We have five very useful unserved heifers entered for the Skipton
Sale on Wednesday 7th November.
Lot 33 is Shawhill
Lilian (643847256), a Burnside Elite daughter descended
from our very successful show cow, Fieldhouse Florence Anita. Lot 36,
Shawhill Dee Lulu (643847257) is also by Burnside Elite who we purchased
some years ago as the top price Stirling Bull at 9,500gns. Lot 37,
Shawhill
Dewdrop Lizzy (643847258) and lot 38, Shawhill
Liana (643847259) are both by our very successful Canadian bred bull, Shawhill Freedom,
with the former having a double cross of this breeding. The youngest
heifer, lot 51, Shawhill
Dee Lily (643847266) is, again, by Burnside
Elite and her dam is a twin to the dam of lot 36, both these dams go
back to the Glenisla Zetor sired, Connor of Upsall.
Connor of Upsall also features extensively in the same day's catalogue
of the dispersal of the Newfield
Beef Shorthorn herd. We had bought
Connor as a calf at foot at the Upsall Centenary Sale and Mr Abrahams
purchased him from us and he went on to success at the Great Yorkshire
Show. Lot 120 in the dispersal catalogue is a Shawhill bred heifer.
Lot 33 - Shawhill Lilian (643847256)
Lot 36 - Shawhill Dee Lulu (643847257)
Lot 37 - Shawhill Dewdrop Lizzy (643847258)
lot 38 - Shawhill Liana (643847259)
Lot 51 - Shawhill Dee Lily (643847266)
OCTOBER 2018 - 2
Champion - Shawhill Leroy
Our bull Shawhill
Leroy took the male Beef Shorthorn Championship
at the Stirling Bull Sales and, after spirited bidding in the ring,
he sold for 12,000 guineas to Duncan Welsh for his Westbroad Beef Shorthorn
Herd at Fenwick. This is the second Shawhill bull that Duncan has bought,
he purchased Shawhill J-A-T from us, also at Stirling, a couple of
years ago. We wish him every success with his purchase.
Leroy was top-priced Beef Shorthorn at the sale and this is the highest
price that we have achieved for a bull to date.
The Shawhill bulling heifers at the sale sold to 3,000 guineas and
averaged £2,310 for three sold.
Leroy, a 19 months old roan poll bull, was champion at both Agri-Expo
and Stars of the Future in 2017 and took a 2nd at this year's Great
Yorkshire followed by the championship at Dumfries Show. Hopefully
prospective buyers will find him well worth a look. His breeding goes
back through K-Kim Freedom and Braebank Dewdrop on both sides and his
dam is a big good cow by the high-index Glenisla Zetor.
Shawhill Leroy
Shawhill Leroy
Shawhill Leroy at Dumfries Show
Shawhill Leroy at Dumfries Show
Our consignment of poll heifers are an interesting group including
the March born, Shawhill
Beatrice Lottie (by Shawhill Henderson). She
has been seen at the Summer Shows including 5th in class at the Great
Yorkshire. The others are April born and comprise Shawhill
Lavender and Shawhill
Lavina, both by the all-Canadian Shawhill Freedom, and
Shawhill
Foxglove Linnet. She is sired by Burnside Elite, top priced
bull at Stirling some years ago, and goes back to LS Arctic and the
Lowther Foxglove family on her dam's side.
Shawhill Beatrice Lottie
Shawhill Lavender
Shawhill Lavina
Shawhill Foxglove Linnet
AUGUST 2018 - 1
A nice show of Beef Shorthorns at our local Dumfries and Lockerbie
Show. Shawhill
Leroy followed up on previous successes and took the
Shorthorn Championship.
We had the usual enjoyable visit to the Great Yorkshire Show. Well
looked after and excellent weather, maybe too excellent! We took four
entries and each got a ticket in what was a really good show of Beef
Shorthorn cattle. A great advert for the breed.
Our young bull, Shawhill
Leroy (by Shawhill Henderson), who was much
admired at last years calf shows took a 2nd as did our very promising
heifer, Shawhill
Lady Jessica with her Diamond Lord Belmore calf at
foot. The maiden heifers Shawhill
Rosebud Kool (white, by Shawhill
Freedom) and Shawhill
Beatrice Lottie (by Shawhill Freedom) took 4th
and 5th in their respective classes.
MAY 2018 - 3
We have a quality Shawhill Henderson son, Shawhill
Kenco (H) (633802061)
going to the Carlisle sale on Friday 25th May. He was born March 2016
and is lot 403 (third in the Shorthorn ring). His dam was a particularly
good cow, Glenisla Eva Broadhooks by Glenisla Chieftain. He was best
Beef Shorthorn bull at Borderway Agriexpo, 2016 and has useful figures.
We have used him and he certainly has the potential to be a good breeding
sire for any herd.
MAY 2018 - 2
At last we are getting our cows out. This group of late April born
calves are enjoying the sunshine at Annan. Three of these are ET calves,
the red one is a Canadian heifer by Little Cedar Aviator 503X out of
Braebank Dewdrop 35N.
MAY 2018 - 1
The Show and Sale of store cattle at Longtown
Mart on Tuesday 8th May
incorporated an inaugural special
show of Beef Shorthorn and Beef Shorthorn cross store cattle, sponsored
by Morrisons and supported by the Beef Shorthorn Cattle Society. Over
60 Shorthorn stores were forward from twelve consignors from throughout
the area and from as far afield as Darlington.
The judge, Mr J. Marshall
selected a pen from J.E. & B.L Goddard,
Frankstown as champion pen and a bullock from Brian Irving, Harper
Hill as champion single animal. Mr Irving also took second prize in
the singles class. Messrs Goddard's cattle sold to a top of £1,120
to H. Alder & Son, West White Hill, Northumberland with their prizewinning
pen at £1,050 to Mr J. Barr, Greenfield Muir, Renfrewshire. Mr Irving's
champion realised £1,060 with his second prizewinner at £1,040. Both
went to Castletown Estate, Carlisle.
Others sold to £940, £890 & £840,
High House, Brafferton; £930 & £880,
Frankstown; £900 & £850, Farlam Hill; £860, Halldykes; £830, Penpeugh;
£820, Pilmuir; £800, Williamwood.
Prize list:
Best individual – 1st Harper
Hill, 2nd Harper
Hill, 3rd Frankstown.
Best pen – 1st Frankstown,
2nd Pilmuir, 3rd Sandwick.
APRIL 2018 - 1
It has been what seems like a very long winter with our cows inside
since 1st September last. Some heavy snowstorms, as can be seen from
these images. Fodder will be scarce for everyone in the north and Scotland.
Our own lambings are not proving too bad although we had some heavy
losses on the very bad days. Everyone will not be able to say the same
though and there will be less sheep around this coming year. Fortunately
the prices of prime hoggs, cull ewes and store sheep through our marts
at Longtown and Dumfries, and elsewhere, are proving to be way above
expectations.
JANUARY 2018 - 1
We have two good April born poll sons of Shawhill Freedom going to
the Stirling
Beef Shorthorn Sales on Monday 5th February. Shawhill
Freedom, our successful all-Canadian herd sire is by K-Kim Freedom
out of Rolly Bateman's famous cow, Braebank Dewdrop.
Shawhill Kalamazoo (P)
Lot 245 is a strong and well made roan bull, Shawhill
Kalamazoo (P).
Born on 10th April 2106, he is by Freedom out of a good daughter of
the Dunsyre North Star sired bull, Albion Anniversaire.
Shawhill Kingsman (P)
Shawhill
Kingsman (P) is lot 255 and was born on 23rd April 2016.
Again by Freedom, his dam is the best of our foundation cows, Upsall
Ury Maid X453. Bought at the Upsall Centenary Sale and still going
strong, she goes back to Uppermill Recto. Kingsman is an impressive
well grown red bull with, we think, masses of potential.