SALES SUMMARY Drumtall dispersal sale
A well established recipe for success is a well bred, smart herd of cows from Scotland; a total dispersal; a popular, well respected vendor, and the Borderway Mart, Carlisle. All four criteria were present and the result was excellent, as the Drumtall herd deserved in late October. Jim Gray’s Drumtall herd of Holsteins
attracted a great crowd of buyers, from Perth, Scotland to Staffordshire. Of the hundred head on offer more than
twenty made over 2000gns, with three above 3000gns to a top of 3500gns. This leading bid secured for J Bryson & Son, Dykehead Farm, Lesmahagow, a 37 kg early August calved VG87 heifer by Mesland Duplex from two generations of homebred Bella cows tracing back to the USA Stanmace herd. Her maiden heifer maternal sister by Empire made 2000gns. At 3400gns was a real breeders ET Calf off the EX94 Overside Jed Amanda by Scientific Debonair-Red. With at least five maternal sisters, all EX and all by different sires this calf which now joins the Gaterigg herd of GM Watson, Gaterigg Farm, Wigton, she promises to be an exciting investment.
Also over 3000gns was a September calved heifer by the popular Wilcoxview Jasper from Bricknell Progress Tonya the homebred heifer which made 3200gns to J&J Kinloch, Walton Farm, Cardross. She was the tenth successive VG or EX and sold giving 38kg daily.
Although the sale was an undoubted success and rewarded this popular, highly respected breeder well, there were plenty of opportunities for commercial and pedigree buyers to get hold of quality stock at sensible money. They too should be well pleased with their purchases. Averages: 54 Cows/Heifers in Milk £1666, 18 In Calf Heifers £1317, 18 Maiden Heifers £1153, 12 Heifer Calves £798. Auctioneers: Harrison & Hetherington
Great trade for Sussex Holstein herd
A great crowd of buyers descended on Beeston Castle Auction for the dispersal of the entire, old established Broadford Herd, the property of HCC Francis and Sons of Wood Barn Farm, Broadford Bridge, Billingshurst, West Sussex. The cattle were distributed from Cumbria to Sussex as well as Lancashire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, Carmarthenshire and Cheshire and its surrounding counties.
This sale had many attractive features; it was a dispersal, the cattle were very good, they were mostly fresh and from a herd that had been closed for thirty years. They were also from a herd that was on a four year TB testing cycle. The top price was 2500 gns for the fresh 3rd calf Broadford Present
184th VG87, a daughter of Moet Nansen sold giving 50.6 kg daily and purchased by RJ & CM Williams of Sontley, Wrexham who also purchased the next top seller, Broadford Fannie 375th
GP82-2yr, a fresh calved
heifer by Atlas with three EX dams for 2450 gns Messrs Williams also purchased two other fresh heifers by Atlas and Shottle for 2200 gns.
Making the long journey to Stinchcombe in Gloucestershire was the August calved heifer Broadford Lily 115th, a daughter of Drake selling to E & MH Sheldon and also making an even longer journey was the second calf daughter of Roylane Jordan, Broadford Edith 172nd VG85 purchased by Roger Morse of Carmarthen.
Next in the list of top sellers was the fresh heifer Broadford Edith 185th VG85-2yr, a daughter of the Shottle son, Nethanvale Mel with two EX. She was one of ten head purchased by Spotacre Farms of Stone. Norman Tomkinson of Gnosall purchased fresh calved heifers by Reece and Drake for 2220 gns and 2150 gns respectively. Young stock were a great trade; the few in calf heifers sold to 1750 gns for Broadford Fannie 371st, also by Nethanval Mel and due in February to Overside Dragon, purchased by AR Cox & Son of Marston, Stafford. Maiden Heifers sold to 1550 gns for the 14 month old Broadford Present 205th by Autumn Ridge Matson, who was one of 21 maidens purchased by Stowell Farms of Marlborough, Wiltshire. Heifer calves sold to 650 gns on three occasions and a two month old bull calf by Wa-Del Junction sold for 700 gns. Averages: 89 cows and milking heifers £1831.48 (including 1 bull calf at £735.00 and 41 heifer calves at £559.32), 7 Served Heifers £1507.50; 38 Maiden Heifers £1052.76; 134 Lots £1593.72
Auctioneers: Wright Manley
Border & Lakeland Club Sale Prior to the Drumtall dispersal was the monthly club show and sale of Holsteins. A smaller entry (no doubt partly as a result of last months rather lack lust trade) included many heifers and young cows with classy pedigrees. One such was the 2700gns top price fresh heifer by Picston Shottle and from the Roxy family. The breeders, who have one of Cumbria’s most respected local herds, The Brough family from Buckabank Farm had purchased the dam Crossrigg Outside Roxy VG86 from H&H’s X-factor sale a few years ago. Roxy’s were in demand again when Brian Yates and family of the Logan herd produced a fresh Baxter heifer, a granddaughter of their famous, show winning Logan Outside Roxy EX94-3E. The dam was an EX91 Duplex young cow. This was the same price as David Robinson’s Dovenby third calf cow by Calbrett Champion off the ever popular Lulu family. At 2000gns was one of a pen of super, well bred heifers from the Wilson’s of Skirwith. Their popularity as vendors of correct, productive, wearing heifers by popular sires out of old established home-grown families has been a great feature of these club shows and sales. This particular heifer was from their Dewdrop line by the American Goldwyn AI son Bo-Irish Kruiser.
The overall uplift in trade in the club sale was in point due to the better quality, as well as possibly the positive ringside atmosphere created by the Drumtall dispersal. Averages: 4 Cows in Milk £1714, 17 Heifers in Milk £1776 Auctioneers: Harrison and Hetherington
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