STORE CATTLE REPORT for
MONDAY, 11th MAY ~ Auctioneer: Roger Waters

A real pleasure to have 400+ stores forward and thank you to all those that continue to support the spring store sales - demand carries on where we left off and we have customers who have still not fulfilled their grazing requirements for the season.

BEEF BREEDING STOCK - buoyant demand for breeding couples
D Robinson’s Charolais cross cow with heifer calf ￡850
JRV Wheatland’s Limousin and Sussex cross cows with Charolais cross bull calves ￡935 ￡930, H Venters’South Devon cow with her Hereford cross bull ￡790.
Young beef cross autumn born calves-
Mark Peters’ Belgian Blue cross heifers always the part to ￡320

SUCKLER BRED STEERS & HEIFERS - over & under 12 months
Steers mostly over ￡600and mostly under 12 months and the very best ￡700and more:- S Feakes’Simmental-x steers, 13 mos ￡720,
M & R Sherwood’s Limousin steers, 12 mos ￡710and heifers ￡597,
AA & M Woolgar’s Limousin steers, 14 mos ￡685, RR Sargent’s -x, 12 mos ￡660, J Marden’s Belgian Blue-x steers, 11 mos ￡675, J Nicholson’s Simmental-x, 11 mos ￡660, G Brain’s -x, 12 mos ￡630, T Avon’s x Sussex/Fr., 11 mos ￡625

OLDER CATTLE - 16/22 months old - Plenty of variety and plenty of price
W M Cleverley’s Charolais-x steer, 22 mos ￡825, Limousin-x steer, 23 mos ￡780, B Charman’s -x, 26 mos ￡817, AR Waters’ Blue-x steer, 16 mos ￡790, -x steer, 15 mos ￡770, P Davis’ Hereford x Fr., 20 mos ￡740, Bulstrode Farms’Sussex x Fr. steers, 19 mos ￡690and heifers ￡600

ANGUS CROSS - all ages and prices
Christine Walker’soutwintered Angus top the lot at ￡700,other leading prices:-
R Wade’s mos ￡697, A Goldsmith’s, 19 mos ￡657, B Gurr’s 17 mos ￡645,
PR Nye’soutwintered ￡635, S Feakes, 14 mos ￡605,
N Adames’ Angus x British Friesian ￡612

BLACK & WHITE & WHITE & BLACK STEERS
feature in many places - out in greater numbers with customers to match
P Hook’s Fr. x Norweign Red, 27 mos ￡670, Adames (Flansham) Fr., 15 mos ￡530, I May’s steers 18 mos ￡387, Barlavington Farms’Holstein steers, 13 mos ￡355, M Peter’syoung Holstein at 8 mos ￡283,
RG & J Thornton’s British Fr. steers, 16 weeks ￡235
and finally that Angus x Friesian in-calf heifer looking to favour its dam
rather than its sire - a pleasant surprise at ￡1,000!
Sale Next Week on
WEDNESDAY, 20th MAY at 1.30 p.m.
Entries include:- 3 Continental cross cows with their Sussex calves at foot from J Rodgers, 20 Angus and Continental cross steer sand heifers 7/12 mos from Plumpton College, 16 Aberdeen Angus cross steers and heifers, 11/13 mos from WH Beard & Son, 10 Simmental cross steers and heifers, 11/13 mos from N Hicks, 9 Purebred Angus and Simmental steers and heifers, 14/26 mos from TD Butcher and 10 Purebred Sussex steers,15/24 mos from W Hextall
No Sale - MONDAY, 25th MAY - Bank Holiday
Next Store Sale thereafter - MONDAY, 1st JUNE