MULTI-BREED BEEF SALE AT NEWARK
A British Blue cow and calf topped
last Saturday’s multi-breed beef sale at
Newark, at 10,000gns. And it was the
same breed which also topped the day’s
bull trade.
The English Premier Sale of AberdeenAngus, British Blues, Lincoln Reds, Salers
and Simmentals saw the top call paid
for Soulbury, Leighton Buzzard based
Michele Wilde’s Cromwell Gemini, an ETbred black and white February 2011-born
Tamhorn Sumo daughter. Buyers were
Swindells Livestock, Brant Broughton,
Lincoln.
Not bred at Ridge Dean, the cow
originated in Adam Neachell’s Cromwell
herd. She sold with a Cromwell Gunner
calf at foot, and had run with Ridge Dean
Hero.
East Dereham, Norfolk. The April 2013born heifer by Market Stainton King, sold
to C. S. Page, Newport, East Yorkshire.
At 1,650gns and sold in-calf, was Walmer
Heroine from Messrs Needler, Ranby,
Lincoln, Buyer was M.E. Williams,
Braybrook, Markey Harborough.
Lincoln Red bulls met a solid demand too,
peaking at 4,500gns for the pre-sale junior
and overall champion Highbarn Storm
from Nick Barton, Macclesfield. This June
2013-born bull is by Walmer Hermes and
sold to R. I. Clough and Son, Spilsby,
Lincolnshire.
Simmental females topped at 2,100gns
for Midhope Emma from Messrs
Hollingsworth, Sheffield. By Dirnanean
Snowie, and having run with the
10,000gns Delfur Chas, she sold to H.
Curtis and Son, Pensford, Bristol.
The same buyers made the second top
From the same home was the female
Blue female bid of 3,500gns for the 12
champion, Midhope Desire. This Snowie
month old Ridge Dean Jessie 2 which goes daughter made 2,000gns to K. Hall and
back to the great herd foundation cow,
Son, Spalding, Lincolnshire.
Ridge Dean Jessie.
The Simmental bull Theberton Electric
Lea ding the British Blue bulls at 5,000gns from Messrs Dowley, Leiston, Suffolk
was Bear Dale Ivanhoe from Messrs
made 4,000gns. Home-bred on both sides
Pilkington, Buxton. By Henlli Wishmaster, he was bought by P. D. Player, Whatton in
he sold to K. Hall, Spalding. Also from
the Vale, Nottinghamshire.
Bear Dale and making 4,200gns was
The 3,000gns mark came twice, the
Inuus, a full ET-bred brother to Ivanhoe
first for Norwich breeder Julie Turvey’s
and he went to A. C. and K. Twell,
Rathlee Ben, an Anatrim Jacob son out of
Donnington, Shropshire.
a Hillcrest Champion daughter. He sold to
In the Lincoln Red females, top price
J. L. Mee, Brindley, Nottinghamshire.
was 2,200gns for the female champion
At the same money was the reserve male
Westacre Bianca from W. A. R. Mallon,
champion Storesmith Einstein from R.
and L. Storer-Smith, Uttoxeter which sold
to W. R. Eales and Son, Peatling Magna,
Leicestershire.
The trade for Aberdeen-Angus females
reached 1,400gns for the female champion,
St Fort Etrilla from Andrew Mylius,
Fife which sold to J. G. Green and Sons,
Messingham, Scunthorpe.
The bull trade topped at 3,000gns on two
occasions. The first was Tree Bridge Jentry
from David and Penny Evans, Nunthorpe,
Middlesborough. This one is an Abberton
Dazzle son and went to S. D. J. Blagg,
Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire.
The next was Judy Gardner, Eckington,
Worcestershire with Eckington Evan, a
Nightingale Kash son and went to C. W.
Foster, Bishop Wilton, Yorkshire.
Averages: Bulls - 4 Aberdeen-Angus,
£2,677.50; 5 Simmental, £3,192; 11
Lincoln Red £2825.45, five British Blue
£3,507; 1 Salers £3,045. Females - 8
Aberdeen-Angus £1,240.31; 13 Simmental
£1,671.92: 48 Lincoln Red £1,301.56; 3
British Blue £5,355; 1 Salers £1,700.