3,800 Bid Tops Pa. On Parade Heifer Cow Sale
BY MARTHA J. GEHRINGER
HARRISBURG - A Valiant
heifer sold for $3,800 to top the
Pennsylvania On Parade Bred
Heifer and Young Cow Sale March
27.
Consigned by Rothrock Golden
Holstein Farms, Kempton,
Rothrock Valiant Petunia-ET was
bred June 24 to Sweet-Haven
Tradition. A maternal sister to
Petunia, Pearmont Chief Promis
Ricopeg Tradition Astro sold for $3,600 to Laszlo Mozes
(second from left) and Dr. John Beck (not shown). She was
consigned by Robert Regan (third from left). Also pictured are
Jeffrey Harding (left), Harry Bachman, Michael Weimer and
Tom Hartung on the halter.
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classified VG-89 with a best effort
of 19,426 pounds of milk, 866 pounds
of fat, and a 4.5 percent test in 365
days
Petunia sold to Pintail Point
Farm, Queenstown, Md. Her dam,
Echo-HUls Elevation Pepper EX
-92 3E, produced a top record of
24,200 pounds of milk and 968
pounds of fat with a 4 percent test
in 365 days. Pepper carries a CTPI
of plus 400. The Elevation
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daughter’s lifetime production to
date stands at 145,120 pounds of
milk and 5,884 pounds of fat with an
average test of 4.1 percent in 2,591
days.
J-Taylor Tim Patches, the next
dam, classified EX-90 EX-MS at 10
years. She recorded a best effort of
26,090 pounds of milk and 1,134
pounds of fat. Patches completed
two additional lactations over
21,500 pounds of milk. Her lifetime
fat test stands at 4 percent.
Robert L. Pegan, Cochranton,
consigned the second highest
seller. Ricopeg Tradition Astro
sold to Laszlo Mozes and Dr. John
Beck of Greenville for $3,600.
Fresh Feb. 22, the Sweet-Haven
Tradition daughter classified VG-
Rothrock Valiant Petunia ET topped, . Pennsylvania On Parade bred heifer sale with
a bid of $3,800 from Pintail Point Farm, represented by Dan Vosburg (right). She was
consigned by Rothrock Farms, represented by Jack Miller (second from right). Also
pictured are Horace Backus (left), Jeffrey Harding, William Nichol and Brian Fleischer on
the halter.
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85 at 3 years of age. In her first
lactation the 4 year old completed
a lactation of 17,341 pounds of milk,
718 pounds of fat, and 574 pounds of
protein. Ricopeg Tradition Astro
owns a CTPI of plus 444.
Ricopeg Astro Keno, Astro’s
dam, classified EX-90 2E. Keno
completed a high record of 20,177
pounds of milk and 859 pounds of
fat with a 4.2 test. In 10 lactations,
the Paclamar Astronaut daughter
produced fat tests between 4 and
4.5 percent. Her lifetime record
stands at 177,769 pounds of milk
and 7,694 pounds of fat.
Rounding out the top three
sellers was a consignment from
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Chet Ingram Farm, Route 64,10 miles north of Bellefonte or
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Jim Martindale, Soil Consultant
chased Bowen-Vale Falcon Marge
for $3,150.
Recently fresh, the 3 year old
Brookfield Falcon daughter
produced a first-calf record of
16,420 pounds of milk and 635
pounds of fat in 365 days. Marge
classified VG-87 as a dry 3 year
old. Two of maternal sister
classified VG-87 and VG-86.
Her dam, Avon Glen Mohawk
Mary, classified EX-91 as a 7 year
old. The Madawaska Mohawk
daughter produced a high record of
18,362 pounds of milk and 922
pounds of fat for a 5 percent test. In
her six lactations to date, the fat
test ranged from 4.4 to 5 percent.
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