More stores than expected with 230 passing through the ring, no big forward types on offer with plenty of both dairy and suckler bred yearling sorts which sold to a sharp trade as grass is now in abundance after the recent showers of rain down in this neck of the woods.

Top call was £2000 given for a 26 month old Friesian steer in from RG Bunkum of St Ive who sold more to £1850 and Hereford to £1800.

Very smart red Limousin steers raced away to £1760 for a pair of yearling steers in from Chris Wearne up from Wendron this morning who went on to sell more well at £1640.

Well farmed South Devon steers to £1720 presented by Paul Mitchell of Bude and Charolais steers to £1670 for Bucklawren Livestock travelling up from Looe.

Smart, but only young Blue steers to £1610 (15m) in from AC Halls of Altarnun followed by further young Limousin steers to £1470 (11m) in from J Lugg, Cury Cross Lanes.

A well put together South Devon topped the heifer section at £1840 (22m) from CW Crocker of Crackington Haven, followed by smart Limousin heifers sailing away to £1830 (32m) in from HR Lyne and Son up from Manaccan.

26-month-old Hereford heifers to £1740 for RG Bunkum again, two year old Charolais heifers to £1700 from Bucklawren Livestock, with further Hereford heifers from the same good stable to £1650.

Young but sweet Limousin heifers to £1510 (13m) for Chris Wearne again.

A handul of grazing cows which sold to plenty of demand and reached £1840 for a 108 month-old Limousin x cow in from Charlotte Skinner down from Jacobstow who sold her leaner Charolais cow (107m) at £1450 and Blue to £1380 (59m).

Best of the cows and calves reached £2000 for a 38-month-old South Devon cow with 3-month old calf at foot from SJ & SM Ward of Grampound Road, followed by a Highland cow with a sweet Charolais x calf at foot which attained £1900 for Ben Nicholls of Wadebridge.

Today we had a nice consignment of Belted Galloway heifers which drew plenty of moorland buyers and sold to £980 and £920 in from AR Finnemore up from St Breward.

33 rearing calves forward and a mix in quality.

Blue bulls sold to £450 (21 days) in from Chris Marshall up from Rock, others to £440, £380 and £345x2 for David Mather, Advent who sold Blue heifers to £430 and £415.

Young fresh blue heifers sold well to £370 and £310 (20 days) in from Chris Marshall again.

All the weaned calf pens full to the brim which sold to a ring brim full of potential buyers from far and wide with plenty going home empty handed and can't stick the trade.

Cornwall College, Callington presented a whack of weaned Angus calves which reached an impressive £725 (5m), with a bunch of 16 more angus steers which filled the ring right up and sold well at £600 (5m), with heifers off the same farm to £655 (5m).

In next was Charlotte Skinner with a wonderful run of Hereford weaned calves all around the 3-month-old mark which made £680, £650 and £590 for the steers and the heifers making £550, £540 and £515.

Big numbers of 201 stirks which sold to a marvellous trade, with a large proportion of the section being second quality dairy bred types which sold to a wonderful price.

Top of the steers was £1140 (only 4m) given for a wonderful Charolais steer in from Ben Nicholls of Wadebridge followed by Hereford steers to £1040 (10m) in from PD Mitchell of Liskeard.

A smart run of Angus reached £990 (8m) for the Warman Family Partnership of Delabole who sold others to £905 and Devons to £905 also, Galloway steers also to £905.

Angus heifers looked well sold to £900 (8m) for Warman Family Partnership again, with Blue heifers to £835 (7m) in from James Bruna, Stoke Climsland.

Another good entry of over 600 Ewes and a very fast trade for all weights and breeds, pen after pen over £170.

Charollais x Ewes topped the day at £216 from Tom Hasson of Dunsmouth, Bude.

Suffolk x Ewes sold to £200 from Newlyn Farm Partnership of Newquay.

Four other pens over £190.

Texel x Ewes to £194 from LR Burden of Tredundle Farm, Egloskerry.

Polled Dorset Ewes to £171, Hill breeds saw a top of £130 for Scotch Black Face Ewes from Steve and Claire Cornelius of Treven Farm.

Badger Face Ewes to £89 from William Hooper of Phoenix Farm, Minions.

More on offer and a much faster trade, overall average of 315.5p, the young well fleshed Lambs very much sought after.

Top per kilo being 341p for a pen of 39kgs, £133 from N & M Parnell of Dingleys, Lewannick.

Two vendors at 327p, A R Hooper & Sons of Pengold Farm with their 44.4kgs at £145 and Colin Burrow of Tredown, Welcombe for his 44kgs at £144.

Top per head on the day was £146 for a pen of 45.2kgs from W & R Pethick of Trevalga, Boscastle.

Much larger entry and a sharper trade, top per kilo being 287p for a pen of 47kgs, £135 from Messrs Cole & Robson of Trekernell Farm, Lewannick.

Several heavy Hoggs £140 to a top of £151 sold also by Messrs Cole & Robson.