Black bull tops Salers trade at 4000gns

Solid trade was seen at yesterdays Salers Cattle Society sale in Welshpool, which saw prices top 4000gns.

Placing the day’s top bid were mother and son team Shirley and Jon Sims, Ambergate, Derbyshire for the reserve male champion, the black bull, Rigel Oregon Poll. This two-year-old by Sagitaire, Oregon and out of the Righel Othello Poll daughter, Rigel Oreithyia Poll was forward from the Pye family of Yarm, North Yorkshire.

Messrs Pye saw a successful day when just minutes earlier they sold their male and overall pre-sale show champion, Rigel Pelham, another Sagitaire son, at 2,500gns to Barrow Farms, Broseley, Shrewsbury. Pelham was out of Rigel Pyrrha, a member of one of the herd’s key female lines.

Next in the money was Aled Jenkins, Ffostrasol, Llandysul, Ceredigion who sold two bulls at 2000gns apiece. First was Coland Bob going to J Vaughan, Llanerfyl, Welshpool;  then his Mock Bleddyn sold to W J  Jenkins, Taliesin, Machynlleth.

Overall female and reserve overall show champion was the cow, Felin Cerys with her heifer calf at foot from the Society’s vice-chairman, Harri Pritchard and his wife, Sioned of Llangybi, Pwllheli. By Armstrong out of Ukraine, Cerys brought the top female price of 2 200gns selling to E Jones, Chwilog, Pwllheli.

A strong demand was particularly seen for maiden heifers, with a string of maiden heifers from Messrs Pritchard’s day selling from 800gns to 1,000gns and averaging £958. Their top sale was of Felin Enfys going at 1,000gns to J James, Borth.

Averages: 5 bulls, £2,730; 9 heifers, £1,067.50; 1 cow and calf, £2,310.

(Welshpool Livestock Sales)