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LIMOUSIN MAIDEN HEIFER MAKES 5000GNS AT CARLISLE
A sale of young Limousin stock from the White Rose Limousin Group
saw a sixteen month-old maiden heifer make the top price of 5000gns
at Carlisle’s Borderway Mart on Saturday 20th March 2004.
The White Rose Limousin Group consists of three Yorkshire based herds
whose aim is to use performance recording and technical progress to
improve member’s herds. At this youngstock sale, cattle were
offered from the Rachels herd of Mark Woolhouse, Staveley Wold, North
Dalton, Driffield, from the Scorboro herd of Jim and Richard Bloom,
Decoy Farm, Scorborough, Driffield and from the Pennys herd of Paul
Walker, Wilfholme Farm, Watton, Driffield.
The mixture of good visual cattle with high performance figures resulted
in 38 maiden heifers averaging a very healthy £1470 and an almost
total clearance of stock.
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| Pennys Tess |
It was Pennys Tess, a November born 2002 heifer from Paul Walker who
made the top price of 5000gns. This classy young animal was sired by
Pennys Nimrod, a Ronick Hawk son who himself displays excellent figures
for milk, growth and muscle. Out of Pennys Oriana, a Haltcliffe Hercules
daughter, Pennys Tess sported a beef value of LM+34, a figure comfortably
in the top 1% of recorded animals. Purchaser of this top priced animal
was Harry Emslie, Brae of Coynach, Mintlaw, Peterhead for the Emslies
pedigree herd. Commenting on his purchase, Mr. Emslie said, “this
heifer was a fantastic looking breeding animal whose looks are backed
up by some very strong performance figures”.
The Pennys herd enjoyed a super day’s trading with ten heifers
averaging £1795. The herd’s second top price was the 1900gns
paid for Pennys Tina, a two-year-old heifer again sired by Pennys Nimrod.
This heifer was out of Rachels Idole, a son of Rachels Eureka out of
Rachels Una. Purchaser of this animal was W Orme, Home Farm, Stalling
Busk, Leyburn, N Yorks who runs the Busk pedigree herd.
Also at 1900gns was Pennys Uther, a year-old maiden heifer with a beef
value of LM+31. Scorboro Olympian, again a bull with very good figures
for both milk and muscle, sired this calf. The dam, Rachels Letitia,
was by Melys Heritage, a son of Roughley Capricorn and is out of Rachels
Hebe. This calf also went to a pedigree herd with the buyer being Mr&Mrs
PA Kermode, Orrisdale Farm, Ballasalla, Isle of Man who have the Kermode
prefix.
Pedigree buyers were to the fore and GL&D Reid, South Park House,
Muthill, Crieff, who run the Osprey herd, purchased the top price animal
from the Rachels herd of Mark Woolhouse, Rachels Topaz, for 2700gns.
This April 2002 born heifer was sired by Rachels Luigi, a son of Rachels
Hamlet, who has a beef value of LM+45. Rachels Shula, a half sister
of Topaz, was a first prizewinner at the Royal Highland Show. Again,
figures were to the fore and Rachels Topaz carried a beef value of
LM+36.
Another high figured animal, the young bull Rachels Ulric, sold for
2000gns to W Weightman, Haining Law Farm, Seaton, Seaham, Co. Durham.
Rachels Luigi also sired this ten-month-old heifer. Out of the top
ranked EBV cow in the herd, Rachels Onyx who has a beef value of LM+45,
this calf has a beef value of LM+46 and is in the top 1% of recorded
animals for muscle and growth.
Rachels Tabitha, an October 2002 born heifer, made 1800gns when selling
to the Hollingreave herd of S Littlewood, Hollingreave House Farm,
Raygate, Newmill, Huddersfield. This heifer featured an interesting
pedigree having been sired by the French bull Ionesco, a son of Bambino,
and being out of Rachels Olivia whose great grand sire is Ronick Gains.
This heifer again had good figures with an overall beef value of LM+32.
GL&D Reid, South Park House, Muthill, Crieff, who had earlier purchased
the top price from the Rachels herd, also purchased the top price from
the Scorboro herd of Jim & Richard Bloom. Scorboro Teazel, an October
2002 heifer, was purchased for 2400gns. By Scorboro Ramrod, a son of
Pennys Nimrod, Teazel was out of Scorboro Rhodora, a Normande Judge
daughter, and carried a high beef value of LM+36. The same buyer later
purchased Scorboro Utmost for 1700gns. The Normande Judge son, Scorboro
Olympian, sired this February 2003 born heifer. Out of Scorboro Omen,
a daughter of Ronick Iceman, this heifer sported a terrific beef value
of LM+40.
Scorboro Truelove, also a Scorboro Olympian daughter, made 1700gns
when selling to the Redpaths herd of Redpath Farms, Spylaw, Kelso,
Roxburghshire. Out of Scorboro Naomi, another Iceman daughter, this
December 2002 born heifer had a top 1% beef value of LM+33.
The sale also featured the Dispersal of the Knockhill herd of Messrs
WW Powner & Son, St.Vedas, Coldingham Sands, Coldingham, Berwickshire.
The Powner’s top price was the 2500gns paid for the January 2000
born cow Knockhill Rose. This female was by Newhouse Noel, a son of
the bull Jupiter, and purchased in Perth in 1999 for 8500gns. She was
out of the Talent sired cow, Knockhill Iris. The purchaser was P Hill,
Old Hall Farm, Ugthorpe, Whitby, who runs the Ugthorpe pedigree herd.
G&P Long Mill Brow Farm, Skelwith Bridge, Ambleside paid 2300gns
to add Knockhill Rosette to their Millbrow pedigree herd. This March
2000 born cow was again sired by Newhouse Noel and was out of Normande
Mariette, a daughter of Filip. Mariette’s grand dam, Rosette,
has produced bulls that have sold up to 12,000gns.
Selling at 1900gns was the three-year-old Knockhill Surprise. Again
sired by Newhouse Noel, this heifer is out of Hydesville Emerald, daughter
of Hydesville Vandal. RJ Shennan purchased her for his Farden pedigree
herd at Farden, Turnberry, Ayrshire.
AVERAGES
Pennys Herd
10 Heifers £1795.50
2 Bulls £1942.50
Rachels Herd
18 Heifers £1293.25
4 Bulls £1181.25
Scorboro Herd
10 Heifers £1323.00
2 Bulls £971.25
Knockhill Herd
12 cows served and/or suckling £1533.00
11 Served Heifers £1107.27
3 Maiden heifers £707.00
1 Stock Bull £1470.00
2 Young Bulls £551.25
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