On a local note, Tongala’s Frank Walsh and Brad and Jess Gavenlock from Cherrylock Cattle Co, Tallygaroopna won Champion Jersey Cow and Reserve Grand Champion Allbreed with Windy Ways Galaxies Dawn 7.
Mr Walsh said he was excited by the four-year-old's win, whose pedigree can be traced back to 1908.
“Dawn has won her class every year she has competed at IDW, it is just so great and a pretty good feeling,” Mr Walsh said.
Drought, tough conditions and fires did little to deter the quality of cattle on show and while numbers may have been down on average, organisers have been very pleased with the quality and number of cattle on show.
The International Dairy Week Bushfire Appeal raised more than $65 000 at Wednesday night's World Wide Sires Evolution Sale.
Before the annual sale began, auctioneer Brian Leslie held an auction, with the buyer being able to choose any cow from the Moxey Farms stud.
The sale finished at $50 000 before Mr Leslie announced World Wide Sires would add $15 000 to the fundraiser.
Later on some embryos were also sold for charity.
The proceeds will go to the Salway family, from Cobargo, and BlazeAid.
After the bushfire appeal sale, it was Lot 7 — Cypress Grove V3 Ronimo Tiffany — that topped the World Wide Sires Evolution Sale after it sold for $12 000.
The top-priced cow was owned by the Jones family, from Foster, and was sold to Emu Banks Holsteins, from Terang.
The sale saw 31 Holstein cattle sell at an average price of $5295 and was conducted by Dairy Livestock Services.
More pictures and stories in next week's Country News.
