January Newsletter 2023

Welshpool November
Sermon leads
the way at
Welshpool
Judge: David Mackenzie
Shadow judge: Edward Robinson
Maerdy Sermon top price at 8,000gns
The 2022 Autumn sale season drew
to a close on Friday 10 November
with the annual show and sale held
at Welshpool Livestock Sales. Seven
strong classes of bulls were judged by
the discerning eye of David Mackenzie
of the Thurso herd, along with his
shadow judge Edward Robinson. A
total of 41 bulls and 3 females sold
over the course of the day, with bulls
reaching an average price of £4582.87
with a 76% clearance.
The top price of the day was 8,000gns,
and was attained by 16-month-old
Maerdy Sermon from the well-known
Maerdy herd of D E Evans in Flintshire.
Sermon has quite the impressive
pedigree, being sired by the 18,000gns
Goldies Linford, and going back to the
26,000gns Maerdy Hearthrob on his
dam’s side. Securing the final bid for
this young lad was T N Lightfoot of
Callington, Cornwall.
The hammer came down twice for
the next highest price of 7,000gns,
firstly for Montgomery Saturn from
Roberts & Jones in Welshpool. This
impressive 18-month-old is out of
Montgomery Marged, a daughter of
Balmyle Harlequin, and he was sired
by former Carlisle Supreme Champion
Gretnahouse Jugular. Winning the bid
for Saturn was R Jones & Son, who will
be taking him home to Brecon, Powys.
G M Jones of Bala, Gwynedd. Simon
was sired by Caylers Hustler, who was
purchased for 12,000gns at the Blelack
herd dispersal in 2016. His dam Esgob
Nesta goes back to the 26,000gns
Anside Excalibur. The successful bidder
for this young bull was R Williams,
based in Pwllheli, Gwynedd.
Two bulls managed to reach the next
highest price of 6,500gns – the first
of these was another from Roberts
& Jones: Montgomery Strong. Like
Saturn, Strong was also sired by
Gretnahouse Jugular and is out of
another Balmyle Harlequin daughter:
Montgomery Mair. H J Middleton won
the bid for this 18-month-old, and he
will be joining them on their holding in
Bucknell, Shropshire.
The day’s Reserve Overall Champion
Hendy Striker also sold for 6,500gns.
This 18-month-old was bred by J A W
Rees of the Hendy herd in Powys, and
he was sired by the Irish-born Lisnagre
Nero. Striker’s dam is Hendy Jolene,
a daughter of Sandelford Gucci. This
Also selling for 7,000gns was
16-month-old Esgob Simon, bred by
The champion Esgob Star and reserve Battleford Snowball
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