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Dairy farmer Jeremy Taylor made it a clean sweep of 2013 Craven Dairy Auction title wins when landing his third championship in as many outings at February’s opening show at CCM Skipton, also bagging the reserve championship for good measure. (Mon, Feb 4)
Mr Taylor, who runs the Smellows pedigree Holstein Frisian herd at Small House, Broughton, achieved a championship hat-trick with his home-bred Smellows Melody 8, whose sire Fortland Rice was bred on The Fylde in Lancashire by Jimmy Hull.
Jeremy Taylor with his latest Craven Dairy Auction champ and reserve
Mr Taylor, who runs the Smellows pedigree Holstein Frisian herd
at Small House, Broughton, achieved a championship hat-trick with
his home-bred Smellows Melody 8, whose sire Fortland Rice was bred
on The Fylde in Lancashire by Jimmy Hull.
Her dam, a product of the world-famous Melody family, is herself
a daughter of Hoarehall Melody 5, who had an excellence rating
of 91 and seven generations VG/EX, and was acquired by Mr Taylor
at the Hoarehall Holstein herd dispersal sale in the Midlands when
restocking after foot and mouth.
Fourteen days calved and giving 34kg, the victor sold for joint
top price of £2,450 to Daniel Reed, of Bielby, York, who was making
his second successive visit to Skipton Auction Mart after purchasing
19 newly calven heifers and cows at the previous dairy sale last
month, as he further strengthens his commercial dairy holding.
At the latest renewal, Mr Reed also paid the same price for Mr
Taylor’s second prize newly calven heifer and reserve champion,
another home-bred, Smellows Miss America 4, whose dam averaged
11,000kg-plus over four lactations at Small House.
Twelve days calved to the AI sire Magor Baroque America and giving
32kg, the runner-up also comes from Hoarehall breeding lines, with
her grand dam Hoarehall Miss America – this renowned line was first
imported into the UK by well-known Lancashire breeder Alan Swale
- another dispersal sale acquisition by Mr Taylor. Over seven lactations
at Small House, she has averaged over 10,300kg.
Mr Reed bought the first three dairy cattle to enter the sales ring, beginning with the opening lot, a second calver from local farmer Robert Crisp, of Calton, at £2,180.
Chris Bradley, who trades as H Bradley & Son
at Brimham Hall Farm, Burnt Yates, marked his first-ever appearance
at Skipton by presenting the third prize newly calven heifer, a product
of his 110-strong Brimrock pedigree herd.
Mr Bradley, who has not sold dairy cows for several years, but now has
increased numbers coming through, declared himself “very pleased” with
the £2,350 selling price when his home-bred Cogent Prestwick daughter
joined Clive Metcalfe, of Birstwith. “I will be back,” said Mr Bradley
afterwards.
Ryedale dairy farmer Graham Bell, of TD&M Bell, Sinnington, was
responsible for the first and second prize newly calven cows, part of
an ongoing dispersal sale. The red rosette winner sold for £1,720 to
J Wood, a new buyer from Penistone, the runner-up joining Preston’s
Aubrey Greenhalgh for £1,600.
Craven Dairy Auction regulars Raymond and Robert Johnson, of Felliscliffe,
successfully sold four milkers to a high of £1,900.
With a small, but select turnout of 12 newly calven cattle, pedigree
heifers averaged £2,416, commercial heifers £1,647 and cows £1,890.
Show judge was Wick Williams, of Nantwich, and sponsor Yorkshire Foot
Trimmers. Attention now turns to the main BOCM Pauls’ sponsored Craven
Dairy Auction, on Monday February 18.
