Scorpio of Skaillhouse, the pre-sale show champion sold for the top price of 8,000gns at the show and sale of Beef Shorthorns at Carlisle. The March 2022-born bull by Podehole Rock Nebula out of Eva Wildeyes 13 of Skaillhouse from C. Macadie and Son, Caithness, was knocked down to Messrs Reeves, Ipstones.
Next at 7,500gns was Headlind Stockman, a November 2022-born son of Dunsyre Horatio out of Headlind Holly Nutmeg from Allan Jackson, Headlind Partners, Kirkfield Bank. The buyer was Messrs Sleigh and Son, Turriff.
Selling for 5,800gns to Messrs Foy, Conder Green, was Stonehills Sandy Lane, a December 2022-born bull by Podehole Rock Master from G.L. Riby, Bridlington.
The reserve male and reserve overall champion was Llwynhywel Sidekick and February 2022-born son of Diamond Captain Mark 27C out of Crawfdown Miss Lea 5P from Messrs Evans and Price, Llanilar. It sold for 5,500gns to Messrs Hagon, Ulverston.
First prize winner, Redstones Snowman by Napoleon of Upsall from Charlie Fletcher and Jack Kay, Lockerbie, sold for 5,000gns to Messrs Longlands, Northumberland.
Females topped at 4,200gns for the champion, Sandwick Scrumptious Margo, the first daughter of Fearn Night Watchman to be sold out of Sandwick Mistletoe Margo from A. and C. Ivinson, Ousby. It sold having run with Sandwick Prefer-a-bull to Messrs Page, Newport, North Humberside
Crichton Ballerina, a June 2022-born daughter of Coxhill Panther from T. and I. Walling, Selkirk, made 3,800gns to Messrs Hodgson, Holmrook.
Averages - 17 bulls, £4,805.29; 25 females, £2,641.80;10 Ballard herd females, £2,299.50.
Auctioneers: Harrison and Hetherington.
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Limousin bulls top at 6,500gns at Darlington
At the North East Limousin Breeders Club show and sale at Darlington, bulls topped at 6,500gns with a 95 per cent clearance rate.
The sale topper was the pre-sale show champion, Wanthwaite Rolo, a four-year-old bull by Kingshaugh Nice, which carries two copies of the F94L gene.
Bred by the Bell family, Keswick, and consigned by Willie Barron, Burnhope, it sold to R.A. and S.L. Wearmouth, Long Newton.
Next at 5,500gns was September 2022-born Longhirst Trevor, another double F94L carrier from the Jordan family, Morpeth, which was knocked down to R. Falconer and Son, Milham.
Making 4,800gns was Holywell Tyson, a December 2022-born son of Plumtree Fantastic, from Mark Marley and Jo Gibson, Northalleton, which sold locally to Peter Jopling and family.
Pedigree heifers sold 2,150gns for 14-month-old Barrons Unifloss from Willie Barron, Morrow Edge, which sold to local breeder Eileen Wilson.
Auctioneers: Darlington Íæż½ã½ã Auction Mart.
Breeding cattle to £3,600 at Barnard Castle
The show and sale of breeding cattle at Barnard Castle topped at £3,600 for a British Blue heifer with a Limousin sired bull calf at foot from P. J. Donnelly, Great Ayton.
Judges, Geoffrey and Peter Wilson, Marwood, awarded the championship to a British Blue cross heifer with a bull calf at foot, from D.W. and D.M. Elliott, Mungrisedale, which sold for £3,550.
In the store and feeding bull section, top price was £1,725 for a Limousin bull from D. and P.H. Brown, Aldbrough St Johns.
Store steers sold to £1,705 for a Limousin consigned by T.M. Bellas and Son, Barnard Castle, and heifers peaked at £1,695 for a Limousin from the same home.
Over-30-month cattle sold to £2,544.90 (249.5p/kg) for a British Blue stock bull, from B. and J.D. Beadle, Staindrop.
Top price per kilo was 269.5p for a 34-month-old British Blue heifer, from M.F. and K.C. Stobart, Lunedale.
Averages – bulls, £1,426.50; steers, £1,356.60; heifers, £1,249.43.
Auctioneers: Barnard Castle and Teesdale Íæż½ã½ã Auction Mart Co.
Boclair herd leads Carlisle dairy trade
The top price of 5,000gns at the Border and Lakeland Holstein Club show and sale at Carlisle went to the second place senior heifer Boclair Rubels Apple Red, a great-granddaughter of the two-time All American winner Apple, consigned by the Brewster family, Glasgow. It sold to the Hastwell family, Kirkby Stephen. The Boclair herd sold another five heifers to average £3,307.
The champion, Boclair Lambda Celebrity, bred from the PR Barbie cow family – also from the Brewster family – sold for 3,100gns to the judge, Ewan Paul, Johnstonebridge.
The reserve champion from Skirwith Hall Farms, Penrith, was Stowbeck Ferraro Mavis by OCD Ferraro, which sold for 2,800gns to St. Main Dairy Farming Company, Perthshire. The Stowbeck herd sold another 10 heifers to average £2,394.
The third prize winning senior heifer, Wormanby Hanley Ricki by Siemers Hanley, from the Hodgson family, Carlisle, made 3,000gns to Messrs McCulloch, Stranraer, who also paid 2,900gns for another heifer from the same home by King Doc.
Averages - 8 cows in-milk, £2,283.75; 79 heifers in-milk, £,2441.17.
Auctioneers: Harrison and Hetherington.
Pedigree heifers to £2,480
Pedigree newly calved heifers sold to £2,480 twice, and pedigree newly calved cows to £2,280 twice at Gisburn's dairy sale.
Jennings Íæż½ã½ã, Ripon, sold their Sandley President-sired Abbeyhouse President Tracy, out of an Impression dam, for the day's joint top price. They also took a £2,450 bid on a Mr D Apple Diamondack heifer.
A Manunited fresh heifer by Koepon OH Robin Red, from M. and J. Bristol, Newton-in-Bowland, reached £2,480.
A run of six heifers from the Fortland herd of J. and N. Hull and Sons, Garstang, reached £2,320 for a 36kg Denovo Citizen-sired entry from their Trudy family, while Fortland Lotto 37 by Stantons Adorable realised £2,250.
Leading the cow trade at £2,280 were a 41kg second calver from R. and M. Cowgill's Hoole herd, Preston, and a Delta Jacuzzi Red daughter from Gargrave breeders H.J. and K.L. Blackwell's Stainhill herd. The Hoole cow, by Double W Ranger, is from their long-lasting Akregloss family – boasting yields up to 12,668kg – while from Stainhill was a 34kg second calver, out of the high fatting Vicki family.
Non-pedigree heifers sold to £2,300 for a 38kg entry from N. and K. Forshaw, Alston, Preston, and to £2,250 for one from R.H. Close, Upper Wharfedale. The in-calf heifer trade was led by entries from R.A. Kirkham, Nateby, two of which sold at £1,750 and £1,720.
Averages - Pedigree newly calved heifers, £2,104; pedigree newly calved cows, £2,044; non-registered newly calved heifers, £1,762; in-calf heifers £1,555.
Auctioneers: Gisburn Auction Marts.
Sheep dogs sell to 7,900gns
The top price of 7,900gns at Skipton's sale of working sheep dogs was, once again, Dewi Jenkins, Talybont. This time it was with his 20-month-old black and white bitch, Aran Mia, by his own Clwyd Bob, which had been bought, part-broken, from Alun Jones and his father, Bala. The buyer was Jon Arne Sand, Viken County, Norway.
Tony Birkett, Carnforth, took 6,000gns for his March 2021-born black and white dog, Spot, by Kevin Evans' red Spot, a German import. It sold to Jock Sutherland, Sangormore, Durness.
Arfon Roberts, Abergele, Conwy, made 5,000gns with Tan, a red, white and tan bitch, and 15-month-old daughter of Jed, from Andrew Procter, Great Musgrave, which went to a Midlands buyer.
First time vendor, 18-year-old Caleb Russell, Keighley, sold his June 2021-born black and white bitch, Nell, for 4,000gns to Ian Lancaster, Ribble Valley, on behalf of a customer.
Averages: Broken - 8 registered dogs, £3,018.75; 7 registered bitches, £5,040; 1 unregistered dog, £1,050. Unbroken pen - 1 registered dog, £682.50.
Auctioneers: CCM.
Denmire Diamonds peak at 8,000gns
The Denmire Diamonds sale at Carlisle on behalf of the Dennison family, Ulverston, featured four Excellent cows and 43 Very Goods, which included 19 Very Good two-year-olds. These were topped at 8,000gns by Denmire Ferraro Reba, which sold to the Innes family, Nairn.
The same cow family produced the next top price of 4,200gns for Denmire Sound System Reba which went to the Dixon family, Wigton.
The Marie cow family featured in the leading prices, with Denmire Sidekick Marie selling for 3,800gns to Baltier Farming Company, Newton Stewart – no Less than five 100-tonne cows featured in this heifer's pedigree.
XX Oldfield, Gisburn, paid 3,500gns for Denmire Apps Marie which had recently classified VG88 in its second lactation completing 10 generations of cows to classify in the top grades.
Also selling for 3,500gns was another VG88 second lactation cow, Denmire Pursuit Chrissy, which was bought by the MacKenzie family, Black Isle.
Average – 70 cows and heifers in-milk, £2,747.50.
Auctioneers: Harrison and Hetherington.
Welshpool Limousins top 7,800gns
The North West Midlands and North Wales Club show and sale of pedigree Limousins at Welshpool topped at 7,800gns for Pabo Timeout from W.P. Hughes and Son, Anglesey.The October 2022-born bull carrying two copies of the F94L pairing, by Pabo General and out of a home-bred cow by Derrygullinane Kingbull, found a new home with Messrs Moyle, Llanbrynmair.
The pre-sale show male champion was November 2022-born Garyvaughan Tango from the Lewis family, Buttington. By 10,500gns Barrons Oslo, out of Plumtree Deus-sired Garyvaughan Mingo, and carrying two copies of the F94L gene, it sold for 7,500gns to Messrs Lloyd, Bettws Y Coed.
From the same stable and taking the reserve male championship was Garyvaughan Tonca, another November 2022-born bull, this time by Strathearnred Nidge. It sold with a myostatin of F94l/Q204X for 6,500gns to Messrs Jackson, Oswestry.
Average - 26 bulls, £4,870.38; 1 heifer, £2,730.
Auctioneers: Welshpool Livestock Sales.
Flying dairy trade at Market Drayton
The best dairy trade of the year at Market Drayton topped at £2,500 for a heifer from M.W. and J.M. Trevor-Jones, Oswestry, with cows to £2,420 for a third calver from C. and B. Slater, Whitmore.
John Rees, Brecon, sold his heifers at £2,450, £2,400 and £2,250 to average £2,367 for three.
Jeremy Platt, Lachstone Farms, Northwich, averaged £2,400 for four heifers peaking at £2,420.
Heifers from J.L. Atherton and Co, Baldwins Gate, sold to £2,400, with H.S. and A. Callwood, Knutsford, selling to £2,250.
Second quality heifers sold to £1,850 and third quality to £1,580.
Cows were a very good trade, with heavy milking third calvers to £2,350 for R.J. and J.E. Hall, Norton in Hales. M. and S. Wilson, Crewe, sold fourth calvers to £2,100 and fifth calvers to £1,900.
Auctioneers - Gwilym Richards and Market Drayton Market.
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