Carlisle Show and Sale 18th Sept - Registered DCS Inspected Stock

[Duncan MacIntyre]

The Border Dexter Cattle Group has been in action over the summer and as a result of its activities there will be a revival of Dexter sales incorporated with the official RBST sale at Borderway Mart, Carlisle, on Saturday 18th Septermber.

The entries come from seven different consignors, and offer a wide variety of breeding, offering an ideal chance to purchase registered stock inspected by DCS Field Inspectors.

Prior to the sale the show will be judged by well known and respected judge Roger Robson.

The seven consignors have put together an impressive array of breeding stock, about 30 females and 3 breeding bulls. Between the entries there are some 15 different prefixes, offering the buyer a wide choice of bloodlines.

This wil be a great opportunity to acquire stock for both the established breeder and the new buyer, with the advantage of DCS standards of inspection, the excitement of a pre sale show, and the facilities of one of the North of England's most prestigious markets.

Consignments include animals bearing Arnaby, Ashieburn, Breoch, Burnside, Butterbox, Fothergill, Godshill, Hanginshaw, Harron, Kyreside, Needles Hall, Risplith, Planetree, Trainriggs and Windyknowe prefixes.

With all this on offer I expect to see faces from north, south, east and west around the ring.

Duncan

[SteveM]

Hi Duncan.

Hoping to be at the sale, cant find any details on auctioneers website yet.

What is the planned start time for the show, and then for the sale.

Its a 3.5-4 hour drive, is anyone arriving Friday night, any social gathering on the Friday?

Hope to see you all there.



Edited By SteveM on 1282888284

[Duncan MacIntyre]

Sorry I don't know if there is anything organised for the Friday night, but I would think some stock will be going in on the Friday evening. This is part of an RBST sale so there will be lots of people there as well as the Dexter delinquinents.

The catalogue is now available at
http://www.livestock-sales.co.uk/2010/r ... /0918.html


Hope to see some of you there.


Duncan

[Duncan MacIntyre]

Copy of an email from Kay Darnbrook regarding next weekend's event at Carlisle.

Hi everyone

just a note to let you all know whats happening next weekend.

We are having a bit of a get together on Friday night @ The Auctioneer which is Junc 43 M6, nr the auction mart on Rosehill Estate - 1st turning on the left after Lloyds Motors. We have reserved the "Bidders Room" which is just off the main bar so we can get together for some supper, a drink & a chat, meeting between 7 & 9 pm. Everyone welcome whether you're coming to the sale or not.

There are 33 cattle entered in the sale (3 bulls & 30 females) & 16 entered in the show. The show starts between 9.00 & 10.00am Saturday & the sale from 10.30 (Heather @ H & H thought the Dexters would probally be sold about lunchtime as the Jacobs are being sold in that ring before them)Catalogues are available on the web site www.livestock-sales.co.uk or by phoning the pedigree dept @ H & H.
Stock can be taken in between 4 & 7pm on Friday night or Saturday morning before 9am. Bedding is provided but your own hay/water buckets are needed. If going on Friday please let Heather @ H & H know 01228 406233.

I'll be in touch after the sale to let you know how it went & what our next event will be.

Kay

[SteveM]

Hoping to be in Carlisle early friday evening, so will pop down to the Auctioneers once I find my b&b

[Mark Bowles]

Just bringing this to the top of the list again lest you all forget it's this weekend.

[solburydexters]

Now Duncan plenty of suppe,r plenty of chat, not too much to drink, auctioneers and sore heads don't go together.Best of luck to all on prices

[solburydexters]

sorry finger trouble supper suppe,r

[Duncan MacIntyre]

Don't worry about me Allan, I will be in safe hands in the company of several DCS council members, ex council members and other northern breeders of high repute on Friday evening. So I can't possibly come to any harm can I???

I hope we have a good get together on Friday, and see some familiar faces and some new ones too. So do come and join us. If you are new to Dexters do come and make yourself known, either at the Friday night do or at the Show and Sale on Saturday.

I don't know for certain but I think this will be the largers ever sale of Dexters in Carlisle, and there are animals from a remarkable variety of breeding lines entered. I hear there are a few late entries as well.

Duncan

[monica waltho]

How did Carlisle go ? How about Chelford that was the same day?

[Duncan MacIntyre]

Always difficult to keep track of everything as they go under the hammer, but from my VERY unofficial record, one bull sold for £1300, Harron Sonny Jim. There were 21 females sold, average £400.95, range £260 to £610, top rice being for Planetree Penelope with steer calf at foot. Two bulls and 9 females did not sell through the ring but some were, I think, sold afterwards. Five females in catalogue were not forward, but some late entries made up the numbers to approx those advertised.
I think general opinion amongst sellers was that it was not too bad a day for the current economic climate.

From this inspectors viewpoint (I have not conferred with Mary Kay on this report) the standard of animals was not bad, a few minor comments on some, and two did fail inspection because of angleberries, but went through the ring with that announced. One sold, one did not. Bodily condition of all animals there was good, no skinny dirty things like we get reports of from some sales.

My own opinion is that is was a good sale and definitely worth repeating next year. As well as a lot of input from organisers from the Borders Dexters the auctioneers did a lot for us and were very helpful.

Duncan

[monica waltho]

Thanks for reply - glad everything went well prices sounded reasonable considering econocmy and fodder supply