The top selling heifer at Wednesday night’s auction.
The top selling lot offered at the International Dairy Week Future Sale brought $20,000 on Wednesday, January 22.
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The eight-month-old Footloose heifer was bought by Brent and Kim Mitchell from Bamawm, and Marcus Young from Tasmania.
Avonlea Dropbox Footloose was sold by Avonlea Holsteins and went under the hammer of auctioneer Brian Leslie with Dairy Livestock Services staff.
Born in April last year, the heifer’s mother’s sister sold for $63,000 last year.
Another Holstein heifer, from the Connie line and owned by Cinnamin Partners, sold for $13,000.
Tom Lindquist sold a Holstein heifer, Scotts Creek Dropbox Heidi 81, for $12,500 to Nathan Shannon at Katunga.
The Create the Future ST Genetics sale achieved a 100 per cent clearance of 39 lots, with an average of $7471.
This Connie heifer sold for $13,000 at the International Dairy Week auction.
Auctioneer Brian Leslie takes bids at the Create the Future sale.
Kylie Hoskin from Tatura sang the national anthem to open the Create the Future sale at International Dairy Week. Kylie is the sister of Illawarra breeder Michael Tuhan and the daughter of Doug Tuhan.
A crowd of about 400 people attended the International Dairy Week auction on Wednesday, January 22.
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