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BRANCHAL HOLSTEINS

Celebrating over 100 years of Black & White breeding

STOCK FOR SALE

Due to a natural surplus we sold 12 heifers from Branchal at the Borderway Mart Carlisle on the 17th August.

They included daughters of Baxter, Tennyson, Spooky, Merchant and our own stock bull Annandale Keiser, with many of them fresh in the last three weeks and already giving well over 30kg per day. They are genuine heifers with great futures which we are sure will go away and do well for their new owners.

The 12 heifers averaged 1975 selling to a top of 2200gns for Branchal Baxter Pride 120 who had been 2nd place in the Senior Heifer in Milk class

Pictured is dam of Branchal Tennyson Clybloem 82

Branchal Donor Clybloem 64
Branchal Donor 64 EX91 - Dam of Tennyson Clybloem 82

Branchal sale consignments
Lot No	Name	Lact	Calving Date	Notes
19	B Baxter Pride 120	1	28/7/11	Dam EX - sold 2200gns
15	B Baxter Ermine 26	1	19/7/11	Dam over 12,500kg - sold 2100gns
26	B Keiser Dixie 247	1	9/07/11	Cell count 38- sold 2100gns
22	B Spooky Grace 63	1	12/7/11	Dam EX91 over 12,500kg- sold 2080gns
20	B Tennyson Clybloem 81	1	10/7/11	Dam VG88 over 10,000kg- sold 2100gns
11	B Merchant Elusive 282	1	6/7/11	Tested over 30kg SCS 20- sold 1880gns
23	B Keiser Patch 27	1	26/7/11	Damover 12,000kg- sold 1800gns
25	B Tennyson Ermine 27	1	27/6/11	Already over 30kg per day- sold 1820gns
36	B Tennyson Elusive	1	11/7/11	Dam VG87 over 11,000kg- sold 2050gns
14	B Ron Mystery 39	1	19/7/11	sold 1900gns
1920	B Tennyson Clybloem 82	1	22/7/11	Dam pictured above EX91 and over 10,000kg- sold 1920gns
10	B Ron Molly 113	1	2/8/11	Gdam and 3rd dam both VG- sold 1750gns

We sold two fresh heifers at the Border and Lakeland Club Sale at Carlisle on Wednesday 24th November they were Branchal Homestead Dixie 242 and Branchal Donor Dixie 243, Dixie 242 was 1st prize heifer and went on to be Champion commanding the days top price of 2000gns, we wish her purchaser well.

**We are pleased to say we have had many positive responses from purchasers of cattle at our sale, we hope to sell a few fresh calved animals during 2010 at Carlisle and welcome your interest in them**

In celebration of 100 years of Black and White breeding we offered 50 head of young productive animals from the herd at Harrison & Hetherington's Borderway Mart on Wednesday 19th August 2009.

We would like to thank all those that made the sale a success, especially all those who supported the sale and particularly purchasers. We thank you for investing in Branchal stock, and sincerely hope that your new animals go onto perform for you.
We are also grateful for the efforts made by friends and family in preparing for the sale, and to The Farm Organisation team- Alex, Andy, Debs, Hannah, Rachel, Sarah, Stuart, Sarah who helped us both at the sale and for many months in advance. Finally we must thanks the auctioneers Glyn and Andrew who sold the cattle.

For those of you wanting to know the outcome, we sold 40 heifers in milk to average £1803 and 6 cows to average £1421, with an overall average of £1753 on 46 head. There were four lots exceeded the 2000gn barrier, lots 119, 125, 132 and 135 which were daughters of Igniter, Speed and Tregibby Gibson from the Molly, Babette and Dixie families.
We showed five heifers in the Border and Lakeland Club Sale and were delighted that they swooped the 1st to 5th spots in the senior milk heifers, with the 2200gn Branchal Igniter Molly going on to make 2200gns to Messrs Reay, Carlisle. She had calved on 2nd August and was giving over 28kg per day. Top price fell to Tregibby Gibson daughter, Branchal Gibson Dixie 234 at 2550gns, bought by my eldest brother Colin for his Raith herd in Fife, lot 135 she was fresh since 1st August and giving 25kg per day, with the scope to make a cow.

Thanks once again to everyone who made the day a success, we will continue to have some stock for sale either privately or through sales over the coming months and years so appreciate your interest and visits.

Branchal Igniter Paula