ERVIE HEREFORDS

2009 Open Day & Sale report

After a wet start to the morning the day brightened to allow the Douglas family to host their Ervie Herefords Autumn Sale & Open Day on Saturday 15th August. Those attending included commercial bull customers and fellow pedigree Hereford breeders from the length and breadth of the country including a few from Northern Ireland and the Scottish Western Isles. The Open Day began with two pens of in-calf heifers and some yearling bull on display with two classes for stockjudging. Field tours of the cows with spring and summer born calves along with the three Line One stock bulls imported from America were the main reason for many of the commercial producers attending. They were also able to tour through the 24 Line One calves born in July from the most recent shipment of embryos from the States. Barbeque lunch was served under a marquee with local accordionist Tommy Agnew providing some fine Scottish medley as background music. After lunch, Dumfries auctioneer Harry Begg put the seven pedigree heifers under the hammer. These were in-calf to imported bull Ervie L1 Achiever 851A. First heifer in the ring was Ervie Pansy D922 selling to Martin Jones, Hereford for £2300. Mr Jones also purchased Ervie D907 for £2400. Another breeder who had travelled all the way from Hereford to purchase was Nigel Hooper. He bought Lisette D905 for £2000, Barbara D910 for £2400 and Pansy D912 for £1800. Eighteen year old Ben Westby started off his pedigree Hereford herd by buying Barda D896 and Narcissi E928 for £1700 & £1350 respectfully. To round off his purchases Mr Hooper also secured twelve Hereford cross in-calf heifers by private treaty.Summing up the day host John Douglas said, “Our main thrust for the OpenDay was to bring the qualities of the American Line One cattle we have invested in to the attention of our pedigree and commercial customers. Our herd is run under a totally commercial regime and we have huge interest from our bull customers in the increased natural performance these cattle can offer them.”"




Ervie Pansy D922	Ervie Pansy D907
Martin Jones, £2300	Martin Jones, £2400

Ervie Lisette D905	Ervie Barbara D910
Nigel Hooper, £2000	Nigel Hooper, £2400

Ervie Pansy D912	Ervie Barda D896
Nigel Hooper, £1800	Ben Westby, £1700

Ervie Narcissi E928	Ervie Narcissi D924
Ben Westby, £1350	Mr T Birkett, £1800

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2008 INTERNET HEIFER SALE

John and Alexandra wish to thank our bidders and buyers for supporting our 2008 Internet Heifer Sale. Your interest has been very much appreciated and we hope to be able to return some business in the future.

Good luck to our successful bidders!

Please continue viewing our web site for future events.


Ervie Peach C804	Ervie Snowdrop D828	Ervie Hazel D832
Mr Gordon Buchanan £2000	Mr Raymond Pogue £2000	Mr Tom Birkett £1500

Ervie Pansy D831	Ervie Narcissi D839	Ervie Broadway D850
Mr Tom Birkett £1200	Mr Gordon Buchanan £1500	Mr James Dunlop £1500

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Autumn 2007

Sale of Pedigree Heifers

With the outbreak of foot and mouth in southern England coming so close to the planned date of our pre-sale open day, the decision was taken (in the interest of both our potential buyers and our own bio security) to cancel. Whilst the Internet Sale was also cancelled, the heifers have been sold by private treaty following the lifting of restrictions. The sale results are shown below.

It is our intention to hold an Autumn 2008 Sale of Pedigree Heifers internet based as previous years and would like to take this opportunity to thank all our buyers and those who have shown interest in our herd for their continued support.

John and Alexandra


Ervie Barda B651	Ervie Lisette B656	Ervie Betty B674	Ervie Pansy B675
Mr Tom Birkett £1500	Mr John Romans £1500	Mr Will Chase £2000	Mr Will Chase £3000

Ervie Lisette B689	Ervie Ruth B693	Ervie Janet B700	Ervie Hazel B709
Mr Tom Birkett £900	Mr Tom Birkett £2000	Mr Giel Hermans £1130	Mr Giel Hermans £1130

Ervie Oyster Girl B713	Ervie Pansy B720	Ervie Unitarian B724	Ervie Progress B728
Mr Gordon Buchanan £1700	Mr Giel Hermans £1130	Mr Will Chase £900	Mr Tom Birkett £1000

Ervie Daffodil C735	Ervie Model C739	Ervie Lisette C742	Ervie Snowdrop C743
Mr Will Chase £2500	Mr Will Chase £3000	Mr Adrian Irvine £2000	Mr Tom Birkett £1200

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Autumn 2006 Internet Sale of Pedigree Heifers

John and Alexandra wish to thank all our bidders and buyers for supporting our 2006 Internet Heifer Sale. Your interest has been very much appreciated and we hope to be able to return some business in the future.

Good luck to all our successful bidders!

Please continue viewing our web site for future events.

We are pleased to publish the following quote, received recently, from a sucessful bidder in the Autumn 2006 Internet Sale.:-

"We are really pleased with our two heifers (A499 Ervie Barbara and A511 Ervie Snowdrop) especially 499. She has an excellent heifer calf . Show potential"....... Mr Adrian Ervine (N. Ireland)

Ervie Herefords Autumn Internet Heifer Sale 15/09/06

In-calf Pedigree Hereford heifers sold to a peak of £3000 (twice) at the second Autumn Internet sale held on the evening of Friday15th September. The sale was very much a success with twenty of the thirty-eight heifers on offer selling to an average of £1760.55

Bidders came from all over the UK and Eire and most came to view the cattle over the preceding 2 weeks providing them with a good idea of our total breeding programme before making a selection.

Sharing the top price of £3000 was Ervie Noreen A535. She sold in-calf to Ervie Sandman W404 and is due end October. Her buyer is Mr J Neenan from Charleville, Co. Limerick.

The other making £3000 was Ervie Pansy A556, also in-calf to Ervie Sandman W404. She sold to Mr Mike Nash, Cheshire who purchased two others at £2000 and £1500.

New breeder Tyran Roulston from Northern Ireland was the volume buyer of the sale taking four to a top of £2000.

An added feature this year was the “Buyer’s Choice” of the entire group of 18 yearling bulls. The successful bidder was Mr R Westaway, Clipston Herefords, Market Harborough at £1500.


W474 £2000	A499 £1950	A500 £1750	A501 £1250
Raymond Pogue	Adrian Irvine	Richard Bradstock	Phillip Steans

A504 £1600	A509 £1550	A511 £1600	A514 £1650
Gordon Buchanan	Mr K Murphy	Adrian Irvine	Mr K Murphy

A533 £1500	A535 £3000	A546 £1500	A550 £2000
Mike Nash	John Neenan	Andrew Mathers	Tynan Roulston

A556 £3000	A558 £1200	A584 £1500	A594 £1500
Mike Nash	Mr D Kelly	Tynan Roulston	Tynan Roulston

A596 £1500	A600 £1500	A608 £1300	A614 £2000
Andrew Mathers	Gordon Buchanan	Tynan Roulston	Mike Nash

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Ervie Herefords Autumn Internet Heifer Sale 20/10/2005

The first Internet sale of pedigree Hereford heifers staged by Ervie Herefords near Stranraer got off to a flying start with heifers peaking at over £5000. Active bidders were competing for 24 of the herd’s top replacement heifers and included breeders from Cheshire, Cumbria, and Northern Ireland.
After spirited bidding in the final hours of the sale Northern Ireland breeder Mr Desmond Kelly emerged triumphant, having purchased 14 heifers for an average of £2382

Ervie Peach W454

Click on the links below to view details of this heifers siblings and dam

Ervie Classic Lad A552

Ervie Peach V331

Ervie Peach P8 (dam)

His final bid of £5150 secured Ervie Peach W454 who is sired by the top rated Ervie Classic S30 and is in-calf to Barncleugh Yeovil Y9.

With well balanced Breedplan EBV’s, she was also the top heifer in the sale for 400 day weight (+63) and eye muscle area (+2.6) figures.

(Click here to view pedigree details

and EBV's)

Speaking after the sale Mr Kelly commented - “I am delighted to have secured this batch of quality heifers to strengthen our herd which was established just eighteen months ago. I had initially intended to look at two or three heifers, but having viewed John’s cowherd I was particularly impressed with their quality and consistency. I am looking forward to the spring calving!!”…………

From our point of view the outcome of the auction was good and we are very grateful to those Hereford enthusiasts who had been to view the cattle and who had participated in the bidding.

This method of selling allows us to present the cattle in their natural environment and breeding condition rather than presenting them fitted for the show ring. As well as safeguarding animal health and bio security, this form of auction affords buyers the opportunity to come to the farm when it suits them, to view the entire herd, including sires and dams as well as the sale cattle, whilst still allowing competitive bidding.

Future plans include a sale of mature in-calf pedigree Hereford cows March/April 2006 and to make the Autumn heifer sale a set annual event. There are no plans to stage such a sale for bulls at the moment but these are advertised for private sale on the herd website throughout the year.