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Winter 2015/16
TRUEMAN JAGGER SETS £147,000 WORLD RECORD AT CARLISLE £8,709 ALL-BREEDS RECORD SALE AVERAGE SET
LIMOUSINS WIN ‘GRAND SLAM’ AT WINTER PRIMESTOCK MAJORS LIMOUSIN GENOMIC BREEDING VALUES, A UK FIRST
24,000GNS BROCKHURST HOWZAT IS LEADING LADY
NEW MATERNAL FERTILITY GEBVs ANNOUNCED
ANDREW ADAM WINS YOUNG LIMOUSIN TITLE
BULL BUYERS’ SURVEY SET TO GET UNDERWAY
MAKE BVD HISTORY AN INNOVATIVE SOLUTION
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A study from 2010 showed that a major hurdle to effective BVD vaccination is ease of use. Only 52% of the farmers in the study gave the two doses required for primary vaccination at the correct interval. Furthermore, just 24% completed the primary vaccination course at the recommended time prior to service leaving these animals and their calves without proper protection1.
Bovela brings innovation to BVD protection: a L2D (live double deleted) BVD vaccine providing 12 months protection against both BVDV types 1 and 2 from a single shot. Bovela prevents the birth of persistently infected (PI) calves caused by transplacental infection. Vaccination with Bovela can be done from 3 months of age. So now you can finally make BVD history. Ask your vet for more information.
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Limousin the official magazine of the british limousin cattle society
Winter 2015/16
TRUEMAN JAGGER SETS £147,000 WORLD RECORD AT CARLISLE £8,709 ALL-BREEDS RECORD SALE AVERAGE SET
LIMOUSINS WIN ‘GRAND SLAM’ AT WINTER PRIMESTOCK MAJORS LIMOUSIN GENOMIC BREEDING VALUES, A UK FIRST
24,000GNS BROCKHURST HOWZAT IS LEADING LADY
NEW MATERNAL FERTILITY GEBVs ANNOUNCED
ANDREW ADAM WINS YOUNG LIMOUSIN TITLE
BULL BUYERS’ SURVEY SET TO GET UNDERWAY
Cover Picture: The world record breaking Trueman Jagger ‘heads’ to the ring at Carlisle
NEXT ISSUE: Reports and pictures from the Spring 2016 Sales Preview of the 2016 National Limousin Show Technical round-up and reports on Genesure & Carcase Traits; Feed Efficiency Project update; the latest EBV & GEBV BLUP run Features, herd profiles and ‘news and views’ from British Limousin
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Winter 2015/16
06 News round-up The biggest issue yet, the Winter 2015/16 magazine takes a look at the news & views in what has been another high achieving year for the UK’s most popular beef breed. In this issue: Limousin Genomic Breeding Values launched; BLCS confirms new maternal fertility traits & calf survival project; 24,000gns Brockhurst Howzat is top price female in the year; James Cooper elected to BLCS Executive; 2016 National Show schedule is outlined.
54-68 Limousins win ‘Grand Slam at Winter Primestock ‘Majors’
Following hard on the heels of an extremely successful summer, the Limousin breed was at it again at the winter primestock ‘majors’ securing a ‘Grand Slam’ across the United Kingdom amongst a host of titles. Here we include a full pictorial report from the winter UK ‘majors’ including the Scottish, English, Welsh, & NI majors, along with Smithfield and Borderway Agri Expo.
70-76 Features on Will & Gillian Sedgeley; & Gordon & Julie Sedgewick
Another two cracking features in this issue. First up is Will and Gillian Sedgley, Low Bank House, Barbon, Nr Carnforth, Lancashire as we focus on the Limousin’s role in producing quality suckled calves. In the second feature we profile Gordon & Julie Sedgewick of Ricknall Grange Farm, Aycliffe, Co Durham have gone on to win the highly prestigious Beef Farmer of the Year title in the 2015 Northern Farmer of the Year Awards.
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sales Carlisle October 15
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Stirling October 15
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Dungannon October 15
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Brecon November 15 p87 Carlisle December 15 p89
44-53 Breed Improvement Technical Corner
As well as the announcements around Genomic Breeding Values, this issue’s technical section also has a helpful Quick Guide for Commercial and Pedigree Breeders using GEBVs. There are some early results also from the Beef Feed Efficiency Programme. Rounding this section off are the Results from the November 2015 EBV Update.
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78-91 Records Underpin Solid
It was another historic day at Carlisle in October 2015 as Trueman Jagger sold for a record breaking figure of £147,000. With the dust somewhat settled we take an alternative behind the scenes look at the story of the sale and the breeders, Team Savage!
A world record price of £147,000 and a new UK & European All-Breeds record average of £8,709 at Carlisle lit up the autumn sales across the UK. The sale season also saw a new sale record of 10,000gns paid for a weaned calf, and a 24,000gns top price at the season ending Red Ladies Derby. Across the sale centres demand was solid with some strong averages. 171 bulls were sold in the period to gross £1,072,705. For full reports and pictures from all the sales can be found in the extensive sales section.
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LIMOUSIN GENOMIC BREEDING VALUES A FIRST FOR THE UK BEEF SECTOR
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he first of their kind for the UK beef industry, Genomic Breeding Values (GEBVs) for a range of new carcase traits will be available for all Limousin cattle from this March. Already established in other livestock sectors, GEBVs herald an exciting new era in evaluating the genetics of Limousin-bred beef cattle. They are estimates of genetic merit using truly new and independent sources of information; visual image analysis (VIA) records on individual carcase cuts from selected ABP abattoirs and information from a vast pool of Limousin DNA combine to produce breeding values that indicate an individual animal’s strengths and weaknesses for each trait. The evaluation is carried out by Egenes (a unit in Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) and the GEBVs are reported back to industry through the Limousin
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Society database, alongside all the traditional Estimated Breeding Values (EBVs). The use of VIA technology in ABP’s abattoirs identifies significant differences in carcase value that are not always apparent under the EUROP grading system. Capture of this information and its use in the Limousin genetic evaluation will enable breeders to select breeding animals with high genetic merit for traits that add value to their calves. Says Dean Holroyd, Group Technical and Sustainability Director with ABP Food Group, “some work carried out in the research stages looked at the progeny of 259 Limousin sires. Significant ranges in genetic potential for the different carcase cuts were clearly identified between the best sires and the poorest sire vs the average. This has led us to
embark on the introduction of a more sophisticated EUROP grid currently in consultation. Identifying the sires that can leave the progeny that will do this has obvious benefits along the whole of the supply chain” Significant benefits from breeding: When the additional value of all the cuts is multiplied up, it equates to an estimated difference of around £100/calf between high genetic merit sires and low genetic merit sires. Half of a calves’ genes come from its sire and assuming all things are equal, this means the sire with superior carcase genes have the ability to produce calves worth £50-£75/head more than the calves by sires with the poorer carcase genes. So selection of the correct service sire is becoming increasingly important.
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On a wider level, further advantages of GEBVs include: • Data from independent sources: Use of independent abattoir records and animal DNA represents a significant step forward in the data used for genetic evaluation. Onfarm recording will remain important, however; GEBVs are not effective in isolation since they require ongoing recalibration. • Speed: GEBVs can be obtained shortly after a calf is born, thereby enhancing the opportunities for selection much quicker than performance recording alone. They are particularly valuable for traits that can only be measured later in life. • Improved accuracy: For many traits that have low
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NEW MATERNAL FERTILITY & CALF SURVIVAL GEBVS ANNOUNCED heritability or are particularly difficult or expensive to measure, GEBVs will offer higher levels of accuracy than conventional EBVs. • Lower Cost: Because accuracies are enhanced much more quickly using GEBVs than collecting records on-farm (depending on the trait) there can be less cost involved in getting breeding value estimates to similar levels of accuracy. • All owners of Limousinbred cattle can gain GEBVs: A significant difference between an EBV and a GEBV is that the former relies on the collection of performance records across groups of animals all managed in the same way. To gain the latter – a GEBV – all that is required is the DNA sample and the identity of the animal. It offers commercial producers significant opportunity in assessing current and future sires and replacement heifers. Professor Mike Coffey from SRUC says “This is a game changer for the beef industry. Genomic selection will bring large and rapid benefits to beef breeders and processors in the same way it has for the dairy industry. It will enable the UK beef sector to remain internationally competitive and will provide a platform for the future that will include other economically important traits such as feed intake and meat quality.” GEBVs will be used in exactly the same way as EBVs when breeding decisions are being made by commercial and pedigree breeders alike. Albeit they have been produced in slightly different ways, they are
in essence breeding values that indicate genetic merit and the way producers use them should not differ. As with the traditional EBVs, the numeric values and accuracies will be shown for each GEBV, along with a bar chart illustration from the end of this year. For additional information, it will be clear which traits are EBVs and which are GEBVs i.e. those which have been derived from on-farm measurements alone and those which have also used information from the animal’s DNA. Says Iain Kerr, Chief Executive of the British Limousin Cattle Society “this is an important time for genetic evaluations in the beef sector in this country. The heightened benefits of genomic selection are making themselves very evident in other species and it is very encouraging that the beef sector should now have this technology available to it. Producers of Limousinbred cattle now have even sharper tools available to them to select cattle that have the genes to supply an end market. Investment in such technologies is part of the Society’s 10 year Breed Improvement Strategy and provides industry with further very good reason to incorporate Limousin within their breeding programmes” The first breed-wide GEBV evaluation will be carried out in March and the breeding values available shortly after that via the Basco database (www.basco. org). A dedicated ‘Genesure’ website will also be launched to provide further information about accessing and using this new information. Announcements will be made via the Limousin website and usual social media outlets. (See also in the Technical section in this issue: Using GEBVs – a Quick Guide for Commercial and Pedigree Breeders).
We are very pleased to announce that a recent funding proposal has been accepted that will develop new genomic breeding values for Female Fertility and Calf Survival in Limousin cattle. The title of the project is ‘Improvement of Fertility and Calf Survival in the UK Beef Industry’. The work is in partnership with SRUC (Scotland’s Rural College) and is being funded jointly by Innovate UK and BBSRC. It will commence in April 2016 and will last for 12 months, whereupon the outcomes will be:
The Maternal Fertility traits are: Age at 1st Calving: identifies animals with the genetics to reach puberty at an earlier age. Herds looking to calve heifers at two years of age can identify bulls with superior EBVs for this trait to increase conception rates in daughters at first mating. Calving Interval: Identifies animals with the genetics to get back in calf quicker than others. Can be used when buying bulls to breed daughters with short calving intervals.
üü Use of BCMS records to improve the volume and integrity of Limousin records Longevity: identifies animals for fertility genetic evaluation predicted to have a longer üü Investigation in to and breeding life in the herd. Can development - if possible - of be used to help reduce heifer a new breeding value for Calf replacement costs. Survival. üü Production of new Genomic Breeding Values for the fertility and survival traits To support this, the project will also cater for a wide-ranging programme of knowledge transfer activity, including development of the Limousin database and the facilities it can offer. Along with the Carcase Traits and Feed Efficiency projects, this work will complete three main breeding strands of the Breed Improvement Plan and is of significant relevance to all producers of Limousin-bred cattle. It strengthens the breed’s position in terms of potential for genetic improvement and offers significantly wider decision-making powers to its users. It is a logical project to balance all the work being done on the production traits. If successful, the UK Limousin will be the only breed in the world to deliver a Calf Survival breeding value to its customers. For each 1% of calves lost in a herd, the gross margin can reduce by around 6-8%. The benefit of being able to identify bulls whose calves have better rates of survival is considerable and will give very good reason for producers to continue investing in Limousin.
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RECORD BREAKING LIMOUSINS ‘LIGHT-UP’ AUTUMN SALES
2014 BCMS FIGURES 28%
GB TOTAL
• UK ALL-BREEDS RECORD AVERAGE OF £8709 SET AT CARLISLE, UP BY £3200 ON THE YEAR.
• TRUEMAN JAGGER SELLS FOR WORLD RECORD PRICE OF £147,000 • FOUR BLCS AUTUMN BULL SALES GROSS £1,072,705
Limousin
484,381 28%
AA
294,655 17%
Charolais
214,716 12%
Simmental
162,937
British Blue
195,865 11%
Other Beef Breeds More than a few Limousin fireworks lit up the autumn 2015 BLCS sales held through the October and November period. Over four sales in England, Scotland, N.Ireland, and Wales, 171 bulls were sold to gross £1,072,705 at an overall average of £6273. Leading the way at Carlisle in no uncertain terms was the 140,000gns paid for Trueman Jagger from Henry Savage & Sons, Altnamackin, Newry, Co Down. This figure was a world record price for a Limousin bull, and a new UK, and European all-breeds record for a bovine animal. The Carlisle sale saw 85 bulls sell to average £8709, up by £3200 on the year. Again, this figure was an all-breeds UK record for a bull sale and up by an incredible £467 on the previous mark of £8242 which was also set at Carlisle in February 2012 (see full Carlisle sale report in this issue). Trueman Jagger became the fourth Limousin animal to breach the 100,000gns mark following Haltcliffe Vermount, Dolcorsllwyn Fabio, and Glenrock Illusion. Needless to say he was also the highest priced Limousin bull sold in 2015. It was quite a day also for Ampertaine Gigolo who was the sire of Trueman Jagger, and also the day’s second top price the 45,000gns Ampertaine Jamboree from James McKay. On the very same day a Limousin heifer sired by Gigolo was also picking up the Female Championship in the Dutch National Limousin Show. Thirteen bulls made over 10,000gns at Carlisle in all with Intermediate Bulls averaging over the five figure mark! However the fantastic quality and value available at Limousin Society sales was once again also highlighted with the largest number of bulls selling at between £3000-5000. Without the big headline prices the remaining Limousin sales across the UK saw a very solid
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378,223 22% 1,730,777 26%
ENGLAND TOTAL
Limousin
275,941 26%
AA
188,498 18%
Charolais
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Simmental
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British Blue
151,348 14%
Other Beef Breeds TOTAL
271,883 26% 1,049,767 28%
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trade and demand for the backend sales. The trend very much saw modern Limousin bulls with shape, good tops and conformation sell readily. Industry has clearly moved to a weight specification that is a blueprint tailor made for the consistency, quality and marketability of Limousin progeny and will drive a further demand for the breed. The October sales also saw Genomic Breeding Values made available for a range of new Carcase Traits following some four years of work. Results from within that work have shown that sires with superior carcase genes have the ability to produce calves worth £50-75 per head more than calves by bulls with poorer carcase genes. As this is pulled through into the industry it will represent a valuable choice on offer in sire selection for pedigree breeders and commercial producers.
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127,011 28%
AA
88,937 20%
Charolais
89,440 20%
Simmental
73,028 16%
British Blue
17,050
Other Beef Breeds
58,057 13%
TOTAL
453,523 36%
WALES TOTAL
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81,879 36%
AA
17,220
Charolais
43,128 19%
Simmental
9,960
8% 4%
British Blue
27,467 12%
Other Beef Breeds
48,283 21%
TOTAL
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LIMOUSIN SALE BENCHMARKS IN 10 YEARS Haltcliffe Vermount
2011 Limousin heifer Bankdale
Dolcorsllwyn Fabio
Glenrock Illusion
Erin sells for 65,000gns at Harrison & Hetherington’s Borderway Mart,Carlisle, at dispersal sale for vendor Gordon Wilson of the Bankdale herd, to set a World record at auction for a pedigree beef heifer.
2006 Limousin bull Haltcliffe Vermount sells for 100,000gns at Harrison & Hetherington’s Borderway Mart, Carlisle, for vendors Messrs Ridley, to set an all-beef breeds World, European and British record at auction
2010 pedigree sales gross £6.36 Million, a record figure. A UK all-breeds centre record average of £6,045 set at Carlisle in February for 176 bulls sold. For the first time, a Limousin bull sale surpasses the £1 Million mark in gross sales.
2011 UK all-breeds record for frozen embryos set at on-farm Haltcliffe Sale when two embryos sell for 4,500gns per embryo.
2011 A UK all breeds and all centre record average of £6232 is set at Carlisle in May for the 121 bulls sold.
2012 A UK all breeds and all centre record average of £8242 is set at Carlisle in February for the 131 bulls sold.
2012 Dolcorsllwyn Fabio, from Glyn & Nia Vaughan, is sold for £126,000 setting a new Limousin world record and a UK & European bovine record.
2012 Pedigree Limousin cattle sold at official British Limousin Cattle Society (BLCS) sales break through the £8 Million mark in the year for the first time to set a new all-breeds record sales gross mark of £8,184,303.
2014 The maiden heifer Glenrock Illusion sells for £131,250 and sets a new UK & European all-breeds record for a bovine animal and a new world record for a Limousin animal.
2015 Trueman Jagger from Henry Savage & Sons is sold for 140,000gns.
2015 A UK all breeds and all centre record average of £8709 is set at Carlisle in October for the 85 bulls sold.
24,000GNS BROCKHURST HOWZAT IS THE LEADING LADY IN 2015 Bringing the 2015 Limousin sales year to a resounding close was the three year old first calver Brockhurst Howzat, from Doug Mash, Chesham, Bucks who took the Championship and the top price at the Red Ladies Sale held in December at Carlisle. The 24,000gns paid was also the top price in the year for a Limousin female. By Grahams Samson and out of Ronick McAinsi, Howzat was sold Pd’d in calf to Ardglasson Highlander the 2013 Scottish Limousin Grand Prix Champion. Taking the top price home to build her Ritchies pedigree herd around was Aileen Ritchie, Tamala, Burnside, Whitecairns Aberdeenshire.
PEDIGREE REGISTRATIONS OVER 19,000 FOR THE SIXTH YEAR IN A ROW! Registrations of pedigree Limousin cattle with the BLCS levelled out at 19,048 in 2015. This is the sixth consecutive year that the 19,000 mark has been passed. The market demand for Limousin cattle has helped the Limousin registrations to remain consistent over a prolonged number of years with the eleven year average for registrations being 19,086 per annum. Bulls registered in the year totalled 8295 (-192) and females totalled 10,753 (+48). The Scottish region again registered the most calves at 3519 (130) with North West Midlands and North Wales second 2938 (-230) and South Wales and Mid West third with 2562 (-37). Commenting, BLCS Chief Executive Iain Kerr said: “These are extremely solid figures and the Society’s core work continues to hold up very well and to strengthen in some areas. As noted previously, for these figures to maintain and average at over 19,000 per annum for some eleven years, in a time when suckler cow numbers have dropped considerably in the industry, is quite remarkable and testament to the quality of the breed and its relevance and profitability in the market place.”
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‘GRAND SLAM’ LIMOUSINS DOMINATE 2015 UK WINTER PRIMESTOCKS • WINS AT ENGLISH, SCOTTISH, WELSH & N IRISH WINTER FAIRS SECURES GRAND SLAM. • LIMOUSIN SIRED CATTLE WIN SIX OUT OF THE SEVEN ‘MAJOR’ PRIMESTOCK SHOWS. Limousin sired cattle again lived up to their Carcase Breed billing by totally dominating the 2015 Winter Fair Primestock circuit. For the third year in the last four the breed secured the fabled ‘Grand Slam’ in picking up the Supreme titles at the English, Scottish, Welsh & Northern Irish Winter Fairs. Further Supreme titles were picked up at the Smithfield East of England, and Borderway Agri Expo events making it ‘six of the best’ for the second year in a row. The fantastic flourish of titles at the end of the year followed on from another summer show season that had seen the breed, pedigree and commercial, lift a mighty fourteen interbreed titles, for the second year in a row, at the summer ‘majors’ of the Royal Ulster, Royal Highland, Great Yorkshire, and Royal Welsh Shows. Once again the catalogues at the respective winter fairs were filled with Limousin sired cattle with many out of pure or Limousin influenced dams. Non Limousin sired animals invariably featured Limousin breeding in the dam line. The remarkable record of Limousin cattle winning the Welsh Winter Fair shows no sign of abating with Dai Thomas’s
Dai Thomas and the Championship group at the Welsh Winter Fair.
2015 win being the 22nd time a Limousin has won the title in the 25 years it has been contested! Commenting the British Limousin Cattle Society Chairman John Phillips said: “The quality and consistency of the Limousin sired cattle at these events, and at markets right round the UK, is quite remarkable. There is no complacency on the part of the
breeders with the standard of cattle increasing year on year. These are fatstock shows with highly relevant commercial cattle ideal for the high street butcher, wholesalers and retailers,” he said. “Increased yield of prime cuts, increased beef yield, high killing out percentages, Limousin cattle are both very marketable and profitable. They have top conformation, plenty of loin,
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and are easy fleshed. The top grades time and again, added to a complete fit with the modern carcase weights required, are what drives premium prices for Limousin cattle.” The recently announced 2016 National Limousin Show to be held in July (featured in this issue) will once again feature a section for commercial cattle that will see the UK’s best go head to head.
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BRITISH LIMOUSIN CATTLE SOCIETY INITIATES BULL BUYERS’ SURVEY The British Limousin Cattle Society (BLCS) will be initiating a further Bull Buyer’s survey of the performance of over 1500 pedigree Limousin bulls sold at its official Society sales throughout 2013 and 2014. Buyers, from sales held around the United Kingdom, will be sent a wide ranging questionnaire covering their criteria for purchasing to how satisfied they have been with the performance of their Limousin bulls to date. Placing a heavy emphasis on feedback from buyers the Society first introduced such surveys in 1998 and they have proved invaluable as a tool to monitor performance and to gain direct feedback. The 2016 survey will again ask purchasers the importance they place on areas such as presale inspections, herd health information, performance figures, and in communicating new technologies such as genomic breeding value. Thereafter questions will concentrate on the all-round working abilities of the bull including fertility, calving, docility, and quality and performance of progeny through to marketing. An overall approval rating will be asked for and the survey respondents will also have the opportunity to comment generally on the Limousin breed and their thoughts on its future development. Approximately 500,000 Limousin sired calves are registered annually with the British Cattle Movement Service, a 28% market share that equates to a considered annual Limousin industry value of some £350400 Million. In commenting, the BLCS Chief Executive Iain Kerr said that feedback from the buyers’ survey was just one element of long term breed development and improvement. “It’s really important to hear the views of commercial bull buyers and to follow the progress of
bulls sold through Society sales. In addition to the bull buyers’ survey the Society will continue to seek the views of breeders, processors and retailers, geneticists, and auctioneers on the performance and future priorities of the breed. All of the feedback will continue to shape the direction of the Society’s 10 year Breed Improvement Plan” he said. “The forward aim is always to keep the breed focused and relevant to the needs of the market place, and to maximise returns at every level. In 2014 BLCS announced its plans for a major investment in the genetic improvement of the breed over a ten year period. Through development of high quality genetics in new key areas of performance, investment of over £1 million by the Society would see the potential to deliver an
additional estimated £50 million per annum in to the pockets of commercial producers using Limousin genetics. The 2016 Limousin Bull Buyers’ survey will be circulated through
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the Spring period. Upon its conclusion an overall summary of responses will be published to allow breeders the opportunity to consider the views of Limousin bull buyers.
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GOLDIES WIN ‘CARLISLE THREE’ One of the most keenly contested competitions in the autumn sales is the ‘Carlisle Three’ held traditionally at the close of the Championship judging at Carlisle in October. Established many years ago the competition is a special award for the best pen of three home-bred bulls that are fully performance recorded. Taking the title this year was Bruce Goldie, Townfoot, Mouswald, Dumfries with three bulls from what was a highly impressive pen of five bulls in all. Leading the team was Goldies Jurassic, a Goldies Fortress son with a Beef Value of LM+47 who sold for 20,000gns. In the pre-sale show Jurassic had stood second in his class to the record breaking 140,000gns Trueman Jagger. At 11,000gns was Goldies Judge,
a first prize winner, who is by Ampertaine Gigolo the same sire as the top priced bull. Making up the trio was Goldies Jason who stood second in his class to the Reserve Overall and sold for 9500gns. This bull with a
Beef Value of LM+40 is another by Goldies Fortress. The three bulls grossed a tidy 40,500gns with the Goldies pen of five bulls grossing 57,500gns in all. Capping a good day, and for winning the Group of Three
title, Bruce Goldie took home a magnum of champagne, BLCS engraved whisky tumblers, and £300 in cash. Taking the Reserve position was Haltcliffe Limousins, Hesket New Market, Wigton with two bulls by Haltcliffe Gains and one by Haltcliffe Gentry. The Senior Champion, Haltcliffe Jonsson (by Gains) carried a Beef Value of LM+46 and sold for 11,500gns. The first prize winning Haltcliffe Johnny (a Gentry son) with a LM+44 Beef Value made 15,000gns. From the juniors, Haltcliffe Janeiro (by Gains) who stood second to the Junior Champion made 5,500gns. This bull had a Beef Value of LM+41. The Haltcliffe herd received and engraved Limousin Glass Tankard and a cash prize of £150.
GIGOLO DAUGHTER WINS DUTCH NATIONAL LIMOUSIN SHOW • JAMES COOPER BECOMES THE FIRST UK LIMOUSIN JUDGE AT THE EVENT. October 17th, 2015 will go down as quite a day for Ampertaine Gigolo. At the same time as Trueman Jagger, a Gigolo son, was setting world records in Carlisle, the Gigolo daughter Cowporation Lioness was winning the Limousin Female Championship at the Dutch National Show in the mercantile town of Zwolle, in the province of Overijssel. Judging the Limousin Championships, and the first UK judge to do so, was James Cooper who runs his own Tomschoice herd at Hill Top Farm, Dacre, North Yorkshire. Shown by the partnership of Claeys & Cowporation, the nine-month-old Lioness is out of Cowporation Feride described as one of the best cows in the herd. Feride is by Delux (an Archibeau son) and is out of a Neuf daughter, Beaubelle. A half share of Ampertaine Gigolo was of course originally sold privately by the breeder James McKay to the Dutch company Cowporation
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in a deal that eclipsed the herds then record price of 38,000gns. In the female Championship, Lioness beat both her half sister and her mother, something that the judge was unaware of at the time. Commenting James Cooper said: “All three of these
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heifer up for showing just that little bit more style and class. She was very, very smart.” In all there were fifty six Limousins in the show with thirty six being females. The standard of entry was noted as being ‘very good’ with James saying that he was ‘quite strict’ on locomotion. In summarising at the end of the day the translator had said that he was “unaware that UK judges were as correct and to the point as James Cooper had shown but we could clearly follow his objective attitude and decisions right through till the end.” Well done James! A UK judge had been chosen largely because the Dutch recognise the similarity in the phenotype of British Limousin that correspond to the ideal types in the Netherlands. In tongue in cheek comment, Teus Dekker, on behalf of Cowporation said: “Ampertaine Gigolo had a very satisfying 17th October, I could see him smiling in the background!
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JAMES COOPER ELECTED TO BLCS EXECUTIVE Following the 2015 December meeting of the Society’s Council James Cooper has been elected to serve on the BLCS Executive Committee. The five man Committee, elected from within the Council, now comprises of John Phillips (Chairman); Stephen Illingworth (Vice Chairman); Gary Swindlehurst (Treasurer); Peter Kirton, & James Cooper. Speaking of his election, James said: “The Society has
always been progressive in ambition with breed improvement and development very much at the forefront of its work. The ongoing aim is keeping the breed relevant to future markets and putting money through performance in commercial and pedigree breeders pockets! I look forward to continuing to work with my colleagues on Council to help meet these aims”.
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DARLINGTON : Leading the way at 150p/
kg was a Limousin from J L Marks, bought by Cleveland Meats Stockton. Lead grosser was an eight year old Limousin Bull from W & C Iceton, East Thorngarth Hill, which made £1,311. DINGWALL : Topping the stores was a 605kg Limousin cross heifer from Balintraid, Delny making £1,260. ST BOSWELLS : Leading at 266.7p were Limousin cross bullocks from Coxydene. Limousin cross bullocks from the same vendor topped the gross trade at £1,090. STIRLING : Limousin from Wester Whin, Slamannan led the pence per kg trade at 279p for bullocks and 251p for heifers. PENRITH : The dispersal of a commercial suckler herd on behalf of W Richardson & Son, Gjyll House, Dufton, Appleby, saw the top price of £6,200 for a Limousin cross cow with Limousin calf at foot, sired by the Richardsons’ own stock bull. Dry cows sold to £3,600 for a Limousin cross in calf to Melbreak Hero, and a BB cross in calf to Rossignol. In calf heifers twice sold to £3,000 for pure Limousins. AYR : Top price of £1,350 was achieved for a Limousin bullock from Nether Ardroscadale, Bute. ISLAY : Bullocks topped at £1,200 from Kilchiaran and 279p for a Limousin cross from Neriby. Judge Jimmy Taylor, Easter Ochtermuthill, awarded the championship to a Limousin bullock from Kilchiaran which later sold at £1,200. The reserve champion was a Limousin cross heifer from Lossit which later sold for £995. STIRLING : at the show and sale of suckled calves Judge June dowie, Baluskie, awarded overall championship to Monzie Farms, Crieff, for an autumn born Limousin heifer. It was sold for £6,600 to McBeath & Jessop Bannockburn. Reserve overall was the champion spring born Limousin heifer from J Robertson & Co, Pitlochery, which made £1,550 to Jason & Sarah
Wareham, Heathfield, Suffolk. OBAN : Douglas McDonald, Tyree, Benderloch scooped the top two awards with his Limousin cross bullock, sell for £1,100 while his reserve, a Limousin heifer, realised £840.
from Claycrop led the trade at 244.9kg per kg. Heifers levelled at 204.6p and sold to 228.7p for Limousin crosses from Dunskey, Port Patrick. LOUTH, LINCOLNSHIRE : A Limousin cross took the top price of 220p/kg.
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awarded the first place rosette to Stuart & Joan Cornthwaite, Caton, with a pen of four Limousins which he bought for £1,370. The sale topping pen at £1,420, however, was a pair of Limousin bullocks, also from the Cornthwaites. BRYNCIR, GWYNEDD : Steers topped at 31,450 for a 17 month old Limousin from G & D Hughes, Abersoch. LANARK : Topping the cattle at 251p was a 500kg Limousin heifer from Brockwoodles, Canobie. DINGWALL : bullocks averaged 211.5p per kg and sold to 215p for a 590kg Limousin cross from Raffin, Tore, and £1,388.60 for a 655kg Limousin cross also from Raffin. Heifers balanced at 215.7p having hit a top of 225p for a 545kg Limousin cross from Bridgend, Dingwall. THAINSTONE : Fodderletter Farms won both the champion heifer and bullock titles with home bred Limousin cross calves. The heifer, which weighed in at 412kg also went on to secure the overall championship and a price of £1,220 when selling to Sheep Park Farms, Huntly, while the bullock leader, scaled 466kg and realised £1,160 to the Judge, Ian Sim, Kincraig, Brechin. CARLISLE : Topping the sale at £2,600 was the third prize Limousin heifer from Messrs Atkinson, Demesne, Whitehaven. Their nine month old heifer by the Limousin stock bull, Loosebeare Dillon, sold to Messrs Mackay, Glasgow. NORTH WEST AUCTIONS : top price was achieved by M Benson, Horrace Farm, selling a 10 month old Limousin cross bullock. G W Taylor also sold a Limousin cross Bullock at £1,005. NEWTON STEWART : Good quality cattle were easy to sell where Limousin cross bullocks
went to the first prize steer calf consigned by Messrs D & C E Marston, Easegill Head. The five month old animal sold for £1,370 to Mr J Melling, Long Preston. SKIPTON : Malcolm Metcalfe, Baldersby paid £1,240 for a 2015 born steer a purebred Limousin by Conan, from N Mayor, Chorley. Rob Matten, Newsham, Thirsk, paid £1,300 for the first prize 2014 born Limousin steer from Fox Farms, run by Peter & Edward Fox, Withgill, Clitheroe. A Limousin lot also caught the eye of Waterloo Farms, Melsonby, Richmond, when purchasing a Limousin bull from Sandra Blades, Carnforth for £1,200. CARDIGAN MART, CEREDIGION : an entry of 60 store cattle topped at £1,100 for a 24 month old Limousin steer. CARLISLE : Prime cattle peaked at £1,603.98 for a Limousin cross steer from Bowe, Bothel Parks, Wigton. Top price per kg was 221.5p for a Limousin cross steer from Twentyman, Osborne Farm, Wigton. LANARK : top prices of £1,225 for a Limousin cross bullock from T Renwick, Traquair, Knowe, Peebles and 277.8p per kg for a Limousin cross from F & R Cruickshank, Little Kype, Strathaven. FORFAR : Judge Jean Mackay picked out a Limousin cross heifer from John Robertson, Newton of Logierait, as champion. Weighing in at 340kg she later sold for 317.7p per kg or £1,080. Limousins also led the store cattle at 240kg for a 425kg bullock from JC Orr, Baldastard. DINGWALL : An entry of 28 prime bullocks averaged 201.3p/kg and topped at 224p/kg for a 605kg Limousin cross. A 740kg Limousin cross also took the day’s top gross price at £1,457.80.
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BLCS CONFIRMS 2016 NATIONAL LIMOUSIN SHOW! • FRIDAY 29TH JULY, EXHIBITION HALL, BORDERWAY MART, CARLISLE Further to the reference in the Summer 2015 magazine, the British Limousin Cattle Society is delighted to confirm that a National Limousin Show will take place in the show hall at Borderway Mart, Carlisle on Friday 29th July 2016. Celebrating what is now 45 years of the Limousin breed in the UK, and the impact it has made on the British beef industry in that time, the show will follow a similar format to 2011 (previous National Show) with simultaneous judging of pedigree and commercial classes.
Bruce Goldie & Frank Page Confirmed as Judges The judges for this highlight event have been invited and confirmed. Bruce Goldie of the noted Goldies Herd, Townfoot, Mouswald, Dumfries will be the man in the middle for the pedigree classes and Championships, whilst Frank Page, Lodge Farm, Elkington, Northampton, who exhibited the 2015 East of England Smithfield Champion, will be the judge for the commercial classes and Championships. Both bring a tremendous wealth of ability and experience to the ring and are already looking forward to July!
£20,000 Prize Fund On Offer A £20,000 prize fund will be on offer with prize monies going deep into the classes. The Supreme Champion in the pedigree and commercial sections will each receive a handsome cheque for £1000. There will also be significant cash prizes for the winners of the various ‘Specials’. The aim is also to give first prize winners £100 with cash prizes available all the way down to tenth. It is hoped that the prize monies will be rewarding but also act to encourage as many entries as possible.
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Pedigree Sale to Follow the National Show An exciting addition for 2016 is the inclusion of a small pedigree sale to follow on immediately after the show. Provisional thinking is that animals which have placed first to third in the respective classes will be offered the opportunity to be put forward for sale. Look out for full sale details in due course!
Class Schedule & Entries You will find the class schedule printed next to this article. It has been constructed to be as attractive and inclusive as possible with the emphasis placed on young stock, production and, across both the pedigrees and commercials, cattle that are commercially relevant to today’s market place. The closing date for entries is Friday 13th May 2016. Please
note entry forms will be posted out to members in late January/ early February 2016. Entry forms will also be available to download on www.limousin.co.uk
A special and unique event The 2016 National Limousin Show will, we fully anticipate, once again be a spectacular showcase for the breed that will attract the very best of Limousin genetics from around the UK. The Limousin breed continues to dominate and drive the British beef industry and as such this will be a much anticipated and high profile event that is sure to draw a big entry of cattle, along with a large crowd and significant media interest. Commenting, BLCS Chief Executive Iain Kerr said: “I really hope and expect that pedigree and commercial breeders will support the 2016 National Limousin Show. With
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the National Show only being held once every five years it really is quite a special event and unique in beef terms in the numbers it is likely to attract. Limousin cattle continue to dominate the major showrings and commercial markets around the UK year on year. To bring several hundred of the best Limousins together in one show will be a tremendous spectacle both to watch and to participate within. It’s one not to be missed!” From this point, there will be continual updates through Facebook, social media, websites, and mailings of further details around the 2016 National Limousin Show. Reminder: Closing date for entries is Friday 13th May 2016. Please note entry forms will be posted out in late January/ early February 2016 and will be available on www.limousin.co.uk
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NATIONAL LIMOUSIN SHOW 2016 SCHEDULE: PEDIGREE CATTLE Judge: Bruce Goldie, Townfoot, Mouswald, Dumfries
Special 8
Overall Champion Male and Reserve. Cash awarded £250 and £100 respectively.
Special 9
Supreme Champion Animal and Reserve. Cash awarded £1000 and £500 for Overall Champion and Reserve respectively. Sash to be presented to the winner.
Special 10
Best Animal Bred by Exhibitor and Reserve. Cash awarded £200 and £100 respectively.
SECTION 1 : FEMALES Classes may be split by age into equal sections or amalgamated depending on number of entries Class 1 :
Limousin Heifer born on or between 01/09/15 and 31/12/15. Maiden.
Class 2 :
Limousin Heifer born on or between 01/05/15 and 31/08/15. Maiden.
Class 3 :
Limousin Heifer born on or between 01/01/15 and 30/04/15. Maiden.
Class 4 :
Limousin Heifer born on or between 01/07/14 and 31/12/14. Maiden or In Calf
Class 5 :
Limousin Heifer born on or between 01/08/13 and 30/06/14. In Calf only
Class 6 :
Limousin Cow or Heifer born on or between 01/01/13 and 31/12/13. In Milk. Calf must not be more than 9 months old on day of show.
Class 7 :
Limousin Cow born on or before 31/12/12. In Milk. Calf must not be more than 9 months old on day of show.
SECTION 2 : MALES Classes may be split by age into equal sections or amalgamated depending on number of entries
SECTION 3 : GROUPS Class 14
Group of 3 Animals : male or female, progeny of one sire, any age. All the property of one exhibitor, previously shown in the respective classes.
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Regional Group : Group of six from each of the Limousin regions comprising of three males and three females. All animals must have been previously shown in the respective classes. One Group per region.
COMMERCIAL CATTLE Judge: Frank Page, Lodge Farm, Elkington, Northampton All commercial cattle entered must be sired by a registered pedigree Limousin bull. Pedigree cattle may be entered for the commercial classes. Please note, however, that a pedigree animal cannot be entered for both the pedigree classes and the commercial classes. Classes will be split by weight into equal sections. Please note there will be no pre-determined weight ranges for classes.
Class 8 :
Limousin Bull born on or between 01/09/15 and 31/12/15.
Class 9 :
Limousin Bull born on or between 01/05/15 and 31/08/15.
Class 10 :
Limousin Bull born on or between 01/01/15 and 30/04/15.
Class 16
Lightweight Heifer
Class 11 :
Limousin Bull born on or between 01/01/14 and 31/12/14.
Class 17
Intermediate Heifer
Class 12 :
Limousin Bull born on or between 01/01/13 and 31/12/13
Class 18
Heavyweight Heifer
Class 13 :
Limousin Bull born before 31/12/12 with no less than 6 registered progeny.
Class 19
Lightweight Steer
Class 20
Intermediate Steer
Class 21
Heavyweight Steer
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Intermediate Champion Female and Reserve. Winners of classes 4 & 5 are eligible to compete. Rosette awarded to Champion and Reserve. Cash awarded £50 and £25 respectively.
Heifer Champion and Reserve Cash awarded £250 and £100 respectively. Rosette awarded for Champion and Reserve
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Senior Champion Female and Reserve. Winners of classes 6 & 7 are eligible to compete. Rosette awarded for Champion and Reserve. Cash awarded £50 and £25 respectively.
Steer Champion and Reserve Cash awarded £250 and £100 respectively. Rosette awarded for Champion and Reserve
Special 13
Overall Commercial Champion and Reserve Cash awarded £1000 and £500 respectively. Rosettes awarded for Champion and Reserve. Championship sash to be presented to the winner.
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Best Commercial Animal bred by exhibitor and Reserve Cash awarded £200 and £100 respectively. Rosettes awarded for best animal bred by exhibitor and Reserve.
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Best Pair of Commercial Cattle both the property of one exhibitor, previously shown in classes 16 to 21. Cash awarded £100 and £50 respectively. Rosettes awarded to both members of pair for Champion and Reserve
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Special 3
Junior Champion Female & Reserve. Winners of class 1-3 (all sections) are eligible to compete. Rosette awarded to Champion and Reserve. Cash awarded £50 and £25 respectively
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Overall Female Champion and Reserve. Cash awarded £250 and £100 respectively.
Special 5
Junior Champion Male and Reserve. Winners of classes 8-10 (all sections) are eligible to compete. Cash awarded £50 and £25 respectively.
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Intermediate Champion Male and Reserve. Winners of classes 11 (all sections) eligible to compete. Cash awarded £50 and £25 respectively.
Special 7
Senior Champion Male and Reserve. Winners of classes 12 & 13 are eligible to compete. Cash awarded £50 and £25 respectively.
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6000GNS WILODGE JOREL TOPS NORTH WEST MIDLANDS & NORTH WALES LIMOUSIN CLUB SALE AT WELSHPOOL Heading up the NW Midlands & North Wales Limousin Club autumn show and sale at Welshpool on Saturday 28th November was Wilodge Jorel from Wilodge, Lodge Hill Farm Park Lane, Shifnal, Shropshire, who sold for 6,000gns. Jorel is a son of Bial and out of the noted Wilodge Diamante cow family. Earlier in the day he won the events pre-sale Championship award under the watchful eye of judge Thomas Illingworth from Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire. Jorel sold to TE Thomas & Co of Caereinion, Welshpool. Following at 4,600gns was the days Reserve Championship winner, Cowin Jagermeister shown by WDD & C James, of Carmarthen. Jagermeister carries a beef value of LM+47 and is a Wilodge Fastrac son and out of a Mas du Clo daughter Cowin Golddigger. He was knocked down to Messrs Williams of Abergele, Clwyd. Reaching the 4000gns mark was the April 2014 born entry, Glangwden Jet, from Chris and Fiona Jerman of Caersws. A son of Powerhouse Emblem and out of a Haltcliffe Ullswater daughter, Glangwden Garette, Jet sold to EH Hughes of Llandrindod Wells. Leading the female entries at 3,600gns was a cow and calf outfit shown by Drew Coppinger of Shrewsbury. Wilodge Highklass, a Sympa daughter from the renowned Ravenelle family, sold with her May born bull calf at foot Drews Logan. They sold to Bolshaw Farm Partnership of Macclesfield to join their Bolshaws herd.
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ROXBURGH COW & CALF UNIT SELLS FOR 8000GNS AT LIMOUSIN FEMALE SALE A cow and calf unit from John Elliot, Roxburgh Mains, Kelso sold for a combined price of 8000gns to lead the trade of Limousin females at the Breeders’ Autumn Sale held at Borderway Mart, Carlisle on Friday 16th October. The first lot in the ring, the six year old cow Grahams Ethel was bred by Mr & Mrs RJ Graham, Airthrey Kerse, Bridge of Allan, Stirling. Sired by the 30,000gns Millgate Clinker she is out of the French bred female Agate and was sold in-calf to Goldies Forever. The Red Ladies Champion in 2011 she was originally bought at that sale by Mr Elliot. Purchasing Grahams Ethel for 4500gns at Carlisle was Ian Davidson for his Ballyrickard Herd at Larne, County Antrim. Grahams Ethel’s heifer calf, Roxburgh Jadore, was bought for 3500gns by Gordon Hendry who runs the Aultmore Herd at Heads of Auchinderran, Keith, Banffshire. October 2014 born this calf is by the noted AI sire Sympa. From the same home Roxburgh Isotope, an embryo calf, sold for 3400gns to the Raysonhall Herd of Mr & Mrs D Hill, Whitewall, Great Asby, Appleby, Cumbria. Full of breeding this May 2013 born heifer is by the French sire Omer and is out of the Sympa daughter Haltcliffe Emerald who was purchased for 30,000gns. A maternal sister to the 18,000gns Roxburgh Hoodoo, Isotope was sold PD’d in-calf to Ampertaine Foreman. Also at 3400gns was Normande Hooker from Norman Cruickshank, Cowford Farm, Cleghorn, Lanarkshire, who was sold with her first calf at foot, the heifer calf Normande Looker (a Beck Giant daughter). April
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2012 born Normande Hooker is by Elegante Envy and is out of the Ravageur daughter Normande Venetia. AVERAGES 25 females
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FOXHILLFARM LEAD NEWARK LIMOUSINS AT 5000GNS Newark Market’s autumn Limousin Day fixture once again provided buyers with the chance to select from the breed’s leading genetics, with a solid trade for the best of the cattle on offer. Heading prices at 5000gns was Foxhillfarm Jobsworth, the champion from the pre-sale show under judge Karl Suddes of the Cornsay herd. Jobsworth from the Alford family, Cullompton, Devon, is by Loosebeare Fantastic and out of the prolific breeder Bankdale Alice. He sold to E A Quickfall, Retford, Nottinghamshire. Following that at 4000gns was Birdies Jim from the Gascoines Group. This son of French sire Brutus is out of Corridan Diamond, a Corridan Arkle daughter and was bought by A D Masters, Stanhoe, Norfolk. The Alford family were also to the fore in the females, taking the day’s top price of 4000gns when selling Foxhillfarm Jasmine, a full sister to Jaffa and, therefore, full sister to Wilodge Fantastic. She sold to Gary Patterson for his Aultmore herd, Aberdeenshire. The same vendors then sold Foxhillfarm Jade at 3800gns. Sired by Objat she is out of Sarkley Fadajen and was bought by J F Weighell, Richmond, North Yorkshire.
AVERAGES 19 bulls £2873.29, 14 cows and calves £2025.54, two in-calf heifers £2770, 17 in-calf cows £1116.03, 15 maiden heifers £1644.27, one young bull £840.
HOLLYASH CLARET SELLS AT 5000GNS Just a quick correction from the Summer 2015 issue and the report on the sale held at Newark on 4th July 2015. The headline on the report did not make clear that Hollyash Claret from the Burrough family, Holly Farm, Old Woodhouses, Whitchurch, Shropshire had topped this sale at 5000gns. This 2007 born fifth-calver by Junior, was sold with her Chaumell sired bull calf at foot to the Gascoines Group for their Gascoines pedigree herd. The error was pointed out by Mr Burrough in chatting at the Dinmore Open Day and we are very happy to put it right here.
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• CALEDONIAN MART’S CHAMPION SELLS FOR £6600 The yearling heifer Magic Moment, from Wilson Peters, Monzie Farms, Crieff topped the annual Premier Show & Sale held at Caledonia Mart, Stirling in September when it sold for a mighty £6600. Prior to the sale the heifer had been placed as the Limousin and Senior Champion before being awarded the Supreme Championship by the judge June Dowie, Baluskie, Barhill, Girvan. The sire of the Champion is Kype Elliot, a Roughley Adonis son, who has bred a number of sale toppers for Monzie Farms, whilst the dam is the Limousin sired Honky Tonk who also bred the 2013 Champion at Caledonian Marts. Purchasing the top price at £6600 or £12.94 per kg was Dougie McBeath and Sarah Jane Jessop, Lower Greenyards, Bannockburn.
GHYLL HOUSE LIMOUSIN REACHES £6200 The dispersal of John Richardson’s noted beef cattle from Ghyll House, Appleby, held in Penrith Mart in September met with some terrific prices and a sale leader of £6200. Leading the way was a six-year-old Limousin cross Blue cow with her May born Limousin calf at foot, sired by the prolific Rossignol, which made £6200. The purchaser was Lloyd Fowlie, Guise of Tough, Alford, Aberdeenshire, who bought a number of cattle on the day. Another to go to Mr Fowlie was the second to price of the day at £6000 for a Blue cross cow with a February born heifer calf at foot sired by the 9000gns Melbreak Hero. This six-year-old was sold back in calf to the same sire. The same purchaser bought further lots at £5800, £5200, £5000 and £3300 respectively. At £5800 was a Limousin cross cow with her three month old Melbreak Hero sired heifer calf at foot. At £5200 was Blue cross cow with a three month old Rossignol sired heifer calf. The leading purchase, outwith those of Mr Fowlie, was the £5600 paid for an eight year old Limousin cross cow, and former show heifer, which was sold with her four week old Limousin sired heifer calf to Bob
Manning Farms, Suffolk. Neil Slack, Newby, Penrith, paid £5500 for a Blue cross cow with a June born heifer calf at foot by Melbreak Hero. Another to go to Scotland and George Cameron, Acharacle, for £5000 was a four year old Blue cross cow with a nine month old Limousin sired bull calf at foot, and sold back in calf to Rossignol. Delamore Farms, Norfolk also paid £5000 for a nine-year-old Limousin cross cow, and another former show heifer, along with her May-born Limousin sired bull calf at foot.
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TRUEMAN JAGGER ‘ROCK & ROLLS’ TO A NEW £147,000 WORLD RECORD! • The Limousin magazine takes a wander behind the scenes for an alternative look at the story of the world record breaking Limousin bull.
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tep up and take a bow, the Savage team of Henry Snr, Henry Jnr, Phelim, Benedict and Dermot Savage, Altnamackin, Newry, Co Down, N.Ireland. It takes a very special bull to rock up to a BLCS sale at Carlisle, win a Supreme Championship, take an opening bid of 50,000gns and walk out of the ring as the new world record breaking Limousin bull with a £147,000 price next to his name. Just for the record the April 2014 born Trueman Jagger exited the ring as the world record priced Limousin, the all-breeds UK & European record holder for a bovine animal, and of course the all-breeds record holder from Northern Ireland!! So back to the beginning and where did that name come from? Well maybe unsurprisingly he’s named after the colourful Rolling Stone
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up at Carlisle in October. When Jagger came off the trailer at Borderway Henry planned to stroll him to a quiet corner to wash him and do him up before anyone would see him…… nothing doing, fellow breeders crowded round to follow every initial move and to see if the pre-sale hype lived up to its billing. Come pre-sale show time and things started to move up a gear or two. The judge for the day was Kevin Bohan, farm manager at the Ardlea herd of Dan Tynan, Co Laois, and also Chairman of the Irish Limousin Cattle Society. Presented before him was one of the strongest line-ups of bulls seen at a Carlisle October Sale in recent years. “Most powerful bull I’ve seen…..super backend and top…... full of class…..style throughout….. truly exceptional Limousin bull…..”. A litany of glowing soundbites from Kevin who had by that time duly given Jagger the nod as the Supreme Champion. Phase one completed ….!
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The pens and alleys of Borderway and the bars of Carlisle hummed overnight with speculation as to what this bull might make and who might buy him, but what was Henry Snr’s take on it all: “When we left home with Jagger in the trailer for the Larne ferry we said that, if we didn’t get £20,000 for him at Carlisle, we were going to bring him home to use him on our own cows. After winning the Championship we thought he might make a bit more and maybe have a chance of beating our own record of 38,000gns (paid for Trueman Duet at Carlisle in 2009). On
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the morning of the sale, there were so many established breeders interested in him that we just didn’t know what he might make”. Step up Jim Scott, President of the NI Limousin Club, who runs the Ardigon pedigree herd. Bringing a little perspective, and some humour to the unfolding story, Jim quietly passed on some sage advice in marketing any ‘exceptional’ bull: “My father always said, when he was selling something very good, that there was as better one in the belly of the cow at home.” Very cannae, and well said! To the sale itself and there was the usual
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buzz of ringside excitement followed by the expectant hush as Jagger entered for his moment in the middle. With his gavel already in good working order the Harrison & Hetherington auctioneer James Little readied himself for the anticipated flurry of bids. What was to unfold threw everyone a curve ball. A record opening bid in itself, Enniskillen’s Joe Rafferty of the Rafferty’s herd kicked off the proceedings with a determined, eye watering and nerve challenging opening bid of 50,000gns. A few staccato style bids later and Trueman Jagger had sold for 140,000gns (£147,000). No extended bidding process, no time for pause…just boom! Typically of Henry Snr he remained very composed throughout the sale even if a few butterflies were on the loose in the inside. During the sale of the bull he even had the presence of mind to wipe his hands clean with sawdust, maybe in anticipation of the inevitable hand-shaking after the auctioneer’s hammer came down and to ensure that there were no sweaty palms! A high profile five way syndicate of Limousin breeders had taken sight of the bull individually and came together at sale time to purchase him. Step forward Michael & Melanie Alford, Foxhillfarm herd at Cullompton Devon; Paul Dawes, Dinmore herd at Hereford; Messrs Jenkinson, Whinfellpark herd at Penrith; Gareth Lee, Calogale herd in Carmarthenshire; and Kedzlie Farm Ltd, Swalesmoor herd at Lauderdale. Again soundbites aplenty and to the fore, “exceptional potential…….outstanding quality ……..size, shape, style……..terrific weight gain………fantastic figures…….a ‘marquee’ bull with a huge future.” Hear, hear to that and congratulations to the purchasers for having a go and procuring such an outstanding animal. As well as use of the bull the syndicate will be collecting semen for both domestic and international sales. Jagger on the world stage once again. So what was the Team Savage reaction immediately after selling the bull? Quote
Henry Snr “It was a bit mad. I never really got to speak to the boys straight after the sale as there were so many people to talk to and literally all of our phones kept ringing with people congratulating us. We wanted to get a good picture of the bull, but this kept being interrupted by the phone ringing!! There were also a number of people and families who wanted their photos taken with the bull and as the bull was tired, this took a bit of time. It was great though and all the well wishes from around Northern Ireland, the UK and wider have really been greatly appreciated”. Not missing out and adding to the day Henry’s wife Deirdre had booked her flight when Jagger had won the Championship and came over hot foot for the sale. It was her first experience of Carlisle….what a lucky charm and do come again! Post sale the Limousin media machine kicked into gear and along with the generic interest saw a massive subsequent press coverage both domestically and across the globe. News agencies carried the story
across all five continents, the broadsheets and red tops covered it in their own unique way, the agricultural press was full of it. Interviews were conducted with various broadcast medias with the story also running on BBC. Driving home one evening listening to Radio Five Live the programme cut to Henry Snr and a live interview regarding the sale of Jagger, three minutes later a truly ‘charmed’ interviewer signed off barely able to suppress a few giggles at Henry’s ready wit, warmth and easy communication skills. Appearing on Page Three of The Sun has also been another family highlight!?! Great fun and some fantastic media coverage for the Savages and the Limousin breed. “It’s been a pleasure for the boys and I to have and to work with a bull of such quality. You can never expect to achieve what we have with him and to sell him for such a price. As I said on the sale day it’s quite humbling in many ways and in a breed where we have such a depth of quality and so many capable and talented breeders”, said Henry Snr. Not that it needed it but just for good measure and applying some extra icing the Savages other bull on the day, Trueman Jukebox, sold for 12,000gns! So a massive congratulations to Henry Snr, Henry Jnr, Phelim, Benedict, and Dermot Savage, and a wee mention also for Dermot Small who helped the team throughout the three days at Carlisle. The Savage family turn the page of Limousin and farming history and start a bold new chapter with a fantastic record price. A hearty well done to them. In setting the new figure Jagger becomes the fourth Limousin in all to beat the magical 100,000gns mark following Haltcliffe Vermount, Dolcorsllwyn Fabio, and Glenrock Illusion. For good measure the sale saw a new allbreeds UK record average of over £8700 for the 85 bulls sold….as has been said before just another Limousin sale at Carlisle!! See also the full Carlisle Sale Report in the sales section in this issue.
Trueman Duet 2009 Red Ladies Champion who sold for 38,000gns.
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Limousin News MARKET SHORTS
NOVEMBER 2015
Other top prices were 213p/kg for a Limousin cross. Heifers peaked at 227p/kg or £1,475.50 for a 650kg Limousin cross. DARLINGTON : The championship judged by Michael Everatt, Goole, went to a tremendous 11 month old black Limousin heifer from CR Raine & Son, Stanhope Gate. Full of length, loin and character it went on to reach the top price of the day at £2,400.
DECEMBER 2015
SEDGEMOOR : a new market record was set at 259.5p/kg for what auctioneers Greenslade Taylor Hunt described as “an absolute top drawer red Limousin steer” from J&S Vinnicombe & Son, Ottery St Mary. “Superb” red Limousin heifers from the same farm sold to 255.5kg. THAME : Michael Dickens & Family, Little Horwood, Milton Keynes, sold the reserve champion, a 610kg Limousin steer, which made 340p/kg - £2,074 – to the Judge Joe Wooley, Sheffield. WINSLOW : Reserve champion came from Richard & Judy Fountaine, 1 16 month 578kg Limousin steer making 300p/kg to the Judge, Robert Bowring, Mansfield. NEWARK : taking both the championship and reserve in the butchers classes was Ian Wildgoose & Family, Bolsover, Chesterfield. Their champion was a red Limousin heifer which weighed 678kg and made 280p/kg £1,898.40). The reserve, also a Limousin heifer, weighed 618kg and made 290p/ kg (£1,792.20) both going to Miranda Brown on behalf of Phil Heald Butchers, Retford. CAITHNESS : a 770kg Limousin bullock from IS Sinclair, Lybster, realised £1,386 to Judge Blair Duffton, Huntly. ACKLINGTON : the winner was a 570kg Limousin cross heifer from I Renton & Son, High Highlaws, which was bought by Judge Malcolm Riddell, of R Turnbull & Sons, Alnwick at 289.5p/kg £1,650. LANARK : A Limousin heifer scaled 556kg and realised 480p per kg or £2,668.80, selling to the Judge Jim Findlay, buying on behalf of S Collins Butchers, Muirhead.
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THE 22ND INTERNATIONAL LIMOUSIN CONGRESS The International Limousin Congress is being hosted by The Irish Limousin Cattle Society from 20th to 28th August 2016. The congress will showcase the very best Ireland has to offer: its rich, diverse countryside, its culture and outstanding Limousin Cattle. An Opening Ceremony and Banquet in Athlone, a oneday Technical Conference in Grange, and a nationwide travel programme will culminate with the much anticipated National Limousin Show, Parade of Champions, Elite ILC Sale, Gala Banquet and Closing Ceremony in Kilkenny. A full, varied and great value programme and a memorable trip
to Ireland is promised. Tour highlights are plentiful and include both commercial Limousin and pedigree Limousin herd visits, a Technical Conference in Teagasc Grange Beef Research Centre, Bunratty Castle, the Cliffs of Moher, the Wild Atlantic Way, Guinness Storehouse, Coolmore Stud, Blarney Castle, to name but a few! The opportunity to attend ILC2016 should not be missed. The event represents the world’s premier gathering of Limousin breeders and Limousin enthusiasts where friendships are forged, ideas are exchanged and lasting memories are created. Registration is now open for
the full 9 day programme, and the reduced 6 day programme and full details can be found on the conference website www.ilc2016. com. Sponsorship opportunities are also available and further details can be found on the website or email expo@ilc2016.com Contact Details www.ilc2016.com info@ilc2016.com + 353 (0) 1 400 3626 ILC 2016, Keynote PCO, Suite 26, Anglesea House, 63 Carysfort Avenue, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland
The BLCS are delighted that once again Field Farm Tours will be available to it’s members to help with every aspect of their trip to Ireland. Please find enclosed the details for the International Limousin Congress 2016 Ireland. There are two tour options: 9 day programme – Saturday 20th to Sunday 28th August 2016 Cost per person (Euros)
Booked by 31 March
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6 day programme – Tuesday 23rd to Sunday 28th August 2016 Cost per person (Euros)
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€1920
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Single occupancy
€2195
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Costs include: • 8 or 5 night’s accommodation, bed & breakfast basis • All transfers and transport as per the itinerary • Lunches daily from Sunday 21st to Thursday 25th August, inclusive • Attendance and Opening Ceremony & Banquet, including wine with meal (9 day programme only) • One day technical conference (9 day programme only) • Exclusive access to elite and commercial Limousin herds • Attendance at National Limousin Show, Parade of Champions & Elite ILC Sale • Attendance at Gala Banquet & Closing Ceremony, including wine with meal • Evening meals as per itinerary • Entrance fees for all attractions included in the itinerary • Tour guide throughout Flights are not included in the above costs. In order for you to take advantage of the budget airline options, the organisers have extended the early registration deadline when booking through Field Farm Tours Ltd, simply specify your departure airport preference and we would be happy to provide a no obligation quotation. Booking your flights and Congress fees with Field Farm Tours Ltd will automatically qualify you for full financial protection under the Civil Aviation Authority’s ATOL Scheme – reassurance you are in safe hands when booking with us, an option not available when booking your own flights. Contact Field Farm Tours on Tel: 01636 616060 or www.fieldfarmtours.co.uk.
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22nd International Limousin Congress Registration Now Open Tour Highlights Include:
4 nights in Athlone - 4 nights in Kilkenny - Technical Conference in Teagasc Grange Beef Research Centre - Brú na Bóinne - Commercial Limousin Herd Visit - Pedigree Limousin Herd Visits: Drummin, Ardlea & Roundhill - Clonmacnoise - River Shannon - Bunratty Castle - Cliffs of Moher - Wild Atlantic Way - Teagasc Centre in Athenry - Newbridge Silverware - Virginia Show Guinness Storehouse - Rock of Cashel - Coolmore Stud - Blarney Castle
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DINMORE LIMOUSINS LIGHT UP SOCIETY OPEN DAY
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s anticipated, an outstanding show of pedigree Limousin cattle ‘wowed’ the crowds at the British Limousin Cattle Society’s 2015 Open Day held in September at Dinmore Limousins, Hereford, by kind permission of Paul Dawes. Over 500 people, from all over the UK, were treated to a day bathed in sunshine and highlighted by the quality of the pedigree and commercial Limousin cattle on display and the warm hospitality made available throughout. It was clear that a huge amount of thought and work
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had been put into the day by Paul Dawes, Farm Manager Richard Bartle, and the Dinmore team. The cattle were imaginatively presented in the terrific buildings within the steading and in the close at hand fields of the mightily impressive Upper Dinmore Farm. With plenty of information at hand visitors were able to peruse the sheds at their leisure and also take the trailer tour of the fields accompanied by the first class commentary of Richard Bartle. As well as the eye catching quality of the breeding females and youngstock, the
temperament of the cattle across the herd was exemplary. In his remarks to the crowd on the day BLCS Chairman sincerely thanked Paul Dawes and congratulated him for putting on such a first class day and for developing such a quality herd since its establishment in 2001. Mr Phillips said: “Dinmore is one of the top pedigree herds in the UK. Run with a very commercial focus we have seen at first hand the quality and influence of bloodlines such as Diamant, Dinmore Goldenye, Dinmore Elle, Voney, & Venelle just to name a
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few. There is a real concentration on quality young pedigree stock and the commercial attributes of the Limousin breed. Emphasis is placed on ease of management; easy calving; milky females; fast growing progeny; good temperaments; and top carcases.” The attending crowd were well fed and watered throughout with a tremendous array of food and refreshments provided by ABP Food Group; Dinmore Limousins; and the BLCS. Another fantastic showcase day for the Limousin breed!
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L i m o u s i n Yo u n g L i m o u s i n
Check out the YLBC Facebook page or www.limousin.co.uk for reports and future events. YOUNG LIMOUSIN BREEDERS http://www.facebook.com/groups/311318061854/?fref=ts
Current YLBC Officials Chairman
Stephanie Dick, Mains of Throsk, Stirling
Vice Chairman
Tom Illingworth, Howgillside, Eaglesfield, Lockerbie
Sponsorship Co-ordinator
John Graham, Mains of Burnbank, Stirling
Hon President
Mrs Kay Adam, Newhouse of Glamis, Angus
Treasurer
c/o BLCS
YOUNG LIMOUSIN BREEDERS AGM HELD AT CARLISLE
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he Young Limousin Breeders Club (YLBC) recently held its AGM at Carlisle in December 2015 which was well attended by members from as far afield as Morayshire and Devon. Kirree Kermode, Isle of Man, outgoing Chairperson, reported on a steady
but successful year with many activities, which had included a great many members from all over the country. Kay Adam, Club President, was on hand to help with proceedings and on behalf of the members and Committee, heartily thanked Kirree for her dedication to the
role of Chairperson over the year. The incoming Committee was elected as follows: Chairperson: Stephanie Dick, Mains of Throsk, Stirling Vice Chairman: Tom Illingworth, Howgillside, Eaglesfield, Lockerbie Sponsorship Co-ordinator: John Graham, Mains of Burnbank, Stirling Hon President: Mrs Kay Adam, Newhouse of Glamis, Angus Treasurer: c/o BLCS
STEPHANIE DICK NATALIE CORMACK, ELECTED AS YLBC THE YLBC’S NEW CHAIRPERSON CO-ORDINATOR
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ncoming Chairperson, Stephanie Dick, 21, has been a long term supporter of the YLBC, having been a member for over 6 years. Stephanie has her own prefix, “Stephick”, which is run alongside the noted Ronick herd, near Stirling. Already with plenty of experience behind her, Stephanie has been very successful in the sale ring, show ring and as a stockjudging participant at Young Farmer level. On her new appointment, Stephanie commented: “I am delighted to be elected Chairman of the YLBC and think that the youth of the breed is so important, as our motto says, ‘Today’s youth, tomorrow’s breeders’, which is so true. With the enthusiasm and talent within the Limousin breed I will just love being able to help and push it forwards to help the younger members and to develop the club!” With Stephanie’s enthusiasm and experience, and the team behind her, the YLBC will be in very good hands for the next year.
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he Young Breeders also welcomed their newly appointed YLBC Coordinator, Natalie Cormack, who was on hand to learn how the Club operates, meet the new Committee and help with the Young Handler’s Competition which followed on immediately after the AGM. A very familiar face, Natalie has worked within the Limousin breed for many years, and is pleased to be able to have the chance to work with the YLBC Committee to implement their plans and ‘make it all happen’ for Club. “I have had the benefit of a solid background in Young Breeders activities across North America and the UK and have always been grateful for the experience, and particularly for what I was able to learn by working and competing with others. I’m sure I can bring that knowledge to help and benefit what is a great group of Young Limousin breeders”.
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IRELAND TAKE THE HONOURS AT ‘HIGH QUALITY’ ANGLO IRISH COMP! • Republic of Ireland win team event • England’s Harriet Wilson, Haughton, Stafford, wins individual title
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high on quality AngloIrish YLBC Stockjudging Competition was held at the English Winter Fair, Staffordshire Showground, in November, 2015. Established jointly in 2007 by the British and Irish Limousin Cattle Societies respectively, the aim of the Anglo Irish event has been to promote young breeders all-round stockjudging skills in a spirit of competition and friendship between the two herd book societies. This year’s event, the ninth staging in all, organised by the British Young Limousin Breeders Club with support from the parent British Limousin Cattle Society and the English Winter Fair, saw the event include teams from England, Ireland, Scotland & Wales. After some fantastic competition, held at a very high level of ability, it was the Irish team who emerged victorious winning a successive second competition. The 2015 winning team comprised of April Higgins, Rachel Maloney, Aidan Kinahan and Owen Hester. In the runners- up position was England with their team of Jessica Simms, Harriet Wilson, Gemma Slater, and Matt Wright. Scotland slotted in at third with Stephanie Dick, Amy and Jane
Lindsay and Christina Smith. Harriet Wilson, Haughton, Stafford was crowned as the individual winner with Aiden Kinahan of Ireland second and Stephanie Dick, Westerton of Cowie, Stirling, a very respectable third. In line with previous years, the Anglo-Irish competition is divided into three sections which are judging, followed by reasons, and lastly handling and showmanship. Each section is given equal weighting. Each team of 4 competitors, judged classes comprising of four heifers
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Team Ireland Winners of the 2015 Anglo Irish YLBC Stockjudg
and four steers, before giving their reasons to a panel of judges made up of Phillip Kermode, Duncan Hazard, Michael Gunn and Iain Kerr. The Placing and Reasons sections challenged the competitors to correctly judge and place in order the four heifers and then to outline to the judges’ panel their reasons for doing so. This was felt by many to be the toughest element of the competition with content; appearance and manner of presentation; accuracy of observation; focus on comparison rather than descriptive statement; and style, ability and confidence; all being taken into account. All of the judges commented on the high standard of reasons given with the competitors being confident and composed, and very accurate and articulate. In the Handling section, competitors displayed their skills in cattle handling, including parading an animal and standing it up for the judges’ inspection. The Young Limousin Breeders only had a limited time to become acquainted with the animals that had been put forward. Elements taken into account in this section
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were ability, style, conduct and appearance. Again the judges were very impressed with the standard of presentation, knowledge and ability the Young Breeders showed throughout the whole competition. Phillip Kermode commented “We had a very difficult but enjoyable task. The standard was very impressive throughout the competition, and all of the Young Breeders were a credit to themselves and to the Limousin breed.” YLBC Chairman, Kirree Kermode, also commented on an extremely enjoyable day with some fantastic and friendly competition.
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EXCITING 2016 PROGRAMME OF EVENTS LINED UP!
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ith discussion taken from the AGM and developed along with the YLBC Committee, YLBC Co-ordinator, and the BLCS, a solid and exciting programme of events for 2016 is now taking shape. The core events are the Young Show Stars, the National Stockjudging, Anglo Irish, and Young Handlers competitions which are held at different stages of the years and at geographies through the UK. Further inclusions are three practical ‘cattle workshops’ which are aimed to be held at venues in England, Scotland, and Wales respectively. In July of 2016 the National Limousin Show will be held at Carlisle and it is very much an aim to have a strong YLBC inclusion within the two days. The provisional programme outline is as follows: Northern Irish Calf Show January 16th, 2016 – Ballymena Mart
National Limousin Sho Carlisle 29th July 2016
Workshops x 3 Summer 2016 (England, Scotland and Wales)
Young Show Stars 2016 March 2016
Anglo-Irish Stockjudging ILC Ireland Aug 25-28th 2016
Agribition 21st – 26th November 2016, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
National Stockjudging Royal Highland Show 2016
Young Handler’s Competition Autumn / Winter 2016
WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN THE YLBC?
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o become a member of the YLBC go to http://limousin.co.uk/ the-society/young-breeders/ylbc-membership/ and click on the link to download the membership form. Membership is only £6 (incl VAT). We are also on FB at Young Limousin Breeders. Recently the club has created some ‘Hoodies’ which were given out as prizes at the Young Handlers Championships. They have been well received and are available to purchase in a range of sizes and colours. Please contact YLBC for further information.
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AGM Autumn / Winter 2016
ALAN LINDSAY A ‘STAR OF THE FUTURE’!
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ifteen year old Alan Lindsay, Kepscaith Farm, Whitburn, West Lothian, is pictured here with January 2015 born Clydeside Lulu, whom he was showing when he won Senior Young Handler at the Stars of the Future event at Stirling Mart in November 2015. Lulu is a Garmon Heros daughter out of Clydeside Disco, one of a number of calves that he and his sisters, Amy and Jane helped to break for the summer shows in 2015. The Lindsay family farm 70 suckers cows, to include 30 pedigree Limousins (Clydeside herd), and have 150 cross Texel ewes at Kepscaith Farm. Congratulations to Alan on his hard work to achieve such a great result and within such strong competition.
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ANDREW ADAM WINS YOUNG HANDLER’S CHAMPIONSHIPS
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he 2015 Young Handler’s Championships were held within Carlisle market on the evening before Red Ladies Day and the Weaned Calf Sale. After some terrific competition throughout, the Overall Winner was Andrew Adam, Newhouse, Glamis, Forfar. Competitors were divided into three age groups, and the competition comprised two parts; Show preparation and Showmanship. All age groups were hotly contested with a great deal of skill shown. The judges, Ali Jackson and Alistair Beaton were extremely impressed with the abilities of all of the entrants, especially since most had not worked with these calves before. Ali Jackson awarded points for the preparation section on: 1. 2.
3.
Prep (what equipment they brought with them), Method (how a competitor went about their preparation), and The overall result (did the competitor achieve the best result possible).
Alistair Beaton, the showmanship judge said, “It was difficult to separate the showmanship particularly, because the standard was so high. The points difference does not adequately reflect the small differences by which I had
to separate the entries.” Well done to everybody. The YLBC Committee would like to thank the exhibitors of the weaned calves that generously loaned their calves for the competitors to use, along with Showtime and BLCS as sponsors of the event.
Senior
Intermediate
1st Lin Pidsley 2nd Sophie Harvey 3rd Stephanie Dick 4th Danny Escolme
1st Andrew Adam 2nd Amy Lindsay 3rd Megan Forsyth 4th Alan Lindsay
Overall
Reserve
Andrew Adam
Lin Pidsley
From L to R: YLBC President Kay Adam, Alistair Beaton, Overall Champion Andrew Adam, Ali Jackson & BLCS Chairman John Phillips.
First Prize Senior Lin Pidsley
First Prize Junior Jane Lindsay
Second Reserve Sophie Harvey
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Further, the YLBC would also like to thank Les Wilson for donating a trophy for use within the Club activities and for this year it has been awarded to the best new entrant, Richard Davidson of Corsairtly, Keith. The overall results were as follows:
Junior 1st Jane Lindsay 2nd Chris Ewing 3rd Richard Davidson
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2015 BRITISH LIMOUSIN REGIONAL HERD COMPETITION RESULTS
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he British Limousin Cattle Society has within it, nine regional Clubs situated around the geography of the UK. Each year these Clubs organise a herd competition that sees members enter their herds and cattle, to be judged by an invited breeder, for the many
different sections and prizes on offer. Across the board the cattle and the competitions are of the highest standard, eagerly anticipated, and keenly contested! The following pages report on the results from each region with a few pictures of winning herds and entries thrown in:
Scottish Limousin Cattle Breeders Club Herd Competition Results for 2015 Judge: Stephen Illingworth EXTRA LARGE 1st
Maraiscote
Mr J Nimmo
2nd
Shannas
Mr & Mrs J Penny
3rd
Ronick
Mr R Dick
1st
Spittalton
Mr J Burnett
2nd
Anside
Anside Pedigree Livestock
3rd
Elrick
Mr MJ Massie
LARGE
MEDIUM
BEST BULL BORN IN 2014 1st
Elrick Jackal
Mr MJ Massie
1st
Lodge
Mr W & Mrs A Callion
2nd
Maraiscote Javelin
Mr J Nimmo
2nd
Alagils
Alasdair & Gill Macnab
3rd
Spittalton Jack
Mr J Burnett
3rd
Strawfrank
Alan Campbell
BEST CALF BORN IN 2015
SMALL
1st
Roxburgh Limoges
John Elliot
1st
Roxburgh
John Elliot
2nd
Lodge Loreal
Mr W & Mrs A Callion
2nd
Aultside
Garry Patterson
3rd
Meadowrig Leo
A Renton & HSB Redden Partners
3rd
Kinnahaird
Mr JP Clark
BEST STOCK BULL & PROGENY
OVERALL BEST HERD
1st
Goldies Comet
Mr J Nimmo
1st
Maraiscote
Mr J Nimmo
2nd
Goldies Emperor
Mr & Mrs J Penny
2nd
Spittalton
Mr J Burnett
3rd
Powerful Irish
Anside Pedigree Livestock
BEST COW FAMILY
BEST HEIFER BORN IN 2014 1st
Ronick Jingo
Mr R Dick
1st
Alagils Ainsi
Alasdair & Gill Macnab
2
nd
Lodge Jalise
Mr W & Mrs A Callion
2nd
Anside Veronica
Anside Pedigree Livestock
3
rd
Alagils Jinni
Alasdair & Gill Macnab
3rd
Clury Diamond
Mr W F Cruikshank
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North West Limousin Cattle Breeders Club Herd Competition Results for 2015 Judge: Ian Nimmo EXTRA LARGE 1st
Procters
Procters Farm Ltd
2nd
Norman
Mr E & Mrs E Norman
3rd
Whinfellpark
Messrs Jenkinson
1st
Gunnerfleet
Ian Handley
2nd
Griseburn
Mr TA Horn
3rd
Wiggonby
Mr S Bowe
LARGE
MEDIUM 1st
Tallyrock
Mr A Myerscough
2nd
Kinniside
Mr G & Mrs A Marrs
BEST HEIFER CALF UNDER 1
3rd
Loughhead
J & E Pattinson
1st
Procters Lanette
Procters Farm Ltd
2nd
Brontemoor Justice
JM & SM Priestley
Whinfellpark Lola
Messrs Jenkinson
SMALL 1st
Saunders
A & W Watson
3rd
2nd
Maybe
Mr D & Mrs Cornthwaite
BEST BULL CALF UNDER 1
3rd
Gallaber
Mr T Sedgewick
1st
Procters Logan
Procters Farm Ltd
2nd
Whinfellpark Luvabull
Messrs Jenkinson
1st
Lowflan
Ian Wilson & Carol Wood
3rd
Saunders Lualua
A & W Watson
2nd
Angiean
IK & AM Grisedale
BEST YOUNGSTOCK
3rd
Templewood
Mr SW Thornber
1st
Procters
Procters Farm Ltd
2nd
Norman
Mr E & Mrs E Norman
3rd
Whinfellpark
Messrs Jenkinson
EXTRA SMALL
OVERALL BEST HERD Procters
Procters Farm Ltd
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Limousin News North East Limousin Cattle Breeders Club Herd Competition Results for 2015 Judge: Stephen Illingworth EXTRA LARGE 1st
Millington
Millington Limousins
2nd
Longhirst
JE Jordan & Son
3rd
Cornsay
WI Suddes & Sons
1st
Tomschoice
JM & SP Cooper
2nd
Rachels
M Woolhouse
3rd
Oddacres
AJ Mason
LARGE
MEDIUM 1st
Barrons
W Barron
2
Scorboro
JCG Bloom & Son
Swale
WE Swales & Sons Ltd
1st
Tancredgrange
Barker Farming Partnership
2
Lissett
JH Tennant Ltd
Hollingreave
S Littlewood
nd
3rd SMALL
nd
3rd
EXTRA SMALL 1st
Kaprico
C Stafford
2nd
Queenshead
P Varley
3rd
Almande
A Morgan & JC Johnson
OVERALL BEST HERD Barrons
W Barron
BEST NEW ENTRANT Carlospride
C Moffett
BEST COW & CALF 1st
Raychris Dusty & Swale Lusty
WE Swales & Sons Ltd
2nd
Barrons Bambi & Lambie
W Barron
3rd
Antilope & Cornsay Jellybaby
WI Suddes & Sons
BEST CALF BORN IN 2015 1st
Oddacres Lemmy
AJ Mason
2nd
Barrons Lumberjack
W Barron
3rd
Hampshire Legend
S & K O’Kane
BEST EXHIBITOR BORN HEIFER BORN AFTER 1.1.14 1st
Millington Joyous
Millington Limousins
2nd
Lissett Jolene
JH Tennant Ltd
3rd
Barrons Jay
W Barron
BEST EXHIBITOR BORN BULL BORN AFTER 1.1.14 1st
Barrons Jojo
W Barron
2nd
Tomschoice Jasper
JM & SP Cooper
3rd
Longhirst Jerome
JE Jordan & Son
BEST STOCK BULL & PROGENY 1st
Gallois
AJ Mason
2nd
Mereside Godolphin
W Barron
3rd
Kaprico Eravelle
JM & SP Cooper
BEST STOCK BULL 1st
Spittalton Imij
Millington Limousins
2nd
Procters General
JCG Bloom & Son and M Woolhouse
3rd
Norman Infusion
JH Tennant Ltd
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Ampertaine
W&J McKay
2nd
Lynderg
J Quail
3rd
Millgate
C&M Loughran
MEDIUM 1st
Trueman
H Savage & Sons
2nd
Ballyrobin
J Gilliland
HOMEBRED HEIFER UNDER 2 YEARS
3rd
Titchburn
D Murray
1st
Pointhouse Jewel
M Diamond
2nd
Ampertaine Jlo
W&J McKay
1st
Annadale
C Murray
3rd
Larkhill Jenna
B&C McAuley
2nd
Chinauley
A Finney
HOMEBRED HEIFER BORN IN YEAR OF COMPETITION
3rd
Larkhill
B&C McAuley
1st
Trueman Layla
H Savage & Sons
2nd
Claragh Lassie
J&P Rainey
3rd
Carnew Laura
J Aiken
SMALL
BEST NEWCOMER Garvagh
M Diamond
L REG BULL
BEST STOCK BULL 1st
Lynderg Hero
J Quail
1st
Lynderg Laureate
J Quail
2nd
Goldies Hallmark
B&C McAuley
2nd
Claragh Luigi
J&P Rainey
Drew Cartmill
3rd
Millgate Lotto
C&M Loughran
3rd
COW FAMILY
GROUP OF L REG CALVES 1st
Ballyrobin
J Gilliland
1st
Sharon
W&J McKay
2nd
Ampertaine
W&J McKay
2nd
Diana
McKenna Bros
3rd
Millgate
M&C Loughran
3rd
Vixen
L Crilly
GROUP OF L REG CALVES BY ONE STOCK BULL
J REG BULL 1st
Trueman Jagger
H Savage & Sons
1st
Lynderg Hero
J Quail
2nd
Ampertaine Jamboree
W&J McKay
2nd
Ampertaine Handsome
McKenna Bros
3rd
Archies Jazzyjeff
McKenna Bros
3rd
Goldies Hallmark
B&C McAuley
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Limousin News NI Limousin Commercial Competition
GORDON BULL – MOST CHAMPIONSHIPS PRESENTED BY NOEL GILL, NORBROOK Robert Clyde, Templepatrick
LARGE 1st
Owen Crawford
Kircubbin
2nd
Simon & Brian Moore
Crumlin
3rd
Alexander Ross
Newtownards
NI CHAMPIONSHIPS – PEDIGREE CUPS CALF CHAMPION TROPHY - PRESENTED BY BOI RICHARD PRIMROSE M Loughran – MILLGATE LUCY JUNIOR CHAMPION TROPHY - PRESENTED BY BOI RICHARD PRIMROSE
SMALL 1st
Vincent McMullan
Kilrea
2nd
Mark & Shane Doyle
Kilkeel
3rd
Murtagh Walls
Hilltown
Vincent McMullan
2nd
Robert Miller
3rd
Mark & Shane Doyle
MALE CHAMPION TROPHY – H SAVAGE - PRESENTED BY LESLIE HOOD Trueman Jukebox YOUNG BREEDER AWARDS - PRESENTED BY JOHN HENNING
1st
James Alexander
Randalstown
2nd
Mark & Shane Doyle
Kilkeel
3rd
Vincent McMullan
Kilrea
1st
Mark & Shane Doyle
2nd
Simon & Brian Moore
3rd
Murtagh Walls
P McDonald – TULLYGLUSH JACKPOT
R Clyde Lowbarn Fotty
MALE BORN IN 2015
PROGENY OFF STOCK BULL
INTERMEDIATE CHAMP TROPHY - PRESENTED AI SERVICES PAUL RAINEY FEMALE CHAMPION TROPHY - PRESENTED BY AI SERVICES PAUL RAINEY
HEIFER BORN IN 2015 1st
D Robinson – ROBINEED JASMINE
Ruth Hamill Andrew Hamill James McComb Kyle Diamond Serena Murphy Andrew Burleigh IRISH LIMOUSIN BULL (TOP PRICE ANIMAL) PRESENTED BY KEVIN BOHAN IRISH LIMOUSIN SOCIETY Henry Savage Trueman Jagger 140,000 gns
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East Midlands Limousin Cattle Breeders Club Herd Competition Results for 2015 Judge: Colin Lewis LARGE 1st
Mereside
Mr RM Hazard & Sons
2nd
Brockhurst
WJ & M Mash Ltd
3rd
Oaktree
Mr JA Warner
3rd
Bassingbourn
Mr DF Turner
MEDIUM 1st
Gascoines
Gascoines Group Ltd
2nd
Fieldson
JW & MC Fieldson
3rd
Bosworth
Mr R Lawrence
3rd
Twinoaks
JH Duffin
1st
Cockleshell
Mr I Pitcher
2nd
Greensons
Greensons Limousin
3rd
Staindrop
Mr RW Hayes
SMALL
EXTRA SMALL 1st
Rempstone
Miss HC Burton
2nd
Plumtree
Paul Cairns
3rd
Lowgate
Ian Brown
OVERALL BEST HERD 1st
Mereside
Mr RM Hazard & Sons
2nd
Brockhurst
WJ & M Mash Ltd
BEST IN- CALF HEIFER 1st
Mereside Hanabel
Mr RM Hazard & Sons
2nd
Cockleshell Issitt
Gascoines Group Ltd
3rd
Fieldson Hustler
JW & MC Fieldson
BEST BULL CALF UNDER 1 1st
Mereside Lorenzo
Mr RM Hazard & Sons
2nd
Cockleshell Lampard
Mr I Pitcher
3rd
Plumtree Legend
Paul Cairns
BEST HEIFER 1-2 YEARS 1st
Brockhurst Jade
WJ & M Mash Ltd
2nd
Isolde
Greensons Limousins
3rd
Mereside Izzy
Mr RM Hazard & Sons
BEST BULL 1-2 YEARS 1st
Dinmore Illuminati
Mr R Lawrence
2nd
Gascoines James
Gascoines Group Ltd
3rd
Cockleshell Johnny
Mr I Pitcher
BEST STOCK BULL & PROGENY 1st
Honeymoor Favourite
Mr RM Hazard & Sons
2nd
Hafodlas Domino
WJ & M Mash Ltd
3rd
Twinoaks Hijack
JH Duffin
BEST COW & CALF
BEST HEIFER CALF UNDER 1 1st
Rempstone Empress & Ladyempress
Miss HC Burton
Mr JA Warner
2nd
Brockhurst Heavenly & Laila
WJ & M Mash Ltd
Mr RM Hazard & Sons
3rd
Bankdale Amber & Plumtree Lily
Paul Cairns
1st
Rempstone Ladyempress
Miss HC Burton
2nd
Oaktree Lovely
3rd
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North Wales & North West Midlands Limousin Cattle Breeders Club Herd Competition Results for 2015 Judge: Dyfan James EXTRA LARGE 1st
Garyvaughan
Mr CV Lewis
2nd
Twemlows
Mr WL & Mrs JA Forrester
3rd
Ashledge
AG Kirton & Sons
1st
Dolcorsllwyn
Mr GP Vaughan
2nd
Mayfields
Mr AJ Clark
3rd
Haulfryn
Mr RG Whitley
LARGE
MEDIUM 1st
Garmon
Mrs S Lloyd Jones
BEST HOMEBRED BULL BORN BETWEEN JAN & JUNE 2014
2nd
Roughley
Walter Smith Farms Ltd
1st
Ashledge Judaspreist
AG Kirton & Sons
3rd
Threaphurst
JM & MJ Bennett
2nd
Dolcorsllwyn Jafar
Mr GP Vaughan
SMALL
3rd
Twemlows Javelin
Mr WL & Mrs JA Forrester
1st
Ternvalley
AJ & SD Heath
BEST HOMEBRED BULL BORN BETWEEN JUL & DEC 2014
2nd
Temeside
VAS & TVS Corbett
1st
Garyvaughan Jaroux
Mr CV Lewis
3rd
Brynglas
DG & KG Evans
2nd
Dolcorsllwyn Jacobite
Mr GP Vaughan
3rd
Mayfields Jonty
Mr AJ Clark
EXTRA SMALL 1st
Hollyash
J & G Burrough
BEST BULL CALF BORN IN 2015
2nd
Newroddige
Mallaber Partners
1st
Garmorn Larry
Mrs S Lloyd Jones
3rd
Brenmick
Mr RM Jones
2nd
Temeside Lionking
VAS & TVS Corbett
3rd
Garyvaughan Lewis
Mr CV Lewis
BEST SMALL/MEDIUM HERD Garmon
Mrs S Lloyd Jones
BEST LARGE HERD Garyvaughan
Mr CV Lewis
OVERALL BEST HERD Garyvaughan
Mr CV Lewis
BEST HOMEBRED HEIFER BORN IN 2014 1st
Brenmick Joy
Mr RM Jones
2nd
Garyvaughan Jasmin
Mr CV Lewis
3rd
Mayfields Jubilee
Mr AJ Clark
BEST HEIFER CALF BORN IN 2015 1st
Garyvaughan Lollypop
Mr CV Lewis
1st
Haulfryn
Mr RG Whitley
2nd
Garmon Ladygaga
Mrs S Lloyd Jones
2nd
Westpoint
Mr EW Evans
3rd
Roughley Legacy
Walter Smith Farms Ltd
BEST NEW ENTRANT
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BEST STOCK BULL & PROGENY
BEST YOUNGSTOCK
1st
Twemlows Dynamite
Mr WL & Mrs JA Forrester
1st
Garyvaughan
Mr CV Lewis
2nd
Overthwaite Ben
Mrs S Lloyd Jones
2nd
Dolcorsllwyn
Mr GP Vaughan
3rd
Millstone Galopin
JS Vance & Son
3rd
Ashledge
AG Kirton & Sons
South Wales & Mid West Limousin Cattle Breeders Club Herd Competition Results for 2015 Judge: Duncan Hazard EXTRA LARGE 1st
Mynach
Messrs ED Griffiths
2nd
Glangwden
Mr CL & Mrs FE Jerman
BEST HEIFER BORN BETWEEN 1ST AUG & 31ST JAN
3rd
Cowin
WDD & C James
1st
Glyncoed Lillie
JK Davies & Co
2nd
Hannem Littlegem
Mr M & Mrs S Potter
Glangwden Jocelyn
Mr CL & Mrs FE Jerman
LARGE 1st
Beulah
MJ & JM Price
3rd
2nd
Tynewydd
Mr GM Jenkins
BEST YOUNG BULL BORN AFTER 1ST FEB
3rd
Rhiwllwech
Mr DM Howells
1st
Mynach Leo
Messrs ED Griffiths
2nd
Glangwden Lennon
Mr CL & Mrs FE Jerman
Mynach Lion
MEDIUM 1st
Reddragon
TE & HE Price
3rd
2nd
Tierston
Mrs DB Davies
BEST HEIFER BORN AFTER 1 FEB
3rd
Redskins
Mr JV & Mrs K Brown
1st
Calogale Lava
GJ Lee & CM Lloyd
2nd
Rhiwllech Lopez
Mr DM Howells
1st
Calogale
GJ Lee & CM Lloyd
3rd
Frogmore Lucy
Chris White
2nd
Frogmore
Chris White
BEST STOCK BULL & PROGENY
3rd
Mr T & Mrs S Jones
Sherry
1st
Powerhouse Emblem
Mr CL & Mrs FE Jerman
2nd
Greenwell Enrique
Messrs ED Griffiths
3rd
Fastueux
TE & HE Price
SMALL
OVERALL BEST HERD Mynach
Messrs ED Griffiths
Messrs ED Griffiths ST
BEST YOUNG BULL BORN BETWEEN 1 AUG & 31 JAN
BEST YOUNGSTOCK
1st
Glangwden Jaeger
Mr CL & Mrs FE Jerman
1st
Glangwden
Mr CL & Mrs FE Jerman
2nd
Beulah Justified
MJ & JM Price
2nd
Calogale
GJ Lee & CM Lloyd
3rd
Calogale Jalex
GJ Lee & CM Lloyd
3rd
Mynach
Messrs ED Griffiths
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Limousin News South West Limousin Cattle Breeders Club Herd Competition Results for 2015 Judge: Gary Swindlehurst LARGE 1st
Nealford
Mr JH Neale & Son
2nd
Killerton
Mr PM & Mrs SM Greed
3rd
Sloughpool
CR & MM Gollop
MEDIUM 1st
Chytodden
Mr GW Hollow
2nd
Treloweth
AMC Eddy
3rd
Stourhead
H & KE Parker
1st
Woodston
MD & KE Lanfear
2nd
Uptonley
Linda Pidsley
3rd
Smithy
AK & JK Smithy
SMALL
OVERALL BEST HERD Nealford
Mr JH Neale & Son
BEST BULL BORN IN 2014 1st
Nealford Jaydee
Mr JH Neale & Son
2
nd
Killerton Jackpot
Mr PM & Mrs SM Greed
3rd
Treloweth Johno
AMC Eddy
BEST HEIFER BORN IN 2014 1st
Nealford Jacqui
Mr JH Neale & Son
2nd
Woodston Jollylucky
MD & KE Lanfear
3rd
Holwellbarton Jinglebells
D Stevens & Son
BEST BULL CALF BORN IN 2015 1st
Nealford Loxley
Mr JH Neale & Son
2nd
Killerton Lazio
Mr PM & Mrs SM Greed
3rd
Woodston Lazyjacks
MD & KE Lanfear
BEST HEIFER CALF BORN IN 2015 1st
Nealford Ladydi
Mr JH Neale & Son
2nd
Woodston Lovebug
MD & KE Lanfear
3rd
Sloughpool Leila
CR & MM Gollop
BEST STOCK BULL & PROGENY 1st
Loosebeare Exmoor
Mr PM & Mrs SM Greed
2nd
Glenrock Fortune
Mr JH Neale & Son
3rd
Roundhill Grimaldi
Mr GW Hollow
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Limousin News South East Limousin Cattle Breeders Club Commercial Herd Competition Results for 2015 Judge: Will & Gerald Ketley LARGE 1st
Tim Piper
2nd
Brian Foster
3rd
J&S Wareham
SMALL 1st
Andrew Holt
2nd
AT & SR Clutterbuck
3rd
Derek Southouse
OVERALL BEST HERD 1st
Tim Piper
2nd
Andrew Holt
BEST LIMOUSIN CROSS HEIFER 1st
David Hicks
2nd
J&S Wareham
3rd
Andrew Holt
BEST LIMOUSIN CROSS STEER 1st
J&S Wareham
2nd
Andrew Holt
3rd
Tim Piper
BEST WORKING STOCK BULL 1st
Strattons Farm LLP
2nd
Derek Southouse
3rd
J&S Wareham
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ERAVELLE LEADS 2015 TOP SELLERS ON SEMENSTORE.CO.UK Another strong year of selling on the on-line semen website www.semenstore.co.uk has seen sales increase by a further 11% in the period. Leading the way in straws sold throughout the year has been Kaprico Eravelle closely followed by Ampertaine Gigolo the sire of the record breaking Trueman Jagger. Gigolo has also led the yearly sales on www.semenstore.ie Semenstore.co.uk now carries semen on offer from over 115 Limousin bulls with choices for every market. The top five bulls selling on the site in 2015 were:
Kaprico Eravelle Quick info: £7.50 per straw; £50 semen royalty; available worldwide
A Limousin bull with short gestation and easy calving coupled with tremendous growth has proven very sellable in the year. The breeder describes him as being ‘very suitable for using on heifers’. Selected for the British Limousin Cattle Society Young Bull Proving Scheme, Kaprico Eravelle’s EBV is in the top 1% of the breed for gestation length, calving ease and 400 day weight gain. He has two copies of the F94L gene.
Ampertaine Gigolo Quick info: £35.00 per straw; £40 semen royalty; available worldwide
Ampertaine Gigolo is the sire of the £147,000 world record priced Limousin bull Trueman Jagger who was sold at Carlisle in October 2015. At this sale Gigolo’s first three calves born all won their classes took the Supreme & Reserve Championships and averaged £71,400! A daughter of Ampertaine Gigolo also won the Dutch Supreme National Show on the same day. Sales of Gigolo semen since then have rocketed in both the UK and the Republic of Ireland. A fast growing bull, Ampertaine Gigolo weighed 765kgs at 400days. Carrying tremendous performance figures he is in the top 1% of recorded animals for 200 and 400 day weight, and has top 1% Beef Value. The breeder says: “Ampertaine Gigolo has everything you want in a Limousin bull: enormous width right from the back through to his front, exceptional volume, and powerful strength without losing any of his elegance and style. Standing on four very good legs, he is exceptionally square on his plates and very clean right through. A tremendous bull who has made an immediate mark in Limousin breeding!”
Ampertaine Gustav Quick info: £20.00 per straw; no semen royalty; available UK & Europe
Another from the herd of James McKay, Ampertaine Gustav is a three-quarter brother to Ampertaine Foreman and his mother Ampertaine Beauty is noted as one of the best cows in the Ampertaine Herd. Gustav has excellent conformation with fine bones, a strong back and very correct legs. He is a muscular bull with an enormously wide pelvis and excellent structure from front to back. The breeder says: “Gustav achieved a very good growth rate of 725kg at 400 days. On top of this, he has an attractive calving ease, thus is suitable for heifers. A complete bull, he should produce both promising bull and heifer calves.
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Limousin News Ampertaine Foreman Quick info: £40.00 per straw; £40.00 semen royalty; available worldwide
Similar to Ampertaine Gigolo, this is a further year that Ampertaine Foreman has featured in the best sellers list. Described as the ‘best bull he has ever bred’ by James McKay, Foreman was sold in February 2012 at Carlisle for 38,000gns. He is the top priced son of the 50,000gns Wilodge Cerberus sold to date. Foreman is out of Ampertaine Bathsheba, a Sympa daughter, who is full sister to the mother of Ampertaine Commander. Excellent figures see him carry a Beef Value in the top 1% of recorded Limousins. He is also in the top 1% for 400 day growth and muscle depth, is top 10% for calving value and above average for milk. Non-carrier of protoporphyria gene (NN).
Greensons Howlett Quick info: £20.00 per straw; £40.00 semen royalty; available worldwide
Sales in the UK & abroad have been strong for Greensons Howlett, the first homozygous polled (100% polled calves) red Limousin bull bred in UK to have semen available. In addition, he has the shape and muscling of a British Limousin bull which is backed up by an impressive range of EBVs. Howlett is top 1% for 200 and 400 Day Growth. This is further enhanced by top 10% for Muscle Depth, Gestation Length, Calving Value and Beef Value. Howlett also measured a massive 42cm Scrotal Circumference at 12 months of age. The breeder says: “Howlett is a long, easy-fleshing bull with a great top, super temperament and sound locomotion. He carries two copies of the F94L gene. *In the period, solid export orders for Greensons Howlett have been fulfilled to Germany (two orders), and to Switzerland.
SEMENSTORE.IE PROVING POPULAR IN IRELAND Directly concentrating on providing UK and European Limousin genetics to breeders and commercial producers in Ireland, sales on www.semenstore.ie have increased by a massive 80% at the close of the second full year of trading on the site. There is presently semen
available from twenty Limousin bulls with orders being co-ordinated through Semenstore’s partner Dovea Genetics who are based in Thurles, Co Tipperary. Ampertaine Gigolo, the top selling bull on the site in 2015, is available at 40 Euros per straw.
MARAISCOTE & BALLINLOAN BULLS NOW AVAILABLE ON SEMENSTORE The portfolio of semen available from Limousin bulls continues to grow on www.semenstore.co.uk. Two exciting recent additions to the site have been:
Maraiscote Graffiti
Maraiscote Grafitti
Quick info: £20.00 per straw; £40.00 semen royalty; available UK
Ballinloan Jaegerbomb Quick info: £20.00 per straw; £40.00 semen royalty; available UK
Maraiscote Graffiti was purchased for 17,000gns at the BLCS Carlisle in October 2012 when he also stood as Supreme Champion at the pre-sale show. He has a superb temperament with lots of power and volume, and his first four bulls have averaged £9000. Graffiti is by Goldies Comet and is out of the Tyddyn Mei daughter, Maraiscote Betty, making him a three-quarter brother to the 30,000gns Maraiscote Floyd. He carries a Beef Value of LM+42.
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Ballinloan Jaegerbomb was Junior Champion at Carlisle in October 2015 and purchased for 24,000gns. Jaegerbomb is by Ampertaine Foreman and is out of Ballinloan Frutella, a Neuf daughter. The owner says: “Jaegerbomb is the most extreme muscled bull I have seen and has the extreme width to go with it. He was much admired at Carlisle and at the Borderway Agri-Expo four weeks later. He is perfect on his feet and legs with the most tremendous head to go with it. To top it all he has a wonderful temperament. This is a bull I am really excited about.”
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Limousin News The Society is very sad to report in this issue of the passing in the period of three well-known and highly respected names from within the Limousin family – Mike Keeble, John Gordon, and Drew Adam. Each in their own right and way have added so much to the rich story of British Limousin, pedigree breeding, & UK agriculture. Our deepest sympathies are extended to the respective families.
MIKE KEEBLE Farmer, countryman, journalist, commentator and Limousin pioneer Mike Keeble who died in September 2015 was one of the pioneers in introducing the Limousin Breed into Britain and the last surviving member of the first British Limousin Cattle Society (BLCS) Council of Management. He was a member of the first buying mission and importer of some the first Limousin cattle in 1971. He was also a signatory to the BLCS Articles of Association dated 4 September 1970. Passionate about the breed he was always ready to challenge present day wisdom if he thought it was going away from what Limousin was all about, as he did in the Author’s Introduction to his book “Limousin The Breed, The People, The Story” published in 2004. He had after all served on every committee that was involved with the Limousin in the 1970s including The Limousin and Simmental Tests Steering Committee. He was a farmer, a Limousin breeder, a journalist, and a ring side commentator of great repute Born in London in 1938, he won a scholarship to Dulwich College
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and in 1956 went on to Harper Adams Agricultural College where he met Peta Tucker whom he married three years later. He then set out on a career in land agency. He took his first tenancy at High Burton, Masham, Yorkshire, where he was to receive a large number of Limousin from the first importation including 12 bulls six of which were owned by the Milk Marketing Board. There he started the Burton herd and had much success winning the Royal Show championship in 1978 with Burton Majority who sold for a record 8000gns. The dispersal sale in 1980 saw 59 lots based on MMB Fanfaron blood averaged £3300 - a record which lasted for many years. His love of the countryside developed when he was evacuated to Chorley Wood during World War II. He enjoyed hunting and used
to take his family to the meet in a cattle wagon. He championed the Yorkshire uplands and believed that the Limousin certainly had a place in the uplands. As a journalist he wrote a column for the Farmers Guardian that was often provocative, as well as attracting a considerable following with features in the Farmers Weekly, Northern Farmer and the Darlington and Stockton Times. He also found time to write a number of books. He was a great always keen on encouraging the young and in 2003 he brought together a group of young French and British breeders for a weekend based on Masham to explore the Limousin in the northern Yorkshire Dales, by all accounts an exhilarating experience for one and all. Mike was always looking for new ideas, with his restless
The passing of John Gordon is a great loss to the whole community – a man involved in so many aspects of life. John a caring, kind, considerate man with such a thoughtful nature, endeared himself to everyone. In 1953 John was awarded the Queen’s Commendation for Bravery, an accolade he never spoke about until a few years ago when the press were highlighting the 60th Anniversary of the air crash at Nutts Corner airport - when John said “he was just doing his job”. In John’s so called ‘retirement years’ he took on many things. In 1986 he became secretary of the NI Limousin Club and worked tirelessly for the breed for over thirty years. During this period he became President of the Club and held that position with great esteem until two years ago when he had to retire due to ill health. During his time with the Club his tireless, unselfish work, commitment, loyalty and service were recognised by many awards and presentations
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enquiring mind. For example, he helped to start Ritchey Tag and was interested in saving for posterity the old farming ways in a museum as much for the collectors as the young who never experienced the skills and hardship of the old days. A member of the Tenant Farmers Association and the Agricultural Lands Tribunal, he also served on the panel advising the Secretary of State for agriculture. In 2014 he became a Fellow of the Royal Agricultural Society of England receiving his award at the House of Lords. Diagnosed with prostate cancer five years ago, he never flagged, selling up the farm and moving to East Witton. He continued to write and completed his last book, the history of an auctioneering firm, dictating the final chapter to his daughter Philippa. We have lost one of the founding fathers of the breed and we have much to thank him for. He passed the ultimate test of leaving the world a far better place than he found it. He passed on his passion for Limousin cattle and the countryside to several generations of young farmers. And, above all, he constantly challenged us to think creatively about the future of the industry he loved. He is survived by his wife Peta and a son and two daughters.
culminating with an “Unsung Hero” award presented by the Farming Life newspaper at a Gala Dinner in 2013. John was certainly an “Unsung Hero” to the Northern Ireland Limousin Club members. Most of John’s working life revolved around Health & Safety. He was a member of the Institute of Occupational Safety & Health and in 1995 he was awarded the MBE for his services in this field. For many years he served on the committee of the Northern Ireland Safety Group. John was one of the founder members of the Edgecumbe Parents and Friends Group which provide support for adults with learning difficulties. He held the position of Treasurer for over thirty years and also served on the Board of The Orchardville Society. John, “one of life’s true gentlemen”, a man with an indomitable spirit and a wonderful sense of duty will be sadly missed by his friend and companion Joan, Anne, Andrew and the entire family circle.
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Limousin News DREW ADAM 3rd April 1937 – 17th December 2015 The pedigree beef cattle world has lost one of its most respected and best known breeders – Drew Adam of the “Newhouse” pedigree herds, based at Newhouse of Glamis in the Scottish county of Angus. Drew passed away on 17th December, aged 78. In addition to being an outstanding livestock breeder and farmer, Drew Adam was also a devoted family man - “a really wonderful husband” to Margaret, (nee Ramsay), his wife of 55 years, and a loving father to their four children – daughters Kay (Lyburn), Anne (Lyburn) and Helen (Ovens) and son Bob. He was an adoring and adored “Grampo” of nine grandchildren and “Great Grampo” to one great grandson. Despite “Newhouse” cattle rarely being shown, other than pre-sale shows, Drew’s reputation as a global ambassador for top class cattle breeding, resulted in him receiving many invitations to judge at major shows, both overseas and throughout the United Kingdom, including three times each at the Royal Highland, Royal Welsh, Royal Ulster and (sadly now defunct) English Royal. His first public judging duty had been as a 16 year old at the 1953 Perth Show. His passport was in frequent use. Thanks to his many overseas judging duties, plus enjoyable foreign holidays with Margaret, in total Drew visited almost 50 different countries. Drew was a babe in arms in April 1937, when his parents – Bob (“R.M.”) and Anne Adam moved from Annet Farm, near Doune in Perthshire, to Newhouse of Glamis in the Vale of Strathmore in Angus. Also travelling from Doune to Glamis - a pedigree AberdeenAngus cow, Jewry Erica and her two progeny, the foundation of the “Newhouse” pedigree Aberdeen-Angus herd, destined to become one of the most famous Aberdeen-Angus herds in the world. Later, in 1950, the Adams also founded the “Glamis” Beef Shorthorn herd. Drew Adam grew up amidst pedigree livestock, sharing his father’s passion and continuous determination to use stock
bulls with the conformation and genetics to improve their own cattle with each generation. Their rewards were reaped in the sale ring of the world famous Perth Bull Sales, held in Perth, 28 miles to the west of Glamis. “Newhouse” bulls were sold at Perth Bull Sales from the late 1930’s. Drew’s first visit to the bull sales was as a seven year old in 1945, when he walked with the sale bulls the two miles from Newhouse to Glamis railway station, travelled with the bulls into Perth, and then walked with them through the streets from Perth railway station to the auction mart in Caledonian Road. In 1961, nine “Newhouse” Aberdeen-Angus bulls sold at Perth, averaged £7,530. Four years later Drew and his father sold Newhouse Jarvis Eric to Black Watch Farms in America for 34,000 gns, still the best “Newhouse” price and just one of many “Newhouse” cattle sold overseas. Drew and Margaret were married in 1960, and Margaret cannot recall Drew’s marriage proposal including in the job description for Mrs Drew Adam, the feeding and watering of literally hundreds of often unexpected bull viewing visitors in
the snowy month of January, and prior to the February sales! Despite obviously relishing the pedigree transactions, Drew and his father always kept their commercial cattle breeding customers foremost in their minds. When the larger and leaner Continental breeds were imported into the U.K. in the second half of the 20th Century, the Adams promptly responded to the market signals from commercial bull buyers. In 1969 they replaced their Beef Shorthorns with Charolais. Ten years later the “Newhouse” Aberdeen-Angus herd, which had held the British sale price record for Aberdeen-Angus bulls five times, was dispersed to make way for Limousins. Today the “Newhouse” pedigree cattle enterprises, run by Drew and Margaret’s son Bob and his wife Kay, are Charolais and Limousin – red and black. Drew continuously strived for on-going herd improvement. In 2009 the “Newhouse” Charolais herd won the British Charolais Society Harman Award for the best genetic improvement in Scotland. The same year, Drew Adam was awarded the Sir William Young Award, one of the livestock industry’s most
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prestigious awards, recognising outstanding contribution to livestock breeding. The Adam’s Charolais and Limousin cattle continue to keep the “Newhouse” pedigree prefix in sale report headlines. Their best Continental price to date is 22,000gns twice for Charolais bulls Newhouse BigAl in 2007 and Newhouse Ding Dong in 2010. Drew, who was always keen to experiment and break new ground, was one of the first British breeders to introduce black Limousins to Britain. In February 2009, Newhouse Black Colorado became the first black Limousin to win the Perth Bull Sales Limousin championship, going on to top the sale at 16,000gns. Drew was twice Chairman of the British Charolais Cattle Society and in 2007 was elected Breed President. In 1996 he was also the International Charolais President. Newhouse, which currently totals 550 acres, is adjacent to Glamis Castle, the late Queen Mother’s childhood home. The Adam family also have a 2,000 acre hill farm, 13 miles away Knowehead of Auldallan, which runs up to 2,192 feet. Here the long-established pedigree “Auldallan” Scottish Blackface flock, which has sold to a top of £18,000, has recently been joined by the “Auldallan” flock of North Country Cheviots. There is also a commercial herd of suckler cows. Drew always valued the lessons learnt on this hill unit, which helped him understand, at first hand, the breeding stock qualities needed by commercial farmers. All matters livestock breeding and farming continued to be Drew’s passion. In mid-December, the week before he died, he had cast his all-seeing eyes over the “Newhouse” entries for the February (2016) bull sales, and enjoyed discussing the merits of the bulls with his grandsons. Throughout his 78 years, Drew Adam enjoyed and shared many wonderful days. One of his extra special favourites was 20th February 2008, when he watched grandsons Andrew and James Adam, then aged nine and seven respectively, sell their Charolais bull Glamis Benefactor for 10,000 gns at the Perth Bull Sales, making them the fourth generation of Adam to sell at Perth.
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USING GEBVS – A QUICK GUIDE FOR COMMERCIAL AND PEDIGREE BREEDERS What are GEBVs? GEBVs are breeding values derived from information in an animal’s DNA. They are calculated differently to our conventional EBVs. Whilst EBVs are based on measured performance (eg growth rate) on farm and within a contemporary group, GEBVs are calculated by comparing information from the animals’ DNA to the Limousin Carcase Traits ‘SNP key’ (pronounced ‘Snip’). This ‘key’ is a library of DNA and performance records from thousands of animals built up over the last four years. By comparing an animal’s DNA to this key, its breeding merit can be predicted.
What are the Benefits from Using Them? Also referred to in the article on Page 6, these include: üü Potential for increased calf value from genetic improvement in carcase quality and reduction in slaughter age. üü Longer term, stronger links between breeding values and a more sophisticated VIA payment grid üü Records in the genetic evaluation that are from truly independent sources üü Speed: GEBVs can be obtained shortly after a calf is born üü Improved accuracy: GEBVs are typically considerably higher in accuracy than EBVs üü Lower cost: Because accuracies are enhanced much more quickly using GEBVs than collecting records on-farm üü All owners of Limousin-bred cattle can gain GEBVs: A significant difference between an EBV and a GEBV is that the former relies on the collection of widespread on-farm records from pedigree animals. GEBVs can be obtained for any Limousin-bred animal simply from a hair sample.
How do I Use GEBVs to Select Breeding Stock? GEBVs will be used in exactly the same way as EBVs when breeding decisions are being made. Albeit they have been produced in slightly different ways, they are in essence breeding values that indicate genetic merit and the way producers use them should not differ. As with the traditional EBVs, the numeric values and accuracies will be shown for each GEBV trait, along with a bar chart illustration. For additional information, it will be clear which traits are EBVs and which are GEBVs i.e. those which have been derived from on-farm measurements alone and those which have also used information from the animal’s DNA.
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Topside
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Silverside
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Rump
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Knuckle
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üü The centre line of the graph represents Breed Average for all traits üü Bars that lie to the right of the centre line indicate the GEBV is above Breed Average. The further to the right, the further above Breed Average it is. üü In a similar way, bars that lie to the left of the centre line indicate the GEBV is below Breed Average. The further to the left, the further below Breed Average it is.
Interpretation: In the example above, a bull with a Fillet GEBV of 0.7 kg has the genetic potential to pass on an additional 0.35 kg of fillet to its progeny when compared with a bull with a GEBV of 0 kg. As with EBVs, the bull’s GEBV is halved when considering what he will pass on, since 50% of the calves’ genes will come from their dam.
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Limousin News Where Can I Find GEBVs & When? An evaluation of GEBVs will be carried out three times each year in conjunction with the current EBV evaluations, in March, July and October. Results are initially available to the owners of the animals only, and they then choose to publish those they wish on the Basco database. Once published, GEBVs will be available alongside the existing EBV and pedigree on the same Basco page. Accessing them is the same as it is for our current EBVs: go to www.basco.org then type a known animal’s name or number in to the Quick Search box, or search by breeder using ‘Breeder Search’ or search by breeding values using ‘EBV Search’. GEBVs will be available once owners publish them following the evaluation in March. All published GEBVs will also be included in Society sale catalogues. The first sale where GEBVs are anticipated is the May bull sale this spring at Carlisle.
How Would I Get GEBVs for My Cattle?
Genesure Ltd is a company set up by the project partners whose role it is to administer the genotyping of the animal DNA and produce the GEBV results.
In order to gain Carcase Trait GEBV, a hair or tissue sample of an animal must be genotyped and we have very recently introduced the Genesure service to enable breeders to access this. The Genesure service deals with collation and submission of samples to the laboratory as well as automated reporting of results to breeders. Details have recently been issued to all members but please contact the Society office for assistance. Further information on GEBVs is available on the Society website www.limousin.co.uk. Click on ‘Performance Programmes’, then ‘Carcase Trait GEBVs’. For enquiries please contact the Society office direct.
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For Sale: pedigree and crossing bulls; also a terrific show of quality heifers straight from the heart of the herd. All related to the above animals. Top 1%, Great conformation, easy calving & SAC Health Scheme. Tel: 07712 435 408 / btgoldie@btinternet.com
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BEEF FEED EFFICIENCY PROGRAMME – SOME EARLY RESULTS The Beef Feed Efficiency Dry Matter Intake (DMI): Programme is a 4 year project an animal’s intake of feed funded by Defra and AHDB to excluding the water content of a scale of £1.75m, that aims that feed. to demonstrate the ability to measure and select for feed Residual Feed Intake intake parameters in cattle on (RFI): the difference between commercial farms, and establish a an animal’s actual feed system for recording after the end intake and its expected feed of the project. The project has requirements for maintenance begun to measure Limousin sired and growth. Also referred to cattle, with the aim of producing as Net Feed Efficiency. an EBV for feed efficiency that can be included in breed selection indices. Two commercial farms will be equipped with ‘GrowSafe’ feed intake recording equipment which will capture feed intake in individual animals over a 63 day period. The animals will be 7-9 months of age at the start of data recording. Feed intake measurements, together with backfat and growth rate measurements will be used to calculate Dry Matter Intake (DMI) and Residual Feed Intake (RFI), all components of an EBV for Feed Efficiency. The inclusion of an EBV for feed efficiency in breed selection indices will identify animals with superior genetics for feed efficiency, and allow breeders to actively select for feed efficiency to enhance their breeding programmes. This is likely to have most impact on our commercial customers as they will be able to directly and accurately select stock sires with genetics that will increase feed efficiency in their progeny. Batch 1 has just completed its data collection phase at SRUC, Easter Howgate, Edinburgh and 9-11 month old Limousin included 93 Lim and Limx steers, X-bred steers achieving by 13 different sires from 10 farms. liveweight gain over 1.6kg/ The average live weight (LW) at the day on commercial diet start of the trial was 367kg and the
As expected, those that eat more tend to have a higher growth rate. Figure 2 shows the average DMI and Growth Rate of the progeny by sire – as DMI increase, so too does the daily gain. This graph also demonstrates that for sires whose progeny had similar growth rates (eg 1.6 kg/day), there are considerable differences in the calves’ average DMI.
Figure 3 shows that the RFI of the sires (i.e. the differences between their calves’ actual intake and that required for maintenance & growth) ranges from -0.6 to 0.4 kg DMI/day and has been categorised into low, med and high RFI. Results that represent these types of differences between sires are expected, given other trials of the same nature. Sires with progeny that demonstrate lower RFI values (the blue bars on the graph) indicate that their progeny have eaten less feed to achieve the same or more growth over the period. Efficient animals eat less than expected and have a negative or low RFI, while inefficient animals eat more than expected and have a positive or high RFI.
average live weight at the end was 512 kg. The DLWG over the data collection period was 1.64 kg/day. The diet fed was a 50:50 grass silage/concentrate mix designed to provide 11.5 MJME/kg DM and 15% crude protein on a DM basis. The concentrate was a 70:30 mix of barley and distillers grains. Figure 1 below demonstrates that over the 13 sires represented in the trial, there are differences in the average DMI of their offspring ranging from 7.4kg/day for the calves off one sire to 11.1kg/day for the calves of another.
Indeed, Figure 4 (overleaf) shows the spectrum of individual RFI values for each animal in the batch. It indicates that there are animals that have eaten considerably less feed to achieve the same or more growth than others.
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Limousin News This project will accumulate sufficient data over its duration to establish the variation present in the Limousin breed and the level of heritability. From this, the parameters are established that will form the basis of the Feed Efficiency EBV calculations. The results from this first batch indicate variation within the breed in keeping with work already established elsewhere in the UK and overseas. Records must accumulate in number before wider analysis can be undertaken, but the indicators are that the protocols adopted for measuring intake are sound and will yield the information required as further cattle pass through the units. A second batch of cattle are currently on test now, with a third due to commence in March. Information will be released throughout the year as more records become available.
Figure 5 shows the distribution of average DMI for individuals within each sire group. It is interesting to note the differences between the sire groups and the similarity between animals within each sire group. Figure 5: Average Daily DMI of all calves by Sire (kg)
Potential savings in the region of £160/animal are estimated from the use of feed efficient cattle. This will have a significant impact on any type of beef enterprise. Providing a means of capturing this saving to the commercial sector is a key aim for the Limousin breed; as costs rise, it will continue to deliver real-time value to all type of commercial enterprise.
What Does This All Mean? When providing new breeding values for any trait, the first things to establish are üü that variation within the breed exists - without it, it is impossible to select for animals that perform better than others, and üü that the traits of interest are heritable – if sires and dams cannot pass their traits on to their progeny, there is little point in selecting for them.
LIMOUSIN and LIMOUSIN-Crossbred Store Cattle WANTED for DEFRA Feed Efficiency Trial If you have calves for sale or if you would like to provide them on a free ‘B&B’ basis, we would like to hear from you as soon as possible: • Steers born in June - August 2015 • By a registered (or previously registered) Limousin sire • Groups of between 8-16 calves by the same sire • From a TB-4 area • For intake February 2016
Market price paid for selected cattle To discuss, please contact: Alison Glasgow, Limousin Society on 01721 730664 (alison@limousin.co.uk) or Natalie Cormack, AHDB on 07866 934563 (Natalie.Cormack@ahdb.org.uk)
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RESULTS FROM THE NOVEMBER 2015 EBV UPDATE The most recent Limousin EBV (Estimated Breeding Value) update was carried out on 9th November 2015. The following tables list all bulls, dams and young stock that are leading the breed in terms of their genetic merit for overall Maternal Value. The Maternal Value is an economically weighted index that groups together Estimated Breeding Values (EBVs) in to one single value as follows:
LONGEVITY
MATERNAL VALUE
AGE AT 1ST CALVING 200 DAY MILK WEIGHT MATERNAL CALVING EASE CALVING INTERVAL
Animals with high Maternal Values typically have superior EBVs for a combination of these trait EBVs. Other aspects of animal performance, such as calving ease and growth, remain important when selecting Maternal breeding stock, however, and these characteristics are also included in the lists that follow.
November 2015 Top 10 Maternal Sires The league table below identifies the current Top 10 Limousin sires according to the following criteria: • All bulls are born on or before 9th November 2012 (i.e. are older than 3 years of age at time of update) • All bulls have a calf registered in 2013, 2014 and/or 2015. • All bulls have the highest Maternal Value recorded in the November 2015 EBV Update • All bulls have Calving Ease EBVs greater than or equal to the 2015 breed average of -2.0% • All bulls have a Beef Value greater than or equal to the 2015 breed average of LM22 • All bulls have a 200 Day Milk EBV greater than or equal to the 2015 breed average of -1kg. Bull Name
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Dyke Thunder - UK543107200151 DoB: 20/09/02 No. Calves: 249 Sire: Haltcliffe President
JRMacGregor (Dyke) Ltd Dyke herd Glasgow
Non-member owner
MV42 (82%)
0.5 (73%)
LM45 (97%)
+5 (82%)
Haltcliffe President - UKUA0596/00388 DoB: 16/04/1999 No. Calves: 241 Sire: Greenwell Major
Messrs Ridley Haltcliffe herd Cumbria
Mr SJ Mitchell Bencraig herd Aberdeenshire
MV40 (90%)
1.8 (56%)
LM22 (98%)
0 (87%)
Kaprico Eravelle - UK106173500054 DoB: 01/07/2009 No. Calves: 106 Sire: Wilodge Tonka
Mrs C Stafford Kaprico herd, Sunderland
JM & SP Cooper Tomschoice herd, N Yorks
MV39 (76%)
1.3 (89%)
LM41 (95%)
0 (62%)
Twemlows Sinbad - UK305925600166 DoB: 14/10/2001 No. Calves: 196 Sire: Twemlows Magicman
WL&JA Forrester Twemlows herd, Shropshire
Bradwell Grove Farms Bradwell herd, Oxfordshire
MV39 (71%)
-0.9 (92%)
LM24 (97%)
+6 (79%)
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Domino - 19-88-001-780 DoB: 06/02/1998 No. Calves: 146 Sire: Velino 19-84-000-886
Semen only
Semen only
MV32 (89%)
-0.8 (93%)
LM23 (96%)
+4 (87%)
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Heathmount Talon - UK9564413/29-1 DoB: 12/03/02 No Calves: 49 Sire: 1666 Olaf
McKinney Bros Heathmount herd, Co Derry
Mr MJ Conway Craigatoke herd, Co Tyrone
MV31 (70%)
-1.2 (80%)
LM33 (89%)
+1 (53%)
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Haltcliffe Exocet - UK 100996400850 DoB: 15/06/09 No. Calves: 22 Sire: Cloughhead Umpire
Messrs Ridley Haltcliffe herd Cumbria
Mr KD Harryman Keskadale herd Cumbria
MV31 (60%)
-1.7 (63%)
LM28 (75%)
0 (59%)
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Ballynahone Arni - UK 9564425/125-5 DoB: 10/11/2005 No. Calves: 212 Sire: Cloughhead Lord
Mr R Henderson Ballynahone herd Co Derry
Messrs W&A Oag Brims herd Caithness
MV30 (76%)
3.2 (89%)
LM50 (92%)
+1 (67%)
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Greenhaugh Utwo - UK521765200762 DoB: 14/02/03 No. Calves: 46 Sire: Mapleleaf Kickoff
K Stewart & Sons, Greenhaugh herd, Aberdeen
Mr J Rendall Norseman herd, Orkney
MV30 (77%)
-0.3 (85%)
LM34 (93%)
+5 (76%)
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Ampertaine Domino - UK 564385/532-7 DoB: 01/10/2008 No. Calves: 102 Sire: Ampertaine Abracadabra
WJ & J Mackay Ampertaine herd Co Derry
WJ & J Mackay Ampertaine herd Co Derry
MV30 (68%)
-0.7 (86%)
LM53 (89%)
0 (58%)
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NOVEMBER 2015 TOP 10 MATERNAL DAMS The table below identifies the current Top 10 Limousin dams according to the following criteria: • All dams have produced at least one registered calf since 9th November 2012 (i.e. in the three years prior to this update) • All dams have the highest Maternal Value recorded in the November 2015 EBV Update • All dams have Calving Ease EBVs greater than or equal to the 2015 breed average of -2.0% • All dams have a Beef Value greater than or equal to the 2015 breed average of LM22 • All dams have a 200 Day Milk EBV greater than or equal to the 2015 breed average of -1kg. Bull Name
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Beef Value
200 Day Milk (kg)
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Haltcliffe Ultraviolet UK100996400255 DoB: 31/05/03 Sire: Sympa 6272
Messrs Ridley Haltcliffe herd Cumbria
Messrs Ridley Haltcliffe herd Cumbria
MV56 (72%)
-0.5 (75%)
LM43 (85%)
0 (75%)
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Scorboro Toffee UK 142543/400077 DoB: 20/01/02 Sire: Ionesco
JCG Bloom & Son Scorboro herd, E Yorks
JCG Bloom & Son Scorboro herd, E Yorks
MV50 (73%)
-1.9 (78%)
LM44 (86%)
+2 (76%)
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Haltcliffe Carrie UK100996500620 DoB: 08/04/07 Sire: Sympa
Messrs Ridley Haltcliffe herd Cumbria
Mr K McGrane Tivenacree herd Co Armagh
MV46 (62%)
-0.8 (63%)
LM39 (76%)
0 (60%)
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Haltcliffe Victoria UK 100996/400346 DoB: 10/05/04 Sire: Sympa
Messrs Ridley Haltcliffe herd Cumbria
Messrs Ridley Haltcliffe herd Cumbria
MV46 (68%)
-1.9 (70%)
LM36 (81%)
0 (72%)
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Brims Goodallover UK 500601/202947 DoB: 31/05/11 Sire: Ballynahone Arni
W & A Oag Brims herd Caithness
W & A Oag Brims herd Caithness
MV44 (55%)
1.3 (59%)
LM34 (58%)
+1 (43%)
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Scorboro Vanity UK142543600191 DoB: 23/12/04 Sire: Coachhouse Supreme
JCG Bloom & Son Scorboro herd Driffield
Non member owner
MV44 (67%)
-1.2 (73%)
LM39 (83%)
+2 (66%)
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Shannas Cilla UK 520782/201099 DoB: 19/07/2007 Sire: Dyke Thunder
Mr & Mrs J Penny Shannas herd Aberdeenshire
Mr & Mrs J Penny Shannas herd Aberdeenshire
MV43 (59%)
-0.6 (54%)
LM26 (72%)
+4 (63%)
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Pinkerton Edinburgh UK 100996/500620 DoB: 22/03/09 Sire: Mynach Alpha
J T Gilchrist Pinkerton herd Dunbar
J T Gilchrist Pinkerton herd Dunbar
MV43 (48%)
-2.0 (37%)
LM24 (45%)
0 (35%)
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Allanfauld Saffron UK 562255/500195 DoB: 22/11/2001 Sire: Haltcliffe President
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Non member owner
MV42 (61%)
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LM24 (78%)
0 (67%)
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Haltcliffe Brenda UK100996600551 DoB: 24/06/06 Sire: Cloughhead Umpire
Messrs Ridley Haltcliffe herd Cumbria
Messrs Ridley Haltcliffe herd Cumbria
MV42 (69%)
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LM40 (81%)
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Beef Value
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Haltcliffe Iceman UK 100996/101225 DoB: 18/04/2013 No. Calves: 16 Sire: Cloughhead Umpire
Messrs Ridley Haltcliffe herd Cumbria
AG Kirton & Sons, Ashledge herd, Bewdley
MV39 (61%)
-0.3 (72%)
LM46 (80%)
0 (59%)
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Scorboro Inter UK 142543/300482 DoB: 23/09/13 Sire: Kaprico Eravelle
JCG Bloom & Son Scorboro herd, E Yorks
JCG Bloom & Son Scorboro herd, E Yorks
MV38 (53%)
0.2 (63%)
LM38 (75%)
+1 (44%)
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Haltcliffe Intern UK 100996/201226 DoB: 19/04/2013 Sire: Cloughhead Umpire
Messrs Ridley Haltcliffe herd Cumbria
Messrs Ridley Haltcliffe herd Cumbria
MV37 (60%)
-1.6 (65%)
LM46 (75%)
+1 (58%)
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Copperhurst Ike UK 183403/500213 DoB: 07/05/13 No. Calves: 2 Sire: Kaprico Eravelle
Mr AR Howarth Copperhurst herd Whitefield
Mr AR Howarth Copperhurst herd Whitefield
MV32 (48%)
-0.1 (57%)
LM48 (71%)
+1 (43%)
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Tomschoice Imperial UK 124148/300281 DoB: 18/11/13 Sire: Kaprico Eravelle
JM & SP Cooper Tomschoice herd N Yorks
Non member owner
MV31 (49%)
2.0 (61%)
LM26 (69%)
+2 (40%)
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Haltcliffe Lucas UK 100996/701406 DoB: 12/02/2015 Sire: Haltcliffe Fencer
Messrs Ridley Haltcliffe herd Cumbria
Messrs Ridley Haltcliffe herd Cumbria
MV30 (46%)
-1.8 (58%)
LM37 (57%)
+1 (45%)
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Tomschoice Ironstone UK 124148/500283 DoB: 28/11/13 Sire: Kaprico Eravelle
JM & SP Cooper Tomschoice herd N Yorks
Non member owner
MV29 (49%)
1.0 (61%)
LM32 (69%)
+2 (39%)
Shannas Invincable UK 520782/401864 DoB: 20/04/2013 Sire: Dyke Thunder
Mr & Mrs J Penny Shannas herd Aberdeenshire
Non member owner
MV28 (52%)
-0.40 (50%)
LM33 (74%)
+3 (52%)
Enigma Leonardo UK 164319/200206 DoB: 20/04/2015 Sire: Kaprico Eravelle
JW & RW Osborne Enigma herd Derbyshire
JW & RW Osborne Enigma herd Derbyshire
MV27 (47%)
0.4 (61%)
LM36 (62%)
0 (39%)
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-0.1 (63%)
LM38 (75%)
+3 (44%)
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Limousin News NOVEMBER 2015 TOP 10 MATERNAL HEIFERS The table below identifies the current Top 10 Limousin heifers according to the following criteria: • All heifers are born since 9th November 2012 (i.e. less than 3 years old at the EBV update), are pedigree registered and are performance recorded. • All heifers have the highest Maternal Value recorded in the November 2015 EBV Update • All heifers have Calving Ease EBVs greater than or equal to the 2015 breed average of -2.0% • All heifers have a Beef Value greater than or equal to the 2015 breed average of LM22 • All heifers have a 200 Day Milk EBV greater than or equal to the 2015 breed average of -1kg. Bull Name
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Homebyres Ivory UK 560248/101350 DoB: 18/10/13 Sire: Homebyres Gregg
Messrs J Logan Homebyres herd Kelso
Messrs J Logan Homebyres herd Kelso
MV36 (50%)
-0.6 (60%)
LM41 (73%)
+2 (46%)
Knock Ingrid UK 520759/300837 DoB: 06/04/2013 Sire: Newhouse Billy
Mr AG Howie Knock herd Aberdeenshire
Mr AG Howie Knock herd Aberdeenshire
MV35 (52%)
-2.0 (59%)
LM47 (72%)
+1 (48%)
Shannas Infinity UK 520782/401857 DoB: 19/04/13 Sire: Dyke Thunder
Mr & Mrs J Penny Shannas herd Aberdeenshire
Mr & Mrs J Penny Shannas herd Aberdeenshire
MV34 (54%)
-1.4 (53%)
LM38 (75%)
+3 (55%)
Brims Jessica UK 500601/204095 DoB: 20/05/14 Sire: Ballynahone Arni
W & A Oag Brims herd Caithness
W & A Oag Brims herd Caithness
MV30 (52%)
1.0 (62%)
LM44 (72%)
0 (43%)
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Tomschoice Ici UK 124148/200280 DoB: 17/11/2013 Sire: Kaprico Eravelle
JM & SP Cooper Tomschoice herd N Yorks
JM & SP Cooper Tomschoice herd N Yorks
MV30 (51%)
0.50 (61%)
LM22 (74%)
+2 (42%)
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Tomschoice Ladyship UK 124148/100321 DoB: 07/01/2015 Sire: Kaprico Eravelle
JM & SP Cooper Tomschoice herd N Yorks
JM & SP Cooper Tomschoice herd N Yorks
MV29 (49%)
0.7 (61%)
LM25 (69%)
+2 (42%)
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Ewdenvale Jessica UK 120412/700366 DoB: 15/09/14 Sire: Kaprico Eravelle
Mr S Wilde Ewdenvale herd Sheffield
Mr S Wilde Ewdenvale herd Sheffield
MV29 (50%)
-0.3 (61%)
LM34 (72%)
-1 (42%)
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Knock Irisheyes UK 520759/200857 DoB: 23/04/2013 Sire: Newhouse Billy
Mr AG Howie Knock herd Aberdeenshire
Mr AG Howie Knock herd Aberdeenshire
MV29 (55%)
-1.6 (61%)
LM34 (73%)
0 (52%)
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Loosebeare Jenny UK 361282/601534 DoB: 14/07/14 Sire: Aghadolgan Emperor
EW Quick & Sons Loosebeare herd Devon
EW Quick & Sons Loosebeare herd Devon
MV29 (51%)
-1.8 (61%)
LM36 (70%)
+1 (46%)
Newhouse Irishlass UK 540209/501183 DoB; 31/07/2013 Sire: Greenhaugh Forrester
RM Adam & Son Newhouse herd Angus
HS Mactier & Son Mochrum herd Dumfriesshire
MV29 (48%)
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LM32 (72%)
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PURCHASERS DEMAND PERFORMANCE GENETICS IN 2015 Throughout 2015, animals with high genetic merit for growth and carcase traits have continued to be sought by the market. Consistently across all sales centres, the value of high performance bulls has exceeded that of lower merit and also those that are nonrecorded. This is reflecting buyers’ continued demand for performance that is delivering their end market needs. An example, from all bull sales in 2015 at Carlisle and Stirling:
All Stirling and Carlisle 2015 combined Beef Value
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Top 1%*
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Top 10%
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Top 25%
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Average
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Below Average
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Non Recorded
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Substantial increases in genetic merit for growth within the breed have not been at the expense of birthweight. A marginal increase could be anticipated, but it is not proportionate to the gains made for 200 and 400 day growth. The uniqueness of Limousin as an easy calving yet growthy breed is enhanced year on year.
* excludes Trueman Jagger, selling at 140,000 guineas This information illustrates that: üü The majority of Limousin animals coming to the market have production traits that are in the Top 10% of the breed. In this example, over 52% of the animals sold fell in to this category in 2015. üü Distinct premiums are paid for animals of higher genetic merit. In 2015, the average for bulls with Beef Values in the Top 1% at Carlisle and Stirling was over 2200 guineas more than bulls with Beef Values that were average and over 2500 guineas more than bulls that were without performance information. This is a trend that has been established for over 15 years now and would not be evident if bulls were subsequently failing to deliver the performance purchasers expect from them. üü The proportion of non-recorded animals without performance information at the time of sale is comparatively low. For those investing in these genetics, the Limousin breed continues to make exceptional rates of genetic gain year-on-year. This means that the relative genetic merit of bulls within the Top 10% and Top 1% is advancing all the time, ensuring the genetics of the bulls bought today and in the future are always better than those of the past:
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Ongoing and significant gain in Muscle Depth without a corresponding decline in fat cover. The potential for gains will be increased significantly with the advent of the new Carcase Trait GEBVs. The addition of an ‘Age to Slaughter’ GEBV will bring with it a new approach in addressing production efficiency.
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Beef Value incorporating 200 & 400 Day Growth EBVs
Calving Value incorporating
Maternal Value incorporating
Gestation Length EBV
Calving Interval & Age at 1st Calving EBVs Longevity & Maternal Calving Ease EBVs
Muscle Depth and Fat Depth EBVs Birthweight, Gestation Length and Calving Ease EBVs
Calving Ease EBV
200 Day Milk EBV
Although there is some decrease in the Calving Value, it is relatively slight, in control, and not in direct proportion with the rapid and successful gain in the other traits. Combined positive trends across the Maternal Traits and Production Traits (growth, carcase etc) is reflected by the year-on-year increases in the Maternal Value and Beef Value in the Limousin breed. Investing in breeding stock on a rising plane of improvement guarantees performance better than the generation before.
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Limousin Winter Fairs National Pedigree Calf Show Sevengun Jellee
Pedigree Limousin champion Bailea Junior from I J Phillips
LIMOUSIN HEIFER ‘RED HOT HONEY’ LIFTS ENGLISH WINTER FAIR CROWN FOR HARRYMAN & WARRINER • Champion animal sells for £7,600 • Baby Beef Champion & Reserve are Limousin sired • Limousin wins Pedigree Championship & Reserve • Limousin sired animals win Carcase Champion & Reserve
Supreme champion Red Hot Honey from M Harryman and S Warriner
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he Supreme Overall Beef Championship at the English Winter Fair 2015, held at the County Showground, Stafford on 21st & 22nd November went to the Limousin cross heifer Red Hot Honey, shown by Mark Harryman and Sarah Warriner, who farm at Pickering in North Yorkshire. The couple purchased the April 2014-born heifer from Kevin Sparke, of Hexham, Northumberland in January. “We are delighted to have won the championship,” said Mark. “My father and I actually bred her sire, Keskadale Eyefull, which makes it even more special. “This is her sixth championship; she also won her class
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at the Great Yorkshire and was the Overall Limousin Sired Champion at Countryside Live.” Keskadale Eyeful is a grandson of the noted Jacot. Judges for the day Wilson Peters, Cuilt Farmhouse, Gilmerton, Perthshire who teamed up with Mark Jarrett, Alec Jarrett Ltd, Oldland Common, Nr Bristol, described the Champion animal as being “tremendous.” “Red Hot Honey has a beautiful top line and great width,” said Mr Peters. “Her head is very feminine and she also has very correct legs and good locomotion. “I have never been to the English Winter Fair before but was delighted to have been
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Limousin Winter Fairs Baby beef champion Black Eyed Pea from R Millichap
Pedigree reserve champion a Limousin Calverton Jemima from G R Fountaine
Dinmore Jackthelad Male Champion National Pedigree Calf Show
asked to judge and will definitely be back; the standard of cattle has been extremely high and it is encouraging to see such a lot of young people getting involved in the livestock industry.” The auction which followed the cattle championships saw the hammer fall at £7,600 for Red Hot Honey. The successful bidder was George Cropper, who is a partner in George Cropper Butchers, which is based in Accrington Market in Lancashire. It was another strong day for the Limousin breed with Limousin sired animals winning amongst a host of titles: the Overall Supreme; Heifer Championship; Pedigree Championship; Baby Beef Champion & Reserve; and the Carcase Champion & Reserve. Having come through the breed section the Overall Pedigree Champion went to the heifer Bailea Juniorchamp from IJ Phillips, Castellan, Pencon, Newcastle Emlyn. Bred by Brian Jones, Sennybridge, Brecon, this February 2014 born calf is by Millgate Fame and is out of the Salomon sired Bailea Emotion. Making it a Limousin Championship one-two was the home-bred heifer Calverton Jemima from Mrs Judith Fontaine, Hill Farm, Beachampton, Milton Keynes. This April 2014 born heifer had followed the Champion all the way through from the Limousin heifer class. Again featuring Bailea breeding Calverton Jemima is by the Salomon sired Bailea Emmerdale and is out of Calverton Gemma a Rocky daughter. Limousin sired animals also doubled up in the Baby Beef section. Taking the Championship prize was the Baby Beef
Dinmore Lizelle Res Heifer National Pedigree Calf Show
Heifer Champion Black Eyed Pea from R Millichap, Rhiwgarn Fach Farm, Tonyrefail, Mid Glamorgan. Bred by exhibitor, the April 2015 born Black Eyed Pea is by Llanrhiw Hulk a Glenrock Spartacus son, and is out of a British Blue cross. Overall Reserve in the Baby section was the Baby Steer Champion Dolfy Duke from local based JA Nicholls, Randles Lane, Wetley Locks. This May 2015 calf was bred by I Robinson and was sired by the noted Limousin bull Mereside Godolphin. Judging the Baby Beef section was Frank Page, Lodge Farm, Yelvertoft Road, Elkington, Northampton. A regular exhibitor at the English Winter Fair Mr Page met with some success himself when lifting the event’s Overall Carcase Champion (for carcases not exceeding 380kgs cold weight). This was his seventh Carcase Champion at the event and his second in a row! Another homebred animal the winning carcase, 370kg dw and grade U+2, came from an April 2014 born heifer sired by the Page’s stock bull Pembridge Delboy (sire of the 2014 Carcase Champion) and out of a British Blue cross dam. It later sold to the judge George Cropper (purchaser of the event’s Supreme Champion). In Overall Reserve was JM&SM Rowlands, Dolwen Farm, Llanidloes, Powys with a Limousin sired heifer out of a Lim cross cow. In the Limousin section of the second National Pedigree Calf Show, the Champion animal was the heifer Sevengun Jellee from Tony Booth, Hardwick Hall Farm, Aston, Sheffield. This November 2014 born animal had firstly come through the Senior Heifer
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Reserve Baby Beef champion Dolfy Duke from J A Nicholls
Class in front of the judge Duncan Hazard of the Mereside pedigree herd at Saltby Heath Farm, Skillington, Grantham, Lincs. By Millgate Fame, who Mr Booth was the original joint purchaser of at 32,000gns, Sevengun Jellee is out of Hartlaw Erotica a Haltcliffe Braveheart daughter bought for 2100gns at Carlisle at the Hartlaw Dispersal Sale. Speaking of his Champion Limousin animal the judge said: “This is an ultra-modern Limousin heifer. She has well developed muscularity but is just full of breed character. She combines natural muscling, width and shape with good locomotion.” Standing as Overall Reserve and Champion Male was Dinmore Jackthelad from Paul Dawes, Dinmore Manor, Hereford. This December 2014 born bull calf is by the noted Requin, sire of the 50,000gns Bailea Umandy, and is out of the Wilodge Vantastic daughter Dinmore Caprice. Taking the Reserve Male award was Foxhillfarm Logan from Michael & Melanie Alford, Foxhill Farm, Cullompton. This April 2015 born bull calf is an embryo calf by Ionesco and is out of the now renowned Bankdale Alice. On the previous Saturday Foxhillfarm Logan had stood as the Overall Limousin Junior Champion and the Interbreed Continental Junior Champion at the Stars of the Future Show in Stirling. The Reserve Female in the Limousin section also went to Paul Dawes with the stylish January 2015 born Dinmore Lizelle. This embryo calf is by the herd’s stock bull Diamant and is out of the 2010 Royal Welsh Champion Dinmore Elle.
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FRANK PAGE WINS EAST OF ENGLAND SMITHFIELD FESTIVAL WITH THE LIMOUSIN HEIFER ‘FRENCH KISS’ Smithfield champion - French Kiss fom Frank Page
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Supreme Champion sells for £6,400 Limousin breed wins: Overall Supreme Champion Heifer Champion Steer Champion Reserve Steer Champion Pedigree Champion Best Bred by Exhibitor Champion
Pure Continental Champ
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imousin bred cattle led the way in the Championships at the East of England Smithfield Festival, Peterborough held Thursday 26th – Friday 27th November 2015, lifting the Supreme Championship as well as the Steer Championship, Reserve Steer championship, and the Purebred Championship. Frank Page, Lodge Farm, Elkington, Northampton took the Supreme Championship at the event at Peterborough with the Limousin x heifer French Kiss. The 600kg heifer is by Heathmount Frenchconnection, a bull the Page’s bought at Carlisle for 15,000gns and is out of a Limousin x cow sired by Pembridge Delboy. At the auction held on Friday 27th November, the Champion animal was sold for £6400 to Chris Bustance, Spalding. The win marked a cracking double for Frank Page who only five days previously had lifted the Carcase Championship at the English Winter Fair. Previously Mr Page had won the Carcase Championship at Smithfield when it was held at EarlsCourt but this was the first time he had competed in the livestock classes Judge James Alexander, Randalstown, Northern Ireland, who had bred last year’s
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Smithfield champion, commented that his choice for this year’s supreme accolade “was a very balanced heifer with a lovely presence and a beautiful head, her style and presence just put her ahead of the reserve.” The Steer Championship was won by Jennifer Hyslop, Girvan, with Shaken Not Stirred, a home-bred September 2014-born Limousin cross sired by Shire Apollo. This beast had also been Champion Limousin steer at Countryside Live in October. Standing as the Reserve Steer, also from Jenifer Hyslop, was Jack the Lad, a Limousin cross sired by Powerhouse Elite which was bought from John Smith Jacksson, Haltwhistle, at Kirkby Stephen in May. Tecwyn Jones, Ty Newydd, Nebo, Llanwrst, Conwy won the Pure Bred and Continental Championship with an 18-month-old pedigree Limousin heifer, Brenmick Joy, weighing 648kgs. It was sired sired by Elite Forever Brill, out of Brenmick Anna and bred by J.M. Jones, Pen-y-Bryniau. (*This heifer went on to sell for 10,000gns at the 2015 Red Ladies Sale in Carlisle). Standing Reserve in the Pure-Bred Continental section was a Limousin x steer from Ifan J Phillips.
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Limousin Winter Fairs Price Tag - Overall Champion
‘PRICE TAG’ ON THE MONEY AS LIMOUSINS DOMINATE 2015 LIVE SCOT AT LANARK Limousin sired cattle win: • Supreme Champion & Reserve • Champion Heifer & Reserve • Champion Steer & Reserve • Champion Lightweight Heifer & Steer • Champion Pure Bred • Butcher’s Champion • Housewives Choice Champion • Baby Beef Champion & Reserve • Pairs Champions • Champion sells for £6800
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imousin sired cattle were in sparkling form at the 2015 LiveScot, held on Saturday (November 28, 2015) at Lanark Agricultural Centre by the Scottish National Fatstock Club. The Supreme Champion and Overall Reserve were heavyweight Limousins, with the supreme ticket going to Donald MacPherson and Jock Currie’s 628kg yearling heifer, Price Tag. This Limousin cross heifer from them – Donald lives in Berwick-on-Tweed and Jock in Kilmaurs, Aryshire – was bought privately in Ireland from Keith and Stephen Williamson, Benburb. She is another by Elite Forever Brill and out of a Limousin cross dam and was picked out at the NI club show, in August, at Balmoral. “We spotted her at the NI Commercial Cattle Club Show in August at Balmoral. She stood out then and obviously has again today,” said a delighted Donald MacPherson. The Reserve Champion, Pocohontas, another black heavyweight Limousin cross shown by Stephanie Dick, from Stirling, for Dermot and Gareth Small, Northern Ireland, followed the Champion all the way through.
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This 672kg home-bred heifer is by the prolific Swarland Eddie and out of a pure-bred British Blue dam. The June, 2014-born beast was Reserve Champion at the NI commercial show in August and first at the recent Borderway AgriExpo, at Carlisle, where she beat Price Tag in her class. At the sale held after the show, the Supreme Champion sold for £6800 to B and T Kitson, butchers from Yorkshire who have shops in Northallerton and Stockton-on-Tees and who were buying for the first time at the event. Of his Champion and Reserve, the judge, Alister Vance, Whithorn, Newton Stewart, said: They are a terrific pairing and very much the kind of cattle I like to show myself. The Champion I felt was just that little bit better in the loin and had a wee bit more in show character.” The revamped LiveScot event (formerly the Scottish Winter Fair) saw a great turnout of around 3000 people watch a high quality show of cattle dominated by Limousin breeding. Limousin sired cattle took a host of titles including: the Supreme Champion & Reserve; Champion Heifer & Reserve; Champion Steer & Reserve; Lightweight Heifer & Steer
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Limousin Winter Fairs Champion; Champion Pure Bred; Baby Beef Champion & Reserve; Butcher’s Champion; and the Housewives Choice Champion. The Supreme Steer was Wilson Peters’ Hellava Stoat, from Monzie, Crieff. Another home-bred effort, this one is by Kype Elliot, a Limousin sire which cost 3500gns when bought at Carlisle and which bred a £6600 heifer sold earlier this year by Mr Peters, at Caledonian Marts’ show calf sale in Stirling. The 762kg steer made 270p per kg (£2057) to David Comrie and Son, butchers in Crieff. He beat another big black Limousin cross bullock, The Gambler, from Ian Lammie, Longhouse, Cumnock. This Noble Freddie son had been bought from the Harrisons of Grange Hall, Asby, for £1350 in the spring. Later the 772kg steer sold for 245p per kg (£1891) to WR Lawson. Mr Lammie also had the Light Steer winner, Split Decision, a home-bred son of the 35,000gns Limousin sire, Plumtree Deus. The dam was a British Blue cross dam and this was his show debut. Leading Light Heifer was Stewart Bett and Lynsey McKay’s pure Limousin heifer, Randerston Jasmine, from Castleton, Airth, which was also the best pure-bred in the show. Bought privately in May, this 530kg daughter of Emslies Galileo out of Randerston Gilly, a Kype Denver daughter, was Champion at Kinross during the summer and third at the Borderway AgriExpo. Later she teamed up with their steer, The Rascal, bred by Balfour Baillie, Orkney, to take the Overall Pairs title. The Reserve Light Steer was Miss Jean MacKay’s Vengaboy, from Harelaw, Barrhead. Bought for £1310 at Carlisle from Grange Hall, Cumbria, this September, 2014-born threequarter Limousin son of Netherhall Buster left Lanark to head to the Welsh Winter. Top of the ‘baby’ calves, judged by Alister Vance’s wife, Liz, was the leading heifer, Rumpy Pumpy, from Gavin Scott, Gateside, Linlithgow. This March-born calf is by Melbreak Hero, a 9000gns purchase from the Limousin Weaned Calf Sale that is held alongside the Red Ladies Day at Carlisle and which is shared with the Richardsons, of Ghyll House, in Cumbria. That sire also bred the champion steer at the recent Borderway AgriExpo. Donald Morrison was Reserve calf with Black Rock, a March-born steer by Easegillhead Exterminator. He was bought for £2400 from John McAlister, Wester Thomaston, Banknock, at Stirling. Lim crosses also dominated the Butcher’s section also with one from Wilson Peters, bred at Coilavoulin, Pitlochry, taking the championship and the Housewife’s Choice winner, Darren Davidson’s Top Totty, from Netherton, Keith, was also a Limousin cross, this time by Hudscales Argonaut.
Pocahontas Reserve Champion
Hellava Stoat Supreme Steer Champion
The Gambler - Res Champion Steer
Split Decision Light Steer Champion
Randerston Jasmine Champion Pure Bred animal
Top Totty - Housewives choice Champion
Black Rock - Res Commercial Calf
Rumpy Pumpy - Commercial Calf Champion
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Limousin Winter Fairs Overall Champion & Champion Heifer - Miss Wales - Mr D Thomas
BEAUTY QUEEN ‘MISS WALES’ WINS SUPREME CHAMPIONSHIP AT THE 2015 WELSH WINTER FAIR Limousin sired cattle continue their dominance of the Winter Primestock shows and win: • Supreme Champion & Reserve • Champion Heifer & Reserve • Champion Steer & Reserve • Champion Exhibitor Bred • Champion Baby Beef & Reserve • Champion animal sells for £5400 to the judge Denley Jenkins
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t was a hugely popular and emotional win when Dai Thomas, Dolcoed, Llanwen, Lampeter, Ceredigion claimed the 2015 Royal Welsh Winter Fair Supreme Championship, at Builth Wells on Tuesday 1st December, with his aptly named and outstanding three-quarter bred Limousin heifer Miss Wales. Never having missed a Welsh Winter Fair in the event’s 26 year history this was the first time Mr Thomas had picked up the Overall Supreme Championship. Played out in front of a packed ringside audience a roar went up when the July 2014 born heifer was given the winning tap by the two man judging team of Ceredigion’s Denley Jenkins and Denbighshire’s Glyn Davies. Mr Jenkins backed up his judging when later paying £5,400 for the Champion animal. Sired by Powerhouse Elite and out of a Limousin cross dam, the 602kg heifer was purchased privately from the breeder, and near neighbour, Gareth Jones, Blaenwaun Ganol, Llanwnnen. Before arriving at the Welsh Winter Fair Miss Wales had scooped some fifteen Championship prizes around the shows
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and along with her stablemate, the Limousin heifer Princess (also a class winner), had never been beaten in interbreed pairs competitions. A strong supporter of commercial cattle showing over a long number of years Mr Thomas has previously won the prestigious Smithfield title in 1993 and has taken the Reserve Supreme at the Welsh Winter Fair. This Championship win however topped the lot for Dai Thomas who said: “This is the ultimate prize for a Welsh exhibitor. It’s a very special moment to win and to do so against such outstanding competition in the classes and the championships.” It was an emotional win to for the heifer’s breeder Gareth Jones who commented: “I’m delighted for Dai and almost speechless! I’m very proud to have bred the Champion something that I never thought of being able to do.” Mr Jones confirmed that the dam of Miss Wales was back in calf and again to Powerhouse Elite. The major 2015 Winter Primestock shows have been completely dominated by some high quality Limousin cattle, both pure and crossbred, with Championship wins at the
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Champion Steer - Denis the Menace - Mr & Mrs DE Cheacker
Reserve Overall & Reserve Heifer Here Come Trouble - P&S Sellers
Bailea Juniorchamp Pedigree Limousin Champion - Ifan Phillips
Champion Baby Beef & Baby Beef Heifer - Jeanie - Mr JA Hollingsworth
Welsh, English, & Scottish Winter Fairs, as well as Smithfield and the Borderway Agri Expo. The breed was at it again in Wales in securing Champion & Reserve in virtually every cattle section. Taking the Reserve Supreme Championship was the July 2014 born Limousin heifer, Here Comes Trouble, from the well-known Lincoln-based Phil and Sharon Sellers, Thorpe Tilney Farm, Lincoln. Weighing in at 684kg, it sold for ÂŁ4,000 in the auction ring. July 2014-born this pure-bred Limousin heifer, was bought at the Ruthin Show Potential sale in February from the breeder, D.H. Lloyd, Newtown. Another with a show record behind it had previously been Champion at Beef South West; Ashbourne; and a winner at the Nottinghamshire County and Countryside Live events respectively. Lifting the Supreme Steer Championship and also the Exhibitor Bred Championship was Denis the Menace, a January 2015-born Limousin weighing 475kg from Darrell and Sarah Cheacker, Pilning, Bristol along with their daughters Laura and Julie. This calf, who is sired by Netherhall Hector, a Mas Du Clo son, had previously been the Baby Beef Champion at the 2015 Beef South West event. For the Cheacker family, who run 100 suckler cows and finish 250 head each year, the Steer Championship & Exhibitor Bred Championship was their highest show award to date. Taking the Reserve Championship in the
Reserve Baby Beef & Champion Steer - Mata - John Richard Owen
steer section was the Limousin-sired Dynamo an October 2014 born 524kg beast from Annie Lewis, Brecon. In the Baby Beef section, judged by Andrew Anderson, Smallburn Farms, Elgin it was another Limousin Championship double with the Overall Champion going to a home bred heifer named Jeanie from regular showman Jim Hollingsworth, Mold. This very smart March 2015 born calf is by Hafodlas Llion and is out of a Limousin cross cow bred by Paul Dawes, Dinmore. Weighing in at 350kgs, this calf had won the Championship at Anglesey Winter Fair and had previously been Reserve Interbreed as a calf at foot at Denbigh & Flintshire. Taking the Baby Beef Steer Championship was, John Owen, Llanerch-y-Medd, Anglesey, with the home-bred Mata. Weighing 299kgs this May 2015 born calf is by the noted Salomon. Salomon breeding was also evident in the Pedigree Limousin Champion in the shape of the heifer Bailea Juniorchamp from IJ Phillips, Castellan, Pencon, Newcastle Emlyn. Bred by Brian Jones, Sennybridge, Brecon, this February 2014 born calf is by the 32,000gns Millgate Fame and is out of the Salomon sired Bailea Emotion. This capped a fine pedigree double for Mr Phillips who the previous week had won the Overall Pedigree Championship with Bailea Juniorchamp at the English Winter Fair in Stafford.
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Reserve Steer - Dynamo - Ann Lewis
Ballinloan Jackthelad Reserve Pedigree Champion - P&S Sellers
Placing as first in the pedigree Limousin steer section and Overall Pedigree Limousin Reserve was another from Phil and Sharon Sellers in the shape of Ballinloan Jackthelad. This August 2014 steer, bred by Stuart Fotheringham, Ballinloan, Perth and Kinross, is by the noted Ampertaine Foreman and is out of Lumbylaw Oveture.
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LIMOUSIN HEIFER ‘RUBY’S GIRL’ TOPS ULSTER’S PREMIER ALLAMS CHRISTMAS SHOW & SALE
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n what was the 92nd staging of Ulster’s Premier Christmas event, held by Allams Auctioneers on Tuesday 1st December 2015 at the King’s Hall, Belfast, local beef farmers attended in numbers at both the show and sale to see some top quality commercial cattle. Eight different breeds were represented in 25 classes with a catalogue of over 150 entries in all. However it was the Limousin breed who once again took the limelight in the Championship prizes. Taking the Overall Supreme Championship, and realising the top price of £5,200, was Ruby’s Girl bred by Beattie & Crawford, Omagh. This October 2014 born heifer is sired by the prolific Swarland Eddie out of her dam Red Ruby. Red Ruby herself had previously won the overall Commercial Championship at Balmoral Show in 2011 and is bred out of a Blue cross Limousin cow. The judge, Malcolm McCracken, Greyabbey, had selected Ruby’s Girl as class winner earlier in the day and as Overall Limousin Champion to compete for the coveted prize against some very strong competition from the other breeds. This win secured a ‘Grand Slam’ of Championships for Limousin sired cattle at this year’s premier Winter Primestock Shows with Limousin sire cattle having previously lifted the Supreme Championship titles at the English, Scottish, & Welsh Winter Fairs respectively. Other ‘major Championships’ in the year had also been secured at the East of England Smithfield, and Borderway Agri Expo events. Taking top spot in the Housewife’s Champion of the Show was another Limousin heifer brought forward by M
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& B Johnston, Toomebridge. This June 2014 born heifer was purchased earlier this year from James Alexander, Randalstown. She is sired by Carmon Cantona out of a Char/ Blue X cow and was purchased for £3,100 by the award winning restaurant in Belfast, The Morning Star. Securing the Calf Supreme Championship was the Limousin bullock Black Magic bred and showed by R & L Workman, Dromara. This homebred calf is also sired by Carmorn Cantona and is out of a home bred Blue/Lim x cow. He sold to G Corrie, Newtownards for £2000 and it is hoped that he will be on the commercial show circuit next year. Taking overall Limousin Reserve Spot was Black Ice brought forward by Corrie & Neill, Newtownards. This three-quarter-bred
Limousin heifer is out of a Lim cross cow, and is sired by the Wilodge Vantastic son Stephick Flashi who was purchased from the British Limousin Cattle Society’s (BLCS) Stirling Sale in February 2012 for 10,500gns. Earlier this year Black Ice had been the Commercial Champion at the NI Limousin Championships in July at Antrim and Reserve Calf Champion at the NI Young Breeders’ Calf Spectacular in January 2015. This heifer went on to sell for £1850. Reserve Limousin Calf Champion went to R Law, Enniskillen for his April born heifer calf called The Weedevel which is sired by Elite Forever Brill – TVR, a Wilodge Vantastic son, out of a Blue/Lim x cow. This calf was purchased by Johnny Neill, Newtownards for £1720.
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RED HOT HONEY OVERALL LIMOUSIN CHAMPION AT COUNTRYSIDE LIVE Limousin Heifer Champion
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ark Harryman and Sarah Warriner, Pickering, North Yorkshire took the Overall Limousin Championship at the Countryside Live event in Harrogate on October 17th & 18th with their heifer Red Hot Honey. It was the continuation of an impressive run with this April 2014 born heifer that was to see her go on and win the English Winter Fair Supreme Championship in November at Bingley Hall, Stafford. The couple purchased the heifer from Kevin Sparke, of Hexham, Northumberland in January. Keskadale Eyefull, the sire of the heifer, was actually bred by the Harryman family. There was 152 cattle on show in all for the Judge Mr M Dickens, Milton Keyes, Buckinghamshire. Other notable Limousin placements included the Exhibitor Bred Champion, and Reserve Steer Champion, which was the Real McCoy from Messrs Haughan and Slack. The Real McCoy, a homebred son of the 9000gns Melbreak Hero out of a British Blue cross dam, also went on to be Overall Reserve at the Borderway Agri Expo event. Moving to the Baby Beef section and Jennifer Hyslop, Girvan, Ayrshire took the Reserve Baby Beef Championship her homebred heifer calf Black Beauty. This calf is by Huntershall Gladiator and is out of a Limousin cross homebred dam. This calf later in the month went on to go one better and claim the Overall Baby Beef title at the Borderway Agri Expo event.
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PURE BRED LIMOUSIN TAKES THE TOP TITLE AT BEEF SOUTH WEST • Pure bred Limousin wins Commercial Championship • Limousin sired animals take Champion & Reserve in the Baby Beef • Foxhillfarm Lionking wins all-breeds Pedigree Championship
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ell known showman Phil Sellers from Lincolnshire, made his first visit to Beef South West a winning one taking the primestock championship with his Limousin heifer Here Comes Trouble. The 2015 Beef South West event was held on November 11th in Exeter. The Champion animal, a July 2014-born pure-bred Limousin heifer, was bought at the Ruthin Show Potential sale in February from the breeder, D.H. Lloyd, Newtown. Prior to the event it had already been champion at Ashbourne and a winner at the Nottinghamshire County and Countryside Live events respectively. Later in the season this heifer would go on to lift the Reserve Supreme Championship at the Welsh Winter Fair. The judge for the day, Phil Price, Hereford, said his Champion was: “just what I was looking for being very stylish, full of meat and good on her legs.” Taking the Baby Beef Championship was Denis The Menace, a home-bred Januaryborn Limousin cross steer from Darrell and Sarah Cheaker, Pilning, Bristol. This calf also
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made a mark at the Welsh Winter Fair where he won the Steer Championship. Making his show ring debut at Beef South West was Connor Pengelly, Cullompton, who took the Reserve Championship with Millie, a Marchborn Limousin-cross heifer which he had bought locally in August. In the pedigree section the Calf Championship went to Foxhillfarm Lionking from Michael & Melanie Aford, Foxhill Farm, Cullompton, Devon. This January-born bull is an embryo calf by Ionesco out of the prolific Bankdale Alice.
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‘BIWT’ OF A DAY AT BORDERWAY AGRI-EXPO FOR LIMOUSIN CROSS CATTLE • • • •
Supreme champion Reserve Supreme Champion Baby Beef Champion Heifer Champion and Reserve Heifer Champion • Steer Champion
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imousin sired cattle enjoyed a clean sweep of the top awards at Borderway Agri-Expo on Friday 30 October, taking both the Supreme and Reserve Supreme prime stock cattle championship titles, as well as the Heifer Championship and Reserve Heifer Championship, the Overall Steer Championship and the Baby Beef Championship too. Backing up the breed’s dominance as the complete beef breed was the presence of an excellent display of Limousin pedigree and crossbred cattle on the Society’s trade stand which drew a strong crowd of visitors throughout the day. Leading the charge for the Limousin crosses in the prime stock ring under judge Glyn Howatson, Denbig, Clywd, was first time exhibitor, Corwen-based Tudor Edwards and his family, with their lightweight Limousin cross heifer Biwt. This 470kg entry was on her first outing of the winter circuit having been Baby Beef Champion and Overall Commercial Cattle Champion at the Royal Welsh Show in July. She is sired by an unregistered Limousin bull which is in turn by Sablier and is out of Reserve Overall and Champion Steer
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a Limousin cross dam which was bought as a heifer with a calf at foot from Mark Towers, Colt Park. Biwt is homebred and was described by judge Mr Howatson as a great butcher’s beast. “She’ll be a superb butcher’s beast for the Christmas market and has that extra bit of sparkle for the show ring, with great presence and style. She was clean all the way through and came through from an exceptional show of cattle with quality in every class,” he explained. “I wasn’t necessarily looking for top flesh today, but found great cattle throughout the show and this was without doubt one of the best line ups of show cattle you’ll find anywhere in the country.” Mr Edwards said winning Agri-Expo at his
first attempt had been a dream come true. “To do it with a homebred beast just makes it all the more special and it’s certainly a day we’ll remember for a long-time to come. She’s always been a special heifer and one that has stood out from the moment she was born.” Taking the Reserve Overall title was the Finlay Soutter Borderway Agri Expo
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Limousin Winter Fairs Steer Champion from local exhibitor Neil Slack and his six year old nephew Bradley Haughan. This was The Real McCoy, a homebred son of the 9000gns Melbreak Hero and out of a British Blue cross dam. He had been Reserve Steer Champion at Countryside Live earlier in the month, having been Champion at Westmorland County Show and Champion Male calf at Skipton’s Limousin Extravaganza in May. Mr Howatson said this bullock edged it over the Reserve Champion heifer for having that extra bit of flesh through the second thigh. “He’s a similar type of beast to the Heifer Champion and is a good clean steer, with a good top and clean lines with little waste.” Picking up the Reserve Heifer Championship was Glyn Williams’ heifer
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Lavish Alice. This heifer was bred by the Nixon family at Hunters Hall and bought privately in February. Another Welsh entry this one hails from Blaneau Ffestiniog and is sired by Mr Nixon’s stock bull Troy and is out of a Limousin cross dam. She has been through the summer, standing Reserve Champion at six local shows for Mr Williams. “She’s always been knocking on the door and has continued that theme today,” he added. Mr Howatson said this heifer was another great Limousin sired beast, with great flesh throughout and plenty of show ring class and style. “She just came up against better beasts today which pipped her to the top title.” In the Baby Beef section it was the turn of Girvan-based Jennifer Hyslop to take the
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top spot with her homebred heifer calf Black Beauty. Extending the influence of the Nixon family, this one is by the pedigree Limousin sire Huntershall Gladiator bred by the Nixons and is out of a Limousin cross homebred dam. Weighing in at 310kg this heifer was on her second outing of the season having stood Reserve Baby Beef Champion at Countryside Live earlier in the month. She is likely to be retained for next year’s show team after being aimed at the East of England Smithfield event. Judge David MacArthur, Nairn, said his Champion Heifer was a beast with great potential, being correct, with even, well balanced flesh and the sparkle he looked for in a calf. “She’s one to watch for sure and was up against some stiff competition today, with a great show of baby beef calves in front of me.”
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LIMOUSIN ‘HAT-TRICK’ OF INTERBREED TITLES AT STIRLING STARS OF THE FUTURE CALF SHOW • Allanfauld Jolene Senior Continental Interbreed Champion • Foxhillfarm Logan Junior Continental Interbreed Champion • Strawfrank Lucy & Leroy win Continental Interbreed Pairs
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edigree Limousin cattle again dominated the Stars of the Future Calf Show at Stirling Market on Saturday 14th November with the breed picking up the Senior & Junior Continental Interbreed titles and also the newly established Continental Pairs Championship. Now in its sixth year the event once again had an outstanding line up of pedigree cattle on show. In the Limousin judging, under the eye of Paul Rainey who runs the noted Claragh pedigree herd at Kilrea, Co Derry, the Overall & Senior Overall Limousin Champion was the November 2014 born heifer Allanfauld Jolene from Archie MacGregor, Allanfauld, Kilsyth, North Lanarkshire. With Irish breeding featuring in her pedigree Jolene is by Elite Forever Brill and is out of the Drumeel Viking sired Allanfauld Cortina. Come the Interbreed Championships, in front of the judge Liam Muir, Orkney, Allanfauld Jolene was duly tapped up as the Senior Continental Champion. All the way from Devon, Mike & Melanie Alford, Foxhill Farm, Cullompton, took the Overall Limousin Junior Championship and the Interbreed Continental Junior Championship with Foxhillfarm Logan. This April 2015 born bull calf is an embryo calf by Ionesco and is out of the now renowned Bankdale Alice a prolific breeder of high profile (and high priced) bulls and females for the Foxhillfarm herd. Making it a famous Interbreed hat-trick of titles was Allan Campbell, Strawfrank Farm Carstairs Junction, Lanark who won the inaugural Joe Watson Continental Pairs Championship with Strawfrank Lucy and Strawfrank Leroy. A class winner in the Junior Heifers, the March born Strawfrank Lucy is by the noted Goldies Comet and is out of the homebred Strawfrank Grace, a Moloskey Claus daughter.
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Strawfrank Lucy & Leroy Continental Pairs Champions
In the pedigree Limousin section standing Overall Reserve & Reserve in the Senior Females was Ronick JessieJ from local breeder Ronald Dick, Mains of Throsk, Stirling. August 2014 born Ronick JessieJ is by the herd’s stock bull Rathconville Eugene and is out of the Ronick Shapely daughter Ronick Doreen. A further Ronick heifer, Ronick Lucy, took the Reserve Championship in the Junior Limousin Females to the aforementioned Strawfrank Lucy. Ronick Lucy, January 2015 born, is by Stephick Hero (bred by Stephanie Dick) and is out of the Ashhollow Bombshell sired Ronick Elusive. Turning to the bulls and taking the Senior Male Limousin Championship was the July 2014 born calf Whinfellpark Jarhead from Messrs Jenkinson, Clifton Moor, Clifton, Penrith Cumbria. Full of breeding Whinfellpark Jarhead is by the 120,000gns Dolcorsllwyn Fabio and is out of the Wilodge Cerberus sired Whinfellpark Flora. Standing Reserve Senior Male was Aultside Jacobite from Garry Patterson, Upper Forgie, Aultmore, Keith. This
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December 2014 born calf, who had stood first in his class is by Ampertaine Elgin and is out of the Vantastic daughter Trueman Hallelluia. Another excellent day’s showing for Mike & Melanie Alford saw their Foxhillfarm cattle take the Continental Junior Interbreed Championship, the Overall Junior Limousin Championship & reserve, and the Junior Male Championship & Reserve. Standing Reserve to Foxhillfarm Logan in both the Overall & Junior Male Championships was Foxhillfarm Lionking. The same way bred as his stablemate, Lionking is an embryo calf by Ionesco and out of Bankdale Alice. In the previous week, Foxhillfarm Lionking had taken the all breeds Pedigree Championship at the Beef South West event held in Exeter. Always with a great emphasis on youth the Stars of the Future event saw some very competitive Young Handlers classes. Taking the Senior Limousin Young Handler title was Alan Lindsay of the Clydeside herd, Kepscaith Farm, Longridge, Whitburn, West Lothian. Picking up the Junior Limousin Young Handler award was Richard Davidson of the Corsairtly herd, Corsairtly Farm, Keith, Banffshire.
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BRAES OF ENZIE ‘DOUBLE UP’ AT SCOTTISH NATIONAL MEAT EXHIBITION
Euan Fettes (left) receiving the prestigious Silver Steer Championship award.
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uan Fettes, Braes of Enzie, Buckie met with double success at the prestigious 2015 Scottish National Meat Exhibition held at Scotbeef’s Bridge of Allan abattoir and hosted by both Scotbeef and Marks & Spencer. Mr Fettes took both the Silver Steer trophy, awarded to the Champion, and also the Reserve Championship. His Champion animal was a Limousin sired cross steer bred by Michael Robertson, who also runs the Fodderletter pedigree herd, of Fodderletter Farms,
Tomintoul. The steer was purchased at Thainstone in the previous November. Commenting, the judge, Ewart Fairlie, said the steer was perfect for the ‘high end’ retail outlets. Mr Fettes Champion animal graded U+4H and weighed 384.5kgs. A record entry in the young producers’ section saw the Senior Championship won by Matthew Steel, Brechin, with a 412kgs Limousin cross heifer grading E3. The junior championship was won by Calum Simpson, Insch, with a 412kgs U+4L Limousin cross heifer.
YOUNG FARMERS PIPSQUEEK SELLS FOR THE TOP PRICE AT ABERDEEN
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raig Hendry, Heads of Auchinderran, Aultmore, Keith, won his first Supreme Championship in the ‘Young Farmers’ prime cattle lines with a homebred heifer, Pipsqueek, that went on to sell for the top price of £3600 at the Aberdeen Christmas Classic held at Thainstone on 2nd and 3rd December. The 21-month-old Pipsqueek had previously won the Commercial Championship at Keith Show and had placed YF Champion at both Turriff and Grantown. With plenty of breeding behind her Pipsqueek’s dam is a Limousin cross cow from the herd of James Alexander, Randalstown, N.Ireland. Her sire is Spittalton Barty, bred by Andrew Burnett, a Middledale Shergar son who was purchased at Perth for 6200gns. This same sire has bred a number of high profile commercial cattle including Smarty Pants, a heifer that won the commercials at the Royal Highland in 2012. Commenting YF cattle judge, John McIntosh, of Goval Farm, Dyce said: ““She caught my eye from the minute she walked in the ring. What a superb butchers’ heifer she is with meat in all the right places and
very correct in all departments.” Pipsqueek weighed in at 582kg and was purchased by the Ugie House Hotel, Keith, for the day’s top price. Limousin sired heifers dominated the top prices and the second top price at £3500 was Blair Duffton and Rebecca Stuart’s Butchers’ champion , Saucy Flossy , from Huntly. This 21-month-old heifer is by Beulah Ernie, an Uskudar son, out of a Limousin cross cow bought from George and David Macarthur, Mid Fleenas, for £2200 in October 2014 and also at Thainstone. Weighing at 668kg, she sold to Andrew Gordon, Chattan Place, Aberdeen. Following on at £3000, for the second top price per kg of 532p, was the Overall Supreme Champion in the shape of Wilson Peters Nifty Fantoosh which weighed 564kgs. The sire of this heifer is Kype Elliott, a prolific breeder of champions for Wilson Peters, of Cuilt Farmhouse, Monzie, Crieff and including the £6600 Magic Moment sold at The Caledonian Marts’ Permier sale and the LiveScot Steer Champion, Hellova Stoat. Nifty Fantoosh was bought by Charlie and Gary Raeburn for their 2013 Scotland’s Butchers’ Shop of the Year,
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on Bogie Street, Huntly. The Unhaltered Champion from F, Walker, Culfork, Alford, sold to Harry Emslie, Kinknockie, Mintlaw, Peterhead, for £2788, or 410p/kg at a weight of 680kg. This Limousin cross heifer was originally bred by the Hendrys at Heads of Auchinderran. Catherine Beaton of South Auchmaliddie , Maud, brought in £2646, or 420p per kg for her heifer that picked up the YF Unhaltered Championship. Bought privately from her uncle Harry Brown jnr, this Limousin cross is by Knock Easter, a bull that has bred a number of carcase champions for Harry, and is out of Limousin cross cow. This one was knocked down to Messrs Bruce of the Broch Butchers, Fraserburgh. Harry Emslie’s 544kg heifer, The Mistress, followed Wilson Peters Champion through the junior heifer class to stand Reserve Supreme before selling to one of the judges, Scott Jarron, of Scott Brothers Butchers Dundee, for £2600, or 478p/k. This fourteen-month-old was purchased at Thainstone in August and is by the French sire Saphir.
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LARKHILL & CLARAGH TAKE THE LIMOUSIN TITLES AT THE FIRST PEDIGREE CALF FAIR & BEEF NI EXPO 2015
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he first Pedigree Calf Fair & Beef NI Expo 2015 was held on the 14th November 2015 at Balmoral Showgrounds, Belfast. This was a landmark event across Ireland to build a platform and work jointly as a beef industry. During the full day there were seminars on “Beef Strategy 2020” with experts giving expert advice about the future of this industry and 11 pedigree beef breeds present showing and competing for calf fair titles and trophies showcasing the premium quality pedigree calves in Northern Ireland, demonstrating excellence in breeding and the calibre for the future. The Limousin entry was judged by James Hazard from the Mereside herd based at Grantham in Lincolnshire. He awarded the breed’s Senior Championship to Larkhill Julius, a thirteen-month-old bull bred by veterinary surgeons Brian and Cahir McAuley, Antrim. Sired by Hightown Dalglish, he is bred from Larkhill Grace, a daughter of the herd’s flagship cow Firmount Countess – whose sons have topped at 22,000gns. Runnerup for the Senior Championship was Peter Murphy’s Carrickaldreen Jervis a yearling bull by the noted Nenuphar out of dam Frewstown Frantastic. Leading the junior Limousin line-up was Claragh Lily, an eleven-month-old heifer sired by Wilodge Vantastic out of dam Haltcliffe Avon, bred by the father and son team of John and Paul Rainey from Kilrea. Taking the reserve award was Culnagechan Lethal, a nine-month-old heifer bred by Derek Hume who runs a herd of 60 pedigree cows at Randalstown. She was sired by the homebred Culnaghechan Falcon – sold at Carlisle in May 2012 for 48,000gns and out of dam Culnagechan Favourite. Other Class winners were Clydevalley Luke bred by Robert Clyde, Templepatrick, Millgate Leo and Millgate Lily bred by M Loughran, Dunamore Cookstown. Class results:-Bull, born between 01/09/14 and 31/12/14 – 1, Brian and Cahir McAuley, Larkhill Julius; 2, Peter Murphy, Carrickaldreen Jervis; 3, Michael Loughran, Millgate Jukebox: Bull, born between 01/01/15 and 31/03/15 – 1, Robert Clyde, Clydevalley Luke; 2, Francis McAuley, Carmon Lionbar; 3, Joan Gilliland, Ballyrobin Landcruiser:Heifer, born between 01/09/14 and 31/03/15 – 1, John
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Senior Champion Larkhill Julius bred by B&C McAuley
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SO IMPORTANT IN PRODUCING QUALITY SUCKLED CALVES
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aking a start in farming certainly isn’t easy but a young couple on the border of Cumbria and Lancashire are proving that with hard work and determination there are still opportunities for new starters – and on their farm near Kirkby Lonsdale it’s the Limousin that’s making things happen. “Without the Limousin we couldn’t breed cattle with the style and quality we need – and yet still rely on easy calving,” say Will and Gillian Sedgley who are fast earning a reputation for their
“show potential” suckled calves. “We must have the influence of the Limousin – it’s a key element of the type of cattle we’re producing and it’s where we want the business to go in the future. Commercial buyers rate the Limousin and a lot of our heifers are now being bought as herd replacements. “There isn’t much more cost in producing a really top quality animal if the breeding is right in the first place - and for us that’s where the Limousin scores,” adds Will.
The Sedgleys married in 2006 and used their “wedding gift fund” to buy good quality beefbred heifers to run on rented land where they established their herd. But two years ago they secured the tenancy of Low Bank House, Barbon, near Kirkby Lonsdale – a 110-acre unit run in conjunction with 650 acres of rented land on short-term lets. Many of their suckled calves sold for primestock showing have already made their mark, including a class winner at the English Winter Fair.
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Limousin Feature “We began buying good quality store heifers from Christmas primestock shows and always bought the best females we could afford because we knew the type of calves we ultimately wanted to produce. And looking back some of them seemed very good value! “I remember we bought the Christmas store champion heifer at Hawes for £600 even though it seemed a lot at the time,” recalls Gillian. Over the next two years the aim is to build the herd up to 80 cows and then to 100 cows within five years - and to stay with the Limousin and British Blue combination of breeding. They now run 60 suckler cows comprising 20 pure Limousin 10 of which are pedigree - 20 three-quarter-bred British Blues and half-bred Limousin x British Blue. There is also a flock of 650 Swaledale ewes producing North of England Mules, 600 Mule and Texel-crosses producing prime lambs and a newly established flock of 100 Swaledales to be bred pure. Netherhall Elect, a son of Fieldson Alfy and out of a dam sired by Wilodge Tonka, was the first Limousin bull bought by the Sedgleys. He shares sire duties now with Netherhall Henry who is a Malibu son out of an Alfy cow. “We could have used AI in the early days but the way the pastures were laid out and with no handling facilities we had to use natural service. We started by using the Limousin on British Blue-sired cows and then put some pure Limousin cows to the
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British Blue. “The aim was to give us cross-bred females carrying the genetics to breed us the type of calves we wanted,” said Will. The half-bred Limousin x British Blue cows go back to the Limousin for their first two calvings to produce three-quarter Limousin calves. Cows are then put back to the British Blue to end up with a combination of the two breeds in varying concentrations. Until this year the herd had calved from March to June but to ease pressure on buildings and on lambing-time labour needs, some cows have been switched to autumn calving. Most calves are sold at the springtime suckled calf sales at Kirkby Stephen Auction Mart at around
10-months-old, although some are sold straight off their dams in the autumn. The Sedgleys also like to have a couple of calves to sell at the Spring Spectacular sale of potential show calves held at Leyburn Auction Mart in North Yorkshire in March. Cows calve down in strawbedded boxes where they stay for about two weeks before moving back into the cubicle house. Calves have access to a separate creep area where a creep mix is available from birth with continued access to dry feed throughout the time they are suckling to avoid a weaning check. Cows stay inside with their calves in the cubicle building until May.
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Cow condition is carefully monitored and is considered an essential part of the herd’s management. In winter cows are fed clamp silage and straw – the mix depending on the silage analysis. “We ration the silage because keeping the correct body condition on these cows is absolutely critical. We’ve got to get them calved easily no matter what the sire of the calf is, so we want them on a nice, steady plane of nutrition with no extreme changes so that we can calve cows at condition score 2.5-3. “If they are too thin they don’t have enough milk and if they are too fat they aren’t easy to calve. But there’s always the risk of the fatter cows getting fatter and the thinner cows getting thinner during housing,” says Will. So important is winter feeding that changes are being made that will hopefully ensure cow condition is achieved more efficiently. “We’re going to switch to a mixer wagon this coming winter to improve the way the silage diet is delivered to the cows. It should prevent them sorting through the feed. The aim is to provide the cows with access to a correctly mixed silage and straw diet that will be available ad-lib. “The current system favours the big cows which dominate the trough space and sort through the mix.” The herd is now closed and is in the Premium Cattle Health Scheme with a risk level 1 for Johnes and accredited free
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Limousin Feature of BVD. All cows receive a mineral bolus twice a year and are vaccinated for BVD and leptospirosis. The heifer replacement policy is strict. “Heifers coming into the herd have to have been naturally born and to have to come off a milky dam with a good temperament. Then we look at conformation, correctness, style and colour.” Heifers are calved at 24-months and are AI’d to easycalving Limousin bulls. Bulls currently being used are Carmorn Dauphin and Oxygene. “We were really pleased this spring because we retained our best heifers as replacements and yet were still £30 a head up on our average compared with the previous year,” says Will. The herd’s average price achieved for all its 10-month-old calves this spring was £1059. The first pedigree Limousin female to be purchased was the heifer Millington Grange Danielle bought privately. “We felt we needed to establish a nucleus of pedigree Limousin run under the Langstroth prefix, mainly because we didn’t want to rely on buyingin females and risk our herd health status. “Danielle interested us because of her bloodlines – she was by the noted sire Objat and out of Voyelle. She was purchased in-calf to Oxygene and was then flushed before being AI’d again to Oxygene. We like the style of Oxygene’s progeny and he’s good to use on heifers,” says Gillian. Running alongside their home-bred pedigree Limousin females are Ironstone Freckles, Hollythwaite Gloria and Gallaber Fancypants. AI sires used include the 40,000gns Mereside Godolphin as well as Powerhouse Elite and Wilodge Goldcard and the 32,000gns Rossignol son Huntershall Gladiator. Seven sires have been used this year. Calves are weaned from November to January depending on which sale they are being aimed at. After weaning they are fed on ad-lib silage and 2-3kg of dry feed a day. Around six to eight of the best calves are haltertrained and put on to a ration with a higher oat inclusion rather than barley. The Sedgleys have bred several prize winners at the Leyburn Spectacular sale of potential
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Home-bred 3 4 Limousin cow with Limousin calf sired by Netherhall Elect
“Heifers coming into the herd have to have been naturally born and to have to come off a milky dam with a good temperament. Then we look at conformation, correctness, style and colour.”
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show calves but the best so far has been a heifer bought by John and Clare Cropper after standing champion at the May Kirkby Stephen sale. The heifer went on to win several local shows and its class at the English Winter Fair. “We’ve now got regular buyers taking our cattle from the Kirkby Stephen sales and one has commented that he’s never had cattle achieve such high killing out percentages. Although our aim is to breed calves with show potential, the standards we set ourselves to achieve those calves have a knock-on effect in terms of the quality of all the calves we produce.”
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The 110 acres at Low Bank House provides wintering for cows alongside grazing on Barbon Fell which is home to a new flock of around 100 Swaledale ewes that will be bred pure. A block of 650 acres of rented land carries the main sheep flock of 650 Swaledales is put to Bluefaced Leicester tups to produce North of England Mules. There are also 600 Mule and Texel-cross ewes put to Beltex x Texel tups to produce prime lambs. The farm also carries 150-200 hoggs – Swaledale and Texelcrosses. All Mule gimmer lambs are sold and replacements for Mule flock are bought-in as shearlings. There is also a flock of 25 pure-bred Bluefaced Leicesters that last year produced the Sedgley’s best breed price so far when a tup made £7000 at the main breed sale at Hawes. “We buy-in draft Swaledales for the crossing flock but we are aiming to breed our own from the new flock we’ve set-up on Barbon Fell,” says Will.
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Since this feature was compiled Gordon & Julie Sedgewick of Ricknall Grange Farm, Aycliffe, Co Durham have gone on to win the highly prestigious Beef Farmer of the Year title in the 2015 Northern Farmer of the Year Awards. Commenting on the award, Julie said: “We were thrilled to be nominated let alone win and particularly within such a tough contest.” Our congratulations go to the Sedgewicks and here we feature the prominent role the Limousin breed plays within their enterprise. STOP PRESS - At the point of this magazine going to press, The National Sheep Association (NSA) has announced the 2015 winner of the highly regarded George Hedley Memorial Award as Julie Sedgewick. With a career spanning more than 25 years, Julie has been singled out for the award recognising individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the sheep industry.
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ordon and Julie Sedgewick’s commercial cattle enterprise relies on selling quality store calves at 9-12 months old, with the knowledge that they will go on and finish well for the buyers – and for that job, they have never considered
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using any breed other than the Limousin. The couple run a total of 850 acres (234 arable and 560 of grass), between two tenanted farms in Co Durham – Binchester Hall, at Bishop Auckland, and Ricknall Grange, Aycliffe. When
they took on Binchester Hall back in 1996, they brought with them a sheep flock which they’ve now built up to 800 ewes (North of England Mules and Suffolk crosses), with all progeny, by the Suffolk, Texel and Charollais sires, finished at home.
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The suckler herd was established in 1996 with some dairy cross heifers from Gordon’s brother, John. They were put to the Limousin, and some British Blue has been used on some of the plainer cows over the years, to form the basis of the herd of
Limousin Feature mainly black cows, which all go to the Limousin bull. “I was always interested in showing commercial cattle, so Limousins appealed to me because of the shape and style of the calves and the fact they do well at the store market. They just clicked with us straight away and seemed to suit the type of farm, so we continued to keep homebred heifers and bought in some more three-quarter Limousin type cows. As a suckler cow, they are ideal, with plenty milk and they are able to keep their condition without the need for a lot of supplementary feeding,” explained Julie. With more shed space and grass available since taking on Ricknall Grange five years ago, Gordon and Julie have been able to put further focus on the beef herd. They grow their own straw, which helps keeps costs down, and many of the female calves are now kept for replacements, with the aim of increasing the herd to 120 cows, from its current 95. The majority of the calving takes place in March/April, and December/January, and all inside for management purposes. Julie says the calves generally need very little attention when born and they try not to interfere unless really necessary. “We’ve found the Limousin crosses have plenty milk, so that’s
never a problem, and we try to buy easy calving bulls, which we can afford to do now, with the cows having a bit more shape about them. We don’t have any extra staff, other than our son Tim, a rural surveyor for H&H, who helps out at busy times, so it’s important that the cattle are as manageable as possible. “We’ve recently invested in a Moocall calving sensor system which we’ve had good success with so far, and we also scan all the cows, which is a useful
management tool, as it’s usually very accurate, to within a week.” Bulls are always bought at pedigree sales, and the couple admit it can often be difficult to find what they’re looking for within their budget. Alongside looks, they study EBVs – especially calving ease and maternal traits – and health status, when making a choice. Current bulls include Saunders Favori (bought for 5500gns in 2012), Confluence Fadell (bought for 4200gns in 2012), and more recently,
Saunders Imperial, purchased in May this year for 5200gns. “Fadell has bred very well for us; he has a tremendous top and loin on him and a lovely quiet temperament. He bred our baby beef champion at LiveScot last year. We’ve just started using Imperial, and we’re hoping he’ll work really well with the Favori daughters.” Julie is passionate about showing commercial calves, and the show team is now mainly made up of home-bred animals, which she says is particularly rewarding. They exhibit locally, and at the Great Yorkshire and Northumberland, plus several of the winter primestock events. “We get help from Neil Slack with showing the calves – he normally halter trains them for us and often shows them too. Whilst I love going to the shows and the preparation, I’m not that keen on actually being in the ring myself! “Showing can be a great advert for selling calves, but I think primestock showing is very important for the industry too.
“We’ve found the Limousin crosses have plenty milk, so that’s never a problem, and we try to buy easy calving bulls, which we can afford to do now, with the cows having a bit more shape about them.”
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Limousin Feature Many showing enthusiasts are not full-time farmers themselves, but they are buying off farmers, giving them a boost at the sales, and in-turn, encouraging commercial producers to spend a bit more on a bull, to get those quality calves,” explained Julie, adding that it is more often than not Limousin-bred cattle that lift the top tickets at primestock events. “I was involved in organising the Beef Expo event this year, where we had an entry of 43 Limousin heifers – more than any other breed – and that must coincide with what the butchers want,” she said. And for the Sedgewicks, as breeders of those calves, the fact they can get them away at 9-12-months is ideal for their set-up. The calves are normally weaned off their mothers six weeks before selling, and fed a beef ration and silage inside, before being sold through the ring at Hexham. The last batch to be sold, in spring 2015, was one of 19 bullocks at 9-11-months, which averaged out at £1031 (with a top of £1200), and 14 heifers, which leveled at £908, topping at £980. “Hexham Mart is 40 miles away from us, but we’ve always got on well selling there, it has a great customer base from all over the country,” said Julie. “There always seems to be a high demand for the Limousin calves and they’re ideal to sell in batches because they have a
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uniformity throughout them – you can put four in the ring together and they’re all very much the same type and quality. And, they will go on to finish well, with good grades.” That buyer preference towards the Limousin crosses was
notable, says Julie, when they used a native breed on some of the heifers as a trial, and found the price and demand for the calves to be far lower. “I couldn’t see us using any other breed now, the Limousins suit our system perfectly, with
room for the next buyer to make a profit too. Looking from a commercial point of view, I think the breed in general has improved a lot over the years – they are far quieter than they once were, with great loins on them, and good length,” added Julie.
“There always seems to be a high demand for the Limousin calves and they’re ideal to sell in batches because they have a uniformity throughout them – you can put four in the ring together and they’re all very much the same type and quality. And, they will go on to finish well, with good grades.”
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£147,000 TRUEMAN JAGGER SETS NEW WORLD RECORD AT CARLISLE Trueman Jagger - 140,000gns
Carlisle OCTOBER 2015 • Trueman Jagger sets UK & European all-breeds bovine record • 140,000gns sets new Limousin world record price • 85 bulls average £8709, a new UK all-breeds record • Averages up on the year by over £3200 • Intermediate bulls average over £10,000 • Thirteen bulls make 10,000gns or more • Ampertaine Jamboree sells for 45,000gns • Ampertaine Gigolo sires top two prices • Largest number of bulls sold between £3000£5000
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t was a world record breaking day at Carlisle on Saturday 17th October when the April 2014 born Trueman Jagger from Henry Savage & Sons, Altnamackin, Newry, Co Down sold for a remarkable 140,000gns (£147,000). Prior to the big day itself Jagger had been widely described as one of the best Limousin bulls ever seen at a British Limousin Cattle Society Sale. Come sale time the huge crowd witnessed an amazing opening bid of 50,000gns before the bull raced to the 140,000gns mark, a new world record price for a Limousin bull and a new UK & European all-breeds bovine record price. Purchasing the bull was a five way syndicate of Limousin breeders which comprised of Michael & Melanie Alford, Foxhillfarm herd at Cullompton Devon; Paul Dawes, Dinmore herd at Hereford; Messrs Jenkinson, Whinfellpark herd at Penrith; Gareth Lee, Calogale herd in Carmarthenshire;and Kedzlie Farm Ltd, Swalesmoor herd at Lauderdale. The world record was the highlight of the Society’s Autumn Sale that also saw 85 bulls sell to a sensational average of £8709. The average was up by over £3200 on the year and is a new UK all-breeds record. The new mark is £467 up on the previous Limousin sale average of £8242. Twenty three bulls in all made 7500gns or more with thirteen in five figures. A healthy clearance rate of 67% was achieved with 85 bulls selling out of the 127 presented for sale.
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On Friday at the pre-sale show Trueman Jagger had been placed as the Overall Supreme Champion & Intermediate Champion by the judge, and Irish Limousin Cattle Society Chairman, Kevin Bohan, Beechhill Farm, Doon, Co. Laois. An embryo calf, Trueman Jagger is one of the first calves born to Ampertaine Gigolo and is out of the noted Trueman Grazia, a Haltcliffe Vermount daughter. Speaking of his Champion bull the judge said: “This bull just had got the lot. He is the most powerful Champion bull I’ve seen with a super backend and top. With that he’s just full of class and style throughout, a truly exceptional Limousin bull and a great credit to the Savage family.” Through the summer of 2015 Trueman Jagger had been placed as the Overall Male Champion, Reserve Overall Champion and Junior Interbreed Champion at the Royal Ulster Show at Balmoral.
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Ampertaine Jamboree - 45,000gns
Ballinloan Jaegerbomb - Junior Champion - 24,000gns
The judge on that day had been Mary Cormack the partner of Richard Bartle the farm manager at Dinmore. Since that show on 11th May the bull had done a fantastic 2.47kgs per day up until the sale day itself and not unsurprisingly stood at the market with tremendous figures for muscle depth and growth. At the close of the sale Melanie Alford speaking on behalf of the purchasing syndicate said: “There’s exceptional potential in a bull of this outstanding quality. He has size, shape, style, is very correct, and walks well. The terrific weight gain that he has shown is something that you would expect he will pass on to his progeny. He has fantastic figures and his bloodlines bring something a little different as well. He’s a ‘marquee’ bull with a huge future ahead of him and one in time that through semen collection we aim to make available to breeders and across the board both domestically and internationally.” It was of course an amazing roller coaster couple of days of emotions for the Savage team comprising of Henry Snr, Henry Jnr, Phelim, Benedict, and Dermot, and ably helped by Dermot Small. Of the bull and the sale Henry Snr said: “He’s a ‘once in a generation bull’, quite exceptional, and we have been very proud to breed him and bring him on. To sell him for a world record price is the stuff of dreams and something that you would never expect to realise. It’s quite humbling in many ways to do so but the
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family are excited about the bull’s future and we hope that he will go on to breed to his potential for the new owners and the Limousin breed as a whole.” The Savage family and the twenty female Trueman herd have met with a fair share of success previously having bred and sold Trueman Duet for 38,000gns and lifting the 2011 National Limousin Show Supreme Championship with Trueman Euphonium. Trueman Grazia the mother of Jagger had herself been the Supreme Champion at the 2011 Red Ladies Sale before selling to Holland for 14,000gns. She has subsequently won the Dutch National Limousin Show Championship for good measure! Commenting on the world record price, and the sale generally, Iain Kerr the British Limousin Cattle Society’s Chief Executive said: “Congratulations to the Savage family on a fantastic achievement. This is another landmark moment in the history of the UK’s pedigree beef industry and they are a central part of that. I’m delighted for them and it’s great reward for breeding such a quality bull.” On the sale as a whole Iain Kerr went on to say: “Today’s sale shows the strength of demand that there is for quality Limousin bulls. Top pedigree prices aside, there was depth in the sale and to set a new all-breeds record average of over £8700 for a good number of bulls is remarkable and a great credit to the breeders. There was a tremendous show of modern Limousin bulls with great tops and conformation and many bulls of that standard. Limousin bulls are producing high quality suckled calves that are going on to meet the carcase weights wanted by industry and with outstanding yield and killing out percentages. At this sale we made available for the first time Genomic Breeding Values for a range of new Carcase Traits following some four years of work. We have also recently embarked on a major Feed Efficiency project. The Society and its breeders are working hard on relevant and practical breed improvement to deliver
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Huntershall Jeromino - 22,000gns
Goldies Jurassic - 20,000gns
Ampertaine Jeronimo - 19,000gns
Craigatoke Jack - 17,000gns
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Haltcliffe Johnny - 15,000gns
Trueman Jukebox - 12,000gns
“There’s exceptional potential in a bull of this outstanding quality. He has size, shape, style, is very correct, and walks well.” Melanie Alford speaking on behalf of the buyers syndicate.
Haltcliffe Jonsson - Senior Champion - 11,500gns
Goldies Judge - 11,000gns
Ampertaine Jupiter - 10,500gns
Beachmount Junior - 9500gns
profit and performance for pedigree and commercial producers.” Breeding from the Ampertaine herd of James McKay, Upperlands, Maghera, Co. Derry was one of the features of the sale and the Reserve Overall Champion, and Reserve Intermediate Champion was another Ampertaine Gigolo son, Ampertaine Jamboree. Also April 2014 born bull, Jamboree who carried a great top and second thigh, is out of the Wilodge Cerberus daughter Ampertaine Fifi. This bull made the day’s second top rice of 45,000gns when being purchased by the noted Ronick herd of W Dick & Sons, Mains of Throsk, Stirling. Constituting another great day for the herd four bulls from Ampertaine grossed 83,000gns with bulls selling at 45,000gns, 19,000gns, 10,500gns and 8,500gns respectively. The 45,000gns mark is the prolific herd’s top price to date. Selling at 24,000gns was the Junior Champion Ballinloan Jaegerbomb from Stuart Fotheringham, Ballinloan, Dunkeld. Another bull with a summer show track record Ballinloan Jaegerbomb had been a first prize winner at the Royal Highland Show, Male Champion at Perth Show, and Reserve Male Champion at the Scottish Limousin Grand Prix at Turriff Show. Sired by the herd’s stock bull and another from the Ampertaine herd, Jaegerbomb is by Ampertaine Foreman. He is out of Ballinloan Frutella, a Neuf daughter, and whose breeding goes back to the noted line of Newhouse Ibetha. Purchasing this bull was the Gunnerfleet herd of Ian Handley, Gunnerfleet Farm, Ingleton, Lancashire. Conformation was again the name of the game with Mr. Handley saying
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that ‘Jaegerbomb is really well muscled with a great top and will be really well suited to our cows’. Also from the second last class Ballinloan Jericho later sold in the sale for 10,000gns. Stephen Nixon, Hunters Hall, Southfield, Wigtown made 22,000gns when selling Huntershall Jeronimo to the Spittalton herd of Andrew Burnett, Upper Spittalton Farm, Blairdrummond, Stirling. This was only the second bull Mr. Nixon had brought to a Carlisle sale with the first, Huntershall Gladiator, having previously made 32,000gns. Jeronimo, another well-muscled bull that had shown tremendous weight gain, is an embryo calf by the noted sire Requin and is out of Huntershall Dancer the same mother of Gladiator. A very impressive line-up of five bulls from Bruce Goldie, Townfoot Farm, Mouswald, Dumfries met with just reward when selling for a gross of 57,500gns. In the pre sale show two bulls had stood second in class to the eventual Supreme and Reserve Champions. The remaining three bulls all secured first prizes! Leading the way was the 20,000gns paid for Goldies Jurassic. This April 2014 born bull had stood second in his class to the Supreme Champion and day’s record breaking top price. Jurassic is by the homebred Goldies Fortress, a full brother to the 22,000gns Goldies Fandango, and is out of Goldies Elisa, an Ampertaine Bravo daughter. The impressive Goldies Jurassic, who carried some excellent growth figures and a beef value of LM+47, was purchased for the Procters pedigree herd at Procters Farm Ltd, Slaidburn, Clitheroe, Lancashire.
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Ampertaine Jeronimo from James McKay made 19,000gns when selling to the Loosebeare herd of Messrs Quick & Son, Loosebeare Manor, Zeal Monachorum, Crediton, Devon. Second in the last class of the day, the July 2014 born Jeronimo is by the AI sire Plumtree Fantastic and is out of the Cloughhead Umpire sired Ampertaine Eureka. The strong run for Northern Irish breeders continued when Craigatoke Jack, from Martin Conway, Plumbridge, Omagh sold for 17,000gns to the judge Kevin Bohan who manages the Ardlea herd of Dan Tynan at Beechhill Farm, Doon, Mountrath, Co Laois, Eire. This May 2014 bull had placed first in his class and was Reserve Junior Champion. By the French bull Sablier, a Jacot son, Craigatoke Jack is out of Craigatoke Ant a Haltcliffe Underwriter daughter. Haltcliffe Johnny, a heifer’s calf from Haltcliffe, Lonning Head, Hesket New Market, Wigton, sold for 15,000gns to the commercial producers JA Wood & Sons, Kinnerton Hall Farm, Ratlinghope, Shrewsbury. Entirely homebred Haltcliffe Johnny is the first calf born to the sire Haltcliffe Gentry. The March 2014 born Johnny, a first prize winner, is out of the Cloughhead Umpire sired Haltcliffe Grape. Getting their day off to a great start Trueman Jukebox from the Savage family made 12,000gns when selling to G Cameron, Acharrade, Argyll. This senior bull, who had stood second in his class to the Reserve Senior Champion, is by the AI sire Ampertaine Elgin and is out of the Nenuphar daughter Trueman Gabrielle. Another bull with a show record Jukebox had in the course of the year won the Supreme Overall at the NI Calf Spectacular and had placed Reserve Junior Champion at the Royal Ulster Show. Haltcliffe Jonsson from the Haltcliffe pen continued a fine run when making 11,500gns. This February 2014 bull had been placed as the day’s Senior Champion and is February 2014 born. Yet another bull with great thickness and a tremendous top Jonsson is by Haltcliffe Gains and is out of the Sympa sired Haltcliffe Ulrica. This bull headed north when
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purchased by the noted commercial producer Grant Laing, Gaich Farm, Dulnain Bridge, Grantown on Spey, Morayshire. The sire of the day’s world record breaking bull was again to the fore when Bruce Goldie sold Goldies Judge for 11,000gns. First in his Intermediate class the March 2014 born Judge is by Ampertaine Gigolo and is out of the Wilodge Vantastic daughter Goldies Glamour (a full sister to the prolific Goldies Comet). Another bull with outstanding performance figures, Goldies Judge was purchased by WC Mably Farm Partnership, Menwehicke Barton, Pipers Pool, Launceston. Goldies Judge was one of the first three calves born to the sire Ampertaine Gigolo. Ampertaine Jupiter from the junior section made 10,500gns for James McKay. July 2014 born this bull is another by the AI sire Plumtree Fantastic and is out of the Cerberus sired daughter Ampertaine Felicity. This bull was purchased by S&GA Potter who run the Westside herd at Topcliffe, Thirsk, North Yorkshire. Following on from his 24,000gns sale Stuart Fotheringham sold another well-muscled bull, Ballinloan Jericho, for 10,000gns to pedigree breeders Smiths of Bloxham, Newlands Farm, Bloxham, Banbury, Oxfordshire. By the same sire as his top price, Ballinloan Jericho is by the stock bull Ampertaine Foreman and is out of the Nebo Dynamite daughter Ballinloan Gabi. Also sired by Ampertaine Foreman, Goldies Jeronimo made 9500gns for Bruce Goldie. A first prize winner in the last class of Intermediate bulls this April 2014 bull is out of Goldies Fragrance who is a full sister to the aforementioned and noted Goldies Comet. Purchasing Goldies Jeronimo was SF MacKay, Knockaneorn, Clunas, Nairn. Purchasing Goldies Jeronimo was SF MacKay, Knockaneorn, Clunas, Nairn. Also selling for 9500gns for Bruce Goldie, to ML Howatson, Ty Newydd, Nantglyn, Denbigh, was Goldies Jason, out of Goldies Carla and sired by Goldies Fortress. Standing second in his class to the Reserve
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Junior Champion was Beachmount Junior from K&C Knox, Irvinestown, Co Fermanagh. This bull went on to sell for 9500gns to J Sloan & Sons, Little Creoch Farm, New Cumnock, Ayrshire. May 2014 born, Beachmount Junior had been a regular show winner in Northern Ireland through 2015. He is by Sympa and is out of Liscarn Goldengirl. OTHER LEADING PRICES Lot 135 Coachhouse Jake 8500gns to TW Roberts & Son, Malthouse Farm, Lisvane, Cardiff Lot 216 Ampertaine Jarvis 8500gns to G&E Muir, Gorn, Shapinsay, Orkney Lot 176 Tweeddale Joe 8200gns to JG&SC Jones, Heol Feinog, Llandysul, Dyfed Lot 254 Culnagechan Jackdaniels 8000gns to BJ Baker, Olives Farm, Battle, East Sussex
AVERAGES 20 Seniors 36 Intermediates 29 Juniors 85 Bulls
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GOLDIES JOGGER HEADS THE STIRLING LIMOUSIN TRADE AT 13,500GNS
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oldies Jogger from Bruce Goldie, Townfoot, Mouswald, Dumfries sold for 13,500gns and topped the trade at the British Limousin Cattle Society’s Autumn Sale at Stirling Mart on Monday 19th October. The April 2014 born bull is an embryo calf by Ampertaine Foreman and is out of the prolific Goldies Vitality whose progeny includes the noted Goldies Comet. Purchasing the top price was J&P Carr Farms Ltd, Piddinghoe, Near Peacehaven, East Sussex. Earlier in the day Goldies Jogger had placed as Reserve Junior Champion in the pre-sale show judged by Peter Kirton who runs the Ashledge pedigree herd at Severn Lodge Farm, Kinlet, Bewdley, Shropshire. The 13,500gns top price followed a successful sale at Carlisle on Saturday 17th October where the Goldies herd sold five bulls to gross 57,500gns with a top of 20,000gns. At Stirling the Goldies herd sold three further bulls at 4800, 3800, & 3500gns respectively. In all the Stirling sale saw 43 Limousin bulls sell to a solid average of £4552 with a clearance rate of 68% of the 63 bulls forward. Within three days at the respective sales in Carlisle and Stirling, 128 Limousin bulls sold to average £7312 and gross £936,000. Ten bulls in all at Stirling sold for 6000gns or more.
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Selling at 8500gns was Spittalton Jed from local breeder Andrew Burnett, Upper Spittalton, Blair Drummond, Stirling. This first prize bull, born on 10th May 2014, is by the Objat son Dinmore Hitman and is out of Spittalton Flourish. Purchasing this bull was Walter Dandie & Sons who finish 350 to 400 home-bred and bought-in cattle every year at Learielaw Farm, Broxburn, West Lothian. The Spittalton herd sold three further bulls on the day to gross a further 11,000gns. Also at 8500gns was the very next lot Allanfauld Jumper from Archie MacGregor, Allanfauld, Kilsyth, Glasgow. Jumper, who carried some terrific figures and a Beef Value of LM+40, is a Haltcliffe Underwriter son and is out of Allanfauld Fleure. The May 2014 born bull went to WF&H Logan, Maxwelston, Girvan, Ayrshire. Picking up the fourth top price of 7200gns was Ian Nimmo, Bogside Farm, Newmains, Wishaw, with the first prize winning bull Maraiscote Jura an April 2014 born calf. By the herd’s prolific sire Goldies Comet, Jura is out of the Tyddn Mei daughter Maraiscote Pamela. Buying Maraiscote Jura, who was the Reserve Male Champion at this year’s Royal Highland Show was A&H Sim & Son, Rorandle, Monymusk, Inverurie. In the
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McLarens Black Jack 7,000gns
Spittalton Jed 8,500gns
Ronick Jimmy 6,000gns
Elrick Jackal 6,000gns
Burnbank Jack 5,800gns
pre-sale show Maraiscote Javelin, an April 2014 born son of Virginia Andy and out of Maraiscote Fabiella, wn the Overall Supreme Championship. Come sale day Javelin left the ring unsold at a bid of 7800gns. On the evening prior to the sale the 150 cow Maraiscote herd had picked up the award for the Overall Scottish Limousin Herd of the Year at the Club’s AGM and dinner held in Blairdrummond. A number of black coated bulls in the catalogue was headed at 7000gns by McLarens Black Jack from Messrs McLaren, Muirhouses, Kirriemuir. Sired by Normans Gamin and out of the Tamarvalley Boscastle daughter McLarens Goddess, this second prize bull headed to Orkney when knocked down to G&J Gray, Laithe, Tenston, Sandwick, Stromness. The Reserve Senior Champion, Ronick Jimmy, came from the 200 strong pedigree herd of Mr R Dick, Mains of Throsk, Stirling. Sired by the 17,000gns stock bull Rathconville Eugene, and out of Ronick Emily the herd’s 2015 show cow, the February 2014 born Ronick Jimmy was purchased for 6000gns by R Templeton & Co, Carslae Farm, Wigtown, Newton Stewart, Dumfriesshire. Ian & Wendy Callion, Bolfornought Farm, Stirling also sold Lodge Josh for 6000gns. This February 2014 born bull is by the noted AI sire Wilodge Tonka and is out of the Ronick
Luke sired Lodge Plush. Lodge Josh went north when being bought by GM Swanson, Quarryside, Castletown, Caithness. The day’s Junior Champion came in the shape of Elrick Jackal from Michael Massie, Mains of Elrick, Auchnagatt, Ellon. Elrick Jackal is by the Haltcliffe Underwriter son Craigatoke Dundee who has had sons sell to 12,500gns. Out of the Wilodge Vantastic daughter Elrick Fandango, Elrick Jackal was snapped up by Messrs Bell. Four bulls in all made 6000gns and the final one at this price was Powerful Judge from Archie MacGregor. This third prize bull was bred by Philip Crowe, Co Cavan, Ireland. April 2014 born he is by the Sympa son Haltcliffe Dancer and is out of Liscarn Fantastic, a Vantastic daughter. Another bull t head to Orkney, Powerful Judge was purchased by J&R Stanger, South Seater, Sandwick, Orkney. At 5800gns was the powerful Senior Champion Burnbank Jack from Messrs D&L Graham, Mains of Burnbank, Blairdrummond, Stirling. By the AI sire Wilodge Fastrac this bull is out of Burnbank Fifi whose pedigree on the dam line goes back to the herd’s noted Burnton Roz. Purchasing the Senior Champion was Messrs Bell, Haddington, East Lothian. Auctioneers: United Auctions
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TOPS DUNGANNON LIMOUSIN AUTUMN SALE AT 4600GNS
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he British Limousin Cattle Society’s Autumn Show & Sale held on Friday 23rd October at Dungannon Livestock Mart saw a top price of 4,600gns. 21 bulls were sold at an average of £2,930 representing an increase on the year of £548 per head. Six females were also sold to a top price of 2,400gns and an average of £1,566. Sponsors of the sale were Norbrook Laboratories Ltd. The top price on the day of 4,600gns went to Eniver Jackal bred by Michael McKeefry, Garvagh. This March 2014 born bull is sired by Ampertaine Elgin and out of the homebred dam Eniver Dot, an Ampertaine Abracadabra daughter. This bull has a Beef Value of LM31 and now heads to J McCracken, Bellarena, Co Londonderry. Second top price of 4,200gns went to two bulls bred by H & D McFarland, Trillick. Both these bulls had done very well in the pre-sale show judged by Mr Jimmy McHugh from Dundalk, Co Louth. Gaining Reserve Senior Champion was Rahoney Joseph and taking the Intermediate Champion, Male Reserve Champion and Overall Reserve Supreme Champion was Rahoney Jonathan. March 2014 born Rahoney Joseph is sired by Rahoney Geoffrey, a Wilodge Cerberus son, and is out of the home bred dam Rahoney Coral who has Ronick Hawk bloodlines. This bull held a Beef Value of LM26 and now heads to new owner Roland Graham, Bellevue, Enniskillen. Rahoney Jonathan is sired by Moloskey Ger, a Wilodge Vantastic son, out of the home bred dam Rahoney Eve. This April 2014 born bull has a beef value of LM21 and now heads to new home of J Patterson, Limavady. Third top price of 3,600gns went to Ballykelly Jakob bred by Mr H P Hamill, Lisburn. This April 2014 born bull is sired by the French bull Bavardage and is out of the
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homebred dam Ballykelly Fifi an Ulm daughter. He holds a Beef Value of LM37 and now heads to pedigree breeder A Clements, Antrim. Senior Champion Culnagechan Jelavic bred by D Hume, Randalstown gained the day’s fourth top price of 3,400gns. This January 2014 born bull is bred by herd’s stock bull Iveagh Gilkes and is out of home bred dam Culnagechan Espana, an Ampertaine Abracadabra daughter with Nenuphar bloodlines. With a high Beef Value LM45, in the top 1% of breed, he now heads to commercial breeder Mark Braniff, Downpatrick. Also gaining 3,400gns was Knockroe Jacko bred by Johnston Brothers, Irvinestown. This June 2014 born bull is sired by homebred sire Knockroe Goliath, a Sympa son, with the dam being Beachmount Echo. This bull now heads to new owners B McClean,Armoy. Top female price of the day of 2,400gns went to the Cooleykid Isabella, bred by Helen & Lawrence Muckian, Silverbridge. This April 2013 born female is sired by Wilodge Cerberus and is out of the dam Titchburn Electra, AI’d in calf to the Irish bred bull Brooklands F0959 and now heads to new owner M & R MCGurk, Cookstown. Second top priced female at 1,500gns went Moneykee Joanne, bred by Mr J N McGarrigle, Irvinestown. This October 2014 born female is sired by Dinmore Goldcrest and out of the dam Moneykee Hannah. Moneykee Joanne was knocked down to new owners D Johnston, Fivemiletown. Judge: Jimmy McHugh
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Culnagechan Jelavic 3,400gns Senior Champion
Moneykee Joanne Reserve Femal Champion 1,500gns
AVERAGES 21 Bulls £2,930 (+£548) 6 Females £1,566 (-£27) Sale Grosses 67550gns £70,927.50 Stg Auctioneer: Duncannon Farmers Mart
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ASHLEDGE BULL TOPS BRECON LIMOUSIN SALE AT 5100GNS Ashledge Judaspriest 5100gns
Brecon NOVEMBER 2015 • 71% clearance rate • 22 bulls average £3417 • Twemlows lead females at 3550gns
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shledge Judaspriest, from Messrs AG Kirton & Sons, Severn Lodge Farm, Kinlet, Bewdley, Worc, made 5100gns to lead the trade at the British Limousin Cattle Society’s Autumn Show & Sale held at Brecon Market on Saturday 7th November. April 2014 born this bull is the first to be sold at auction by the herd’s stock bull Ballyrobin Gazza and is the second calf out of the dam Ashledge Elderflower, an Objat daughter. Sporting good figures for growth, and a beef value of LM+37, Ashledge Judaspriest was purchased by Mr IG Thomas for his Orllwyn herd at Orllwyn Farm, Cwmffrwd, Carmarthen. At the pre-sale show Ashledge Judaspriest had been awarded the Senior & Supreme Championship by the judge Mervyn Price who runs the 30 pedigree cow
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Beulah herd at Penycrug Farm, Llanafan Fawr, Builth Wells. Commenting on his Champion Mr Price said: “This was a very stylish bull that caught my eye immediately. He has great conformation, has tremendous second thigh, is very clean with little middle, and walked extremely well.” Regular consignors at Brecon, the Ashledge herd sold five bulls on the day to a gross of £17,010. In all, in front of a good crowd, 22 bulls averaged £3417 representing a healthy clearance rate of 71% of the 31 bulls forward. Two bulls made 4900gns. The first of these was the Reserve Senior Champion Killerton Jackpot from the 135 cow pedigree herd of Mr & Mrs PW & SM Greed, Columbjohn Farm, Rewe, Exeter, Devon. February 2014 born
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Limousin Sales Killerton Jackpot 4900gns
Wellhouse Joshua 4900gns
Nealford Jordon 4500gns Loosebeare Jazzer 4400gns
Killerton Jackpot is by the Irish bred Newtown Grant, an Ampertaine Abracadabra son and is out of Killerton Gaelic. Again with solid performance figures, Killerton Jackpot had previously been placed as the Reserve Best Young Bull in the 2014 South West Region Limousin Herd Competition. Taking this bull home for his Crymlyn Herd was Mr H Leyshon, Pentwyn Farm, Crymlyn Road, Skewen, Neath. The second bull at 4900gns was Wellhouse Joshua from Mr RD Whittle, Cilcrug Farm, Trawsmawr, Carms. One of the younger bulls in the catalogue this May 2014 born embryo calf is an Objat son out of Wellhouse Tangerine and is a full brother to the 13,500gns Wellhouse Ella. Another bull with good figures Wellhouse Joshua had a beef value of LM+44. A bull that had been successfully shown through the summer, Wellhouse Joshua was bought by Avonfinch Ltd, Eaton House, Nr Market Drayton, Shropshire. The first prize winner from class two, Nealford Jordon, made 4500gns when selling for Mr JH Neale & Son, Wilkie Down, Boyton, Launceston, Cornwall. March 2014 born, this bull is by Procters Cavalier and is out Marydowne Ulrika whose first calf had
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previously been sold at Brecon for 4800gns. Taking this bull home was D&I Jones & Son, Brynspeard, Dorstone, Hereford. Another first prize winner and the Reserve Junior Champion, Loosebeare Jazzer, sold for 4400gns. This bull was bred and exhibited by Messrs EW Quick & Sons, Loosebeare Manor, Zeal Monachorum, Crediton, Devon. Sired by the Sympa son Aghadolgan Emperor, Jazzer is a heifers calf out of Loosebeare Glorious who is a daughter of the 13,000gns Sarkley Dafydd (who was purchased at Brecon). Buying this bull was E Jones & Son, Penbontpren, Cwmbelan, Llanidloes, Powys. Standing second in his class to the Supreme Champion was Dinmore Jericho from Mr P Dawes, Kipperknowle Farm, Dinmore Manor, Hereford. This bull made 4200gns when selling to DJ Jones, Glanyrafon Isaf, Tregarron. Full of breeding Dinmore Jericho is a son of Dinmore Goldeneye who is out of the noted Dinmore Elle. The dam of this April 2014 born bull is Dinmore Ceri an embryo sister of Wilodge Cerberus. Jericho was sold with a Beef Value of LM+39. Mr & Mrs CL & FE Jerman, Glangwden, Trefeglwys, Caersws, Powys made 4000gns when selling the June 2014 born
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Glangwden Jimbo. This calf is by the Objat son Powerhouse Emblem and is out of the Haltcliffe Ullswater daughter Glangwden Dewdrop. With a beef value of LM+38, Glangwden Jimbo was bought by DN Williams, Cwmdyllan, Llanidloes. Winning the class of females shown, and taking the day’s top female price of 3550gns, was Twemlows Ipod from WL&JA Forrester, Twemlows Farm, Whitchurch, Shropshire. This July 2013 born heifer is by Twemlows Dynamite, a Sympa daughter, and is out of the Wilodge Vantastic sired Twemlows Faberge. A twin to a female, Twemlows Ipod was sold to DL Hughes, Cherrytrees Bungalow, Canon Bridge, Madley, Hereford.
AVERAGES 22 Bulls £3417 29 Females £1847 AUCTIONEER: McCartneys
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24,000GNS BROCKHURST HOWZAT
TAKES THE CHAMPIONSHIP & TOP PRICE AT 2015 RED LADIES DERBY • Three animals make 10,000gns or more with nine in all at 5000gns or over • Oddacres Lemmy sets a new weaned calf record at 10,000gns • Brockhurst Howzat wins Red Ladies Championship with Goldies Inchantress in Reserve • Champion & Reserve purchased by Aileen Ritchie • Red Ladies average £4268 up by £1051 for five more sold • Weaned bull calves average also up by £847, and heifer calves up by £70
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Brockhurst Howzat Overall Champion 24,000gns
he Limousin breed finished its pedigree sale year on a high at the annual Red Ladies Derby & Weaned Calf Sale with the three-year-old Brockhurst Howzat from WJ & M Mash Ltd, Torrington Farm, Chesham, Bucks selling for a sale topping 24,000gns. There was a breed record also in the Limousin Weaned Calf Sale when Oddacres Lemmy, a March 2015 born bull calf from AJ Mason, Odd Acres Farm, Skipton, North Yorkshire made 10,000gns. The sales were held on Friday 11th December at Borderway Mart, Carlisle. An embryo calf Brockhurst Howzat is by Wilodge Vantastic and is out of Brockhurst Bolshoi the 2014 Royal Highland Breed
Champion. Full of breeding Bolshoi is by Grahams Samson and out of Ronick McAinsi. Described as one of the best females bred in the Brockhurst herd, this first calver was sold Pd’d in calf to Ardglasson Highlander the 2013 Scottish Limousin Grand Prix Champion. Purchasing the Champion animal was Aileen Ritchie, Tamala, Burnside, Whitecairns Aberdeenshire for her Ritchies pedigree herd. Earlier in the day in the pre-sale show Brockhurst Howzat had come through a strong line-up of first prize winners to be given the Championship nod by the judge Lynwen Emslie who along with her husband Harry runs the noted Emslies herd at Kinockie, Mintlaw, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. Commenting on
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her Champion Lynwen said: “This heifer is powerful, very correct, very sweet, and has tremendous breed character. She showed herself extremely well.” The Reserve Champion and winner of class two was the November 2013 born Goldies Inchantress from Bruce Goldie, Townfoot, Mouswald, Dumfries. Another powerful heifer with tremendous length Inchantress is by Kaprico Germander, a Sympa son, and is out of Goldies Etoile a daughter of the prolific female Goldies Vitality. Along with this heifer, who was sold as empty, Bruce Goldie offered one grade A frozen embryo sired by Ampertaine Gigolo (the sire of the world record breaking Trueman Jagger. The
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Limousin Sales Brenmick Joy 10,000gns Maiden Heifer Champion
Romford Jessica 9,200gns
Goldies Inchantress Res Overall Champion 8,000gns
Nebo Janice 5,500gns
Reserve Champion was also purchased by Aileen Ritchie. No stranger to picking out and purchasing some quality Limousin females, Aileen has previously purchased the 15,000gns Emslies Ieryl at Carlisle in 2014 and has met with considerable show success. Speaking after the sale she said: “Both the Champion and Reserve have tremendous breed character and a depth of bloodlines to work with that will give me great options. They are both full of quality and are terrific foundation females to start and build a herd around.” The forward plan is to show Brockhurst Howzat with her calf at foot next summer and to flush Goldies Inchantress. A further aim through breeding and some embryo work is to build the herd up from its present five females to around twenty five Ritchies prefixed breeding females. Overall twenty five Red Ladies sold to average £4268 which was up £1051 on the year for five more sold. The clearance rate was a very healthy 89%. Selling at 10,000gns, and the second top
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price on the day, was the June 2014 born Brenmick Joy from the two-cow herd of Robert Jones, and his daughter Helen, at Pen-Y-Bryniau, Abergele, Conwy. As well as taking first prize in class five Brenmick Joy also won the Sid Bowe Perpetual Challenge Trophy awarded to the best maiden heifer. A heifer with real shape and muscle she is by the Wilodge Vantastic son Elite Forever Brill and is out of the Haltcliffe Olympus daughter Brenmick Anna. Brenmick Joy won the Best Homebred Heifer prize in the 2014 North West Midlands and North Wales Limousin Herd Competition. More recently she lifted the Pure Bred and Continental Championship at the East of England Smithfield Winter Fair when shown by Tecwyn Jones, Llanwrst, Conwy, and was also second in a class of ten heifers at the Welsh Winter Fair. Purchasing this heifer was the noted suckled calf breeder John Richardson, Ghyll House, Dufton, Applebyin-Westmorland who first saw Brenmick Joy whilst judging her at Eglwysbach Show. Another heifer with ‘exceptional muscle
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and style’ was Romford Jessica who sold to 9200gns for Gordon Brooke Estate, Upper Huntlywood Farm, Earlston, Berwickshire. This November 2014 born heifer is by the £40,000 AI sire Plumtree Fantastic and is out of Ampertaine Ecstasy a female bought privately for the Romford herd. Buying Romford Jessica was Steven Wilson who runs the Impulsive pedigree herd at Corby Hill, Carlisle. The previous lot, Nebo Janice, made 5500gns when selling to the Reddragon herd of TH & HE Price, Pencraig Farm, Trelech, Carmarthen. Another quality female this October 2014 heifer is by Huntershall Gladiator and is out of Nebo Bunny who was the Reserve Champion Female at the 2008 Royal Welsh Show. Nebo Janice was bred and sold by the vendor Mei Thomas, Bryn Farm, Nebo, Llanrwst, Conwy.
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Melbreak Lucerne 4,000gns
Oddacres Lemmy 10,000gns
10,000GNS ODDACRES LEMMY SETS NEW RECORD MARK AT LIMOUSIN WEANED CALF SALE • Weaned bull calves average also up by £847, and heifer calves up by £70 • 40 calves sell with a clearance rate of 83% • Eight calves sell at 4,000gns or more
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n the Limousin Weaned Calf sale, following directly after the Red Ladies Sale, a new breed record for the fixture was set when Oddacres Lemmy sold for 10,000gns for John Mason, Odd Acres Farm, Emsay, Skipton, North Yorkshire. This March 2015 born bull calf, described as ‘probably the most extreme bull calf bred in the herd’, is the first to be offered at a Society sale by the sire Gallois a French bred bull who was imported at eight months old having been purchased from French breeder Cathy Patureau. The sire’s back pedigree features both the noted bulls Jacot and Sauvignon. Oddacres Lemmy is out of Oddacres Giselle a Homebyres Dixon son. After some spirited bidding the record price bull calf was purchased by James Cooper for his Tomschoice pedigree herd at Hill Top Farm, Dacre, Harrogate, North Yorkshire. The very next lot in the ring, Oddacres Ludwig also from John Mason, made 4000gns when selling to JR Sheard, Low Common Farm, Almondbury, Huddersfield. This March born heifers calf is also by Gallois and is out of Oddacres Honeybun. Making the top price in the heifer calves was Millgate Lucy at 7500gns from Michael Loughran, Dunamore, Cookstown, Northern
Ireland. This January 2015 calf had placed as the Champion Calf at the NI Limousin Championships held in July and stood second at Carlisle in the pre-sale class of heifers. She is by the Saphir sired Norman Ely and is out of Millgate Hotstuff a daughter of the 32,000gns Millgate Fame. Millgate Lucy was purchased jointly by John Richardson, Ghyll House, Dufton, Appleby, along with G & JA Sedgewick, Ricknall Grange, Aycliffe, Newton Aycliffe, Co.Durham. Willie Barron, Morrow Edge Farm, Co Durham made 6000gns when selling the January 2015 born Barrons Lumberjack. A calf with a top 10% Beef Value of LM+42, Lumberjack is by the noted Wilodge Cerberus and is out of the Ampertaine Commander daughter Barrons Hopeful. Buying this calf was JN Swinbank, Cold Comfort Farm, Neasham, Darlington, Co.Durham. At 5000gns was the bull calf Saunders Lualua from A&W Watson, Slaggyford, Brampton, Cumbria. May 2015 born this calf had stood first in the second class of bull calves shown prior to the sale. He had also placed third prize young bull in the 2015 North West Limousin Region Herd Competition. By Saunders Dimitri and out of Saunders
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Ulala, Saunders Lualua was bought by R & IA Watson, West Hindon, Woodland, Bishop Auckland. Winning the pre-sale class of weaned calf heifers was Melbreak Lucerne from James & Alison Callion, Dromore, Shaneragh, Co. Tyrone. By the Nenuphar son Dolcorsllwyn Brynmor this February born heifer is out of Melbreak Geneva a Wilodge Vantastic daughter. Purchasing this calf at 4000gns was Mr DF Turner who runs the 135 strong pedigree Bassingbourn herd at Bassingbourn Farm, Fordham, Ely. Also at 4000gns was Procters Lilac from Procters Farm Ltd, Woodhouse Lane, Slaidburn, Nr Clitheroe. By the prolific Ampertaine Foreman, this April 2015 calf is out of the Haltcliffe DJ sired Procters Gwen. With strong figures and a Beef Value of LM+46 this heifer calf was purchased by Greensons Limousins, 2 Tunbridge Court Bottisham, Cambridge. AVERAGES 25 Red Ladies £4267.20 20 Weaned Bull Calves £2850.75 20 Weaned Heifer Calves £2226.00
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