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Thursday 15th October 2009
The autumn show and sale of Pedigree Simmental
cattle held at the Bristol Sales Centre, drew an excellent
entry of quality stock which proved to be much sought after
by a filled ringside of customers. Quality paid dividends with
bidding strong throughout the sale.
Henry Widdicombe’s Starline herd came
up trumps topping the sale with Starline Wizard, while lifting
the championship with Starline Westminster, two bulls which
boasted practically total home breeding on both sides of their
pedigree. Wizard, bred from one of the top females in the herd,
Starline Lorette 9th, the dam of Starline Marquis, a bull which
has bred well at Delfur Farms in Scotland, created quite a
stir when he entered the ring, with the hammer falling at 3300
gns. The April 2008 born Starline Westminster lifted the championship,
another to add to the collection for this famous Devon based
herd. Westminster, weighed in with a sale day weight of 938
kgs. - demonstrating tremendous power and correctness, the
champion sold at 2000 gns.
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| Mr. Henry Widdicombe’s Starline
Westminster, the Male Champion |
The Camus Frontier son, Cliftonswood Whiz Kid, bred from the
homebred dam Cliftonswood Beauty and entered by Mr H. J. Brown,
attracted much interest before selling for 2400 gns.
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| Burytown Wellington, owned by Mr. and
Mrs. Field, the Simmental Reserve Champion Male |
Two lots attracted bids of 2300 gns. Firstly,
Lot No. 41, the pre-sale’s show Reserve Champion, from
Mr and Mrs Field. Burytown Wellington, was bred from the Scottish
dam, Skerrington Sunset 20th and sired by the highly successful
Skerrington/Annick stock bull, Sterling Nelson 2nd. The Irish
bred sire, Celtic Rock, by Carnkern Titan proved a successful
mating to the homebred Beanhill Surprise, for owners, Mr and
Mrs Kimber, with Beanhill Wyoming, born in April 2008, also
selling for 2300 gns.
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| Beanhill Wynona, sired by Celtic Rock
and bred from Beanhill Sheena, owned by Mr and Mrs. R.
J. Kimber, sold for the top maiden heifer price of 2500
gns. |
Potential customers looking for quality breeding females for
their herd were not to be disappointed. Attracting a bid of
2550 gns, was the in-calf heifer, Greenfields Vesta, forward
from Giles Green. Bred from one of the leading females in the
herd, Curlieu Foxy Lady 4th, Vesta was sired by Corskie Pilot.
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| Oakhill Heidi 2nd sold for the top price
of 2900 gns in the dispersal of Mrs. S. Wakefield’s
Oakhill Herd |
Amongst the stars in the sale, was the March
2008 born, Celtic Rock sired Beanhill Wynona. Much admired
before the sale, Wynona added to a highly successful day’s
trading for Mr. and Mrs. Kimber, selling for the top maiden
heifer price of 2500 gns.
During the dispersal sale of the renowned Oakhill herd for
Mrs. S. Wakefield, who has bred many prizewinning cattle over
the years, she saw her best sell for 2900 gns. This leading
female price on the day was bid for Oakhill Heidi 2nd , by
Rhys Grenham, owner of the Boars Head herd. Another to display
the herd prefix on both sides of her pedigree, Heidi 2nd was
sired by the Gretna House Supersonic son Oakhill Moka and bred
from the Balmanno Hitman daughter, Oakhill Heidi.
AVERAGES:
4 cows £1772.
10 in-calf heifers £1563.
9 maiden heifers £1270.
18 bulls £1955.
Oakhill Dispersal (6) £1678.
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