After a hugely successful inaugural Grass Masters sale last year, we are delighted to be back collecting the very best the Traditional Hereford Breed has to offer. Not even 12 months on from last years’ sale the successes of last years’ entries are already shining through. With many of the females now calved, bulls working, and the highlight has to be Gavelock Sarah taking female champion at Shropshire Show this year for her new owners P & E Lynn. If you’re looking for success in the field or the ring with your cattle, you are looking in the right place!
This breed has never been more relevant or more appropriate for beef production. Traditional genetics are perfectly suited for grass based, low input, easy management systems. In an increasingly scrutinised industry, where welfare, sustainability and the cost of production are constantly challenged, this breed has a real advantage. We are seeing huge growth in the OP Hereford, those which trace their bloodlines to the 1878 herdbook and contain solely UK native genetics.
We have worked hard to compile a collection of animals for all customers, from experienced bulls to young bulls with heaps of potential, we have proven cow and calf pairs, cows and a couple of seriously smart heifers. This sale has shown to be about more than just selling these amazing animals, it has been a great source of promotion of the breed on an online stage! We are delighted to once again work with Denis Barrett, hosting the auction online, do not let this stop you from going and seeing these animals in the flesh, all our vendors would be more than happy to show you their entries!
We wish you all the best with your purchases,
Will & Chris - Agri Marketing Gavelock Sarah - Sold Grass Masters ‘22 - Shropshire Female Champion ‘23The sale takes place on Denis Barrett Auctions website www.denisbarrett.com. It starts at 12 noon on friday the 7th of July, the first lot will close at 6pm on Sunday 9th July. Viewing is available on vendors farms before the sale by prior arrangement with the individual vendors. Below is a how to guide on how to register for bidding and view the online auction.
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Please note that cattle sold at Grass Masters Sale 2023 will be sold under the rules and regulations set out by the Livestock Auctioneers Association, Denis Barrett and The Hereford Cattle Society. These can be found on their respective websites. Denis Barrett reserves the right to have the final say on issues arising from the sale. Animals catalogued have all been dam and sire verified to ensure correct parentage. All animals are sold as they stand, and the purchaser are given the opportunity to view each animal and fully satisfy themselves about the animal prior to sale.
The terms of the sale are bank transfers, payable the day of the sale. Payment must be made in full before any sale cattle are released. The bidding is to be conducted by online timed auction and regulated by the auctioneers in terms of British sterling bids.
All animals to sell through the sale must be sold by auction with each animal selling to the highest bidder. Private sales are not permitted, The Auctioneers will regulate the bidding as they see fit, with no bid less than £25. The highest bidder for any lot shall be the buyer and the contract shall be concluded upon the close of each lot. If any dispute should arise, the lot in dispute is to be put up again and re-sold, or the Auctioneers may determine the dispute at their discretion and their decision shall be final.The Auctioneers reserve the right to refuse the bid of any person without being called upon to give a reason for such action. Title (ie.ownership) to any lots knocked down or sold to any person or persons does not pass to the bidder, until payment of the entire price bid by that person or persons shall be discharged in full to D.A. Barrett Auctions, Laurelcrest House, Ballycurreen, Airport Road, Cork. Ireland. T12 T38Y. If any of these conditions are unfulfilled, the vendors or the auctioneers shall have power to re-sell the lots, retaining any surplus and charging any deficiency and expense to the defaulter.
Payments are to be made on receipt of invoice directly after the sale by either electronic transfer or by visa payment, funds are to be held securely by D A Barrett Auctions until buyer confirms receipt of animals, semen or embryos.
In the case of bidding disputes, bidding will be re-opened between the involved parties in the dispute. If no further bid is made, the buyer will
be the person from whom the auctioneer accepted the last bid and the auctioneer’s decision will be final. The Auctioneers act as agents for the vendors and any action taken by the purchaser must be against the vendor and not against the Auctioneer, and “vice, versa”.
Vendors will be responsible for lots until they are collected by the purchaser. The Auctioneers will not be responsible for any accident whatsoever nor any damage during the auction or through transport. Cost and arrangement of transport of any lot(s), unless offered by the vendor at time of sale, shall be the responsibility of the buyer. Lots should be collected by the purchaser within 21 days following the end of the sale. If the purchaser cannot collect within this time frame, an alternative date must be agreed with vendor and all relevant costs incurred further than 21 days following the end of the sale covered by the purchaser, including TB retest if needed. Cost and arrangement of transport of any lot(s), unless offered by the vendor at time of sale, shall be the responsibility of the buyer.
All statements in the catalogue or any made by the Auctioneers at the time of sale, also the identification of the animals, are the entire responsibility of the vendors. The Auctioneers take no responsibility for the correctness of such statements or identities.
Pedigree certificates will be transferred to the buyer after the sale, at a cost to the purchaser. Any female sold for breeding (excluding calves at foot) must be sire verified. Bulls (excluding calves at foot) must be sire verified and Hypotrichosis tested. All animals being sold as in-calf must have a positive PD from a licensed Veterinarian. No warranty as to the animal being In-Calf following the point of sale is given. The Vendor warrants that any bull sold (excluding bull calves at foot) is fertile and capable of natural service up to 16 weeks following the point of sale.
The Hammer price is to be inclusive of all costs where applicable, and a commission of 5% of the sale price will be deducted from the vendor’s cheque at the time of sale. Any applicable pedigree transfer fees will be deducted from the vendor’s sale price at the time of sale and paid directly to the Hereford Cattle Society. Any international transactions will incur standard bank fees and exchange rate at the time of sale.
04/03/2018 UK 260431 501130
GSire: Llandinabo Comet
Sire: Lower Eaton Commander
GDam: Shefford Regina 7th
GSire: Albany Prospero
Dam: Boresisle Sophia 35th
GDam: Boresisle Sophia 24th
Horned Status Horned
TB Status
4 Yearly
Health Status
SAC Premium Health
Johnes L3
BVD Herd tested since 2018
Semen Rights
No Semen has been collected. Purchaser has full semen rights.
What a strong way to start this years line up! A proven pedigree, and a proven bull from Boresisle Herefords!
Scimitar is a bull that the Fentons have used with extreme confidence in recent years and its not hard to see why, this bull has a pedigree stacked with recent superstars of the OP Hereford world. A pedigree contatining Prospero and Faithful, this pedigree is as consistent as they come. With over 50 calves born already at Boresisle, and semen tested, Scimitar is a safe bet for your lucky ladies.
Horned Status
Horned
TB Status
1 Yearly
Semen Rights
No Semen has been collected. Purchaser has full semen rights.
Wow! This is a proper Hereford bull! Our first offering from Mr Helme, Galaxy is a bull with incredible muscle definition,
16/03/2020 UK 300707 300739
GSire: Boresisle Lawrence
Sire: Albany Lucifer
GDam: Albany Lobelia
GSire: Llandinabo Bravo
Dam: Poolhullock Julia 2nd
power and style! An eye catching animal to have in your herd, he’s sure to breed progeny full of flesh and style. His sire is Albany Lucifer is a long, compact bull that’s breeding constant quality calves, easily born and thriving off pasture and milk for Mr Helme. Galaxys’ dam is a firm favourite at Poolhullock, the Julias are always milky cows, with great maternal abilities they are sure to always wean a heavy calf!
GDam: Heritage Julia
23/09/2020 UK 300707 700750
GSire: Boresisle Lawrence
Sire: Albany Lucifer
GDam: Albany Lobelia
GSire: Shefford Brigadier
Dam: Poolhullock Silk 463
GDam: Poolhullock Silk 5th
Horned Status
Horned
TB Status
1 Yearly
Semen Rights
No Semen has been collected. Purchaser has full semen rights.
This is a bull that will really do a job! Strong solid and raring to go, Galactic is full of flesh with a fantastic conformation
and a really strong hindquarter, traits he is sure to have received from his sire, Lucifer. Lucifer, was Mr Helms pick at Albany, a son of Boresisle Lawrence a bull that has bred so well at Albany. Galactic is from a big framed, easy calving Silk cow that really stands out at Poolhullock. Silks two grandsires both originate at the famous Llandinabo herd, Lladinabo Zest, and Llandinabo Bravo, both bulls backed by generations of great sires.
Health
Mr & Mrs D Fenton, Tenterden, Kent
Horned
No Semen has been collected. Purchaser has full semen rights.
Here is a strong bull from Boresisle, weighing in at 626kg at just over 2 years of age, despite having been raised on
GSire: Albany Prospero
Sire: Boresisle Richmond
GDam: Boresisle Sophia 9th
GSire: Boresisle Jupiter
Dam: Boresisle Prettymaid 11th
GDam: Boresisle Prettymaid 7th
GSire: Blue Cedar Harold
Sire: Herouldmede Tarquin
GDam: Olde House Caroline 3rd
GSire: Boresisle Jupiter
Dam: Boresisle Curly 42nd
GDam: Boresisle Curly 3rd
Horned Status
Dehorned
TB Status
4 Yearly
Health Status
SAC Premium Health
Johnes L3
BVD Herd tested since 2018
Semen Rights
No Semen has been collected. Purchaser has full semen rights.
Here is a proper OP Hereford bull! Correct, alert and powerful, what more could you want? The first ani-
mal in the sale sired by Herouldmede Tarquin, a bull with great scope and temperament. Victors’ dam is a daughter of Jupiter, a bull that had put great power into his progeny, leaving a strong mark on the Boresisle herd.
Semen
GSire: Blue Cedar Harold
Sire: Herouldmede Tarquin
GDam: Olde House Caroline 3rd
GSire: Boresisle Jupiter
Dam: Boresisle Curly 38th
GDam: Boresisle Curly 13th
Your last chance for a Boresisle bull today! A son of Herouldmede Tarquin, A bull with over 80 progeny
at Boresisle, he puts great stature into his progeny. Vernons dam is another strong Jupiter daughter. A great mover with great feet and legs, you can expect Vernon to work for years and years to come.
Exhibited at Royal Three Counties Show, therefore post-movement TB testing scheduled for 21st August, with earliest off movement date being 25th August subject to negative result.
Horned Status
Dehorned
GSire: Albany Oakham
Sire: Albany Lincoln
GDam: Albany Laurel
GSire: Boresisle Lawrence
Dam: Albany Sable
GDam: Albany Serena
TB Status
4 Yearly
Health Status
BVD Free England BVD tested from 2017
Semen Rights
No Semen has been collected. Purchaser has full semen rights.
Bulls like Sailor do not come on the market very often, full of muscle depth and breed character. It is therefore no
He is sired by Lincoln, a bull that has earnt huge respect in the Traditional breed in recent years, escpecially when winning Breed Champion at Royal Three Counties Show. Lincoln has bred especially well with Albany, with an average birthweight of 38kgs for his 97 progeny born so far. Sailor is from the great Susannah line, his dam is a big strong cow, full of milk.
Health Status
Hi Health Biobest
Johnes L1 since 2019
BVD vaccinated calves tissue tested
Semen Rights
Horned Status
Dehorned
TB Status
1 Yearly
No Semen has been collected. Purchaser has full semen rights.
Something a little different for you… Brigadier is a son of Ffostill Brigadier, a 1962 bull with only 12 calves
GSire: Hardwick Oddfellow
Sire: Ffostill Brigadier
GDam: Ffostill Betty 13th
GSire: Albany Sebastian
Dam: Olde House Caroline 5th
GDam: Olde House Caroline
born since the 1980’s. The Macleods really believe in this youngbull having entrusted him with 10 cows this spring. He is an easy bull to have around, being easy fleshed and easy to handle.
29/01/2022 UK 310606 300146
GSire: Shefford Quattro
Sire: Shefford Monarch
GDam: Heritage Julia 42
GSire: Moor Conquest
Dam: Carpenters Curly 10th
GDam: Carpenters Curly 2nd
Horned Status
Dehorned
TB Status
1 Yearly
Health Status
Hi Health Biobest Johnes L1 since 2019 BVD vaccinated calves tissue tested
Semen Rights
No Semen has been collected. Purchaser has full semen rights.
Junior champion at Shropshire Show being awarded the John Featherstone Trophy , this
bull has huge potential! He is compact and full of muscle, with great movement and loads of breed character. His genetics backs up his strong phenotype, his sister was Shropshire
Show Champion Traditional Hereford 2022Carpenters Curly 18th. From the Curly line his dam is a consistent producer, with Free Town Kendal and Moor Conquest in her pedigree.
Appleby Farms, Worcestershire runs seven Traditional Hereford bulls over his three-way cross dairy herd.
“We run seven Traditional Hereford bulls over our 580 cow dairy herd. The initial bulls bought in 2018 are still working 5 years on. They walk 4 miles a day when out with the cows and are agile in the cubicles reducing the need for AI during housed periods. We find that the Traditional Hereford bull produces calves that are in demand due to their easy fleshing qualities. The combination of fertility, docility, and most importantly calving ease has revolutionised our system.”
Tom Appleby
GSire: Shefford Monarch
Sire: Carpenters Morgan
GDam: Carpenters Venus 4th
GSire: Albany Larry
Dam: Carpenters Curly 8th
GDam: Carpenters Curly 2nd
A daughter of one of our Grass Masters 2022 heros… Carpenters Morgan. Morgan sold for the top price in our
2022 sale having been Male champion at the Royal Welsh Spring Festival, Shropshire Show and Three Counties. Curly is a sweet feminine heifer with loads of growth. Her pedigree is full of large, strong prolific animals, Llandinabo Zest adds great scale to his progeny. Albany Lavinia was a fantastic animal that was hugely successful for the Cook family.
09/03/2021 UK 310606 500134
GSire: Shefford Quattro AI
Sire: Shefford Monarch
GDam: Heritage Julia 42
GSire: St. Marys Gethin
Dam: Shefford Gaymaid 11th
GDam: Shefford Gaymaid 6th
Horned Status
Horned
PD’d in calf? 31/01/2024
TB Status
1 Yearly
Health Status
Hi Health Biobest Johnes L1 since 2019
BVD vaccinated calves tissue tested
A true master of grass, this heifer has been completely forage fed. A daughter of the great Shefford Monarch, a
bull that has left a huge influence on the Carpenters and Hockerwood herds, breeding a string of show winners and productive breeding animals. She has been running with the very exciting Carpenters Brigadier, son of 1950 bull Ffostil Brigadier and out of a Caroline cow.
In calf to Carpenters Mackenzie due 31/01/2024
A striking female with plenty of body capacity, this cow is feminine and maternal, with good bone and a strong topline. Halter trained and shown
GSire: Boresisle Faithful
Sire: Boresisle Lawrence
GDam: Boresisle Amorous 2nd
GSire: Albany O’Gara
Dam: Albany Showgirl
GDam: Albany Serena
as a yearling, she has an excellent temperament and a sweet nature. Sire, Boresisle Lawrence has bred consistently strong, deep-bodied cattle with great longevity and suitability to pasture-based systems. Maternal grandsire is Albany O’Gara, who was used for a short time in the UK before being selected for export to the Netherlands. Sybilla has a birthweight of 36kg, mature weight 575kg making her ideally suited for low input grass based systems. She is sold with her March-born steer calf sired by Willow Grange Louis at foot, and has been running with Boresisle Richmond since 22nd April 2023. Will be PD’d prior to sale. Calving history: 13/03/2023 Male 37kg, 02/04/2022 Female 38kg, 03/02/2021
Female 38kg, 26/01/2020
Male
08/06/2019
UK 310606 200110
GSire: Shefford Quattro
Sire: Shefford Monarch
GDam: Heritage Julia 42
GSire: Albany Sebastian
Dam: Olde House Caroline 5th
GDam: Olde House Caroline
Horned Status
Horned
PD’d in calf? 03/02/2024
Health Status Hi Health Biobest Johnes L1 since 2019
BVD vaccinated calves tissue teste
TB Status 1 Yearly
Here is your opportunity to acquire a Caroline female, from one of the rarer lines, but a line that consistently
performs for the Carpenters herd. Caroline has a back pedigree full of Hereford superstars from years gone by including Freetown Vanguard, Free Town Kendal, Westwood Laura’s, Llandinabo Quirk and Crown Robert. As you can see from the photo, she has an excellent udder which is a well known trait in the Caroline line.
GSire: Boresisle Faithful
Sire: Boresisle Lawrence
GDam: Boresisle Amorous 2nd
GSire: Street Singer
Dam: Albany Loretta
GDam: Albany Lobelia
From the original Gaudy line, of which only 70 remain, This is a female with heaps of style, flesh and shape.
She’s a moderately sized, consistent quality producer, with her next calf due September by homebred Albany Orrie. She is sired by Boresisle Lawrence and is out of a great daughter of Street Singer! If youre after a quick return on your investment choose Lisbon!
GSire: Albany Oakham
Sire: Albany Lincoln
GDam: Albany Laurel
GSire: Albany O’Gara
Dam: Albany Oyster Girl 16th
GDam: Albany Oyster Girl 14th
Horned Status
Dehorned
PD’d in calf?
Listed at time of sale
TB Status
4 Yearly
Health Status
BVD Free England BVD tested from 2017
Oyster Girls are one of the most renowned but rarest female lines in the breed with only 10 found in the
2023 census, and here is your chance to have your very own! This cow is from a line of Oyster Girls at Albany that are firm favourites, the dam and granddam of this cow have always been two of the best in the herd! A daughter of the hugely renowned Albany Lincoln, a bull with a great reputation in the breed, he stood breed champion at Three Counties!
Sire - Margarita Sebastian UK164485 101230 [*] {DLF IEF HYF MDF MSUDF}
DAM - Hockerwood Lucy UK150449 100003
GSire: Free Town Kendal
Sire: Margarita Sebastian
GDam: Baytal Emily Amethyst
GSire: Boresisle Lawrence
Donor: Hockerwood Lucy
GDam: Albany Linda
There is no way you could have missed this girl… Probably the best, and without a doubt the most successful female seen in the show ring in the last decade or two! She stood breed champion at all three breed shows, Spring Festival, Shropshire and Three Counties. At Shropshire she went one better to take interbreed Rare & Native!
We believe Patrick hit the nail on the head when deciding to flush Lucy to Sebastian! A son of Freetown Kendal, Sebastian has gained huge respect and is being used with confidence. This represents a fantastic opportunity to get your hands on such a pivotal cow for this breed, her daughters will never be for sale, so this is your chance…
