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Saturday 9th May 2009
AN OUTSTANDING SHOW PRODUCES HIGH AVERAGES AT BRISTOL
The current trend for buying Simmental
cattle continued at the annual sale of held at Bristol Sale
Centre. The market for heavier quickly finished cattle has
seen the Simmental in big demand over the past year and looks
set to continue. This week saw the averages at Bristol soar
in comparison to previous years and a much improved show
of quality cattle, particularly the females, was welcomed
by a packed ringside. The bulls averaged £3116 for the 17 sold showing a massive
increase of £764.
With the addition of a very good reduction
sale from Mr. M. J. Boucher’s Loxton Herd, Axbridge and
a small dispersal from Mr. J.N. Hoskin’s, Sabre Herd
from Apperley in Gloucestershire , there was a keen interest
in the females and several new buyers had their pick of a very
good turnout of cattle. Ultimately the female average, outwith
the dispersals, soared to £1615
for the 42 sold, an increase of £336 on the year compared
to 18 sold the previous year to average £1279.25.
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| CRACKLEY CADETTE 74N |
The first cow in the ring and the Female Champion,
chosen at the pre sale show by judge Ron Hodgkinson, was the
very good dark red cow, Crackley Cadette 74N from Messrs Booth & Bell,
Crackley Farm, Kenilworth, with her November born bull calf,
Crackley Whizz Kid at foot by the polled imported bull Lamhoj
Supery. Cadette 74N is by Agardsley Bruno and from the herd’s
famous Cadette line. She was sold carrying her 5th calf to
the home bred, Crackley Venturer for 2,900gns to one of the
Societies youngest breeders, Mr. Sam Madeley, Little Whitfield
Farm, Glewstone, Ross On Wye.
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| CRACKLEY CADETTE 78N |
The next lot in the ring, also from Messrs Booth
and Bell, made the second top female price of the day when
Messrs AJ& SD
Heath, Eaton House, Eaton-Upon-Tern, Market Drayton, paid 4000gns
for another from the Cadette line to join their Eaton Herd.
Cadette 78N, is a Wroxall Luke daughter and she was sold with
her bull Calf Crackley Whisperer at foot, again by Supery and
this time carrying her 5th calf to another homebred bull, Crackley
Taurus.
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| WISHFUL VANESSA |
The reserve Female Champion, from David and
Christine Mills’,
Wishful Herd from West Buckland, Wellington, Somerset changed
hands for 3,200gns when she went to join David and Nicki Fields’ Burytown
Herd, Burytown Lane, Blunsdon, Swindon. A successful show animal
in 2008, Wishful Vanessa, was sold carrying her first calf
to Skerrington Talent, purchased at Perth in 2008 for 10,000gns.
The
first heifer Grangewood Twinkle from a good string from Andrew
and Yvonne Leedhams’ Grangewood Herd, Netherseal,
Swadlincote, Derby sold for 2,500gns to Messrs V.W.Hicks & Son,
South View Farm, Holts Lane, Balsall Common, Coventry. By Riverdale
Figaro and in calf to Samark Superman she joins the Holtick
Herd. A similar bid from Mr. Hawkey, Sowenna, Higher Tregolls,
Bodmin, Cornwall purchased Sterling Leonas Venetia from Boddington
Estates Ltd, The Manor, Boddington Cheltenham, who stood first
in her class in the show. Leonas Venetia is an October 07 daughter
of Corskie Principal and out of Sterling Aubrieta’s Leona,
by the famous Sterling Flint.
A very good reduction sale from Martin Boucher’s Loxton
Herd from Loxton near Axbridge, saw keen bidding for all of
the quality lots forward. The top price of the day went to
Loxton Serena when together with her bull calf Loxton Worthy
at foot, the team changed hands at 3,000. Serena is by Sterling
Maverick 2nd out of a home bred dam, Loxton Patience by Riversmeet
Good Enough. Her bull calf Loxton Worthy, a well grown September
calf by Twyford Roger, went with her and she was sold in calf
again to Crackley Talisman. They were purchased by new breeder,
Mrs. J. A. Powell, Grove Farm, Knighton, Powys, as foundation
stock for her new herd, together with several other purchases
Mrs Powell made on the day.
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| STARLINE VARIETY |
The top price bull also went to join Mrs. Powell
and husband Andrew’s commercial enterprise at The Grove
when they purchased Starline Variety for 5,600gns. Variety,
from the well known Starline Herd from Henry and Susan Widdicombe
at Totnes in Devon, is an October 07 son of the home bred stock
bull, Starline Prankster and out of Starline Lorette 15th by
another famous Starline bull, Starline Klassik. The Powells
also added the Widdicombe's other bull Starline Viking to their
shopping basket when they purchased him for 4,400gns. Another
Prankster son , this time from the Kutz line of cows by Blackford
Hawk.
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| STATION HOUSE VISCOUNT |
Following Variety into the ring was the first
prize and reserve Champion overall, Station House Viscount,
from Eric Ford and Barry Littlewood, Station House Farm, Hatton,
Derbyshire. A Popes Laird son with Sterling Flint on his dam’s
side, this well breed bull also went to the Madeley family
from Ross on Wye for 4,000gns.
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| CHYANHAL WELLINGTON |
Messrs WR. Eales & Son, Brockhill, Peatling
Magna, Leicester waited till later in the sale to purchase
their choice Chyanhal Wellington, an outstanding young bull
from David Nicholas, Goldsithney, Penzance. Bred by Penny Lally,
he is by Corskie Radium, a son of Popes Laird and out of Chyanhal
Nell by Sacombe Wishful Thinking.
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| WISHFUL WELL-PICT |
The pre sale champion, from David and Christine
Mills, sold to Messrs Atkin Brothers, Grangefields, Barrow
on Trent, Derby for 3,600gns. Wishful Well-Pict is also a son
of Sacombe Wishful Thinking and out of Swallowhill Martha by
Balmano Hitman.
AVERAGES
17 BULLS £3166
4 COWS WITH CALVES AT FOOT £2,667
4 IN CALF COWS £1414
13 IN CALF HEIFERS £1983
21 MAIDEN HEIFERS £955
LOXTON REDUCTION (12) £2290
SABRE DISPERSAL (3) £1873 |
