Red Ladies Derby Friday 5th November 2004
BRITISH LIMOUSIN PEDIGREE FEMALES

17,000GNS FLEETHILL SAL TOPS RED LADIES LIMOUSIN DERBY

Champion Fleethill Sal went on to make the top price of 17,000gns.

Fleethill Sal, a first calved heifer from Michael Gray, Great Cellws, Crossgates, Llandrindod Wells, Powys, stole the show at the Red Ladies Limousin Derby at Carlisle on Friday 5th November, when she topped the sale at a sparkling 17,000gns. This August 2001 born heifer had earlier been crowned Supreme Champion of the pre-sale show by judge Miss Teleri Thomas, Topeka, Capel Iwan, Newcastle Emlyn. Sired by Shire Pentagon and out of Fleethill Hush, Sal was sold with her heifer calf at foot, Fleethill Vamoose by Sarkley Rusty.

In July of this year, Fleethill Sal won the Limousin Female Championship and Overall Reserve Championship at the Royal Welsh Show. It was at this show that eventual buyer Paul Dawes, Kipperknowle Barn, Dinmore Manor Estate, Hereford first saw her. Naturally he was delighted to have now secured his purchase. “This is one of the best Limousin females to become available at public auction for some time. She is a lovely animal with a great breed head, she is very correct and comes from a good family”, he said. Mr. Dawes will add Fleethill Sale to his Dinmore pedigree herd of 40 cows.

The Red Ladies Derby catalogue was packed with quality lots and drew a strong trade as a consequence. Seven animals sold for over 5,000 with the averages for cows up by £3933.56 and for heifers up by £1039.57 respectively, on the year . Overall, the sale grossed £125,107.58. The clearance rate of cattle sold was just over 65%.

Spage Tess - 8000gns.

Spage Tess followed on from her success at the International Limousin Congress by making the second top price of 8,000gns. By Millbrook R2K, who himself stood Overall Reserve Male Champion at ILC, Spage Tess is a November 2002 born maiden heifer out of Shilnavogie Ruth from Mr W Campbell, Co Antrim, N Ireland. She joins Messrs Burton & Cairns’ Rempstone pedigree herd, at Lings Farm, Rempstone, Loughborough, Leics.

Springsett Ubet - 7000gns

Sarah Jane Jessop & Dougie McBeath, Castleton Farm, Airth, Stirling sold Springsett Ubet for 7000gns to Mr W E Salisbury, Church View Farm, Treales, Kirkham, Preston. This heifer was sired by Ronick One, a Broadmeadows Cannon son out of prolific show cow Ronick Janita. Ubet was the first female sired by this stock bull to be offered for sale. She joins the 20-strong female herd of Mr. Salisbury’s Kirkview prefix.

Newstart Teleri - 6000gns

Mr D & Mrs M Cormack’s home-bred served heifer, Newstart Teleri, PD’d in calf to the 20,000gns Grahams Poncho, sold to Mr J R Barnett, Keighley, W Yorks for 6,000gns. Out of dam Rachels Glenda and by Ryedale Orion, she promises some excellent bloodlines. Mrs P M Varley’s Ryedale Redlight, an April 2000 born second calver by Saunders Logo and out of Ryedale Moonlight and bred by Lang Partners, Hawnby, York went under the hammer at 4,500gns earlier in the sale to the same buyer.

Reserve Champion Goldies Ulay - 5500gns

The day’s Overall Reserve Champion and Best Maiden Heifer, Goldies Ulay, from Mr J K Goldie, Townfoot, Mouswald, Dumfries was purchased by Mr D K Wheeler, Goodiford Mill, Cullompton, Devon for 5,500gns. Born June 2003 as an embryo calf, this young heifer carries full French genetics being sired by Imperial and out of the Domino sired Java. The Wheelers, who run the Rosecroft pedigree herd, also bought the 5,000gns maiden heifer Kaprico Unique from A K & C Stafford, Houghton Le Spring, Tyne & Wear. Sired by Cockleshell Olympus and out of Kaprico Liberty, this May 2003 heifer displayed a Beef Value of LM+28.

Cloughhead Umbria - 5000gns

Cloughead Umbria from G L Hutton, Keswick, Cumbria is a shapey Rossignol daughter out of home-bred Cloughead Nightingale. September 2003 born, she was knocked down to H & S Watkins, Llanfihangel, Powys for 5,000gns to join their pedigree Cammen herd.

Heifer topper: Sid Bowe presents his trophy for the best maiden heifer at the Limousin Red Ladies Day to Goldies Ula from JK Goldie, Mouswald, Dumfries.

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