A Beef Shorthorn heifer from the Cherryvalley herd has set a new Northern Irish female record after selling for £17,200 at an online herd production sale.
The sale from Northern Ireland breeder Dr Peter Fitzgerald was topped by the April 2024-born heifer, Cherryvalley Valuable, a daughter of Creaga Rolex out of the Creaga Logic-sired Cherryvalley Petra. Living up to her name, she sold to Yvonne Hopkins, Splotts, Somerset.
Aberdeenshire breeder Fiona Davidson, Kirkton, Mintlaw, forked out £4700 for the March 2024-born Cherryvalley Voila. She is sired by Creaga Logic and out of Cherryvalley Rosemary.
Fiona also paid £3600 for Cherryvalley VIP, a similarly aged heifer by the same sire and out of Cherryvalley Poppy.
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Selling at £4500 to Irish breeder Des Robinson, Co Armagh, was Cherryvalley Valentine. This two-year-old is sired by Meonside Randango and out of Glenisla Desiree.
Two heifers sold to the Isle of Bute. Gordon McMillan, Caledonia Walk, bought the Creaga Rolex daughter, Cherryvalley Yousexything at £3500. She is out of Fearn Fairy Clipper.
The second, Cherryvalley Ya Dancer, joins Tom McMillan’s Eskechraggan herd at £3200. She is by Creaga Rolex and bred from Cherryvalley Summertime.
The two bulls sold peaked at £4200 for Cherryvalley Young Gun, a March 2025-born son of Meonside Randango out of the home-bred Regina. The buyer was James Dickson, Carmarthenshire.
Averages: Five in-calf heifers, £6780; six maiden heifers, £3566.
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