Breeders from all over Australia bid freely to set an Australian record average for a dairy dispersal sale at the Avonlea Holstein milking herd and joined heifer dispersal.
The sale was held on farm and grossed of $1,407,500 and averaged $8504 for females.
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Sale top of $8,000 was paid for Kayton Goldchip Irene, EX 90 an 11th gen EX & VG, 8 year old with a tremendous udder, she sold to Clydevale Holsteins at the Holstein Complete Dispersal sale of spring calving heifers.