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A record price of £3400 at Christmas Pedigree Dairy Show & Sale - 15 December 2011

A record top price of £3,400 topped the Gisburn auction market Christmas pedigree dairy cattle show.  Regular vendor Colin Singleton, Goosnargh, Preston fought off strong opposition from new and regular vendors to take the championship.  His Braveheart heifer was three weeks calved giving 31kg and sold to A Greenhalgh on behalf of a Cumbrian pedigree breeder.  Pre-sale show judge David Talbot had a tough task with the best ever show of cattle in front of him and for reserve champion he choose Brian Whitfield, Wolverley, Wem, Shropshire with his Holmland Hero second lactation cow giving 37 litres this also sold to A Greenhalgh on behalf of North Yorkshire pedigree breeder for £2,900.  Local buyer David Walmsley, Worston, Clitheroe took another Singleton heifer at £2,800 this time by Magot and giving 32 litres.  Colin Middleton, Mitton, Clitheroe took home several of the Mr Whitfield cows at £2,450 and £2,000.  Lee Donkin, Copster Green, Blackburn also had a successful day selling his Sandy Valley Bolton heifer to Tom Pickup, Entwistle, Bolton for £2,620 and also winning the in calf class and the Frank Wade trophy with a Baxter heifer selling at £1,920 to JS & KM Wilson & Son, Helsington, Kendal.  Frankland Farms, Rathmell, Settle were also in the money at £2,120 with a Hellifield Dundee heifer giving 24kgs selling to GT Blezard, Ribchester, Preston.  Trade was brisk right to the end of the sale when G & MA Smith, Samlesbury, Preston sold their Wildman heifer to John Dodgson, Bank Newton, Gargrave, Skipton for £2,250.

In the regular milkers trade was similar to last week.  PK Smith, Burnley top at £1,880 and MR Smith, Laneshawbridge, Colne at £1,810.00.  Heifer calves topped at £440 for a red and white Holstein to J & S Hartlley, Bashall Eaves, Clitheroe.

Averages Pedigree newly calved heifers £2089; Pedigree newly calved cows £2258; Pedigree in-calf heifers £1570; Heifer Calves £368

Auctioneers:  Richard Turner & Son

Colin Singleton with his champion newly calved heifer which sold for £3400 and Ian Plews, of Cogent Breeding, the pre-sale show sponsor.

gisburn auction MARTS CHRISTMAS dairy show & sale

thursday 1 december 2011 

Newly calved heifers peaked at £2450 for the champion at Gisburn auction marts commercial dairy show and sale, on Thursday.

A superb class of newly calved heifers where forward for judging. However, judge Kelly Hill, Gresford, Wrexham had no hesitation in placing Brian Hall, Gargrave, Skipton, North Yorkshire very smart black heifer the champion rosette, nine days calved and giving 27 litres she sold, following spirited bidding from a packed ring side to NW & JM Coulthurst & Son, Coulthurst, Goosnargh, Preston, Lancashire.

Next best was J & AH Rogerson, Singleton, Poulton le Fylde, Lancashire at £2250 with their very milky second prize newly calved heifer, giving 34 litres, she sold to JJ Crosier, Gisburn, Clitheroe, Lancashire.  Jon Midgley, Luddenden, Halifax, West Yorkshire had a very successful day with his red heifer, picking up the first prize in the coloured class and reserve champion in the newly calved animal section, she sold to the judge at £2220.

Tom Richardson, Catterall, Garstang, Preston a breeding consultant with Alta Genetics was delighted with his third prize newly calved heifer which sold for £2050 to CH & SA Harrison, Elslack, Skipton, North Yorkshire.

Numerous newly calved heifers achieved £2000 these included Peter Smith, Burnley, Lancashire and Frankland Farmers, Rathmell, Skipton, North Yorkshire.

In calf heifers were in demand, topping at £1700 from RH & DE Parker, Newton, Clitheroe, Lancashire, which sold to HA Bradley, Salterforth, Colne, Lancashire. Winning the in-calf section was H Hesketh, Longton, Preston with his heifer, due to the Holstein Friesian which sold for £1610 to J Shuttleworth & Son, Rylstone, Skipton, North Yorkshire. Heifer calves sold to £400

Averages Newly Calved Heifers £1762: Newly Calved Cows £1607; In Calf Heifers £1410;

Auctioneers:  Richard Turner & Son   

Left to right

Pre-sale show judge Kelly Hill with Brian Hall and his champion newly calved heifer which sold for £2450

Left to right

Jon Midgley alongside Kelly Hill, pre-sale show judge and his reserve champion newly calved heifer which sold for £2220

DAIRY SALE – THURSDAY 3 NOVEMBER

A flying trade was the only way to describe the November Dairy Show & Sale at Gisburn on Thursday, sponsored by Dugdale Nutrition.  The judge was dairy farmer Geoff Blezard, Ribchester, Preston who thoroughly enjoyed judging a strong class of new calved heifers.

Frankland Farms dominated the show, picking up the first & third prize rosettes in newly calved heifer class,  selling very quickly to the pre-sale judges for £2250 & £2120.

Simon Thompson, Ribchester, Preston had the top price of the day with a newly calved cow at £2300, taking her home was Colin Middleton, Mitton, Whalley. Dairy auctioneer, Fred Spurgeon, said “Dairy cattle are in short supply and this was clearly reflected in today’s prices with several heifers achieving over £2,000

In-Calf Heifers topped at £1680 from H Hesketh (£1610); Bulling Heifers 1100 (£900) B Fawcett & new Vendor Andrew Ayrton sold his heifer calf at £290

Averages: Newly Calved Heifers £1710

Newly  Calved Cows £1820

Auctioneers:  Richard Turner & Son

THURSDAY 20 OCTOBER DAIRY CATTLE

James & Anne Rogerson, Singleton, Poulton le Fylde, took the championship of this months cogent pedigree sale with a beautiful Overside Dictator cow in her second lactation and out an excellent dam and VG grand dam, she was claimed by Gisburn pedigree breeder JJ Crosier for £2600 . 

Simon Thompson, Longridge, Preston, Lancashire won the newly calved heifer class with Affetside Nell 34, again from excellent and very good breeding, she sold for £2400 to GT Blezard, Larbreck, Preston, Lancashire.

The next lot from Mr Thompson was his Affetside Bobtail 66, out of a VG86 cow and sired by Decker, she sold to Cheshire buyer WA Blockley. 

Frankland Farms, Rathmell, Settle, North Yorkshire took the second prize rosette in the newly calved heifer class with a very smart heifer by Hellifield Dundee for £2300 to Mr Blezard. 

Others selling at over the £2000 mark was TA Crook, Houghton, Preston, Lancashire at £2200.  Colin Moorhouse, Halton West, Skipton, North Yorkshire at £2100 and Eric Armer, Catforth, Lancashire at £2040.

In the regular weekly section trade was brisk with in calf heifers topping at £1720 from John Mawson, Skipton & £1710 from H Hesketh, Longton, Preston, Lancashire. 

Cattle were on show from Driffield, North Yorkshire to Blackpool, Lancashire & buyers were present from afar a field as North Wales

Gisburn Auction Marts Dairy Show & Sale Thursday 1 September

J & AH Rogerson, Singleton, Poulton Le Fylde achieved the top price of £2150 for his second lactation cow, just seven days calved at Gisburn Auction Marts dairy show and sale on Thursday 1 September. 

The purchaser of this first prize winning cow was Roger Naylor, Middleton, Ilkley, North Yorkshire who went on to pick up an other newly calved heifer at the same price from Gordon Beresford, Hellifield, Skipton, North Yorkshire.

East Lancashire farmers, Robert & Mary Mares, Darwen sold their newly calved heifer, giving 36 litres at £2000 to JWC George & Sons, Pembrokshire. Wales.

Stuart Forshaw, Longridge, Preston, Lancashire picked up the first prize rosette in the pre-sale show with his newly calved heifer, which sold for £2060.  Ceasing milk production Simon Thompson, Longridge, Preston, Lancashire achieved £2050 for his three weeks calved, second prize heifer.  W Cornthwaite, Clayton on Brock, Garstang, Preston sold his four week calved heifer, giving 32 litres, she sold for £2020 to David Coulthurst, Goosnargh, Preston, Lancashire.

Averages: Newly Calved Heifers £1752; Newly Calved Cows £1655

Auctioneers Richard Turner & Son

Dugdale Nutrition Dairy Cattle Show & Sale

Best Newly Calved Heifer

1^st

S Forshaw, £2060 JWC George & Sons

2^nd

SA & C Thompson, £2050 JWC George & Sons

3rd

G Beresford, £2150 R Naylor

Best Newly Calved Cow

1^st

J & AH Rogerson, £2150 to R Naylor

2^nd

WA & A Booth, £1580 to E Moss

3^rd

R Jackson & Son, £1600 to GJ & G Billington

Best Coloured Newly Calved Animal

1^st

D Graveston,  £1850 to N Edmondson

2^nd

F Barton & Son, £1140 to S Postlethwaite

3rd

D Graveston, £1660 to J Hoggart

Stuart Forshaw with his first prize newly calved heifer which sold for £2060

Thursday 18 August - Cogent Dairy Sale

16 animals achieved £2000 or more

Simon Thompson, Ribchester, Preston, Lancashire was the worthy winner of the champion rosette at Gisburn Auction Marts August pedigree dairy cattle show, on Thursday 18 August.  Sponsored by Cogent Breeding and judged by the very capable, 23 year old Jenny Booth of the Moortop herd, Earby, Colne, Lancashire.

The two weeks calved, Baxter sired heifer, giving 32 litres sold for £2220 to J & M Walmsley & Son, Worston, Clitheroe, Lancashire.  Mr Thompson was very much in the money, with his three other newly calved heifers selling well. 

The next being a Penn-Gate Finest out of a very milky family, with proven records, this heifer, again two weeks calved and giving 31 litres, achieved £2160 selling to Brian Blezard, Hothersall, Longridge, Preston. Straight behind her into the sale ring was Affetside Bunty sired by Overside Dictator, she sold for £2020 to Tom Green, Wrightington the final lot from Mr Thompson, being a Dixie-Lee Aaron sired heifer, two weeks calved and giving 34 litres, she sold at £2000 to J Redmayne, Samlesbury, Preston, Lancashire.

A total of 16 animals sold for £2000 or more, these included heifer rearers, Frankland Farms, Rathmell, Skipton, North Yorkshire who consistently exhibit quality homebred heifers.  They sold their Wa-Del Cashmere sired heifer, which picked up the third prize rosette at £2200 to R & J Mitton, Cold Coates, Clapham, Lancaster.  Their second prize heifer in the pre-sale show was sire by Penbank Riverbank and sold for £2150, with the Frankland heifers sold for £2000, £1880, £1960 & £1400.

Established Yorkshire pedigree breeder, JD Taylor & Son, Broughton, Skipton sold his Smellows Peggy 4, sired by Far-o-La Debbi-Jo Decker at £2180 to JJ Crosier, Gisburn, Clitheroe, Lancashire.  Another from the same vendor was a Smellows Coriolanus bred heifer, which achieved £2080, taking her home was B Blezard.  Mr Taylor’s final lot was an Inspired Colonel sired heifer at £1990 to dairy agent, David Hancock, Alton, Nantwich, Cheshire.

Regular vendors J & M Singleton & Sons, Goosnargh, Preston, Lancashire sold a Mr Minister sired heifer at £2080 to J Pickervance, Brindle, Chorley, Lancashire.

Ceasing milk production DJ Tatham, sold his newly calved cow at £2060 to JJ Crosier. Other cows vendors included, Geoff Booth, Lothersdale, West Yorkshire with his second lactation cow, by the popular sire Gillette Final Cut, she sold for £1760 to J Pickervance.

The very much established twice monthly young stock sales came in to there own, with 48 young stock forward and topping at £1280 for a bulling heifer from E & W Threlfall, Rishton, Blackburn, Lancashire.  A yearling from DE Richardson, Salesbury, Blackburn sold for £920 to LR Hamer & Son, Rishworth, Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire.  Calves peaked at £540 from D & A Travis, Lupton, Carnforth, Lancashire.

Averages Newly Calved Heifers £1800: Newly Calved Cows £1739, Heifer Stirks £715

Auctioneers Richard Turner & Son

CHAMPION HEIFER, JUDGE &  SPONSOR
Champion heifer which sold for £2220 with show sponsor Ian Plews of Cogent Breeding, vendor Simon Thompson and judge Jenny Booth

JENNY BOOTH

Pre-sale show judge Jenny Booth, in the judging ring

CHAMPION HEIFER

Champion heifer which sold for £2220 with show judge Jenny Booth, vendor Simon Thompson & Ian Plews of Cogent Breeding, show sponsor

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Cogent Breeding Pedigree Dairy Show & Sale - 21 July 2011

Lancashire and Cumbrian buyers were out in force at Gisburn auction marts weekly dairy sale, on Thursday 21 July, trade was brisk with over 20 cattle heading north.

Topping the trade was a Karona Bonar heifer, just one week calved from Gordon Beresford, Halton West, Skipton, she sold for £2380 JJ Crosier, Gisburn, Clitheroe, Lancashire.  Another Lancashire farmer, Geoff Blezard, Hothersall, Ribchester, Lancashire picked up the next best at £2320, a Overside Dictator heifer out of a VG dam and an EX Grand Dam from Colin Booth, Feizor, Austwick, Lancaster.  Again hitting the £2320 mark was Brian Hall, Gargrave, Skipton with his 35 litre heifer which sold to David Coulthurst, Goosnargh, Preston, Lancashire..

Whytil Final Cut Renske 32 from J & M Singleton & Sons, Goosnargh, Preston, Lancashire sold for £2200 to Tom Wilson, Rockliffe, Carlisle, Cumbria Close, who went on to pick several more lots, they included a smart black heifer from Joe Holden, Edgworth, Bolton, Lancashire at £2100 along with another three heifers and three cows at £2000 and £1920 from John Airey, Chipping, Preston and a Hill Topper Warden cow at £1980 from RM Shackleton, Broughton, Skipton, North Yorkshire.

In calf heifers for Geordie Parker, Newton, Clitheroe, Lancashire due to the Limousin for late August sold to £1,790 to David Shuttleworth, Gargrave, Skipton, North Yorkshire. Whilst his brother John Shuttleworth, Rylstone, Skipton, North Yorkshire sold his heifer calves at £380 to Peter Smith, Burnley, Lancashire. 

With the calving season underway numbers are expected to continue for the forthcoming weeks.

Auctioneers Richard Turner & Son.

Photo Champion Hfr

Whytil Final Cut Renske 32 from J & M Singleton & Sons

which sold for £2200 to Tom Wilson.

Photo Gordon Beresford Heifer

The Karona Bonar heifer, from Gordon Beresford

which sold for £2380 JJ Crosier.

COGENT BREEDING PEDIGREE DAIRY SHOW & SALE 16 JUNE 2011

Top price of £2520 for a Gillette Final Cut heifer from Colin Singleton, Goosnargh, Preston set the pace for a very lively sale at Gisburn Auction Marts monthly pedigree sale on Thursday 16 June.  Out of a VG cow and three weeks calved this heifer caught the eye of judge Colin Price, Keasden, Clapham, Lancaster and she was sold to David Walmsley, Worston, Clitheroe, Lancashire. 

Mr Walmsley also took home the reserve champion, another heifer at £1980 from the same vendor. 

Third prize heifer was also a Gillette Final Cut heifer and she was claimed by F Talbot & Co, Ribchester, Preston at £2020. 

Other leading bids were £1920 for a Sandhole Rattle heifer from Messrs Hollingworth, Middleton, Manchester she went to Brian Blezard, Ribchester, Preston, Lancashire. 

In calf heifers sold to £1740 and the top price commercial new calved heifer came from Messrs Wensley, Westby, Kirkham, Lancashire at  £1800.  Heifer calves topped at £400 from David Mattinson, Bracewell, Skipton, North Yorkshire.

Auctioneer Fred Spurgeon, said “Today saw a top quality show, with several eager buyers happy to buy quality bloodlines.”

The show was kindly sponsored by Cogent Breeding.  Averages Pedigree Newly Calved Heifers £1818.  Auctioneers Richard Turner & Son

(Champion Heifer)

Left to right  Champion heifer from Colin Singleton with the pre-sale judge Colin Price

Champion & Reserve Champion  (left to right)  The Champion and Reserve Champion from Colin Singleton, Goosnargh Preston

DUGDALE NUTRITION DAIRY CATTLE SALE 2 JUNE 2011

Despite good weather for silage making, a good crowd of buyers came to Gisburn for the Dugdales Nutrition Monthly Dairy Show and Sale. 

Top price went to JA Crocker who showed a well grown heifer giving over 30 litres which sold to £1800 to Tom Green, Wrightington, Wigan. 

First prize heifer came from James & Anne Rogerson, Singleton, Poulton le Fylde sold for £1750 to Doug Wallbank, Higher Walton, Preston. 

In calf heifers sold well with eight animals from Alan Spensley, Downham, Clitheroe with him achieving a top price of £1550 and averaged £1440. 

The ever popular young stock section had a superb selection of pedigree averaging eight months old sold to a top of £780 to Michael Kenyon, Chipping, Preston.

cogent PEDIGREE DAIRY CATTLE sale 19 MAY 2011

This months Cogent Pedigree Sale saw a very brisk trade with only 18 entries forward.  Colin Price took the honours when Judge Graham Young chose his 2^nd calf cow champion, she was a superb young cow giving 38 litres and by Ladino Park Talent and with 2 generations of Ex in her pedigree she made £2,450 to David Coulthurst of Longridge.

Stuart Forshaw took reserve champion with a newly calved heifer purchased from the Hollywood sale as a bulling heifer.  She was a superb heifer by the very popular Sandy Valley Bolton and giving over 30 litres she sold for £2,350 to A Greenhalgh for a Cumbrian customer.  Also in the pedigree class a Jersey heifer from Aimee Beresford, Halton West, sold to the judge Graham Young for £1,020.  In-calf heifers from Colin Barritt sold to £1360 to F Wrathall and in-calf heifers from Malcolm Bretton sold to £1580 and averaged £1570.  A pen of bulling heifers from Johnny Metcalfe sold to £920 and heifer calves from Tom Shuttleworth to £410

Total of 51 cattle were on offer.

Photo: left to right – Ian Plews (Cogent Representative) Graham Young (Judge) Colin Price (Vendor Champion heifer).

Auctioneers:  Richard Turner & Son

cogent PEDIGREE DAIRY CATTLE sale - 21 april 2011

Richard Lucas took the championship at the monthly Coegnt Pedigree Sale with a very smart Landino Park Talent heifer from his Meinspride herd.  Giving 32ltrs she sold for £2300 to veteran cattle breeder JJ Crosier to join his newly established dairy herd at Gisburn.  Regular vendor Colin Singleton took reserve champion with an Emerald Acres Baxter heifer out of 2 generations of VG breeding, she sold to Doug Wallbank of Higher Walton for £2180 who also paid the same price for the 3^rd prize heifer from Colin Singleton.  She was a Den-K-Marshall daughter again out of 2 generations of VG breeding and giving 30kg.  A Heather Holme Velvet heifer also from the Whytil herd sold to £2,050 to Tom Shuttleworth of Rylstone  she was giving an impressive 33kgs.  Other vendors in the top prizes were W G Cornthwaite of Claughton with a Baxter heifer at £1940 to Messrs. Redmayne of Samlesbury.  In the regular milkers trade was brisk with 2^nd quality heifers at least £200 up on the previous week.

In the In-calf section Messrs Wensley of Great Plumpton had top price at £1700.  31 new calved heifers, 6 new calved cows, 5 in-calf heifers and 1 heifer calf were forward.

(Left to right)  Front Row:  Lewis Lomax, Andrew Lucas & William Lucas

Back Row:  Ian Plews (Cogent) Aubrey Greenhalgh (Judge)

Auctioneers:  Richard Turner & Son

Gisburn Auction Marts Dugdale Nutrition April Dairy Show & Sale

A special entry of 22 top quality cows and heifers from F Parkinson, Chipping took the prizes at Gisburn Auction Marts weekly show.  Top price was £2,700 for a 3 week calved 33lt heifer that was chosen as first prize by Peter Dakin she was claimed by Tom Pickup of Turton.  Ist prize cow sold to David Coulthurst of Longridge she had just calved her third calf and was giving over 50ltrs.  Eight of the Parkinson cows and heifers sold over £2,000.  Other milkers met a cautious trade with the best selling to £1,800 but there were heifers at around £1,500 mark that looked good value.  A group of 8 Holstein Friesian heifers at 9 months old sold to £650 and heifer calves sold to £380.  Total 66 cattle were forward.

Auctioneers:  Richard Turner & Son

Thursday 17 March 2011 – Pedigree Dairy Show & Sale

Another big entry of cattle at Gisburn’s weekly dairy sale met a strong trade for all types of cattle.  Topping the commercial cattle was Bargh Bros of Bracewell with a heifer giving 28ltrs selling to Messrs Redmayne of Samlesbury for £2040.  A group of nine Dutch & German heifers from Richard Marsden sold well topping at £1720.  These heifers are becoming a regular feature of the sale and customers seem well satisfied with their performance.  In the pedigree section the honours went to Tom Crook of Hoghton with a superb Weeton Jackson heifer out of an excellent 92pts Fowlerbrook Angela.  She sold giving 33lts to Doug Wallbank of Samlesbury.  Taking 2^nd prize was Colin Singleton showing a Regancrest Dolman heifer which sold giving 30kg to C F Morton & Sons, Samlesbury.  Top price at £2120 was Gordon Beresford with a Jo Decker heifer which was very fresh and fell to regular customer David Shuttleworth.  A consignment of in-calf heifers from H Ward, Yew Tree Farm, Brindle made to £1580 also to D Shuttleworth.  Top price in-calf heifer came from Malcolm Bretton at £1650 having been served with sexed semen and run with Limousin x Holstein bulls, David Shuttleworth will have to wait and see what comes!  54 dairy were forward and 8 made £2000 or more.

Auctioneers:  Richard Turner & Son

Photograph: Ian Plews (Cogent Representative), Aubrey Greenhalgh (Judge), Tom Crook (vendor) with Champion heifer.

GISBURN AUCTION MARTS - DUGDALE NUTRITION - FEBRUARY DAIRY SHOW & SALE

34 Dairy Cattle were forward for the February Dairy Show at Gisburn. 

Top price went to regular vendor and heifer rearer Sean Hickey with a heifer calved just 10 days and giving 30 litres, she sold to Messrs. Parker of Elmsley, Huddersfield for £2000. 

The 3^rd prize heifer was next in line on price selling to Messrs. Yates of Huddersfield at £1980. 

Older cows giving plenty of milk all sold quickly with a 5^th calver from Jim & Christine Scriven selling at £1060 to Jeremy Maude a 2^nd calver from the same vendor hit £1600.

First price heifers was a pedigree heifer  from W A Booth Feizor selling at £1980  also to Parkers of Elmsley. 

In calf heifer from A Harker due to Limousin at the end of February sold to an incredible £1640 to David Shuttleworth. 

Lots of customers went home with empty trailers and vendors were all smiling.

Auctioneers:  Richard Turner & Son

PEDIGREE DAIRY CATTLE 20 january 2011

Jennings Farmers of Ripon took the Championship at the January Cogent Pedigree sale at Gisburn.  Their BKB Albertson heifer sold for £2,380 to Messrs. Parker of Emley Huddersfield.  Regular vendor Simon Thompson took the Reserve Champion with his Penn-Gate Finest heifer out of a EX90 dam, she was giving 34kg and sold to D Walmsley, Downham, Clitheroe for £2,300.  Both of these heifers were praised by the Judge Aubrey Greenhalgh for having good body capacity and superb udders.  In 3^rd place was Colin Singleton of Goosnargh with a Braedale Bam Bam heifer out of a VG dam.  This was a very smart black heifer which was giving 36kg and had the potential to make an excellent cow, she also sold to Messrs. Parker for £2,200.  Pedigree cows were in short supply and the first prize went to a 3^rd calver from E Lund & Son Ingleton, she sold to Mr W J Etherington for £1460.

In the regular milkers heifers topped at £1900 to Brian Roberts and £1860 to T Shuttleworth.  Three very smart red heifers ready to serve from Midgeley of Halifax sold for £840 each to David Walker of Read.  A total of 64 head were on offer.

Auctioneers:  Richard Turner & Son

Gisburn Auction Marts Christmas Cogent Pedigree Show & Sale - 16 December 2010

New calved cows were a strong trade at Gisburn’s Cogent Pedigree Sale on Thursday.  The champion went to a heifer from Eric Armer of Woodplumpton but it was the cows that made the top prices.  A second calf cow by Crichel Principal from Frankland Farms sold to Colin Middleton for £2180 closely followed by their 2^nd prize Principal cow selling to D Coulthurst for £2,100. Both cows were in top form and giving over 35kg each.  Also in cow section a second calved cow by Debbie-Jo Drake from Ben Hardcastle & Sons, Killinghall sold to regular customer Tom Green, Wigan for £2,100.  First prize cow came from H E Airey & Son, Longridge and sold for £1900 to Judge Mr John Crosier.  She was a 3^rd calved cow by Bilsrow Johnny and recently classified VG.  Eric Armer’s Champion also sold to the judge for £1980 she was by Paradise Sparta and giving 25kgs.  Top price heifer was from the Copdon Herd one of a group of three from Gerry & Lee Donkin, Copster Green.  She was by BKB Affirmed and from the Franbeth Miss Blackburn family she also sold to the judge for £2020.  In the regular commercial sale heifers sold to £1860 with Messrs Bargh Bros. averaging £1800 for three very smart heifers two of which sold to David Hancock of Elton, Cheshire.

Auctioneers: Richard Turner & Son

CHRISTMAS DAIRY SHOW & SALE - 2 DECEMBER 2010

SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES AND ICY ROADS DID NOT DETER REGULAR VENDORS TURNING OUT FOR THE CHRISTMAS DAIRY SHOW AT GISBURN.  COWS WERE IN SHORT SUPPLY BUT A STRONG CLASS OF HEIFERS WERE SOON SORTED BY JUDGE HAGUE SPEAK AND THE HONOURS WENT TO SIMON THOMPSON OF RIBCHESTER.  HIS CHAMPION HEIFER SOLD TO DAVID COULTHURST AT £2260 AND THE TWO OTHER HEIFERS FROM SIMON’S AFFETSIDE HERD SOLD AT £1680 AND £1590 TO ANDY COLLINGE OF STONYHURST.  RESERVE CHAMPION CAME FROM COLIN SINGLETON OF WHITECHAPEL, THIS HEIFER WAS ALSO CLAIMED BY DAVID COULTHURST AT £1900.  A STRONG TEAM FROM FRANKLAND FARMS SAW THEM TAKING 1^ST AND 2^ND PRIZES IN THE COW CLASS AND THIRD IN THE HEIFER CLASS.  THE 1^ST PRIZE COW SOLD AT £1900 TO W HESKETH & SONS AND THEIR HEIFER SOLD TO TOM SHUTTLEWORTH OF RYLSTONE FOR £1780.  WINNER OF THE IN-CALF SECTION WAS N SCHOFIELD OF NEWTON IN BOWLAND WITH A HEIFER DUE JUST INTO JANUARY SELLING AT £1600 ALSO TO TOM SHUTTLEWORTH.  OTHER IN-CALF HEIFERS SOLD TO £1370 FOR A T MAUDE AND £1260 FOR ALAN PARKER.

Photo 1: Christmas Pedigree Dairy Show Champion

Photo 2: Simon Thompson receiving the

Champion Cup from Chairman Philip Morris

Auctioneers: Richard Turner & Son

NOVEMBER cogent breeding pedigree dairy show & sale - 18 NOVEMBER 2010

32 Pedigree cattle were on offer at the November Cogent Show at Gisburn and combined with the usual weekly entry 73 cattle were forward.  Top price in the regular vendors was P K Smith of Southfield who topped the sale at £1740 followed by Messrs Jackson of Wiswell at £1640 and Brian Collinge at £1540.   The Judge for the Pedigree show was Colin Middleton of Whalley and he chose a fresh Heatherholme Velvet heifer giving 26kgs and 3 weeks calved, she sold to D Walmsley, Hookcliffe, Downham for £1900.  Taking the 2^nd and 3^rd prizes were John & Gillian Dewhurst, both heifers were from solid VG pedigrees and sold for £1600 each.  Taking top price was a beautiful Gillette Cutter heifer from JA & M Gornall, Pendleton at £2000 she sold to W Hesketh and unfortunately arrived late and missed the show but would surely have taken some of the prize money.  Mary Mares of Blacksnape missed out on the prizes but her Sandy Valley Bolton heifer sold at £1800 also to D Walmsley.

An entry of Brown Swiss heifers from Messrs. Brown of Ramsgill sold to £1440 for a heifer due at Christmas with bulling heifers upto 910 to John Whittaker of Knutsford.  Heifer calves sold to £270 each.

Auctioneers:  Richard Turner & Son   

OCTOBER COGENT PEDIGREE DAIRY SHOW & SALE

21^ST OCTOBER 2010

JOHN AND GILLIAN DEWHURST FROM WHITTINGHAM, PRESTON HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL TRIP TO GISBURN AUCTION’S PEDIGREE SALE ON THURSDAY. THEY TOOK 1^ST AND 3^RD PRIZES IN THE HEIFER CLASS AND THEIR BAXTER HEIFER AT JUST 14 DAYS CALVED WENT ONTO TAKE THE CHAMPIONSHIP WINNING THE £100 SEMEN VOUCHER DONATED BY COGENT BREEDING.  JUDGE MR A GREENHALGH SAID THE HEIFER HAD GREAT POTENTIAL AND WOULD SURELY GO ON TO EQUAL ITS VG DAM.  SHE SOLD FOR £2040 TO W HITCHEN OF HALIFAX, HE ALSO TOOK THE DEWHURST 3^RD PRIZE BAXTER HEIFER AT £1680. RESERVE CHAMPION WENT TO W G CORNTHWAITE’S GARSBY JACKSON EMILY 2 WHICH WAS OUT OF VG & EX BREEDING SHE SOLD TO ALAN OUTRAM OF BURY.

HEIFERS GIVING PLENTY OF MILK SOLD QUICKLY AND W A BOOTH OF FEIZOR TOOK £1960 FOR A SHOTTLE HEIFER GIVING 34KGS AND SIMON THOMPSON OF RIBCHESTER SOLD ANOTHER SUPERB BAXTER HEIFER GIVING 34KGS TO DAVID COULTHURST OF LONGRIDGE.

AN ENTRY OF 20 BULLING HEIFERS INCLUDING SOME RED AND WHITE PEDIGREES SOLD TO £960 AND HEIFER CALVES TOPPED AT £320 AND AVERAGED £260

AUCTIONEERS: RICHARD TURNER & SON

PHOTOGRAPH LEFT TO RIGHT:  IAN PLEWS COGENT REP, GILL DEWHURST WITH CHAMPION NEW CALVED HEIFER

THURSDAY 21 OCTOBER 2010

PEDIGREE SHOW & SALE OF DAIRY CATTLE

JUDGE

AUBREY GREENHALGH

CHAMPION

J & G DEWHURST, £2040 TO W HITCHEN

RESERVE

W & G CORNTHWAITES, £1750 TO A OUTRAM

CLASS 1

BEST PEDIGREE NEWLY CALVED HEIFER

1^st

J & G DEWHURST, £2040 TO W HITCHEN

2^nd

W & G CORNTHWAITES, £1750 TO A OUTRAM

3^rd

J & G DEWHURST, £1680 TO W HITCHEN

CLASS 2

BEST PEDIGREE NEWLY CALVED COW

1^st

J D & J A HOLGATE, £1300 TO WTC FARMS

2^nd

J & M PATE, £660 TO K & M BERRY & SON

gisburn auction marts

september cogent pedigree dairy show & sale -16 september  2010

September Cogent Breeding Sale saw a smaller than usual entry for the catalogue but combined with the usual weekly entry over 100 dairy cattle were on offer.  Taking the Cogent voucher for £100 worth of semen was Hellifield farmer Gordon Beresford with a Tripleblue Final Cut Vaakje carrying his two generations of VG and giving 32kg she was a tall and very stylish heifer that will surely make VG herself.  She sold to Judge Aubrey Greenhalgh for a client in South Wales.  Reserve was regular vendor Simon Thompson with a Dixie-lee Aaron heifer selling for £1820 to Richard Bradley of Salterforth.  Third prize also from G Beresford sold for £1700 to cattle agent H Speak she was a more traditional heifer by Cattonhall Lucky Charm.

In the regular milkers Eric Armer of Woodplumpton again took top price with a non-registered Drake heifer selling for £2040 to David Coulthurst of Longridge.  Cows were harder to sell but Frankland farms topped at £1650 to Tom Green of Wigan.  TH Wesley & Sons of Great Plumpton showed three top quality In-calf heifers due September selling to £1580.  Strong heifer calves sold to £320 but young calves were much slower to sell at either side of £200.

Auctioneers:  Richard Turner & Son   

Photograph left to right:

Ian Plews Cogent Rep, Aubrey Greenhalgh Judge & Gordon Beresford with Champion New calved heifer

Pedigree Show & Sale of Dairy Cattle

Judge

Aubrey Greenhalgh

Champion

MR & GP Beresford, £2150 to Aubrey Greenhalgh

Reserve

SA & C Thompson, £1820 to R Bradley

Class 1

Best Pedigree Newly Calved Heifer

1^st

MR & GP Beresford, £2150 to Aubrey Greenhalgh

2^nd

SA & C Thompson, £1820 to R Bradley

3^rd

MR & GP Beresford, £1700 to GH Speak

Class 2

Best Pedigree Newly Calved Cow

1^st

Frankland Farms, £1580 to W Hesketh & Sons

2^nd

Frankland Farms, £1200 to J R Whitwell

Thursday 2 September 2010

Gisburn Auction Marts September Dairy Show & Sale

The September Dairy Show at Gisburn Auction produced a top price of £2250 for a pedigree heifer from regular vendor Simon Thompson of Hothersall, Longridge, she sold to T Wilson of Blackrigg Carlisle.  Messrs. Thompson had 2^nd highest price selling for £2000 to neighbour G T Blezard.  Second prize heifer was from Colin Booth of Feizor and she sold for £1800 to A P Townsend of Laneshawbridge.  An entry of 2^nd calf cows for the Exors of G Collinson, Bartle, Preston took 1^st and 2^nd prizes in the cow class and sold to T Wilson for £1700 and £1680 respectively.  In the in-calf section T Wensley from Gt Plumpton took all three prizes and averaged £1470 for three heifers due late September.  Judge was Mr Howard Southwell and the show was sponsored by Dugdale Nutrition.

Auctioneers:  Richard Turner & Son

Dugdale Nutrition Dairy Cattle Show & Sale

Judge

Howard Southwell

Class 1

Best Newly Calved Heifer

1^st

Thompson Brothers, £2250 to T Wilson

2^nd

WA & A Booth, £1800 to A P Townsend

3^rd

D Fielding, £1680 to RN & KW Edmondson

Class 2

Best Newly Calved Cow

1^st

G Dakin, £1480 to T Wilson

2^nd

W E Collinson, £1680 to T Wilson

3^rd

CJ & JM Huyton, £1260 to FA & TCR Wrathall

Class 3

Best In-Calf Cow or Heifer

1^st

TH Wensley & Sons, £1610 to S R Shuttleworth

2^nd

TH Wensley & Sons, £1650 to SR Shuttleworth

3^rd

TH Wensley & Sons, £1150 to DW & BL Mattinson

gisburn auction marts AUGUST cogent pedigree dairy show & sale - 19 AUGUST 2010

Customers at Gisburn Auction Marts August Cogent Pedigree Sale were greeted by a full shippon of new calved and in calf cattle.  Combined with the pedigree entry there were 60 newly calved cattle on offer.  A consignment of new calved organic heifers from Mark Gornall of Pendleton were one of the highlights selling to £1920 to W Hesketh & Son and with 3 others over £1700 each they were very much admired.  Unfortunately none of these cattle went to join other organic herds which reflects the lack of enthusiasm in the organic milk market.  With increasing feed cost and the difficulty in obtaining a premium in the market it is going to be a tough winter for organic producers.

Taking top price this month was Frankland Farms with a 2^nd calver Picston Shaker cow selling to £2150 again to W Hesketh Farms.  Champion went to a new calved heifer from David Wilson of Newton; she sold for £1900 to D Coulthurst of Longridge.  Reserve champion was shown by Simon Thompson of Hothersall she was by Roylane Jordan and backed by a sound VG & Ex pedigree she sold for £1950 to Downham farmer David Walmsley.

In the in calf section new vendor T H Wensley & Son of Great Plumpton topped the sale at £1670 selling to A Outram Bury.

A smart group of young heifers for James Wellock, Eshton, Skipton sold to £750 for bulling heifers and £600 for weaned calves.

Gisburn Auction Marts August Dairy Show & Sale

Frankland Farms from Rathmell took the prizes again at Gisburns monthly show and sale of dairy cattle, Judge was David Berry of Thornton who was faced with a class of 15 very good heifers but after a careful process of elimination he chose Franklands heifer in 1^st place and ML & JE Kayley of Halton West for 2^nd place.  The winning heifer was by Lucente and sold for £2350 to David Coulthurst and 2^nd prize heifer sold for £1900 to Johnny Peel of Newsholme.  3^rd prize was taken by R & S Leece with a Stardale Roberto heifer selling for £2160 to W Hesketh.  In the cow class Frankland Farms took 1^st and 2^nd selling for £1920 and £2320 respectively.  Both these cows were yielding over 40kg daily and were a superb example of modern dairy cows also selling to W Hesketh.  Surprise of the day was a HF/Simmental heifer from Eric Armer selling to local dairyman J T Thornber for an impressive £1280.  Bulling heifers sold to £820.  A total of 46 milkers were on offer.

Auctioneers:  Richard Turner & Son

gisburn auction marts - 15 JuLY 2010 

july cogent pedigree dairy show & sale

All the prizes in the July Cogent Pedigree Sale went to Rathmell with neighbours Frankland Farms and JD & A Holgate took Champion and Reserve respectively.  Another strong entry from Frankland Bros. topped at £2420 for a beautiful Lucente heifer which caught the eye of Judge A Greenhalgh she sold to Richard Bradley of Salterforth.  Messrs. Holgates heifer was by Shottle typically giving 36kgs and sold for £2020 to Tom Shuttleworth of Gargrave.  Third prize heifer was from Simon Thompson Ribchester which was by the very popular Ladinho Park Talent and out of a VG dam she sold for £2020 to Joylan Farms with 74 head on offer most customers filled their trailers with heifers around the £1800 mark.

A group of cattle for Messrs. Hodge, Bilsborrow sold at the end of the pedigree section.  The main part of the herd has been sold to a local cheesemaker and the group on offer were older cows selling to £1100 for a red 2005 cow due for October.

Auctioneers:  Richard Turner & Son   

GISBURN AUCTION MARTS JULY DAIRY SHOW & SALE

With the prospect of an increase in farm milk prices and a much welcome shower of rain, buyers were on top form at Gisburn’s monthly dairy show sponsored by Dugdale Nutrition.  Top price of £2,300.00 was achieved twice for heifers from Frankland Farms.  Showing a splendid group of cattle they had 6 at over £2,000.00 each.  Judge G Billington of Brock gave 1^st prize heifer to Franklands which was by Lucente and sold to Penrith farmers Tom Wilson & Son for £2,300.00.  First prize cow also from Franklands sold for £2080.00 to Tom Green of Wigan, who also took a heifer from the same vendor for £2,000.00.  Lancashire cattle agent Aubrey Greenhalgh also took one of Franklands heifers on behalf of a Welsh farmer at £2,300.00.

In total 70 cattle were on offer with the top 20 heifers averaging £1,950.00 per head.  In calf heifers sold to £1,860.00 for Malcolm Bretton and averaged £1420.00 for 16 head.  Heifer calves sold to £430.00 for a Swedish Red/Holstein cross from D Mattinson.  This months pedigree sale is on 15^th July 2010 with another consignment from Frankland Farms on offer.

Thursday 1 July 2010

Dugdale Nutrition Dairy Cattle Show & Sale

Judge

Graham Billington

Class 1

Best Newly Calved Heifer

1^st

Frankland Farms, £2300 to T Wilson

2^nd

A Parker, £1860 to T Wilson

3^rd

A Butler, £1880 to RN & KW Edmondson

Class 2

Best Newly Calved Cow

1^st

Frankland Farms, £2080 to T& M Green

2^nd

G Dakin, £1260 to CN & SA Harrison

3^rd

BL & EA Clarke, £920 to GJ & J Billington

Class 3

Best In-Calf Cow or Heifer

1^st

M Bretton, £1860 D W Shuttleworth

2^nd

G & SE Parker, £1620 to DW Shuttleworth

3^rd

J & E Atkinson, £1500 to J Shuttleworth & Son

gisburn auction marts PEDIGREE DAIRY CATTLE sale   18 march 2010

Colin Singleton took the honours again at Gisburn Auction Marts Pedigree Show and Sale.  There was a strong show of 22 heifers but Mr Singleton fought off the strong challenge when Judge Mr John Sanderson pulled his Weeton Brandy heifer to the top of the line, she went onto sell to David Coulthurst of Goosnargh.  Reserve Champion went to Lee Donkin with a Ladino Park Talent heifer with a superb udder she sold to Chris Bargh of Osbaldeston.  Mr T Green of Wigan bought the top price cow from David Hall of Coniston Cold she was a 3^rd calver giving a massive 46kgs and sired by Canyon-Breeze Allen.  In-Calf heifers sold to £1600 and a good group of 5 heifer calves from P Dakin sold to £290.

Auctioneers:  Richard Turner & Son

gisburn auction marts PEDIGREE DAIRY CATTLE sale - 18 february 2010

The February Cogent Show & Sale at Gisburn Auction Marts saw an entry of 12 top quality heifers on offer.  Regular vendor Colin Singleton took Champion & Reserve Champion with Tom Richardson coming in at third place.  Judge Mr A Greenhalgh made quick work of the judging and chose a Gillette  Final Cut heifer giving 36 litres as Champion it sold for £2400 to D Coulthurst of Longridge.  Reserve Champion was Braedale Bam Bam daughter out of a VG88 cow and with a superb udder she sold to the same buyer for £2,320.  Third prize from T Richardson was a Sam daughter, she sold for £2200 to Messrs. A T Barrow.  Most of the other heifers on offer sold around the £1800 mark with new buyers looking for affordable TB replacements.  In calf cattle was slower to sell and the five on offer averaged £1380.

Auctioneers:  Richard Turner & Son

Pedigree Dairy Cattle Show & Sale Results 18 February 2010

Judge

Mr A Greenhalgh

Champion

J & M Singleton, £2400 to NW & Mrs JM Coulthurst & Son

Reserve

J & M Singleton, £2320 to NW & Mrs JM Coulthurst & Son

Class 1

Best Pedigree Newly Calved Heifer

1^st

J & M Singleton, £2400 to NW & Mrs JM Coulthurst & Son

2^nd

J & M Singleton, £2320 to NW & Mrs JM Coulthurst & Son

3^rd

E & T Richardson, £2200 to A T Burrow & Son