Dunsyre Beef Shorthorns in strong demand peaking at 6,500gns
30 cows with calves averaged £3,531.50, 100% clearance
Beef Shorthorn cows with calves at foot met a strong demand selling to a top of 6,500gns and achieving 100% clearance in Stirling on Saturday 12 September when Carey Coombes offered a major reduction from his Dunsyre herd.
Leading the trade at 6,500gns was Dunsyre Hyacinth 22, a four-year-old red and little white by the 12,000gns Langalbuinoch Barney. She was offered with her five-month-old red and white heifer, Dunsyre Hyacinth 27 by Dunsyre Hamlet. The pair went to Leggat Farming Partnership, Logiealmond, Perthshire.
The same buyer secured two more pairs including Dunsyre Venus Opal 15 at 5,000gns. A white Barney daughter she was sold with her fifth calf, the five-month-old roan heifer, Dunsyre Venus Opal 31 by Dunsyre Lord Nelson.
The day’s second highest bid at 6,000gns was for the roan Dunsyre Leila 39, a Dunsyre Dreadnought daughter she sold with her fourth calf, the five-month-old roan heifer, Dunsyre Leila 60 by Dunsyre Lord Nelson. The buyer was JM Wightman, Maddiston, Falkirk.
Next was Dunsyre Lily 54 who sold for 5,000gns to Clark Farms, Carluke, Lanarkshire. A red and little white by Barney, she was accompanied by her sixth calf, the four-month-old roan bull, Dunsyre Patriach by Redhill Ferny.
Three entries were bid to 4,500gns. First to go was Dunsyre Magic 18, a five-year-old red and little white Barney daughter with her five-month-old red bull calf, Dunsyre Pathfinder, by Lord Nelson. The buyer was L Townsend, Moffat, Dumfries and Galloway.
David Clark, Borgue, Kirkcudbrightshire secured the next at 4,500gns. Dunsyre Honeysuckle Opal 22, was a five-year-old roan Barney daughter with her five-month-old red bull, Dunsyre Peregrine by Lord Nelson.
The final 4,500gns call was made by James M Hay and Son, Brechin, Angus for Dunsyre Medwyn Maid 22, a four-year-old red and white Ferny daughter with her Lord Nelson sired five-month-old red heifer, Dunsyre Medwin Maid 40.
The same buyers went to 4,000gns for Dunsyre Leila 43, a same age entry by Ferny with her five-month-old roan Lord Nelson sired heifer, Dunsyre Leila 61.
R and P McAlister, Kingarth, Isle of Bute went to 4,200gns for the Barney sired red Dunsyre Eriskay 7, with her five-month-old roan bull, Dunsyre Prometheus, by Ferny.
Two more entries shared a 4,000gns bid. Dunsyre Honeysuckle Opal 15, a roan Dunsyre Asterix daughter was sold with her seventh calf, the five-month-old roan Glenisla Kilimanjaro son, Dunsyre Paladin. The buyers were J and J Gibb, Blairgowrie, Perthshire.
The third 4,000gns entry was secured by JW Frame, Biggar, Lanarkshire. Dunsyre Vatersay 33, a four-year-old roan by Dreadnought was sold with her six-month-old red and white Kilimanjaro son, Dunsyre Pretender.
Averages: 30 cows with calves at foot £3,531.50
Auctioneers: United Auctions