HALLMARK OF HILLVIEW PARK
216 cows averaged $3098
1 bull sold for $3000
217 Holsteins grossed $672,000 and averaged $3097

Hillview Park SS Eve sold for the second top price of $15,500 to the Garratty family, from Glenalbas Holsteins, Nowra

Sale top of $20,500 was paid for the young cow Hillview Park Kendall Eve 2nd, who was classified VG89 max for age, making a big production record and backed by two VG dams. She was bought by the well known Luccombe herd of the White family of Finley.

Next top price of $15,500 was paid by the Garratty family, Glenalbas Holsteins, Nowra NSW for Hillview Park SS Eve. This fourth generation VG Skywalker daughter had won the five-year-old class at the 2008 NSW State Show. The same buyers also selected the third top lot at $12,000 was the recently classified EX six-year-old, Hillview Park Aspen Evie.

Victorian breeders Mark Norman and Toni Adams, of Invergordon, paid $10,000 for Hillview Park Durham Beryl VG86. Scott and Pip Robinson, of Eastview Holsteins, Zeerust paid $9000 for Hillview Park EP Eve 4th, a fifth generation VG three-year-old.

Sunnyview Dairies of Craig Whatman, of Burrawang, NSW, selected several top lots including Hillview Park Dundee Pippa VG87 at $9000 and Hillview Park Raider Maida 6th at $8700. Stewart Cole of Forbes NSW paid $8100 for Murribrook Skychief Magdalene VG 88. Also at this price was Hillview Park Iron Maida 2 VG 86 selling to the partnership of Elmar Holsteins of Cohuna and R and L Blackburn, Burnvale Holsteins, WA.

Hallyburton Farms of Cobden paid $8000 for Hillview Park Durham Eve 2, while Green Glory Holsteins of Broadmarsh, Tasmania paid same price for the top young show cow Hillview Park G Trix VG89, backed by 2 EX dams.

Buyers came from all parts of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and Western Australia. Leading buyers were Downie Pastoral of Forbes, R and M Mason of Forbes, GE Menzies, of Moss Vale, and C Cowell, of Wagga Wagga.

Interest was intense in the superbly presented herd. Pictured (from left) is Jane McPhee, Graham McPhee (obscured), auctioneer Brian Leslie and Scott Lord.