Marilyn Hilltop Hanover SS-ET tops convention sale
BY MARTHA J. GEHRINGER
PITTSBURGH The cows in
the ballroom at the Sheraton were
dancing to the sounds of the auc
tioneer, William Kent, and Gayle
Carson announcing the pedigrees,
as the, Pennsylvania Holstein
Convention Sale got underway.
Marilyn Hilltop Hanover S S -ET
received the top bid of the day,
$9500, from Carl Spagnola, Pitt
sburgh. Spagnola is a home builder
from Shaler and owns a restuarant
in Station Square, the mall next to
the Sheraton.
Spanola, who had been carefully
looking the animal over all week in
the Sheraton’s parking garage
turned sale barn, really wanted
.this “beauty” and plans to board
her at a farm in Berlin, Pa.
Hawked as one of the greats of
the breed, she was consigned by
John C. Sites, Jr. and Hardy Shore
from New York, N. Y.
Marilyn, is the result of the
mating between S-W-D Valiant and
The second highest animal at the convention sale was
Golden Circle Pete Magic. She sold for $9,000 to Magic
Partners from Tucson, Arizona.
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HQlranch Fond Matt Jean-Twin,
an EX-96 with a lifetime record of
226,478 pounds of milk a 4.7 test and
10,150 pounds of fat.
This top price was closely
followed by that of Golden Circle
Pete Magic, who sold for $9OOO to
Magic Partners of Tucson,
Arizonia. Magic, consigned by
Paul and Sharon Fox of Rockwood,
has an index of $lO2, 3339 M, and
148 F. She sold with a guarantee of
five transferable embryos and was
bred on December 2,1985 to S-W-D
Valiant.
The third highest priced cow to
be sold was Willsholm Rotate
Kelda, for the price of $B7OO. She is
the offspring of the high TPI bull,
Arlinda Rotate and Landsdown
Elevation Kate.
Kelda was consigned by North
View Farm, Berlin, and was
purchased by Michael LaPoe from
Clare, Michigan. She was due to
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The sale averaged a pleasing
$3293 on 45 cows. Ken Raney,
Director of Membership Services,
acknowledging the prices were
lower than last year, stated the
committee was “well pleased with
prices considering the times.” The
unofficial total for the sale reached
$148,185.
The sale was managed by the
Pennsylvania Holstein
Association, State College. Sale
committee chairmen were Dan
and Cathy Will.
The Convention Sale which was
well attended by Holstein en
thusiasts, also attracted curious
onlookers from the city of Pitt
sburgh. As one person estimated,
as high as one quarter of the
capacity crowd were gawkers.
These people included the Pitt
sburgh media and intrigued city
dwellers who didn’t know what was
going on, but loved the fuss made
over “cows, of all things.”
Willsholm Rotate Ke.lda came in with the third highest bid
of $8,700 from Michael J. Lapoe, Clare, Michigan.
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Marilyn Hilltop Hanover, S S-Ext topped the Pennsylvania
Holstein Convention sale at $9,500. She was purchased by
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