BCCS September Newsletter 2022

White Gold Sale, Carlisle January
Rosemary
blooms to top
price at White
Gold sale
Friday 21 January 2022 marked the
beginning of the 2022 sale season for
Charolais animals with the Society’s
first White Gold sale of high-quality
females. Over the course of the day,
25 heifers (both served and maiden)
found new homes, to an average price
of £4779.60 and an 81% clearance
rate.
The top price of the day, at an
incredible 18,000gns, went to
TWEEDDALE ROSEMARY, a 21-monthold
from the herd of J Watson
& Co of Berwick-upon-Tweed,
Northumberland. This beautiful heifer
was sired by the popular 11,000gns
Woodpark Elgin, and her dam is
Gretnahouse Baywatch – a daughter of
the sought-after French AI bull, Major.
Winning the bid and taking Rosemary
home was C D Timm of Pickering,
North Yorkshire.
The hammer came down at the next
Burradon Roxy at 9,000gns
Top price at 18,000gns Tweeddale Rosemary
highest price of 9,000gns twice, for
a pair of sisters from Messrs Curry of
Morpeth, Northumberland.
First of this pair to sell was BURRADON
ROXY, a 20-month-old heifer sired
by the popular Irish-born bull
Clenagh Lyle. Her dam is Burradon
Josie, a daughter of the easy-calving
Puntabrava Federico. Roxy will be
making the journey over to Northern
Ireland, to the herd of winning bidders
Slievemore Holding Ltd of Omagh, Co.
Tyrone.
Also selling for 9,000gns was Roxy’s
sister BURRADON REBECCA. Rebecca
was also sired by Clenagh Lyle, and
her dam is Burradon Joss, another
daughter of the 10,000gns Puntabrava
Federico. She will be joining her sister
in the herd of new owners Slievemore
Holding Ltd of Omagh, Co. Tyrone.
Two heifers reached the next highest
price of 5,000gns, the first of which was
21-month-old TWEEDDALE ROYALTY.
Royalty is another from the herd of J
Watson & Co of Berwick-upon-Tweed,
Northumberland, and was sired by
the 28,000gns Maerdy Jerusalem. Her
dam is Tweeddale Justso, a daughter of
Blelack Blackberet. Royalty also caught
the eye of Slievemore Holding Ltd, and
she will be joining Roxy and Rebecca at
their farm in Omagh, Co. Tyrone.
Next to reach 5,000gns was ELGIN
ROBIN, a 14-month-old bred by R A
Milne of Elgin, Morayshire. Robin was
one of the first calves offered for sale
by Harestone Oscar, an easy calving
French-born bull. Robin’s dam is Elgin
Isobella, a daughter of the 12,000gns
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No bull works harder for the farmer, the plate and the planet
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