The handful of milkers on parade at Skipton Auction Mart’s second Craven Dairy Auction show and sale of 2018 was supplemented by a trio of 2016-born pedigree Holstein dairy bulls, a brace from the Ingleview herd of Bentham’s Robert and Elaine Butterfield, the third from Brian and Judith Moorhouse’s Aireburn herd in bell Busk. (Mon, Jan 29)
Taking top call of £2,200 after some fierce bidding was one of the Butterfield bulls with a strong back pedigree, Ingleview Casper, by the Canadian sire, Lirr Drew Dempsey, out of the home-bred EX91 Ingleview Drew Dempsey. The up-and-coming March, 2016, bull joined regular Skipton buyer Mark Goodall, of Tong, Bradford.
While the Moorhouse bull, Aireburn Sarsen, didn’t quite reach its mark in the ring it sold later outside for £1,800 to Andrew Parker, of Emley, Huddersfield The theee.bulls averaged £1,600.
Back with the milkers, father and daughter, David and Suzy Lawson, of the Newbirks pedigree Holstein Friesian dairy herd at Mill Farm, Arthington, secured a championship and reserve championship double.
The Lawsons clinched the title with another newly calven heifer from their long-established and milk rich Jazz family. Newbirks Jazz 1695, by the Genus sire, Matcrest Sham Charlie, came to market 10 days calved and giving 30 litres, falling for £1,700 to the show judge, Bishop Thornton dairyman and Skipton calf ring regular Shaun Sowray.
Mr Sowray also paid £1.480 for his chosen reserve champion, the Lawsons’ three weeks-calved 27 litre second calver, Newbirks McCormick Heliotrope 380, again from a productive family and by Gran-J Oman McCormick, also from the Genus stable.
Glusburn’s David Fort presented the top price £1,820 newly calven 30kg heifer, which also joined Andrew Parker. The same vendor was also responsible for the third prize heifer, which made £1,620 when selling locally to John Howard in Heslaker. Heifers averaged £1,713.
Completing the line-up were three in-calf Holstein heifers from Stephen Simpson, of Bishop Monkton, which sold to a top of £1,300 and an average of £1,233. National Milk Records again sponsored.
