Roscrea Limousin Sale

AntrimGlens · 27-10-2016 10:18pm

Hope it's better than Dungannon last week, 48 bulls entered and only two sold.

barnaman · 27-10-2016 10:18pm

thanks Patsy I thought linear scoring but lot 90 had me confused as looking at that lot I thought that it had been linear scored. Must be that linear not included in its star rating.

lab man · 31-10-2016 7:31pm

Anyone at the sale in tipp today lads

patsy_mccabe · 31-10-2016 7:42pm

lab man wrote: »

Anyone at the sale in tipp today lads

Ya, I was there. Didn't buy though. 73 animals on catalogue not included in sale for starters. A good few went through unsold.
Stars and easy calving were selling good. Some good prices for a few lots. Better than I expected, to be honest, given the way the cattle trade is at the moment. Lads seemed to be buying for the BDGP scheme.
A few bulls went to Spain. Can't beat the free market.

GiantPencil · 31-10-2016 9:42pm

You'd wonder about the animals that didnt go into the ring. Is it worth selling an animal on farm for a price rather than dolling it up for the day and hopefully have a bidding war going on? One in the hand is worth 2 in the bush I guess....Given what I saw on Twitter, a lot of animals were sold in the 3K-6K range

tanko · 04-11-2016 10:13pm

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Half thinking of going. Just looking at the catalogue there. Would be more interested in a cheap heifer.

Will there be any cheap cows in Ennis tomorrow?

patsy_mccabe · 04-11-2016 10:33pm

I dunno. Haven't seen the catalogue even. Might be worth a look though.
He bred the bull PYR in the old days. If anyone remembers him.

tanko · 04-11-2016 10:44pm

Don't remember that bull. The Donedeal pics aren't great but the cattle look good, not the best time to be selling up tho.

orm0nd · 04-11-2016 10:54pm

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

I dunno. Haven't seen the catalogue even. Might be worth a look though.
He bred the bull PYR in the old days. If anyone remembers him.

Poulnasherry Crusader

we're showing our age now

patsy_mccabe · 30-09-2017 12:14pm

Anyone go to the dispersal sale of the Eyrecourt Limousins in Roscrea?

High bike · 30-09-2017 7:22pm

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Anyone go to the dispersal sale of the Eyrecourt Limousins in Roscrea?

yeah went just for a look and of course couldnt resist ended up coming home for the box&#55357;&#56842;

patsy_mccabe · 30-09-2017 7:27pm

High bike wrote: »

yeah went just for a look and of course couldnt resist ended up coming home for the box&#55357;&#56842;

I had planned to go but a certain heifer calving put an end to that. What were prices like?

High bike · 30-09-2017 7:48pm

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

I had planned to go but a certain heifer calving put an end to that. What were prices like?

Like all sales Patsy anything nice made good money, in fairness he had good stock.Didnt see the bulls selling .

patsy_mccabe · 30-09-2017 8:00pm

Did you write down any of the prices? What did Lot 29 make?

High bike · 30-09-2017 8:18pm

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Did you write down any of the prices? What did Lot 29 make?

only wrote down a few Patsy but funny u should ask about 29 as I bought her mother

patsy_mccabe · 30-09-2017 8:26pm

High bike wrote: »

only wrote down a few Patsy but funny u should ask about 29 as I bought her mother

Ineresting thing about her. Only one star for dolility but she scored 7/10 when she was scored herself. Is she quiet? You can PM me the price.

High bike · 30-09-2017 8:31pm

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Ineresting thing about her. Only one star for dolility but she scored 7/10 when she was scored herself. Is she quiet? You can PM me the price.

not a bother on her, wouldn't have touched her if she was flighty.Had a nice 4* heifer calf with her by Queenshead Althea an back in calf to Wilodge Cerberus

Limestone Cowboy · 14-10-2017 12:46pm

Ampertaine Magnum after selling for 70k guineas in Carlisle, anyone know his pedigree?

patsy_mccabe · 14-10-2017 1:21pm

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

Ampertaine Magnum after selling for 70k guineas in Carlisle, anyone know his pedigree?

Sire - LOOSEBEARE FANTASTIC
Grand Sire - AMPERTAINE ABRACADABRA
Great Grand sire - GLENROCK VENTURA

Dam - AMPERTAINE FANCYPANTS

https://www.taurusdata.co.uk/beef/animalmanager/animaldetails/id/10047116#pedigree

Limestone Cowboy · 14-10-2017 1:45pm

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Sire - LOOSEBEARE FANTASTIC
Grand Sire - AMPERTAINE ABRACADABRA
Great Grand sire - GLENROCK VENTURA

Dam - AMPERTAINE FANCYPANTS

https://www.taurusdata.co.uk/beef/animalmanager/animaldetails/id/10047116#pedigree

Good man Pasty, fella I bought the bull off earlier in the year had a loosebeare fantastic calf that he had high hopes for aswell. Got me wondering watching the videos on Facebook there and a lot of bulls selling for 10k plus why we don't see more bulls here making it. The average sale price at their premier sale in Carlisle seems to be a lot higher than here.

patsy_mccabe · 14-10-2017 2:04pm

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

Good man Pasty, fella I bought the bull off earlier in the year had a loosebeare fantastic calf that he had high hopes for aswell. Got me wondering watching the videos on Facebook there and a lot of bulls selling for 10k plus why we don't see more bulls here making it. The average sale price at their premier sale in Carlisle seems to be a lot higher than here.

LOOSEBEARE FANTASTIC is in the bottom 1% for milk. Something to be wary off. Calving at over 7% too. Herds are larger over in the UK so that helps lift prices for the very top bulls.

AntrimGlens · 30-10-2017 12:53pm

Anyone there today? Just bought Lot 31, bit of Hawk and Cannon blood going back.

Floki · 30-10-2017 12:55pm

AntrimGlens wrote: »

Anyone there today? Just bought Lot 31, bit of Hawk and Cannon blood going back.

Any bulls from Wexford?

Floki · 30-10-2017 1:05pm

Floki wrote: »

Any bulls from Wexford?

Just checked the prices on the limousin society's Twitter acc.

The beauty of realtime info in the modern age.

Pidae.m · 30-10-2017 1:45pm

Floki wrote: »

Just checked the prices on the limousin society's Twitter acc.

The beauty of realtime info in the modern age.

Thought there was some small money exchanges

Floki · 30-10-2017 2:03pm

Pidae.m wrote: »

Thought there was some small money exchanges

I'd have no idea of the value of limousines when i wouldn't be buying one for myself and I never will be for the dairy cows.
So I'm clueless on the thing.

Anything over 2k would be a dear bull for me.:rolleyes:

whelan2 · 30-10-2017 2:09pm

Neighbour has a bull in it

tanko · 30-10-2017 2:57pm

AntrimGlens wrote: »

Anyone there today? Just bought Lot 31, bit of Hawk and Cannon blood going back.

Fine looking bull, best of luck with him.
Would you usually pay that much for a bull? Was he your first choice?

AntrimGlens · 30-10-2017 3:12pm

tanko wrote: »

Fine looking bull, best of luck with him.
Would you usually pay that much for a bull? Was he your first choice?

Thanks for that Tanko. Needing a good stock bull, wouldn't usually pay as much as that, but always prepared to go that wee bit extra for something we like. Was the only bull that we were interested in.

Hard Knocks · 30-10-2017 4:25pm

Floki wrote: »

I'd have no idea of the value of limousines when i wouldn't be buying one for myself and I never will be for the dairy cows.
So I'm clueless on the thing.

Anything over 2k would be a dear bull for me.:rolleyes:

Limousine off the dairy cow (bar JE) are good sellers

Floki · 30-10-2017 5:52pm

Hard Knocks wrote: »

Limousine off the dairy cow (bar JE) are good sellers

Long gestation and harder calving (than dairy) rules it out for me though.

Been down that road before and want to keep the calving as compact as I can.
Be ok if calving all year round.

Calving jack hasn't been used in the last few years and want to keep it that way.

whelan2 · 30-10-2017 6:18pm

Are all the lots on Twitter?

orm0nd · 30-10-2017 7:06pm

AntrimGlens wrote: »

Thanks for that Tanko. Needing a good stock bull, wouldn't usually pay as much as that, but always prepared to go that wee bit extra for something we like. Was the only bull that we were interested in.

nice powerful animal, hope he goes lucky for you A G.

a quality beast is never dear.

mayota · 30-10-2017 8:34pm

AntrimGlens wrote: »

Anyone there today? Just bought Lot 31, bit of Hawk and Cannon blood going back.

Hope he’s lucky for ya, is it straightforward to get him home or is there extra testing needed as a breeding animal?

patsy_mccabe · 30-10-2017 8:47pm

AntrimGlens wrote: »

Anyone there today? Just bought Lot 31, bit of Hawk and Cannon blood going back.

I was there for a look. Saw that bull. Thought he was the best of the lot. Savage muscle hanging of the end of him. Lodge Hamlet seemed to be breeding well from the bulls I saw there by him.
Place was packed but there seemed to be more bulls than bidders there. A lot of good bulls went through unsold. Didnt notice many overseas buyers there. Heifers were poor too. A lot with only one star for milk.

AntrimGlens · 30-10-2017 8:50pm

Cheers, I’m Meeting Andy Ewing in about an hours time. He’s taking bulls to Scotland and gets on the ferry at Larne. I’m only 8 miles from the ferry so always easy to get cattle either up from the south or over from Stirling or Carlisle. He’s export tested so no further quarantine period needed

patsy_mccabe · 30-10-2017 8:51pm

Floki wrote: »

Any bulls from Wexford?

Ya, fantastic lineup of Galbally bulls.

AntrimGlens · 30-10-2017 8:54pm

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

AntrimGlens wrote: »

Anyone there today? Just bought Lot 31, bit of Hawk and Cannon blood going back.

I was there for a look. Saw that bull. Thought he was the best of the lot. Savage muscle hanging of the end of him. Lodge Hamlet seemed to be breeding well from the bulls I saw there by him.
Place was packed but there seemed to be more bulls than bidders there. A lot of good bulls went through unsold. Didnt notice many overseas buyers there. Heifers were poor too. A lot with only one star for milk.

Thanks Patsy, a lot of bulls not presented and plenty not sold. Was disappointed with the heifers. An awful lot of Ampertine breeding evident in both the heifers and bulls shown.

Never wrestle with pigs · 30-10-2017 9:22pm

I think one of them sales had around 90 heifers all going back to 5 bulls a few years ago.

charolais0153 · 30-10-2017 9:39pm

AntrimGlens wrote: »

Thanks Patsy, a lot of bulls not presented and plenty not sold. Was disappointed with the heifers. An awful lot of Ampertine breeding evident in both the heifers and bulls shown.

A lad i know bought a bull similiar to your lad for replacement heifers. First calves from him this autumn and only 2 heifes out of eight and they are both very muscly so unsuitable for breeding

Pidae.m · 31-10-2017 6:11am

AntrimGlens wrote: »

Anyone there today? Just bought Lot 31, bit of Hawk and Cannon blood going back.

His a beauty

patsy_mccabe · 01-11-2017 7:33pm

Report up now;

https://www.irishlimousin.com/2017/10/31/premier-show-sale-30th-october-2017-roscrea-mart/

FeelTheBern · 01-11-2017 10:46pm

AntrimGlens wrote: »

Anyone there today? Just bought Lot 31, bit of Hawk and Cannon blood going back.

Best of luck with him. What kind of a feeding regime would you plan for him now to bring him back down to normal feed levels?

AntrimGlens · 02-11-2017 7:58am

FeelTheBern wrote: »

Best of luck with him. What kind of a feeding regime would you plan for him now to bring him back down to normal feed levels?

He'll be on about 10kg split two times a day of a blend that the other bulls here get, with rumen conditioner, plus silage and gradually come down to about 7kg. He's still got a bit of growing to do, so whilst he's never likely to be a big bull, the thinking is that he'll bring a bit of style as he's a very clean calf. He's going to get it easy for a few months as he'll not be needed until the Spring.

patsy_mccabe · 02-11-2017 8:27am

Trust me, the pic doesn't do him justice. He look a lot better in real life. Put up a video of him when you get him home.

valtra2 · 02-11-2017 10:03am

AntrimGlens wrote: »

He'll be on about 10kg split two times a day of a blend that the other bulls here get, with rumen conditioner, plus silage and gradually come down to about 7kg. He's still got a bit of growing to do, so whilst he's never likely to be a big bull, the thinking is that he'll bring a bit of style as he's a very clean calf. He's going to get it easy for a few months as he'll not be needed until the Spring.

Very nice bull. What is he like for length can't really see in pic

tanko · 13-03-2018 1:28am

Anyone go to the sale on monday?

patsy_mccabe · 13-03-2018 9:01am

There was a mixed bull sale on in Ennis Mart, so I went to that instead. I saw the reports up on twitter for Roscrea. A lot of lot nunbers missing on twitter.

The junior champion Millburn Luquacious leading the way at €13,800, sired by the renowned Wilodge Vantastic

https://twitter.com/irishlimousin

Report up now too
https://www.irishlimousin.com/2018/03/13/millburn-luquacious-sale-topper-march-premier-sale/

Donegalforever · 14-03-2018 8:03pm

Tornbrook wrote: »

Has anyone used the Castleview Gazzelle? if so what do you think of him. He is an Ampertain Commander son with Ronick Hawk as the MGS.

I be hopeful of a good heifer calf.

I had a couple of calves out of ZAG (Castleview Gazelle) - one male and one female.
I sold both. My intention was to keep the female for breeding but because she was so muscular, I was afraid if I kept her I would have serious calving difficulty. The mother was one quarter BB .

Roscrea Limousin Sale

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