Second calver top at HF sale
Second calver top at HF sale
HOLSTEIN Friesian breeders gathered at Berkeley, Glos for the Pevland invitational Holstein Friesian sale where prices reached 2700gns.
Paying most were D E Thomas and Sons, Vale of Glamorgan. They took home the second calver Wiltor Raider Rhinbeth from T W and B E Jones and Sons herd in Monmouthshire. She had calved in July and was giving 32.2kg a day.
Messrs Thomas also paid 1400gns for Wiltor Lexus Leona 2nd, a calved heifer out of a 10,300kg Crudwell dam.
Hosting the sale were D J Winter and Sons whose best was a 1600gns call from A E Weaver and Son for a calved heifer by Donnadale Skychief.
AVERAGES: Wiltor – 11 head £1158; Primans – 12 head £1063; Pevland – five head £1052; BB – seven head £775. (Gwilym Richards)