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LIMOUSIN BREED WORLD RECORD
SET AT 55,000gns
Records were smashed on Friday February 14th 2003 when a Limousin
bull made a world record price for the breed of 55,000gns at the spring
sale of bulls in Carlisle.
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| Grahams Samson 55,000gns |
Grahams Samson brought
the world record price and UK record for a British Limousin Cattle
Society sale - and an all-breeds beef record for sales centre Borderway
Mart, Carlisle - for Robert Graham, of Airthrey Kerse, Bridge of
Allan, Stirling, Scotland, shown in the hands of farm manager Brian
Wills.
Ten other bulls sold for 10,000gns and more as the bidding was fierce
for a high quality show of bulls. Averages and numbers of bulls were
also up with the trade levelling at over £4,000 for 139 bulls
sold.
The sale met a 75 per cent clearance of the 172 bulls forward, with
39 more bulls selling on the spring 2002 sale and an increased average
of £123.
British Limousin Cattle Society chief executive Iain Kerr said: "It
was a very high quality show with a tremendous strength and depth of
bulls suitable for commercial and pedigree breeders and for that high
standard of bulls breeders have got their just rewards with the fantastic
trade.
" Within the space of 10 days at this sale and at Perth,
250 Limousin bulls have sold to average over £3,500. It is confirmation
that there continues to be a continuous growth in demand for the Limousin breed.
Commercial producers know that it is the versatile, complete beef breed and
they know that when they are buying into the breed they are getting premium-earning
cattle of either sex."
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| Doug Edgar, Robert Graham
and Brian Wills |
First bid for the record-breaking bull, which had attracted great
interest and was much tipped to make a high price, was at 20,000gns.
The crowded ringside was silent as Harrison & Hetherington auctioneer
David Thomlinson rapidly took bids up to 55,000gns with Penrith breeder
Doug Edgar writing the record cheque for the breed.
The 18 month old bull had been placed the supreme champion at the pre-sale
show the day before by the judge Ian
Callion, of Bolfornought, Stirling.
Doug Edgar and his wife Carol, from Fellside, Ousby, near Penrith,
Cumbria have been breeding pedigree Limousins since 1979 and they have
60 cows in their Shire herd. "I liked previous bulls that the
Samson's mother Lisette has bred and he has excellent figures with
a beef value of LM+32," said Mr Edgar. "The bull also has
a tremendous growth rate for his age."
Robert Graham said: "It is the best animal we have bred and he
is out of an exceptional breeding cow." The Grahams herd has 50
pedigree Limousin cows and was formed in 1979.
Underbidders for Samson were father and son Drew and Bob Adam, of Newhouse
of Glamis, Glamis, Angus, who kicked off the bidding at 20,000gns.
Doug Edgar entered the bidding alongside several other breeders after
the price topped 40,000gns.
Mr Graham has retained 200 of the 300 straws of semen taken from Samson
and Mr Edgar said he would be making semen available for sale.
Auctioneer David Thomlinson described the sale as "unbelievable".
He said: "This is one of the best shows of bulls we have ever
seen at Carlisle and quality was particular evident among the intermediate
and junior bulls. It has been a fantastic day for the Limousin breed."
The previous UK record for a Limousin bull was 21,000gns for Culbeg
Andromedes, sold by Robert Graham's son, also Robert. The record price
for a UK Limousin animal was 29,000gns paid for the cow Druk Larissa.
The evidence of buyers looking for bulls with high beef values is demonstrated
by 11 bulls which sold which were in the top one per cent of the breed
averaging £10,491. Eight with a below average EBV averaged £1,904;
10 with average EBVs averaged £2,552; 18 in the top 25 per cent
averaged £2,864 while 24 in the top 10 per cent averaged £4,800.
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| Kype Spartacus 14,000gns |
Next in line of pricing came for Ron and Aileen Cruickshank, of Little
Kype Farm, Strathaven, Lanark, who sold their reserve junior champion Kype
Spartacus for 14,000gns to Northern Ireland breeders BG McCauley,
Larkhill Farm, Sevenmile Straight, Muckamore, Co Antrim, and C McAuley,
Ballynamullan, Carmorn Road, Toomebridge, Co Antrim.
The 18 month old Spartacus is by Waverbank Nassau, whose first two
sons sold at Carlisle in May 2002 for 10,000gns and 5,000gns, and out
of the home-bred Kype Poppet.
It was the very first bull into the ring, the French-bred Rossignol from
George Hutton, of Setmabanning Farm, Threlkeld, Keswick, Cumbria, which
sold for 13,000gns to John Richardson of Ghyll House, Dufton, Appleby,
Cumbria. The September 2000-born French bred bull is sired by Jacot
and out of Logette.
Brian Carter, of Priory Farm Blackborough End, Kings Lynn, Norfolk,
sold Heathlands Samson for 12,000gns to Alan Fotheringham,
of Forgadenny, Perth, Perthshire.
Heathlands Samson has a high beef value of LM35 putting him in the
top one per cent of the breed and has plus score for milk. He is by
Newhouse Lightfoot and out of Heathlands Nikki.
Father and son Brian and Matthew Jones of Bailea Farm, Heol Senni,
Sennybridge, Brecon, Powys, Bailea Scoobydoo sold
their reserve supreme champion for 11,500gns to R & N Barclay,
Harestone Farm, Crathes, Banchory, Kincardineshire.
Scoobydoo is by their successful French bull, Marron and out of Bailea
Inez. It follows on from their success at Perth earlier in the month
when they shared the joint top price of 10,000gns for their 23 month
old Bailey Seely.
Five more bulls sold at 10,000gns and more to include Roughley
Solomon from Walter Smith (Farms), Chase Farm, Roughley, Sutton
Coldfield, West Midlands, at 11,500gns jointly to Ron and Aileen Cruickshank,
who showed the reserve junior champion, and Normande Limousin, of Cleghorn,
Lanark.
Soloman a 21 month old son of Ronick Iceman is out of Roughley Lavish
one of the largest cows in the herd and has a high beef value of LM33.
Karen Henshall, of Sarkshields Farm, Eaglesfield, Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire,
had a good day with Loganburn Stirling, from her small
pedigree herd which sold for 10,500gns to AI Services, of Ballycraigy,
Antrim Road, Newtownabbey, Belfast.
Stirling is another high beef value bull at LM28 by Dundee and out
of Ringway Olympia.
Among the breeders who travelled a distance to enjoy a successful sale
were Andrew and Mark Quick of Loosebeare Manor, Zeal Monachorum, Crediton,
Devon.
Loosebeare Supreme made 10,500gns to John and
Heather Phillips, of Esgsirddaugoed, Cwmfelin-Mynach, Whitland,
Carmarthen.
The 19 month old Supreme is a son of Greenwell Manager whose full brother
was best young bull in the south west club herd competition. He is
out of Loosebeare Jancy, one of the best cows in the Loosebeare herd.
The Quicks also sold Loosebeare Spitfire, another
Greenwell Manager son and one of the best bulls bred at Loosebeare
Manor with a beef value of LM27, for 10,000gns to H Annett & Son,
Widdrington Farm, Morpeth, Northumberland. He is our of Creedy Forsythia.
Father and son David and Aled Edwards also had a successful sale after
travelling from Home Farm, Cilycwm, Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, selling Dyfri
Superior, for 10,000gns to J Capstick, Whicham Hall, Silecroft,
Millom, Cumbria.
Dyfri Superior, a 19 month old son of their successful French sire
Jockey, is three quarter brother to Sarkley Ragtime which sold for
20,000gns at the Carlisle May 2002 sale and broke the then centre record
for the breed. Superior has a beef value of LM29 which places him in
the top one per cent of the breed.
The Edwards also sold Dyfri Sundance for 8,500gns
to Greenmount College, Greenmount, Antrim, Northern Ireland and Dyfri
Sampras for 6,200gns to RA Patterson & Son, Capheaton, Newcastle
on Tyne.
Victor Woods, of Greenmount College, selected the bull for the college's
LIMO Project herd. The Jockey son has a beef value of LM34 which also
qualifies him as a sire for the new Beef Quality Initative in Northern
Ireland.
Averages: 22 senior bulls, £2,955.52 (minus £737.62);
58 intermediate bulls, £3,794.48 (minus £11.02);
54 junior bulls, £4,777.50 (plus £429.05); 134 bulls, £4,052.89
(plus £123.83).
Leading prices:
RB Graham, Airthrey Kerse, Bridge of Allan, Stirling, Grahams Samson
(supreme and junior champion), 55,000gns to DBD & CA Edgar, Fellside,
Ousby, Penrith, Cumbria.
AF & R Cruickshank, Little Kype Farm, Strathaven, Lanark, Kype
Spartacus (reserve junior champion), 14,000gns to BG McCauley,
Larkhill Farm, Sevenmile Straight, Muckamore, Co Antrim, and C McAuley,
Ballynamullan, Carmorn Road, Toomebridge, Co Antrim.
GL Hutton, Setmabanning Farm, Threlkeld, Keswick, Cumbria, Rossignol,
13,000gns to W Richardson & Son, Ghyll House, Dufton, Appleby,
Cumbria.
BW Carter, Priory Farm Blackborough End, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, Heathlands
Samson, 12,000gns to A Fotheringham, Forgadenny, Perth, Perthshire.
TE Jones & Co, Bailea Farm, Heol Senni, Sennybridge, Brecon, Powys, Bailea
Scoobydoo (reserve supreme champion and intermediate champion)
11,500gns to R & N Barclay, Harestone Farm, Crathes, Banchory,
Kincardineshire.
Walter Smith (Farms), Chase Farm, Roughley, Sutton Coldfield, West
Midlands, Roughley Solomon, 11,500gns to AF & R
Cruickshank, Little Kype Farm, Strathaven, Lanarkshire and Normande
Limousin, Cowford Farm, Cleghorn, Lanark.
EW Quick & Sons, Loosebeare Manor, Zeal Monachorum, Crediton, Devon, Loosebeare
Supreme, 10,500gns to J & H Phillips, Esgsirddaugoed,
Cwmfelin-Mynach, Whitland, Carmarthen.
Miss KL Henshall, Sarkshields Farm, Eaglesfield, Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire, Loganburn
Stirling, 10,500gns toAI Services, Ballycraigy, Antrim Road,
Newtownabbey, Belfast.
EW Quick & Sons, Loosebeare Spitfire (reserve
intermediate champion), 10,000gns to H Annett & Son, Widdrington
Farm, Morpeth, Northumberland.
DG & MJ Edwards and Son, Home Farm, Cilycwm, Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, Dyfri
Superior, 10,000gns to J Capstick, Whicham Hall, Silecroft,
Millom, Cumbria.
DG & MJ Edwards & Son, Dyfri Sundance, 8,500gns
to Greenmount College, Greenmount, Antrim, Northern Ireland.
ED Griffiths & So, Cilgryman Fawr, Cwmfelin-Mynach, Her-dy-Gwyn,
Dyfed, Mynach Sunny, 7,000gns to AJ Hazard & Sons,
Saltby Heath Farm, Skillington, Grantham, Lincolnshire.
J Handley, Gunnerfleet Farm, Chapel le Dale, Ingleton, Carnforth, Lancashire, Gunnerfleet
Solid, 7,000gns to WH & DA Gass, Nunscleugh House, Roweltown,
Carlisle.
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