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Melton Mowbray pedigree sale tops at 8,000gns for Lincoln Red

Lincoln Reds led the trade at 8,000gns at the Farmers Guardian-supported multibreed show and sale of pedigree cattle at Melton Mowbray

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Brackenhurst Captain
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Brackenhurst Captain

The sale topper was the inter-breed champion, March 2023-born Brackenhurst Captain, the first son of Premier Young Gun to be sold out of Brackenhurst Ann, a Beverly Raider daughter. Consigned by Nottingham Trent University, Southwell, it sold to Heathlands Farm, Kings Lynn.

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Reserve inter-breed champion was Glympton Bobby, an April 2023-born Aberdeen-Angus bull by Glympton Dubh Evander from Glympton Farms, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, which was knocked down to Little Oxendon Farms, Market Harborough for 5,000gns. The same vendor sold another Aberdeen-Angus bull, Glympton Rico, also by Dubh Evander at 5,000gns to G.A. and M.C. Crooks, Barrow on Soar.

Glympton Bobby

Hereford bulls topped at 5,000gns for the breed champion, January 2024-born Pepperstock 1 Buster by Spartan 1 Typhoon from Speirs Farms, Luton, which went to H. Rudge, Ballingham.

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Pepperstock 1 Buster

Also making 5,000gns was Beverley Constable, a March 2023-born Lincoln Red bull by Beverley Samson from R.I. Clough and Son, Spilsby. The buyer was J. Morgan, Dover.

Beverley Constable

Salers bulls topped at 4,000gns for Rigel Tsar, a March 2023-born son of Lascaux consigned by Rigel Pedigrees, Yarm, which was knocked down to G.B. Peberby, Great Glen.
D. and P.A. Evans, Middlesbrough, sold their Aberdeen-Angus bull, Tree Bridge Ellem, a son of Tree Bridge Paterson for 4,000gns to D.J. Alder Farming, Oxfordshire.

The Spitalfields sale of British White cattle topped at 2,800gns for Swinton Banksy, an April 2023-born son of De Beauvoir Bacchus from Falshaw Partners, Masham, which sold to Emily Estates, Somerset.

Females sold to 3,500gns twice, both for Hereford heifers from Speirs Farms.

Auctioneers: Melton Mowbray Market.

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