Smaller entry with the entry being of mixed quality, the young well fleshed lambs much sought after and the leaner lambs harder to place.

Top being 327ppk from 2 Vendors, Chris Ham and daughter of Cloister Hall, Frithelstock for 2 pens of 43kgs £140.50 and Daniel & Parkin of Barnstaple 41.7kgs £136.50.

BR Nancekivell & Son of Pinkhill, Merton saw their 44.6kgs realise 324ppk, £144.50. Top per head on the day was £148.50 for 47kgs from Jim & Richard Hookway of St Giles, Torrington.

A lot quieter entry this week after the Quarbani Festival but still a very strong trade. Top of the day was £166 for Suffolk x from Jim & Richard Hookway of St Giles, Torrington.

Charollais x to £166 from Mrs A Turner of Queensland, Marhamchurch who also realised £160 for another. Mules to £145 from Sam Turner of Penleaze, Marhamchurch.

Reasonable numbers of calves for the time of year, less buyers but dearer calves with a large number of native calves forward which sold extremely well.

Pryor Dairying LTD up from Redruth took the limelight in the weaned calf section with a lorry and drag load which sold to a fantastic trade and have averaged over £200 more then last year.

Top was £705 (3m) for their first bunch of British Blue steers with more to £675 & £655 (3m), Aberdeen Angus steers sold really well to £690 at the same age with more to £655.

British Blue heifers attained some eye watering prices at £700 and £670 and only 3-month-old again and trade of the sale was a big bunch of Aberdeen Angus heifers off the same farm to £665. Hereford steers to £640 and Hereford heifers also selling to £640.

The best no dearer but sold extremely well again, with the mediums and smalls looking a colossal trade.

Top call in the rearing calf section was for a pair of slightly older well shaped British Blue bulls reaching £800 in from Dave Johns, up from Washaway, other eye catching British Blue bulls to £790 RWH Dilling, £705 A & D Heyward, £700 TWB Hookway, £698 WD Medland and £675 for PH Collins Partnership 62 Blue bulls average £541.

Very smart Limousin bulls to £680, £620 for Jenny Hookway, Roborough followed by Aberdeen Angus bulls which sold to a storming trade and averaged £435 for all 42 forward and topped at £595 for TJ & BE Cowley of Ashwater, with heaps over £500.

Hereford bulls reached £500 for Ross Hedden & Sons up from Weare Gifford, with others to £490 and £465 for J Sillifant of Pancrasweek.

Young fresh Devon bulls made £420, £405 and £365 all in from AH & CJ Sanders up from Liskeard. An unbelievable heifer trade which topped at £705 for a older British Blue heifer in from Dave Johns, younger sorts to £640 for Dave Furse, £620 MJ Hopper, £608 for A & D Heywood and £605 for PJ Wickett & Son of Kilkhampton 49 British Blue heifers average £466.

A super run of silky Limousin heifers raced away to £615, £605, £602 and £590 in presented by Jenny Hookway again. Young, Bonney Charolais heifers not quite so well sold today but still reached £570 for LJ Goaman and others to £500 for J Sillifant, Pancrasweek. A pair of exceptional Simmental heifers presented by the Wearing family, Tavistock reached £600 for their first and £595 for their second.

Hereford heifers very well sought after and sold to £555 for sparky suckler bred sort in from Julian and Judith Smeeth of Morwenstow, others £500 for RWH Dilling followed by Aberdeen Angus heifers to £500 for a well put together sort in from TJ and BE Cowley with 28 Aberdeen Angus heifers averaging an impressive £351. Only 12 calves out of the 376 sold under £200.

An improved trade on the younger sorts, 20 Friesian bulls average £224 to a top of £345 for a trio in from PJ Wickett, Kilkhampton.

A good entry of quality, well farmed stores especially in the younger section.

Forward cattle were in short supply and those carrying flesh sold very well topping at £2260 for a 25mth Aberdeen Angus from Messrs IR & JA Johns of Bude whose second bunch realised £2160 (x4) and Montbeliardes to £1970.

Best of the British Blues were £1960 for 3 from Messrs T & J Adams & Son of Torrington, a good run of Limousins from Messrs PS & KM Warren of Virginstow hit £1900 (4) with plenty of 16-18mth steers to £1700+.

Top this week of the heifers was £1850 for a 27mth British Blue from Messrs T & J Adams of Torrington. Limousin heifers from Messrs PS & KM Warren of Virginstow to £1710.

Native heifers with condition topped at £1810 for a 23mth Aberdeen Angus from Mr SW Graham of Bude, others from Messrs WJ Wooldridge & Son of Putford to £1780 & £1640 for (2) 21mth Aberdeen Angus from Messrs IR & JA Johns of Bude.

Herefords to £1640 for 5 at 22mth from Messrs WJ Wooldridge & Son. Holsteins topped at £1750 for a 34mth steer from Messrs IR & JA Johns who sold other Friesians to £1620.

A large entry saw a strong trade from start to finish.

A cracking run of strong single suckled 12mth Charolais from Mrs SA Pocock of Pancrasweek saw the best of the steers to £1900 with the second few at £1800 and the 3 strongest 12mth Charolais heifers to £1630.

Best of the Dairy x cattle to £1500 +, topping at £1800 for a 13mth British Blue from Handsford Farm Partners who sold Herefords to £1640 & Aberdeen Angus steers 14mth selling to £1590, with the best of the heifers from the same farm to £1480 for Aberdeen Angus heifers & £1480 for 5 British Blue heifers.

Other well fed Limousin steers from Messrs DF & ER James of Halwill to £1680 with others to £1600. Younger 10mth British Blue steers from Messrs R Wood & Partners of Holsworthy hit £1400 (6), other 8-10mth Limousins from Messrs DE & AM Olde of Morwenstow to £1050.

A pure Devon from Messrs AW & KM Cole hit £1750, a 2016 British Blue Cow from Mr J Clark of Ashwater to £1360 and other British Blues Cows from Mr S Stevens of Alverdiscott to £1040.

206p was the top for a Hereford Cow from Mr S A Pocock of Pancrasweek. Also 206p was achieved for a Devon Cow from Messrs T & A Mawtus of Tetcott.