Ribble Aberdeen-Angus herd Open Day success
An open day at Windy Pike Farm, Gisburn, ahead of this coming Saturday’s major sale at Skipton Auction Mart of the entire Ribble Aberdeen-Angus herd from Henry Rowntree, of Rowntree Farms, proved a resounding success.
Some 80 Angus breeders viewed a great show of productive cattle. Also meeting interested parties inspecting the cattle before the dispersal sale at Skipton, on Saturday, September 22, were David Leggat, from United Auctions, Craven Cattle Marts’ general manager Jeremy Eaton and Aberdeen-Angus Cattle Society chief, Barrie Turner.
Mr Turner commented: “We were all treated to a gold mine of well-bred, high performing Aberdeen-Angus cattle at Ribble. I met customers looking to start new herds, along with those looking to expand. All demonstrated a great enthusiasm towards the breed, while admiring this award-winning herd.”
Mr Rowntree, who established the Ribble herd in 2002 and is now retiring, said: “The stock bulls were very popular, but perhaps most people were surprised how docile the cattle are and the consistent quality, with repeated comments of the impressive two-year-old heifers with some great calves at foot.”
The open day was staged following a good week for Ribble, which again won overall Champion Herd in the 2018 PENWAC herd competition.
Catalogues for the sale - one of the biggest dispersals of Aberdeen-Angus cattle ever staged in the UK, with around 400 head to go under the hammer - are available from United Auctions or CCM Auctions, and can also be viewed with many photographs on the Aberdeen-Angus Society’s website www.aberdeen-angus.co.uk