Heifers sell to 7,000gns in Carlisle

We had two heifer forward for the Show and Sale of Red Ladies in Carlisle in December. The heifers, Nina by Ampertaine Jamboree out of Claragh Lily and Nina by Truman Jagger out of Avon, averaged 4,850gns with Nina fetching 7,000gns. We wish their new owners the best of luck and look forward to seeing how they breed.

Claragh Minnie sells to England

3 month old heifer Claragh Minnie sired by Cloughhead Lord and out of the sympa dam Haltcliffe Avon has sold for a substantial sum in a private deal to breeders Lee and Tabatha White for their Ladybowers Herd. We wish them all the best with their purchase and look forward to hearing how she does.

Milo sells to Top Show Calf Producer

Claragh Milo has been sold in a private for a 5 figure sum to renowned show calf breeders Bowen and Bowen Partnership in Wales. 17 and half months old sired by Ampertaine Gigolo and out of the Sympa Dam Haltcliffe Avon. He is one of the most extreme muscled bulls we have bred, he is full of meat and has an extremely wide square back end. He is a full brother to Claragh Mufasa sold for five figure sum to Hunters Hall and Broadhead herds, and is maternal brother to 24,000 Franco who has bred progeny to 38,000gns, and also maternal sister to 18,000 Layla and other high priced animals from this family. 

We would like to wish the Bowen family good luck with their new purchase and look forward to hearing how he does.

Claragh Maverick sells for 7,000gns

We had one bull forward for sale at the Autumn Show and Sale of Limousin Bulls at Carlisle. Maverick was sired by Sympa out of Sarkley Sebastian cow Aghadolgan Bueno. He is full brother to Claragh Domino who was a first prize winner and sold for 10,000gns Carlisle May 2010. Maverick sold for 7,000gns to the Monkeypuzzle herd in Scotland and we wish them all the best with their new purchase.

Claragh Mufasa sells in five figure sum

Claragh Mufasa, sired by Ampertaine Gigolo and out of Sympa Dam Haltcliffe Avon, making him half brother to 24,000 Claragh Franco and 18,000 Claragh Layla, has been sold as 11 month old calf in private deal for 5 figure sum to Hunters Hall and Broadhead herds as future joint sire. Mufasa was a twin and excels in muscle and width for his age. We like to wish the Nixon and Turner families the best of luck with their new purchase and look forward to hearing how he breeds.

Clarah Layla tops Female Production Sale at 18,000gns

On Friday 6^th May in Borderway Mart Carlisle, We had a draft of 5 heifers and 3 recipients forward for sale in in what was our first female production sale.  As a result of a lot of embryo work and a large run of heifers born over the past 2 years we are in a position to offer for sale females from the heart of our best cow families, that have bred show winners and successful priced animals at home and at sales. This sale was along with the Goldies, Haltcliffe, Gunnerfleet and Lodge herds, Our first heifer in the ring Claragh Layla was the joint top price of the sale at 18,000gns selling to Gareth Small, Kilkeel County Down. Layla is sired by Vantastic and out of the Sympa dam Haltcliffe Avon making her full sister to 24,000gns Franco, and Lily who was Overall Reserve Supreme Limousin Champion and Junior Interbreed Champion at Balmoral last week. Our batch of 5 heifers had the top average of the sale at £7,182, and three recipients carrying embryos averaged £3,010.

We would like to wish all purchasers the best of luck with their new purchases and look forward to hearing how they do.

Claragh Lara exported to Southern Ireland

We have recently sold a young embryo heifer off the cow to Philip Dunne Co Cavan for his Liscarn Pedigree herd. She is sired by Wilodge Vantastic and out of the Sympa cow Haltcliffe Avon making her a full sister to the 24,000 Franco. We have two full sisters to Lara earmarked for sale in Carlisle in 2016.

We would like to wish Philip the very best of luck with his purchase and look forward to hearing how she breeds in the future.

Claragh Jackaroo

We have sold off the farm our young 15 month old bull Jackroo, for further breeding. He is sired by Claragh Franco and out out of the Sarkley Sebastian sired cow Bueno, who has bred bulls to 10,000 in carlisle.

We would like to wish his purchasers the very best of luck with him and look forward to hearing how he breeds.

Bulls sold in June including export to England

June has been a good month despite the poor weather with two young bulls being sold on farm. First one to be sold and exported to Devon was Claragh Jackpot. A 14 month old Ampertaine Elgin son out of Haltcliffe Avon. He heads to the Highridge herd of GN & LV Dunn. The second young bull, Claragh JR, another Elgin son, heads to suckler farmer Vincent O Connor in Fermanagh.

We would like to wish both purchasers the very best of luck with their new bulls and look forward to hearing how they do.

Claragh Ijinsky

We have sold the promising young bull Claragh Ijinsky to limousin breeder Patrick Gilroy, Fermanagh, Ijinsky is sired by the prolific Broadmeadows Cannon and out of the sympa dam Haltcliffe Avon, making him maternal brother to many high priced animals sold privately and also 11,500gns Claragh Fantastic and 24,000gns Claragh Franco whose progeny have sold to 22,000gns.

We wish Patrick the best of luck with his new purchase.

Claragh Ione sold to Southern Ireland

We have sold Claragh Ione off the farm for further breeding to southern Ireland to the Ernevalley herd of Eddie Lynch, Co. Cavan . This promising young heifer by Broadmeadows Cannon out of best cow Haltlcliffe Avon by Sympa. Ione is maternal sister to Claragh Fantastic, 12,000gns and Claragh Franco 24,000gns, whose first progeny have sold up to 22,000gns. We hope that Ione will go on the make a tremendous brood cow and wish her purchasers the best of the luck with her.

Claragh Inferno

Inferno has been sold privately. He was born April 2013 and is sired by the renowned show calf breeder Ampertaine Valhalla (rocky x umar). Inferno is the First and only son by Ampertaine Valhalla. Valhalla is a consistent breeder of show cattle having bred numerous show calves including commercial heifers to £4,000, Valhalla has also bred double Ulster Housewifes Champions at Allams Premier fatstock show.

We would like to wish his new purchaser all the best with his new purchase.

Claragh Istabraq exported to Scotland

We have exported one of our upcoming young bulls, to Scottish show calf producer Alistair Smart, Aberdeenshire. Aged 13 months old, Istabraq is sired by the prolific Broadmeadows Cannon, and is out of the herds best cow, Haltcliffe Avon sired by Sympa, making him half brother to 24,000gns Claragh Franco. Avon is +5 for milk placing her well in the top 1% of the breed. 

He has tremendous length, width and a great top and is showing very good growth rates for his age.

We would like to wish him the best of luck with their purchase.

Claragh Hotpants exported to England

2014 has started off on the right foot with us selling one of the first daughters from our best breeding cow Haltcliffe Avon. Claragh Hotpants, 21 months old and is sired by Wilodge Ceberus. This makes her 3/4 brother to the 11,500gns Claragh Fantastic & the 24,000gns Claragh Franco, whose first progeny have sold to 8,800gns at 14 months old. 

Two full sisters to Hotpants have been retained. One of her full sisters was NI Junior Heifer Champion 2013. Hotpants is in top 2% of the breed with 200 Day Milk of +4 and her dam Avon is the top 1% for 200 Day milk. She sells to the Bassingbourn Herd of Mr D.F Turner in Fordham, England.

We would like to wish them the best of luck with their new purchase.

Claragh Hank

We have sold Claragh Hank in a private deal on the farm. This promising young bull, 14 & 1/2 months old is sired by the prolific Broadmeadows Cannon. His dam is the sympa bred Haltcliffe Avon, the herds best breeding cow. Hanks maternal brothers have sold to 24,000gns, being a brother to Claragh Franco.

We wish his puchasers the very best of luck with their new purchase.

Claragh Galileo

We have recently sold the 18 month old Galileo, sired by Cloughhead Umpire out of a Homebyres Visitor heifer, Claragh Evita. The granddam is out of the powerful muscular cow Glenisla Angle (photos in the females page), who was Reserve Female Champion in Roscrea when purchased as a heifer.

We wish his purchasers the very best of luck.

Claragh Gomezz

Gomezz our young 16 month old bull sired by the successfull bull Attirant, has recently been sold for £4,500 off the farm to a large suckler and show calf enterprise of 120 cows. Gomezz is out of the Heros dam Procters Vanish.

We wish the purchasers all the best with their new bull.

Claragh Gizmo

Gizmo was sold for £4,200 at The British Limousin Cattle Society’s Autumn Show & Sale of Limousin Bulls held at Borderway Mart, Carlisle on the 18^th October 2012 to Wales after attaining second in his class in the pre sale show. He has a big backend, great width of top-line and has tremendous depth of hindquarter.

He is a full brother to Claragh Franco, who was Junior Champion Carlisle May 2011 and sold for 24,000gns to Norman Pedigree Herd, Gizmo is also full brother to Claragh Fantastic who sold for 11,500gns Carlisle May 2011.

Gizmo is placed within the top 1% of the breed for 200 and 400 day growth and with a beef value of LM38 which is just outside top 1%.

We wish his new purchasers the very best of luck.

Claragh Gustav

Gustav is a big powerful, long and well balanced bull sold for £3,600 to pedigree breeders Messrs Sedgwick for their Gallaber herd

Again he is also a full brother to Claragh Franco, Junior Champion Carlisle May 2011 and sold for 24,000gns and Claragh Fantastic who sold for 11,500gns Carlisle May 2011.

Gustav excels in growth, with a 200 & 400 day growth well inside the top 1% of the breed and a beef value of LM41, places him firmly in the top 1%.

We wish his new purchasers the very best of luck.

Claragh Franco

Out of the Herds' best breeding cow, Franco has tremendous growth, conformation, well balanced throughout and is very correct.

He is in the top 1% of the breed with 400 day growth of 85 and beef value LM41.

Franco attained Junior Champion at The British Limousin Cattle Society’s Spring Show & Sale of Limousin Bulls held at Borderway Mart, Carlisle on the 3rd May 2011 and went on to sell for 24,000gns to Eric and Elaine Norman for their Norman pedigree herd.

We wish them the very best with their new purchase.

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  Fantastic & Franco: Franco on the right

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  Claragh Franco

Claragh Fantastic

Fantastic is hard natural muscled bull with a big backend, great width of top-line and has tremendous depth of hindquarter.

Sired by the prolific Vantastic and out of Haltcliffe Avon this bull has the package of great breeding him and visual appearance to go with it.

Fantastic was 2nd in a very strong class to the Reserve Junior Champion, and went on to sell for 11,500gns to JF Teague, Temple House, Buteland Farm, Balerno, Edinburgh, for their Teague Prefix.

We wish them the very best with their new purchase.

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  Claragh Fantastic

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Claragh Domino

Claragh Domino was our first bull sold at public auction.

Domino won his class at The British Limousin Cattle Society’s Spring Show & Sale of Limousin Bulls held at Borderway Mart, Carlisle on the 9^th May 2010 and went on to sell for 10,000gns to Witon Farms Angus

He had a beef value of LM+36 placing just outside the top 1% of the breed.

We wish them the very best with their new purchase.

Reserve Supreme Champion Red Ladies Derby 2009

We achieved Overall Supreme Champion at Red Ladies Derby Show and Sale of females at Carlisle with our Sauvignon bred heifer Davina. Davina is out of Ashmara Angelina and her pedigree goes back to the famous Greensons Gigolo.

On her way to being placed Reserve champion under the eye of Pre-sale judge Mrs Vicky Maynard of the Columbpark Herd, Caseberry Farm, Bradninch, Exeter, Davina had won her class as well being part of the regional winning team of heifers from N. Ireland. She later went on to sell for 10,000gns to Smiths of Bloxham for their Ironstone herd.

 We wish all the best with their purchase