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The dispersal sale of the Meikle Laught herd owned by David Carson, saw two entries hit the a top price of 2100gns at Carlisle.

The first of which was Meikle Laught Tico 26, an Ayrshire milking heifer by Bankend Celebration. She calved in June and is out of a VG87 dam by Horizon Ranger milking in her twelfth lactation. She joins the herd at Holehouse Farms, Holehouse, Kilbirine.

The second at this money was Meikle Laught Kate 4 by Ellerton Special Blend and out of Meikle Laught Kate. Calved in July and giving 32kgs, she goes back to a VG89 grand dam from the Larberry herd. She joins the herd of G R Thomas, Tyreglwys Farm, Llaangennech, Llanelli.

Close behind were three entries selling for 2000gns, two of which were snapped up by Healey Farms, Healey Home Farm, Riding Mill. The first at this money was a commercial freshly calved Holstein heifer giving more than 30kgs.

And joining her was a daughter of Ellerton Special Blend, Meikle Laught Present 47. She calved in July and descends from the Present family, bred from an Excellent Horizon Ranger with yields more than 10,000kgs.

Also at this money was Meikle Laught Lass 20. She is by Brocklehill Hercules and out of Meikle Laught Mass 15 and goes to J G Waterhouse, Fourth Milestone Farm, Malton Road, York.

Meikle Laught Rilla 33 by Horizon Harry and out of Meikle Laught Rilla 21 sold for 1900gns. She went to D M Lindsay, Harperfield, Sandilands, Lanark.

Selling for the same money was Tannachie Benni 26. This one is by Covey-Farms Reno and out of Tannachie Benni 6. She joins Healey Farms who also paid 1850gns for Banked Celebration a La Saphiniere Cacylite daughter out of Meikle Laught Water Melon 33.

Averages:

2 bulls; £1207.50, 109 Ayrshire cows and heifers in milk/in-calf; £1206.63, 124 Holsteins ciws and heifers in milk/in-calf; £984.79, 26 in-calf heifers; £1415.48, 111 bulling heifers; £737.74, 31 heifer calves; £474.87. (Harrison and Hetherington)

More records have been smashed in the Leek dairy ring, with demand forcing heifer prices to £2620 and cows to £2200.

Taking the top spot was a Roylane Jordan daughter shown by Robert Gadsby, Yarlet, Stafford. She sold giving 36kg to John and Stan Fernyhough, Swthamley, who also took an Avenham Westminster heifer from the same home at £2400.

Their third heifer by Picston Shottle reached £2350 to Mr R Backhouse, Leek, which brought their three to an average of £2457.

£2260 secured another Roylane Jordan daughter shown by James Harrison, Cheadle with another two heifers at £2200. The first a Genus Janner daughter from Messrs Webb, Colton. She sold to Messrs Brown, Stone with the second from Ian McGrath, Knutsford.

Cows topped at £2200 for a second calver from Mr S Winterton, Cheddleton.

The top 13 averaged £2131 with the entire entry of 52 averaging £1451. (Leek Auctions)

Beef breeding cattle trade at Carlisle last Friday was strong with quality commercial outfits easier to sell, report the auctioneers.

Topping the trade was a British Blue heifer with her calf at foot from Messrs Dickinson, High Knipe, which sold at £2200, while best among the cows and calves on offer was a £2150 call for a Limousin cow with calf at foot from Messrs Little, Mayfield.

Messrs Dickinson also sold other British Blue cross heifers with calves at £2100 and £1880, while Mark Towers, Colt Park, sold similarly bred outfits to top at £1950. Limousin cross heifers peaked at £1880 for Messrs Dickinson, with Mr Towers close behind at £1850.

Best among the in-calf heifers was an £1120 call for a Limousin sired entry. (Harrison and Hetherington).

This month's Skipton Auction Mart was a triple header, with the prime cattle and lamb sales supplemented by a special Craven Dairy Auction.

In the dairy, the pre show champion and freshly calved Holstein Friesian heifer sold for the top price of £1920.

This one was by Shoremar James and is giving 30kg. She was sold by M Baul and Partners, Watergate Farm, Harrogate to John Whittaker, Laneshawbridge, Colne.

Selling for the next best price of £1760 was an in-calf cow from an 18-strong consignment from Richard Wood, High Cliffe Farm, Crossroads.

Close behind was a newly calved cow from the Whinhill Holstein Friesian commercial herd of father-and-son team, Malcolm and Robert Swires, Haverah Park, Harrogate.

She sold for £1640 to Mr Whittaker. The second calver was by Comestar Lheros and was giving 35 litres.

Topping the beef at £1059, was an 11 month old white British Blue-cross heifer from Jimmy Baines, Gisburn and Trawden. This one landed the prime cattle championship and sold to Cross Meats, Bacup.

A 485kg Charolais-x-Blonde D'Aquitaine heifer sold for the next best money of £960. She was sold by David Bamforth, Hoyle Bottom Farm, Halifax to near neighbours, Keelham Hall Farm Shop, Bradford.

In the lamb section, a top price of £112/head was met by a pen on 51kg Charollais lambs sold by Nick Dalby, Harrogate.

The prime lamb championship and day's top price per kilo went to a pen of five 37kg Beltex-x-Charollais youngsters, which achieved a top price per kilo at 254.7p and sold for £94/head. They were bought by show judge, Mike Etherington, buying on behalf of Stuart Butchers, from Robert Towers, Camp House Farm, Lancaster

Averages:

Dairy:

Newly calved heifers; £1596, newly calved cows; £1302, in calf cows; £1116, maiden heifers; £1110.

Beef:

Continental; 113.26p/kg, prime heifers; 171.03p/kg, prime steers; 156.78p/kg

Lambs:

429 spring lambs; 221p/kg

(Craven Cattle Mart, Skipton)

White Park and British White Cattle hit 2600gns at the Maunsel dispersal sale at Worcester Market on behalf of Sir Benjamin Slade, Somerset.

Topping trade was Catfield Ginger, a three year old bull by Catfield Drusus and out of a Westbrook Centurion cow selling to volume buyers at the sale R Pitman, Wareham, Dorset. 

Cows with calves at foot saw a strong demand selling to 1700gns for Ash Angie with heifer calf by Dynevor Treorchy and secured by Miln Arable, Markfield, Leicester. Also selling quickly was another cow and calf outfit Lowergreen Lark levelling at 1400gns to Banks Farm Partnership, Horam, East Sussex.

British White Cattle were closely followed and peaked at a creditable 910gns for Hevingham Pomme with bull calf to S Wright, Longstanton, Cambridge.

The herd, bred and based on commercial lines was dispersed due to a change in farming policy and was removed from the estate in Somerset to a more central location at the pedigree centre of Worcester.

 Averages: White Park cattle - cows with calves £746.76; cows in-calf £601.36; cows running with bull £558; heifers in-calf £576.63; maiden heifers £428.98; bulls £1,155. British White cattle - cows with calves £833.88; cows running with bull £639.75; maiden heifer £463.75.

Auctioneers McCartneys

Cull cow trade has once again hit new and incredible levels with a British Blue cross cow from Messrs Bough of Buckabank Farm making £2147.67 at Carlisle on Monday. At 243p/kg this is a new centre record for an cull cow.

The cow had earlier stood first in the cull cow class of the Border British Blue Club's annual primestock show in which the champion ticket going to a stylish heifer consigned by J E and G Burrow of Flatt House Farm, Skipton which later sold for 237.5p/kg (£1296.7) to Bowland Foods on behalf of Pattons Quality Butchers, Millom.

The Reserve Championship was awarded to the first prize heavy heifer consigned by Messrs Watson of Cunningarth selling for 213.5p/kg (£1268.19) to Mr M Atkinson, Ripon.

Commercial heifers and calves sold to a top of £2700 at Carlisle on Friday when Messrs McAllister, West Thomaston, Banknock, traded a British Blue heifer and calf at that value.

The seven  forward from the McAllisters levelled at £2300, including Limousin heifers and calves at £2600, £2500 and £2250 and another British Blue at £2300.

Other highlights included Bazadaise heifers and calves selling to £2100 twice for Gelt Hall Farm, while cows and calves peaked at £1950 for a Limousin from Howgill Foot.

Several young cows topped 2000gns on a day that saw trade reach 2600gns at the dispersal of E E Marks and Son's 340-strong Loddonvalley Holstein herd at Basingstoke, Hampshire this week - and even cows with "issues" found no shortage of takers.

Around 25% of the cattle required qualifying statements from the rostrum concerning, fertility, feet or udders, but buyers were undeterred and levelled the 161 cows and calved heifers at £1342.

The 2600gns top was reached three times. A fresh second calver by Bosside Reuben carrying the Charavon herd prefix was one of them and she joined 16 other purchases made by Messrs Spiby and Partners, Chichester. A 10-weeks calved Sinatra heifer from the Loddonvalley Smelly family also made 2600gns to C Pugh's Kemplecourt herd in Gloucestershire. Mr Pugh also took a Convincer sired fresh heifer at 2550gns.

James Crosbie-Dawson, who runs the Freefolk herd at Overton, also paid 2600gns for a fresh heifer from the heavy milking Pastime family. Mr Crosbie-Dawson bought 17 head.

The strongest trade was for served heifers with 38 averaging £1700. Six of them made 2000gns or more peaking at 2400gns for one due next month by Alanta Gaylord. Maiden heifers sold to 1100gns.

Averages: 161 cows and heifers £1342; 38 served heifers £1690; 49 yearling/bulling heifers £901; 52 heifers under 12 months £606. (Norton and Brooksbank).

Western Holstein club Show and Sale, Beeston saw the largest entry of the year with 152 cows and milking heifers and five bulls forward attracting a good crowd.

Topping at 2800gns was the red and white heifer Littonfields Roxy Jazz Red. Consigned by Andrew and Bridget Weston, Buxton, she heads back to Nantwich with Paul and Ruth Robinson.

Two animals made 2750gns; the first was champion cow Hawksmoor Thelma 31^st, consigned by Rob Clare, Market Drayton selling to Robbie Bell, Knutsford. Mr Bell also took home Moordown Mr Sam Peach for 2550gns. The second was Knowlesmere Boss Helene ET, consigned by Andrew and Jane Whitaker, Shrewsbury, selling to Hywel Evans, Oswestry.

21 cows £1692.50;108 heifers £1976.92; 2 bulls £1785

Auctioneers Wright Manley Beeston Castle Auction

Large crowds gathered Gisburn Auction's weekly dairy sale for the herd reduction sale of 53 dairy cattle for W Pinder Jnr, Clitheroe, Lancs. A selection of new calved, in calf and maiden heifers met a keen trade with trade topping at £2040 for a newly calved heifer, selling to H Southwell and Son, Halifax.

Regular weekly cattle also sold well topping at £2220 for a pedigree Scotchills Patriot daughter, out of a VG dam. Shown by Susan Whitwell, Blacksnape, Lancs she sold to N W and J M Coulthurst and Son, Preston, Lancs.

Young heifers were also in the money with a pair consigned by Richard Lucas, Blackburn, Lancs selling for £1800 and £1680.

A red and white Holstein heifer calf from J Shuttleworth and Son, Skipton sold for £450 to Andrew Bethell, Chorley.

Averages: pedigree newly calved heifers £1700; commercial newly calves heifers £1505; heifer calves £415

Solid trade was seen at Holsworthy Dairy Evening, Devon with maiden heifers topping at 4500gns for Misjay Denholme Shottle Maude ET sold by Messrs Price and O'Neill, Shropshire.

First prize in milk cow Holmead Outside Playmate PI VG86 bred and sold by Terry Cox, Dorset topped the milk sale at 2700gns purchased by Messrs Hugo, Bodmin, Cornwall.

Overall champion and first prize heifer Marland Goldwyn Floss bred and sold by J L Ward and Son, Torrington realised 2600gns purchased by Graham Duke, Cornwall.

Reserve champion was claimed by Willsbro Poppy 2 from Wills Brothers, Wadebridge. In calf females sold to a top of 2300gns for Payhembury Zenith Line 3 ET due to Shottle sold by Messr Daymond, Honiton.

Averages

In milk cows 1916gns; in calf females 1838 gns; maiden heifers 2961 gns.

Auctioneer

Mark Bromell Kivells.

Brian Morris' decision to send the milking and heifer calf portion of his Nunwell herd to Sedgemoor Auction Centre was well rewarded with a top price of 2520gns for the calved heifer Nunwell Peridot Twinkle that calved at the beginning of September, by Delta Peridot she was out of two generations of 11,000kg dams and her heifer calf that was by Aquilla Patron Lucente. 

Purchasers from Cornwall to Shropshire chased after the younger cows several of which sold to 1900gns to include two fresh second lactation Picston Shaker daughters being Nunwell Picston Breeze and Nunwell Picston Zara.

The 27 heifer calves for sale on the day were either by Kelstein Dynasty or Aquilla Patron Lucente and it was a Dynasty daughter born in August out of a three times 10,000kg dam that reached the days highest calf price at 580gns.

The 11 two year old heifers that were due to calve in October to the Blonde bull were in strong demand selling to 1520gns twice for two daughters of Peridot from the Nina and Breeze families.

A busy August sale was seen at Cutcombe Market, Exmoor, with 481 cattle selling to a good trade with a good entry on offer to a numerous buyers.

Topping trade at £745 was a Charolais cross steer from Messrs Armitage, who also had top price heifer at £655.

Cows and calves sold to £885 for a 1998 born cow with twin. £850 was also realised for a 1999 born cow with twins.

Sale topper was from heifer rearer, Susan Whitwell, Lancashire, selling to N W and J M Coulthurst and Son, Preston.

A newly calved heifer, Broholme Kite Clair also made a good price selling for £2220 to an undisclosed buyer and consigned by R M Shackleton, Skipton. 

Leading the incalf heifers section was a heifer sired by Picton Shottle and due late August. She formed part of a small herd dispersal of commercial in-calf heifers from Michael Makinson, Clitheroe, who is ceasing milk production.  She was purchased by J Shuttleworth nd Son, Skipton, who went on to buy another three heifers from the same vendor at £1700, £1630 and £1540.

Five incalf cattle from Mr Makinson selling for £1920, £1910, £1780 and £1480 join the herd of W Moffat and Co, Dumfries  

A great entry of 175 head at Beeston Castle Auction mid month sale of pedigree and commercial dairy cattle was greeted by large crowds of buyers present from as far as Cumbria and Pembrokeshire.

Fierce trade saw prices topping £2550 for a fresh heifer from Fred Schofield, Acton Bridge who consigned three heifers to the sale averaging £2276. All three were purchased by F and N Brunt and Sons, Stone.

Messrs Brunt also purchased the second highest priced heifer, Manorside Reece Beatrice by Askew Reece, at £2380 from E V and B Boughey and Son, Tarporley. Messrs Boughey also had the next top selling at £2320, the homebred Tarporley Primate Delight 2^nd by Sterndale Primate. She sold to Messrs J N and L P Bate, Great Budworth.

Cows also topped at £2180 for a fresh non pedigree 3^rd calver from H Darlington and Co, Farndon selling to Robin Arden. A further eight animals made £2000 or more.

St Bowells summer show and sale of prime stock saw some quality animals, with the top price for the day going to reserve champion at £2.60/kg £1534. The homebred bullock consigned by S J Withers, Wester Ulston sold to M/s W T S Forsyth and Sons, Peebles.

The champion, a Belgian Blue cross heifer from M/s W Fleming, Mosstower also realising a good price, sold at £2.50/kg £1375 to the shows judge, Mr G Moor.

High prices were also seen on the cow front, with £1433.70 being made for Over Whitlaw and £1201.5 for Wester Ulster. On the show side Wester Ulston scaled 590kg and made 2.60 selling to W T S Forsyth and Sons. Second place was Ramrig which scaled 555kg and made 2.00 selling to M/s Cropper.

Lambs also saw a good sale with Suffolk crosses topping at £80 for Smailholm Mains. Texels topped at £79 from Birkenside and Beltex's at £65.50.

The Seward families first home sale at Pithayes Farm, Whimple, Devon on Tuesday drew 22 different purchasers from Cornwall to Wiltshire to witness a top price of 2380gs.

No less than 15 lots sold for 2000gns with top price being paid for Shermans Frederik Mandy 19, a February calved heifer by Lymatra Cody Frederik that was giving 37kg with an SCC of 34. Close behind at 2300gns was the highest priced cow of the day Shermans Webster Wallen 22, a March second calver by Delta Webster that was giving just over 50kg.

Despite the introduction of new bluetongue surveillance zones and the resultant absence of entries from the Harrogate area and beyond, the March Craven Dairy Auction at Skipton Auction Mart attracted a quality entry of 28, with strong trading levels maintained.

Supreme champion for the fifth time was Robert Phillip, of Hellifield, with a fresh calved pedigree Holstein Friesian heifer by the Canadian sire Shoremar James, out of a home-bred heifer.

Giving 28kg she sold for £1900 to regular buyer Henry Wilson, Kelbrook.

The weekly sale of cull cows at Shrewsbury Auction Centre is going from strength to strength with the average price per head of £585 achieved this week.

"For an entry of entirely dairy bred animals this is an incredible figure, with all good fresh cows making between 90p to 100p per kilo," said auctioneer David Giles, of Halls. "One would have to return to the heyday of the early 1990s to find a trade that matched the current level.

"It is indeed a great boost for the industry and with supply limited looks like a trend that is set to continue. It is interesting to note that at the turn of the year the average per head was returned at £350."

This week’s final dispersal of the Painley Holstein herd ended an era of accomplished breeding that has had a significant influence on the UK’s black and white genetics. So it was no surprise to see bidding reach a top of 10,000gns and the herd’s 100 cows and calved heifers level at £2257.

John and Valerie Barlow have long been stalwart supporters of the breed and consistently produced a steady stream of top-ranking cattle from their home at Church Minshull, Nantwich, Cheshire.

Brought out in tremendous form by the indomitable herd management partnership of David Hastings and his son David, the Painley cattle attracted a capacity crowd but it was a cow bought from the Burrow family’s Stardale herd in Lancashire that proved the most tempting.

Stardale Jed Roxy – a second calver with a best of 11,721kg – is by Jed and out of the 13,761kg Stardale Leader Roxy. She was bought at the Stardale dispersal for 12,000gns and despite fuelling sustained bidding from the ringside it was a phone bid from Cornwall-based Wills brothers that finally snapped her up at 10,000gns.