averages: 

17 show heifers, £2396.47; 17 bulls, £2890.59; 13 sale only heifers, £1425.58

Leading the trade at the Hereford cattle society’s spring show and sale at Hereford market was the Panmure herd of JM Cant and partners, Arbirlot, Angus, headed by Audrey Anderson. 
Panmure 1 Radley led the way, topping the trade at 5800gns and heading home with B Walters and Sons, Dryslwyn, Carmarthen. He is out of one of the herd’s best breeding cows, Panmure 1 Plum H12, a Romany 1 Distiller daughter and by Dendor 1 Leota. This 21-month-old bull has 400 and 600-day weights in the top 1% of the breed and milk and eye muscle figures in the top 10%.
Not far behind was the 19-month-old, Panmure-1-Rocky, which changed hands at 5500gns to R Hobbs, for his Kea herd in Truro, Cornwall. A full brother to the well-known Panmure 1 Nugget and Panmure 1 Henry, it is the last bull of this breeding to be offered and holds an eye muscle figure in the top 5% of the breed. 
The male champion, Glengough 1 Vinnie, from Ian Markham, Castlethorpe, Milton Keynes, was next in the money and exited the ring to a call of 3200gns, made by Dai Walters for his newly-established Whisper herd, based in Bassaleg, Newport. He is a son of the Cornish-bred Kea 1 Maestro which was bought at 18-months old at the 2016 autumn spring show and sale from Andrew Hughes, Halifax, Yorkshire. It is out of Blakesley 1 Holly which was purchased from Ann Riley, Towcester, Northamptonshire, as a heifer.
Tapped out as the senior male champion, the hammer went down for Vexour 1 Percy from Jan Boomaars, Woldingham, Surrey, at 3100gns to Barry Myers, Brook, Surrey. He is sired by Solpoll 1 Landmark, a Panmure 1 Henry son, and out of a home-bred daughter of the well-known Australian bull, Wirruna Daffy. This two-year-old bull qualifies as a superior carcase sire. 
Given the current climate in the beef industry, the show heifer section saw a reassuring clearance of 90%. 
Topping the female trade was Rempstone 1 Pansy N513 from M Ludgate, Thame, Oxfordshire, which sold for 4200gns to Carol Prater, Cublington, Buckinghamshire. It is the first heifer bred by Solpoll 1 Nobility, another sire by Panmure 1 Henry son, to be sold in public auction. Its dam, Rempstone 1 Pansy is also by a Panmure sire.
Carolyn Fletcher, Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria, gained 3500gns for Barwise 1 Anise R025, a March, 2018- born heifer by the Danish sire, Moeskaer Patriarch. She sold to CP Douglas and Partners, Hawick, Roxburghshire, served to Gouldingpoll-1-Gold Spice.
From the same herd, Barwise 1 Anya R030 sold for 3000gns to W Milner, Much Wenlock, Shropshire. Also served to Gold Spice, it is again sired by Moeskaer Patriarch 1458 while the dam’s sire is Barwise 1 Wellington, a previous UK Hereford ‘Sire of the Year’.
The female champion, Cleland 1 Oyster Gem 48, from AE Nesbitt Farms, Hungerford, Berkshire, was knocked down at 2700gns to join Dai Walters’ purchases. Bred from two home-bred parents, it was born in March, 2018. 
The sale only heifers cleared at 94%, topping at 2150gns for Kinglee 1  Oystergirl 594 from Peter Cobley, Stoney Stanton, Leicestershire. She is a daughter of Panmure 1 Karl which has produced a collection of show winners and champions in recent years. This heifer was purchased by G and A Williams, Llandovery, Carmarthenshire. 


Auctioneers: Brightwells