The resilience of the Northern dairy farmers never wares; as a result the monthly pedigree club show and sale again produced a good quality turnout of fresh young cows and heifers and determined buyers. Having said that even the most serious producers exercised a little more caution at this sale, no doubt because of the [...]
One of the largest on farm dairy dispersal sales to be held this year saw more than 600 head sold at GW Persey’s long established organic herd at Langlands Farm, Cullompton, Devon. It took 7 hours and 70 purchasers from Cornwall, Pembrokeshire and Staffordshire to dispersal the 612 head with a top of 2,100gns being [...]
The dispersal of the Solbay herd of pedigree Holsteins owned by Messrs JBP Hanley, Manor House, Maryport hit a high of 2,300gns twice at Carlisle this week. There was an impressive group of milky cows and heifers with most of the freshly calved animals selling for £2,000 or above. A large percentage of the [...]
Thesecond and final sale to disperse the Fordenvale herd of Holsteins on behalf ofKevin Howells attracted buyers from 12 counties to his sale at Forden, nearWelshpool. Followingthe sale of the milking portion in December, this sale comprised all theheifers some of which had calved. Attractingthe top bid of 2,600gns was the two year [...]
Trade was selective at Sedgemoor Auction Centre’s Annual Spring Fever Collective Sale held this week, reflecting the current weather and forage situation. Over 40 individual buyers from Cornwall to Worcestershire sought quality and strength with the best selling to a significant advantage. Second quality animals were slightly back on previous weeks. The day topped at 2,350gns [...]
Yesterday’s Ross dairy sale saw a 100% clearance and a top price of 2,080gns for a second calver from Applevale, Pershore, Worcestershire. Another second calver from the same home made 2,020gns while calved heifers sold to 2,000gns on two occasions both from Brownswood Holsteins, Worcester. First quality calved heifers averaged £2,082.50, second quality [...]
The Aireburn pedigree herd of Bell Busk dairy farmer Brian Moorhouse secured an outstanding title-winning double at April’s main Craven Dairy Auction at CCM Skipton. He presented both the champion newly calven heifer and the champion dairy bull at Monday’s auction and received the top call of 2,700gns. His championship win with [...]
The Newbirks Holstein pedigree herd of husband and wife David and Claire Lawson, of Mill Farm, Arthington, returned to championship-winning ways at the early April Craven Dairy Auction at CCM Skipton. The Lawsons, who rattled up a championship four-timer at successive Craven Dairy Auctions last autumn, struck again when their first prize home-bred newly calven [...]
David Wright of Berryholme, Helsington topped the weekly sale at Bentham Auction Mart last week. Berryholme Jupiter Britmosa combined both strength and quality, 14 days calved and giving 32kgs she caught the eye of a very competitive ringside to realise £2,750 selling to Joseph and Maurice Wannop of Morecambe. From an entry of ten cattle, [...]
The Jalex Production Sale held at Ballymena Mart on behalf of Nelson and James Alexander, Randalstown attracted a super crowd at the weekend, with farmers attending from right across the country. This sale has earned the reputation of being an excellent event to source top class suckler replacements with this year being no exception. [...]