News Archive 2012

 

NOVEMBER 2012 - 2

A hat trick! For the third year running we obtained the highest price in the bull section of the Skipton Shorthorn Sale. Admittedly, demand for bulls was not at last year`s levels but Shawhill Edward was selected champion bull and winner of the Morrison's Cup, selling to Mr W. Graham, Fieldhouse for 2,600gns.

Shawhill Edward (P) 583801073

Females at the sale met their usual good and consistent demand throughout and the attendance of potential buyers and interested parties was most impressive. Our thanks to Mr & Mrs Feber, C.M. Fanshawe & Messrs Parkin-Coates for buying our heifers & congratulations to Gerald Turton who won the supreme championship with Tessa X767 of Upsall which sold for 3,100gns.

 

NOVEMBER 2012 – 1

We will be taking a strong twenty-one month old poll bull, Shawhill Edward (P) 583801073, to the Skipton Shorthorn Sale on Wednesday 7th November. He is sired by our stock bull, Alvie Blue Eyedboy and has been used successfully on pedigree heifers.

Also in our Shorthorn consignment to Skipton is an Uppermill Jinks sired heifer, Shawhill Ury Maid Dawn (P) 573801534. She is in calf to Shawhill Einstein (P) 583801074, a son of our championship winning cow, Sandwick Celtic Rose.

We will also have another in-calf heifer forward (due to calve to Shawhill Edward) together with a cow and a heifer, each with a calf at foot by Alvie Blue Eyedboy.

Shawhill Edward (P) 583801073

Shawhill Edward, rear view !

Shawhill Ury Maid Dawn (P) 573801534

Two heifer calves to be sold at Skipton with their dams

 

OCTOBER 2012 – 1

We have been working with some of our 2012 spring born calves and are pleased with their progress despite the dire summer weather which they have experienced. Here are pictures of April & May born heifers. Each is by a different sire.

Shawhill Dewdrop Futurama by K.Kim Freedom, b. 5.5.12

Shawhill Fancy by Alvie Blue Eyedboy, b. 18.4.12

Shawhill Festive by Vortrekker of Upsall, b. 19.4.12

 

SEPTEMBER 2012 – 2

We have four good Beef Shorthorn heifers going to the Stirling Sales. These will be sold very near to the commencement of the Beef Shorthorn female sale at 4pm on Monday 22nd October.

 

Lot 209 Fieldhouse Dawn 573801156

Lot 210 Fieldhouse Dulcie 573801591

Lot 213 Fieldhouse Dahlia 573802186

Lot 214 Fieldhouse Delphinium 573802187

All are in calf to our home-bred young bulls which are destined for sale themselves at Skipton in November and Stirling in February.

 

 

SEPTEMBER 2012 – 1

The recent “barn party” at Newlands seemed to go well. £718 was raised for the R.S.A.B.I. from donations.

 

 

AUGUST 2012 – 2

On Sunday 12th we had a visit to Newlands from members of the North of England Shorthorn Breeders Club. It really was the “glorious twelfth” as, for once, the sun shone on us. We greatly enjoyed meeting everyone and showing them around the cattle. Thanks to Andrew and Caroline Ivinson of Sandwick for organising the visit.

 

AUGUST 2012 - 1

 

At Dumfries & Lockerbie Show on Saturday 4th August, the Shorthorns fielded the largest entry in the beef cattle section with strong and competitive classes. Our Beef Shorthorn maiden heifer Outrawcliffe Emilly (583801240) was 1st in her class and stood reserve champion to the champion cow with calf at foot, Gregors Zillah from W. & I. McGregor. Zillah went on to be reserve overall beef champion. Our white heifer, Shawhill Rosebud Edith (583800039) was 3rd in this long heifer class. Lowther Eclipse led the Beef Shorthorn bulls with the 2nd prize going to our January 2011 born bull, Shawhill Evaristus (583801072) by Alvie Blue Eyedboy.

Much of the day was warm with bright sunshine but proceedings were rapidly terminated in the midst of the grand parade when we were struck with monsoon conditions – thunder, lightning and hail – which continued persistently for almost an hour.

 

Outrawcliffe Emilly our reserve champion heifer getting her feet wet at Dumfries Show

Sheltering at Dumfries Show

Sheltering at Dumfries Show

Moving out of Dumfries Show

 

MAY 2012 - 1

 

We were pleased to be able to buy the reserve female champion at the recent Carlisle sale. She is a poll thirteen month old heifer, Outrawcliffe Emilly 583801240 and was well shown by her breeders Alan & Deidre Wilkinson of Rawcliffe, Preston. She is sired by LS Zeus 151(P).

 

Outrawcliffe Emilly 583801240

 

APRIL 2012 - 1

 

Canadian imports - the first of our 2012 embryo transplant Shorthorn calves are on the ground. A bull and a heifer, each roan, by K - Kim Freedom 100P (Imp. U.S.), by JM Vortec, shown here with their Hereford cross surrogate dams.

 

Young imported Beef Shorthorn embryo transplant calves with their surrogate dams

Imported embryo calf by K-Kim Freedom

Imported embryo calf by K-Kim Freedom

EBV Scanning day with Linda McKendrick

 

 

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