The Welsh Black Cattle Society will be entering the New Year with added vigour having signed up its 100th member.

BUILTH Wells, the home of the Royal Welsh Show, has a new resident - a life-sized bronze statue of a Welsh Black bull.

There was a flash-back to days gone by in Pembrokeshire as 120 head of Welsh Black Cattle were driven on foot through the county's lanes.

It is often said that the first animal in the sale ring is the best buy, and that was certainly the case at the last Welsh Black Cattle Society sale of the season, which took place at Carlisle on Friday (November 11).

Welsh Black Cattle Society Bull of the Year, Penwernhir Sambo bagged another accolade yesterday (November 1) – top price at the Society's Autumn Show and Sale at Dolgellau.

Welsh Black cattle breeders who don't register their cattle are losing the opportunity to boost their sale prices.

Quality Welsh Black cattle were in demand at the Llandovery Autumn Store Sale (October 21st).

The Welsh Black Cattle Society’s autumn sale schedule got into full swing at Abergavenny Market yesterday (Monday, September 12th) at the Society’s 5th Annual Show and Sale.

A 28 month old in-calf heifer called Neuadd Caran Ddu 310th reached the highest price as champion female at yesterday's (Thursday 13 October) Welsh Black Cattle Society Autumn Show and Sale at Llandovery, reaching 3,400gns.

The chance to buy polled Welsh Black Cattle drew buyers to Mid Wales on Saturday October 1 for the Idloes Herd dispersal sale.

It was 115 years to the day since the last dispersal sale at Penlan Farm, St Davids, and yesterday’s (Saturday Sept 24th) sale of pedigree Welsh Black breeding cattle proved an enormous crowd puller.

The first of three Welsh Black Cattle Society dispersal sales during September took place at Harlech yesterday (September 17).

One county has swept the board in the Welsh Black Cattle Society’s annual search for the best bull and female of the year.

It will be the end of an era when 140 pedigree Welsh Black cattle come up for sale at Penlan Farm, St Davids in Pembrokeshire.

Llandovery Market may have a reputation among Welsh Black Cattle devotees as a centre for marketing females, by it was a local home bred bull which topped the 18th Annual Pedigree Summer Show and Sale.

The Welsh Black Cattle Society (WBCS) rounded off its centenary celebrations with a weekend of activities, mixing business with pleasure.

Welsh Black cattle were once again among the winners and top sellers at the 48th Annual Spring Show and Sale at Dolgellau on Friday, May 6th, 2005.

Welsh Black cattle were once again among the winners and top sellers at the 48th Annual Spring Show and Sale at Dolgellau on Friday, May 6th, 2005.

The Dolgellau Spring Store Sale (April 22) saw some 200 Welsh Black steers and heifers entered among a total of 550 cattle at the sale.

An increase in entries and prices got the Welsh Black Cattle Society’s 2005 spring sale season off to a great start on Friday (April 15).

The Welsh Black Cattle Society (WBCS) will mark the end of its centenary year celebrations in rousing style with a special concert.

It was certainly a day for the boys at the 49 th Annual Welsh Black Cattle Society Winter Show & Sale , with bulls accounting for the day's top prices.

The future is looking good for Wales' native cattle breed, so believes Evan Tudor, the newly elected Welsh Black Cattle Society Council Chairman.