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Garrowby Toffee tops Red Ladies at 22,000gns

There was a packed ringside at Carlisle for the Red Ladies Limousin sale where the average was up £1,200 on the year at £5,500

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Garrowby Toffee
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Garrowby Toffee

The Red Ladies sale of pedigree Limousin females at Carlisle topped at 22,000gns for 19-month-old Garrowby Toffee from Garrowby Farm, York. The first heifer to be sold by 28,000gns Grahams Rooney out of Gunnerfleet Jeloche, and a big winner in the show ring this season, it has a myostatin combination of NT821/Q204X and a beef value of 41. The buyers were Paul and Christine Tippetts, Shifnal.

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Next, at 18,000gns, was the pre-sale show champion, April 2022-born Sarkley Tenrietta from Elfed Williams, Sennybridge, who bought the heifer for 10,000gns at last year's weaned calf sale from breeder E.H. Pennie and Son, Montgomery. The double Q204X heifer, by Carnew Millreef out of Sarkley Lenrietta, was knocked down to the judge, Mary Cormack, Chepstow.

Sarkley Tenrietta
Sarkley Tenrietta


Also selling for 18,000gns was April 2022-born Anside Trinity from the Irvine family, Drummuir. By Claragh Franco and out of Anside Liberty - a Powerful Irish daughter - it sold to Kevin Cruickshank, Elgin.

Anside Trinity
Anside Trinity


Page 51AVÊÓÆµPartnership, Ripon, paid 10,000gns for the 19-month-old first prize winner, Grahams Trendy, also by Claragh Franco. Consigned by R. and J. Graham, Bridge of Allan, it was a winner at the Royal Welsh Show and claimed the best heifer award in the 2022 Scottish herd competition.

Averages - 35 maiden heifers, £5,550 (+£1,220 on 2022).

Auctioneers: Harrison and Hetherington.

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