SALESOverall ChampionGraiggoch Rambo180,000gnsBORDERWAY MART MAY 2022A HUGE 180,000gns and a newPedigree Limousin Bull Worldrecord for Graiggoch RamboAworld record was smashedat the Limousin Society’sannual May bull sale atBorderway Mart on Saturdaythe 7 th May 2022. From firsttimevendor but no strangerto the breed Gerwyn Jones,Conwy, Graiggoch Rambo flewthrough the bids and sold for andincredible 180,000gns.Goldies Relish 30,000gnsThis world record was thehighlight of a remarkable salewhich saw an overall sale averageof £10,651, up by £2,348 on 2021.21 bulls made £10,000 and over,and the clearance rate was 90%with 84 of the 93 bulls forwardselling to new homes.112 | BRITISH LIMOUSIN CATTLE SOCIETY www.limousin.co.uk
The Society caught up with GerwynJones after the sale who said “I knewRambo was something special and Iam delighted that my first pedigreeregistered Limousin has sold soamazingly well.”Prior to the sale, Rambo wasdescribed by judge Patrick Greaneyof the Whiskey Limousin herd as thebest bull he had ever seen.At the pre-sale show, GraiggochRambo had been placed asintermediate and overall champion.Going back to some classicbloodlines of BroadmeadowsCannon, Broadmeadows Ainsi,Ronick Gains and Wilodge Vantastic,he is November 2020-born bull andby Ampertaine Elgin out of SarkleyGlorianne. In an intriguing backstory, Gerwyn Jones was offered theopportunity to flush a cow to a bullof his choice as a thank you for workcarried out in the Sarkley herd of EHPennie and Son, Powys. One embryoimplanted from this flush lead toGraiggoch Rambo. The saying goes‘..perhaps a small deed, by sincereintention, is made great’ and therecan surely be no better example.Glenrock RedemptionDeveronvale Razzledazzle 24,000gnsSALESThe bull was purchased in a twowaysyndicate by Messrs Jenkinsonof the Whinfellpark herd, Penrithand Boden and Davies Ltd ofthe Sportsmans herd, Stockport,Cheshire.Reserve overall champion for theday was lot 250 Goldies Relish fromBruce T Goldie, Dumfries. He wasknocked down at 30,000gns to WJand M Mash Ltd of the Brockhurstpedigree herd, Buckinghamshire.Born in April 2020, a powerful bullwith a top 10% Beef Value of LM41,he is by Ampertaine Opportunity outof Goldies Harmony, who goes backto Hartlaw Excaliber and the notedcow Goldies Vitality.Reserve intermediate championwas Glenrock Redemption fromMr S and Mr T Illingworth whosold for 25,000gns, to Messrs JWand MC Fieldson to take home totheir pedigree Fieldson herd nearGainsborough. With F94L/F94Lmyostatin and a Beef Value in thetop 10% of the breed, this is oneof the herd’s most successful cowsselling to 24,000gns.Next at 24,000gns was first prize bullDeveronvale Razzledazzle. He headsto the home of Mr S Wilson of theImpulsive pedigree herd near Carlisle.The junior male champion at the presaleshow was Pabo Superspice whosold for 19,000gns to W D Wright andSon of the Hunthills pedigree herd,Dumfries.Other notable sales included;• Reserve senior champion,Strawfrank Romeo, sold for17,000gns to Messrs A and DProctor of the Swarland herd,Morpeth.• Barrons Snowman, sold at17,000gns to J Hunter and Sons,Steel Farm, Northumberland.• Meadowrif Rifraf at 16,000gnsto R P and D L HutchinsonLtd of the Beaconsfield herd,Nottinghamshire.• Gorrycam Saxon from S Reel,Newry, Co Down, sold tocommercial buyers J A Wood andSons, Shropshire, for 13,000gns.Bull sale average £10,65123 senior bulls average; £8,86138 intermediate bulls; average£13,18823 junior bulls; average £8,249Auctioneers: Harrison andHetheringtonwww.limousin.co.ukANNUAL JOURNAL 2023 | 113
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