Border & Lakeland Holstein Club Show and Sale

pedigree dairy / SALE REPORT

	Border & Lakeland Holstein Club Show and Sale of Pedigree Holstein & Holstein Friesians Wednesday 21st January 2004
Report

With milk quota prices rocketing, expectations of trade for fresh cows and heifers at the monthly Border & Lakeland Holstein sale were modest.

Bearing this in mind, as well as the fact that the overall quality on offer was below the usual high standard, the trade itself was not too bad. Nearly all the animals were sold to average over £850 with a top of 2,000gns.

Champion from Robert Hunter, Dewi Davies, Barclays Bank Sponsor & Judge John Jameison

The leading bid secured for local breeder John Greenop of Bridgebank, Wigton, a fresh heifer by Progress from the Dellia family, and consigned by Mr Michael Waldron of Bolton House Farm, Rotherham, S.Yorkshire.

At 1,400gns was a classy heifer from the Hodgson family’s prize winning ‘Wormanby’ herd. This first prize winning daughter of Summershade Igniter was bought by Messrs Gillespie of High Ploughlands, Kirkbampton, Carlisle.

Reserve Champion - David Hodgson, Barbara Osbourne Paragon Veterinary Group & Judge John Jameison

Particularly striking in the show ring, and overall champion female, was a fresh second calver from the Hunters’ Letterkenny herd near Shotts, Lanarkshire. By the Carlinside Frisky (Jim Currie & familys’ sire) the cow was off an Excellent very high butterfat 10,000kg Poppy cow.
Leading Prices:

Lot	Vendor	Gns	Purchaser
27	MJ & M Waldron, ‘Raldown’	2,000	JD Greenop, Bridgebank, Wigton,
37	H & M Hodgson, ‘Wormanby’	1,400	CJ & VM Gillespie, High Ploughlands,
04	J & R Hunter, ‘Letterkenny’	1,200	MJ & C Cockburn, South House, Kirkby Stephen
54	S & A Morley, ‘Petteril	1,050	Firm of WA Clark, Whins, Ecclefechan, Lockerbie.
53	S & A Morley, ‘Petteril’	1,100	DR & L Bell, Cogries Farm, Beattock, Moffat.

Averages
9 Cows in Milk £784.00
31 Heifers in Milk £852.19
3 Bulls £1,060.50

Prize List	1st	2nd	3rd
Bull	53 S & A Morley	54 S & A Morley	51 L Brough & Sons
Cow In Milk	04 J & R Hunter	05 MW & PA Rollason	56 RH Carter & Son
Heifer In Milk	37 H & M Hodgson	24 R & E Butterfield	28 H & M Hodgson
Champion	04 J & R Hunter
Reserve Champion	37 H & M Hodgson

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