Saturday’s Northern Stars Sale, Ballymena, drew a flurry of high figure sales, peaking at 16,000gns twice for gimmers from the Sportsmans and Auldhouseburn flocks.
First at the top money was the Sportsmans gimmer from the Boden family, Cheshire. This one, their second of the day, BGS2004487, a Garngour Craftsman daughter out of a dam by Clinterty Yogi Bear and in-lamb to Haymount Eye of the Beholder. She heads to her new home in Claudy, joining Sean McCloskey’s Glenroe Flock.
Second to hit 16,000gns was Alan Blackwood’s Auldhouseburn favourite, BYZ2025905, an Usk Vale Corker daughter out of the Rhaeadr Best of the Best dam which sold for 32,000gns at Select Seven sale. This gimmer sold in lamb with twins to the 100,000gns Auldhouseburn Expression and found a new home with S and J McCollam’s Carmavy flock, Crumlin.
Richard Henderson’s Ballynahone pen achieved the second brace of the day taking 8000gns twice in a row in his second run. Both are Procters Cocktail daughters out of Scotsman Avicii dams and from the same family bloodline as the 19,000gns gimmer sold at the Northern Stars in 2017. The first was HBR2001329 which sold to Alan Blackwood for his Auldhouseburn Flock and was offered in-lamb to Garngour Emerald.
Second at 8000gns from Ballynahone was HBR2001284 which went home to Jonny Cubitt’s Long Mountain Flock. She sold in-lamb to Rhaeadr Edge, a son of the 48,000gns Sportsmans Dare Devil.
Continuing to feature in the leading prices was the Boden family’s Sportsmans pen. Their next best was a 7000gns bid for BGS2004447 a Garngour Craftsman daughter again in lamb to Eye Of The Beholder she also joins Sean McCloskey’s Glenroe flock.
Next to take home some of the Sportsmans bloodlines was Martin Warnock when buying BGS2004497. This Fourdaourie Amalert daughter out of a dam by the 130,000gns Sportsmans A Star changed hands for 6000gns and sold in lamb to Eye of The Beholder.
The Boden family then took 5000gns for BGS2004424(E1), another Craftsman daughter out of a Teiglum Younggun dam and comes in lamb to joint purchase 7000gns Seaforde Empire King. She sold south to Donegal to join Rodney McLoughlin’s flock in Clonmany.
Also making the same money was another from the Auldhouseburn pen, the Sportsman’s Chieftain daughter BYZ2025928. She is out of the 15,000gns Knock gimmer purchased at the Select Seven sale 2019 and sold in lamb with Salcotes E Class twins to William Ridge, Shropshire.
Roger Strawbridge’s Tamnamoney pen featured at the same money when taking 5000gns for one of his favourites, SRY2002046. She is a daughter of Tamnamoney Casanova with her Scotsman Avicii-sired mother a maternal sister to the 10,000gns Bushtown and 9000gns Young Willie McBride. She was offered scanned in lamb for twins to Garngour Emerald and sold to Dennis Taylor, Coleraine, as part of his foundation flock.
Also coming in at 4200gns from the Tamnamoney pen was one of Mr Strawbridge’s Procters Cocktail daughters out of a Scotsman Ace dam. She sold to Procters Farm, Lancashire, and is in lamb to Emerald with triplets.
Averages; Sportsmans 11 gimmers £4692, Auldhouseburn seven gimmers £4449, Ballynahone 19 gimmers £2045, Forkins and Cherryvale 14 gimmers £1399, Tamnamoney 19 gimmers £1163, Largy five gimmers £1102 (Ballymena Livestock Mart).