Stirling Beef Shorthorn females in strong demand selling to 11,000gns
Beef Shorthorn females met a firm demand selling to a top of 11,000gns in Stirling on Monday 18 October, at the breed Society’s official sale.
Heading the trade was a pair of 19-month-old heifers from C Lowther, Penrith, Cumbria. Sale leader at 11,000gns was Lowther Crocus W9 (P), TI +34, SRI +37, MI +24, a light roan by the 9,000gns Glenisla Lochan Dubh selling to Evans and Price, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion.
Close behind at 10,000gns was the female champion, Lowther Lily W10 (P), TI +50, SRI +48, MI +29, a light roan Lowther Konan daughter. The buyer was Mary Cormack, Canterbury. Kent.
Next at 6,000gns was Glenisla Eva Broadhooks P492 (P), TI +41, SR +48, MI +30, a 19-month-old roan by the 7,500gns Chapelton Glen Clova. Heading a draft of heifers from Major JPO Gibb, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, she sold in a joint bid to Thomas Cheetham and Thaymar, Retford, Nottinghamshire.
Two entries shared a 5,000gns call. First to go was Westbroad Yoga 12th (P) TI +30, SRI +37, MI +27 from D Welsh, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. A two-year-old in calf heifer by the 12,000gns Shawhill Leroy, she went to T Russell and S Bradley Farmer, Farringdon, Oxfordshire. Westbroad Meadowsweet 10th (P) TI +37, SRI +44, MI +28, a second two-year-old in calf heifer by Leroy from the same vendor, made 3,500gns to J Common and Son, Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire.
J Common and Son went on to place their second 5,000gns bid for Meonside Miss Ramsden P75 (P), TI +36, SRI +36, MI +23, the event’s reserve female champion. A 17-month-old red heifer, by Meonside King Kong she was bred and exhibited by D and T Bradley Farmer, Parkgate, Dumfriesshire.
The same vendors took 4,800gns for Meonside Foxglove Tansy P59 (P), TI +42, SRI +42, MI +25, a 17-month-old light roan by the 10,000gns Stirling champion, Willingham Kensington. She sold to T Russell and S Bradley Farmer.
Balnabroich Farms, Blairgowrie, Perthshire offered Balnabroich Nellie (H), TI +31 SRI +34, MI +23, a red in calf heifer by Meonhill Charlie Chaplin for 4,000gns to Alex Douglas, Strathaven, Lanarkshire.
The Glenisla draft also included two entries by the 12,000gns Millerston Jamboree sharing a 3,800gns bid. The 19-month-old dark roan Glenisla Desiree P496 (H) TI +49, SRI +51, MI +23 went to J and D Haigh, Brechin, Angus, while Glenisla Crocus TI +35, SRI +32, MI +20, an 18-month-old light roan was secured by Keith Jones, Llandysul, Ceredigion. Following on, Glenisla Desiree P489 (P) TI +36, SRI +29, MI +22, a 19-month-old roan Glenisla Artic Storm daughter made 3,500gns to Evans and Price.
At 3,500gns, Cowford Irania Primrose P50 (H), TI +41, SRI +3, MI +23 led a draft from Thistledown Cowford Farm, Stanley, Perthshire. A 20-month-old roan by Meonhill Legacy, she sold to Aucheneck Estate, Killearn, Glasgow.
