Plenty of bids at Hallworthy
Plenty of bids at Hallworthy
SOUTH west auctioneers KVN Stockdale had 30 purchasers on the sale sheets following their monthly sale of Holstein Friesian dairy cows at Hallworthy Stockyard. This included the dispersal of 79 head for Liskeard dairy farmers Messrs Retallack and Reed.
And it was a second calver from their herd that led the bidding at £820. The call came from E Williams, Helston, Cornwall for Connon Prelude Jennexis.
She has a PIN £56 and was bred out of a cow by MMB Vorlo. Jennexis had given 8457kg as a heifer.
Several pedigree breeders were among the buyers. A bid of £680 from W G Hosken, Helston, secured the third calver Connon Lindy Tora. She is out of a Matt Lancer dam and gave 8271kg in her last lactation. *
The same buyer also gave £680 for a milking heifer by Beaucoise Black King that had produced 3508kg in its first 166 days. (KVN Stockdale). *