Carmarthen Dairy sale tops at £2300

A top price of £2300 was recorded at Wednesday’s sale of dairy cattle at Carmarthen, where 115 head of milking cows and heifers passed through the ring.

Topping the sale was a pedigree Holstein heifer Rhandir Carol Catherine from Mr Jones, Pengelli Uchaf. This one is by Carol Storm Cocherill and out of Rhandir Prudential Catherine 4.

Average price among the recorded heifers was £1681, with the best third calver, Eola Jurnel Blackie, making £1420.

In the commercial section 14 cows averaged £853 and 13 heifers averaged £1367. Top in this section was an £1850 bid for a heifer from Mr House, Ciliau Uchaf.