Highoaks dispersal tops 4,700gns - farmers weekly

Pedigree dairy day at Borderway on Wednesday was celebrated with a wonderful line up top quality heifers for sale. First through the ring came the best show of Holstein milkers seen for a

long time at the Border and Lakeland club event. It must have been a hard job for the skilled judge Stewart Mitchell of ‘Grougar Holsteins’ to make his choices. Exactly half the entries of

fresh heifers made over £2000 to a top of 3400gns, this bid by Mr Wallace of 78 Printshop Road, Northern Ireland, came from the 26 month old Boclair Shottle Elegance 2 ET. She boasted the

best pedigree in the catalogue being out of the homebred Durham Elegance with a grand dam who was full sister to the world famous All-American cow Budjon-JK Linjet Eileen PI ET EX96. Well

grown and oozing style she came second in the show to a very smart Buckeye daughter from the Wilsons of ‘Evening Hill’ that won overall champion and made 2350gns. The reserve champion

Hillhead Acrobat Clementina was one of several smart heifers from the Fleming family of Kirkpatrick Fleming, and made 2500gns. The second highest price of the club sale was like the top

price, sporting a very classy pedigree. At 2850gns this Roylane Jordan daughter is from the famous Copywood Out Sara family. She now joins one of Cumbria’s finest herds belonging to the

Sandersons at Lanercost. Highoaks dispersal Following the Border and Lakeland sale came the final sale to disperse the highly regarded ‘Highoaks’ Herd of Edward, Linda and Steven Wilson.

This comprised all the most recently calved heifers (plus a handful of cows), their baby heifer calves, all the in calf heifers and few spring born maidens. It would be impossible to

overstate the consistent quality of this stock, and the countless numbers of compliments paid to the breeders bore this out. Amongst the sound, solid pedigrees were some gems from famous cow

families. The top price of 4,700gns secured for an undisclosed Borders breeder, a Comestar Lheros daughter of EX91 Goldwyn cow from Marqi family, This fortnight calved heifer will surely

become the 14th successive VG or EX when the classifier comes. Her heifer calf by the stock bull, Colvend Jazzbolt, made 1300gns to Stephen Moar of Coilsmore Farm. The second top price,

4,000gns, was paid by Messrs Armstrong of Wolfa, for Highoaks Talent Kimo 3 ET. Bred off 8 successive VG and EX cows she sold 3 weeks fresh and will now grace this great redeveloping herd at

Great Salkeld. A feature of the Highoaks sale was the demand for the heifer calves, and the great trade was not dependant solely on loyal support of the highly respected herd. Conscious of

well bred stylish, expertly farmed dairy cattle buyers were quite simply spoilt for choice and they indulged. Resulting in a wonderful trade for wonderful stock.    (Harrison and

Hetherington)