Sale Information

Health Requirements

Health Declaration

All vendors must complete a Society Herd Health Declaration and submit it with their completed Entry Forms.

BVD

All Sale animals must either be from CHeCS accredited BVD free herds or the individual animals must be blood tested negative for BVD antigen, and all animals must complete a vaccination course for BVD at least one month prior to the Sale (at least one month prior to service for females).

CHeCs members

Vendors must also supply their CHeCs scheme provider’s health status certificate if they are members of a scheme.

Neospora

Any female that is entered for a sale must be tested negative for neospora within 60 days of the sale date unless from a CHeCs herd at risk level one or two for neospora.  A declaration will be required to state that the dam has never been tested positive for the disease.  If the female to be sold is an Embryo Transfer birth the natal dam must also have been tested negative.

Johnes

If the herd is testing for Johnes under a CHeCs membership scheme the current risk level will be published in the catalogue.  If the herd is not testing this will be declared.

Inspections & Frame Scores

  • Every animal entered Society Sales will have its tag mark or its identity checked as an integral part of the pre-Sale inspection procedure. All animals must have their UK tags in place.
  • The Veterinary Officer or other Official Inspector or panel of Inspectors appointed by the Society will examine every animal put forward, except those entered in the commercial section, for general health, locomotion, temperament, active infection (eg ringworm, etc), and defects (eg jaws, testicles, hernia, etc).
  • No animal suffering from an infectious or contagious disease, including, but without limitation, ringworm or warts, or a cow or heifer that has aborted her last calf, shall be permitted to enter the Sale.
  • Every bull will be weighed and measured as an integral part of the pre-Sale inspection procedure and will be required to conform to the Society’s minimum breed standards.
  • Measurements will be taken from every bull for height at withers and rump; length from withers and hook to pin; and width at rump. These will be formulated according to age group into a frame score which will be displayed on the animal’s pen.   

Further information about frame scoring can be found in the breed journal here.

Detailed Terms and Conditions of Sale may be requested from the Society office here.   

An example of the Society’s Terms and Conditions of Sale can be downloaded here