A GOOD show of bulls and heifers ensured a buoyant trade at a British Blue show and sale at Carlisle, where averages improved significantly on the year in both sections backed by lead prices of 11,000gns and 4200gns, respectively.
Topping the trade was Greystone Kellogs, a 17-month-old bull from Graham Coates’ 25-cow herd from Rainscar, Stainforth, Settle, who sold three bulls to average £9205.
All of his bulls were sons of his 20,000gns stock bull, Almeley Ginola, which has already produced two Genus stud bulls, with the dearest being out of Greystone Weetabix, a 12-year-old cow by Adagio du Stordeur, which regularly produces some of the best calves. Kellogs was knocked down to pedigree and commercial breeder, Richard Mowbray, who runs the Droit herd, at Newtownstewart, Omagh, Northern Ireland.

A cracking show of females, saw the reserve champion from the Border British Blue Club’s calf show, staged earlier in the day and the reserve female at the pre-sale show, top the trade at 4200gns for Ian McGarva’s Abington herd from Abington.
This nine-month-old black heifer, Abington Liquorice, by Lennie Van Het Caloenhof and out of Lukeroyal Guess, was purchased by AC Bentham, Fletcher Hill, Lambs Bank, Cockfield, Bishop Auckland.

averages:

28 bulls, £5955.00 (+£1195 for four more sold); eight maiden heifers, £3629.06 (+£860 for three more).

See this week's SF for full report and pics