Limousin bull tops Jalex Select sale

Averaging £4,903, the 164 in-calf heifers peaked at £12,000 at the Jalex Select autumn sale held on behalf of James Alexander, on-farm at Randalstown, Northern Ireland, but it was a pedigree Limousin bull that topped the entry at £12,500

13 October 2026 • 1 min read

This was Jalex Advancer, a 20-month-old son of Foxhillfarm Outbest, bred out of Jalex Missy, a Bassingfield Hobama daughter which also produced the 26,000gns Jalex Superb. It sold to Guise Farm Partnership, Alford, Aberdeenshire.

Leading the female entry at £12,000, when sold to Oaklands Farm, Cookstown, Co Tyrone, was Droit Tiffany, a three-year-old British Blue heifer by Victorieux D'au Chene.

Aileen Ritchie, Whitecairns, Aberdeenshire, paid £10,800 for a Blue cross heifer sired by New Red.

Blues proved popular as a hybrid heifer by Valeureux sold to I. Snape Agriculture, Sambourne, for £10,000.

Two further in-calf heifers made £9,000 apiece as Droit Urika by Sandyvale Jagerbomb sold to Drum Agri, Co Tyrone, while Gordon Cameron, Argyll, paid £9,000 for Dark Temptation, a Kilcombe Niko daughter.

The Simmy Selection contingent saw 54 average £4,381, while four cows with calves averaged £5,725 and four bulls levelled at £7,750.

Auctioneers: Mitchells.