Charolais sires smash records at Carlisle sale.

The article reports on the record price obtained by Charolais sires at the British Charolais Cattle Society sale held at Borderway Mart in Carlisle, England in November 2011. One of the five-figure deals at the sale was the sale of a Hallbank-gate Federer called the Moelfre Ambassador from Tom and Ian Bell. The Charolais bull called McCornick Fusion received a 10,000-guinea (gn) bid at the event. Another higher priced bulls is from the Gretnahouse herd of Alasdair Houston.