Celtic Herd Dispersal Sale

by British Simmental | May 22, 2004 | Uncategorised

Bill and Margaret Noblett moved to Wales from Lancashire in 1963 and have lived at Gwernyrefail, which they bought in 1969, since 1987.
Their farming experience was broad having previously been Mixed Dairy Beef and Arable Farmers. Since they moved to Gwernyrefail in 1987 they have concentrated on breeding pedigree cattle. They chose Simmentals because Margaret liked the colour and Bill liked their temperament, performance and crossing qualities.

The foundation cow for the Celtic herd was the well-known “Ballagan Julie”, purchased in 1988 for 4,500 guineas. Bill and Margaret were probably the first Simmental Breeders in Wales to use the embryo transplanting technique. They had a phenomenal success with their first flushing programme, obtaining 56 First-Class embryos.

Following their success, the Celtic herd went on to achieve awards in the show ring at The Royal Show, The Royal Welsh Show, The Royal Lancashire Show, The Pembrokeshire Show and many others. Some of their more notable successes were with Celtic “Agrarian”, “Angel”, “Enchantress” and “Gold”.

After “Gold” won the Supreme Championship at Pembrokeshire Show in 1999 Bill and Margaret decided to concentrate upon breeding, which had been one of Bill’s great passions. The herd achieved Accredited Status as an Elite Herd under the Premium Cattle Health Scheme in July, 2003. This Accreditation covers B.V.D., I.B.R. Johne’s Disease.

One of Bill’s main aims had been to produce cattle with high muscling and beef values and he had had great success in this respect. Unfortunately, this was cut short by his untimely and tragic death.

Margaret wishes to thank everyone who has helped in the preparation for the sale and those kind people who have generously given of their time and labour since Bill’s passing to ensure the smooth running of the farm. Sale Results

Averages
22 cows in calf or with calf at foot £1775.93
8 in calf heifers £2,218.13
16 maiden heifers £1,795.31
1 senior bull £2.310.00
7 young bulls £1,302.00

Leading Prices
4300gnsCeltic Noodle Sire Ravensworth Hermon Dam Celtic Limelight born 23/03/02

2000 gns Celtic Glamour Sire Brinkton sovreign Dam celtic Enchantress Born 28/09/96 Embryo Transplant

2800 gns Celtic Guinevere sire Celtic Comet Dam Celtic Julie born 07/01/96

2600 gns Celtic Limelight Sire Celtic Guardian Dam Celtic Gratitude born 04/01/00

1050 gns Celtic Piper sire Celtic Merlin Dam Celtic Honey born 26/05/03

Bristol Show and Sale

by British Simmental | May 15, 2004 | Uncategorised

Bulls averaged £2,115 (14 out of 15 sold) Cows in calf or calves at foot – 14 out of 15 sold averaging £1007.25 Heifers maiden/in calf – 23 out of 25 sold averaging £803.46 Commercials Sim X – 8 sold averaging £545

Ludlow Spring Sale

by British Simmental | May 14, 2004 | Uncategorised

Perth May Show and Sale

by British Simmental | May 3, 2004 | Uncategorised

14 bulls sold out of 15 forward
Average £2361.79

Champion Simmental Bull Innerwick Neptune Bred by Mr & Mrs L Moffat
Date of Birth 19/09/02
Sire Strathisla Kaiser
Dam Innerwick Jingle

Reserve Simmental Bull Bruchag Nirvana Bred by R & P McAlister
Date of Birth 09/06/02
Sire Woodhall Klinsman
Dam Bruchag Avril

Top price £6300 for Innerwick Neptune Bred by Mr & Mrs L Moffat sold to Messrs GMR & FM Sandison
Date of Birth 19/09/02
Sire Strathisla Kaiser
Dam Innerwick Jingle

£3990 for Bruchag Nirvana Bred by R & P McAlister sold to A Malcolm & Son, Perthshire
Date of Birth 09/06/02
Sire Woodhall Klinsman
Dam Bruchag Avril

£3990 for Bruchag Navigator Bred by R & P McAlister sold to A Malcolm & Son, Perthshire
Date of birth 03/07/02
Sire Woodhall Klinsman
Dam Bruchag Amy 3

£2625 for Starline Norman Bred by R H Widdicombe sold to Mr C H Mitchell of Fife
Date of birth 05/08/02
Sire Blackford Hawk
Dam Starline Karen 2

Carlisle Spring Sale (including Draft Sale from the Distillery Herd and the Midhope Herd)

by British Simmental | Apr 23, 2004 | Uncategorised

 

Top price was 4,200gns for Wishful Nina. This very smart January 02 born heifer, after winning the female Championship, went on to take the overall supreme as well. She was sired by Brinkton Bonzo and out of Greenside Holly Maureen and sold in calf to Brinkton Brilliant. Mr and Mrs David Mills of Wishful Farm, Ruggin Road, West Buckland, Wellington, Somerset were the vendors and paying the 4,200gns to secure her was JT Smith, Brown Howe Farm, Stape, Pickering.