A Peak Altavelvet-sired heifer giving 32kg from GD Donkin’s Copdon herd, Blackburn, attracted the top price of £3500 at Gisburn Auction Marts’ first dairy sale of the month where pedigree heifers levelled at £2363.

The sale leader was from the herd’s Pretzel family out of 13,263kg Peak Hotjob-sired dam. Another milking heifer the same herd and with the same genetics made £2600.

Second top price was £2800 paid for a Stantons Adorable-sired heifer from RC and SW Beecroft’s Hollinshall herd from Killinghall, Harrogate. Hollinshall, Batman Kim 29 from the same home made £2650.

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Just behind, on £2780, M Bell and Son, Askrigg, North Yorkshire, sold the Metcalfe Farms-bred Washfold Ann 50, a Denovo Kenmore daughter out of a 14,000kg ABS Mayday dam.

Top price for R and M Cowgill, Little Hoole, Preston, was £2620 for their Hoole Fisherman Marie 3 heifer out of a Delta Builder dam.

Non-registered fresh heifers peaked at £2670 for an entry from J and B Rowland, Haighton, Preston and Jennings Farmers, Ripon, sold at £2600.

A Jackbeck second calver by Rubicon and bred from 13 generations of VG or Excellent-classified cows made £2500 for AH Price and Son, Clapham, Lancaster.

A strong trade for in-calf heifers saw two non-registered entries from Messrs Rowland in-calf to Angus sell at £1980 and £1820, with two from W Rathmell, Tong, Bradford, in-calf to a Hereford, at £1820 and £1800.

averages: Pedigree – Newly calved heifers, £2363; newly calved cows, £2053. Non registered – Newly calved heifers, £2127; newly calved cows, £2124; in-calf heifers £1730; maiden heifers, £869.

Auctioneer: Gisburn Auction Marts.

averages: Pedigree – Newly calved heifers, £2363; newly calved cows, £2053. Non registered – Newly calved heifers, £2127; newly calved cows, £2124; in-calf heifers £1730; maiden heifers, £869.

A Peak Altavelvet-sired heifer giving 32kg from GD Donkin’s Copdon herd, Blackburn, attracted the top price of £3500 at Gisburn Auction Marts’ first dairy sale of the month where pedigree heifers levelled at £2363.

The sale leader was from the herd’s Pretzel family out of 13,263kg Peak Hotjob-sired dam. Another milking heifer the same herd and with the same genetics made£2600.

Second top price was £2800 paid for a Stantons Adorable-sired heifer from RC and SW Beecroft's Hollinshall herd from Killinghall, Harrogate. Hollinshall, Batman Kim 29 from the same home made £2650.

Just behind, on £2780, M Bell and Son, Askrigg, North Yorkshire, sold the Metcalfe Farms-bred Washfold Ann 50, a Denovo Kenmore daughter out of a 14,000kg ABS Mayday dam.

Top price for R and M Cowgill, Little Hoole, Preston, was £2620 for their Hoole Fisherman Marie 3 heifer out of a Delta Builder dam.

Non-registered fresh heifers peaked at £2670 for an entry from J and B Rowland, Haighton, Preston and Jennings Farmers, Ripon, sold at £2600.

A Jackbeck second calver by Rubicon with 13 generations of VG/EX behind it made £2,500 for A.H. Price and Son, Clapham, Lancaster.

A strong trade for in-calf heifers saw two non-registered entries from Messrs Rowland in-calf to Angus at £1,980 and £1,820, with two from W. Rathmell, Tong, Bradford and in-calf to Hereford, at £1,820 and £1,800. Pedigree in-calvers from G.W. and M. Coates and Son, Baildon, sold to £1,780 and £1,680 for OCD Ferraro daughters in-calf to a Moorside Hereford bull and due October and November.

AVERAGES

Pedigree newly calved heifers £2,363; pedigree newly calved cows £2,053; non-registered newly calved heifers £2,127; non-registered newly calved cows £2,124; in-calf heifers £1,730; maidens £869.

Auctioneer: Eleanor O’ Neill, Gisburn Auction Marts.