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Newark Spring Sale Report: Top Prices & Highlights from March 28th

by | Mar 31, 2015

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The British Simmental Cattle Society's Spring sale at Newark on Saturday 28th March saw bulls lead the trade, with Theberton Electric from Mr and Mrs Dowley achieving the top price of 4000gns. The reserve male champion, Storesmith Einstein, sold for 3000gns, contributing to an average of £3150 across six bulls. In the female trade, Midhope Emma from Mr W J Hollingsworth secured the highest price at 2100gns.


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Bulls topped the trade at the Spring sale at Newark on Saturday 28th March, judge for the day was Richard Green from the Greenfields herd, 10 Peel Close, Kibworth, Beauchamp, Leicestershire, LE8 0JL Theberton Electric, home bred on both sides of his pedigree from Mr and Mrs Dowley, Theberton House, Theberton, Leiston, Suffolk, IP16 4RL selling for 4000gns

Second top was the reserve male champion Storesmith Einstein, by Storesmith Casanova out of Fole Vivian 3rd from Mr & Mrs R&L Smith, Spath Farm House, Ashbourne Road, Uttoxeter , Staffordshire, ST14 5AP selling for 3000 gns to Mr S Eales Peatling Herd, Brookhill Farm, Peatling Magna, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE8 5UQ


Storersmith Einstein
Storersmith Einstein

6 bulls sold to average £3150

Topping the female trade at 2100gns was Midhope Emma from Mr W J Hollingsworth, Midhope Hall Farm, Midhopestones, Sheffield, S36 4GW a Dirnanean Snowie daughter out of a Pasturehouse Paleface daughter sold in calf to Delfur Chas.


Midhope Emma
Midhope Emma

The Female Champion from the same stable sold for 2000gns, Midhope Desire, same way bred as the previous and again sold in calf to Delfur Chas, purchased by Mr C Tucker,  Lower Green Farm Dairy, 48 The Green, Great Cheverel, Devizes, Wilkshire, SN10 5UZ


Midhope Desire
Midhope Desire

14 females sold to average £1676.00