Snab dispersal Sale

Armour Sires The Tops At Snab

The Burrow family from High Snab Farm near Gressingham in Lancashire dispersed their pedigree Holstein herd at the Borderway sale Centre with buyers from across the UK in attendance.  The Burrow family have produced milk at High Snab Farm for 120 years and had developed a strong, robust and highly productive herd that was highly appreciated by all who attended this special event.

Trade topped at 2,900gns on three occasions with the milking heifers averaging £2349; one of the features of this sale was that all the young cows and heifers were all sired by Immunity Plus sires with a large percentage being the second generation sired my Immunity Plus sires.

Snab Armour Helen topped the cows selling for 2,900gns going to Mr Hose from near Stranraer.  She had recently calved in her second and was giving close to 50kgs.  She was sired by Boldi Armour and bred from a Vieuxsaule Flame dam that gave almost 12000kgs as a milking yearling.

Two milking heifers both sired by Boldi Armour and both bred from Vieuxsaule Flame dams also sold for 2,900gns the first was, Snab Armour Jean who was purchased by Mr Dixon from Carlisle.  She was classified Good Plus 84 with herd dam classifying Very Good 86.

Snab Armour Belle 3 sold for 2,900gns she was a Very Good 86 milking heifer and had been bred back to Claynook Dealmaker sexed for next year and was bought by Mr Millar from near Lockerbie.

A super group of in-calf heifers averaged almost £2039 and topped at 2,200gns twice the first sired by Gen-I-Beq Halak and the second sired by Boldi Armour with both heifers due in September to Stantons Adorable sexed.

Our next sale at Borderway takes place on Wednesday 6^th July and features 311 dairy cattle in the Borderway Monthly Dairy Day sale.  The online catalogues for this sale is available at www.harrisonandhetherington.co.uk   or can be ordered from the Pedigree office on 01228406230.  The online Live Bidding platform is available for all our dairy sales, please register for this service at least 24 hours prior to the event.    

Averages
102 Cows in milk                                               £1919.54
64 Heifers in milk                                             £2349.37
10 Faulted ¾                                                      £1225.35
25 In Calf Heifers                                              £2039.10
201 Holsteins                                                     £2034.89

Leading Prices
Lot          Price                      Purchaser
125         2900gns                Messrs Hose, Stranraer, Wigtownshire
174         2900gns                Messrs Dixon, Wigton, Cumbria
178         2900gns                Messrs Millar, Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire
121         2850gns                Messrs Edwards, Welshpool, Powys
134         2800gns                Messrs Vance & Sons, Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire
140         2800gns                Messrs Dixon, Wigton, Cumbria
179         2800gns                Messrs Dixon, Wigton, Cumbria
159         2750gns                Messrs Nicholson, Dumfries, Dumfriesshire
108         2700gns                Messrs Hornby, Barrow-In-Furness, Cumbria
144         2700gns                Messrs Nicholson, Dumfries, Dumfriesshire
152         2700gns                Messrs Nicholson, Dumfries, Dumfriesshire
165         2700gns                Messrs Nicholson, Dumfries, Dumfriesshire
177         2700gns                Messrs Nicholson, Dumfries, Dumfriesshire
181         2700gns                Messrs Nicholson, Dumfries, Dumfriesshire
161         2650gns                Messrs Muir, Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire
95           2600gns                Messrs Edwards, Welshpool, Powys
120         2600gns                Messrs Hornby, Barrow-In-Furness, Cumbria
122         2600gns                Messrs Edwards, Welshpool, Powys
132         2600gns                Messrs Hose, Stranraer, Wigtownshire
141         2600gns                Messrs Dixon, Wigton, Cumbria
163         2600gns                Messrs Nicholson, Dumfries, Dumfriesshire
168         2600gns                Messrs Forrest, Annan, Dumfriesshire