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Highland bulls sell to 12,000gns at Oban

Breeders from around the world attended the Highland Cattle Society spring show and sale at Oban, on Monday where prices topped at 12,000gns and for the first time a Danish-bred bull was sold

Katie Jones
Editor, Farmers Guardian and Dairy Farmer
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Top seller at Oban Highland Cattle Society sale was Glen of Applecross from Oli Harrison, Alston, Carlise, selling to Morven Coghill, Wick, Caithness.
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Top seller at Oban Highland Cattle Society sale was Glen of Applecross from Oli Harrison, Alston, Carlise, selling to Morven Coghill, Wick, Caithness.

Top seller was the three-year-old bull, Glen of Applecross from Oli Harrison, Alston, Carlise, and bred by the Applecross Trust. This bull is by Angie Beag of Miungairigh, and it sold to Morven Coghill,...

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