Sedgemoor Christmas Cracker Show & Sale
December 2025
The Annual Christmas Cracker Show & Sale concluded an exceptional year of collective monthly dairy sales producing record numbers and prices at Sedgemoor Auction Centre. The last sale of the year included a show and attracted quality entries to include over 100 freshly calved cows and heifers alongside dispersal consignments and youngstock. Against the backdrop of increasing doom and gloom surrounding the industry and falling milk price, quality and strength were still in demand on the expected easier trade. A highlight was the youngstock trade which bucked the trend seeing an increased demand!
Our Champion, Combwich Mellencamp Peggy 2nd, a second lactation cow from Fine Farm achieved the day’s top price of 3200gns (£3360) being bought by our judges Harold Lukins and Adrian Burland. Our judges also took the Resereve Champion which was the 1st Prize Heifer Tyrywen Totem Bluebell at 3000gns (£3150) from KR & KM Powell who had an excellent show of fresh and incalf cows from their Tyrywen Herd from Caerphilly.
Other Heifers achieved 2800gns (£2940) for a non pedigree heifer from AT & VJ Powell, Moorshard Letsgo Shower Sold to 2650gns (£2782.5) and another non pedigree cow from Laker Farm Partnership to 2650gns (£2782.5) Other cows achieved 2650gns (£2782.5) for the 3rd calver from TI & RJ Grandfield and 2500gns (£2625) for Mendip System Christine.
The Friesian Dispersal for Withyend topped at 1650gns for a third calver with a complete clearance of all forward to fellow Friesian enthusiasts.
Incalf Heifers topped at 1820gns (£1911) for Beaconhill Cadilac Jackie 2, with the bulling and younger heifers producing more demand than any other sector on the day topping at 1320gns (£1386) for bullers from P Tilbee, younger maiden heifers from DC&B E Willcox achieved 1240gns (1302) x3 with pedigree 12 months old heifers from the Cedcott herd selling to 1200gns (£1260).
The day started with a superbly bred 5-month-old calf from Holben Holsteins, Grand dam being Butz-Butler Gold Barbara Ex96 she sold for 1500gns (£1575).
42 different buyers were recorded from Birmingham, Carmarthen, Cornwall and most of the counties in between creating the following creditable averages:
Collective Sale
Calved Cows £2284
Calved Heifers £2219
Incalf Heifers £1425
Bulling Heifers £1125
Yearling Heifers £1001
Hereford Bull £2730
Dispersal & Reduction Consignments
TI & RJ Grandfield £2179
KR & MK Powell £2070
Laker Farm Partnership £1856
Hislop & Son £1628
GJ & JM Boyer £1299
Christmas Cracker Show
Judges: Adrian Burland & Harold Lukins
Champion (Kindly Sponsored by Synetics and GTH)
Combwich Mellencamp Peggy 2nd from Finefarm Ltd Sold for 3200gns
Reserve Champion (Kindly Sponsored by Lake & Co Chartered Certified Accountants)
Tyrywen Totem Bluebell from KR & KM Powell sold for 3000gns
Cow Class (Kindly Sponsored by Shearwell Data)
1st Combwich Mellencamp Peggy 2nd from Finefarm Ltd
2nd Lot 72 from Laker Farm Partnership
3rd Peacehay Denver Celicia from FH Chave & Son
Heifer in Milk Class (Kindly Sponsored by Finance For Farms)
1st Tyrywen Totem Bluebell from KR & KM Powell
2nd Newmead Almamater Quince from PC Pocock & Co
3rd Moorshard Letsgo Shower from RK & SG Miller & Son
Youngstock Class (Kindly Sponsored by Amicus Law)
1st Beaconhill Cadillac Jackie from MKJ Reed & Son
2nd Peacehay Has it All Susanne from PD & JL Biss
3rd Holben Miracle Bliss from Holben Holsteins