Inaugural online HW Netherton Genetics Sale breaks UK breed record with £65,600 sale for Netherton Eclipse Z036.
History was made at the inaugural HW Netherton Bull Sale, held online via Marteye and Harrison and Hetherington. With the Netherton Aberdeen-Angus herd celebrating its 101st year, it was fortuitous that their first online genetics sale achieved a record-breaking success with the sale of Lot 15, Netherton Eclipse Z036 for £65,600 and an overall sale average of £8792.
Offered as a choice lot with his full brother, Lot 14, HW Ernesto Z897, the buyers picked Netherton Eclipse Z036. The two embryos were sired by SAV Territory 7225 and out of SAV Emblynette 9811, Eclipse has a Terminal Index (TI) of +49 and Self Replacing Index (SRI) of +64 and was sold in a two-way split to Barningham Angus and Angus House Farm in Romania.
The next top price of £9,800 was for Barningham Equaliser Z658, sired by HW Mr Equilibrium W202 and out of HW Erica floss W210. With a TI of +54 and SRI +74 Equaliser sold to the Mills commercial herd in Powys, Wales. He was followed by HW Alphonso Z884, who sold for £8,600 to The Hulls commercial herd in Essex. Sired by Rawburn Bannockburn T628 and out of HW Annie V675, Equaliser has a TI of +54 and an SRI of +74.
This price was closely followed by £8,400 for HW Ernie Z899. Sired by Rawburn Bannockburn T628 and out of HW Evergreen V757, Ernie has a TI of +56 and SRI of + 73 and sold to C. Crosbie in Dumfriesshire. The next priced bull was HW Black Ghost Z851 at £8,300 to Ewan MacKinnon on the Isle of Tiree. Sired again by Rawburn Bannockburn T628 and out of HW Black Gold U452 and with a TI of +61 and SRI of +73. The second bull away at £8,300 was Lot 21 Netherton Trailblazer Z031. sired by HW Mr Equilibrium W202 and out of Netherton Top Lass W947, he has a TI of +45 and an SRI of + 64. Trailblazer has gone J & E Logan’s Galawater herd in the Scottish Borders.
The second of three bulls bought the Hulls was Netherton Mr Enforcer Z033 at £8,100. Sired by HW Enforcer W787 and out of Netherton Miss Essence W933 he has a TI of +52 and SRI of +66.
Lilburn Estates bought the next two bulls at £8,000 and £7,000 respectively. At £8000 was HW Fagan Z983 sired by HW Mr Equilibrium W202 and out of HW Frances W191 and a TI of + 43 and a SRI of + 62. The second bull was HW Dumbledore Z856 also sired by Mr Equilibrium and out of HW duchess Windsor W238 with a TI of +50 and SRI of +70.
Standing at £6,200, HW Pacha Z656, sired by HW Mr Equilibrium and out of HW Prauline W186 went to the Wilsons at Castle Douglas for use in the dairy herd. Also selling at this price was Netherton Maximus Z037. Sired by Rawburn Bannockburn T628 and out of Netherton Miss Essence U900 Maximus has a TI of +48 and SRI of +65 and head to Angus to Kinnordy Home Farm.
“Thank you so much to everyone involved in this special event that was covered by great commercial trade. From everyone involved in the organisation to our wonderful customers who have put their faith in our breeding programme and the direction we are heading. Thank you to all the buyers and underbidders that made this inaugural online sale such a success and exceeded all expectations.” William McLaren.
“This sale has exceeded all expectations, marking the dawn of a new era in Aberdeen-Angus bull marketing. With a strong crowd of prospective buyers gathered as the countdown clock ticked away, the atmosphere was electric!” Scott Donalson, H& H.
Sale Statistics
Lot 15 £65,600 Netherton Eclipse Z036
Lot 30 £9800 Barningham Equaliser Z658
Lot 12 £8600 HW Alphonso Z884
Lot 16 £8400HW Ernie Z899
Lot 3 £8300 HW Black Ghost Z851
Lot 21 £8400 Netherton Trailblazer Z031
Lot 23 £8100 Netherton Mr Enforcer Z033
Lot 17 £8000 HW Fagan Z983
Lot 4 £ 7000 HW Dumbledore Z856
Lot 13 £6200 HW Pacha Z891
Lot 26 £6200 Netherton Maximus Z307
Lot 25 £6000 Netherton Flamboyant Z035
Lot 29 £6000 Barningham Evangelo Z657
Lot 27 £5000 Barningham Evergreen Z655
Lot 28 £5000 Barningham Eric Z656
Lot 18 £4900 HW Rex Z984
Lot 1 £4800 HW Mosambique Prince Z846
Lot 9 £4800 HW Figaro Z865
Lot 8 £4600 HW Flintstone Z864
Lot 2 £4500 HW Kristoff Z850
Lot 24 £4500 Netherton Blackjack Z034
Lot 20 £4300 Netherton Titanium Z030
Lot 7 £4100 HW Red Emperor Z863
Lot 5 £4000 HW Eric Z861
Lot 22 £4000 Netherton Massachusetts Prince Z032
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24 Bulls av. £8791.66
