A PACKED ringside at Greenslade Taylor Hunt’s Annual Top 10% sale at Sedgemoor Auction Centre witnessed the best trade of the year across the board for the 400 head on offer. Topping the fresh milk section at 2150gns was “Beneknowle Rampager Amy 54th” from 5 generations of homebred high yielding VG and Ex dams for PJ Andrews of Plymouth. Close behind at 2100gns was the unclassified calved heifer “Janke Alta Embassy Connie” from Keith and Jane Hulbert of Honiton who sold 17 homebred cows and heifers to average an impressive £1626.00. Other cows sold to 1880gns for DC Dennis & Son and 1800gns for R & M Parker with other calved heifers at 1850gns for RT Cox, 1800gns for PJ Andrews and 1750gns for DE Pyle of Exeter.

Incalf heifers from PJ Searle & Son sold to 1440gns for Pedigree daughters “Baltimore” incalf to the Aberdeen Angus and due September. Bulling heifers sold to 920gns for R & M Parker’s “Grangemore Artist Grey” by “Riverdane Artist Red ET” from 5 generations of VG and Ex dams with a PLI of £219.

Yearling heifers to complete the dispersal of Robin and Michelle Harding’s “Westel” herd sold to 1050gns for “Westel McCormick Bet 28th daughter of the VG86 “Bet” that sold for 3000gns earlier in the year.

June born heifer calves sold to 650gns for R & M Parker’s “Grangemore Mogul Brenda” with a PLI of £199. She was out of the VG88 dam that sold before her for 1800gns giving a total of 2450gns for dam and daughter.

A consignment of 60 heifer calves both pedigree and commercial for JF Cobb & Sons topped at 520gns to average an impressive £468.00. In addition The Mapledurham Trust of Reading sold 56 commercial yearlings and calves to average £578.00.

5 bulls sold to a top of 2200gns for DW & CE Jones “Wiltor Chester” who had the top PLI in the sale of £434.

In excess of 60 purchasers from Cornwall to Carmarthen generated the best trade of the year to date resulting in the following averages:

Calved Cows Average £1538.00, Top Price 2150gns; Calved Heifers £1625.00 2100gns; Bulls £1392.00 2200gns; Incalf Heifers £1388.00 1650gns (Dowervale Dispersal); Bulling Heifers £808.50 1260gns (Dowervale Dispersal); Pedigree Yearling Heifers £732.66 1050gns; Commercial Yearling Heifer £626.00 810gns; Heifer Calves £455.00 620gns (Dowervale Dispersal).