The top-selling Jersey at John and Margaret Cockerell’s sale on November 10 was Warrain Matt Treasure 3. She sold for $20,000.
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An auction of spring-calving Jerseys from one of Australia’s best dairy herds attracted a top price of $20,000.
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The Cockerell family offered the cattle as the first stage of their dispersal sale at their Warrain stud at Numurkah, in northern Victoria, on November 10.
This Jersey sold for $6500 at the start of the Warrain Jerseys sale.
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A total of 151 lots were sold with an average of $5180 achieved.
John Cockerell said the sale exceeded his expectations on an “exceptionally good day”.
The top-selling cow, Warrain Matt Treasure 3, went to Robert and Kerry Anderson from Kingsville Jerseys in Drouin.
Mr Anderson attended in person and made just the one purchase after he had satisfied himself she was the one to buy.
This Warrain stud Jersey sold for $7000.
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Geoff Adams
“We had five picked out to look at, but the other four were not quite what we wanted,” he said.
“The Cockerells have always had good cows with one of the highest production levels in the country and they are great people.”
Lot number one, Warrain Valentino Althea 2, sold for $6500 and Warrain Valentino Love Lies 6, classified excellent 91, sold for $7000.
Stud partner John Cockerell watches the first of his Jerseys go under the hammer.
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The results were welcomed but not a great surprise to veteran auctioneer Brian Leslie, who described the herd as the highest production Jersey herd ever to be dispersed in Australia.
Mr Leslie said 94 of the 151 lots were bought online, which was the highest percentage he had ever seen in a dairy sale.
Part of the crowd of about 60 people who attended the Numurkah auction. More were bidding online.
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Geoff Adams
He said this was evidence of the national interest in the sale.
As for the Cockerells’ concern that the cows would go to good homes, Mr Leslie said he knew many of the buyers and the cows were going to good operators who would use the superior genetics to build their herds.
The herd averaged 7059 litres, with 275 kg protein and 358 kg fat.
Margaret and John Cockerell are planning their next sale for mid-2022.
Buyers, agents and genetics company staff checked out the herd prior to the sale.
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Geoff Adams
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