First Halloween Northern Stars Female Sale success​​​​​​​

Setting a new NIHBA Sale Female Record Price of 6200gns was Solpoll 1 Pansy C27 from John & William McMordie. This 18-month-old in calf heifer was sired by herd stock bull Fabb 1 Top Prize with a brother having been Champion at the February Bull Sale and her granddam being described as one of the herds standout cows. Backed with Top 5% Terminal & Self Replacing Figures she was knocked down to Matthew Goulding for his Gouldingpoll herd in Co Kerry.

Not finished with his purchases there Matthew also purchased the second youngest offering this time from Trevor & Sheevaun Andrews with Mountview 1 Paige. A 13-month-old heifer she was sired by the 2024 Balmoral Show Champion Kinglee 1 Victorious, a son of very successful Cleland 1 Nelson and sold for 4700gns.

The days second highest price also went to the Solpoll Herd with the 6000gns sale of Solpoll 1 Amber C6. Selling with Top 1% Terminal & Self Replacing figures and again sired by Fabb 1 Top Prize her dam Amber A2 had previously been Female Champion at the Calf Show. Born in October 2024 she sold due to calve next spring to the Beatty Family’s Castlepoll Herd.

Selling for 5400gns was Annaghbeg Kaitlyn from Mark & Lawrence Moore. A daughter of their successful stock bull Cave Hill Max she had previously been Junior Female Champion at the 2025 Calf Show and picked up numerous rosettes over the summer show season her full brother stood Junior & Reserve Male Champion at this years Calf Show. Selling due to calve in May to the herds new stock bull she sold to S Curry.

Volume buyer Cathal MuMullan took home four heifers including the youngest heifer on offer, the 11-month-old Kinnego 1 Daisy.

Bred by Ciaran Kerr and with a pedigree full of homebred genetics she was offered as a one-off opportunity to buy the only Kinnego 1 Valentino daughter being offered for sale with all his others daughters being retained she sold for 5000gns. Joining Dainsy was a pair of heifers from Raymond & Stuart Pogue, Tullymore 1 Victoria, born in June 2025 this incalf heifer was a daughter of the homebred Glenside Trillick who was the Bull of the Year and Junior Champion at Balmoral Show in 2023 and a dam line that’s has bred well for the herd.

Selling at 4800gns her herd mate Tullymore 1 Viviana sold for 3800gns, this time a daughter of the AI sire Netherhall 1 Daffy her homebred dam was a daughter of Fisher 1 Rancher.

Rounding off his purchases was the 15-month-old Nancy Jill from Glenn & Tracey Morton at 4000gns, the first daughter to be offered for sale by stockbull Lisrace Lackey Boy 25th with Jill’s dam line tracing back to the herds foundation female.

The first heifer into the ring was Somerville 1 Bluebell from Heather King. Born in August 2024 she was a maternal sister to this year’s Balmoral Champion and a daughter of Fabb 1 Northern Star. Selling due to calf next March to the Neal Fraser and family for 4500gns.

Marching this price was Sessiagh 1 Calamity Jane, also sired by the previously mentioned Northern Star she was a maternal sister to this year’s National Show Champion as well as being a daughter of the 2018 National Show Female Champion. Born in June 2025 she sold to Frances and Niall Fox.

Alan Shaw offered 2 May 2025 born daughters of Sessiagh 1 Superduty and both went to the same buyer David Brooks. First up was Benburb 1 Christina whose hombred dam traces back to the Appel herd, she sold for 3800gns, herd mate Benburb 1 Chloe sold for 3400gns. Another smart maiden heifer her dams breeding went back to their herds foundation female Shraden 1 Alice.

The 12 females sold to average £4909 with a clearance of 92% at Ballymena Livestock Market.