It was a day for the ladies at Newark last weekend when a sizzling trade for Limousin females pushed prices to 4100gns and lifted the average to £1320 for 112 lots.
And earning the two biggest cheques at this special Limousin day were noted breeders Peter and Ian Pitcher who consigned Cockleshell Annie and Cockleshell Amanda - both daughters of last year's Lincolnshire Show inter-breed champion Winnington Trumps.
Annie, boasting a pedigree combining Talent and Selina, and in-calf to Cockleshell Va Va Voom, made 4100gns to John and Michael Fieldson, Gainsborough.
Amanda, out of a Broadmeadows Cannon dam with Talent and Selina on the bottom line, realised 3100gns to D Walshaw, York. She had a Beef Value of 34 and was also in-calf to Va Va Voom.
The correctness and style of Daim came through in his smart grand-daughter Carlton Aimee from R A Wilson and Son. By Corridan Superman, this maiden heifer sold at 2300gns to Derbyshire breeders M and L Harris.
Messrs D A Williams' Wilodge Shera, a 2001-bred Hartside Generous daughter and heavily in-calf to Toubib, realised 2200gns to K Baxter, Nuneaton.
Bulls peaked twice at 3000gns. Messrs Corridan Farms, North Lincolnshire sold Corridan Architect - by Haltcliffe Ullswater and out of a Cloughhhead Lord dam - to Nigel Johnson, Lutterworth, Leicestershire, while the bid was matched for a bull from Barry and Gill Heald, Retford who sold an unregistered son of Haltcliffe Picasso to Henry Harvey, Norwich.
Pics from the sale......
Entries were strong for the Limousin day
The male champion on the day came from Les Wilson
Brian Jones sold Bailea Vauxhall, a Perigord son out of a Greensons Gigilo cow for 2800gns to Norfolk-based R Thornton.
Messrs Corridan Farms topped the bull selling with Corridan Architect, selling for 3000gns to Nigel Johnson, Luterworth.
you have nice selling bulls'