173 PEDIGREE LIMOUSIN CATTLE Saturday 9th August 2008

BIG DEMAND FOR QUALITY BLOODLINES AT RONICK SALE SEES PRICES REACH 12,000GNS

Westerton Farm, Cowie, Stirlingshire was the venue for the on-farm sale from the long established and highly regarded Ronick Limousin Herd of David and Ronald Dick. The sale also featured a guest consignment from the noted Lodge herd of Ian and Wendy Callion, Bolfornought Farm, Stirling.

On offer was a breadth of young, first and second calving cows sold along with a selection of in-calf and maiden heifers. The herds’ reputation for outstanding breeding females, built around renowned and quality bloodlines, ensured a bumper crowd that saw buyers stretch from Devon to Aberdeenshire. In a ‘who’s who’ of Limousin breeding the sale featured well known family lines including the renowned Broadmeadows Ainsi, Hampton Maria, and the Rive family which included, amongst others, the famous mother and daughter combo, Ronick Danita and Ronick Janita.

From the word go the sale met with a tremendous demand from eager buyers with many established breeders competing with a host of new faces looking to purchase cattle for foundation herds. At the end of the day, 117 lots were sold, with a top price of 12,000gns leading the way. Two animals in all made five figures with twenty five, across the two herds, making 4,000gns or more. Ninety nine lots sold in the Ronick sale to gross a mighty £295,199 whilst eighteen lots in the Lodge sold grossed an excellent £46,409. Leading the section averages was the forty four Ronick cows offered that averaged £3223.98.

Ronick Ardtalla and Ronick Dario

The day’s highest price of 12,000gns was paid for the calved heifer Ronick Ardtalla. A March 2005 embryo calf, Ardtalla is by the Tarvis son Ronick Iceman and is out of Ronick Nicer. This animal combined the bloodlines of Broadmeadows Ainsi and Ronick Beauty with her mother, Ronick Nicer, being a previous winner of the Royal Highland Junior Interbreed in 2005. Attracted to the quality of the animals, and the depth of bloodlines on offer, were prolific Limousin purchasers Smiths of Bloxham, Bloxham, Banbury, Oxford. As well as the top priced animal, six of the day’s top seven prices in the Ronick Herd, were bought for the Smiths of Bloxham Ironstone Herd and twelve lots in all.

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