Charolais to 11,000gns at Carlisle
Charolais met a flying trade selling to a top of 11,000gns at the breed society’s official autumn sale in Carlisle on Saturday 26 November. Furthermore, centre breed autumn records were smashed twice with an 85% clearance and a £4,008 average, up £1,000 on the year for an additional 10 bulls sold.
Leading the trade was the 20 month old Hallbankgate Federer TI +70, SRI +56, a son of the 9,000gns Moelfre Ambassador and out of Hallbankgate Cilla from father and son team, Tom and Ian Bell, Hallbankgate, Brampton, Cumbria. Federer who is within the top 5% of EBVs for calving and muscle and within the top 1% for overall beef values, was taken home for a call of 11,000gns from Greystoke Castle Farms, Penrith, Cumbria.
Next at 10,000gns came the reserve overall male champion, McCornick Fusion TI +42, SRI +37, by the 8,200gns Edenhurst Dynamo. This 17 month old was entered by M R McCornick, Newtown Stewart, Wigtownshire and he was knocked down sold to Crowhall Farms, Hexham, Northumberland.
Judge, John Green, Melrose, Roxburghshire, took 7,200gns for his Greenall Flashgordon TI +16, SRI +8 by Billingley Siralex. A 17 month old, Flashgordon was taken home by P Smith and Son, Biggar, Lanarkshire.
A bid of 7,000gns was made for the overall male champion Gretnahouse Foxhunt TI +30, SRI +34 by Balmyle Victor. Bred by Alasdair Houston, Gretna Green, Dumfries-shire he was purchased by W E Stewart, Brampton, Cumbria. The same breeder also took 6,500gns for Gretnahouse Filmmaker TI +41, SRI +36, a son of the 25,000gns Thrunton Camelot selling to R W and M I Walker, Morebattle, Kelso.
The 19 month old Burradon Flamboyant TI +35, SRI +39 by the 12,000gns Gwenog Banjo and bred by Messrs Curry, Morpeth, Northumberland was knocked down for a bid of 4,500gns from R O Williams and Sons, Barmouth, Gwynedd.
The female section was headed by the Christmas Cracker female champion, Goldies Eileen TI+39, SRI +37 a daughter of the 8,000gns Blelack Blackberet. Bred by Hamish Goldie, Dumfries, Eileen who was offered in calf to Goldies Detour, was purchased by C J and D Metcalfe, Masham, North Yorkshire for 3,500gns.
Next came the maiden heifer Crookdale Forgetmenot TI +45, SRI +38, daughter of the 25,000gns Goldies Unbeatable, from D A and S M Miller, Wigton, Cumbria. Forgetmenot was knocked down sold for 3,200gns to W Warren, Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire.
Reserve Christmas Cracker female champion was a maiden heifer, Marwood Emblem by Allanfauld Vagabond made 3,000gns from the Blyth family, Roy, Jean, Neil and Kirsty, of Elwick, Hartlepool. She made 3,000gns to Philip Heard, Okehampton, Devon.
The fixture also comprised a first part dispersal sale from the Klibreck herd from I Mackay, Watten, Caithness. Leading the sale at 5,800gns was Klibreck Amazon by Killadeas Jack with her six month old heifer calf Klibreck Gallia by Edenhurst Pioneer to Fred Murray, Wooler, Northumberland.
A call of 4,600gns secured Klibreck Barbara TI +38, SRI +27 by the 11,000gns Blelack Jaguar and her seven month old heifer calf Klibreck Grace, another Pioneer daughter for P O’Kane, Cookstown, County Tyrone. Klibreck Emily TI +37, SRI +32 a served heifer by Killadeas Jack reached a bid of 3,700gns from Flintshire vet, Esmor Evans, Mold.
Next came Klibreck Alexis, another Killadeas Jack daughter and her seven month old heifer calf Klibreck Gillian again by Pioneer, selling for 3,400gns to Murray Lyle, Dunblane, Stirling.
Klibreck Tamsin, again by Jaguar made 3,300gns with her eight month old heifer calf Klibreck Gem by Pioneer, selling to Andrew Hornall, Stirling.
Averages: 23 bulls £4,008.26. 8 Cracker females £2,552.81. Klibreck part dispersal: 9 served and/or suckling cows at £3,220, 4 served heifers £2,270.63. Bega dispersal: 2 cows served and/or suckling £2,572.50, 8 served heifers £1,620.94. Gretnahouse consignment: 4 maiden heifers £1,496.25.
Auctioneers: Harrison and Hetherington