Volume Buyers Seeking Volume Milk
August 2023
David Thorner dispersed his much admired 11,000kg non-recorded flying herd of all year round calving cows from Beaworthy Devon at Sedgemoor Auction Centre on Tuesday 1st August.
Volume buyers seeking volume milk produced a trade where no less than 44 sold for over £2000 to a top of £2467.50 for the commercial fresh second calver. Followed by £2415 x 4 to include two fresh third calvers; Hadlow Bestman Waverly, a fresh commercial third calver and a calved heifer due to Blackbrook Rochester (Longhorn) at the beginning of September.
The trade also saw British Friesians to £2362.50 for a fresh second calver, Ayrshires to £1764 for a third calver due to Lascaro Noop (Inra95) in January and Fleckviehs to £1627.50 for a second calver, also due to Lascaro Noop (Inra95) at the end of September. Fresh calved 6th and 7th lactation cows to £1942.50 x 3.
The recent drop in the barren cow trade had a marked effect on any cows with faults which were £200 per head down on similar sales a month ago.
The convenient location of Sedgemoor Auction Centre just of the M5 at Junction 24 attracted successful volume purchasers from Wales to Cornwall, generating the following creditable averages: -
Volume buyers seeking volume milk produced a trade where no less than 44 sold for over £2000 to a top of £2467.50 for the commercial fresh second calver. Followed by £2415 x 4 to include two fresh third calvers; Hadlow Bestman Waverly, a fresh commercial third calver and a calved heifer due to Blackbrook Rochester (Longhorn) at the beginning of September.
The trade also saw British Friesians to £2362.50 for a fresh second calver, Ayrshires to £1764 for a third calver due to Lascaro Noop (Inra95) in January and Fleckviehs to £1627.50 for a second calver, also due to Lascaro Noop (Inra95) at the end of September. Fresh calved 6th and 7th lactation cows to £1942.50 x 3.
The recent drop in the barren cow trade had a marked effect on any cows with faults which were £200 per head down on similar sales a month ago.
The convenient location of Sedgemoor Auction Centre just of the M5 at Junction 24 attracted successful volume purchasers from Wales to Cornwall, generating the following creditable averages: -
| Dairy Cows (ex faults) | £1,638.00 |
| Cows with faults | £873.60 |
| Head (including faults) | £1,510.00 |