A racehorse-style finish to the HW Netherton Angus female sale on Saturday saw breeding stock sell all over the UK and to multiple European countries.
Hosted by Harrison and Hetherington through MartEye, the sale concluded on farm in Blackford, Scotland, in front of a large crowd of buyers and spectators.
Buyers competed hard in the closing stages, as 26 females averaged £7,140 (€8,473).
Coming out on top was the much-admired donor cow HW Fleur W136.
In the top 10% of the breed for calving ease and gestation, Fleur sold tor Messrs Campbell, Glenfarg, Perth, for a whopping 24,400gns (€30,404), with Blackford Farms retaining a half share.
The 2020-born daughter of Millah Murrah Klooney, which comes from one of the most influential cow families in the breed, has produced sons to 30,000gns.
Annie Y698
Messrs Dowbiggin in Lancashire secured the fantastic HW Annie Y698 at 16,400gns (€20,436).
Bred from the highly acclaimed Annie family, her sire HW Blackmore V724 is a son of the breed legend Rawburn Boss Hogg. Exhibiting all the hallmarks of a great Angus cow, she sold with a tremendous set of figures, in the top 10% of the breed for a host of traits.
Record-breaker
Setting a new UK record price of 14,000gns (€17,445) for a red Angus female was HW Red Gilda X266.
A real maternal-type female, this 2021-born daughter of Red DKF Razor 55C goes back to a top donor cow in Canada.
With a newborn calf at foot, she sold to a herd in Latvia for embryo collection.
Messrs Campos in Spain secured HW Madame Pride X491 at 13,000gns (€16,199).
With multiple traits in the top 10% of the breed, this HW Abacus daughter goes back to a Millah Murrah Loch Up-bred cow.
Born in 2021, she sold in-calf to HW Black Ice, a Texas Iceman son used within the herd.
Up next at 9,000gns (€11,214) was the powerhouse of a Rawburn Boss Hogg daughter HW Frances V928.
Out of a SAV Brave cow descending from the famous Frances line, this 2019-born cow had figures to burn and sold in-calf to Messrs Allan based in Aberdeenshire.
Numerous other females sold to France, with 13 embryo lots averaging £583 (€692).
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