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Carlisle National Autumn Show and Sale
Mr B T & M C Raymond won Overall Champion with his bull Ben-nant Trader (TM) and was sold for 2,600 Gns.
J D & A Loftus won Reserve Overall Champion with their bull Blackpool Turbine and was sold for 1,200 Gns.
L J & A J Curry won Female Champion with Wroxall Posh Lilly, with her calf at foot, Winford Verity. She was sold for 3,500 Gns.
Mr S White won Reserve Female Champion with his served heifer Tirley Melissa’s Jasmine, she sold for 1,800 Gns.
Judge: Mr R Carter | |||||||||
4 Bulls sold to a sales average of £1653.75 | |||||||||
Prize | Name | Vendor | Purchaser | Area | Price Gns | ||||
Male & Supreme Champion | Ben-nant Trader (TM) | B T & M C Raymond | G Ellwood & Son | Cumbria | 2600.00 | ||||
Reserve Male & Reserve Supreme Champion | Blackpool Turbine | J D & A Loftus | M/S S & D Peile | Cumbria | 1200.00 | ||||
Top Price Bulls | Ben-nant Trader (TM) | B T & M C Raymond | G Ellwood & Son | Cumbria | 2600.00 | ||||
Tirley Travis | S White | McDowall & Co | Newton Stewart | 1500.00 | |||||
Blackpool Turbine | J D & A Loftus | M/S S & D Peile | Cumbria | 1200.00 | |||||
Blackpool Thunderbolt | J D & A Loftus | R M Jamieson | Wigtownshire | 1000.00 | |||||
10 Females sold to a sales average of £1218.00 Chestermann Herd – 8 heifers £1089.38 | |||||||||
Female Champion | Wroxall Posh Lilly | L J & A J Curry | Mrs D Madeley | Herefordshire | 3500.00 | ||||
Reserve Female Champion | Tirley Melissas Jasmine | Mr S White | Mr D Field & Mrs N Field | Wiltshire | 1800.00 | ||||
Top Price Females | Wroxall Posh Lilly | L J & A J Curry | Mrs D Madeley | Herefordshire | 3500.00 | ||||
Tirley Melissas Jasmine | Mr S White | Mr D Field & Mrs N Field | Wiltshire | 1800.00 | |||||
Gerrard Belinda 45th (TF) | R H Carter & Son | Mr D Field & Mrs N Field | Wiltshire | 1300.00 | |||||
Winford Vanilla | L J & A J Curry | Mr T Paul & Sons | Fife | 1200.00 | |||||
Chestermann Kramer Nigella | N & N Gwynne | Mr T Paul & Sons | Fife | 1150.00 |