Another massive monthly entry of over 250 head at Auctioneers Greenslade Taylor Hunt’s Spring Fever Sale at Sedgemoor Auction Centre on Tuesday 24th April saw Andrew Fewings March calved heifer ‘Keevil Plaid Melba 2’ by Windy- Knoll Plaid ET top the day at 2350gns which sold to N F Clothier & Sons Ltd of Ston Easton. Bristol vendors Ashlea Farm Services heifer ‘Slymlakes Tennyson Sally’ sold for 2200gns. Other heifers over 2000gns came from regular consigners Roland & Simon Bugler’s ‘Bettiscombe’ herd and Ian Dimond’s ‘Dorset’ herd.

Cows topped at 2020gns for AS Bennett & Sons ‘Lilylane Wildman Pat 9th’ a 2nd calver from 7 generations of VG. Also at 2020 gns was a non-pedigree red and white 2nd calver from A & P Bradford who are dispersing their dairy herd as they calve. David Norman’s 3rd calver ‘Ciderhouse Scrumptious Margot GP84’ also sold for 2000gns.

Pedigree Incalf heifers from J & A Redman sold to 1700gns for ‘Nuthatch Dragon Kirsten’ due June to Angus. Commercial Incalf heifers due May From Messrs FG Knapman & Co sold to 1480gns.

Served heifers from RJ Court & Sons sold to 1320gns twice for a twin by ‘Eastview Ernie’ from the ‘Flower Family’. Bulling heifers from Spicer Partners sold to 1080gns twice for daughters of ‘Ridgefield Artist’ and ‘Sicy Knowledge’ from the ‘Carly Family’. Their yearling ‘Gomershay Shottle Minnie’ sold for 1060gns.

The day included the dispersal of the milking portion of the ‘Ebble’ Herd from B & KA Follett from Berwick St John, Shaftesbury. This straw yard herd which calves through the year met a very consistent trade and sold to 1950gns for a 2nd Calver ‘Ebble Shottle Cherry’ out of a VG85 dam. The 22 calved heifers were a real feature of the sale and sold to 1950gns on 2 occasions for ‘Ebble Supreme Rhus’ by ‘Noremead Supreme Red’ and ‘Ebble Shottle Peach’ by ‘Shottle’ out of an (Ex91-2E) dam.

45 different purchasers including 2 Carmarthen purchasers one acquiring 16 milkers generated the following excellent averages:

Collective Sale

  8 Pedigree Dairy Cows                                       £1825.69

36 Pedigree Calved Heifer                                     £1841.00

  2 Pedigree Bulls                                                £1438.50

17 Pedigree Incalf Heifers                                     £1505.00

  4 Pedigree Served Heifers                                  £1304.00

21 Pedigree Bulling Heifers                                    £1270.50

  7 Pedigree Yearling Heifers                                   £987.00

11 Commercial Yearling & Younger Heifers                 £517.00

‘EBBLE’ Herd                                                                  

60 Dairy Cows                                                     £1447.00

22 Calved Heifers                                                 £1651.00

82 Head                                                                           £1502.00