Tuesday 29th May 2019 marks the end of 45 years of breeding dairy cows for David & Valerie Norman, who's Ciderhouse herd is well known across the south of England regularly competing in herd competitions and local shows and also having been granted Master Breeder status by Holstein UK. 

The herd has 125 Excellent and Very Good Classified animals in the sale to include 23 Very Good 2 year olds. The herd calves all year round and is currently averaging an impressive 34kgs across the board! 

Well known for their Fleur family there are no less than 95 catalogued, the herd also has many other top families to include: Barbie; Colanthe; Dixie; Ebony; Gina; Rochelle; Roxy; Roza; Scant; Sweet; Tammy; Tripoli; Whitetime; Vaakje; Etc 

Top Sires have always been used with milking daughters in the sale of: AltaBarney; Grafeeti; Mardi Gras; Bombero; Lavanguard; Lota; Goodwhone etc. 

This is a comprehensive sale that includes 212 Dairy Cows and Heifers; 60 Incalf Heifers; 69 Bulling & Yearling Heifers; 20 Heifer Calves and 3 Bulls (2 Holstein; 1 Hereford). 

Auctioneer's Greenslade Taylor Hunt comment ‘This is a super herd that appeals to the pedigree breeder, with many top families and potential show cows and calves on offer but also appeals to the commercial dairy producer with its balanced cows with excellent udders, feet and legs and capabilities of producing large quantities of milk with good components in many different systems, meaning this sale comes highly recommended to all.’ 

With 166 first to third lactation cows in the sale it is a young herd that is cubicle housed and milked through a herringbone parlour and has an excellent health status to find out more the catalogue can be viewed online at http://www.gth.net/uploads/pdf/GTH_-_Ciderhouse_Catalogue_A5.pdfor contact Greenslade Taylor Hunt on 01278 410250 livestock@gth.net