Dairies (30);
Selling time – 11:30am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
What a trade! Dairies continue to harden with 6 passing the £2000 mark on Tuesday to top at £2300 and average £1711.
Topping the day was a superb heifer from the Shepherd family of Hassop, Bakewell. Giving 32kg she reached £2300 with other heifers from the same home making £2110 and £2020.
Close behind at £2200 was a third calver from the Broomhouse Herd of Messrs Easom. They also had a second calver to £2180. A second calver from Andrew Bunting of Bakewell made £2100 with British Friesians from Messrs Howe of Litton to £1860.
Entries are coming in nicely for next weeks pedigree sale with over 50 milkers already catalogued. If you have entries you will be just in time if you let us know by Wednesday morning and don’t forget we have the herd dispersal of the Pedigree Soarbrook Herd following. The catalogue for this is already on-line.
Any enquiries please do not hesitate to contact Meg Elliott on 07967 007049.
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TUESDAY 17TH NOVEMBER 2020
On Instructions from J W Gamble & Son
Ramsdale Farm, Sapcote, Leicestershire
174 HOLSTEINS
Being the dispersal of the entire NMR Recorded Pedigree Soarbrook Herd comp 85 Cows & Heifers In-milk & In-calf, 17 In-calf & Served Heifers & 72 Youngstock. This is an entirely homebred herd where excellent sires feature including Bossman, Goldenboy, Destry, Lamar, Nadal, Monterey & Bron with youngstock by Silver, Mercury, MVP, Battlecry, Danumero & Mayday. The herd is youthful with 70 milking in their 1st-4th Lac which includes 38 Heifers many of which are newly calved. The herd is cubicle housed & milked via a herringbone with the herd average running at 8164kg 4.18%F 3.38%P cc172.
In conjunction with Fox Bennett
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