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515 STORE CATTLE & STIRKS -10AMAuctioneer’s: Simon Alford 07789 980203 Alan Webber 07967 7180481 st Anniversary Celebrated In Style – Exeter Goes From Strength To StrengthSteers to £1400 Heifers to £1185A wonderful entry of cattle and packed sale ring saw Exeter ‘buck the trend’ with a continued very strong trade andoverall steer average of £974 apiece! Top price of £1400 was achieved for a smart 21 month old Limousin x steer forRobert & Janet Legg of Dunchideock, who had others to £1380 & £1230. John Attree of Harbertonford saw a pen of 3super 2 year old British Blue steers fetch £1300 apiece, whilst a grand pen of 22 month old South Devon steers forDonald Burrough of Sidmouth reached £1285 with Charolais’ from the same home at £1210. Alan & Gerry Luscombe ofNewton Abbot saw their best 2 year old Aberdeen Angus x steers at £1270 with younger sorts at £1240 and awonderful run of purebred Aberdeen Angus cattle for Rex & Robin Milton of South Molton saw forward steers to £1255with others at £1205 and younger sorts to £1125. J Hamlin of Newton Abbot reached £1235 for a grand 22 month oldSouth Devon steer, whilst a super entry from Brian Warne & Family of Manaton saw £1090 for 20 month South Devonsteers, a record price for the family! A super run of Blonde d’Aquitaine cattle from RL Down & Son of Barnstaple toppedat £1230 for a pen of 19 month old steers with others at £1135. Edward & George Pollard of Newton Abbot showed agrand run of 18 month old Charolais steers topping at £1180 with other bunches at £1150 & £1140. Heifers were just asdear, topped by Michael Vooght of Okehampton at £1185 for his 22 month old Charolais heifers, followed tightly by Alan& Gerry Luscombe’s Aberdeen Angus x at £1175 & £1160, Rex & Robin Milton’s pure Aberdeen Angus’ at £1135 and RLDown & Sons 21 month old Blonde at £1060.A superb show of younger cattle met with a fierce trade; EW Hendy Partnership of Plymouth saw the best of theirexceptional 14 month old Aberdeen Angus x steers hit £1300, whilst Mike Hutchings of Chudleigh fetched £1190 for hisbest pen of 16 month old Limousin x steers with others at £1095 & £1035. Jeremy Brown of Poltimore offered awonderful run of Simmental yearlings, topping at £1020 with other bunches at £945, £910 & £905. A lovely run of 10month old Simmental steers for John Bowles of Kingsbridge saw the best pen to £990 apiece with others at £970 & £930and heifers to £965.Quiney & Spears of Moretonhampstead showed a cracking run of purebred and pedigree 10-12 month old Limousin bulls,topping at £1270 with others at £1190 (x2), £1180 & £1140. Rex & Robin Milton reached £1125 with their youngAberdeen Angus bull with others at £995 & £960.Show ResultsContinental SectionSteersHeifers1 st Edward & George Pollard 1 st Michael Vooght2 nd DE Burrough 2 nd Carolyn RunnallsNative SectionSteersHeifers1 st Rex & Robin Milton 1 st Rex & Robin Milton2 nd Steve Smith 2 nd Alan & Gerry LuscombeNote: Vendors are reminded that all Cattle Entry Forms must include a TB Test Date.