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BENTHAM RECORDS BROKEN
WITH £3350 BID
For the second year running,
Bentham Auction Mart’s Annual
Christmas Show & Sale of Dairy
broke existing market records.
From the 61 cattle forward for sale,
Maurice & David Wannop of Heaton had
the successful bid of £3350, purchasing
the Champion beast shown by Francis
& David Wright of Helsington. Pedigree
heifer, ‘Berryholme Steady Flo’, bred from
the Wright’s best maternal line the ‘Flo’
family, had been calved 18 days and was
giving 37kgs, attracted much attention in
the ring and was a very worthy winner of
the Championship ticket, tapped forward
by judges Mr Robin Boothman of Fence &
Mr John Lawson of Bentham.
The Wannop’s also purchased the top
price non-pedigree heifer at £2480, which
was 16 days calved giving 28kgs from
Mark & Heather Atkinson of Quernmore.
The Atkinson’s also achieved a price of
£2450 when Stephen Robinson of Burton

in Lonsdale purchased ‘Wyredale Amazing
Maisie 2’ which had been calved 21 days
giving 29kgs. Peter & David Knowles
of New Hutton also achieved a price of
£2450 for their second prize Pedigree
Heifer ‘Kendalcragg Smith Promise’ a very
correct heifer, 20 days calved giving seven
gallons.
Four cattle achieved prices of £2400;
the first prize non-pedigree heifer
bred at Tatham Hall, shown by Mike
& Ken Robinson of Farleton, the first
prize homebred heifer ‘Daleside DZ

Pictured l-r: Vendors Francis & David
Wright, Judges Robin Boothman & John
Lawson with the Champion animal & new
record holder ‘Berryholme Steady Flo’.

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Gloria’, shown by Maurice & Stephen
Woodhouse of Kirkby Lonsdale, Robert
& Elaine Butterfield of Benetham first
prize pedigree cow ‘ Ingleview Ransom
Jane’, and the second prize pedigree cow,
‘Tranthwaite Buckeye Casa’ from the
Swindlehurst’s of Underbarrow.
The introduction of a coloured class was
deservedly won by David & Rob Willison
of Levens with an extremely correct newlycalved pedigree Jersey heifer, leading the
way from Robert Sunderland of Apspatria
with his Shorthorn x Heifer, and Colin
Price of Keasden with a Red & White
Holstein.
A full ringside of buyers and an excellent
trade matched vendors’ expectations. An
overall average of £2147.20 for heifers,
with cows at £1915.56 at various ages
produced a very respectable average.
Auctioneers & Secretaries: Richard
Turner & Son.

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