The autumn show and sale of pedigree and commercial Salers at Welshpool on October 8 included the dispersal of the Dwyryd herd of pedigree Salers.

Aaron and his wife Gwenan and family, farm a 60-acre grassland farm near Caernarfon.

They both work full time which means the farming system and the livestock they care for needs to be as easily managed as possible.

The family have been trialling AI service with sexed and conventional straws onto synchronised heifers and cows then sweeping with Charolais bull.

Aaron found his overall champion and male champion in Rigel Regent Poll from Rigel Pedigree.

The heterozygous polled bull by Rigel Mojave Blk Poll out of Rigel Princess Poll was born in April 2021 and was shown at the Great Yorkshire Show. Rigel Regent Poll topped the sale at 4,000gns and sold to repeat buyers D L Williams and Son, Tonyrefail, Mid Glamorgan.

Aaron’s reserve overall champion was the female champion, Gentons Rimmel from Bertie Facon.

A January 2021 heifer sired by Murphy who was purchased at the Concours National Salers show in Aurillac in 2019 where he was crowned champion.

Rimmel was purchased by pedigree breeder R Evans and Son, Ebnal Lodge Salers, Oswestry, Shropshire.

E Mills, Rhayader, Powys, purchased the second and third placed haltered pedigree heifers – Rigel Flora, a Lascaux-sired daughter born in March 2021 and May 2021-born Rigel Demi by the same sire out of Rigel Desiree Poll were both secured for 1,800gns apiece.

The cautious buyers made for a disappointing clearance, but prices remained up on the year.

One Salers bull sold to a top price of 4000gns and an average of £4200 (+£840 for three bulls sold in Oct 2021).

Three pedigree heifers sold to a top price of 2000gns with an average of £1960 (+£70 for two females sold in 2021).

In the commercial section L E Simmons and Partners won the best pen of commercial Salers with their Manor Lane Krypton-sired cow with August 2022-born heifer calf at foot which sold for £1900 (+£440 for 10 sold in Oct 2021) to pedigree breeders, A J and J A Powell, Knighton, Powys.

Mr Carwyn Roberts dispersed his Dwyryd herd of pedigree Salers achieving a top price of 3,000gns for the March 2019-born stock bull, Dragon-polled Olympian ET.

He sold to Cefnbodig Partners, Lanycil, Bala. Second top price in the dispersal was Dwyryd Belle, a homebred female by Dwyryd Karl out of Dwyryd Adele with a March-born calf at foot which was sold to E O Griffiths and Co, Caersws, Powys along with imported cow Poupee with a polled calf at foot for 1,680gns.

Lyre a Halley-sired, 2014 cow with bull calf at foot was purchased for 1,800gns by A J and J A Powell, Knighton, Powys who also bought Dwyryd Elsa a 2019-born cow out of imported Danske with twin heifer calves at foot for 1,420gns.

Pedigree breeders E James and Co, Lledrod, Aberystwyth purchased Dwyryd Mandy, a homebred cow out of imported dam Lyre with a heifer calf at foot for 1,780gns.

R T Jones, Tywyn, Gwynedd purchased the remaining lots Dwyryd Donna and bull calf at foot for 1,620gns, Dwyrywd Maddie with heifer calf at fott for 1,500gns and the oldest cow in the sale, imported 2010 born cow Flandre for 1,080gns.

FEMALE CLASS: 1st and Female Champion, Gentons Rimmel, B Facon; 2nd and Reserve Female Champion, Rigel Flora, Rigel Pedigree; 3rd, Rigel Demi, Rigel Pedigree

MALE CLASS: 1st and Male Champion, Rigel Regent Poll, Rigel Pedigree; 2nd and Reserve Male Champion, Seawell Roberto, PM and SM Donger; 3rd, Seawell Rio, PM and SM Donger

OVERALL CHAMPION: Rigel Regent Poll, Rigel Pedigree; Reserve: Gentons Rimmel, B Facon

CHAMPION PEN OF COMMERCIAL SALERS: L E Simmons and Partners; Reserve: P M and S M Donger

  • Show and sale were sponsored by Caleb Roberts Insurance Services and the pre-sale show was judged Mr Aaron Hughes, Mamol Salers.