It’s been a busy store trade seeing over the last few weeks with auctions reporting a strong demand for Aberdeen-Angus store cattle. Here’s a few of the headlines. H&H St Boswells At St Boswells last Thursday Harrison and Hetherington held their annual sale of show and sale of native bred suckled calves, selling 1240 on the day. Taking on the judging …
Aberdeen-Angus success in Germany
Aberdeen-Angus success in Germany
Located right next to the world-famous Oktoberfest grounds, the 126th Bayerisches Zentral-Landwirtschaftsfest (Bavarian Central Agricultural Festival or ZLF) took place at the end of last month. Donaumoos-Angus had prizes with all their entries: DM Tyler L 190 (V: HF Tiger 5T M: Young Dale Pollyana 22P) was interbreed Bavarian champion. DM Delia K 494 (V: Donaumoos Rossiter G 182 M: …
Breeder/vendor notices
Breeder/vendor notices
Breeder notices: Tissue samples: Please make sure when sending tissue samples to Identigen that all samples must have a full UK tag on the vile. Some instances have occurred when full tag numbers have been missing, resulting in unidentifiable and, therefore, wasted samples. Bull sale vendors: February Stirling Bull Sales vendors are minded to inform the registrations department of …
Tree Bridge herd leads Carlisle autumn sale at 3800gns
Tree Bridge herd leads Carlisle autumn sale at 3800gns
Borderway Mart, Carlisle, witnessed a strong clearance today for Aberdeen-Angus bulls (91%), with an average of £2740.50 for 10 out of the 11 bulls forward sold, representing an increase of £528 on the year with three more bulls sold. Sale leaders at 3800gns were David and Penny Evans with their third placed Tree Bridge Earlston R522. By the Irish-bred herd …
Young Aberdeen-Angus enthusiasts impress judges at Youth Development Programme National Final
Young Aberdeen-Angus enthusiasts impress judges at Youth Development Programme National Final
The 2016 Aberdeen-Angus Cattle Society’s weekend event, which incorporated the National Final was yet again a close fought competition between all three age categories, with judges giving particular praise to the younger end of the competitors. Taking place at the East of England Showground, Peterborough, some 35 finalists gathered from across the UK and Ireland for a series of morning …