A34-Uncaster Farming, Saturday, May 17,1986
Major Dairy Sales
And Dispersals
P Nationwide
Reports from five sales for the
week of May 9 to 14 showed 279
head averaging $895.10. These
sales were held in Vermont,
Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and
Ohio. The top prices at the sales
ranged from $7,800 to $351. Here is
a brief look at the results of these
sales.
AYRSHIRES
The KENTUCKY NATIONAL
SALE averaged $642.50 on 44 head.
The top price of $1,400 was gar
nered by three animals. A first calf
heifer, sired by Ben Firme Amigo
and out of a dam with a high record
of 16,726 pounds of milk, was the
first entry to achieve this price.
Also selling for this price was a 4-
year-old daughter of the Canadian
bull, Lagacy Betty’s Bestuso. She
had a high record, as a 2-year old
of 13,620 pounds of milk with a four
percent test. The third animal to
sell for the price of $1,400 was a
bred heifer sired by Wilshore
Captain Pegasus. She is due to
freshen May 16 to Ardrossan
Bellringer.
Five calves, less than two
months old, averaged $206.
Twenty-one animals sold were less
than a year of age.
The sale was managed by the
Kentucky Ayrshire Club and
auctioneered by Barry Smith
JERSEY
The MIDDLE AND WESTERN
TENNESSEE SPRING SALE
averaged 1351.52 on 46 head. A 2-
year-old sired by Generator SSP
topped this sale with a price of
$575. Second in the bidding was a 2-
year old from Boss Man with a
price of $540. Also selling for $540
was a 2-year old sired by MBS
Favorite Saint.
Auctioneer for the sale was Jack
Holbrook.
The BRUENING BROTHERS
COMPLETE DISPERSAL, held in
Ohio, averaged $794 on 85 head.
Topping the sale was a dry 5-year
old by Advancer Sleepy Milestone.
This cow classified EX-91 and is
due in June to A-Nine Top Brass.
Twenty-five animals sold for
over the $l,OOO mark. This sale was
managed by the Jersey Marketing
Service.
HOLSTEIN
The NORTHEAST KINGDOM
SALE held in Vermont averaged
$1,932 on 37 head. This sale was
topped by a January calf sired by
Walkway Chief Mark. Her
pedigree includes two generations
of excellent cows and her fourth
dam had a record of 26,800 pounds
of milk.
Second high in the bidding, with
a price of $7,500, was a November
calf by Arlinda Rotate. She is out of
a VG-88 dam and an excellent
granddam who had records over
30,000 pounds of milk.
Included this week for com
parison is a herd dispersal of grade
animals.
The LAKEWOOD FARM
COMPLETE DISPERSAL
averaged $7OO on 72 bead. Hie top
price of $1,060 was achieved on a 4-
year old milking 90 pounds a day
and a 5-year old with a top record
of 19,017 pounds of milk
Auctioneer for the sale was
Dennis Ownby.
An additional sale scheduled for
this past week was cancelled due to
a lack of consignments.
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BREAKING MILK RECORDS!
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“Would it not make sense to
establish quotas for dairy farmers
at the 1986 production level?” asks
Alpheus L. Ruth, president of
Lehigh Valley Fanners.
Writing in this month’s
newsletter to members of the
Lansdale, Pa. dairy cooperative,
Mr. Ruth suggested that the dairy
production termination program
has gone into effect with some
long-range questions on the ef
fectiveness of the whole herd
buyout.
“Milk producers have mixed
reactions to the termination
program. Some are biting their
lips that they missed their chance.
Others are upset that they are in
the program and wish they could
get out.
“How will the remaining
producers react to the program?
Producers who continue to market
milk are faced with a 67-cents-per
hundredweight deduction - 40 cents
to fund the buyout, 12 cents for the
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Quotas: An Idea For
Graham-Rudman Act and 15 cents
for the national promotion
program. That’s a sizeable cut in
ourpocketbook.
“The only way to meet the costs
is to increase production. I’m sure
many plans are already made to do
just that.
“If that’s the case, how will
production be controlled in the long
term? I have never heard so much
talk about quotas. I am told Isy
reliable sources that the two
largest coops in the United States
have submitted proposals in
Washington for a quota system.
“It could work. A formula could
be developed. It wouldn’t be easy,
but it would be feasible. And when
supply and demand do come into
line, tiie government could change
the support price - or make cuts for
Class II or excess milk.
“I hope I haven’t sounded too
pessimistic,” the Lehigh president
concluded. “After all, American
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