CROWDS DESCEND ON BEESTON FOR LINLAKE SALE 22 SELL FOR 3000 GNS OR MORE UP TO 4150 GNS!!
The Dispersal of the entire LINLAKE Herd of pedigree Holsteins took place at Beeston Castle Auction, Cheshire on Monday last in front of huge crowd of buyers from all parts of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland and Eire.
The herd had been developed by Richard Linnell at South West Farm, Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire over the last forty years and the catalogue of its dispersal was certainly one of the best ever published for a Breeders dispersal. The depth of pedigree was phenomenal, over half the animals in the sale were bred from dams with between seven and thirteen generations of VG/EX classification and over 70% of the sale animals were out of dams scored Very Good or Excellent.
The very fact that the sale was a complete dispersal and that the breeding and the cattle themselves were so good, no doubt contributed to the huge crowd that travelled to the market. At the end of the day, some 80 individual buyers were recorded representing 30 different counties in England, Wales and Scotland as well as others from Co. Down, Northern Ireland and Co. Cork in the Republic of Ireland.
Trade was blisteringly hot from start to finish with bidding coming from all over the ring for all age groups. The top seller was the fresh heifer Linlake Shottle G Wonder, who had calved just over a fortnight. She, of course, was one of the many great Shottle daughters in the sale and was one of ten head purchased by D & O Coombes for their Yardgrove Herd at Blandford Forum, Dorset. Earlier in the sale her outstanding dam, Linlake Goldwyn Wonder (Ex90- 4yr), a seventh generation VG/EX who had given over 12000 kg in her third lactation sold dry carrying her fourth calf to Aftershock for February, for 3600 gns to join Richard Gay’s Walkabout Herd based at Musbury, Devon.
The second top seller was Linlake J Spirte Bubble (Ex90-4yr), a 9th generation VG/EX daughter of Spirte who calved her third in August. She was one of forty animals that made the journey to West Wales (to several different purchasers) and was sold to Roger Morse for his Carmarthen based Cowindale Herd. Two animals realised 3700 gns each both going to West Wales; the first at this figure was Linlake Shottle Gold Wonder (VG86-3yr), a second calf full sister to the top selling animal, who now joins Tom Phillips’ noted Pedran Herd at Llanfyrnach and the other being the August calved heifer Linlake Outside Lustre who was purchased by Ken Marshall for his Marshall Herd at Rhydygaeau,
Carmarthen.
Ian Showell of the Nuneaton based Moordown Herd selected Linlake Baroque Zindra (VG87-3yr), a second calver who freshened in August and bought her 3600 gns whilst at just 100 gns less, the red and white Linlake Bookman Roxy Red ET (VG87-3yr), due with her third in April to Apples Absolute Red sold to Jack and Barclay Taylor for their Burnbrae Herd at Myddle, Shrewsbury. Also at 3500 gns was was the second calf Mr. Minister daughter, Linlake Minister Joy (VG86-3yr) who joins the Coombes’ Yardgrove herd.
The in-calf heifers were a fabulous group and sold really well with five making 3000 gns or more. The top seller in this section was Linlake G Jordan Bubble, by Gillette Jordan who sold to John Lawson’s Sweetings Herd at Carnforth, Lancashire. Messrs Jones of Meidrim Road, St Clears purchased daughters of Fever and Gillette Jordan from the Wonder and Jeanette families at 3000 gns each for their Kalana Herd whilst Andrew Paton buying for his Swansway Herd at Milton Keynes also spent 3000 gns on a Fever daughter from the Jeanette family. The final in-calf heifer at 3000 gns was Linlake Mr.Sam Britta which now make the long journey to Cork selling to Bryan O’Connor.
Maiden Heifers sold to 3100 gns for Linlake B Shottle Zindra, a fifteen month daughter of Shottle whose Baroque Allen dam earlier sold for 3600 gns. The purchaser was The Baltier Farming Company of Whithorn, Wigtownshire. A Pine- Tree Sid daughter out of the 3600 gns Goldwyn Wonder sold for 2350 gns to Roger Morse and a Goldwyn from the Joy family sold for 2100 gns to Bryan O’Connor.
Trade was good for everything but the trade of the day was for the heifer calves with the average cracking the four figure mark and the great majority born in the last three months. The top selling calf was for the only red and white – the six week old Linlake Destry Rae by Scientific Destry purchased by Steve Kirk for his Kirkholt Herd at Lutterworth, Leicestershire. Her mother earlier ‘stroked’ her way to a sale price of 2700 gns selling to Paul Fenton’s Sprinlebee Herd at Haughton, Stafford. At 2000 gns Rachel Williamson of Wardle Holsteins purchased an eight week old daughter of Gillette Jordan out of the Outside Lustre heifer which sold for 3700 gns and at 1900 Brian Sutton of Atherstone
purchased a Fever heifer from the Brita line for 1900 gns.
TOP PRICES: GNS
Lot 93 Linlake Shottle G Wonder D & O Coombes, Dorset 4150
Lot 52 Linlake J Spirte Bubble (EX90-4yr) Mr & Mrs JR Morse, Carmarthen 3800
Lot 67 Linlake Shottle Gold Wonder (VG86-3yr) T Phillips (Pedran Holsteins Ltd), Llanfyrnach 3700
Lot 80 Linlake Outside Lustre K Marshall, Carmarthen 3700
Lot 23 Linlake Goldwyn Wonder (EX90-4yr) R Gay, Devon 3600
Lot 58 Linlake Baroque Zindra (VG87-3yr) Messrs Showell Farms, Nuneaton 3600
Lot 59 Linlake Bookman Roxy Red ET (EX87-3yr) DJD & JB Taylor, Shrewsbury,Shropshire 3500
Lot 61 Linlake Minster Joy (VG86-3yr) D & O Coombes, Dorset 3500
Lot 32 Linlake Spirte Olga (EX92) T Phillips (Pedran Holsteins Ltd), Llanfyrnach 3400
Lot 48 Linlake Shottle Mist (VG88-3yr) J Hughes, Leek, Stoke on Trent 3200
Lot 55 Linlake Shottle Olga (VG85) T Phillips (Pedran Holsteins Ltd), Llanfyrnach 3200
Lot 115 Linlake G Jordan Bubble John Lawson, Lancaster 3200
Lot 82 Linlake Shottle Zindra D & O Coombes, Dorset 3100
Lot 153 Linlake B Shottle Zindra Baltier Farming Company Ltd, Newton Stewart 3100
Lot 11 Corringham Damion Champagne (EX91) RD & HJ Thomas, Kidwelly, Carmarthen 3000
Lot 70 Linlake Mr Sam Free (VG86-2yr) Aintree Holsteins Ltd, Wrexham 3000
Lot 78 Linlake SH Talent Jeanette (VG85-2yr) D & O Coombes, Dorset 3000
Lot 84 Linlake Sam Joy JV & JE Allan, Burton-on-Trent 3000
Lot 114 Linlake Fever Wonder Kevin Jones, St Clears, Carmarthen 3000
Lot 119 Linlake G Jordan Jeanette Kevin Jones, St Clears, Carmarthen 3000
Lot 122 Linlake Fever Jeanette T M Paton & Son, Milton Keynes 3000
Lot 124 Linlake Mr Sam Britta Bryan O’Connor, Co.Cork, Eire 3000
AVERAGES:
92 Cows and Milking Heifers £2927.67 (including 47 Heifer Calves at £1071.67); 31 In-calf and Served Heifers £2091.53; 46 Maiden Heifers £1278.26; 170 HEAD £2316.91.
WRIGHT MANLEY of Beeston Castle Auction, Cheshire were the Auctioneers.
GUEST AUCTIONEER: Mark Lee
