Major Dairy Sales
And Dispersals «*b
Nationwide
Reports from six sales for the
week of Nov. 24 to Dec. 2 showed
595 head averaging $1,548.67. The
top prices at the sales ranged from
$72,000 to $2,750. Here is a brief
look at the results of these sales.
HOLSTEIN
The NEW YORK BREEDERS
SALE averaged $1,358.87 head.
The high bid of the day, $2,750,
came on a red 2-year-old Glenafton
Enhancer daughter. Just fresh,
she sold to Stonehurst Farms,
Strasburg, Pa. Her dam, bred by
Maplebound Holsteins,
Parkesburg, Pa., classified 3E 93.
Sired by Maplebound Gentle Ben,
her top record stands at 25,000
pounds of milk.
A September calf by Hanover
Hill Starbuck sold for $2,350, the
second high price of the sale.
Danny Welk, Strasburg, Pa. was
the successful bidder.
Her dam is an 87-point daughter
of Sun Valley Sensation Neil. She
produced a top record of 33,330
pounds of milk and 1,449 pounds of
fat in 365 days. She owns a fat
index of plus 52. The next dam
classified VG-87 with Gold Medal
status and a top record of 28,000
milk and 1,000 fat.
Jay Howes of Backus Associates,
sale managers, noted that the
median for the sale came as close
as possible to the sale average.
The sale was hosted by the
Cornell University Dairy Science
Club. Auctioneers for the sale were
Michael Weimer and Harry
Bachman. Horace Backus read
pedigrees. The New York Holstein
NATIONAL DAIRY COW SALE INDEX
© 1986 Lancaster Farming Newspaper
This sale index can help dairymen place a value on the dairy cows in
their own herds. Breed organization sales and private dispersal sales
reported in Lancaster Farming are included in the dollar averages.
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Association co-managed the sale.
The SMITH MEAD HOLSTEIN
SALE held in Maryland averaged
$1,328 on 119 head.
Topping the sale with a bid of
$10,200 was a VG-87 2 year old by
Valiant. She placed second in the 2-
year-old class at the Eastern
National Show and first in the 2-
year-old class at the Maryland
State Show and the Maryland
Spring Show.
She is backed by six generations
of Very Good and Excellent dams
with records over 20,000 pounds of
milk.
A 4 year old registered as the
second high price of the sale at
$5,500. Sired by Triple Threat, her
show placings include; second in
the 4-year-old class at the Eastern
National Show, third in the 4-year
old class at the Royal Winter Fair,
first place and best udder in the 4-
year-old class and reserve grand
champion of the Maryland State
Fair, and first place in the dry cow
class at the Maryland Spring
Show.
Her dam is an Excellent
Astronaut daughter with a top
record over 22,000 pounds of milk.
Denny Remsburg and David
Rama auctioneered the sale.
Remsburg Sale Service managed
the sale.
The MINNESOTA FALL SALE
averaged $2,501 on 81 head. A bid of
$72,000 for two bull calves topped
the sale. Both bulls are from the
same maternal pedigree. The dam
is a Very Good Chairman daughter
with a Predicted Difference of plus
$2ll. The next dam is an EX-90
Ayrshire Brown Guernsey Jersey
Swiss
870 1079 1141 960.48
832 950 569 1019
805 2100 1733 1471
65 lower 1021 higher 592 higher 510 higher
Holstein Red and Milking
White Shorthorn
2111 1825 850
2039 2837 922
3275
1164 higher
Elevation daughter; the third dam
is an Excellent Astronaut
daughter. All three dams produced
records over 1,000 fat.
One bull was sired by Valiant.
The other bull is a first choice male
of flushes by Rotate or Royalty.
The second best price of the sale,
$3,650, came on an Excellent 5 year
old by Elevation. Her top record
stands at 27,000 milk and 1,074 fat
for a 4 percent test. She produced
three records at the 4 percent
level.
The next two dams classified
Very Good with records over 20,000
pounds of milk.
John Hager auctioneered the
sale and Snyder-Hager Sales
managed the sale.
The PILLAR-HILL FARM
MILKING HERD DISPERSAL
held in New York averaged $1,699
on 58 cows. A 3-year-old daughter
of Ocean-View Sexation sold for
$4,000, the top price of the sale. In
her first lactation, she produced
19,951 pounds of milk and 784
pounds of fat in 365 days. She will
freshen in late December to
Mandingo.
Her dam classified VG-88 with a
best effort of 28,477 milk and 967
fat. The next dam classified Very
Good with a best effort of 22,481
milk and 778 fat. Both dams
achieved a lifetime production
over 200,000 pounds of milk.
A 5-year-old daughter of Creek
Bluff Elevation Lester scored the
second high price of the sale with a
bid of $3,250. Classified EX-90, her
in progress record stands at 20,447
milk and 739 fat in 241 days.
The seventh generation to
classify Very Good or Excellent,
she is due in early March 1987 to
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Also selling at the $3,250 mark
was a bred heifer sired by Valiant.
She is due in March to Chairman.
Her dam classified VG-88 with
two records over 27,000 milk and
two records over 1,036 fat.
Harris Wilcox, Craig Wilcox and
Donald Yahn auctioneered the
sale. Harris Wilcox Inc. served as
the sale manager.
The SCHUG’S MILKING HERD
AND BRED HEIFER DISPER
SAL held in Ohio averaged $1,475
on 33 head. Two cows sold for
$6,000 to top the sale.
The first cow selling for this
price was a Very Good 2 year old
by Marshfield Elevation Tony. She
is finishing a senior yearling
record of 14,000 pound milk with a 4
percent test. Her dam classified
EX-92 and was the All-Michigan 5
year old in 1985. Sired by A Puget-
Sound Sheik, she produced a top
record of 23,000 mUk and 1,023 fat
for a 4.4 test.
Also selling at the $6,000 mark
was a 5 year old by Leadfield
Prestar. Classified Excellent, she
is due in January to Browndale
Commissioner.
She stands 61 inches tall and
produced a best effort of 19,200
milk with a 4.2 test. She placed
second in the 5-year-old class at the
Ohio State Spring Show.
The second best price of $2,300
came on an 88-point daughter of
Cherrylane Superstar. A 3 year
old, she is finishing her best record
to date of 20,000 pounds of milk.
She was short bred to Sexation.
Buyers came from five states
and Canada. Of the 33 head sold, 21
were cows and the remainder were
short bred heifers.
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tioneered the sale. Roger Schug
managed the sale.
The FARMSTEAD DISPERSAL
held in Michigan averaged $931 on
217 head. Selling for the top dollar
of $5,000 was a 4-year-old Bell
daughter classified VG-85. Fresh
at the end of October, she produced
102 pounds of milk with a 6.8 test in
November.
She produced a top record of
21,410 milk and 827 fat. Her cow
index stands at plus 1,231 milk,
plus 43 fat and plus $144. Her dam
is a GP-82 Milu Betty Ivanhoe
Chief daughter.
A bred heifer by Tradition
scored the next best price of $3,150.
She will freshen in January to
Memorial. Her dam, a Very Good
Glen Valley Star daughter,
produced two records over 20,000
pounds of milk. Three Very Good
dams follow her in the pedigree.
Jim Cook, who auctioneered the
second half of the sale, noted that
over 300 people attended the sale.
He added that the commercial
registered herd averaged 13,000
pounds of milk. Many open cows,
unfresh 2 year olds and cull cows
also sold. All things considered,
including the bitter cold weather
on the sale day, he felt the average
was good.
The owner George Pardonnet, a
71-year-old dairyman, decided to
retire after 45 years in the
business. No one in the family
wanted to continue working the
farm, Cook noted as the reason for
the dispersal.
Keith Stump served at auc
tioneer for the first half of the sale.
Premiere Associates managed the
sale.
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