H&H TIMED ONLINE SALE TOPS AT £3200

Harrison and Hetherington’s timed online auction of pedigree Longhorn cattle in April proved a success for breeders, as the breed saw a top price of £3200 for bulls and £2000 for females.

Leading the sale at £3200 was Mr and Mrs G and J Woollatt, Chepstow, Gwent, with their February 2018-born bull Gupworthy Spinach. By the 2016 Royal Welsh Show champion Gupworthy Onzlo and out of the Wellhead Endeavour daughter Durham Nigella, this one found a new home with R J Sheppy and Son, Taunton, Somerset.

Next up at £3000 was the best of the junior bulls on offer from Mr and Mrs J W Stanley, Coalville, Leicestershire, in the form of Blackbrook Eclipse. This February 2020-born Blackbrook Baroque son is out of the Blackbrook Trapper daughter, Blackbrook Young Diamond and sold to Tori Stanley, Derby, Derbyshire.

At £2900 was the oldest bull in the catalogue the April 2015-born, Fishwick Phoenix, offered by M

Averages

7 bulls £2414

18 females £1512 (Harrison and Hetherington) and S Horne and bred by P Close. By Fishwick Macavity and out of a Linton David daughter, this one was the pick of the Goodman Bros, Worcester, Worcestershire.

Of the females on offer the top price at £2000 was Newton Cheeky Moo Coo from D Walker, York, North Yorkshire. This February 2018-born Stoke Juniper daughter sold with a pedigree steer calf at foot to Amanda Dixon, Maryport, Cumbria.

Two females then sold for £1900 each and both headed to Turriff, Aberdeenshire, with multi buyer Zoe McDonald. The first at this money was the February 2015-born Rookesbridge Coyote from Maudlin Mill Farm, Steyning, West Sussex. This Slough Martin daughter sold with a bull calf at foot by Gorse Yukon.

Joining this outfit at the same money was another from the Newton herd, in the form of Newton Crème De La Crème, a Newton Storm daughter with a heifer calf by Riverlands Quiz.