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Parkend/Lesmay tops Ayr Holsteins

The champion topped the trade at Craig Wilson’s show and sale of pedigree Holsteins at Ayr, selling for 2150gns to H Watson, Laigh Tarbeg.

Hallfield tops Blonde sale

North of England Blonde breeder, James Weightman, led the way at a Blonde show and sale at Carlisle, last week, producing the two top priced bulls at 7000gns and 6500gns.

Embryo exports

High health status embryos from one of Scotland’s leading Limousin herds have been exported to Norway in what is hoped to be the first of many such deals.

Romany Hereford makes 2500gns

Romany 1 Frontier, a 17-month-old son of Baybridge 1 Atlas, is out of Romany 1 Dawn whose first son was exported to Germany.

Whitebreds top Carlisle

Whitebred Shorthorns bulls ruled supreme at a joint sale of Shorthorn and Galloway cattle at Carlisle, securing three of the top four highest prices including the two best at 2600gns and 2500gns.

Skipton show calf makes £2100

A CENTRE record of £2100 for a commercial calf was achieved on Craven Champions Day, the annual show and sale of commercial store cattle with future show potential at Skipton Auction Mart, last week.

Bringlee Blues lead at 13,000gns

The second production sale of British Blues from Graham Brindley’s Bringlee herd which included a guest consignment from Boomer Birch’s Boomer herd, proved a huge success with no fewer than eight lots selling at 5000gns or more backed by a lead price of 13,000gns.

BBs sell to 9000gns twice

Pedigree British Blue cattle met a bumper trade at a new society sale at Carlisle, last week, when the bull average levelled at just short of

Two at 20,000gns top Simmental sale

SIMMENTAL BREEDERS upped their average, for more bulls sold when 135 bulls found new homes at an average cost of £4751.83, which is £207 more than the same sale last year and for six more.

Oban Highlanders topped at 5800gns

A SHORTAGE of European buyers at Monday’s spring sale of Highland cattle at Oban and a far from vintage show, saw averages plummet on last year’s bumper sale, when trade peaked at 14,000gns and almost a third of the animals were exported.

Charolais set new record average

The Charolais breed enjoyed a tremendous day’s trading at their spring show and sale at Stirling, this week, setting a new all-breeds record average of £6072, with an 80% clearance and 18 bulls hitting the five-figure mark.

Galloway bulls sell to 10,500gns

A growing demand for quality bulls with size and scale from both UK and continental breeders, ensured a bumper trade for the best animals forward at the main Galloway sale at Castle Douglas, last week, where the fourth highest price paid at public auction was given.

Benhar bull tops Luing sale at 13,000gns

The strong demand for Luing cattle continued at the society’s sale at Castle Douglas last week – where averages were up and more were sold on the year, with the females enjoying a 100% clearance.

Welsh Black champ sells for 14,000gns

Welsh Black breeders enjoyed a bumper trade at their breed society sale at Dolgellau, last week, with no fewer than three bulls hitting the magical five-figure bracket to boost the overall bull average to just short of £5000.

Unhaltered Limmys sell to 2800gns

Trade peaked at 2800gns for an eight-year-old cow by the French sire, Ferry, at an unhaltered sale of pedigree Limousins at Carlisle, last week.

Limmy females peak at 2250gns

A Limousin cow and calf unit from the McKenna Bros, Main St, Bellaghy, Co Derry, topped the all-female trade at a society sale at Ballymena Mart, last week, which witnessed a 70% clearance rate, selling for 2250gns.

Friesians in demand at York

A packed ringside turned out to York Livestock Centre for the sale of the entire adult portion of Geoff and Yvonne Marshall’s unregistered non-recorded Friesian herd, from Spaunton, near Pickering.

Deehaven youngstock to 3500gns

TRADE HIT 3500gns at a re-scheduled final sale to disperse Sam Noble’s Deehaven Holstein herd from Whitehouse, South Wirral, Cheshire, last week, with 37 buyers from Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and many parts of England.

Findhorn A-A dispersal sells to 4400gns

The five-year-old stockbull, Duncanziemere Edwin, bred by Alistair Clark, topped the Findhorn Aberdeen Angus dispersal of 26 head, staged on behalf of Messrs Stark, Aiten, at Dingwall, on Monday, selling for 4400gns.

Newabbey buys top heifer at 6100gns

Centre record averages were achieved at the first Lancaster dairy club sale of the year at Lancaster, when no fewer than 10 lots sold for more than 3000gns to give an overall average of £2284.99 for 68 lots.

Champion tops Ayr HFs

THE CHAMPION at Craig Wilson’s show and sale of pedigree and commercial dairy cattle at Ayr, on 19-01-10, went on to top the sale at 2700gns, selling to far travelled, James Baillie, Sebay, Tankerness, Orkney.

38,000gns tops Carlisle Red Ladies

THE OVERALL show champion from the Limousin Red Ladies show and sale today at Carlisle, has sold for 38,000gns.

Shanael heifer tops black and whites at 10,000gns

Dairy cattle from some of the world’s leading cow families met a bumper trade at the 23rd Borderway Black and White sale at Carlisle, last weekend, selling to a top of 10,000gns, 9000gns and 8000gns.

Lot 13 tops sale at 5500gns

Lot 13, Midhope Winston, a bull sold on Friday 13 at Carlisle, proved anything but unlucky for Sheffield Simmental breeder, WJ Hollingsworth, Midhope Hall, Midhopestones, when it sold for the top price of 5500gns at the autumn show and sale last week.

Bulls hit 4200gns twice at Thainstone

A disappointing show of bulls saw trade peak at 4200gns on two occasions at the Christmas Classic’s multi-breed sale of beef breeding cattle at Thainstone, on Tuesday, where only half the bulls forward were able to find new homes.

12,000gns bull record at Brecon

An all-breeds centre record price of 12,000gns and a record autumn average underpinned a strong commercial trade for the British Limousin Cattle Society’s autumn show and sale at Brecon last weekend.

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