The Jalex Select Heifer sale held on 9 October for James Alexander, Gloverstone Road, Co Antrim surpassed previous records and grossed a remarkable £1.1m.
Conducted by James Little of Mitchells Livestock Auctions, the sale included show quality in-calf heifers, cows with calf at foot and bulls.
Every inch of the ringside was occupied while MartEye also saw a large volume of bids.
Limousin and Belgian Blue in-calf heifers averaged £4,904 for 164 sold.
Four cows with calves at foot sold to an average of £5,725 whilst four bulls averaged £7,750. A selection of Simmental in-calf heifers made an average of £4,381 for 54 sold.
Across the sale, 95 lots were knocked down to online bids with 72 lots sold to buyers in Britain and 45 lots headed to the Republic of Ireland.
Top price was a pedigree Limousin bull, Jalex Advancer, which sold for £12,500 to Guise Farm Partnership in Aberdeen.
Topping the female trade was ‘Droit Tiffany’, a pure Belgian Blue in-calf heifer which realised £12,000 when sold to Oaklands Farm, Cookstown, Co Tyrone.
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