Leading trade at the Mid-Month Dairy Sale at Beeston Castle was Ventura Jordan Ghost from Craig Fowler selling at £2600. This Gillette Jordan sired heifer sold through the Western Holstein Club’s Focus Milk Sale and is out of the VG85 scored Goldenmist Talent Ghost, one of 10 VG or Ex scored dams. She was knocked down to Mosford Farm Ltd, Malpas, for their Weavermoss herd.

Not far behind at £2580 was a heifer from O C Whittaker and Sons Ltd, Knutsford. This homebred heifer Tabley Topshot Morn calved on the 16th of August and was giving 30kg daily when she sold to B G and M A Elkin, Stone who purchased 12 animals in the sale. Messrs Whittaker also achieved £2300 for another homebred heifer who was purchased by Messrs J R Thomas of Sarnau, Llanymynech.

Four heifer from W A and C G Oakes from Byley sold through the Focus Milk section of the sale from the noted Alcar herd sold to £2400. This was paid for a Ked Outside Jeeves  daughter giving 33kg a day and was purchased by E M Hughes, Criggion Hall, Shrewsbury who also bought eight animals on the day. Another of his purchases was a heifer from Grantchester Farms that was knocked down at £2350, this Bolivia Allen daughter sold giving 34.6kg daily.

The Oakes family also sold Alcar Clara 55th at £2250 to JL and EM Parker of Haughton Stafford who also took home a heifer by Woodmarsh Topshot from Hague Partners at the same price.

Richard, Rosemary and James Hague consigned another 11 heifers in the sale of which seven made in excess of £2000.

R H and S Mottershead, Whitchurch sold Deedale Imprint 20th at £2200 to Messrs E M Hughes

Averaged:  eight cows £1217.50 (Including one Focus Milk Cow at £1280) 47 Milking Heifers £1868.29 (Including 20 Focus Milk Heifers at £2018.50 15),  in calf heifers £1623.33, six British Friesian Embryos £350 each. (Wright Marshall)