May Day show and sale of pedigree Limousins at Ballymena Livestock Market

The pre-sale judging will get underway at 10am, in the very capable hands of Blair Duffton, Huntly, Aberdeenshire - a regular face at sales across Scotland and in Carlisle. The auction will then commence at 12.30pm.

Sixty pedigree Limousin bulls are catalogued in the age range May 2021 to February 2022.

Consigned from Limousin herds with high health status and participating in the AFBI and SAC schemes they include Archies, Ashhollow, Ashmara, Ashview, Ballyrickard, Ballyrobin, Bernish, Carrowmannon, Claragh, Craigatoke, Cranmoney, Derrylough, Edenross, Eniver, Gleneagle, Kilclass, Killydunn, Lealies, Lynderg, Mossbrook, Mullawinny, Newhillfarm, Owenbeg, Pointhouse, Rahoney, Rathkeeland, Seanita, Silverwood, Slieve and Trueman.

All bulls are myostatin and DNA sire verified prior to the sale, and will be veterinary inspected on the morning of the event and sold under the auspices of the National Beef Association and BLCS rules.

Twenty-two females are catalogued with entries received from a strong cohort of vendors from some of the most successful pedigree herds in Northern Ireland.

These include Aghadolgan, Birchwood, Fortfield, Mourne and Spage in addition to some of the herds mentioned above, from which bulls are forward. Females will also be veterinary inspected on the morning of the event.

Bulls and females forward for sale are sons and daughters of top AI sires and prolific stock bulls.

Providing sponsorship for the Male and Female Champions and Reserves at the pre-sale show are Steele Farm Supplies, a family run agricultural business in the town of Ballymoney, Co. Antrim. They stock a wide range of supplies for the farm and home including dairy supplies, equestrian feed supplies, hardware, drainage, fencing, animal and crop health, seeds and feeds clothing, footwear and coal.Catalogues are available from Ballymena Livestock Market (028 2563 3470) or can be viewed online via the BLCS website www.limousin.co.uk and Facebook. Online bidding facilities are also available through marteye.ie