On Wednesday 16th July at Borderway Mart, Harrison & Hetherington held their weekly dairy sale again combined most successfully with the monthly Pedigree Show and Sale for the Border & Lakeland Holstein Breeders Club.

In the weekly sale there were 30 forward and the club consignment was 25 with a 100% sell out for both sections. Quality was generally good but with a few exceptions not startling, resulting in a very level trade to average over £1100 for pedigree cows and heifers and nearly £800 in the commercial section.

The show was expertly judged by Lee Graham “Hethersgill” who recently won both the Linear and stockjudging at the Royal Show.

The top price of 2,000 gns was for a striking, superbly uddered second calf cow from Messrs Butterfield’s Ingleview Buttergirl family. By Sir Vanetas Vince, the cow won Supreme Champion and now joins Messrs Wainwrights herd at Castle Farm, Low Hesket.

The reserve Champion and second top priced animal, also bought by the Wainwrights was a fresh Silky Cousteau daughter consigned by Messrs Dent of “Bridgend”

Leading Prices:

Border & Lakeland averages:
6 cows in milk and/or in calf £1184.75
19 Heifers in milk or in calf £1086.47