A26—Lancaster Faming, Saturday, November 14,19tl
BY PATTY GROSS
Staff Correspondent
BERLIN The light snow, high
winds and cold temperatures
didn’t stop 250 people from
traveling to Berlin, Somerset
County last Saturday, November 7,
for the Willsholm Invitational, an
all embryo transplant Holstein
sale. Sellers and buyers huddled in
a tent on the beautiful 750-acre
North View Farm, which has been
in the family of Mary Elizabeth
Will for over 100 years.
The entier Calvin Will family
had a part in organizing the sale
with the Pa. Holstein Assoc, and R.
Austin Backus, Inc. Dan, one of
three sons who work the farm with
their father, made most of the
selections through farm visits. The
cream of the crop was selected.
“Embryo transfers have come of
age,” says Calvin. “The boys felt it
was a good idea to have the sale.
They sold us on the idea.”
Would the Somerset County
farmers consider hosting another
on the North View Farm? Calvin
explains, “after the dust settles,
we’ll make a decision.”
The Wills sold six cattle from
their own herd, and purchased a 9-
month old heifer for daughter
Betsy.
Appearing in the sale were off
spring of many great sires and
dams. A large number of them
trace to Osbomdale Ivanhoe In
the sale, Chief and Elevation were
each represented by over two
dozen descendants. In the con
signment line up, Chief showed up
in the pedigree at least six times as
the dam’s sire. Elevation sired the
dams of another thirteen in the
Willsholm Invitational.
Thirty of the dams are rated
excellent. So it’s no surprise that
more than half of those sold came
from dams with over 1,000 pounds
fat; 30,000-pound milkers
mothered eleven in the sale, while
three dams were 35-36,000 pound
milkers.
Sale animals were consigned
from Canada, New York, New
Jersey, Ohio, Maryland, Virginia
and Pennsylvania.
Dr. Alan McCauley, Elizabethtown purchased this heifer.
Bransdale Maple Willow Magnum, for $20,000. The
Rockman Ivanhoe daughter out of a Citation R Maple is
carrying a recipient calf. The guaranteed female calf, due to
be born in January, is sired by Creek Bluff Elevation Lester
and out of an Astronaut.
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A young bull, Mun-Cre Mandolin
topped the Willsholm Invitational
with a price tag of $21,000. A
syndicate headed by Alan Mc-
Cauley of Elizabethtown pur
chased the bull, bom in February,
that comes from the excellent line
of Mun-Cre Elevation Misty and S-
W-D Valiant. Mandolin was owned
by Lester Poust of Muncy.
Alan McCauley also obtained
another of the top sellers, which is
carrying a recipient calf. Bran
sdale Maple Willow Magnum,
carrying an ET to be bom in mid-
January, was purchased from Ray
Edwards and Terry Branstetter of
Indiana and Tyrone for $20,000.
The dam of the ET carried by the
heifer is Fran-Lou Meadow, an
embryo transplant, herself and a
fifth generation Excellent.
Also topping the day with a price
tag of $20,500 was Swampy Hollow
Marvex Crissy. The highest selling
heifer sold by John Umble & Sons
of Atglen, boasts a family of top
milk producers. The sale went to
Lancaster Syndicate.
The third high seller, a 5-month
old bull from Rocby Farms in
Bndgewater, Virginia was pur
chased for $20,000 by a group from
Virginia. Pentacles-VA Rocby
Stylist is sired by S-W-D Valiant
and out of Rocby Elevation Helen
Lovely. Shenandoah Syndicate of
Mount Crawford was the high
bidder.
An eight month old heifer,
Rowntree Elevation Paula, con
signed by Rowntree Farms, Ltd.,
of Brampton, Ontario, Canada
travels back to the North. The
purchaser, Mary Croft Holsteins of
Brampton, Ontario, paid $16,000
for the descendant of Elevation
and Round Oak Ivanhoe Eve.
David Sutton of Idaho obtained
Rowntree Astro Darla, a bred
heifer, from the Rowntree Farms
also for a price of $16,000.
Fifty head, including 5 bulls, sold
for an average price of $6,212. The
Holsteins are now at home in
California, Wisconsin, Indiana,
Illinois, Idaho, Maryland, Penn
sylvania and Ontario.
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