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It is the end of an era for many beef breeds with the last major bull sale taking place in Perth and we have many fond memories of showing there over almost 30 years, from the “Old Mart” with its wooden pens and unique atmosphere, characters and tales of all sorts of exploits both in the mart and in the surrounding hotels and bars, to the big modern market most people know today.
The Kilbride Farm herd has grown and changed over these years with our first successes with “Orage” bulls, our first junior champion in 1984 with K F Nevada who held the breed record price for a short time at 8000gns and then our first supreme champion in 1985 with K F Perry an Orage son. We have won four more supreme championships since then plus many individual championships and they still give us the same buzz as a win even a class win was special in Perth.
The type of bull we sell has changed and we think improved over the years becoming much thicker with much higher performance.
Our last “Perth” sale was in many ways was our most successful when we sold eight bulls to average almost £7200 with the champion and the three highest prices being sired by Kilbride Farm bulls.
The 8 Kilbride Farm bulls plus 6 sired by Kilbride Farm bulls averaged £8375! With the top three prices being for Kilbride Farm sired bulls.
We would like to congratulate everyone who has been successful with Kilbride Farm bloodlines It gives us confidence that we are going in the right direction as the next generations K F Newry, Seaview Prince Charming and now the first Cairnview Snazzy bulls become ready for sale.
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