Limousin cow and calf

We went to Darlington auction today. It was a dispersal sale of a farm that our daughter vets at. It was a sad day for the farmer seeing all his stock sold. He is actually retiring. This is a Limousin breed. We did not buy this one but did manage to buy 2 in calf cows with calves with them and 1 in calf cow without a calf.

[Tony]

Proud 'mum' nicely captured.

[Rita]

well caught, always a sad day.

[Maggiemae]

The Limousine is a wonderful meat cattle beast and worth a fair bit of money!

[Bep]

Well captured.

[PhotoCrazy]

Nice capture!

[Ann Williams]

Always a sad day when a farm and livestock go but at least this farmer is retiring. A great capture of these two - even they look a little sad.

[Pat Knowles]

We had a farm sale of all our cattle six years ago....it was a very emotional day as Harry felt he had been forced into retirement when our son emigrated but my word he is so glad he's not milking cows now. Ours were sold at Beeston. Beautiful capture of mum & baby. Hope they made a good price.

[Tunia McClure]

Protective mom.

[Tom]

Great capture and story. Congrats on your purchase

[Ingrid]

This went from being a cute shot to a bit of a sad one once I read the story...

[Anja]

Great capture!

[evilsockmonkey]

Really wonderful.

[sally agnew]

A lovely capture. Must be hard to have to sell up your stock :)

[Poppo Livy]

I hadn't heard of the this breed before. Nice shot Shirley

[Poppo Livy]

If he is retiring, I'm sure he wont be sad - for very long anyway.

[Helen]

Lovely capture, interesting storyline too of farming life.

[bkb in the city]

Nice shot

[Diana Moss]

A nice photograph of the cow with her calf ,hope they went to a good home(farm)

[bruni]

Yes let's hope they found a good home. your lifestyle is so different us city dwellers. would love to switch for a short time to experience everything you do. great picture of the cow and her calf.

[Milanie]

This breed is really such a good looking animal - love the cow and calf together in this picture.

[ShirleyB]

@tonydebont @barneyone @maggiemae @gijsje @photographycrazy @flowerfairyann @happypat @tunia @tosee @ingrid_marianna @stiggle @evilsockmonkey @hermann @terryliv @dizzyd @bkbinthecity @snowy @bruni @milaniet Thank you all for you time and comments. One of the cows that got sold was 15 years old and it had been born on the farm. I'm sure after a while the farmer will wonder how he ever had time to farm.

[Kim]

Lovely capture!

[Malcolm James]

A very protective and proud mum!