Limousin trade steady at Perth
Trade started and continued slowly for Limousin males at Perth this week and only managed a top price of 6500gns.
Taking that top bid was Messrs W McLaren for their senior champion McLarens Brogue. This February 2006 son of Ronick Viking is out of a homebred cow and sold to T and J Leslie, Shapinsay, Orkney.
Just shy of the top call were two bids of 6200gns. The first call came from Messrs Gill, Fortrose, Ross-shire for the second prize Kype Brando from R Cruikshank. By Roughley Solomon, which goes back to Ronick Iceman, he sold with a breed value of +27. The same call came from Messrs Currie, Tarbeit, Argyll for the junior and overall reserve champion from Douglas and Linda Graham. Burnbank Bomber, with a breed value of +33 is by Grahams Tycoon and out of Burnton Roxana.
The first of the 6000gns bids were Messrs Hamilton, Carluke, Lanark for a high figured bull from the Haltcliffe herd. Not quite the bids Matt and Craig Ridley were used to seeing at Carlisle on the Friday before for a Sympa son out of Ronick Salsa, Haltcliffe Bastille.
The second of the same price came for Ballinloan Black Bradpitt from Stuart Fotheringham. This is a Penedw Orion son out of Weshall Rush.
Selling for 5800gns was Stephen Irvine’s first prize winner Anside Anchor, which found a new home with J MacPherson, Inverness.
Other leading prices:
• S Irvine’s Anside Arizona, by Fleethill Talisman, 5500gns to Steven Smith, Turiff.
• J Burnett’s Spittalton Bruiser, by Middledale Shergar, 5500gns to Messrs Gordon, Galasheils.
Bruce Goldie’s Goldies Bert (reserve senior champion), by Goldies Terrence, 5500gns to J I and W N Short, Orkney.
Michael Massie’s Elrick Berrichon, by Croftlimousin Spencer, 5200gns to I and S Shearer, Ballindaucch.
Bruce Goldie’s Goldies Banker (intermediate and overall champion), by Goldies Terrence to Messrs McCormick, Islay for 5000gns.
• Messrs Ridley’s Haltcliffe Barry, by Sympa, 5000gns to W Dandie and Sons, West Lothian.
Michael Massie’s Elrick Bravo, by Croftlimousin Spencer, 5000gns to Messrs Arnott, Haymount.
J Nimmo’s Maraiscote Bobby (reserve junior champion), by Tyddyn Mei, 5000gns to E C Doig, Perthshire.