Holstein bulls to 3,200gns
at Kilrea
Pedigree Holstein bulls reached a ceiling
of 3,200gns, with 14 lots selling in a 94% clearance to level at £2,048 each,
at Holstein NI’s May show and sale hosted by Kilrea Mart.
Topping the sale at 3,200gns was the second
prize winning Inch Hilbert exhibited by Jim Morrison from Downpatrick, County
Down. This sixteen-month-old entry was sired by Tittenser Hylke, and is bred
from Inch Starboy Avice 9 EX93 4E LP70 SP, who has produced an average of
10,295kgs at 5.5% fat and 3.18% protein in six 305-day lactations. Buyer was
Hudson Steele from Portglenone, County Antrim.
Next best at 3,000gns was the
fifteen-month-old Glasson Mesmerise, who caught the eye of judge Gaston
Wallace, Nutt’s Corner, to take the supreme championship ribbons sponsored by
Smyths Daleside Feeds.
Glasson Mesmerise was sired by Pine Tree
Sid, and is out of the Regancrest Dundee daughter Glasson Dundee Marigold VG85
who goes back to the Fradon Maude family in Canada. Bred by Philip and Simon
Haffey, Portadown, County Armagh, this one joins David and Alan Wallace’s
220-cow Abercorn Herd based at Antrim, County Antrim.
Also commanding a price tag of 3,000gns was
the fourteen-month-old Prehen Frazer bred Holstein NI vice-chairman Stuart
Smith, and father Robbie, from Londonderry.
Sired by Amighetti Numero Uno, he is bred from Prehen Mascol Froukje
VG87 – formerly number ten on the UK’s PLI cow list. Prehen Frazer has a PLI £223 and sold to
Henry Donaghy from Eglinton, County Londonderry.
Picston Shottle was behind the breeding of Philip
and Simon Haffey’s Glasson Bigshot which came under the hammer of auctioneer
Mark Stewart at 2,300gns. His dam is the Mesland Duplex daughter Glasson Duplex
A Balise VG87 (2yr). Buyer was William McBurney from Ballymena, County Antrim.
Reserve champion was Ballylagan Spartacus
ET, a September 2012 born Flevo Genetics Snowman son exhibited by William and
David Campbell, Coleraine, County Londonderry. He attracted a bid of 1,820gns
from James Sayers, Cloughmills, County Antrim.
The honourable mention award winner was
Mullaugher Manitoba, a December 2012 born Moorshard Democracy son bred by
Norman McNaugher, and son David, Aghadowey, County Londonderry. This one changed
hands at 1,660gns, selling to Raymond Gillespie, Ahoghill.
The prize winners were congratulated by
Stuart Fulton from Smyths Daleside Feeds.
Results from the judging ring include:
Class 1 – 1, and reserve champion, William
and David Campbell, Ballylagan Spartacus ET by Flevo Genetics Snowman; 2, and honourable mention, Norman and David
McNaugher, Mullaugher Manitoba by Moorshard Democracy; 3, Barrie Barr,
Goldplough Tall Story by O-Man End Story.
Class 2 – 1, and supreme champion, Philip
and Simon Haffey, Glasson Mesmerise by Pine Tree Sid; 2, Jim Morrison, Inch
Hilbert by Tittenser Hylke; 3, Robbie and Stuart Smith, Prehen Robust by TOC
Farm Goldsun.
Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd
