Top price: 250,000gns Limousin heifer.Photo Wayne Hutchinson A PENRITH businessman helped set a new Limousin world record price when a fourteen-month-old maiden heifer went under the hammer for 250,000gns (£262,500) in Carlisle. Allan Jenkinson, who owns the Whinfellpark herd, based at Clifton Moor, Penrith, bid for British Limousin maiden heifer, Wilodge Poshspice, in a joint purchase with Charlie Boden of the Sportsmans herd, based at Mellor Hall Farms, Stockport. Bred by Christine Williams and Paul Tippetts at Lodge Hill Farm, Park Lane, Shifnal, Shropshire, Wilodge Poshspice is by Ampertaine Elgin and out of Milbrook Gingerspice. A combination of stunning visual appeal and a pedigree packed full of breeding lines convinced joint purchasers, Mr Jenkinson and Mr Boden.
A heifer named Posh Spice has become Britain s most expensive cow after selling for a staggering £262,000 A heifer named Posh Spice has become Britain s most expensive cow after selling for a staggering £262,000 - doubling the previous record. Wilodge Poshspice fetched 250,000gns at auction, which is more than the average house price in the UK and the cost of a Lamborghini Aventador or Ferrari 812. The figure sets a world-record price for a Limousin heifer, smashing the previous 125,000gns (£131,250) paid in 2014 for Glenrock Illusion. It is also believed to be the highest amount ever paid for a cow in the UK and across Europe for any breed.
A heifer named Posh Spice has become Britain s most expensive cow after selling for a staggering £262,000 A heifer named Posh Spice has become Britain s most expensive cow after selling for a staggering £262,000 - doubling the previous record. Wilodge Poshspice fetched 250,000gns at auction, which is more than the average house price in the UK and the cost of a Lamborghini Aventador or Ferrari 812. The figure sets a world-record price for a Limousin heifer, smashing the previous 125,000gns (£131,250) paid in 2014 for Glenrock Illusion. It is also believed to be the highest amount ever paid for a cow in the UK and across Europe for any breed.
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A Limousin heifer, Wilodge Poshspice, sold for a record 250,000gns at a sale in Carlisle recently.
Wilodge Poshspice smashed the Limousin World Record at 250,000gns when she was bought in partnership by two renowned herds, Messrs Jenkinson, Whinfellpark herd in Penrith and Boden and Davies, Sportsmans herd in Stockport.
This November 2019 born embryo heifer, was bred out of Millbrook Gingerspice, who won Supreme Champion at the Balmoral Show three times in a row.
Dam Gingerspice goes back to both Wilodge Vantasic and Tonka.
The sale at Borderway Mart, Carlisle was a major reduction sale from the Wilodge herd on behalf of Christine Williams and Paul Tippets, Lodge Hill Farm, Shifnal, Shropshire.