STORE CATTLE REPORT
MONDAY, 6th APRIL ~ Auctioneer:Roger Waters
Thorndean Farms’ Limousin steers head the returns this week.
£920 at 22/24 months old
Stores four or twenty four months old, it makes no difference -
all very much wanted.
SUCKLER BRED STEERS & HEIFERS - just under twelve months
J Barton-Jayne’s Charolais cross steers, 9 months £670, and heifers £565
ATD & SR Clutterbuck’s Limousin cross steers, 11/12 mos £630
J & JH Rodger’s Charolais cross steers, 9 mos £570
Mrs J Andrew’s Sussex cross steers, 12 mos £555
SUCKLER BRED STEERS & HEIFERS - just over twelve months
Thorndean Farms’ Limousin x Belgian Blue cross steers £720 and heifers £630,
N Hedges’ Blonde cross steers, 12/13 mos £700,
AA & M Woolgar’s Limousin cross steers, 12/13 mos £685 and heifers £680,
AJ & GM Gingell’s Simmental cross steers, 13/14 mos £642,
OLDER STORES - 17/24 months old
A good number selling in the £800 plus price range - plenty of confidence exists for the existing finished price levels to continue
Thorndean Farms’ Limousin steers £920,
PE Perryman’s Charolais steers £885,
New Wharf Farm’ Belgian Blue x Friesian steer, 22 mos £820, Limousin cross steers, 17 mos £700, FC Harman & Son’s Sussex cross steer £730
ANGUS CROSS
Nearly to £900 ! - N & J Coleman selling cattle in Hailsham for the first time have Aberdeen Angus cross steers to £892 at 24 months
Others reaping the rewards of traditional breeding:-
S Flittner’s outwintered Angus cross steer, 22 mos £865,
GA & M Osgood’s homebred Angus cross steers, 18 mos £632
and heifers £540, Mrs C Neale’s Angus cross steers, 17 mos £547
and not forgetting
PJ Friend’s Angus bull - Marchants Eros CO68 £1,100
and to finish FRIESIAN HOLSTEINS
out the yard from New Wharf Farms’ 20/22 mos £690
outwintered from S Flittner, 18/19 mos £670
~~~~~~~
No Sale Next Week due to
EASTER BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY
Next Sale of STORE CATTLE
to be held on MONDAY, 20th APRIL
Entries include:- 40 Aberdeen Angus cross steers and heifers, born Mar/May ‘08 from JS Tilley, 20 Simmental and Aberdeen Angus cross steers, 14/21 mos from N Hicks, 12 Aberdeen Angus cross steers and heifers, 12/18 mos from R Thomas,
10 Aberdeen Angus x Sussex steers, 7/8 mos from
RD Uridge Farms, plus many more other good entries coming forward
and thereafter
MONDAY, 27th APRIL
to incorporate
THE SPRING SHOW & SALE OF STORE CATTLE
Prizes awarded for:-
BEST PEN OF STEERS & BEST PEN OF HEIFERS
(Any age, Minimum of three in a pen)
First Prize £25, Second Prize £15, Third Prize £10
CHAMPION PEN - DON HUTCHISON MEMORIAL TROPHY
plus for the BEST PEN OF HEIFERS
- THE DENNIS WALKER MEMORIAL CUP
Special Prizes for the BEST PEN OF CONTINENTALS
and BEST PEN OF NATIVE BRED CATTLE
Prize money offered will only be presented for stock bona-fide sold
Entries now being taken for both these sales
|