Welsh breeders and buyers were among the headline trades at the Hereford Cattle Society’s autumn show and sale at Shrewsbury.

But it was Scotland who took top the top call as the hammer fell at 9,000gns for Harveybros 1 Willy-The-Womanizer from G & S Harvey.

Tapped out as grand male champion in the pre-sale show earlier in the day, this 2021-born bull sired by Wirruna Matty M288 and out of home-bred Harveybros 1 Crocus N1.

Willy has been shown with great success for George and Sophie Harvey, father, and daughter team, having racked up multiple titles and ribbons, a particular highlight on his cv was double win as native interbreed champion at the Royal Welsh Show and at Perth earlier on in the season.

Another Celt that got the attention of the crowd was Wales bred Dendor 1 Jano 23rd, a heifer who has had a successful season in the showring winner her class at both the Royal Welsh and the Poll show last month.

Dendor Herefords are bred, grown and finished on Gwastadgoed in a picturesque area, overlooking the Severn Valley, near Caersws, Mid Wales

Selling for 6,000gns, Jano will be heading down country to Totnes to the Wood family.

New to the breed, the Allwood herd have been active participants in their local association and attended Devon County show seeing tremendous success taking the supreme championship and reserve as well as both the champion male and reserve titles.

Jano will become a part of Gerald Woods plans for his herd's development.

Opening the sale, Glenvale 1 Sara 798 entered the ring, immediately commanding the attention of prospective purchasers.

Travelling from Pembrokeshire, Sara 798 comes from the Thorne family, who had been named National Herd of the Year the night prior. This April-2021 heifer was tapped out in the pre-sale show 1st in her class and reserve female champion.

The hammer fell on 5,000gns seeing Sara head home with M Ludgate, Thame, Oxfordshire to join the Rempstone herd.

The energy for good quality heifers continued as the auction lots progressed. G & MC Shepherd and J & L Mooney brought forward a large consignment and were met with demand throughout, their first lot Moorside 1 HC Jane 24th created a stir as the bids climbed settling on 5,000gns heading to Creuddyn Herefords owned by Gwyndaf Davies from Felinfach, Lampeter.

Five of the seven entries from the Shepherd herd will be heading to the Benacres estate in Suffolk.

Moving to the top selling bulls, behind Willy-The-Womanizer, saw Barwise 1 Wordle NP W1298 from Carolyn Fletcher, heading to his new home within the Llynon herd owned by HO Davies. A buyer who attended the Lewis Family Bicentenary sale last year last year purchasing polled heifer, Havenfield 1 Ruby 4th.

Another highlight within the sale for the Harvey bros team saw Harveybros 1 Williams-Wallace being whisked away to west Wales to get to work adding star power to D Evans' majority Hereford suckler herd.

The underbidder for Willy-The-Womanizer, Mr Evans wasn’t disappointed for long as he snapped up William-Wallace, who earlier in the day won his class and was awarded the trophy for the best pair exhibitor bred bulls.

Normanton 1 Warnie W890 from TD & WT Livesey took reserve grand male champion and reserve junior male champion. Sired by Gouldingpool 1 Gold Spice, out of homebred Normanton 1 Fistulina 20th R192.

Sighted as the top pick for senior male champion following his win in the senior bull class, Thornysure 1 Willy Wonka, later sold for 3,000gns to NW & J Kent, Penkridge, Staffordshire. Sired by Fisher 1 Monarch M414 out of a Kinaston 1 Neala cow.

Standing reserve senior male champion, bred out of a Dendor bred cow, sired by Hawkesbury 1 Swift, Newtoncroft 1 Whole-Lot-Of-Fun, he headed across the road from the market to the Albrighton Estate.

Bulls to an average £4,121.25

Show heifers sold to an average £3,431.84

For sale only females £3,255.00

The clearance for the show heifers was 83% and 71% for the bulls.

Auctioneers: Halls