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ituated on the Yorkshire- Lancashire border we seem to have escaped the upheaval in Cumbria and the Borders. Most of the dispersal sales are supporting our regular weekly sales, in fact about half of the regular entry are dispersal cattle, the remainder are from traditional local heifer breeders and surplus cattle from pedigree herds that have successfully used sexed semen.
Prices have been under pressure in common with elsewhere, but we have customers on aligned contracts who are prepared
SOLID DAY AT
GISBURN Top price at Gisburn on 17th March was a fresh calved heifer by Toc-Farm Duplex Glauco from Colin Singleton. This heifer sold for £1810 to Messrs Hartley, Barnoldswick.
Close behind was the day’s pre-sale champion Newfold Lotto Sunshine 3 from Philip Critchley. Sired by Woodmarsh Lotto and giving 32kg she sold for £1800 to W H and H W Hartley. Averages: pedigree heifers £1550. (Gisburn Auctions)
to push the boat out for the best pedigree heifers. Noteably Feizor Explode G Fanta by Wabash Way Explode from Messrs Booth at our February pedigree sale was an exceptional animal with a deep and fashionable pedigree which reached £1980 selling to Messrs Critchley of Hutton. Our regular pedigree sales on the third Thursday each month bring a few extra customers who are keen to buy quality, high health status cattle from our TB4 area. The returns from the cull market and the incredible trade for calves will hopefully
FLYING TRADE AT KIRKANDREWS SALE
continue to top up monthly milk cheques. How post- movement testing will affect the market has yet to be seen, but as I write this article I consider the target for our area gaining TB free status by 2019 highly optimistic. Looking beyond let’s hope the milk price stabilises and even improves or next autumn will see another raft of
sales.The continual use of beef semen does give me concern for the future availability of replacements particularly when dispersals slow down.
Friday 18th March saw the first sale to disperse the much admired and highly respected Kirkandrews Holstein herd owned by Robin and Moira Fisher, Smalmstown Farm, Longtown. The sale was a total success with trade topping at 3600gns and averaging £1234 for 403 head of cattle.
Sale leader at 3600gns was Kirkandrews Ponder Cactus 4 which the Fisher family had kindly donated for charity with the proceeds going to the Heart Centre Charity Fund, she sold to T G and K Fisher, The Glebe, Carlisle. The money raised will go towards
Philip Critchley, judge John Sanderson and sponsor Ian Plews from Cogent, with the pre-sale champion Newfold Lotto Sunshine 3 which sold for £1800.
purchasing specialist equipment that will enable local people to have their treatments in Carlisle rather than travelling to Newcastle or further afield. The much admired Picston Shottle son, Nethanvale Mel, had numerous daughters in the sale all with impressive strong frames and delightful udders. It was one of his daughter that featured second on the leading price chart selling for 2300gns to J and J Barr Farm, Fife. She was fresh in her second lactation and was giving 52kgs and had produced more than 11,500kgs in her heifer lactation. Averages: 263 cows in milk £1129.96, 142 heifers in milk £1411.80. (Harrison and Hetherington Ltd in conjunction with Wright Marshall)
Kirkandrews Ponder Cactus 4 sold for the top price of 3600gns T G and K Fisher with the proceeds going to charity.
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