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spectators could sample local culinary delicacies – Thatchers cider and cheese donated by Wyke Farms – keeping everyone on good form for the sale the following day. With genomics at the forefront of the breeding industry it was only fitting that the highest genomic PLI heifer ever to sell in the UK took the top price of 15,000gns.
The October 2013 born Sahara Supersire Jessica, from Sahara Holsteins of Monmouthshire, fully justified her 15,000gns price tag; with a GPLI of £257 she is in the top 15 in the country, has a full brother at Cogent and out of arguably the best Jeeves cow in Europe. After spirited bidding the delighted successful purchasers were the Dibble family who own the Bycott herd in Devon and made the most of the opportunity to purchase two of the highest genomic lots. At 15,000gns this is the highest priced achieved at Sedgemoor Auction Centre since it opened in 2008.
10,100gns was paid for the hugely admired Wiltor Day Cherry, brought to the UK via an embryo, this calf is from the best line of the Barbie
Price (gns) Animal 15,000 10,100 7,500 5,800 5,000 4,900 4,200 4,200 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000
The sale made a clearance rate of 81%
LEFT The night before the sale all of the live lots were paraded down a catwalk accompanied by commentary from auctioneers Greenslade Taylor-Hunt.
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family with the mother being a full sister to popular bulls, Cashcoin and Cashmoney. Consigned by David & Claire Jones, she travels back to Northern Ireland to join the Crankey herd
TOP PRICES Purchaser
Sahara Supersire Jessica Wiltor Day Cherry Shanael Uno Echo Riverdane Allie Red
Coxongreen Doorman Barbie Moorshard Meridian Alicia Gatrog Minicio Oralie Wintersell Mila 48th Wintersell Mila 49th
C & S G Dibble (Bycott)
JA, ASM, JM & KA Henry (Crankey) N Pole (Wanstrow) M Hussel (Perrins) D Buchanan (Happy) M Carr (Springbird)
M Gould (Woodmarsh) M Hussel (Perrins)
P J Warring (Winton)
Tynevalley Meridian Cosmopolitan K R Lowry (Halen) Sahara Doorman Roza Bestfed Jives Elegance
Coxongreen McCutchen Emily Ann K R Lowry (Halen) G Ogden (Pearsgill) Robertson Dairy Management
15,000GNS TOP PRICE
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Kyle Henry and family. The Miller family and Chris Tallis from Evesham sold Shanael Uno
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