A cracking harvest day in a catchy autumn is never a great start for a tup sale – but a good crowd gathered late afternoon for the Working Genes on-farm sale at Incheoch, Alyth.
Trade was bolstered by a good number of on-line bidders, with bids coming in from far-afield, balers and even hospital beds.
The pick of the annual bull production kicked off with 14 Simmental, two Angus and four Luings on offer. Buyers favoured the eight homozygous polled Simmentals, with a top price of £10,500 paid for Incheoch Niko PP, a dark red son of Kyleston Iceman with a good set of figures. He sold to the Stronach family for their Islavale herd at Keith.
Three bulls were cashed at £5600 and all to repeat buyers. Overall, 13 paddock-reared bulls sold to level at £5069 (+£196 for two more sold).
Grass-reared Texel shearlings attracted the most interest with a total clearance of 52 rams settling at £1216 (+£116 for three more sold).
Topping the section at £3100 was Incheoch Fisticuffs – a top 1% index son of Fearn Captain that had been used within the flock as a lamb last year. He sold to Ann Mclaren, The Craig, Dalmally.
At £2700, Incheoch Fat Sam, a son of Cambwell Evolution boasting a top 1% fat depth EBV to match his carcase shape, was bought by John Scott and family, Fearn Farm.
Maternal-bred Lleyn rams averaged £879 for 43 (+£93 for four more sold), ranging from £300 to £2900 twice. Incheoch Laird, a high-index, high-fat, easy-fleshing son of the home-bred Knave ram was the first to hit that price when selling to Barry Latimer, Northern Ireland.
Matching that bid and selling with equally impressive figures was Incheoch Kestral purchased by Matt Haydon, buying for JCB Farms.
The hybrid Yourbid auction platform gave good opportunity for buyers at a distance to join in and is a low-stress system for buyers on-farm, viewing stock and enjoying the social aspect of the sale.
The team from Pentland Auctions helped facilitate the day. Graham Burke commented: “Although it is a more relaxed format for bidders, the final moments create quite an atmosphere as the bidding process balances out.”
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