Beeston Kaleidoscope Sale

A very good crowd and whole host of potential buyers were in attendance at Beeston Castle Auction for the Annual ‘Autumn Colours’ Sale. The sale was further enhanced by the introduction of a section for high class individuals with classy pedigrees and has been marketed under the name ‘Kaleidoscope of Colour’.

KALEIDOSCOPE OF COLOUR

A total entry of 19 females were received for this sale representing all four major coloured breeds. The quality it has to be said was very high and there were many outstanding individuals forward.


The top Jersey seller was the seven month old Jersey calf Grahmar Connection Virtue, an outstanding heifer by Giprat Belle’s Connection out of an EX93-2E dam from Graham Wallace of Goostrey Cheshire. This was an outstanding calf and was purchased by the Northern Crusaders Syndicate of Yorkshire.


AUTUMN COLOURS SALE

Two of the best were exhibited by Tom Savage and Sheila Fleming of Bolton Appleby, Cumbria who gained the first and second prizes in the Jersey in-milk heifer class and also the top two prices. The top being 1950 gns for their Shellen Senior Xavier a two year old fresh calved daughter of Pine Haven Senior out of a (GP84-2yr) dam by SHF Centurion Sultan. She was purchased by Mitchell Oldershaw of Lockington, Derbyshire. They also sold Shellen Senior Thistle, by the same sire for 1500 gns to Newton & Shaw of Byley, Middlewich.

Served heifers sold for 700 gns on five occasions.,

AVERAGES:

JERSEY: 33 Cows and Milking Heifers £915.41; 8 Served Heifer £594.56; 4 Maiden Heifers £357,00; 3 Heifer Calves £185.50. 1 Bull £420.00

WRIGHT MANLEY of Beeston Castle Auction, Cheshire were the Auctioneers.