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High of 9,000gns for Hereford cattle at Shrewsbury

Leading the trade at the Hereford Cattle Society's spring show and sale at Shrewsbury at 9,000gns was Pepperstock 1 Blackstaffe

Angela Calvert
Head of Livestock, Shows and Sales
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Pepperstock 1 Blackstaffe
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Pepperstock 1 Blackstaffe

The sale topper was a 19-month-old son of Spartan 1 Typhoon out of Pepperstock 1 Molly from Spiers Farms, Luton. The buyer was Lockhill Briars Co, Somerset.

Senior male and reserve overall male champion was April 2023-born Spartan 1 Apache from S.C. and G.L. Hartwright, Abingdon. The son of Solpoll 1 Perfection out of Spartan 1 Poppy made 6,200gns to B. and M. Chilman, Presteigne.

Spartan 1 Apache

Buckenhill 1 Bedford BTA, a September 2023-born bull by Buckenhill 1 Trans Am from M.F. Gray and L. Crowther, Bromyard, was reserve senior male champion before selling for 5,800gns to A.E. Lloyd and Sons, Presteigne.

Buckenhill 1 Bedford

Reserve junior male champion was January 2024-born Baybridge 1 Bob, a son of Weybrook 1 Drake from L.G. Gould, Dorset, which was knocked down for 4,800gns to  R.W. and K.A. Barons, Kingsbridge.

Baybridge 1 Bob

The junior and overall male champion was November 2023-born Normanton 1 Boa Boa by Cleland 1 Nelson from T.D. and W.T. Livesey, Normanton le Heath, which went on to sell for 4,400gns to F.G. Brewer and Sons, St Columb, Cornwall.

Normanton 1 Boa Boa

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Females

Females sold to 5,000gns for Pepperstock 1 Jade B1010, a heifer by Spartan 1 Typhoon out of Pepperstock 1 Jade S572 from from Speirs Farms. It sold to Lockhill Briars Co which also paid 3,600gns for the female champion, Castle Mount 1 Tessa 443 by Kinglee 1 Vanguard from P. Massey, Chorley.

Pepperstock 1 Jade

Gallowscourt 1 Duchess W728, a Rempstone 1 Woody S658 daughter from Joe Clark, Thame, claimed the reserve female title before selling for 4,000gns to R.A. and V.A. Mitchell, Dorchester.

Gallowscourt 1 Duchess

Averages: Females, £3,733.33 (90.6% clearance); bulls, £5,195.68 (100% clearance).

Auctioneers: Halls.

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