A.F. & R.M. Roberts of Gweek, Helston Limousin x to £595 for Messrs. R. & J. Bailey of Frogpool, Truro 9mo Limousin x to £600 for Messrs. G. & M. Bird of St. Mary’s, Isles of Scilly

SPECIAL SALE OF BEEF BREEDING CATTLE (24)

A Special Sale of Beef Breeding Cattle, the first of the year due to Covid-19, saw firm demand form a good number of buyers around the ring. An entry of four Pedigree Devon cows and calves on behalf of Tresco Estate on the Isles of Scilly sold to a top price of the day of £1,130 with another at £1,100. A Limousin x cow and calf for Mr. C. Rowe of Dobwalls, Liskeard realised £1,070 with an Aberdeen Angus x cow and calf from the same vendor at £1,000. He also sold an Aberdeen Angus x in-calf cow at £810. A Hereford x Galloway cow with 6 week old Shorthorn calf for Messrs. M. & S. Blake of St. Stephen, St. Austell sold well at £830. Plenty of enquires for breeding cattle.

Devon cows with young calves over from the Scillies to £1,300

Grand bullocks from Ivey & Hawkstor Farms with these four steers £1,090 apiece

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REARING CALVES

Auctioneer – Patrick Dennis

A light entry of calves but what was on offer sold extremely well with plenty of demand. Overall top price was an older British Blue x heifer calf from Chynoweth Farm Partners of St. Allen at £312, with bulls to £285 for a 6 week old Hereford x from Messrs. L.T. Harvey & Sons of Newbridge.

14 Bulls

Hereford x to £285 for Messrs. L.T. Harvey & Sons of Newbridge, Penzance, av. £265 Limousin x to £230 for Messrs. L.T. Harvey & Sons of Newbridge, Penzance Aberdeen Angus x to £225 for Mr. C.M. Phillips of St. Mawes, Truro, av. £195 British Blue x to £208 for Mr. W.R. Davey of Probus, Truro, av. £204 Friesian to £61 for Mr. D.J. Heller of Blackwater, Truro, av. £60 Friesian bobby calves to £39, av. £26

12 Heifers

British Blue x to £312 for Chynoweth Farm Partners of St. Allen, Truro, av. £227 Limousin x to £220 for Mr. A.J.H. Lawry of Kenwyn, Truro, av. £171 Welsh Black x to £162 for Mr. N.L.J. Trevethan of Rose, Truro ___________________________________________________________________________

GRAZING/MOWING GRASS – For Sale by Tender

30.87 acres @ Ruanhighlanes, Truro 14.51 acres @ Court Farm, Gwennap For 1 Cut Mowing from 15th July 2020 In 1 Lot Grazing/Mowing until 30th Nov 2020

42.5 acres @ Bodmin Available for Grazing only until 31st Oct 2020. Easy access close to the A30 and north-east

of Bodmin. Subject to Countryside Stewardship restrictions. Ring fenced.

Tender Forms from the Agents/online. Viewing by arrangement with L&T 01872 272722

Aberdeen Angus and Hereford sires – please write on front of passport

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FINISHED & STORE SHEEP

NEW SEASON LAMBS (463)

Auctioneer – Ed Harris

A strong entry forward again this week as the main flush of spring lambs continue to come through. High numbers marketed nationally this week coupled with reports of a slower domestic market has seen prices slipping in centres since Monday and Truro followed suit with prices back around £10/head on average. Top at £108.50 were a smart pen of 44.8kg lambs from Messrs. W.S. Gay & Son of St. Allen purchased by J.V. Richards Ltd of Perranwell Station. This was closely followed by shapely Charollais lambs from Messrs. J. Lenthall & Son of Winnards Perch selling to H.R. Jasper & Son Ltd of Launceston at £107.50. Super fresh 40.3kg Texels from Messrs. P.J. Grylls & Sons of Kenwyn set the premium at 261p/kg, also going to H.R. Jasper & Son Ltd.

Leading Averages:

261p/kg for 40.3kg lambs from Messrs. P.J. Grylls & Sons of Kenwyn, Truro 256p/kg for 41.8kg lambs from Mr. R. Shazell of Tregamere, St. Columb 254p/kg for 42.2kg lambs from Mr. R. Shazell of Tregamere, St. Columb 254p/kg for 41.8kg lambs from Mr. R. Shazell of Tregamere, St. Columb 254p/kg for 41.2kg lambs from Messrs. W. & R. Taffinder of Ruan High Lanes, Truro 253p/kg for 42.3kg lambs from Mr. R. Shazell of Tregamere, St. Columb 253p/kg for 42.1kg lambs from Messrs. W. & R. Taffinder of Ruan High Lanes, Truro 249p/kg for 41.7kg lambs from Messrs. T.F. & D.J. Crapp of Helston 248p/kg for 41.5kg lambs from Master T. Blake of St. Stephen, St. Austell 244p/kg for 42.8kg lambs from Mr. J.F. Rowe of Par, St. Austell Top Price Lambs:

£108.50 (44.8kg) from Messrs. W.S. Gay & Son of St. Allen, Truro £107.50 (46.5kg) from Messrs. J. Lenthall & Son of Winnards Perch, St. Columb £107.00 (41.8kg) from Mr. R. Shazell of Tregamere, St. Columb £107.00 (42.2kg) from Mr. R. Shazell of Tregamere, St. Columb £107.00 (42.3kg) from Mr. R. Shazell of Tregamere, St. Columb £107.00 (45.0kg) from Messrs. C.H.P. Powell & Sons of St. Ervan, Wadebridge £107.00 (45.0kg) from Messrs. C.R. Elliott & Partners of Portloe, Truro £106.50 (42.1kg) from Messrs. W. & R. Taffinder of Ruan High Lanes, Truro £106.50 (50.5kg) from Mrs. E.M.J. Eggins of St. Breock, Wadebridge

Averages:

Medium (39.1kg-45.5kg) to 261p/kg av. 230.1p/kg Heavy (45.6kg-52kg) to 231p/kg av. 217.0p/kg Overweight (52.1kg+) to 182p/kg av. 174.0p/kg

SQQ Lamb Average 230.1p

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Top price lambs for Treve Gay

@ £108.50

HOGS (24)

Auctioneer – Ross Collins

The hogs are drying up and mainly tail-end types forward, as should be the case at the end of May. Topping at £88.50 were a good pen of Suffolk x hogs from Watson-Smyth Farms Ltd of Padstow bought by J.V. Richards Ltd. CULL EWES (103) – Ross Collins A good entry of cull stock sold to a continued buoyant trade, peaking at £95 for a pair of big-frame Charollais ewes from Sturman’s Livestock of Wadebridge.

Leading Prices:

£95.00 for ewes from Sturman’s Livestock of Wadebridge £91.00 for ewes from Messrs. C.H.P. Powell & Sons of St. Ervan, Wadebridge £89.00 for ewes from Mr. J.C. Trenerry of Callestick, Truro £88.00 for ewes from Messrs. T.F. & D.J. Crapp of Helston £86.50 for ewes from Mr. R.H. Eddy of Tehidy, Camborne £85.00 for ewes from Messrs. C.H.P. Powell & Sons of St. Ervan, Wadebridge £84.00 for ewes from Mr. J.C. Trenerry of Callestick, Truro £84.00 for ewes from Mr. W.R.T. & Mrs. A.S. Guy of West Portholland, Truro £81.00 for ewes from Mr. R.H. Eddy of Tehidy, Camborne £80.00 for ewes from Mr. J.C. Trenerry of Callestick, Truro

Averages:

First quality ewes to £95.00 av. £81.00 Second quality ewes to £68.50 av. £62.00 COUPLES Two pens of couples forward, selling to £140 for a Texel single with full mouth ewe from Mrs. S.A. Scholes of North Country, Redruth.

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FOR INFORMATION DUE TO THE COVID-19 SITUATION REGARDING OUR MARKETS & SALES SEE ONLINE at www.lodgeandthomas.co.uk or Facebook

WEDNESDAY NEXT 3RD JUNE

LODGE & THOMAS.

Will sell

10.00am – Rearing Calves & Stirks

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10.00am – Dairy & Beef Cull Cows followed by

Prime Cattle

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11.15am – Store Cattle Stores inc. 30 from one farm: (12 British Blue x strs/hfrs 17-25mo, 15 Aberdeen Angus x

strs/hfrs 15-27mo, 1 Hereford & 2 Holstein strs 25m+); 12 Sussex strs/hfrs 18-24mo; 17 Devon x (12 strs & 5 hfrs) 24mo, Farm Assured, wormed & blacklegged;

12 suckler-bred-suckled Limousin strs/hfrs; 8 Stabiliser x strs/hfrs 12-18mo etc…

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11.15am – Lambs, Hogs & Cull Ewes

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Limousin Suckler Herd – For Sale by Private Treaty

A genuine Dispersal Sale of a small Suckler Herd of Limousin x Cows & Calves

Comprising: 7 Limousin x cows with their Autumn/Spring-born calves – 3 heifers & 4 steers (1 heifer calf Sept 2019, 1 heifer calf Dec 2019 and the rest March 2020 (x4) & Apr 2020 (x1)

Also 2 in-calf Limousin cows due to the Pedigree Limousin bull. TB-free. Full list @ www.lodgeandthomas.co.uk All enquiries to Patrick Dennis 01872 272722

Next “Orange” Market – Tuesday 16th June @ 10am TB-RESTRICTED PRIME CATTLE, COWS & STORE CATTLE

Licences required by Tuesday 9th June – Entries to Patrick Dennis 07889 600160

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Wednesday 10th June – Charolais Dispersal Truro Market 12.30pm approx (following the Stores)

Dispersal Sale of quality small Charolais Suckler Herd On behalf of Daniel Dunkin T/A Diddy Farms of St. Stephen, St. Austell

4 Pedigree, 2 pure bred & 3 Charolais x cows with their

Spring-born Charolais Calves at foot

The herd is BVD Accredited & Farm Assured, all the calves are de-horned and the male calves castrated and have not been creep fed yet. The cows have not been back to the bull.

The sale is brought about due to a change in farming policy and are a grand bunch with an outstanding run of Charolais calves (subject to TB-test). Catalogue available.

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Ref: LAT190234 Guide Price: £695,000

A versatile 8 acre smallholding with far reaching views

TRETHEW FARM WHEAL BULLER, REDRUTH TR16 6ST

A desirable smallholding situated in an elevated position with far reaching countryside and coastal views, lying centrally within its own gardens and grounds extending in all

to about 8.4 acres.

Trethew Farm briefly comprises a traditional 3 bedroom cottage with an adjoining 2 bedroom cottage providing versatile accommodation for either dual family or home and

income occupation together with a useful outbuilding with stabling and workshop.