Riverdane Holsteins sale equals UK record price of 90,000gns

Prices peaked at 90,000gns, equalling the UK breed record price, and the 148 lots achieved a record average for a single vendor of over £5,500 at the Riverdane Holsteins sale

Katie Jones
Editor, Farmers Guardian and Dairy Farmer
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Top price of 90,000gns was paid for Riverdane KD Hannah. She is pictured (front L-R): John Sherratt, Neale Evans, Jodie, Mark and Sue Nutsford. Rear L-R: Auctioneers Mark Davis, Glyn Lucas, and pedigree reader Graham Kirby. Photo: Evie Tomlinson photography.
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Top price of 90,000gns was paid for Riverdane KD Hannah. She is pictured (front L-R): John Sherratt, Neale Evans, Jodie, Mark and Sue Nutsford. Rear L-R: Auctioneers Mark Davis, Glyn Lucas, and pedigree reader Graham Kirby. Photo: Evie Tomlinson photography.

Held on farm near Middlewich, Cheshire, the 'Theatre of Dreams' sale saw auctioneers Glyn Lucas and Mark Davis take to the rostrum with Graham Kirby reading the pedigrees. Top price was achieved for...

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