by Iain | Aug 23, 2010 | Uncategorised
Prices reached a ceiling of 12,000gns, and 20 lots sold to average £3,654 per head, at the 40th Anniversary Elite Female Show and Sale, held at Omagh.
The event, hosted by the Northern Ireland Simmental Cattle Breeders’ Club, attracted numerous breed enthusiasts from throughout England, Scotland, Wales, and the north and south of Ireland.
Hitting the headlines, and setting a new record for a Simmental female sold in Northern Ireland, was the much-admired Cleenagh Avon bred and exhibited by Adrian Richardson, Maguiresbridge.
She caught the eye of judge, Hector Macaskill from Dunbar, East Lothian, to take the supreme championship honours at the pre-sale show. “This is an excellent heifer,” explained Mr Macaskill, who is president of the British Simmental Cattle Society. “She is long and clean, and has fantastic shape. I can’t fault her in any way.”
Born in March 2009, she was sired by the Corrick Kentucky Kid son, Omorga Murray, and is out of the prize winning Raceview King daughter, Cleenagh Trudie. She made her debut at Armagh Show in June, where she stood first in a class of eight heifers, and went on to win another red rosette at Omagh Show, before scooping the runner-up title in the prestigious NISA Ulster Bank Beef Heifer Championship. This heifer attracted considerable attention prior to the sale, and won many admirers at the Omagh Anniversary event.
Auctioneer, Noel Erskine, secured an opening bid of 5,000gns, and after a bidding frenzy she was knocked down to Ronnie Wilson from Garvary, Enniskillen, who had fought off strong competition from ringside bidders and an eager telephone bidder.
The reserve supreme championship was awarded to Kilbride Farm Dora 34a, a February 2009 born heifer exhibited by breed stalwart, Billy Robson OBE, and sons, Michael and Norman, from Doagh, Ballyclare. Described by the judge as ‘a stylish heifer’, she was sired by the herd’s 15,000gns stock bull, Cairnview Snazzy, and is bred from a dam by Seaview Prince Charming. She came under the hammer at 6,000gns, selling to pedigree breeder, David Donnelly, who runs the Atlow herd based in Derbyshire.
The Robson trio sold three heifers from their long-established Kilbride Farm prefix to average £3,955 per head. Next best from the Robson stable at 3,200gns was Kilbride Farm Dora 36a, a March 2009 born heifer by the highly successful AI sire, Kilbride Farm Newry. She is out of a home-bred Milnafua Graduate daughter, and was snapped up by Colin Inglis from Fife, Scotland.
Third highest price of the day, 5,100gns, went to David Hazelton, who sold five heifers from the Ranfurly herd based at Dungannon to average £3,612 per head.
Leading the Ranfurly offering at 5,100gns was the second prize winning Ranfurly Lady Diana 13th. Born in September 2009, she was one of the youngest heifers catalogued, and is a Seabank Flint daughter bred from a dam by Carnkern Titan. The successful bidder was new breeder, Chris Traynor from Armagh.
Following close behind at 5,000gns was the second reserve champion, Cleenagh Alexis, also forward from Adrian Richardson. Born in September 2009 she is by the Raceview King son, Dripsey Super King, and is out of a home-bred dam by Omorga Murray. This one joins the Solitude herd owned by John McMordie, and sons, William and Andrew from Ballygowan, County Down.
Next best at 4,800gns was David Hazelton’s Ranfurly Weikel 5th, an unplaced June 2009 born Balist daughter bred from the herd’s prolific brood cow, South Park King Kong Weikel 2nd – who has bred sons to a top of 9,000gns. This heifer is a half sister to the 2010 Reserve Female of the Year, Ranfurly Weikel 3rd, and was snapped up was Brendan McNamee, who is establishing a new herd at Sixmilecross, County Tyrone.
Cecil McIlwaine, and sons, Scott and Neil, from Newtownstewart, realised 4,000gns for the first prize winning Corrick Amber 2nd. Born in May 2009 she is by the Sterling Flint son, Omorga Tarbuck, and is out of a home-bred dam by Carnkern Titan. The successful bidder was Chris Traynor, Armagh.
Omorga Tarbuck was also behind the breeding of Corrick Amanda 09, which realised 3,400gns for the McIlwaine family. This July 2009 born heifer is bred from Corrick Trixie-Bell – a daughter of the herd’s record priced 21,000gns Corrick Kentucky Kid. She joins the noted Curaheen herd owned by David Wall, Newcastle, County Dublin.
The first lot into the salering was Ranfurly Kleeb 22nd, a September 2008 born Whitemire King Kong daughter, bred from a Balist dam. She realised 3,300gns for vendor, David Hazelton, and was snapped up by pedigree breeders, Alan and Ann Kennedy who run the Lurgill herd based at Upper Ballinderry, Lisburn.
Breed society president, and pre-sale judge, Hector Macaskill, congratulated the Northern Ireland Simmental Cattle Breeders’ Club, and its members, on a successful event. “I am delighted and honoured to have been invited to judge at this special event in the breed’s history. It has been a great event, with some very strong classes. The top end in each class were outstanding, and it is definitely as good a show of cattle as you would get anywhere in the UK.”
The Northern Ireland Simmental Cattle Breeders’ Club is indebted to its sponsors, without whom this event would not have been possible. They include: Irwins Feeds, Eglish; Woodcraft Kitchens, Kilrea; John Thompson and Sons Ltd; Redrock Machinery; McGirr Haulage Ltd, Tempo; Millburn Concrete Ltd, Cookstown; and Lafarge Cement.
Other leading prices include:
Robin Boyd, Portglenone, 2,800gns for the fourth prize winning Slievenagh Angel by Curaheen Tyson, to Jim and Patricia Goldie, Newbie Mains, Dumfries.
Kenneth Stubbs, Irvinestown, 2,700gns for the second prize winning Drumbulcan Alesha by Omorga Regan, to Gerry Lenehan, Easkey, County Sligo.
David Hazelton, Dungannon, 2,400gns for the third prize winning Ranfurly Blende 3rd by Knox Haped, to Patrick Murray, Lurgan.
Andy Weatherup, Larne, 2,200gns for the third prize winning Ballyvallough Alison 2nd by Lisglass Trident, to Noel Kilpatrick, Banbridge.
W H Robson and Sons, Doagh, 2,100gns for Kilbride Farm Dora 35a by Cairnview Snazzy, to Les Pennington, Lancashire.
Archie Reaney, Mowhan, 2,100gns for the fourth prize winning Cladymore Angel by Borness Troy, to D and J Todd, Portadown.
Leslie and Christopher Weatherup, Ballyclare, 2,100gns for Lisglass Abigail 2nd by Raceview Stanley, to Nigel Glasgow, Cookstown.
Results from the judging ring include:
Heifer, born between 27/09/08 and 09/01/09 – 1, David Hazelton, Dungannon, Ranfurly Kleeb 22nd by Whitemire King Kong; 2, Kenneth Stubbs, Irvinestown, Drumbulcan Alesha by Omorga Regan; 3, David Hazelton, Ranfurly Blende 3rd by Knox Haped.
Heifer, born between 25/01/09 and 29/03/09 – 1, Adrian Richardson, Maguiresbridge, Cleenagh Avon by Omorga Murray; 2, W H Robson and Sons, Doagh, Ballyclare, Kilbride Farm Dora 34a by Cairnview Snazzy; 3, W H Robson and Sons, Kilbride Farm Dora 36a by Cairnview Snazzy; 4, Robin Boyd, Portglenone, Slievenagh Angel 09 by Curaheen Tyson.
Heifer, born between 03/04/09 and 12/06/09 – 1, Cecil McIlwaine, Newtownstewart, Corrick Amber 2nd by Omorga Tarbuck; 2, Cecil Charters and David Farrell, Lisbellaw, Lakeside Amanda 2nd by Omorga Rega; 3, Andy Weatherup, Larne, Ballyvallough Alison 2nd by Lisglass Trident; 4, Archie Reaney, Mowhan, Markethill, Cladymore Abigail by Glebefarm Tyson.
Heifer, born between 09/07/09 and 08/10/09 – 1, Adrian Richardson , Cleenagh Alexis by Dripsey Super King; 2, David Hazelton, Ranfurly Lady Diana 13th by Seabank Flint; 3, William and Keith Stubbs, Irvinestown, Rehall Amy by Delfur T-Bone; 4, Archie Reaney, Cladymore Angel by Borness Troy.
by British Simmental | Apr 23, 2010 | Uncategorised
Local young breeders Tom and Jack Peile along with their parents John and Elizabeth Peile, secured the supreme championship title and the joint top selling price at the annual spring show and sale on behalf of the Simmental Cattle Society at Carlisle.
Their 21 month old entry, Pasturehouse Wizard, a son of Harestone Hercules and bred from a Caistor Kaiser sired mother, is no stranger to the show ring as Tom and Jack had Wizard on the 2009 show circuit as a calf. He was successfully purchased by J Gemmell & S Earnshaw for their Thorntree herd based at Wakefield.
Also selling for 4,500gns was newcomers to the Carlisle Sale, Ayrshire breeders DL & S Currie of the Braegarrie herd, Girvan. Their home bred entry, Braegarrie Warrior sired by herd stock bull Corskie Regal and out of South Park King Kong Alice, sold to local enthusiast Miss S McBryde of Lochmaben, Lockerbie.
Reaching the 4,000gn mark was P Burgess of Daventry Northants with his 19 month old bull Tilbrook Wainwright. Sired by the noted Kilbride Farm Newry and bred from a Blackford Harvester daughter, Wainwright was knocked down to Messrs McDowall & Co of Glenluce, Newton Stewart.
Staffordshire breeder Joe Ede of Stoke on Trent topped his pen of bulls at 3,000gns with an October 2008 born entry. Fole Wavelength is a son of the Royal Welsh show winner Fole Telstar and out of a home bred daughter of Greenlea Mountineer. He now travels to Kirkcudbrightshire to join the Highborgue herd for R & I Watson.
Topping the female section at 2,000gns were two in calf heifers. The first to reach this price was the Female and Reserve Supreme Champion of the sale shown by East Yorkshire breeders I & M Steele. Blakewell Pandora’s Virginia, a daughter of Blakewell Subzero and out of one of the herds prominent cow families, the Gayles Pandoras. Virginia sold in calf to Blakewell Warrior and was purchased by Angus breeder CMR Soutar for his Peasiehill herd.
The second heifer to sell for 2,000gns was the days Reserve Female Champion was also from the Blakewell herd of Messrs Steele. Blakewell Judith’s Valerie, another daughter of Subzero and bred from a Sterling Herkules sired mother, also sold in calf of Warrior. Valerie also travels with her pen mate and goes to the Peasiehill herd.
Averages – 14 bulls £2160.00, 2 cows served and/or suckling £1417.50, 10 served heifers £1375.50, 8 maiden heifers £1078.88, Solwayview herd £1338.75.
by British Simmental | Apr 10, 2010 | Uncategorised
The Simmental Society show and sale took place at the Bristol Sales Centre with vendors from no less than seventeen different counties participating. In the pre- sale show the judge Mr. John Moore of Northern Ireland awarded the male champion to ‘Penwern Wilson’ exhibited by Mr. R Jenkins of Newcastle Emlyn, Ceredigion, who later sold at 3,000gns to Messrs Counsell.
The reserve male champion was Crackley Whiteknight, a polled bull exhibited by Messrs Booth & Bell of Kenilworth, Warwickshire who sold for the top bid of the day at 4,200gns to Messrs Cole of Yelverton Devon. Boddington Estates of Cheltenham Gloucestershire won all three female classes. Their female champion was a maiden heifer ‘Sterling Julia’s Waneta’ by ‘Sterling Alex’ selling at 2,700gns with their reserve female champion ‘Sterling Nova’s Amethyst’ – a 15month old maiden heifer selling at 1900gns.
Boddington’s 1st Prize 5 year old cow and 3 month old bull calf sold at 2,500gns. Mr. and Mrs. D Mills sold an in-calf heifer ‘Wishful Vanilla’ at 3,500gns which stood 2nd in her class. Mr. R Greenham of East Sussex sold his 2nd prize maiden heifer ‘Boars Head Grace 4th’ at 2,300 gns.
Other notable Bull prices were:-
P.N Burgess ‘Tibrook Warrior’- 3,500gns
P.N Burgess ‘Tibrook Watty’ – 3,000gns
A Davies ‘Hirwaun Winston’ – 3,000gns
P.J & B. E Kimber ‘Beanhill Warrior’ – 3,000gns
Messrs Booth & Bell ‘Crackley Woodstock’ – 3,000gns
C. H. Evans ‘Wroxhall Welldone’ – 3,000gns
R. H. Widdecombe ‘Starline Witness’ -2,900gns
K. Thomas ‘Crowgey Atlas’ – 2,900gns
Averages
25 Bulls – £2,461.14
17 Maiden Heifers £1,744.85
5 In-calf Heifers £1,942.50
4 Cows and Calves £1,890.00
‘Crackley’ Draft Sale £2,320.56
‘Loxton’ Reduction – Cows and Calves – £2,231.25
Auctioneers – Stags in conjunction with McCartneys
by Iain | Apr 6, 2010 | Uncategorised
It was standing room only at this years N.I. Simmental Cattle Breeders Club Spring Show and Sale in Dungannon Farmers Mart on Tuesday 6th April 2010. A packed ringside witnessed an outstanding show of both pedigree and commercial Simmental cattle.
Judge Kenneth Veitch from Lisbellaw awarded the Northern Bank Supreme Championship to the June 2008 born bull Drumbulcan Waterfall, from County Fermanagh breeders Harold Stubbs and Andrew Burleigh. Bred by Kenneth Stubbs, this popular champion was sired by Omorga Regan, out of the Barnattin Larry dam Drumbulcan Risotto. The judges choice was justified when Waterfall topped the sale at 4000 gns selling to Malcolm Fleming from Magherafelt.
Camus Ascot 09 picked up the Reserve Championship for breeder Joe Campbell from Strabane. Sired by Brinkton Brilliant and out of the Hillcrest King cow Camus Polly, this January 2009 born bull sold readily for 3100 gns to John Blair from Moneymore.
The award for the best opposite sex to the champion went to Drumagarner Annabelle, exhibited by Eammon McCloskey from Kilrea. This yearling Derrycallaghan Hamilton daughter was knocked down for 2100 gns to P Ward from Strabane. Top price in the pedigree female section was 2900 gns for Cladymore Tinkerbell, a January 2006 Dirnanean Nugget cow with bull calf at foot, shown by Archie Reaney from Armagh and selling to M McDonnell of Omagh.
The highlight of the sale, however, was the outstanding demand for commercial heifers, with buyers eager to acquire Simmental genetics as a foundation for their suckler herds resulting in a complete clearance. Cecil McIlwaine topped this section with a 470 kg heifer selling for £1750 to R McConnell from Newtownstewart, closely followed by M Fegan’s £1700 for 460 kg to W Fleming of Magherafelt. R N Weatherup’s 560 kg heifer made £1600 selling to M Fleming, Magherafelt, while Adrian Richardson averaged £1340 for 5 heifers with an average weight of 500 kg.
Two young cows with calves at foot averaged £1550 for Seamus Casey. 36 commercial heifers, weighing 437 kg, averaged £1075 each in this commercial section, generously sponsored by Connons General Merchants, Ballymena.
Leading prices – Bulls
Drumbulcan Waterfall – 4000 gns
Corrick Admiral 09 – 3500 gns
Omorga Admiral 09 – 3400 gns
Camus Ascot 09 – 3100 gns
Omorga Alex 09 – 2800 gns
Kilbride Farm Action 09 – 2600 gns
Omorga Wagner – 2600 gns
Templefyn Wilbur – 2500 gns
27 bulls averaged 2244 gns
Leading prices – Females
Cladymore Tinkerbell – 2900 gns
Drumagarner Annabelle – 2100 gns
Drumagarner Ace – 2000 gns
Rehall Wilma – 1900 gns
Drumagarner Whisper – 1800 gns
Knockreagh Wilma – 1800 gns
7 heifers averaged 1807 gns
1 cow and calf 2900 gns
Show Results
Class 1: 1st Drumbulcan Waterfall; 2nd Templefyn Wilbur; 3rd Ashdale Wilson
Class 2: 1st Camus Ascot 09; 2nd Corrick Admiral 09; 3rd Camus Action 09
Class 3: 1st Cleenagh Ashley 09; 2nd Omorga Alex 09; 3rd Omorga Admiral 09
Class 4: 1st Kilbride Farm Action 09; 2nd Kilbride Farm Armoy 09; 3rd Longbeach Almighty 09
Class 5: 1st Drumagarner Whisper; 2nd Edenbann Wispa; 3rd Edenbann Wallflower
Class 6: 1st Drumagarner Annabelle; 2nd Drumagarner Ace; 3rd Rehall Wilma
by Iain | Mar 21, 2010 | Uncategorised
Dargill Farm, Crieff, Perthshire by kind permission of Mr J. McLaren
by British Simmental | Feb 15, 2010 | Uncategorised
Commercial trade underpinned a strong demand for the better quality bulls in the Simmental sale ring at the Perth Spring Bull Sales on Monday 15th February 2010. A larger tail-end than usual meant that a higher percentage of bulls sold under the 3000 gns mark, which hasn’t been seen for some time, however the breed average continued to rise on the year by some 200 gns.
With an 88% clearance and 135 bulls sold through the ring to average 4,751 gns compared with a 4,544 gns average in 2009 for six less sold, breeders went home feeling satisfied with the prices achieved but with a warning ringing in their ears, “that only the best will do” – a sentiment which will never change – but will continually return to dampen the ego of even the best breeder!
For the best in the judging ring, proved the best in the sale ring – 20,000 gns for the Supreme Champion and again for the Intermediate – a glowing tribute in itself, if one was needed – to the “man in the middle” – Robert McAlister, owner of the Bruchag herd on the Isle of Bute.
The first to fetch 20,000 gns was the Intermediate Champion, Blackford Worzel 2, from J. C. McLaren and Partners, who acquired a large portion of the long-established Blackford herd last Spring from Billy MacPherson, Blackford, Croy, Inverness, as foundation stock to establish a new herd. Bred from the Irish sire, Celtic Rock, who has recently been proving a point in the breeding stakes, producing some of the top prices at the autumn sale, and from the Curlieu Knight sired dam, Blackford Ragtime, Worzel 2, sold as a new herd sire to the Manor Park herd of D. C. Houldey, Lauder, Berwickshire.
The Junior Champion, Auchorachan Wizard, put the icing on the cake for a memorable Bull Sales for D. & R. Durno and Sons, Glenlivet, when he was tapped out as Supreme Champion and going on to fetch 20,000 gns in the sale ring, when he sold to the Ballinalare Farm Herd in Northern Ireland, belonging to Joe Wilson and family. With his dam having been bred in the famous Ravensworth herd, Wizard was sired by the Brinkton Brilliant son, Saltire Talent. Following on from a highly successful beef event at Auchorachan last autumn, where the large turnout of commercial producers were extremely impressed by the excellent quality of the commercial suckler herd, this time it was the pedigree herd which took the plaudits.
It certainly was a case of “keep it in the family” when Auchorachan lifted the joint second top price of the sale, 10,000 gns for the Clonagh Tiger Galant son, Auchorachan Winger. This 1st prize winner in class 10, whose dam Auchorachan Tara is a half sister to the day’s 20,000 gns champion, sold to Robert Macgregor, Kirkton of Mailler, Perth, as a new herd sire for the Team herd. Winger helped give the Durno family an impressive 11,000 gns average for their three bulls, when their third entry, the third prizewinning Auchorachan Whisky sold at 3200 gns.
The final four figure price, again 10,000 gns was realised by Innerwick Winchester, a third prize winner in class 7 for Dorothy and Lindsay Moffat. Sired by the herd’s stock bull, Oakhill Ned onto the homebred Innerwick Natasha, Winchester had an impressive milk figure of +12. He sold to the Whiteknowes herd of W. J. Barclay.
Four bulls were bid to 9,500 gns and the first of those through the ring was the Reserve Supreme and Senior Champion from the Banwy herd in Wales of R. E. Jones. This Camus Brandy son, Banwy Wonderboy, whose dam the Starline New Yorker sired Sexygirl, is off for pedigree breeding in the Popes Herd of Jimmy and Vicky Wood.
A handful of bulls later and it was the turn of the Denizes herd to get a piece of the top action when their second prize winning Dripsey Super King sired Warrior was bid to 9,500 gns. With a wealth of show winning breeding on the dam side, the Barlow family’s Denizes Warrior sold to Wm. Barnetson & Son, Wick, Caithness.
The best from W. H. Robson & Sons, the Reserve Intermediate Champion, Kilbride Farm Warren, full of home breeding on both sides, fetched 9,500 gns selling to A. Connolly, Moffat, Dumfriesshire. The final bull at this price was the second prizewinning Grangewood Wallace. This Gretna Supersonic son was forward from Andrew and Yvonne Leedham and sold to R. K. Bryce and Son, Stanley, Perth.
Getting a sale tag of 8,500 gns was the best from Jimmy and Iain Green’s Corskie herd at Fochabers, Moray. Corskie Wealth by the Ballinalare Farm Nightrider stock bull who has gave the herd many top priced lots over the past number of years sold to pedigree breeder, W. J. Hollingswood, Midhope herd, near Sheffield. The Dellfield herd of Brian Grant, Druid Temple Farm, Inverness, brought out the first sons of Stralongford Trojan, the 16,000 gns Supreme champion in October 2007 when purchased following Brian’s judging stint that day, as a new stock bull. His purchase gave the herd one of their best prices to date when Dellfield Warrior, sold for 8,500 gns to Stephen Allardyce, Aboyne, Aberdeenshire.
The Innerwick herd was in the money again, when their second prizewinning Innerwick Whisky 2nd by Hillcrest Butcher fetched 7,500 gns selling to the Campbell’s, Wick, Caithness.
FEMALES
Topping the female sale was the Ballinalare Farm Nightrider daughter, Corskie Vail, from the Green’s at Fochabers, Moray. She sold at 4,000 gns incalf to the Kilbride Farm Tarrant stock bull to R. and C. Simmers, Peterhead, who also added the Reserve Female Champion at 3,600 gns to their float home. This was the Ashland Superboy daughter, Blair Willow, forward from Colin Fordyce, Meigle. Hamish Gilbert’s Celtic Rock sired Whiteridden Wendy also fetched 3,600 gns. She sold to Mrs. M. Ward and Sons, Lanarkshire.
22 females averaged 1,932 gns.
Dirnanean draft: 4 females averaged 2775 gns.
Skerrington draft: 10 females averaged 2350 gns.
Westridge draft: 7 females averaged 1707 gns.
Fishwick draft: 5 females average 1610 gns.
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