A bull, Ampertaine Mozart, bred by James McKay, Maghera, Co. Derry topped the British Limousin Cattle Society’s sale in Carlisle on Saturday.
The January-2016 born son of Kype Orkney became the forth Limousin bull ever to breach the 100,000gns (£105,000) mark.
Procters Farm Ltd., located on the Lancashire-North Yorkshire border, secured the bull on the day.
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Ampertaine Mozart sold for 100,000gns (£105,000) on Saturday. Source: British Limousin Cattle Society
Ampertaine Mozart was just one of the 128 bulls to sell and the average price paid was up by £1,294 on the previous year’s sale.
Bulls reached an average price of just over £7,712 and sold to a clearance rate of 88% – meaning that just 18 bulls failed to find new homes.
Some 47 bulls made 6,000gns (£6,300) and more and three bulls passed the 50,000gns (£52,500) mark. In total, the 273 Limousins (bulls and heifers) grossed £1.59m over the two day sale.
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The Overall Champion, Wilodge Lookout, made 60,000gns (£63,000). Source: British Limousin Cattle Society
It was a sale that saw a huge demand from commercial producers, willing to pay top prices for the bulls of their choice, and was supplemented by some highlight pedigree prices.
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Foxhillfarm Manhattan, the Junior Champion and Overall reserve, fetched 35,000gns (£36,750) Source: British Limousin Cattle Society
The bull sale came hard on the heels of the female sale the previous afternoon that had seen top prices of 42,000gns (£44,100) and 35,000gns (£36,750).
In total, 145 heifer lots sold (up 65 on the year previous) to gross over £600,000.