STORE CATTLE REPORT

MONDAY, 19th APRIL ~ Auctioneer: Roger Waters

Selling well, but no doubt easing back on February/March price levels.

BREEDING STOCK -
RD Monnington’s Sussex cross cow with Sussex cross heifer calf £780
and with Sussex bull calf £760
YOUNGER CONTINENTAL CROSS STEERS & HEIFERS - Mostly suckler bred, not the number of some weeks, the first quality cattle maintain their price.
D Nicholls’ Simmental cross steer, 16 mos £660,
Mr & Mrs K Watts’ Blonde cross steers, 12 mos £650,
AA & M Woolgar’s Limousin cross heifers, 12 mos  £625,
I May’s Simmental cross steer, 12/13 mos £590,
J & JH Rodger’s Sussex x Limousin steer, 11 mos £580
NATIVE BREEDS - ABERDEEN ANGUS - Quality is the key of that there is no doubt
Mrs D Mellor’s suckler steer, 14 mos £730
Liverton Partners’ Angus x Friesian steers, 16/18 mos £680,
Wise Agricultural Suckler steers, 10/11 £605,
W Visser’s Aberdeen Angus x Friesian steers, 12/13 mos £485
K Booker’s Angus steers, 6 mos £370

SUSSEX

J Lewin’s steers, 24 mos £660
WH Gingell’s Crossbred heifer, 22 mos £637
BLACK & WHITES -  Friesian type and Holsteins
Pete Parkes top man has top cattle, homebred Friesians outwintered £580 at 16/17 months also Brown Swiss x Friesian £575 at 18 mos
Other black and white prices:-  Poland Bros’ Holstein £300, M Peters’ steers, 8 mos £325,
J Marsh’s steers, 7 mos £312
OLDER STEERS & HEIFERS - not enough of them
P Perryman’s Charolais-x steers, 23 mos £770, Mrs D Mellor’s Simmental cross steer, 18 mos £755C Kidger’s Simmental x Friesian steers, 21 mos £625
DS & P Humphrey’s Simmental x Friesian heifers, 24 mos £610

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Next Sale

MONDAY, 26th APRILSale of350 STORE CATTLE

incorporating
ANNUAL SPRING SHOW & SALE OF STORE CATTLE
Judges:-  George Watson, Snr. and Jnr.
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 £25 for the BEST PEN OF NATIVE BRED CATTLE
(Prize money kindly donated by John Covell, Durrants Farm)
Entries include Annual Consignments of:-  35 Belgian Blue and Limousin cross steers, 11/12 mos from M Muggeridge, 24 Aberdeen Angus cross steers, 17/18 mos from A Goldsmith, 22 Limousin cross steers and heifers, 16/20 mos from CH & P Green, 20 Belgian Blue and Limousin cross steers and heifers,10 mos from M Muggeridge, 20 Belgian Blue and Limousin cross steers, 18/19 mos from
A Scott, 19 Hereford cross steers, 18/24 mos fromDavid A Hole, 16 Friesian steers, 18/20 mos from N Velvick,14 Aberdeen Angus cross bulling heifers, 12/18 mos from LM Morgan,13 Limousin and Belgian Blue cross steers and heifers, 19/26 mos from RC Baker & Co, 12 Aberdeen Angus cross steers and heifers, 12/13 mos from WH Beard, 12 Simmental cross steers and heifers, 12/14 mos from AR & J Waters, 12 Angus cross steers and heifers, 12 mos from Mrs PM Bignell, 11 Sussex cross steers, 10/15 mos from Mrs J Andrew, plus many more good entries forward
No Sale - Monday, 3rd May - Bank Holiday

Next Sale thereafter - Monday, 10th May