Auctioneers Greenslade Taylor Hunt report a continued excellent trade for fresh milk at Sedgemoor Auction Centre with 30 lots selling for in excess of 2,000gns.
The cows were in strong demand and topped the day at 2,700gns for Roland and Simon Bugler’s ‘Bettiscombe Kendall Welcome 111th’ a 42kgs second calver secured by JS Bird for his ‘Bartonwood Herd’. At 2,450gns was ‘Rookhaye Kendall Rosebud’ GP80 a 2nd calver from Rookhaye Estate whose consignment of 6 cows and heifers averaged £2187.50.
David and Valerie Norman’s two year old calved heifer ‘Ciderhouse Dictator Elisabeth 2nd’ sold for 2,400gns to N Herrod of Axminster and her 20 day old heifer calf that followed her through the ring made 560gns.
Other heifers sold to 2,350gns for a ‘Pinkie’ from Bettiscombe and 2,250gns for Derek and Jeremy Dennis’ ‘Dinnaton Ken Degas Breeze’ out of the Ex90 dam. Other vendors who broke the 2,000gns barrier were W Green & Son, RJ Goss & Son, RK & SG Miller & Sons, Andy Neill Farm Services, TA & AJ Reed and RL & ME Trott.
Incalf heifers sold to 1,800gns for ‘Wilcot Nansen Sunset’ who is bred from a 11,000kgs VG85 dam from Andy Neill Farm Services, his others sold for 1,650gns and 1,600gns. Other vendors to 1,580gns were ER Cutler from Fareham, Hants and twice for commercial heifers from RJ Jeanes & Son.
Recently served heifers from C Macpherson sold to 1,220gns for ‘Sladebottom Wiggins Hettie’ by their homebred bull. Bulling heifers from DM & P Coombes sold for 1,220gns for a ‘Ladys-Manor Augusta’ daughter. December born heifer calves again from C Macpherson sold to 700gns for ‘Sladebottom Design Salina’ by Regancrest Design.
The day also brought about the first consignment for A & P Bradford who are dispersing their dairy herd as they calve. Their second calved cow by ‘Hector’ giving 50kgs sold for 2,350gns with a second ‘Hector’ daughter at 2,200gns.
On the day the 130 head forward from cows to heifer calves averaged £1,542. 38 different purchasers from Cornwall to Hereford generated the following excellent averages:-
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11
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Pedigree Collective Cows
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£2,205.00
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39
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Pedigree Collective Calved Heifers
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£2,008.00
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29
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Collective Incalf Heifers
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£1,508.00
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8
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Served Heifers
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£1,122.00
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7
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Served Brown Swiss Heifers
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£913.50
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6
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Bulling Heifers
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£887.25
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6
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Yearling & Younger Heifers
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£703.50
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7
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Heifer Calves
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£588.00
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A & P Bradford
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10
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Commercial Cows
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£1,552.00
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5
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Commercial Calved Heifers
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£1,625.40
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