New Charollais female record set in Northern Ireland

Also selling for 7,500gns and breaking the record was the in-lamb shearling, Tullyear Uptown Lady, by Loanhead Topgun and out of a home-bred dam. It sold to Graham Foster for his Springhill flock, Northern Ireland.

Tullyear Uptown Girl by Edstaston Toulouse and out of a Bawnard Keystone dam, sold to Robert and Jeanette Gregory of the Edstaston flock, Shropshire, for 5,500gns.

A two-shear Logie Durno Finnegan daughter out of one of the flock’s best French dams, sold for 3,000gns to the Ingram family who also paid 2,900gns for an in-lamb shearling by Tullyear Silver Dollar out of a Castellau Millionaire sired dam. Both were in-lamb to Logie Durno Van the Man.

Michael Power and son, Alymer, County Limerick bought a Loanhead Topgun daughter out of an Oakchurch Royal Ryan dam for 2,600gns.

The Cowan family sold a ewe for the charity, the Children’s Heartbeat Trust and it made 1,000gns to Jim Devenney and daughter, Gillian, Donegal.

A 100 per cent clearance was achieved, with 70 per cent of the stock being exported to the UK mainland and Southern Ireland.

Average – 108 lots - £1,100.

Auctioneer: Richard Beattie.