STORE CATTLE REPORT
MONDAY, 16^th MARCH 2009
~ Auctioneer: Roger Waters

Stores to £1,000
Pete Perryman hits the jackpot, his homebred Charolais cross heifers hit the £1,000 mark !
All guns firing as we approach the spring, more cattle, more customers all equals a very satisfactory days trading.
STEERS & HEIFERS (12 months and younger) Rock solid demand
SUCKLER BRED - R White’s Limousin cross steers, 11/12 mos £635
P Nash’s Simmental cross steers, 10/13 mos £605, heifers £545
R Verity’s Limousin cross steers, 9/10 mos £550, heifers £472
Greenwood & Son’s Simmental-x steers, 11 mos £540, heifers £470
BRED FROM THE DAIRY HERD -
H H Harvey & Son’s Simmental x Friesian, 11 mos £552,
Mrs PA Greenwood’s Simmental x Friesian steers, 12 mos £545,
BF Armstrong & Son’s Hereford x Friesian steers, 11 mos £500ANGUS & ANGUS CROSS -
Stronger sorts on offer and all sellers very pleased with returns.
S West’s Angus cross steers, 20 mos £800,
R Heal’s Angus cross steers, 19 mos £730,
D Newington’s Angus cross steers, 15 mos £700,
C Diplock’s Angus x Friesian steers, 14 mos £690,
B Gurr’s Angus cross steers, 11 mos £462
Other Natives -  JA Keen & Son’s Purebred Sussex steer, 23 mos £710STEERS & HEIFERS - Around 18 months plus
All credit to Charles Diplock his Charolais cross nearly £900! a joy
to sell them - good to see some better quality heifers being bought to bull - future investment in home produced beef
C Diplock’s Charolais cross steers, 17 mos £895 and heifers £600
Mrs PA Greenwood’s Limousin x Friesian, 19 mos steers £700 heifers £575,
SJ Stocker & Son’s Charolais cross steers, 17 mos £680
P Gurney’s Limousin cross heifer, 18/19 mos £610OLDER STORES - Just not enough of them -
Pete Perryman’s quite exceptional Charolais cross heifers provide a real finalé - £1,000 at 23 months ,
Robert Lavender on behalf of RC Baker & Co has Limousin cross steers £785 and heifers at £722FRIESIAN HOLSTEINS - finding more favour and selling very very well as we move into spring.
S West’s Holsteins, 17/22 mos £650, P Gurney’s Holsteins, 18 mos £557,
M Peter’s outwintered black and whites up to 17 mos £500,
BF Armstrong & Son’s Holsteins, 15 mos £382

NO STORE CATTLE SALE NEXT MONDAY, 23^rd MARCH
Next Sale of 350/400 Head
to be held on MONDAY, 30th MARCH
Entries include:- Special Consignment of 29 Simmental, Hereford and Charolais cross steers, 17/24 mos from DA Hole, 30 Friesian steers from P & Y Parkes; 20 Charolais cross steers, 12 mos from K Russell, 15 Angus and Simmental cross steers and heifers, 6/7 mos from H Osbourne, 11 Pedigree Sussex heifers and Purebred Sussex steers, 21/24 mos from Mrs R Crowther, 9 Sussex cross steers and heifers, 20/22 mos from WH Gingell & Son, plus many more good entries coming forward
Next sale thereafter
MONDAY, 6th APRIL - CUCKOO FAIR
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