LANCASTER - A bid of 11,400
bought a bred Guernsey heifer for
Raymond and Louise Witmer of
Willow Street, Lancaster County.
This Housleys Dari Fayvor
daughter out of Willow Brook N F
Beryl topped the 327th Special
Guernsey Sale here at the Guern
sey Pavilion last Thursday.
Norren Beryl was
consigned by Warren Queripeo and
J. Norman Leedom of Pipersville,
Bucks County. She sold
pasturebred to Chedco Penelopes
Hornet.
Two Guernsey females tied for
the second-highest bid of 11,375
during’last week’s sale.
Clair Reed of R 3 Slippery Rock
purchased Caparu Pansy Choice
Minnie from J. Hammond Dugan
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of Baltimore, Maryland. Sold open,
this Kellogg Minnies Choice
daughter, who is listed with the
1981 American Guernsey Cattle
Club Elite honor winners, milked
her best 305-day record of 11,519
pounds milk with 545 pounds fat at
3 years 5 months of age. Her dam,
Caparu Emory Pollys Pansy Sue,
recorded her best 305-day
production at 3 years, 3 months of
age with 11,090 pounds milk and 562
pQundsfat.
The other consignment to bring a
$1,375-bid - was Chestnuts Trader
Trixie. This McDonalds Darimost
Trader daughter out of Chestnuts
M Choice Trudy was bred and
consigned by J. Carroll and
Frances Shortall, Rl Cordova, Md.
She was purchased by Minday
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Anne McLaughlin of Taneytown,
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Bringing a bid of $1,350 from
Janies E. Reed pf R 3 Slippery
Rock was a springing cow called
Hollow View Jet Betsy, bred and
consigned by Scott and Elsie Wolff
of Lancaster County. This Hollow
View C Jethro daughter, out of
Dari Bettie of Pequea, made a 305-
day record of 9,983 pounds milk
with 501 pounds fat at 2 years 7
months of age.
The top-selling bull at last
week's sale was consigned by
Warren Queripeo and J. Norman
Leedom for $625. He is a Maurana
Wis Telestar son out of Maple
Knoll Ceasar Angle. Robert H.
Nehrig and son of R 2 Homer City
were the buyers.
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According to Pennsylvania
Guernsey Association field
representative Ruth Ann John, the
consignments sold at the 327th
Special Sale were “one of the best
groups of cows clear through” that
have traveled across the auction
block at the Guernsey Pavilion
recently. She said the Association
was pleased with the sale, although
no records were broken. The prices
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 5,1983—Ai
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seemed to reflect dairy cal
prices might be “coming out of
slump,” said Benedict. S
reported most dairy cattle sa
have dropped off 33 percent six
last year.
A total of 51 head brouj
$47,325. Three bulls averai
$583.33, while 48 register
females averaged $949.48.
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