Auctioneers Greenslade Taylor Hunt report a cracking Christmas Cracker at Sedgemoor Auction Centre, the South West’s Premier Dairy Centre. The largest entry ever recorded at 320 head drew no less than 65 successful purchasers from as far as Cornwall, Kent, Northamptonshire & Wales, spending over £2000 no less than 40 times.
Taking top honours at 2300gns was ‘Peacehay Sheila 117th’ the freshly calved heifer by ‘Shoremar James’ consigned by FH Chave & Son. Close behind at 2250gns was ‘Dinnaton Jordan Colby Eclipse’ from DC Dennis who also produced the 1st prize heifer & reserve champion of the show ‘Dinnaton Igni Mist Cypress’ who sold for 2150gns.
The top priced cow was also the Show Champion ‘Rookhaye Roy Maria VG85’ from Rookhaye Estate. She joins CB Cooper partnerships’ well respected ‘Noremead’ herd for 2250gns. Other Vendors from the collective section with cows & heifers over 2000gns included JR & JE Wilcox ‘Sandpark’, RK & SG Miller & Sons ‘Moorshard’, SJ Rose ‘Stourvale’, WJ & P Puddy ‘Marcroft’ and RE & HE Bugler & Partners ‘Bettiscombe’.
D Dalton & Sons Ltd dispersed their commercial June - November calving portion & produced several top priced cows with 5 out of the top 10 prices topping at 2200gns for a November second calver by ‘Carp-Pyr Basar Brad’. The August calved ‘Lutz-Brookview Burt’ second calver that took the 2nd place in the show sold for 2150gns.
MPP & ED Kane are dispersing their herd as they calve & put forward 37 head which topped at 1900gns for a November calved heifer by ‘Braedale Icefyre’.
Incalf heifers sold to 1600gns for ‘Nevilles Komplex Astra’ due January to Angus. She was 1st prize in the Youngstock class and consigned by ET Summerfield & Son. Others sold to 1560gns for R & M Parker’s ‘Grangemore Bolivia Grey’.
Bulling heifers met one of the strongest trade of the year selling to 1120gns for RJ Courts ‘Nuthatch Wisconsin Rusty Red’ and averaging £950. Likewise the heifer calvf trade was on fire selling to 660gns for ‘Poynings L Shottle Jellie’ from Limekiln Dairy LLP.
Of the three Holstein Bulls on offer ‘Huntlodge Royal’ from LG Bagg & partners & ‘Dinnaton Calvin’ from DC Dennis both made 2000gns.
A day with total clearance produced the following excellent averages:
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Collective sale
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21
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Holstein Calved Cows
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£1949.50
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43
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Holstein Calved Heifers
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£2009.41
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3
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Holstein Bulls
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£1757.00
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19
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Holstein Incalf Heifers
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£1412.52
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17
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Holstein Bulling Heifers
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£950.00
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38
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Holstein Heifer Calves
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£518.27
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D Dalton & Sons Ltd
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72
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Commercial Dairy Cows
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£1538.25
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MPP & ED Kane
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37
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Commercial Holstein Dairy Cows
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£1562.23
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NC Taylor
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18
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Crossbred Dairy Cows
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£1072.75
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7
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Crossbred Served Heifers
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£1140.00
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2
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Crossbred Yearlings
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£472.50
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Christmas Cracker Show
Judge –Brian Clothier ‘Hillstones’
Champion – Kindly Sponsored by Alta
Rookhaye Estates ‘Rookhaye Roy Maria’
Reserve Champion – Kindly Sponsored by Lake & Co Certified Chartered Accountants
DC Dennis’ ‘Dinnaton Igni Mist Cypress’
Class 1 Cow In Milk Kindly Sponsored by NMR
1st Rookhaye Estates ‘Rookhaye Roy Maria’ (Lot 65)
2nd D Dalton & Sons 2nd Calver (lot 257)
3rd Rookhaye Estates ‘Rookhaye Shottle Rosebud’ (lot 66)
Class 2 Heifer In Milk Kindly Sponsored by Milklink
1st DC Dennis ‘Dinnaton Igni Mist Cypress’ (Lot 96)
2nd RE & HE Bugler & Partners ‘Bettiscombe Dolman Eternal’ (Lot 100)
3rd FH Chave & Son ‘Peacehay Shiela 117th’ (Lot 80)
Class 3 Youngstock Kindly Sponsored by Boulter Mead
1st ET Summerfield ‘Nevilles Komplex Astra’ (Lot 330)
2nd ET Summerfield ‘ Evecliffe Kingly Freda’ (Lot 335)
3rd RJ Court ‘Nuthatch Alliance Gold’ (Lot 364)
ABOVE: Champion – Rookhaye Roy Maria
