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.
Rempstone 1 Curly N604 from MJ Ludgate, Thame, Oxfordshire stood supreme, grand female and junior female champion in the Hereford section of Agri Expo.
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.
