At the spring show and sale at Shrewsbury Auction Centre, bids reached 11,000gns for bull Rempstone 1 Virus N598, while a new record bull average was set as 27 bulls sold to average £4,404, clearing at 79 per cent.
With a packed ring at Dungannon Farmers Mart, the spring show and sale laid host to a solid trade for bulls and a new centre record price set for the breed.
The sixth annual Designer Genes sale saw a new female price record set for the Hereford breed, with 13,000gns paid for Pulham Diadem 6th from PRJ and LR Vincent.
Spartan 1 Polly T122 from SC and GL Hartwright, Abingdon, Oxfordshire stepped into the supreme position at the HCBA Christmas calf show at Shrewsbury Auction Centre.
Demand for females remained strong at the society’s autumn sale, with show heifers averaging £3,327 and a consignment of seven females from Sky High Herefords averaging £6,315.
At the society’s annual awards dinner, Pembrokeshire-based breeders George, Ionwy and Non Thorne were named as winners of the national herd of the year competition.