British Blue Cross Bred Cow Tops Dispersal Sale of the Westminster Acres Dairy Herd

1st Jun 2018

The Westminster Acres herd owned by Martin and Jenna Adamson was dispersed at Borderway, Carlisle on Wednesday 30th May in front of a packed ring a buyers. Trade topped at 2,100gns for a Blue cross bred cow with buyers travelling from eighteen counties including Norfolk, Cornwall and Aberdeenshire.

The herd was established in 1945 by Martin’s grandfather when a productive British Friesian herd was founded. Cross breeding has been used successfully for the past fifteen years with the use of MRI, Montbeliarde, Danish Red and British Blue genetics. Topping the trade at 2,100gns was a British Blue sired cow bred from a Comestar Outside dam. This amazing and stylish young cow was fresh in her third producing 50kgs and was purchased by Messrs Kellett & Son, Hexham.

full sale report available at:-

https://harrisonandhetherington.co.uk/sale-reports/dispersal-sale-of-the-west-minsteracres-dairy-herd/