5 Nations Native Breed Sale - March 18th 2022 (Archived #246686)

Our Sellers, John & Judy Fry farm alongside England's newest National Park, the South Downs. Their farm is bordered by beautiful river banks and lots of flowering meadows. Their Shorthorn herd was established in 2015 with the purchase of 5 heifers from the renowned Glenariff herd and a young bull from Meonside. John has really got the shorthorn bug so much so that he now chairs the Southern Beef Shorthorn Club, John & Judy was delighted to host a club visit to their farm last July and welcomed a large number of visitors. The herd has enjoyed showing success under their herd prefix Hansford this is a credit to their breeding program over the past number of years. 

Percy is the second sale bull from the Hansford herd, Percy is a deep fleshy bull with plenty of length and style, good top line and small head. He has great EBV's like his father Coldrochie Leroy, and is a real meat machine. Leroy is a gentle giant, a real powerhouse with a docile temperament, which has clearly been passed down to Percy. Coldrochie Leroy was purchased for 9,000gns in May 2018 at a breed society sale in Stirling when he was only 14 months old, but it was clear to see he would turn into an amazing stock bull. It's been said many times that Leroy is out of the best cow from the Coldrochie herd. Percy goes back to Fearn Godfather, who is in the top 1% of the breed for Selection Indexes and Carcase Weight. Percy's Dam, Hansford Lulu is a traditional, feminine milky cow. Percy is her 1st calf, and what a bull he has turned out to be! Percy has natural growth and is grazed in a flower meadow. He has not been overfed and does not need pushing at all. Myostatin: E226X=0, F94L=0, NT419=0, NT821=0

• TB free herd in a TB4 area and last test April 21
• Elite Health Status
• Higher health level 1 Johnes 
• Accredited BVD
• Accredited Lepto
• IBR vaccinated
• Haulage can be arranged to UK Mainland (Buyers Expense)
• John has agreed to pay for transfers of Pedigree certificates as luck money for the winning bidder