Major Dairy Sales
And Dispersals %x-b
p Nationwide
Reports from three sales for the
week of July 30 to August 7 showed
147 head averaging $1,650. These
sales were held in Washington,
Virginia and Canada. The top
prices at the sales ranged from
$22,000 to $1,650. Here is a brief
look at the results of these sales.
BROWN SWISS
The VISIONS OF VIRGINIA
SALE averaged $702.14 on 35 head.
The highest bid of the day was
$1,650 on a Chi-A-Will Beauty King
daughter. This 3-year-old cow
classified at 84 points and has a
LEAS IN
with every
building
Ipurcheted
high record of 11,900 pounds of
milk and 480 pounds of fat. Her
dam, classified at 86 points, has a
top record of 18,450 pounds of milk
and 740 pounds of fat.
The high bred heifer sold for
$1,175. She is due in September
with a UW Cora Beau Dapper Don-
Twin calf. Her sire, Top Acres
Elegant Simon, is a young bull
which recently came out with a
plus proof. Her dam is classified
VG-65 and has a top record of
14,440 pounds of milk with a 4.5
test.
Ray Weaver was the autioneer
AVAILABLE
' /-.U'L!
v üb'V^O'v
• * X l/< *' ♦* ✓
t '
\
:-J! s ■
: i'
, (»)
1 )
J > ■*** "
Morton buildings
Call or writ* today lo arranga to aao and htar mora
raaaona why you ahould own a Morion Building
11S5 York Rd
Gettysburg. PA 17325
Rd »10, Bos 76
Moodvfflo, P* 16335
SUM CoOoco. Bos 361
Contro HoU, PA 16821
Bos 126
PMMpoburc, NJ 08865
1(16 Industrid Orix
Culpopor.VA 22701 .
P.O. Bos IS7
Herrington. OEIMS2
Second in the bidding was a open
heifer by Welcome Choice Ad
miral. Selling for $5,950, she has a
full brother in AI. Her dam, a
Olympic View B Maverick
daughter has two records over
23,000 pounds of milk and 1,000
pounds of fat.
Doug Wilson was the auctioneer
and Mike Lancaster was the sale
manager.
;
in*
Tt # r jmm
r f
•l-‘l. 'i'
> 1 ~ i 1
Ph 717/334-2148
Ph (14/334-50(3
Ph (14/344-9900
Ph 203/494-7900
Ph 703/(29-3433
Ph. 302/390-4100
and the Virginia Brown Swiss
Association was the sale manager.
GUERNSEY
The OLYMPIC VIEW IN
VITATIONAL SALE, held in
Washington, averaged $3,055 on 30
head. Topping the sale, with a
price of $17,000, was a 3-year-old
Telestar daughter that sold with
eight future ET-pregnancies. The
cow has a top record of 17,400
pounds of milk and 830 pounds of
fat. A third generation Excellent,
her dam has two records over
30,000 pounds of milk and 1,500
pounds of fat.
SELL
IT
WITH
A
LANCASTER
FARMING
CLASSIFIED
&
FARM BUILDINGS NEED PAINTED?
Let Seal Crete Ui
"The Farm Painting Specialist" Since 1961
a
T” -
OUR SPECIALTIES ARE:
AGRICULTURE - COMMERCIAL - INDUSTRIAL - CHURCHES
• Barn Painting • Milk House • Roof Coating
• Water Proofing Silos • Stucco Farmhouses
Paint It Now, Before The Snow Flies!
The Job Must Be Done To Your
Satisfaction
HOLSTEIN an d 811 pounds of fat.
The PICKLAND HERD J&SiJ'tJ!* bidd “*
DISPERSAL, held in Canada,
averageds3,o7l onB2head.Selling ESf Sir Christopher.
to a party from England, the top , was . a
animal went for $22,000. Sired by anima |:
Hanover Hill Starbuck, the °? teri ° was V*
yearling heifer’s dam produced a Fa f m la '
top record of 20,516 pounds of milk If™*®?® 1, Ltd ' was 0,6 8816
manager.
NATIONAL DAIRY COW SALE INDEX
© 1986 Lancaster Farming Newspaper
This sale index can help dairymen place a value in the dairy cows
in their own herds. Breed organization sales and private dispersal
sales reported in Lancaster Farming are included in the dollar
averages.
Year to date
Nation
Pennsylvania
Four previous weeks
Nation
Four previous weeks
+/-yeartodate:
Year to date;
Nation
Pennsylvania
Four previous weeks
Nation
Four previous weeks
+/- year to date:
Otselic Cooperative Joins NEDCO
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Members
of Otselic Valley Milk Producers
Cooperative Federation, Inc. of
N.Y. have joined
United Dairy Cooperative Services
division of NEDCO for assistance
in improved marketing of their
milk and market wide services.
United has been able to increase
the producer pay price above the
minimum allowed by the Federal
Milk Market Order, the price
For FREE Estimate CALL
Ayrshire Brown Guernsey Jersey
Swiss
721 940 961 872
1027 - 556 1069
Holstein Red and Milking
White Shorthorn
2035 2837 672
1288 2837 922
1858
177 lower
Seal Crete Ine.
PAINTING & WATERPROOFING
RD 2, Box 417, Ephrata, PA 17522 • 717-859-1127
1745 higher
usually paid to dairy farmers.
Producer premiums, bonus
program sor maintaining constant
year round production, and most
favorable hauling rates are
programs initiated by United to
improve dairy farmer’s income.
United’s President James G.
Patsos stated that we are pleased
with the confidence exhibited by
Otselic Valley members in joining
our growing organization.
Your Life
We Are
The
Fussy
One's
192 lower