UNBELIEVABLE TRADE FOR DUNNERDALE HOLSTEINS!
TOP OF 8000 GNS – TWO MORE AT 7700 AND 7200!
The Dispersal Sale of the entire milking portion of the Dunnerdale herd, the property of Doreen Boow and her son, Stephen of Corney Hall, Bootle, Millom, West Cumbria took place at Beeston Castle Auction, Cheshire on Friday, 28th February following the Western Holstein Club’s Monthly Show and Sale.
It was a fantastic day! But it had all the right ingredients – dispersal, good health status including 4yr TB, cubicle housing, big production, super pedigrees and great cattle. Consequently there was a huge crowd at the sale with a big presence from Scotland, the North of England and West Wales but the cattle generally were distributed over a wide area including Devon, Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.
The sale can trace its pedigree history back to the nineties and since then three main families – Aldina, Pretzel and Sabrina – have developed and accounted for over half the sale cattle and all three trace back to cows that were purchased as embryos from deep North American cow families. The production attributes were phenomenal with the cows averaging almost 11000 kg at 4.27% butterfat and 3.27% protein with cell counts at 117. At the last recording before the sale the average daily yield was 37.5 kg.
Trade was great from start to finish achieving a wonderful average of £2874 for the whole herd. Within that average it is interesting to note that the 28 oldest cows – all fourth calf or older and up to tenth calvers averaged £2025 which is incredible and all the heifers that have calved since August averaged a staggering £3881 for 28. Another incredible stat – 37 animals sold for 3000 gns or more which is almost a third of the herd!
Eight animals made 5000 gns or more selling to a top of 8000 gns and three of these, including the top seller, were purchased by Terry Parkin who was buying for his Barnard Herd based at Marwood, Barnard Castle, Co Durham. The top seller was the glorious heifer Dunnerdale Windbrook Sabrina 2nd who has five straight Excellent dams and six Excellent sisters and is a grand daughter of the 110 tonne foundation cow and whose dam was the 120 tonne Integrity Sabrina (Ex94-7E & SP). Also joining the Barnard Herd are two members of the Pretzel family and both were out of 8 generation VG/EX dams who were maternal sisters. Selling for 7200 gns (third highest price) was Dunnerdale Steady Pretzel (VG86-2yr) who calved last August and was out of a VG87-2yr Goldwyn whilst Lauthority Pretzel (VG85-2yr), whose dam was an Ex90-2E Talent, sold for 4000 gns. The fourth heifer joining the Barnard Herd was Dunnerdale Fever Aldina (VG86-2yr) who sold for 5900 gns.
The second top seller was another Sabrina by Windbrook; this was the third last heifer to be sold and was Dunnerdale Windbrook Sabrina 4th. Her dam was a 6th generation straight Excellent daughter by Goldwyn who has already bred 16000 kg Ex90 daughter. She sold for 7700 gns and sold to James McNeil for his Cairnpat Herd based at Lochans, Stranraer. Mr. McNeil purchased purchased a super group of cattle and they also included the Gillette Jordan Heifer Dunnerdale Jordan Sabrina 2nd at 5900 gns and Dunnerdale Sid Kay at 4000 gns. Another making its way to Stranraer was Dunnerdale Talent Sabrina 6th (GP84-2yr)(VG86-MS) purchased by Robert Agnew, Kirkholm.
Purchasing for their much respected Carmarthen based Feithy Herd were Messrs. ER & ME Jones who parted with 5100 gns for the outstanding second calver Dunnerdale Sahara Kit Kat (VG86-2yr & SP) who was fresh with her second having given over 10800 kg as a heifer. The only other at 5000 gns was Dunnerdale Sahara Sabrina (VG85 2yr) who has 5 Excellent dams and is due in early May with her second to Velthuis Let It Snow. She was purchased by C & AJ Woodhouse of Millom, Cumbria.
The very last lot in the sale was Dunnerdale Fever Sabrina 3rd who was very fresh having calved at under two; this was another great cow making heifer and sold for 4700 gns to R.Kellett of Hexham, Northumberland. Leading the prices of the older cows was Dunnerdale Goldwyn Pretzel 2nd (LP60)(EX94-4E & SP), a sixth calver back in-calf for September to Airintake, who sold for 4200 gns to Thomas Stephenson of Ulverston, Cumbria. The only other over 4000 was Dunnerdale Toystory Sabrina 2nd (VG88-3yr & SP) a second calver back incalf with her third to Lauthority for September sold for 4100 to Bryce Sloan of Auchinlech, Ayrshire.
This was a great sale of a wonderful herd of cows which sold readily to a huge audience of keen and active bidders. They gathered in great numbers no doubt helped by the fact that Beeston Castle is so easily accessible from every direction.
TOP PRICES: GNS
Lot 212 Dunnerdale Windbrook Sabrina 2nd JT Parkin, Barnard Castle 8000
Lot 221 Dunnerdale Windbrook Sabrina 4th Messrs R McNeil, Stranraer 7700
Lot 197 Dunnerdale Steady Pretzel (VG86-2yr) JT Parkin, Barnard Castle 7200
Lot 199 Dunnerdale Fever Aldina (VG86-2yr) JT Parkin, Barnard Castle 5900
Lot 205 Dunnerdale Jordan Sabrina 2nd Messrs R McNeil, Stranraer 5900
Lot 169 Dunnerdale Sahara Kit Kat (VG86-2yr & SP) ER & ME Jones, Kidwelly 5100
Lot 174 Dunnerdale Sahara Sabrina (VG85-2yr) C & AJ Woodhouse, Millom 5000
Lot 176 Dunnerdale Talent Sabrina 6th (VG84-2yr)(VG86-MS) R Agnew, Stranraer 5000
Lot 223 Dunnerdale Fever Sabrina 3rd R Kellett, Hexham 4700
Lot 115 Dunnerdale Goldwyn Pretzel 2nd (EX94-4E & SP) T Stephenson, Ulverston 4200
Lot 155 Dunnerdale Toystory Sabrina 2nd (VG88-3yr & SP) Firm of Bryce Sloan, Ayrshire 4100
Lot 196 Dunnerdale Lauthority Pretzel (VG85-2yr) JT Parkin, Barnard Castle 4000
Lot 206 Dunnerdale Sid Kay Messrs R McNeil, Stranraer 4000
Lot 168 Dunnerdale Lou Della (GP80-2yr & SP) ER & ME Jones, Kidwelly 3900
Lot 126 Dunnerdale Goldwyn Sabrina 4th (EX92-2E & SP) W & S Airey, Carnforth 3800
Lot 181 Dunnerdale Goldwyn Rosey (GP83-2yr) (VG-MS) EM & JR Evans, Oswestry 3800
Lot 191 Dunnerdale Bolton Aldina (VG85-2yr) E Evans & Son, Haverfordwest 3800
Lot 219 Dunnerdale Lavanguard Kim E Evans & Son, Haverfordwest 3800
Lot 203 Dunnerdale Pelle Pretzsel (VG87-2yr) PG & EM Royle, Coventry 3700
Lot 166 Dunnerdale Sanchez Sabrina (VG85-3yr) G & MN Davies, Carmarthen 3600
Lot 171 Dunnerdale Bolton Gipsy 2nd (VG86-2yr & SP) Nev & Rhian Roberts, Llanelli 3600
Lot 207 Dunnerdale Fever Pretzel G & MN Davies, Carmarthen 3600
Lot 209 Dunnerdale Fever Sabrina 2nd Messrs Lawrie, Lanark 3600
AVERAGES:
118 Cows and Milking Heifers £2878.60
WRIGHT MANLEY of Beeston Castle Auction, Cheshire were the Auctioneers.
