The Red Ribbon & Blue Ribbon sale Sat 23rd April (Archived #270934)

Rathkeeland Samuel is a growthy, long bull with good depth and muscle. He is good on his legs and feet and has great locomotion. Samuel has a beef value of 41 and is top 10 per cent breed calving ease chart increasing to the right for easy calving sold under NBA warranties.

• Samuel's Sire IRONSTONE GANDI, the herd's senior stock bull has over 107 pedigree calves sired. He is in the top 10% of the breed for overall beef value and 400-day growth with a 92% accuracy. Gestation length & Birth weight top 25% of the breed with a 95% accuracy. Gandi was purchased as an eight-year-old bull at the Ironstone dispersal for £7000. Two of his daughters averaged £8000 at the sale. His full sister, Ironstone Dumandy, a multi-award winning Royal show winner sold for £22,000. Rathkeeland Samuel's Grand-Dam Bailea Umandy was purchased for £50,000. Grand-sire Wilodge Vantastic was sold at £42,000. Since then Gandi progeny has won Stirling Bull Sales, selling to a top £10,000 to the Wilodge herd. The first progeny of Gandi Daughters started to come on to the market last Autumn with Bangtidy Ralph Lauren sold in Stirling at the October Bull Sales for £8500 to the Mclaren's. Bangtidy RoseGold sold in December at the red ladies for £8,000 to Paul McArdle co Monaghan.
• Samuel's dam CULNAGECHAN LIBERTY won the last N.I Randox Limousin National show, where she was Female Champion and Overall Champion 2019 as a first Calver. Her heifer calf Rathkeeland Phoenix was overall calf champion, reserve female champion and reserve overall champion beside her. Phoenix then went across the water to the Stars of the future in Stirling and was placed first in her class and junior female champion. Liberty was also crowned champion at Limavady, Clogher, and Enniskillen shows, finishing her season winning overall interbreed. She was awarded the best Limousin animal winning most championships throughout the show circuit in 2019. The Rathkeeland herd gained the most points throughout the show season and was crowned show team of the year which the herd has won now for 20 years.

Samuel is a young bull who has a great future to go on and produce quality calves in any herd. From a herd of established genetics, established success over 42 years, consistently breeding show, sale, productive & functional quality Limousin bulls and females. Samuel is no exception depth of breeding top and bottom, bid on and bid on for Samuel, high health, help with haulage and a lucky penny to boot. Place a proxy bid, or click live. 

Vendors profile:

Raymond and Stephen, the new generation of Crawford Brothers, were next to take over the firm from their father Herbie. Based in Country Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, Crawford Brothers is one of the world’s leading breeders and producers of Limousin Cattle. Their Rathkeeland herd was founded in 1980 with the importation of two Limousin females "Pelisse" and "Ombrage" from the Pompadour herd in France. 

The Fermanagh-based family business has transformed itself from a traditional farming enterprise to an exporting company selling livestock and genetics to 14 countries worldwide. An event to recognise its contribution and to mark 30 years of breeding pedigree Limousin cattle was held in Stormont Wednesday 24 March 2010, where the province’s political leaders praised the brothers’ commitment, innovation and success. The Duke of Westminster, owner and founder of UK breeding company, Cogent, added words of commendation for the family business and praised one bull in particular, “Sauvignon” which attracted attention as the first beef sire to have sexed male semen sold in the UK.

Crawford Brothers livestock are globally recognized Pedigree Limousin Breeders. Having achieved prolific show success, they have achieved what no other breeders have before and that success can't ever be achieved again considering The Royal Show and Dublin Show are no longer in existence. Crawford Brothers are the only Limousin Breeders who have won Limousin Championships at all of the Royal Shows: The Royal Welsh, The Royal Ulster Agricultural Show, The Royal Highland Show, The Great Yorkshire, The Royal Show, and The Royal Dublin Show. However, the most Prolific Championship they have achieved is their ultimate success with Sauvignon. Crawford Brothers celebrated on Monday 6th March 2007 when their five-year-old bull Sauvignon took the Male Championship title at the SIMA/SIMAGENA Show held in Paris. As well as winning his class and standing Male Champion, Sauvignon also took the Champion Carcase Bull award and was European Progeny Champion. British Limousins were truly centre stage as the judging honours were undertaken by Mr Colin Soutter, Herd Manager of Whinfell Park Limousins, Clifton Moor, Penrith, Cumbria.

• Members of Herd Health Scheme
• Tested for Johnes & BVD
• Vaccinated for BVD and Lepto
• Will help with haulage 
• Will give Luck Penny to the winning bidder
• Will Export test if required