$10,500 Bid For Fayette Son Tops Guernsey Sale
Breeders Vote To Change Cattle
(Continued from Page Al) Consigned by Weaver, Louise
classified EX-91. The Big Tex
daughter completed a high record
of 16,450 pounds of milk and 786
pounds of fat with a 4.S iest in 305
days. A 4-year-old cow, she carries
a MCD of plus 1,078 milk and plus
23 fat. Recently fresh, she is
presently milking over 90 pounds.
Her 92-point May Rose Prince
dam has four records over 21,000
pounds of milk and 1,000 pounds of
fat with lifetime totals of 170,630
pounds of milk and 8,254 pounds of
fat. The next dam produced over
119,000 pounds of milk and 5,800
pounds of fat lifetime.
The highest unborn embryo sold
for $3,400 and was consigned by
Clover Jack Farms, Ferndale,
Calif. Sired by Andy, the embryo is
out of the Clover Jack Telestar
Victor! cow. Classified EX-91 at 3
years 11 months, she ranks 12th in
the breed for CPI. Her Cow Index
in January 1987 stood at plus 1,170
milk, plus 46 fat, plus $l4O and plus
$136 cheese yield with a CPI of plus
292. She carries a MCD of plus 5,463
milk, plus 201 fat, and plus 139
protein.
Sired by Telestar, she completed
a top lactation of 20,640 pounds of
milk and 964 pounds of fat with a
4.7 test in 305 days. Her EX-91
Choice dam completed two records
over 27,000 pounds of milk and
1,200 pounds of fat.
The three embryos sold
averaged $1,933.
A breakdown of the pedigrees of
the consignments showed 10 dams
with records over 20,000 pounds of
progeny of Yellow Creek Choice
Blossom EX-92. Blossom carries a
Cow Index of plus 1,320 milk, plus
40 fat, plus $137, and plus $ll3
cheese yield with a CPI of plus 260.
She owns a MCD of plus 11,939 milk
and 389 fat. The 7-year-old cow
produced a top record of 37,860
pounds of milk and 1,537 pounds of
fat with a 4.1 test in 365 days. Her
lifetime effort stands at 124,730
pounds of milk and 5,323 pounds of
fat with a 4.3 test.
Her dam produced lactations to
24,750 pounds of milk and 1,012
pounds of fat.
Mountain Brook Big Tex Loma
consigned by Tom and Mary
Lurvey, Hidden Valley Farm,
Lone Rock, Wis., was one of the top
two selling milking females. She
sold for $4,500 to Travis Smith
Lindsey, Bismarck, 111.
Tied with Loma at the $4,500
mark was Yellow Creek Tex
Louise who sold to Ken Forester of
Ontario.
Loma, a 3-year-old daughter of
Big Tex, classified EX-91. She
produced a 2-year-old record of
15,840 pounds of milk, 712 pounds of
fat, and 548 pounds of protein. Her
MCD stands at plus 1,910 milk and
plus 68 fat. On her first test of this
lactation she produced over 72
pounds of milk. She sold bred to
Olympic View Prince Andy.
Her dam, EX-93 in Canada, was
the 1984 Reserve All-Canadian 5
year old and produced a top fat
record of 602 pounds.
service to the Pennsylvania Guernsey Breeders Association.
Lee recently retired as business manager of the organization.
Myron Erdman (left) and Doug Wilson (right) congratulate
Gene Meyer, the recipient of the Distinguished Service
Award.
Club To Association At National Guernsey Convention
Yellow Creek Fayette Boone-ET sold for the top price of the 1987 National Convention
and Heifer sale. He sold for $10,550 to a syndicate representing Tri-State Breeder.
Pictured with the sale topper are buyers Jim Lowry, (left) Herb Guyer, Dave Bolen; Tom
Overhause; Truman Weaver, consignor; Gene Cross; Tina Larson, 1986 National
Guernsey Queen; and Don Cannon on the halter.
milk, an average MCD on all dams
of plus 3,109 milk, 20 of the dams
classified Excellent and 16
classified Very Good. The sires’
PD averaged plus $Bl.
John Merryman of Sparks, Md.,
served as auctioneer for the sale.
Erick Metzger of the Guernsey
Marketing Service read pedigrees.
Metzger noted this is the eighth
convention sale out of the last 20 to
average over $2,000. The average
is down slightly from last year. He
attributed this to the difference in
location of the convention. While
Pennsylvania ranks second in
Guernsey registrations, Illinois,
the site of last year’s convention, is
next to three of the top five states
for Guernsey registrations.
Twenty percent of the proceeds
of the sale are channeled into a
fund to help with youth activities
such as the National Guernsey
Queen Contest.
Ohio Girl Wins National Queen
Title
Sheri Kohler of Canel Win
chester, Ohio, was selected as the
1987 National Guernsey Queen.
Nancy Powel, Maryland’s Queen,
and Janice Winther, lowa’s Queen,
were chosen as National Prin
cesses. The Princesses will assist
the Queen and fill in for her at
different events.
Sheri is currently a junior at the
Ohio State University and will
graduate with a bachelor of
science degree in agricultural
economics and a specialization in
finance.
She owns five Guernseys at the
Marodae Farm in Baltimore, Ohio.
She is the past secretary-treasurer
of the Ohio Junior Guernsey
Breeders Association and is
presently president of that
organization. For the past seven
years she has served on the district
Guernsey Breeders Association’s
board of directors.
A Guernsey breed promoter,
Sheri comments that the American
Guernsey Association’s programs
such as sire summaries, the
genetic recovery program,
Journal contract advertising and
young sire programs as well as
keeping registrations up-to-date
can help Guernsey operations run
smoother.
Millie Linde Widmann, Oxford,
the 1980 National Guernsey Queen,
was the coordinator for this year’s
event. Judges for the pageant were
Lavern McCaskill, South Carolina
Guernsey breeder; Hettie Lan
caster, Washington State farm
wife; and Jim Widmann, AI
technician for Atlantic Breeders
Cooperative in Lancaster County.
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The top female, a full sister to the sale topper, sold for
$8,250. Posing with Yellow Creek Fayette Brook-ET are
Michael Hurst (left), consignor Truman Weaver, Erick Met
zger, Jerry Emrich, John Merryman, Dan Milhoefer and
David Trotter on the halter.
Name Change Approved
The annual meeting of the
American Guernsey Cattle Club
opened on Monday morning, the
final day of the convention. The
primary topic of conversation
revolved around the proposed
name change of the national group
to the American Guernsey
Association. Breeders voted on and
approved the name change.
Other topics of interest included
the 1987 essay question for the
outstanding Guernsey youth
Breeder Award from Myron Erdman (left) and Dick
Chichester.
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contest: “What can we do as
Guernsey breeders to make the
breed better?”
Mike Lancaster spoke to the
concerned breeders of the con
troversial topic of registration by
tattoo only. After Jan. 1,1988, there
will be an additional fee for any
breeders that register cattle by a
sketch only.
At the close of the annual
meeting, Floyd Sandell,
representing the Washington State
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