A2O-Lancast*r Fannins, Saturday, November 30,1985
By Steve Berger
Staff Correspondent
SMOKETOWN - Local dairymen
and women as well as many from
out of state had the Quality Dairy
Sales of Gordon and Helen Fritz
packed in the aisles in anticipation
of purchasing some very useful
dairy cows from the dispersals of
John and Diane Zimmerman and
from the Rampant Farm. Both
dispersals were complete with no
animals held back.
The Zimmerman herd had 'an
R.H.A. in excess of 16,000 lbs.
Their reason for selling was that
they leased a farm and had to sell
when the lease ran out.
Rampant Farm had a turnover
of over six herdsmen in a years
time, and the absentee owner
decided to sell his cattle since
many of the animals had reached
mid-lactation without being bred.
Of the 65 mature cows sold, more
than one third had records in the
20.000 pound range with mostly
registered cows or identifiable
grades being the rule. Of Mr.
Zimmerman’s 45 mature cows, the
top three sold for $lBOO, $1750, and
$l6OO. The average for the top ten
was $1330. The top 25 averaged
$lO6O. The entire 45 mature cows
averaged $BOB. Bred heifers
ranged from $925 to $6OO. Breeding
age heifers and short bred heifers
were in the $5OO range.
The $lBOO cow was a six year old
Molly Chief daughter with over
77.000 lbs. in four lactations and
her last record 26,522 of 3.5% milk.
She was fresh Sept. 3 and just
tested 119 pounds.
The $1750 animal was a
Milestone daughter, a heifer born
3-12413, just fresh milking 75
pounds. She is out of a Marvex-
Twin dam with a 20,632 708 F four
year-old record and a 24,872 872 F
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Pair of dispersal sales pack aisles
five-year-old record. The $l6OO cow
was a powerful ldeal
Superior daughter, a five year old
just fresh and a 21,000 pound four
year-old record All three of the
above mentioned cows were
registered.
A Le-Del Ideal Supenoi
daughter just fresh in her second
lactation with 75.5 4.6% milk and a
first-calf heifer record of 15,574
529 F (better than 3.7%) sold for
$1450 in the Zimmerman sale and
is Identifiable Grade. Final
mention for the Zimmerman herd
is an 11-year-old registered Round
Oak Apple Elevation daughter one
point from V.G. bred to Ned Boy
due in Dec. with 14,819 at 4.2
percent last time through. She
brought $950.
The Rampant Farm Dispersal
numbered 20 cows: 19 registered
and one grade. The top three sold
for $2200, $l5OO, and $l3OO, while
$923 was average for all 20. The one
grade cow in the Rampant herd
with a projected first lactation of
17,000 at 3.9 percent sold for $1025.
The $2200 high seller was a very
big first-calf heifer by Bootmaker
bred to Mandmgo on Nov. 21
projected to 18,000 and milking 78.5
at 3.8 percent. This very im
pressive young cow came with a
warning in the ring that she was a
little light with her feet during
milking. Gordon Fritz assured
everyone that she was no real
trouble since he had her in his
barn.
Henry Kettering, who presented
the pedigrees to the very active
bidders, mentioned that a catalog
would have been appropriate to
give the bidders a chance to ap
preciate the depth of breeding in
some of these Rampant animals.
Several prospective buyers in
attendance noted for the fact that
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>p-i ig v two herd dispersals last week at Quality Dairy
Sales, Smoketown; at left, a six-year-old Molly Chief daughter with record to 26,522
milk, and at right, a Milestone heifer, fresh, milking 75 pounds. John Zimmerman is at
the halter in both views.
some of the animals were open six
months.
Examples are a Bootmaker
daughter registered with over a
15,000 lb. first lactation fresh June
5 and still open, projected to 17,000
lbs. and presently milking 66 lbs
who sold for $525 as a four year old.
A six-year-old Round Oak Apple
Elevation daughter fresh March 3
ROMNEY, WV - Many
livestock producers in the flood
stricken South Branch Valley of
West Virginia lost virtually all of
their stored hay supplies, ac
cording to Steve Carcaterra,
Hampshire County Extension
Agent.
Faced with the forced sale of
livestock because of the lack of
feed, farmers will continue to lose
equity long after the flood waters
have subsided.
After observing the com-
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and still open, registered and a
V.G 86 always in the 8 9 to 4.4
percent range with a record over
20,000 sold for $550. Whereas a just
fresh SWD Valiant daughter, a
three year old with 87 lbs. tested at
3.6 percent brought $l3OO. Final
example is a Kingsway Elevation
daughter fresh July 12, open,
milking 62 pounds registered with
a two-'"’"’- "M ’•'■"ord of I 4 970 at
passionate response of neighboring
citizens in providing food, clothing,
blankets, and cleanup supplies,
Carcaterra felt certain that
surrounding farmers would be
willing to supply hay to the region.
Hay will be received and dispat
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to affected farms in Hampshire,
Hardy, Grant, Tucker, and Pen
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Emphasizing that this is not a
government program, (he county
agent asks that only those farmers
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The sale was very active with the
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hours under the hammer of auc
tioneers Carl Oilier and Paul
Snyder. Henry Kettering
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