Auction calendar for May

EASTERN CAPE

4 MAY

Cathcart Video Weaner Sale, Cathcart Golf Club. On offer: 1 800 preconditioned Bonsmara calves. Phone Ian Sheard on 082 410 1712, or Chris Sheard on

082 375 5920.

LIMPOPO

6 MAY

Vlakte Bonsmaras Production Sale, Doornpan, Modimolle. On offer: 30 bulls and 250 female animals. Phone Hendrik van der Walt on 083 628 9301, or Mike Killassy on 082 378 8112.

MPUMALANGA

3 MAY

Komati Vallei Production Sale, Carolina. On offer: 30 registered bulls (Phase D

tested), 50 SP and commercial cows (in all production stages), and 34 SP and commercial heifers (in all production stages). Phone Rocco van Rooyen on 082 799 2279, or Moolman Mentz on 083 229 2500.

7 MAY

Mpumalanga Boran Auction, the Bull Ring, Ermelo. On offer: four SP bulls, 30 SP female animals and 67 Boran-cross female animals. Phone Paul Botha on 082 807 5511, or Chris Steyn on

082 561 6637.

25 MAY

Buffalo Valley Farms Drakensberger Production Sale, Nooitgedacht, Carolina. On offer: 30 field-tested stud bulls between the ages of 2,5 and three years;

two field-tested stud bulls of four years (used in stud); and 40 stud cows and heifers, between the ages of 2,5 and nine years. Phone John Roos on 082 809 7941.

NORTH WEST

5 MAY

Beef Bull Sale, Vryburg Showgrounds. On offer: 35 Brahman, Charolais and Simmentaler bulls. Phone Stephan van Wyk on 083 273 6227.

WESTERN CAPE

7 MAY

Stansin Simmentalers Production Sale, George Showgrounds. On offer: eight bulls, 40 + 40 cows and calves (3-in-1), 22 in-calf cows and 35 heifers. Phone Hendrik Nel on 082 491 8289, or Dandré Nel on 076 503 7900.