RS & SM Hopper of Bude topped with five topping Charolias Steers, homebred, long, tall and well fleshed, his best a super orange Steer with length and depth to £2900, his second slightly smaller but same stance to £2870, a grey Steer next at £2770 and finally a pair at £2500 all around 23 months.

Messrs Jones of Laddock next with a 32 month outwintered organic Hereford x Steers with plenty of frame away at £2680. Bucklawren Livestock of Looe ran in next with a big strong pair of British Blue x Cattle to a top of £2270 at 21 months.

Close behind was RA & D Philp of Wadebridge with a trio of 19 month Aberdeen Angus sleek coated and real tight fleshing away at £2100 and CP & KL Wearne of Heslton saw their 18 month pair of Dairy x Aberdeen Angus to £1910.

RA & D Philp stole the honours in the Heifer section with a stunning pair of Charolais x Heifers, long deep and well fleshed to £2260 and a second pair at £2060, with a super shiny Aberdeen Angus Heifer at £1910.

Bucklawren Livestock next with a deep bodied pair of British Blue Heifers to £1980, also at £1980 was Mr Drew of Bude with a long framey Simmental x Heifer.

KJ Routly ran in close with a super pair of Hereford x Heifers to £1800. Younger Cattle from JM & ME Eustice of Wadebridge saw their Aberdeen Angus x South Devon Steers at 10 months to £1560.

Devon x Steers to £1490 and four Limousin x Devon Heifers topped out at £1530. L Rowe of Cardinham saw her best 10 month British Blue x Steers with tremendous rounds away at £1550.

An outstanding entry of 155 stirks forward which sold to an eye watering trade again, with trade reaching new levels and breaking new records.

Top call was a huge £1600 (10m) given for a pair of well farmed Charolais x dairy steers in from AR Pincombe, Lezant who sold Blue steers to £1400 (10m).

A remarkable run of 80 British Blue stirks in from Alan & Kev Sanders, Minster sold to a huge ringside of well-travelled buyers, with Alan celebrating his birthday in style making a massive £1340 for his first bunch of steers with further bunches to £1260, £1250, £1210 and £1200 x12 (only 6/7 months old).

Well fed Hereford steers to an impressive £1210 (7m) from the same good farm. Younger Charolais steers to £1150 for EG Taylor, St Wenn and also £1150 for AM Talyor, St Wenn. A smart single limousin steer to £1000 for N Talyor, St Wenn.

Stirk heifers reached £1165 for a big bunch of Blue heifers in from Alan & Kev Sanders, who sold further strong heifers well to £1080, £1025 and £1010 (only 6/7 months old again). A trio of slightly older Hereford heifers to £900 (11m) in from Tom Drew, Bude.

A good entry of 282 for the time of year and a flying trade, with the ¾ meat Ewes selling to a premium.

Suffolk x Ewes to £221 from the Stephens Family of Burscott, Holsworthy. Newlyn Farm Partnership of St Newlyn East saw their Mules top at £221.

Texel x Ewes to £220 from Peter Risdon of Basil Farm. St Clether. Polled Dorset Ewes to £187 and Hill Ewes to £138.

As seen throughout the country a lot are coming on the market and our trade on the day was inline with the rest of the Southwest.

The shapely fleshed 40-45kgs saw several pens over 300p to a top of 311p for a pen of 46.6kgs, £145 from Stuart Griffin of Thorndon, Ashwater, followed by Ashly Rowe of Kingscombe, Bray Shop who realised 310p for two pens of 40kgs, £124.

Nigel Vincent of Lerryn saw his two pens of Charollais x 46kgs achieve 309p, £142.

Top per head on the day was £156.50 from Claire Pedlar of St Wenn followed by four different vendors who realised £156.

A larger entry of 100 and the young sappy 40-42kgs met the strongest trade on the day, top per kilo being 376p for four pens of 40.4kgs, £152 from the Stephens Family of Burscott, Holsworthy.

A smaller entry of Couples with Texel x Doubles topping at £315 from Steve Pearse of Crossroads Farm, Lewdown who also topped the singles at £260.