Harry Moon, who works for the Sprunt family, is pictured in the pen with the top-selling Holstein at right.
Young Holstein dairy cows from a top-rated Bunbartha herd sold up to $13,000 in Shepparton on September 11.
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The cattle were from the Kaarmona herd of the Sprunt family, which holds the number two-rated herd under the rating, genomic Balanced Performance Index, across Australia.
Kaarmona holds master breeder status for both its Holstein and Jersey herds.
On Thursday, the Sprunts offered up 55 spring-calved Holsteins, which were promptly snapped up by a number of breeders in person and online. All sold.
The top-selling Kaarmona Holstein was Kaarmona Deltalambda Destiny 7, classified as VG88 and who was producing 31 litres at a butterfat test of 5.0 in her first lactation. She sold for $13,000.
Some of the buyers at the Kaarmona sale.
Kaarmona Lambda Destiny 25, in her first lactation, sold for $6000.
Dairy Livestock Services auctioneer Brian Leslie said the outstanding offering was purchased by buyers from every part of the Victorian dairy industry for an average of $4315.
More than 50 per cent of the sales went to online buyers.
The top-selling Destiny cow boasted a butterfat test of 5.0 in her first lactation and bought $13,000 from the Shannons at Katunga, in spirited bidding.
Second highest-selling lot was Kaarmona Dynasty Holly 5, which, despite being offered at the end of the catalogue, sold for $10,000.
In an earlier Dairy Livestock Services sale, the Meyview commercial Holstein dispersal sale topped $7250, and averaged $3840.
A large crowd attended the second stage dispersal of the Meyview Commercial Holstein herd of the Waaia Meyland Family on August 29.
The offering was currently averaging 42 litres with a cc of just 59, sale top of $7250 for the third lact AltaDateline daughter milking 60 litres. The top-selling milking heifer was the two-year-old daughter of Dreambig milking 51 litres selling for $6400. Top selling second lact cow was at $6300 for a three-year-old daughter of Hancock.
Other sales included a Supernatural two-year-old milking 49 litres at $5600, a six-year-old Altaspring daughter milking 58 litres also at $5600, a four-year-old GGIGermanboy daughter milking 54 litres at $5200 and a four-year-old AltaGopro milking 60 litres at $5000.
The 166 Holsteins grossed $637,350 with an average of $3840
Buyers were from all parts of Victoria and Southern NSW.
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