Dairies (191);
Selling time – 11:30am
Auctioneers – Meg Elliott (07967 007049) & Mark Elliott (07973 673092)
** HEIFERS TO £2300 ** HERD TO £2240 **
Another very successful day in the dairy ring at Leek with 189 Head sold of which 168 were milkers.
Trade continues to hold with a lovely heifer from Malcolm Trevor-Jones topping the day at £2300 with others from the same home at £2020 and £1940.
Regular vendor Andrew Mills topped with his 3 heifers at £2180 to average £2013. Two milky cows from the Johnson family of Longnor reached £2140 and £2010.
Friesians continue to sell well at Leek with a second calver from the Seabridge family of Sandon at £1830 and a heifer from the Lomas family of the Griffe at £1700.
The herd of cows form the Shuker family of Whaley Bridge met a swift trade with the second animal through the ring reaching £2070. Trade topped at £2240 with numerous others in that £1700-£2000 bracket.
Next week we have the Pedigree Christmas Show & Sale with entries likely to be in excess of 80 for milkers. Catalogues will be on-line shortly.
