MONDAY, 27th APRIL ~ Auctioneer: Roger Waters

Over 400 cattle penned - everything in the competition -
everything sold - shame about the weather.

New for this year the Dennis Walker Memorial Cup going to Tony and Mandy Woolgar with a little help from their son Danny

This year’s results
Best Pen of Steers
First Prize & Don Hutchison Memorial Cup - M & R Sherwood
Second Prize - M & R Sherwood
Third Prize - C H & P Green
Best Pen of Heifers
First Prize & Dennis Walker Memorial Cup - AA & M Woolgar
Second Prize - M & R Sherwood
Third Prize - CH & P Green
Best Pen of Continentals - M & R Sherwood
Best Pen of Native Bred Cattle - R & M Coles
(£25 - Kindly sponsored by John Covell)

SUCKLER BRED STEERS & HEIFERS - either side of twelve months.
Demand for steers as good as ever - heifers marginally easier in places
M & R Sherwood’s Limousin cross steers, 12/17 mos, £755
AR Waters’ Simmental cross steer, 14 mos £717,
AD Woolgar’s Limousin heifers, 14 mos £685,
Geo Harvey’s Limousin cross steer, 10 mos £690,
G Marriott’s Charolais cross steers, 10 mos £690 and heifers £490,
R Stickland’s Charolais cross steers, 12 mos £680,
Mrs P Bignell’s Limousin cross steers, 12/13 mos £675,
Geo Harris’ Charolais cross steers, 10 mos £655,
Miss C Howe’s Charolais cross steer, 10 mos £630,
Miss N Morrison’s Simmental cross steer, 12 mos £620

Niché market for the NATIVES -
Aberdeen Angus or Purebred Sussex
again considerable interest with some intending buyers going home empty handed
Angus leading prices:-
A Goldsmith’s Angus x Friesian steers, 21 mos £750,
WH Beard & Son’s Suckler bred Angus steers, 12 mos £670 and heifers £495
JJS Farmer’s Angus x Belgian Blue/Friesian heifers, 6 mos £390
Sussex leading prices:-
Mrs L Brash’s Purebred steers, 23 mos £757,
David Hole’s outwintered Sussex cross steers, 22 mos £712 and £705
R & M Coles’ Sussex x Belgian Blue/Friesian steers, 10 mos £650
MD & S Rees’ Purebred Sussex steers, 10 mos £497

OLDER STORES
long term keepers and short term keepers, all well received
Steve Luckin’s 23 mos Charolais cross steer £970,
CH & P Green’s Limousin cross steer, 18 mos £905
JW Elliott’s Charolais x Friesian steers, 20 mos £835 and heifers £765

BEEF FROM THE DAIRY HERD - Done well - sell well
Karova Farms prove this - Belgian Blue x Friesian steers, 11 mos £630 and their Hereford x Friesian steers £600 with heifers at £520 -
a keen, keen, inquiry for black and white Herefords to bull
P & Y Parkes’ outwintered heifers £590
MJ & ML McCubbine’s heifers at £570

and finally only a few FRIESIAN HOLSTEIN STEERS
Karova Farms’ 8 mos £325
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Next Sale of
STORE CATTLE
to be held on MONDAY, 11th MAY
Entries already include:- 75 Belgian Blue cross heifers and Friesian steers, 6/9 mos old, TB pre-movement tested from M Peters, 19 Aberdeen Angus cross steers and heifers, 17/20 mos from A Goldsmith, 15 Sussex cross steers and heifers, 16/18 mos from Bulstrode Farms, further entries now being taken
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Next Sale thereafter: MONDAY 18th MAY
and then another BANK HOLIDAY on MONDAY, 25th MAY

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