Auctioneers: Hassall Brothers
With everything from bulling heifers to in-calf heifers and very good milkers, it was all about variety at the Dairy Sale. The market was packed and there was a cracking atmosphere for the first of the month show and sale. Entries hit an all time high with 140 through the sale ring and 99% clearance. Trade was strong and very consistent from start to finish.
A superb cow consigned by regular vendor, Tomkinson Farms Ltd, Gnosall (lot 30) was crowned 1st prize cow and overall champion – Coton-End Million Liberty GP81 topped the day’s trade at £1,670. She is a recent second calver (10th August) and is currently giving a daily yield of 40kg. She sold to Mr J G Williams, Nantwich.
The award for 2nd prize cow went to lot 22, a splendid unregistered cow with a 40kg daily yield from regular vendor, Mr M T Jones, Middleton. She sold for £1,580 to Messrs F & N Brunt & Sons, Moddershall. The same vendor also consigned a quality pedigree heifer, also selling at £1,580 to G A Hargreaves & Sons, Creswell.
Champion Heifer (and overall champion) was awarded to Cracking Nettle Supreme, from new vendor, Brassington & Sons, Dorrington. The February 2014 born heifer has a 35kg daily yield and sold for £1,350 to Mr N W Evans, Bronnington. The same vendor consigned a total of 12 superb milking heifers and was also awarded Reserve Champion heifer for Cracking Nettle Bobby. With a lineage boasting several generations of VG dams, she was snapped up by Oakley Farming Ltd, Dorrington for £1,400. A special thank you goes to Nick Williams of Tern Valley Insurance for kindly sponsoring the sale and to Keith Davies for judging.
The quality of the heifers on offer was very impressive. A superb pedigree heifer Knowlesmere Buttons Diamond,’ was consigned by A & J Whittaker from their renowned Knowlesmere herd (Weston-Under-Redcastle.) She calved on the 22nd August and is currently giving a daily yield of 31kg and sold to Mr G A Hargreaves & Sons, Creswell for £1,620.
New vendor Messrs. S M Gilman & Partners, Newport received a very consistent trade for their consignments, with lot 26, Lilleshall Puzzle Gosling 31 (GP83) selling for £1,480 to Norton Hall Farms Ltd, Stone.
In-calf heifers also sold very well, with trade topping at £1,150 for Messrs W D Sykes & Partners, Bishops Castle and selling to Mr M.T Jones, Middleton. Bulling heifers sold to £520 for a British Friesian from Mr R.G Stanley & Son, Chipnall Lees.
Culloden House Farm Ltd, Bishops Castle consigned a super bunch of predominantly autumn calvers as part of an on-going dispersal (through Market Drayton) due to a change in their farm management structure. The group sold consistently well, topping at £1,210 for lot 130, Lydham Giken Alicia. 12 others from the same group sold for over £1,050.
