TUESDAY 14 TH OCTOBER 2025
SELLING INDEX
Benleigh Blooming Peggy VG87
Benleigh Blooming Peggy 4th
Benleigh Prince Peggy 2nd GP83
Benleigh Glarisso Peggy
Benleigh Albert Sarajevo VG86
Benleigh Collaps Sarajevo
Benleigh Ralice Sarajevo
Benleigh Pete Sarajevo GP84
Benleigh Magnet Sarajevo 2nd GP84
Benleigh Jinxer Faith
Benleigh Albert Genevieve VG86
Benleigh Guy Gredel
Benleigh Aldo Wishlist
Benleigh Wonderment Margaret VG86
Benleigh Shamrock Victoria GP83
Benleigh Phil Bethli GP83
Benleigh Pete Bonita GP83
Benleigh Blooming Bonita
Benleigh Cadence Snowy GP83
Benleigh Aiven Snowy
Benleigh Brice Snowy
Benleigh Albert Snowy
Benleigh Emory
Benleigh Lucky Sasha 4th
Benleigh Alum Sasha
Disclaimer:
Benleigh Superstar Fantasy VG85
Benleigh Guy Fantasy
Benleigh Aldo Molly GP84
Benleigh Norwin Eva GP83
Benleigh Blooming Queenie GP83
Benleigh Caviezel Radar 2nd
Benleigh Magnet Olly 2nd
Benleigh G S Marlie
Benleigh Blooming Marlie 2nd GP83
Benleigh Blooming Adorable GP81
Benleigh Dynamite Carol VG87
Benleigh Pete Maureen GP80
Benleigh Barca Sweetly
Benleigh SN Sweetly GP82
Benleigh Cavral Buttercup
Benleigh Blooming Lorna GP83
Benleigh Barca Lorna
Benleigh Barca Tara 2nd
Benleigh Get Lucky Tara VG85
Benleigh Collaps Jody
Benleigh Barca Ladder VG85
Benleigh Shamrock Pretzel GP83
Benleigh Barca Donna GP82
Benleigh Bender Donna
Benleigh Alpin Donna
Benleigh Barca Ladybird
ACCOMODATION
Listed in order of proximity to sale venue:
Mid City Motor Inn Singleton 02 6572 2011 (0.92km)
Francis Phillip Motor Inn & Serviced Apartments 02 6571 1991 (1.1km)
Charbonnier Singleton 02 6572 2333 (1.5km)
Quest Singleton 02 6570 3800 (2.1km)
Alternatively, the sale venue is just 30 minutes from the heart of Hunter Valley wine country, at Pokolbin. This well-known tourism spot offers boutique shops, cheese tasting, renowned cellar doors, and quality restaurants.
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Andrew Mackie 0419 595 932
Luke Russell 0408 313 815
Ross Saures 0407 321 136
Shane Oslear 0403 689 654
Jason McVilly 0438 150 917
Matt Henry (QLD) 0448 646 854
Stuart Lockhart 0411 071 284
Andrew Cullen 0401 184 596
David Ninness 0427 305 268
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VENDOR TERMS
Vendor Terms Available - must contact DLS office no later than 12 noon 10/10/2025
Minimum spend $8,000
50% deposit and ALL GST on total purchases due sale day 14.10.2025, then 50% due 16.11.2025
Minimum spend $12,000. 1/3 deposit and ALL GST on total purchases due sale day 14.10.2025, then equal payments due 16.11.2025 and 16.12.2025
Minimum spend $24,000 1/6 deposit and ALL GST on total purchases due sale day 14.10.2025, then equal payments due 16.11.2025, 16.12.2025, 16.01.2026, 16.02.2026 and 16.03.2026
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TUESDAY 14 TH OCTOBER 2025 11AM @ Singleton Showground
Enter Showground via Church St gate Sale will be held in the Multi Purpose Shed.
COFFEE, FOOD AND REFRESHMENTS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE FROM 9AM
VENDORS
MAX, GAVIN, SARAH AND THOMAS WAKE 4162 New England Hwy, WHITTINGHAM NSW 2330 (Max) 0417 405 256 | (Gavin) 0438 725 040
Email: benleighbrownswiss@outlook.com
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$2,500 CASH PRIZE DRAW FOR ONSITE BUYERS ONLY
To be eligible for an entry in the draw, must meet the following criteria:
> Entrant must have purchased a lot in the sale.
> Entrant must be onsite in person for the duration of the sale and remain until the end of the sale to claim their prize.
> Online buyers and/or purchases made via a third party (e.g purchases made via StockLive, or over the phone, or through another representative that may or may not be onsite themselves) are not eligible to enter.
> Onsite entrants are eligible for one entry per lot purchased e.g if an onsite buyer purchases 5 x lots, they’d receive 5 x entries in the draw.
$2,500 cash prize donated by the Wake family.
2026 INTERNATIONAL DAIRY WEEK & SYDNEY ROYAL SHOW
If a buyer chooses to exhibit their 50 Years of Benleigh Brown Swiss sale purchase at either the 2026 IDW or 2026 Sydney Royal and then goes on to win a broad ribbon (Senior, Intermediate & Junior Champions only - not Reserve or HM Brown Swiss Competition at that event, they will receive a $250 cash bonus from the Wake family.
Total possible prize pool = $1,500 ($750 for 2026 IDW and $750 for 2026 Sydney Royal).
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It is with absolute pleasure I write this foreword for the 50 years Benleigh Brown Swiss Sale.
I have watched this journey the whole way and noted so many wonderful accomplishments by the Wake Family with Max a Life Member of the Breed and indeed Benleigh awarded the Master Breeder Shield.
To walk through the large Benleigh herd is an absolute pleasure, it certainly is so consistent with high production fine uddered cows from start to finish.
Benleigh have enjoyed incredible success Winning some 27 Champion Cow awards at Sydney Royal and so much more at IDW and the Brisbane Royal Shows.
However I want to point out that Benleigh have sold females to other Breeders that have gone on to Win the coveted Champion Cow award at every Royal Show in Australia and IDW, yes –Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth and indeed IDW! We are sure there will be many opportunities in this sale!
As we look through this catalogue you will find the current Sydney Royal Intermediate Champion is selling along with a direct daughter of the Grand Champion Cow.
THANK YOU
No less than 9 direct daughters of EX dams sell and all are backed by many generations of EX & VG.
Max Wake has travelled the World in search of the best maternal lines and you will find so many selling from leading World Famous Cow Families.
Production has always been the name of the game at Benleigh, this you will see throughout the catalogue with dams of sale lots producing to 10,319 litres 374 kgs protein and 476 kgs fat.
Selling today are tremendous young cows along with joined and unjoined heifers, there certainly is something for everyone.
On behalf of the Registered Dairy Industry I both thank and congratulate the Wake Family on their incredible 50 years of Brown Swiss and know that much more will be heard of this offering in future.
We do hope you can be with us on Tuesday 14th October, if not join us online with Stocklive.
Brian Leslie OAM
AUCTIONEER
We would like to express our sincere gratitude to our sale crew, friends and family, and all the companies and organisations that have generously supported our 50th anniversary sale. Your contributions – whether through sponsorship, resources, services, or expertise – are invaluable and play a crucial role in making this celebratory sale possible. We are truly grateful for your willingness to stand with us and bring this sale to life. Thank you for your continued support. We look forward to delivering a successful and memorable sale.
Andrew Cullen Dairy Livestock Services
Brian Leslie
Shane Oslear
Premier Livestock Genetics
David Ninness
Semex Australia
Alex Matthews
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Farmers Warehouse
Hayley Boyd - Signature Graphics & Design
Winning HandshakeLeah Dickson and Judge Niel Van Rensburg, Sydney Royal 2025 - Photo Fiona Hanks
FROM THE
The Brown Swiss cow has defined our family’s farming journey
Everything started the day my late wife, Robyn, and I welcomed our first crossbred Brown Swiss calf in 1973. Within the decade we had bred Australia’s first purebred female Brown Swiss in Benleigh Stan’s Swiftly. The purebred result was accelerated because we were lucky enough to get heifers from heifers for three more generations. We still have descendants from the Swiftly family at Benleigh today.
Fast forward to 2025 and we were honoured to win Premier Exhibitor of All Breeds with a modest-sized team of six Brown Swiss at the Sydney Royal Easter Show. That team included our latest “hot” cow, Benleigh Prince Faith EX91-2E, who was Champion Brown Swiss. This sale includes Faith’s Jinxer daughter, who is due to sexed Ray in November.
We have been breeding Brown Swiss for a slither over 50 years now, and we’ve never opened our gates to host a sale before. We felt this year was the time – together with Gavin and Sarah – to stop and mark the milestone. We couldn’t be prouder to offer 50 of our absolute best, even though letting them go isn’t easy for me.
Importing embryos
Today, we milk 280 Brown Swiss at Benleigh, and it is their docility, great legs and feet, and fat and protein that makes them our first choice all day, every day.
We couldn’t have got to this point without a substantial investment in imported embryos early on.
Probably one of the most exciting things I’ve done is to buy a lot of embryos in 2010 (when the US and Australian dollars had parity). I bought into six or seven families at that time. We developed the Sarajevo family in Australia – in partnership with Nova. It is perhaps one of our most famous families which is
recognised across all breeds. We have listed five Sarajevos in this sale – including the reigning Sydney Royal Intermediate Champion (and Best Udder) – Benleigh Albert Sarajevo VG862YRS (A2/A2). She sells at lot 4.
My travels in the pursuit of Brown Swiss genetics – and the industry friends we developed along the way – took us into Switzerland, France, Scotland, Austria, and Germany.
I remember buying around 16 embryos in Switzerland. We got 12 pregnancies. The first calf was a heifer. The next 11 calves were bulls. A reminder that things don’t always go to plan. The silver lining was that we used one of those bulls, Benleigh Dally Prince, and we ended up having 70 heifers sired by him. We had sold Prince, but once we saw the heifers calve in, we thought we better do something about trying to collect the bull. Sadly, he died before we could make it happen.
The history and the champions
It took us another 10 years until we showed our first Brown Swiss at Singleton Show, under the late Geoff Mayo, the noted Ayrshire breeder from Albion Park, NSW
The next major step came with the introduction of Brown Swiss at the Sydney Royal show in 1988, when we won Champion Cow with Benleigh Royalty Lady.
Brown Swiss were introduced at International Dairy Week (IDW) in 1997. We have been fortunate enough to win Champion Cow there four times.
2002: Benleigh D.B. Snowy EX2E
2004 & 2005: Benleigh Prophet Sarajevo EX-91-2E
2012: Benleigh Cartoon Sasha 2nd EX-91-4E
There have been many Champions won at the Sydney and Brisbane Royal Shows in the last 25 years.
Max & Robyn at Singleton Show 1984
Max & 2004 IDW Champion - Benleigh Prophet Sarajevo EX91-2E
A personal favourite show a little closer to home is the Singleton Show. Benleigh Prince Faith EX91-2E is in the starting gates to show there again this year. She was the Supreme Champion in 2023 and 2024.
Sharing the genetics
Notably, in the last few years we have been thrilled to watch Cameron and Tracey Bawden and family win Champion Cow at IDW with Benleigh Glenwood Gredel EX91. The Gredel family is represented in this sale, and it tracks back to Bo-Joy Ensign Gredel EX94 (EX94 MS) 5E – a three-time All-American.
In January 2025 Leah Dickson won Intermediate Champion with Benleigh Dynamite Stacey. Congratulations to both families.
Early tip
We lead this sale off with the Peggy family which goes back to the top of the tree in terms of world-class Brown Swiss names –Top Acres and Blessing.
Lot 1A and 1B is a pick-of-the-pair in a four and three-year-old respectively – Benleigh Blooming Peggy VG87 and Benleigh Blooming Peggy 4th. I saw the original cow, Blessing Starbuck Peggy EX94, when I was in the US with Gavin in 2010. I asked the Master Breeder who owned her, if he’d sell us some embryos, and he agreed. The packages were sired by Goldwyn and Wonderment. We subsequently got a daughter sired by each of those bulls, and they have been outstanding cows for our herd. I’d advise buyers to have a close look at these young cows.
Max & Robyn
Summary
I would like to take this moment to also acknowledge our family’s loss of Robyn after a short and sudden illness in May 2019. She was our backstop and homing beacon for so many years, and she is deeply missed.
In closing, we have been so gratified by the interest in the sale and the messages coming in from around the world.
I’d like to also thank Gavin and Sarah for the work they’ve put in to make this event a reality.
We look forward to your company.
Max Wake
BENLEIGH BROWN SWISS
The Benleigh Show crew with Goldwyn Peggy at Sydney Royal
Flooded laneway March 2022
Max & Princess Anne with Benleigh Royalty Lady (1998)
THE family
While visiting a farm USA in 2010, Max and Gavin came across the exceptional cow, BLESSING STARBUCK PEGGY EX94. Impressed by her quality, they made the decision to purchase embryos sired by Wonderment and Goldwyn. The resulting offspringBENLEIGH WONDERMENT PEGGY 2ND VG87 and BENLEIGH GOLDWYN PEGGY VG89they remain valuable members of the herd to this day.
BLESSING STARBUCK PEGGY EX94 (USA)
✮ Foundation Dam at Benleigh
✮ 7 Generations EXCELLENT
BENLEIGH GOLDWYN PEGGY-IMP-ET VG89
✮ Champion Cow Sydney Royal 2018 & 2021
✮ Reserve Champion Cow Sydney Royal 2017
✮ HM Intermediate Champion IDW 2016
✮ Intermediate Champion Brisbane Royal 2015
✮ 2 VG daughters
BENLEIGH PRINCE PEGGY EX90
BENLEIGH LENNOX PEGGY 2 VG87
✮ Reserve Champion Cow Sydney Royal 2023
✮ Reserve Champion Cow Sydney Royal 2024
PHOTO CYBIL FISHER
SCHERMA GLENN BLOOMING-ET
SCHAMAUN BS GORDON GLENN-ET / SCHERMA ARSENE BEVERLY
WONDERMENT PEGGY
BENLEIGH BLOOMING PEGGY 4TH
BENLEIGH PRINCE PEGGY 2ND GP83
BENLEIGH GLARISSO PEGGY
THE family
The first acquisition, of the Nova Partnership was KAMERUKA SARAJEVO 2 EX1E - an unborn heiferas the pick of the calves from the exceptional Canadian Cow, TERRA NOVA SARAJEVO EX95. KAMERUKA SARAJEVO 2 EX1E is Grand Dam to BENLEIGH PROPHET SARAJEVO EX91-2E Champion Cow IDW 2004 and 2005, Intermediate Champion IDW 2000, Champion Cow Sydney Royal 2003 and 2004.
BENLEIGH ALBERT SARAJEVO VG86
KAMERUKA SARAJEVO 2 EX1E
TERRA NOVA SARAJEVO EX95 (CAN)
BENLEIGH PROPHET SARAJEVO EX95
✮ Intermediate Champion & Best Udder, Sydney Royal 2025
PHOTO ELLA WRIGHT
BENLEIGH COLLAPS SARAJEVO
BENLEIGH RALICE SARAJEVO
BENLEIGH PETE SARAJEVO GP84
BENLEIGH MAGNET SARAJEVO 2ND GP84
7th Dam KAMERUKA SARAJEVO 2 EX1E
BENLEIGH JINXER FAITH
KÄLINGEN O MALLEY JINXER O MALLEY / KÄLINGEN JINXOR JINX-ET
✮ 1st 5 year old, Best Udder & Champion Cow, Sydney Royal 2025
✮ 1st 4 year old in milk Sydney Royal 2024
✮ Supreme Champion Cow & Supreme Best Udder Singleton Show 2024
✮ Senior Champion and Best Udder, NSW OFC 2024
✮ Supreme Champion Cow & Supreme Best Udder Singleton Show 2023
DAM: BENLEIGH PRINCE FAITH
(RING PHOTO)
8: BENLEIGH JINXER FAITH
BENLEIGH GUY GREDEL
BENLEIGH ALDO WISHLIST
BENLEIGH WONDERMENT MARGARET VG86
BENLEIGH PHIL BETHLI GP83
3rd Dam
4-7
5-8
BENLEIGH PETE BONITA GP83
BENLEIGH BLOOMING BONITA
SCHERMA GLENN BLOOMING-ET SCHAMAUN BS GORDON GLENN-ET / SCHERMA ARSENE BEVERLY
BENLEIGH CADENCE SNOWY GP83
BENLEIGH AIVEN SNOWY
BENLEIGH BRICE SNOWY
BENLEIGH ALBERT SNOWY GP82
BENLEIGH EMORY EVELYN
2-8
BENLEIGH DAIRYSTAR SASHA
BENLEIGH LUCKY SASHA 4TH GP82
BENLEIGH ALUM SASHA
BENLEIGH SUPERST FANTASY VG85
BENLEIGH GUY FANTASY
SCHERMA NORO GUY NORO SG-ET / SCHERMA BALZAC GRIOTTE
APOLLO
BENLEIGH ALDO MOLLY GP84
BENLEIGH NORWIN EVA GP83
BENLEIGH BLOOMING QUEENIE GP83
SCHERMA GLENN BLOOMING-ET
SCHAMAUN BS GORDON GLENN-ET / SCHERMA ARSENE BEVERLY
BENLEIGH CAVIEZEL RADAR 2ND
BENLEIGH G S MARLIE GP84
BENLEIGH BLOOMING MARLIE 2ND GP83
GLENN
BENLEIGH BLOOMING ADORABLE GP81
SCHERMA GLENN BLOOMING-ET
SCHAMAUN BS GORDON GLENN-ET / SCHERMA ARSENE BEVERLY
BENLEIGH JIVE ADORABLE VG86
CLIFTONVALE WONDER JIVE-IMP-ET WONDERMENT / MORT JETWAY JODY EX94
JONGLEUR ADORABLE JOLAHOFS POLO JONGLEUR
BENLEIGH DYNAMITE CAROL
BENLEIGH PETE MAUREEN VG86
BENLEIGH BARCA SWEETLY GP83
BENLEIGH SN SWEETLY GP82
SWEET NORWIN-IMP-ET NORWIN / GS ALLIANCE TANGO ALISON
SWEETLY GP81 SHILOH BROOKINGS CADENCE-ET
BENLEIGH BLOOMING LORNA
DAM: BENLEIGH MISSION LORNA EX91-4E
BENLEIGH BARCA TARA 2ND GP82
4-6
5-6
BENLEIGH COLLAPS JODY
HERRENHOF BS NORWIN PHIL / CALIMERA
BENLEIGH MACARIO JODY GP83
BENLEIGH BARCA LADDER VG85
BENLEIGH FANTASTIC SHAMROCK BABEL’S ZASTER FANTASTIC / BENLEIGH MARSHALL SASHA VG89
H.SCHERRER’S HAEGAR BARCA MANSER’S UDORO HAEGAR-ET- / H. SCHERRER’S ANIBAL BONA
BENLEIGH NESCARDO DONNA EX90-2E KALINGEN NESTA NESCARDO BENLEIGH JOEL DONNA VG85
BENLEIGH BENDER DONNA
BENLEIGH ALPIN DONNA
4TH DAM: BENLEIGH ELEVATOR DONNA VG88
5TH DAM: BENLEIGH GUARDIAN DONNA EX2E
BENLEIGH BARCA LADYBIRD
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