Patron: His Majesty King Charles III
Trevassack Pride 330 with her heifer calf sold for top price of 3,000gns
The recent on-farm Dispersal Sale of the Hay Lane herd of South Devons on behalf of Ernie Hemmings, Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, brought buyers from right across the country and also from Northern Ireland. Mr Hemmings had taken the decision to come out of farming, and was selling a range of machinery as well as all his cattle.
Male Champion - Stretchford Herman 7
SOUTH DEVON BULLS PEAK AT 8,800 GNS AT EXETER
With all bulls passing a high standard of inspection there was a good choice for potential buyers at the South Devon Herd Book Society’s Spring Show & Sale held at Exeter and conducted by Kivells.
CCM South Devon Harrison Female Supreme Champion Brafferton Juniper 10 and Judge
A day’s high of 2,050gns was achieved at the South Devon Herd Book Society’s third annual show and sale at Skipton Auction Mart. (Wed, Nov 5)
Breed Champion Award
A total clearance in all sections was the result of the annual Midland Club Sale of South Devons at Stratford-upon-Avon, with a top bull price of 6,400 guineas, a top female price of 2,500 guineas, and averages holding up well.
Male Champion North View Bailey, bred by Oliver Brewin from Thorpe Langton, Leicestershire
SOUTH DEVONS SELL TO 10,200 GNS AT BRISTOL
A new record was set for a South Devon polled bull at this week’s Society Autumn Show & Sale, selling at 10,200 gns for M E & T E Broome’s Leicestershire-bred Z Welland Valley Trident 3, to W P & S L Harper, Holsworthy, Devon. By Z Embury Hermes (T), the bull’s polled genetics will bring additional bloodlines to the Harpers’ Bedford herd.
STRONG TRADE FOR FEMALES; BULLS TOP AT 6500 GNS SOUTH DEVONS’ AUTUMN SHOW & SALE AT BRISTOL
With the commercial demand for this high-performing native breed showing no sign at all of slowing, the South Devon Autumn Sale catalogue attracted a number of new buyers to swell the existing crowd of pedigree breeders – from Cornwall & Devon, across the country to Norfolk and Cheshire, and into Wales.
