Wilde About Blues – Part 5 sale June 11th 2010:

Our latest Wilde About Blues sale saw a top price of 11,000gns and strong averages for maiden heifers, served heifers and embryo calves on recipient dams.

 Our sale leader at 11,000gns was Ridge Dean Dibbley, an ET bred September 2008-bron daughter of Visconti De St Fontaine, out of one of the herd’s strongest cows Ridge Dean Navette, herself a Sureau De Mehogne daughter. She sold with a carcass yield index of +16 and a BB pedigree index of +10 to Andrew Phillips, Ashampstead, Reading, for his Drift herd.

Ridge Dean Dibbley ET sold for 11,000gns

Next best at 5000gns and leading the trade for yearling heifers was Ridge Dean Ermie, another ET bred heifer born in September 2009. By the great show bull Ballygrange Alex and out of Ridge Dean Windsor, an Osborne Van Terbeck daughter, she has a CYI of +7 and was bought by J N and L P Dunn of the Highridge Blues herd, South Tawton, Okehampton.

Ridge Dean Ermie ET sold for 5000gns

Then making 4200gns was Ridge Dean Christa, another from the same dam as the last and one that is destined to go on and prove her worth as a cow maker. ET bred again, she is by another great sire that’s working well in the Ridge Dean herd, Empire D'Ochain and sold with a CYI of +13. Born in October 2007 she sold to Slakes Farms, Appleby.

Ridge Dean Christa ET sold for 4200gns)

Just behind that at 4100gns was Ridge Dean Evelyn, a smart dark blue ET bred daughter of Heros Du Peroy out of Ridge Dean Valentine, a Radar Van Terbeck daughter, who has had a legendry effect on the herd. Selling with a CYI of +8 and born November 2009, she went to W R and W W Jones, Oswestry, Shropshire, for their Tanat herd.

Ridge Dean Evelyn ET sold for 4100gns

Two females then sold at 4000gns, the first of which was the mainly black and incredibly stylish Ridge Dean Dazzle, a September 2008-born Ballygrange Alex sired ET bred heifer out of Ridge Dean Valentine again. Selling with a CYI of +10, she was bought by I Dean, Eaglesfield, Lockerbie.

Ridge Dean Dazzle ET sold for 400gns

And the same buyer paid the same price again when purchasing one of the best young embryo heifer calves on offer, Ridge Dean Feefee, an ET bred full sister to the last sold sucking her Limousin cross recipient dam. She has a CYI of +10. Born February 2010, this all black heifer calf is likely to make quite an impact on the show circuit.

Ridge Dean Fee Fee ET sold for 4000gns

At 3400gns, Ridge Dean Dizzy, a March 2008-born ET-bred daughter of Empire D’ochain out of the great Ridge Dean Valentine then sold to buyer of the top priced heifer Andrew Phillips, Reading. Dizzy is a stylish black and white heifer and sold having been scanned 7 weeks in calf to a Limousin bull.

At 3200gns, Ridge Dean Dotty, a full ET-bred sister to the previous lot, sold to G C Brown, Pickering, North Yorkshire. Like her sister she sold in calf to a Limousin bull.

Ridge Dean Dotty ET sold for 3400gns

Two heifers then followed at 3000gns, the first being Ridge Dean Charity, an ET bred daughter of the great Dafydd D’Ochain out of Ridge Dean Windsor. This well grown, light blue heifer sold having ran with Ridge Dean Dictator. She was knocked down to T Robinson and Son, Clitheroe, Lancashire.

Ridge Dean Charity ET sold for 3000gns

The other at the same money was Ridge Dean Easter, an ET April 2009-born daughter of Bringlee Volkawagon out of Ridge Dean Valentine. This eye catching, stylish heifer with a CYI of +8 sold to J Allison and Sons, Richmond, North Yorkshire.

Ridge Dean Easter ET sold for 3000gns

Other leading prices:

• Ridge Dean Flower ET (February 2010) by Blue Stone Union Jack sold at 2950gns to P Wilks, Towcester, Northants
• Ridge Dean Destiny ET (March 2008) by Empire D’Ochain sold at 2900gns to Eileen Wilson, Richmond, North Yorkshire
• Ridge Dean Future ET (February 2010) by Ballygrange Alex sold at 2850gns to Andrew Geary, Hanslope, Milton Keynes
• Ridge Dean Faye ET (January 2010) by Blue Stone Union Jack sold at 2800gns to Roly Carr, Capheaton, Newcastle
• Ridge Dean Cherish ET (October 2007) by Empire D’Ochain sold at 2600gns to JJ and E Lawson, Carlisle, Cumbria
• Ridge Dean Florina ET (January 2010) by Blue Stone union Jack sold at 2500gns to T Robinson and sons, Clitheroe, Lancashire
• Ridge Dean Fee ET (January 2010) by Blue stone Union Jack sold at 2500gs to T Robinson and Sons, Clitheroe, Lancashire

• Averages: six served heifers £3220, 13 maiden heifers £3238.85, seven ET calves suckling recipient dams £2940 (Harrison and Hetherington).

We would like to thank everyone who came to the sale and purchased stock. We wish you all the very best in the future with your purchasers and hope they give you as much joy as they have us.