For the first time for several years the Yorkshire Holstein Breeders Club held a Show and Sale, this time at the excellent Auction Mart at Thirsk, and were rewarded by a turnout of 100 head. Top price was 3,300gs paid by Albert Innes-Smith of the Hedonsteds herd, Heddon-on-the-Wall, Northumberland for Chris Bellerby’s Excellence Dolman Charlotte 3 ET, a freshly calved heifer from the family of the proven sires Silky Cousteau and Silky Gibson, and bred by the Excellence partnership of Dave Coombes and Pete Sherwen. Her two week old heifer calf by Autumn-Ridge Matson made 1,480gs to R.Webster & Sons, Stocksbridge, Sheffield for their Whitster herd.

Champion of a good show was awarded to H.S.Petch & Sons Ltd’s Aytonian Trethelma 126, a Sandy-Valley Bolton daughter giving just shy of 40kg daily. The judge Aubrey Greenhalgh purchased her for 2,100gs on behalf of a client in Cheshire. A.Lawson  & Son paraded a good team of freshly calved heifers from their Newbirks herd near Otley and took the Reserve Championship with the Shottle daughter Newbirks Jazz 1425, purchased for 2,000gs by the Club Chairman Stephen Coates for his Bailmoor herd.

Also making 2,000gs was another from Chris Bellerby’s consignment, the second calver Weetondale Roy Sugar, purchased by W.K.Wilkinson & Sons, Barnard Castle. There was considerable interest in Adam Worsdale’s calf Rawdale CBA Sallie ET, that had been Reserve Champion at the N.E Club Calf Show and placed 4^th only the previous weekend at the National Calf Show. She made 2,500gs to Andrew Jennings, Fountains Abbey for the Abbeyhouse herd.

TOP PRICES

AVERAGES

15 cows                                    £ 1,645-70

47 calved heifers                      £ 1,611-86

7 served heifers                        £ 1,141-50

7 maiden heifers                      £ 1,360-50

5 bulls                                      £    871-50

81 lots                                      £ 1,510-05

Auctioneers: NORTON & BROOKSBANK

with Thirsk Farmers Auction Mart