STORE CATTLE REPORT
MONDAY, 12th APRIL ~ Auctioneer: Roger Waters
Good to see nearly 450 cattle offered on Cuckoo Fair Day and a total clearance of all stock. Keep the cattle coming spring is nearly here.

BREEDING STOCK - Out in numbers and a good solid trade for the twenty in-calf cows and cows with calves at foot
RD Monnington’s Beef herd consignment of in-calvers
Aberdeen Angus cross cows in-calf to calve early summer £820, £795, £780, £760, £745 and Limousin-x with Angus heifer calf at foot £950
B Gurr’s Simmental cross cow with Sussex cross heifer calf £780
I May’s Sussex cross cow with Sussex cross heifer calf £780
and Simmental cross cow with Sussex cross heifer calf £780

ANGUS ABOUND - All ages, all weights, all wanted -
M & R Bean’s two year old steers exceed expectations to £850,
Other leading prices:-
Mrs MEH Pile & Son’s Angus x Fr. steers, 20 mos £690,
EJ Brickell & Son’s Angus-x suckler steers, 12 mos £680 and heifers £460,
Mrs S MacDonald’s Angus x Friesian steer, 18 mos £650,
MF Haydon’s Angus-x suckler steers, 12 mos £637,
WB & GFD Hesselgrave’s Angus-x suckler steers, 11 mos £610 and Angus x MRI heifer, 11 mos £490,
GA & M Osgood’s Angus x Shorthorn steers, 18 mos £600 and heifers, 16 mos £420,
JS & M Tilley’s Angus-x suckler steers, 12 mos £595 and heifers, 12 mos £455. Other Native bred cattle worthy of special mention
MJ & ML McCubbine’s Hereford-x steer, 12 mos £765 & heifers £510

SUCKLER BRED STEERS & HEIFERS - around twelve months,
not the choice of some weeks but still sought after
MF Haydon’s Limousin x Simmental steer, 12 mos £697 and heifers £535,
HJ Hecks & Son’s Simmental-x steer, 11/12 mos £662 and heifers £490,
Miss N Morrison’s Simmental-x steer, 12 mos £630,
EJ Brickell & Son’s Limousin-x steer, 13 mos £660 and heifer £567

OLDER STORES - selling well considering the static fat trade
M & R Bean’s Simmental-x steers, 24 mos £855 and Limousin-x steers, 23 mos £885, FP Norris’ homebred Simmental-x steers,
21/24 mos £860 and heifers £740

OUTWINTERED STOCK - very much the order of the day
P Perryman’s Charolais-x steers, 24/26 mos £890,
David A Hole’s Sussex steer, 24 mos £752
To conclude just a few Friesians, many more next week
AR & J Waters’ Black and white steers £607

Next Sale - 350 Head of
STORE CATTLE
on MONDAY, 19th APRIL
Entries already include:- 40 Friesian steers and Continental steers and heifers, 6/9 mos from M Peters, 29 Friesian steers and bulls, 12/18 mos from D Hobbs & Sons, 24 Continental cross and Hereford cross steers and heifers, 10/14 mos from CW Willson, 22 Continental-x and Native-x steers and heifers, 16/24 mos from T Kidger, 21 Continental-x and Native-x steers and heifers, 9/18 mos from W Visser, 20 Friesian steers, 7/8 mos from J Marsh, 20 Blonde d’Aquitaine cross steers and heifers, 10/12 mos from Mr & Mrs K Watts, 14 Friesian, Brown Swiss and Norwegian Red steers, 12/18 mos from P & Y Parkes, 15 Sussex and Sussex-x steers and heifers, 11/21 mos from J & JH Rodgers, 10 Limousin cross heifers from AA & M Woolgar, 9 Aberdeen Angus-x steers and heifers, 16/18 mos from Liverton Partners, 9 Friesian steers, 14/18 mos from Poland Bros, 6 Sussex-x heifers, 22/23 mos from WH Gingell & Son, 5 Purebred Sussex steers, 24 mos from J Lewin, plus many more good lots forward
and thereafter on
MONDAY, 26th APRIL
incorporating
ANNUAL 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)
CHAMPION PEN - DON HUTCHISON MEMORIAL TROPHY
plus for the BEST PEN OF HEIFERS THE DENNIS WALKER MEMORIAL CUP
BEST PEN OF CONTINENTALS
and BEST PEN OF NATIVE BRED CATTLE
Entries already include Annual Consignments of:-
24 Aberdeen Angus cross steers, 17/18 mos from A Goldsmith,
20 Belgian Blue and Limousin cross steers and heifers, 10 months from
M Muggeridge, 20 Belgian Blue and Limousin cross steers, 18/19 mos from A Scott, 19 Hereford cross steers, 18/24 mos from David A Hole,
12 Aberdeen Angus cross steers and heifers, 12/13 mos from WH Beard
Further entries being taken for this sale