Commercial herd Holstein Friesian and Friesian-cross cows sold briskly to a top price of $3500 (twice) during the change of calving season sale of The Parks (O’Brien Group) at Bulls.
Most of the cows made prices in the range of $2200 to $3000 and almost all lots found buyers in the million-dollar sale.
The offering was 420 Friesian and Friesian-cross cows from two- to seven-year-olds, all VIC and calving from late July to the end of September.
The sale group had a BW of 102 and cows are producing an average of 400kg MS a season on sandy country in a large herd environment.
The Geddes family at Tahora Holsteins, Christchurch, made a top price of $30,000 for Tahora Octane Love, purchased by Karen Fitzgerald, Feilding.
“Most of the cows made prices in the range of $2200 to $3000 and almost all lots found buyers in the million-dollar sale.”
Tahora offered 70 cattle, consisting of 30 in-calf cows, 30 in-calf rising two-year-ol heifers and 10 rushing one-year-old heifers.
The sale average price was $9486, the highest of the dairy sale season so far.
Octane Love was born in April 2018 and in her second milking season of 305 days produced over 10,000 litres and 732kg MS.
She was Intermediate Holstein and All-breeds Champion at the Canterbury show in 2021.
The Kauri Gold Jersey cow sale for several vendors in the Dargaville district of Northland produced a top price of $6100 for the McClean family for Pukenui Dexter’s Tracey, a rising two-year-old heifer.
The Chitty family also sold Lochnoor Con Daybreaker, a rising four-year-old for $6000.
For Trilogy Genetics at Eltham the Holstein Friesian cows and in-calf heifers averaged $3200 and had top prices of $8800, $7900 and $7200.
Top price was paid for Rangeview Franc Heidi, a rising three-year-old with one season of milking figures that included 418kg MS over 242 days.
In the Jersey section of the sale 117 cows were offered and only two passed in. The best prices on the day were $8700 and $8600 for cows from the Thornwood family line.
Top price was for Thornwood Hoss Faye, a rising three-year-old that produced 389kg MS in only 228 days of lactation.
The average for Jerseys was $2850.
On the third day of the Trilogy sale the top price was $6000 paid for R3yo Holstein Friesian Rangeview Plume Lucky.
Three breeds of in-calf heifers and yearling heifers were sold for a sale average around $2000 over 75 lots.
A late-notice dispersal of over 500 crossbred cows and in-calf heifers for Graze Cows Ltd produced prices between $1000 and $3000.
Cruse Livestock sold 155 crossbred in-milk cows at the Cambridge sale yard for prices between $1500 and $2750.
