Fifty Six 2000gns + Lots at SAC Autumn Gold

Auctioneers Greenslade Taylor Hunt report an excellent demand for well-bred dairy cattle at Sedgemoor Auction Centre on Tuesday 22nd October. Eric Puddy’s ‘Marcroft’ Herd Dispersal drew crowds, that included 11 Welsh purchasers, to Somerset with a packed ringside making the most of the opportunity to purchase years of breeding with exceptional classifications and families on offer.

The day’s top priced Dam & Daughter sold for 4600gns, and was from the much sought after Pocahontas family being the Ex91 off lying third lactation cow ‘Marcroft Classic Pocahontas’ at 2600gns, and her yearling heifer calf by “Scientific Debutante Rojo” at 2000gns. The fourth calved Ex90 ‘Buckeye Pocahontas’ and her eight month old “De-Su Gillespy ET” heifer calf also exceeded 4000gns selling for 4300.

The day’s highest priced individual at 3000gns was the VG87 second lactation ‘Baxter’ daughter from the family of the AI bulls to include ‘Durham’ and ‘Die-Hard’. She was ‘Marcroft Baxter Dellia Red’ and was secured by the Dunn family of Devon. At 2900gns was ‘Moorshard Baroque Fran’ purchased from the breeder as a heifer calf and backed by 6 generations of straight Ex, she sold to Southern Ireland. Milking sisters from the much sort after ‘Pocahontas’ family and from 14 generations of VG and Ex both sold for 2700gns.

Travelling to Southern Ireland the top priced incalf heifer sold to 2500gns for ‘Willsbro Secure Rose’ due November to ‘Planet’. The ‘Outbound’ Rosina from the Ex90 ‘Huntlodge’ dam sold to 2300gns to Cornwall. February 2013 born heifer calf ‘Marcroft Gillespy Pocahontas’ out of 3 generations of homebred Ex dams sold for 2100gns.

The Collective fresh milk section saw a very strong demand for cows, with ‘Nortonhill Dictator Regina ET VG85’ from D Willcox selling for 2150gns. At 2100gns was Ian Dimond’s second calver ‘Dorset Angler Bride’ and David Norman’s third calver ‘Ciderhouse Dictator Fleur 6th’.

The calved heifers sold to 2100gns for Devon consigners PJ Andrews ‘Beneknowle Kingly Vanessa 6th’ and Colin Bishop’s ‘Curscombe Toystory Ladybird 51st’. Others over 2000gns from FH Chave & Son, Messrs E Gay & Sons, RK & SG Miller, RT Cox and AJ Bennett & Sons. Incalf heifers from ’Lilylane’ due November sold to 1550gns for ‘Lilylane Steady Kelly 86th’.

78 successful purchasers from Cornwall, Sussex, Ireland and Wales plus strong local support generated the following excellent averages:

Marcroft Dispersal

LWR & KA Hill ‘Sampfordel’

Collective Sale