Bull sale sets new UK beef breeds average.Byline: By Jennifer Mackenzie High beef value Charolais bulls from the North-East helped underpin a flying trade at Perth on Wednesday to set a new UK all beef breeds average of pounds 5,426.38 for the 199 lots traded ( the highest number of bulls of any breed coming under the hammer sold during the centre's spring multi-breed sales and an 85% clearance. The sale, conducted by United Auctions, which also included 39 females, grossed pounds 1.2m ( a record for any breed at the Perth centre ( and peaked at 32,000gns for Solitude Attaboy at·ta·boy interj. Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or man: Attaboy! That's the way to hit a home run! [Alteration of That's the boy!.] , a 17-month-old within the breed's top 10% with a Beef Value of CH31, and a 400 day weight of 748kgs. The show's supreme champion was bred by John McMordie, Ballygowan, Northern Ireland Northern Ireland: see Ireland, Northern. Northern Ireland Part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland occupying the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland. Area: 5,461 sq mi (14,144 sq km). Population (2001): 1,685,267. . Attaboy was secured in a three-way bid between father and son team, Drew and Bob Adam, Newhouse, Glamis, and neighbours Adrian Ivory, Cardean, and Bill Bruce, Balmyle of Meigle, Perthshire. Among the 17 lots which made five figure sums at 16,000gns was the senior and overall reserve champion, Ravensworth Alder CH34 from Snowdon Oates, Ouston Farms, Chester-le-Street, achieving both the highest ever accolade and the highest ever price for the Oates family who were among the founder members of the breed society. The buyer was Mortimers Farm, Eastleigh, Hampshire who had identified Alder's "power and tremendous loin loin (loin) the part of the back between the thorax and pelvis. loin n. The part of the body on either side of the spinal column between the ribs and the pelvis. to introduce some further strength" to the 40-cow Mortimers herd. A rising two-year-old Maerdy Shane son and out of a homebred cow from Ravensworth's 50-cow herd going back to Lochnagar Imperator im·pe·ra·tor n. 1. An army commander in the Roman Republic. 2. The supreme power of the Roman emperor. 3. The head of state and supreme commander in the Roman Empire, in whose name all victories were won. , Alder. Their full support to Charolais continues, having recently dispersed two other continental herds, explained farm manager Bill Wannop: "Charolais is now the most sought after breed and we've decided to give it our full attention." A 12,000gns call was made for Gretnahouse Amazon CH27, a September born Gretnahouse Noel son from Alasdair Houston, Gretna Green Gretna Green, village, Dumfries and Galloway, S Scotland, on the border with England. It was famous as a place of runaway marriages from 1754, when English marriage law was tightened, until 1856, when a law was passed requiring that one of the parties to marriage in . The buyer was DH Montgomery, Dromore, Omagh, Northern Ireland. The Campbell family Campbell family or Campbells of Argyll Scottish noble family. The Campbells of Lochow gained prominence in the later Middle Ages. In 1457 Colin Campbell, Baron Campbell (died 1493), was created 1st earl of Argyll. , Ian and John, and their father Colin of Thrunton, Alnwick, sold their highest entry Thrunton Alpha CH38 at 10,000gns to Libby Clark, Springfield, Lurgan. This 18-month-old was by the 15,000gns Burradon Talisman who sired the 55,000gns centre record price intermediate Perth champion, Thrunton Voldemort, and he was out of a homebred cow by Moncur General, the 20,000gns Perth champion. The Campbells also scored a hat-trick by securing the champion group of three award for the third consecutive time with progeny by Talisman. Alpha was a member of this year's team along with two other entries which each sold for 8,000gns; Thrunton Ambassador CH36 to Teasses Estate, St Andrews, Fife, and Thrunton Atomic CH37 to SJ Gordon, Forbes, Alford. The Campbells secured a third 8,000gns bid, this time for Thrunton Admiral CH31, a Mowbraypark Orlando son and out of a Maerdy Nero sired homebred dam. The buyer was Sir D Thomson, Walkerburn, Peebles. Another Northumberland breeder, Chris Curry For the American horror writer who writes under the name "Chris Curry", see Tamara Thorne. Christopher Curry was the co-founder of Acorn Computers, with Hermann Hauser and Andy Hopper. , of Thropton, Morpeth, offered his September 2005 born Burradon Avenger CH37 for 9,500gns to previous Welsh Charolais Suckler Herd of the Year winner, Alan Williams, Aberdaron, Caernarfon. Sired by Mowbraypark Paramount whose sons have previously sold to 24,000gns, he was out of a heifer by Blelack Prince. Heading the female trade at 5,500gns was the reserve female champion, Dunesk Victoria CH22, an August 2004 born heifer by Moyness Statesman, out of a homebred cow by Brampton Fourstar and served to Burradon Talisman. Bred and exhibited by Jimmy McMillan, Brechin Angus, she was secured by Adrian Ivory, Meigle. The female champion, Goldies Val CH23, bred by the Goldie family, Jim, Kay, Bruce and Hamish, of Mouswald, Dumfries, was sold for 3,200gns to Norman Innes, Findhorn, Forres. Averages: 199 bulls pounds 5,426.38; 39 females pounds 1,997.69 |
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