The 89th Dungannon dairy sale took place in Dungannon Mart, Co. Tyrone during the week, with heifers making up to £5,000.

The sale saw 86 freshly calved cows and heifers, as well as two bulls go up for grabs.

On top of that, the renowned Slatabogie herd had 50 head of stock from it's finest families on sale, offering buyers a chance to purchase into award winning genetics.

Dungannon sale

The top price of £5,000 was paid for October-2024-born Hilltara Renegade Maude 4.

The heifer was sired by S-S-I Pr Renegade, and comes from Hilltara Lambda Maude 9 GP83, a cow who gave 10,232kg of milk at 3.26% fat and 3.11% protein in her first lactation.

Her G.Dam, Hilltara Diamondback Maude 12 was a VG cow, who gave 11,072kg of milk in her peak at 4.71% fat and 3.33% protein.

Meanwhile, her 3.Dam, Hilltara Agronaut Maude was an EX92-3E classified cow, who at peak gave out 12,369kg of milk at 4.81% fat and 3.35% protein.

Hilltara Renegade Maude 4 calved down for the first time in September.

The hammer rang for £5,00 a second time, this time for Bloomhill Alcove Shakira, who calved down in August.

The October-2024-born heifer was sired by Westcoast Alcove and came from Wiltor Lautrust Shakira 3 ET, who produced 11,184kg of milk at 3.95% fat and 3.29% protein in her second lactation.

The dam is classified as VG88, but has the potential to be the 11th straight generation of EX cows, which could make the heifer the 12th generation of EX classified cows.

Her G.Dam is Jacobs Unix Shania, a Canadian classified EX cow who produced a staggering 14,217kg of milk at 5.00% fat and 3.70% protein in her second lactation.

The next best price of the day was made by Hilltara Parfect Maude 3, who went under the hammer for £4,800.

Sired by Siemers Renegade Parfect, the heifer came from Hilltara King Doc Maude 6 VG in August 2024.

The dam produced 11,648kg of milk at 5.50% fat and 3.72% protein in her third lactation.

The heifer has the potential to be the 13th generation of VG/EX cows.

£4,700 was then given for Ards Kingdoc C Ashlyn 2, a September-2024-born heifer.

She was sired by Woodcrest King Doc and came from Ards Charming SK Ashlyn VG, who produced 7,489kg of milk at 4.15% fat and 3.31% protein in her first lactation.

She has the potential to be the 10th straight generation of VG/EX cows, and calved down for the first time in October.

Slatabogie sale

The Slatabogie finest families sale saw springing heifers due to calve down between November and March go up for sale first.

The top price paid for one of these heifers was £4,000, given for SBG Maserati H Carlin C ET.

The January-2025-born heifer is in calf to semen from Beyond Hi-Pace since April.

Her dam, Boghill Glamour Hurricane Carlin D ET EX94, produced an extraordinary 22,706kg of milk at 3.36% fat and 3.19% protein in her second lactation.

The heifer has the potential to be the 12th generation of VG/EX cows.

Overall, the springing heifers averaged £3,073/head.