RIGGMILL DISPERSAL SALE
WEDNESDAY 22ND SEPTEMBER 2010
The well respected, local “Riggmill” Pedigree Holstein Herd belonging to Messrs Harrington of Kirkbride, Carlisle attracted a large crowd of commercial and pedigree dairy farmers to Harrison & Hetherington’s Borderway Mart on Wednesday 22nd September.
As has been the trend recently the trade was good, albeit quality selective. Although cows with blemishes are much harder to sell than earlier in the summer, correct, smart good wearing young cows and heifers attracted great interest with twenty or so making £1500 or more to a top of 2000gns. This bid was from Messrs J Dixon & Son of Lesson Hall, Wigton for an April calved 2nd lactation daughter of Comestar Leader.
Heifer calves and youngstock were keenly bid for all day with the ones under a year old consistently between 500gns and 600gns.
Leading Prices
Lot Gns Purchaser
74 2000 J Dixon & Son, Lesson Hall, Wigton, Cumbria
71 1800 Newhouse Farm Ltd, Newhouse Farm, Dumfries
82 1750 Newhouse Farm Ltd, Newhouse Farm, Dumfries
90 1750 JW Graham, Cardurnock House Farm, Kirkbride, Carlisle
91 1750 RW Dixon, East Farm, Stocksfield
106 1720 RD&B Walmsley, Beechwood Farm, Cockerham, Lancaster
108 1720 RD&B Walmsley, Beechwood Farm, Cockerham, Lancaster
113 1720 RD&B Walmsley, Beechwood Farm, Cockerham, Lancaster
105 1680 WC Little & Son, Kirkbride House, Kirkbride, Wigton
87 1600 RK&CA Rudd & Sons, Grassings Farm, Kirkbride, Carlisle
107 1600 RD&B Walmsley, Beechwood Farm, Cockerham, Lancaster
Average
65 Cows in Milk = £896.05
24 Heifers in Milk = £1253.44
16 In-Calf Heifers = £1311.84
30 Maiden Heifers = £708.40
31 Heifer Calves = £512.47
