Border & Lakeland Club Sale

KING DOC RAE TOP FOR BERRYHOLME

The March Border & Lakeland sale had quality cattle on offer bred from proven cow families with oceans of milk.  The overall average settled at £1801 with the top price cow selling for 3,000gns; it is worth noting that the trade on the month was down by just over £200 with many quality animals looking exceptional value for money.      

Dugdale Nutrition sponsored the show and Malcom Hutchinson from Bowberhill Holsteins judged the pre-sale classes.  The Overall Champion sold for 2,500gns and was purchased by James Taylor from High Whinnow Farm.  Kepculloch Attico August Red was consigned by Robert Steel from near Glasgow she was sired by Attico Red and bred from the DRA August cow family.

Overall Champion - Malolm Hutchinson (Judge), Bob Steel (vendor), Glyn Lucas (Auctioneer)

The Stowbeck herd won Reserve Champion with Stowbeck Lighthouse Lydia who sold for 2,300gns to Gatrog Holsteins near Carmarthen.  She was sired by Westcoast Lighthouse and was bred from six generations of Excellent or Very Good dams and displayed all the traits to become a Very Good two year old.

Reserve Champion - Malcolm Hutchinson (Judge), Harry & Len Wilson (Vendors)

Topping the overall trade at 3,000gns was a powerful framed heifer bred from thirteen generations of Excellent or Very Good Roxy cows from Berryholme.  She was sired by King Doc with a very impressive udder, her dam was one of the stars of the Berryholme Open Day sale who sold for 10,000gns to the late Robert McInnes.  Berryholme King Doc Rae now joins the Gatrog Holsteins near Carmarthen.    

The Gillespie family from High Ploughlands Farm near Wigton consigned a classy group of heifers and topped at 2,700gns with Ploughlands Fortune Kari who was purchased by the Millars from Kirkpatrick Fleming.

The Jackson family from Dumfries sold 16 yearling heifers from their Coppside Holstein herd to average £626 and topped twice at 700gns.  These were well bred heifers sired by several proven sires along with some herd sires bred from the Warnelview herd. 

Our next dairy sale takes place on Wednesday 6^th April and features 250 dairy cattle in the April Borderway Monthly Dairy Day sale.  Catalogues for this sale can be viewed online at www.harrisonandhetherington.co.uk or can be order from the Pedigree Office 01228 406230     

Averages
10 Cows in milk           £1753.50
89 Heifers in milk        £1801.77
3 Faulted ¾ Heifers     £1168.33
16 Yearling Heifers     £626.06                  

Leading Prices
Lot        Price   Purchaser
27        3000    Messrs Thomas & Son, Kidwelly, Dyfed
29        2700    Messrs Millar & Son, Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire
34        2500    Messrs Taylor, Carlisle, Cumbria
77        2300    Messrs Thomas & Son, Kidwelly, Dyfed
56        2200    Baldwin & Son Ltd, Forton,Preston Lancashire
66        2200    Messrs Thomas & Son, Kidwelly, Dyfed
64        2100    Messrs Thomas & Son, Kidwelly, Dyfed
81        2100    Messrs Forsyth, Newton Stewart Wigtownshire
9          2000    Messrs Thomas & Son, Kidwelly, Dyfed
16        2000    Baldwin & Son Ltd, Forton, Preston, Lancashire
61        2000    Messrs Johnston & Sons, Falkirk, Stirlingshire
70        2000    Messrs Thomas & Son, Kidwelly, Dyfed
84        2000    Messrs Forsyth, Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire