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Western Holstein Club sees two bids totalling 7900gns

Sarah Alderton 26 April 2013
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Two bids totalling 7900gns secured the Western Holstein Club’s champion and reserve champion entries from Jack and Barclay Taylor of Middle, Shropshire, who’ve decided to cease milking with both prize winners being secured by Lyn Davies for his Camarthen-based Meurig herd.

 

The Taylors have been instrumental in developing a multi-breed dairy unit but it is clearly young Holstein bloodlines that were in favour at the Club’s monthly sale, Beeston Castle auction, Cheshire. Top bid of 4200gns – which helped the Taylor‘s eight entries average £2920 apiece – was taken for the sale’s judge Ray Brown’s (Bidlea Holsteins) choice of champion, Kenbow Milkstar Tiddles.

 

Giving 31kg milk at the time of sale, this stylish daughter of Deslacs Milkstar and out of an EX-classified dam was to be partnered home with the 3700gns reserve champion, Burnbrae Shaker Amanda, a Picston Shaker daughter out of a VG88 dam that was giving 40.8kg milk.

 

 

 

And south Wales buyers were back in action again claiming the third highest priced animal of the sale, this time J & V Barlow’s heifer Painley Outside Stocking 59th, that made 3400gns selling to the Vaughan Bros’ Cilast herd at Boncath.

 

From 84 animals forward one other broke the 3000gns barrier. Stan Price’s Catterley Outside Darel 2nd, which is bred from the internationally recognised Dellia family, caught the eye of Kevin Thomas for his Allstar herd and will be making the journey to its new home at Allstar’s base at Carmarthen.

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