Haining House Bull Tops Carlisle Galloway Sale
25/02/05

Image of Haining House

Local breeders G & C Neve & Son of Haining House, lifted the top price and silverware at the spring show and sale of Galloway breeding cattle at Carlisle on Friday. 

Their home bred bull, Image of Haining House, an October 2001 born son of Mascot of Haining House and out of a Yokel of Dodgsonstown bred daughter, lifted the overall male championship and leading price tag of 3,300gns for their much admired bull.  Telephone bidding secured the purchase for the Executors of HJS Clark of Sandford, Dorset.

Leading the female section of the overall female champion shown by R & M Fergusson of Castle Douglas.  Selling for 2,200gns was their very stylish homebred bulling heifer, Barlaes Nancy 118th a daughter of Glenkiln Copyright.  She was successfully knocked down to Troloss Farms of Elvanfoot, Biggar.

Averages

PEDIGREE

4 Bulls                                     £1,561.87

4 Heifers in calf or in milk      £   656.25

10 Bulling heifers                    £   824.25

NON-PEDIGREE

5 Heifers in calf or in milk      £524.00

15 Bulling heifers                    £484.00

1 Cow in calf or in milk          £280.00

2 Belted Galloways                £975.00

6 Blue Grey heifer stirks         £261.56

Production Sale of the Browhaze herd            15 head  £310.67

Judge - Mr A Carruthers, Peela Hill, Bewcastle, Carlisle.