Shows & Sales

Semen is now available from one of Sterling Sires’ highest ranking Aberdeen-Angus bulls for calving ease, rib eye area, Terminal and Self Replacing Index. Melview Granville L076 is a son of Nightingale Qbec H420 who has had semen exported to 10 countries worldwide and is out of Tegsnose Geraldine C095 who was reserve champion at [...]

Glympton Aberdeen Angus is pleased to announce the private sale of the Rawburn Rock Solid F544 son, Glympton Rebellion, who stood junior male champion at the 2012 Aberdeen-Angus Summer National Show, to Angus Neish’s  Rodmead herd, Wiltshire for an undisclosed figure. He is out of Glympton Rowena E216 and goes back to a MVBL 9F [...]

The following shows have been nominated for the 2013 Walkers Shortbread Aberdeen-Angus show herd of the Year. ROYAL HIGHLAND ROYAL WELSH GREAT YORKSHIRE PERTH (SUMMER NATIONAL SHOW) BORDERWAY AGRI EXOP WINTER NATIONAL SHOW) ALYTH BORDER UNION SOUTH OF ENGLAND DEVON COUNTY NEW DEER. The competition works on a points basis with animals bred by exhibitor [...]

A steady demand from commercial buyers resulted in a clearance of 97% with 22 bulls selling for an average of £2580 and a top price of 4300gns (just back by £226 on last year’s sale but with four more bulls sold). Sale leader was the second prize See Eon L567 from Margaret Buchanan (lot 17). [...]

Judging is in progress in Dungannon for the first of the official Society sales in Northern Ireland with Michale Smith, Cootehill, Co Cavan, taking centre stage for the judging and he awarded the male championship honours to the winner of the first class Clogher Valley Emperor L071 (lot 3) from Ian and Gillian Browne. This [...]

Here’s a picture gallery taken by Louis Flood from the Society’s Annual Dinner as well as a few generals from the show and sale on the Monday and Tuesday at Stirling.  

Co Cork-based John and Kait Tait of the Westellen Aberdeen-Angus herd, Rostellen, Midleton, are pleased to announce the private sale of their September 2011-born show bull Westellen Freddie L716 for an undisclosed price to Ben and Elaine Ryall, Cork, Co Cork. Freddie is by proven sire Tonroe Udi and is out of the Aynho Rossiter [...]

Today’s sale of Aberdeen-Angus bulls has averaged £5182 for 103 bulls sold, which is up by £102 on last February’s sale. This sale saw 103 bulls sold compared to the 144 sold last February. Last night’s female sale saw an average of £3447 for 35 sold, compared to £3909 for 17 sold last February.

After a quiet spell of junior bulls Neil Wattie has just sold his first prize Tonley Alves L817 (lot 302) for 4400gns to the Crofters Commission. By Blelack Prince Consort A286, this one is out of the successful Tonley Annie B092. And kicking trade on even more is Neil and Graeme Massie selling Blelack Justin [...]

Selling for 11,000gns was Neil and Graeme Massie’s Blelack Lord Handsome L739 (lot 269). By Blelack Equity J127, he is out of the Blelack Lord Hornblower daughter Blelack Lady Heather E169 and sold to Jonathan Doyle, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Just before that John Lascelles sold Balmachie Epic L117 (lot 268), an ET-bred son of [...]