Burnley, while making £1700 was the first prize fresh heifer from Duncan and Gary Robinson, Eldroth. She sold 19 days fresh and giving 31kg to Mark Jennings, Cowling.
At £1680 was the reserve champion, Calton Doberman Marqi, a daughter of the Shottle son Copper Top Doberman. Giving 40kg a day she sold at £1680 to Brian Blezard. Averages: pedigree heifers in milk £1610, cows in milk £1440. (CCM Auctions)
Top price for Annalong at Moira Trade was up to 2560gns at Holstein Northern Ireland’s March Show and Sale for Wesley and David Gordon’s Annalong Wyman Cortown 4. This fourth prize winner by the Goldwyn son Wyman is out of the EX92 Annalong Breakout Cortown 3 who gave more than 9800kg at 4.51%bf and 3.14%p in her fifth lactation. She was knocked down to Will Herron, Newtownhamilton. Following close behind at 2500gns was the unshown Hilltara Jeeves Dawn, a potential fifth generation VG or EX heifers from Sam and John McCormick’s herd at Bangor, Co Down. Sired by Ked Outside Jeeves, her dam is Hilltara Gibson Dawn 3, one of four generations of VG or EX, who has produced an average of 9725kgs at 3.79% bf and 3.28% p in four lactations. This one also joins Will Herron’s Co Armagh herd. The pre-sale champion Hilltara Mistral Meggie 2 from Sam and John McCormick traded at 2280gns to Gordon Davis, Drumore, Co Tyrone. Sired by the homebred Sanchez son Hilltara Mistral she is backed by 12 generations of VG and EX dams. The McCormick duo also scooped the honourable mention award with Hilltara Fever Daydream. Sired by Crackholm Fever, she is out of Hilltara Toystory Daydream and sold for 1980gns to Will Herron. Averages: 21 heifers £1776. (Taaffe Auctions)
£2050 top at Skipton Top price at the March Craven Dairy Auction was £2050 paid for Peter Paul’s pre-sale champion Ravensgate Jeeves Sparkle 202. This 12 day fresh heifer sold giving 28kg is out of a Talent sired dam that produced more than 10,000kg across each of her seven lactations. She was knocked down to Brian Blezard, Ribchester.
Second top of the day was the second prize and reserve champion, Stainbank Cissie 33 from Robin Jennings. Sired by Ladys Manor Dodge she is out of an EX scored cow that produced almost 13,000 kg in her prime. Cissie sold giving 30kg, 17 days fresh
for £1780 to Mark Goodall, Tong, Bradford.
At the same money was a fresh heifer from Brian Moorhouse’s Aireburn herd and selling to Mr Blezard.
Keith Downs sold the first prize cow for £1740 to Wick Williams. Averages: pedigree heifers £1795, cows in milk £1382. (CCM Auctions)
Beeston Month End Sale peaks at £2300 The Beeston Month-End dairy sale is really starting to establish itself as a major event in Wright Marshall’s monthly sales programme of dairy sales. A good entry of calved cows and heifers and a special entry of in-calf heifers from the Boughey family, who are winding down their heifer rearing enterprise, ensured there was a good choice for buyers to come to the sale. Trade was a little slower which was hardly surprising giving the dairy sector, but there was plenty of bidding for all cattle resulting in a 100% clearance.
Five milkers sold for £2000 or more to a top of £2300 for Deedale Nannette 87, a Sandy-Valley X-ray who sold giving 30kg a day to B G and M A Elkin, Holderstone, Staffordshire. The same buyer also paid £2100 for a Regan ALH Derren daughter from the same home.
At £2200 and £2100 were two Windbrook daughters from the
Stafford family, Old Dalby, selling to D Mellor, Onecote, Leek. Top price cow also breaking the £2000 barrier was a Talent second calver from K J Morris, Redditch, who is dispersing his Heathgreen herd as they calve. Giving 41kg a day with a heifer lactation over 9400kg she sold to R L Edwards and Partners, Tilstock, Whitchurch.
In-calf heifers due between May and September from E V and B Boughey and Son, Tarporley, sold to £1700 for Tarporley Homestead Brenda 2. Averages: 30 calved cows £1226.33, 70 calved heifers £1425.42, 38 in-calf heifers £1313.95. (Wright Marshall)
Selective trade for bulls at Carlisle
The annual Spring Dairy Bull Show and Sale at Carlisle saw a selective trade resulting in 62% clearance. However, the top end of the trade was brisk topping at 5800gns resulting in an overall average of £2454 for 54 sold.
Michael George from the Brynhyfryd herd in South West Wales judged the show in the morning and speaking to the ringside before tapping out his champions said: “It has been an honour to judge today, this truly is a world class event and this is the best show of bulls I have ever seen.” As his champion he tapped out Warnelview Rollio from Kevin and Christine Wilson and bred from their world class Ruby family. Sired by Doorman and from an Iota dam, he sold for the top price of the day to C D and C A Sommerville, Braehill Farm, Dumfries, for 5800gns. The Warnelview herd sold 10 bulls to average more than £4000 and they also won reserve champion with Warnelview Deluxe. He was sired by McCormick from the Dallas family and sold for 4000gns to E Nixon, Ribton House, Cockermouth. Other top bulls
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