STORE CATTLE REPORT
MONDAY, 2^nd MARCH 2009
~ Auctioneer: Roger Waters

Marching into March - Marvellous Moments last Monday
Robert Heath’s Simmental cross steers, 24 mos £995
David Cross’ Angus cross steers, 24/25 mos £940
big cattle, big money
Tony Monnington’s Simmental steers, fourteen months
younger and an impressive £630

BREEDING STOCK - Demand is good, mostly native cows on offer
JA Fordham & Son’s In-calf Angus cross cows £630, £620, £610, etc.,
J Wheatland’s In-calf Hereford cows £600

SUCKLER BRED STEERS & HEIFERS - 12 months and younger
Insatiable demand - surely take advantage of this trade now.
Frank Grantham’s Charolais cross entires £795 at just over 12 mos,
O’Neill Smith’s Blonde cross steers, 10/13 mos £660,
J Monnington Farms’ Simmental cross steers, 11 mos £630 and heifers £500, WB & GFD Hesselgrave’s Belgian Blue, 10 mos £600,
Mrs PA Greenwood’s Simmental x Friesian steers, 10 mos £490

ANGUS EXCITE - Outwintered is the order of the day -
David Cross is delighted with the demand !
HJ Cross & Son’s outwintered Angus steers at 25 mos £940, £925
and heifers £720/£715, WS & JM Daniels’ Angus cross heifers,
19 mos £770, Angus cross steers, 16 mos £665,
WB & GFD Hesselgrave’s Angus cross steer, 11 mos £635,
Mrs Greenwood’s Angus cross steers, 10 mos £600 and heifers £430

OTHER NATIVES OF NOTE
MJ & ML McCubbine’s Hereford cross heifers, 23 mos £615 and 15 mos £530,
J Monnington Farms’ Hereford cross steers, 11 mos £555
and heifers £475 and not forgetting T Nash’s Longhorn steer £450

STRONGER STORES, 17/24 months, very, very keen
Robert Heath takes top price - Simmental cross steers, 24 mos
just £5 short of £1,000! others at £975
Others in the big money bracket
WS & JM Daniels’ Simmental cross £870,
WB & GFD Hesselgrave’s Belgian Blue cross, 18 mos £840,
S Smither’s Charolais cross steer, 23 mos £830.
and
FRIESIAN HOLSTEIN STEERS to finish with - mixed selection
D Fieldwick’s Holsteins £435, R Harris’ Friesian Holstein £370 and
J Marsh’s New Zealand bred Friesian Holsteins £260
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Next Sale of
STORE CATTLE
to be held on
MONDAY, 16th MARCH
Entries now being taken for this sale and already include:-
Special Home-reared consignment of 58 Limousin cross steers and heifers,
born July ’07 /Feb ’08, 13/20 mos old, from Mrs PA Greenwood,
12 Friesian steers, 16/18 mos from D Fieldwick and 11 Angus and Friesian steers and heifers, 11/16 mos from BF Armstrong & Son,
plus many more good entries coming forward

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