Sales Records
Are Shattered
Registered Holsteins sold at the " World ” f° r thc , thi . rd COn ;
.... .. , . , , seeutive year, the total volume of
pubhc auction during 1908 estab- sales rcported excecded $lO mil .
lished four new U. S. iccords A j lon
detailed report of thc year’s
sales activities recently appealed Thc highest average ever
in the “Holstein-Fiiesian World,” achieved at a U.S. Consignment
the breed’s national publication Sale was reached in oct 1968 at
An average price per head of the World Premiere Sale held in
$579 40 had never before been Madison, Wisconsin, in conjunc
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breed. The figure was determin
ed from the prices received for
17,663 Rcgisteicd Holsteins sold
in 290 auction sales reported to
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Holstein Show. A group of 30
head were auctioned at an aver
age price of $3,705 per animal.
The previous U.S. high had been
set in 1966 ut the National Con
vention Sale in Wichita, Kansas,
when 37 head averaged $3,236
Another record shattered dur
ing the year was for the individ
ual auction price of a female in a
U S sale Future Hope Reflector
Blacky (EX-93-2E) was sold in
the Tara Hills Farm Dispersal,
Millbrook, New Yoik, to Rown
tiee Farms of Canada foi $44,-
000.
Finally, a new record of 22
public sales, each averaging $l,-
000 oi better, was established
duung the year This compaies
to 11 such sales during the prev
ious year
Second high averaging sale of
the year was registered at the
Chambric Farm Dispersal, Rock
foid, Illinois. Eighty-two head
sold for an aveiage of $2,82104
In total dollar volume for a
sale, this dispei sal was second
only to the Tara Hills Farms Dis
persal
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Lancaster Farming. Saturday. June 7.1969—31
Five state Holstein associa
tions sponsored sales averaging
over $l,OOO Leading this gioup
was Pennsylvania. Following in
Older were New York, Ohio,
New England and Idaho Two
“Club Sales” weie also repoited
as averaging over $l,OOO Lead
ing this division again in 1968
was the Northeast Kingdom Hoi
stem Club Sale, Baiton. Veimont
—3O head averaged $1,107 50
Records kept by the “Holstein-
Fnesian World” indicate that
the top puces continue to be
paid for animals with perfoim
ance lecords Heifers undei two
yeais of age out of officially test
ed dams sold for an aveiage of
over $2OO more than those from
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untested dams Females sold dui
mg 1968 that were over two
years of age and with official
Association recoids sold for 5240
above the average for that same
age gioup without iccoids
The total numbci of animals
sold at public auction leflecta
onlv a poition of the 150,782
head tiansfeiied to new owneis
bv Holstein-Friesian Association
ot Ameiica duung the past yeai.
Over 12,900 buveis pui chased
then fust Registeied Holstein
active expoit maiket was le
flected in 2 463 Registered Hoi
steins being officially tiansfeiied
to owneis in 18 chfteient foieign
countries
R. STAUFFER
Sales & Service
Phone 445-6465