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Heifer smashes sales record
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| Smiddiehill goldwyn Pledge, which sold for 50,000 gns |
PROGENY from Semex No1 LPI bull, Braedale Goldwyn, made headline news with record-breaking prices at the Smiddiehill dispersal sale.
Smiddiehill Goldwyn Pledge stole the show when a whopping 50,000 gns was paid by the Cornish Wills brothers for the six-month old calf - a new record for a maiden heifer sold in the UK.
As well as being sired by the top-class Braedale Goldwyn, the heifer is out of Windy-Knoll-View Pledge and has a back pedigree including Comestar
Outside and Startmore Rudolph. The overall sale price for the 19 Goldwyns was over £197,000 - extraordinary considering that most of the animals were under a year old.
With the overall average for all Holsteins sold at £7,712 - this also marked a new record for prices achieved at a sale in the UK.
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