2023 Limousin Annual Journal

The Society caught up with Gerwyn
Jones after the sale who said “I knew
Rambo was something special and I
am delighted that my first pedigree
registered Limousin has sold so
amazingly well.”
Prior to the sale, Rambo was
described by judge Patrick Greaney
of the Whiskey Limousin herd as the
best bull he had ever seen.
At the pre-sale show, Graiggoch
Rambo had been placed as
intermediate and overall champion.
Going back to some classic
bloodlines of Broadmeadows
Cannon, Broadmeadows Ainsi,
Ronick Gains and Wilodge Vantastic,
he is November 2020-born bull and
by Ampertaine Elgin out of Sarkley
Glorianne. In an intriguing back
story, Gerwyn Jones was offered the
opportunity to flush a cow to a bull
of his choice as a thank you for work
carried out in the Sarkley herd of EH
Pennie and Son, Powys. One embryo
implanted from this flush lead to
Graiggoch Rambo. The saying goes
‘..perhaps a small deed, by sincere
intention, is made great’ and there
can surely be no better example.
Glenrock Redemption
Deveronvale Razzledazzle 24,000gns
SALES
The bull was purchased in a twoway
syndicate by Messrs Jenkinson
of the Whinfellpark herd, Penrith
and Boden and Davies Ltd of
the Sportsmans herd, Stockport,
Cheshire.
Reserve overall champion for the
day was lot 250 Goldies Relish from
Bruce T Goldie, Dumfries. He was
knocked down at 30,000gns to WJ
and M Mash Ltd of the Brockhurst
pedigree herd, Buckinghamshire.
Born in April 2020, a powerful bull
with a top 10% Beef Value of LM41,
he is by Ampertaine Opportunity out
of Goldies Harmony, who goes back
to Hartlaw Excaliber and the noted
cow Goldies Vitality.
Reserve intermediate champion
was Glenrock Redemption from
Mr S and Mr T Illingworth who
sold for 25,000gns, to Messrs JW
and MC Fieldson to take home to
their pedigree Fieldson herd near
Gainsborough. With F94L/F94L
myostatin and a Beef Value in the
top 10% of the breed, this is one
of the herd’s most successful cows
selling to 24,000gns.
Next at 24,000gns was first prize bull
Deveronvale Razzledazzle. He heads
to the home of Mr S Wilson of the
Impulsive pedigree herd near Carlisle.
The junior male champion at the presale
show was Pabo Superspice who
sold for 19,000gns to W D Wright and
Son of the Hunthills pedigree herd,
Dumfries.
Other notable sales included;
• Reserve senior champion,
Strawfrank Romeo, sold for
17,000gns to Messrs A and D
Proctor of the Swarland herd,
Morpeth.
• Barrons Snowman, sold at
17,000gns to J Hunter and Sons,
Steel Farm, Northumberland.
• Meadowrif Rifraf at 16,000gns
to R P and D L Hutchinson
Ltd of the Beaconsfield herd,
Nottinghamshire.
• Gorrycam Saxon from S Reel,
Newry, Co Down, sold to
commercial buyers J A Wood and
Sons, Shropshire, for 13,000gns.
Bull sale average £10,651
23 senior bulls average; £8,861
38 intermediate bulls; average
£13,188
23 junior bulls; average £8,249
Auctioneers: Harrison and
Hetherington
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