2023 Limousin Annual Journal

Reserve overall champion Ronick Roulette 24,000gns
Son of the Bull and cave herd,
Lancashire.
• Reserve senior champion
Frogmore Ronaldo scored
15,000gns took a short journey
to his new home at Norman
Farming Company, Cumbria.
• Also selling for 15,000gns was
Howhall Realdeal. This June
2020-born bull has F94L/
NT821 myostatin and now calls
Lancashire home, with K and G J
Huck, Sowerthwaite Farm.
Females
SALES
Pabo Icemaiden. Rolex is a bull of
extreme style and correctness, it’s no
surprise he grabbed the attention of
commercial buyer Mr Owen Miskelly
from County Down.
Next up was the 35,000gns
September 2020-born bull Lukeroyal
Robin, from Mel and Diane Lucas,
Antrim. Robin who was first place
in class seven, has double F94L
myostatin and is sired by Goldies
Nelson. Robin was purchased in
half shares between Mr J Watson
of the Tweeddale herd, Bowsden
Moor, Northumberland and Messrs
W I Suddes and Sons of the Cornsay
herd, South Farm, Co Durham.
Reserve overall champion Ronick
Roulette achieved the next top
price of 24,000gns, presented by R
Dick, Mains of Throsk Farm, Stirling.
Spinning his way through a number
of bidders he headed home to the
Meadowrig herd, on Stuartslaw Farm,
Duns.
Other notable sales included;
• Brontemoor Riffraff selling for
17,000gns. Riffraff has a Beef
Value of LM54 which puts him in
the Top 1% of the breed. He was
snapped up by Mr R J Shennan,
Farden, Ayrshire.
• Ampertaine Revolver sold for
16,000gns to commercial buyers
Morris Brothers, Shropshire.
• Ampertaine Rayban provided
a second high price for the
Ampertaine herd at 15,000gns.
He went home to J Nelson and
Leading the way in the female
section was Shaws Sally, selling
for 5,800gns. With F94L/Q204X
myostatin Sally is sired by the
AI bull Trueman Idol and from
homebred cow Shaws Ferne. She
went home to J Nelson and Son of
the Bullandcave herd, Bull and Cave
Farm, Lancaster. The Shaw herd also
produced Shaws Sophie who sold
for 5,000gns and headed south to Mr
James May of the Sheltwood herd,
Bromsgrove.
Also achieving 5,000gns was Barrons
Sassy brought forward by Mr W
Barron, Morrow Edge Farm. Sassy is
out of the homebred cow Barrons
Jlassy, full sister to Barrons Mylassy
who sold for 15,000gns at the
Barrons Reduction sale in October
2021. This April 2021-born heifer is
sired by Carrickmore Maximus and
was the second purchase of the day
for J Nelson and Son.
A regular vendor of this sale G L
Hutton, Setmabanning, Cumbria sold
fifteen heifers. Topping this trade was
November 2020-born Cloughhead
Rochelle selling for 4,800gns to
Rebecca Nelson, Millstone Moor,
Cockermouth.
90 bulls; average £7,895
36 females; average £2,661
Auctioneers: Harrison and
Heatherington
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