Auctioneers Greenslade Taylor Hunt report an electric trade for fresh milk at their Annual Top 10% and Seasonality Sale on Tuesday 21^st August.  No less than 50 different purchasers from Cornwall to Camarthen & Leicestershire made the most of the opportunity to purchase from some of the very best of West Country Herds.  The collective fresh milk topped @ 2450gns on two occasions both for Ashlea Holsteins with their calved heifers “Nuthatch Million Nellie 3^rd” by England-Ammon Million ET and out of a 10,000kg vG88 Dam and “Nevilles Shottle Binnie” in the Top 10% of the breed with a PIN£19 and PLI£99.  At 2300gns was Nick Goss’s “Poynings L Baxter Showgirl” out of a 12,000kg dam.  Other vendors with calved heifers over 2000gns were Richard Trott, RT Cox “Holmead”, B & KA Follett “Ebble”, Roland & Simon Bugler “Bettiscombe”, PJ Andrews “Beneknowle” & R Rose & Son “Intheshade”.  The Collective Cows sold to 2300gns for the 2^nd calver “Beneknowle Baxter Amy 33^rd GP81” from the Andrews family.

Incalf Heifers from RJ Jeanes & Son sold to 1740gns for daughters of Kelstein Dynasty due September to Woodmarsh Topshot.  Holstein Bulls by “Shottle” from Ciderhouse sold to 1800gns.

Three dispersals followed the collective sale and produced a more difficult trade for off lying and older cows.  Tony Bradford is dispersing his commercial cows as they calve on a monthly basis and he had 5 cows over 2000gns to a top of 2300gns the second calver by Hector.  His two week old red and white heifer calf sold for 400gns.

Mr Godfrey Palmer travelled down from Kent with his commercial Amherst herd which topped at 1950gns twice for a July 2^nd Calved Moet Melody daughter and an August 2^nd Calver by Kelstein Dynasty.  His two year old heifers due September and by Kings-Ransom Donario” sold to 1580gns, 9 month old heifers by Horizon to 670gns and week old heifer calves to 370gns.

The final dispersal of the day was for Towhill Farm Ltd with the August 3^rd Calver by “Sherdon Connect” selling for 1680gns and their two year old 12 Incalf Heifers by “Bradedale Goldwyn” and due October selling to 1640gns and averaging £1450.

A day which brought together both old and new vendors and purchasers to Sedgemoor Auction Centre generated the following averages:-

Collective Sale

A & P Bradford - Dispersal                                         

G Palmer ‘Amherst’ Herd Dispersal                         

Towhill Farm Limited