THE SARKLEY SALE Saturday 4th December 2004
REPORT

SARKLEY LIMOUSIN CALVES PEAK AT 7,100gns

29 bull calves at £1,832 27 heifer calves at £1,583

An excellent turnout at the ninth Sarkley production sale of Limousin calves held at Borderway Mart, Carlisle helped realise a swift trade for Messrs Pennie of Montgomery, Powys.

Sarkley Valiant

Prices topped out at a fantastic 7,100gns for the seven month old, April born bull calf, Sarkley Valiant, with buyers clamouring for new bloodlines from the bull Rocky, a Jacot son and half brother to Rossignol who made 13,000gns in February 2003. Out of the Uplands Batman daughter, Sarkley Olette, he sold into Brian Hall’s Ainstable Hall herd, Carlisle, Cumbria. In all, seven calves made 3,000gns and above.

Second top price was the January born bull, Sarkley Volt, a son of the prolific Goldies Oswald and out of home bred Sarkley Rosanne. Messrs KD Harryman, Newlands Valley, Cumbria and G Wilson, Wreay, Cumbria purchased him jointly for 4,600gns.

Five further bulls reached the 3,000 mark or above with the following lot Sarkley Volvo going under the hammer for 3,800gns. Sired by French bull Ionesco and out of dam Holly Jen, whose bull calf Sarkley Unlimited made 5,800gns in last year’s sale, he has a beef value of LM31 and sold to W Barron, Burnhope, Co Durham joining his Barrons pedigree herd.

Messrs Hodgson Bros snapped up Sarkley Vittorio, another April born Goldies Oswald son, this time out of Sarkley Sunita. 3,500gns was the price paid to join their Hodgsons herd at Rydal Farm, Ambleside.

The Evans herd of Halmyre, Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrighgtshire gained a new recruit in the form of Jockey son, Sarkley Vainqueur, once more April born and out of dam Sarkley Judy. Vainqueur is a full brother to Sarkley Ragtime who sold to 20,000gns at Carlisle in May 2002. He was bought by N Evans for 3,400gns.

Snapping at the heels of Vainqueur was Sarkley Vegas who made 3,300gns. Sired by Hartside Hensingham and out of one of the herd’s top-breeding cows, Sarkley Mavis, a Ronick Gains daughter, he has an EBV of LM36 putting him in the top 1% of breed. Final bidder for this excellent calf was RE Williamson, Hamsterley, Co Durham.

The heifers on offer also provided a brisk trade with four calves making between 2,800 and 3,100gns. The Pennies underlined the confidence they have in their breeding stock by presenting many heifers together in the ring “paired” whereby the successful purchaser chooses one, with the other being retained by the vendor. MT Abberley, Brecon, Powys paid 3,100gns for Sarkley Verbena, a May born Cannon daughter out of Sarkley Narcissus and 2,800gns for Sarkley Ugenie, by Nobel and out of Sarkley Nathalie, who now both join their Hemley Hall herd.

Sarkley Velveteen, a heifer by Ronick Gains and out of Sarkley Venrietta, made 2,900gns and heads to Coleraine, N Ireland to join P Smyth’s herd with the Aghadowey prefix. Sarkley Vatella was knocked down to Messrs Ridley, Hesket Newmarket, Cumbria for 2,800gns. A Nenuphar daughter and out of home bred dam Sarkley Ruella, she heads to their renowned Haltcliffe herd.

Averages
29 bull calves £1832.07
27 heifer calves £1,583.06

Leading prices (bull calves)
Lot	Price	Purchaser
Sarkley Valiant	7,100gns	B Hall
Sarkley Volt	4,600gns	Messrs Harryman & Wilson
Sarkley Volvo	3,800gns	W Barron
Sarkley Vittorio	3,500gns	Messrs Hodgson
Sarkley Vainqueur	3,400gns	N Evans
Sarkley Vegas	3,300gns	RE Williamson
Leading prices (heifer calves)
Sarkley Verbena	3,100gns	MT Abberley
Sarkley Velveteen	2,900gns	P Smyth
Sarkley Ugenie	2,800gns	MT Abberley
Sarkley Vatella	2,800gns	Messrs Ridley

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