A few more on offer and a firm trade. Overall average of 300.9 well in line with the national trend.

The well fleshed lambs sold to a top of £316 from 2 vendors, J Littlejohns & Son of Shears farm 44kgs to £139 and WM Carter & Son of Derworthy, Milton Dameral 38.8kgs to £122.50.

TA Folland of Beswell realised 313ppk for 2 pens of 38kgs at £119. Top on the day was £151.50 from Jim & Richard Hookway of Town Tenniment, St Giles torrington.

A large entry and a very strong trade and more could have been sold. Suffolk x ewes topped the day at £155 from JW Stoneman of Sampford Courteney.

Texel x ewes to £144 from JB Cawsey of Huntshaw. Mules to 3144 from dave Crocker of Dringwell, Lewdown. Grazing ewes to £100 - £122.

As last week all the store lambs very much sought after shorn lambs to £116 from Nigel Cleave of Pigsdon. Wool lambs to £115 from TF Bailey & Son of Lower Moor.

A very fast trade for all on offer. Suffolk x 2+4T topped the day at £195 from Graham Hookway of Torrington.

Suffolk x 6+FM to £190 from 2 vendors. Texel x ewe lambs to £160 from BR Nancekivell & Son of Pink hill, Merton.

What a difference a week makes, an absolute flying trade from start to finish with calves averaging £81/head more than last week.

49 vendors from all parts of the Southwest sold to 37 buyers from all parts of the country.

The quality of calves improved and so did the trade, with plenty of farmer buyers forward looking to source strong rearing calves.

Top call was an impressive £740 for a grand pair of Blue bulls in from O Petherick & Son, Kilkhampton.

More strong sorts to £730 for DR & LJ Johns, Washaway and £700 for GRM Hill, Lamerton, very young Blue bulls sold to a storming trade with a month old sort to a fantastic £700 for J & TE Cann, Highampton who sold another belter at £690 more £665 for DKN & DM Furse, Ashwater, £635 for IM Mitchell, St Winnow, £615 for the Ley Family, Sutcombe and £595 for DA N & JM Parkhouse, St Austell with 90 Blue bulls averaging a strong £454.

Best Charolais bulls to £670 for BD & DG Andrew, Shebbear, £610 and £600 for GRM Hill, Lamerton. Aberdeen Angus bulls to £660 for J & ML Chamberlain & Son, Shebbear, younger sorts to £470 for TP & JH Isaac, Holsworthy, £458 for the Ley family again, £442 for RB & NJ Veale, Halwill, £428 again for the Ley family and £422 for RK & CL Sainsbury, Launceston.

Outstanding Limousin bulls to £635 for NC & RM Skinner, Halwill and £535, £525 for AS Brenton & Son, St Keyne. Hereford bulls an absolute flying trade to £462 for J & ML Chamberlain & Son again, £450 for Allin Dairy Ltd, Clawton £450, £430 and £420 (x2) for RK & CL Sainsbury, North Petherwin.

Topping the heifer section was a strong Blue at £705, £635 for GRM Hill again, £630 (x2) for O Petherick & Son again and younger sorts to £530 for J & TE Cann again.

Charolais heifers sold extremely well to £580 for BD & DG Andrew again, £500, £495 and £495 for LJ Goaman & Sons, Hartland and £485 for GRM Hill again. Limousin heifers to £460 for NC & RM Skinner, Halwill, £435 and £380 for AS Brenton & Sons, St Keyne.

Aberdeen Angus heifers to £350, £280 PD & SK Blake, Millbrook, £270 for D AN & JM Parkhouse again, £262 for RK & CL Sainsbury again. Simmental heifers to £340 and £335 for J Sillifant, Pancrasweek.

33 Friesian bulls average a sensational £184 to a top of £370 for a cracking pair of Friesian bulls in from Rachel Poole, Milton Damerel.

Numbers again tight this week but quality was good and the trade overall much stronger than last week.

Top today was £2200 for a 21mth Charolais from Messrs JR & MJ Ovens of Halwill who sold others to £2100 and a young well-bred 16mth Charolais x Friesian from Messrs CT Banbury & Son of Broadwood at £2000. Dairy x British blues again saw fierce bidding throughout the sale.

The best to £2170 from Mr RG Allin of Dolton other 20mth British blues from Messrs M & D Price of Hartland to £2100 & 5 23mth British blues from Messrs G Daniel & Son of North Tamerton at £2020.

Several natives with flesh saw Herefords topping at £2190 for 2 from Messrs M & D Price of Hartland also 2 young 15mth Herefords from Messrs AC Withecombe & Son of Littleham to £2170.

Aberdeen Angus to £2170 from Messrs M & D Price who sold others to £1860. Best of the natives to £1820 for a 15mth heifer from Messrs AC Withecombe & Son.

A much smaller entry saw steers to £1290 for a 13mth Charolais from Mr Ross Millman of Bradford.

2 11mth Hereford steers from Messrs CR & CF Timms & Son to £1280(2) as well as 11mth old British blues from the same farm to £1200 & 14mth British blue heifers from Mr C Mcwhirter of Umberleigh selling well at £1350.

A nice run of 7mth single suckled Herefords from Mr AC McClaren of Bradworthy saw steers to £1250 and 8mth single suckled Simmental steers from Messrs R&S Shadrick of Marhamchurch to £980 & heifers to £820(3).

A 1160kilo Simmental bull from Messrs RS&SM Ovenell of Torrington topped at 228ppk realising a grand total of £2644.

A now FA Limousin steer from Messrs WM Bridgman of Bude topped at 296ppk realising a total of £2444. Lighter heifers from Messrs HJ Tucker of Shebbear to 294ppk.