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Major Dairy Sales
And Dispersals
P Nationwide
Reports from five sales
averaged $1,880.35 on 469 head. The
top prices were $21,500 and $3,300.
The sales were held in Louisiana,
Canada, Wisconsin, Minnesota and
New Hampshire.
Prices of the Canadian sale have
been converted to equivalent
American dollar values.
Here is a brief look at the results
of the sales this week.
AYRSHIRE
The CANADIAN NATIONAL
SALE held in Ontario averaged
$1,633.74 on 33 head.
The top price of $4,088 came on a
3-year-old daughter of Welcome.
The Very Good cow sold fresh and
open. In her first record she
produced a lactation of 11,537 milk
and 498 fat. She owns a BCA of 174
and 179.
Her dam produced a top record
of 12,980 milk with a 4.2 test.
The top bid of $4,088 also came on
a 3-year-old daughter of Canary
Flashy. The fresh cow carries a
BCA of 180. Her dam classified
Excellent-1 star. Her best effort
stands at 18,012 milk with a 3.7 test
and a BCA of 202 and 186.
Her granddam classified Very
Good followed by an Excellent
dam with records to 11,440 milk.
Sale committee member Tom
Bames noted fresh cows or bred
heifers sold for a premium as did
cow which combined strong type
with a strong pedigree.
Brent Walker served as auc
tioneer for the sale and Laveme
Green was the sale chairman.
HOLSTEIN
The LOUISIANA STATE SALE
averaged $1,468 on 60 head.
A bred heifer sired by Chairman
sold for $3,300, the high price of the
sale. She was due at sale time to
Royalty.
Her dam, VG-86, produced two
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records over 1,100 fat. The next
four dams classified Excellent.
The second best price of $2,900
came on a bred heifer sired by
Valiant. She is due July 1 to Rotate.
Her pedigree boasts three Ex
cellent dams.
At the sale there was a definite
spread in prices for top pedigree
animals compared to good
pedigree animals according to
Chuck Coburn of the Southern
Holstein Marketing Association,
sale manager.
He noted two items which were
not to the advantage of the sale: a
dip in milk prices last month and
dry weather for the past month
Coburn said some areas are not as
bad as they were last year at this
time however other areas have
been without measureable rain for
the past month. Corn is short and
cotton is way behind schedule in
planting, he explained.
Irvin Yoder handled the auc
tioneering assignment.
The DERONDA
CELEBRATION held in Wisconsin
averaged $3,446 on 58 head older
than 3 months. The average on 12
calves 3 months and under was
$1,175.
A 4-year-old daughter of Glendell
Arlinda Chief topped the sale with
a bid of $21,500. The VG-87 cow
registered a best record in 365 days
of 20,130 milk and 803 fat. She was
short bred to Rotate and sold with
a $3,000 contract. Her January 1987
Chairman calf sold for $4,600.
Her dam, sired by Ivanhoe
Jerry, classified EX-92-2E with
1,100 fat. The next four generations
classified Excellent or Very Good.
The best price of $ll,OOO came on
a 3 year old by Marshfield
Elevation Tony. Classified VG-88
EX-MS, she is the ninth generation
to classify Excellent or Very Good.
As a 2 year old she completed a
record of 22,600 milk. Fresh since
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over 100 pounds per day. She sold
with an embryo contract.
Her dam, an 80-point Browndale
Commissioner daughter, com
pleted a best effort of 23,000 milk.
Bob Shore served as auctioneer.
Tom Morris and Jim Hoskens were
the sale managers.
The ELGINVUE BREEDERS
OPPORTUNITY SALE held in
Minnesota averaged $1,764 on 78
head.
A bid of $12,100 topped the sale.
The price came on a December
1986 heifer by Rotate. Her
maternal brother sold for $72,000
last fall. Two other maternal
brothers were sold to studs in
Japan.
Her dam, a VG-87 Chairman
daughter, produced a top record of
25,285 milk and 1,182 fat in 365
days. She is listed on the Elite cow
list and carries a PDT of plus 189.
The granddam classified Ex
cellent with records to 1,402 fat.
The next dam, EX-GMD, com
pleted a top record of 30,550 milk
and 1,176 fat. She sold for $31,000 at
the World Premiere Sale.
The second high price of $6,000
came on a 4 year old by Roman
dale Magic. She is due in Sep
tember to Pinehurst Pageant. The
VG-88 cow produced a top record of
16,174 milk and 598 fat.
Elginvue Dairy Farms managed
the sale. Karl Mueller, farm
owner, noted satisfaction with the
sale average in light of the large
number of young cows and bred
heifers that were sold and the dry
weather which has hit the area.
Henry Bartel was the auc
tioneer.
The APPLERIDGE FARM
DISPERSAL held in New Hamp
shire averaged $1,090 on 240 head.
A bid of $6,200 topped the sale.
The bid was for an EX-90 daughter
with records to 20,000 milk and out
of a homebred son of Chief.
A VG-88 Valiant daughter with
records to 20,000 milk sold for the
next best price of $4,700.
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NATIONAL DAIRY COW SALE INDEX
© 1987 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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Junior Judging School Sites Selected
STATE COLLEGE - Farms for
the 1987 Pennsylvania Holstein
Association Junior Judging
Schools have been set.
For the Eastern School on July 6
and 7 in Chester County, farms to
be visited include the Thomas
Kearn’s Holstein Farm, Potts
town; Pennwood Holsteins,
Harvey W. Stoltzfus, Morgantown;
Ardrossan Ayrshire Farms,
Villanova.
The Northeast School on July 8
and 9 in Tioga County will visit
Harold and Leona Robson’s
Holsteins, Mansfield; Gordon and
Dorothy Wood’s Holsteins, Mans
field; Roy Simpson’s Holsteins,
Mansfield; Craig Shedd’s
Holsteins, Mansfield, and Richard
Tickner’s Jerseys in Mansfield.
The Western School in Somerset
County on July 10 and 11 will in
clude stops at Tice-Platz Farms in
Boynton where we will judge
Brown Swiss; William Yoder in
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Two Convenient Locations
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Dairy Division
608 Evergreen Road RD 2 Box 271
Lebanon, PA 17042 East Earl, PA 17519
(7 17) 274-5333 (7 17) 354-0584
Brown Guernsey Jersey
Swiss
Ayrshire
1049 1100 1008
623 539 894
700 2175 1187
349 lower 1075 higher 179 higher
1% lower
Red and Milking
White Shorthorn
Holstein
1923 852
2837 744
2045
1937
884 lower
Meyersdale where Jerseys will be
evaluated; Gary and Nancy
Lynch’s, Friedens and Andy and
Sue Meier’s also in Friedens,
where Holsteins will be judged.
The school officials will be Jerry
Meyers in Chester County, Creedin
Comman in Tioga County and Paul
King in Somerset County. All
youth, regardless of breed
orientation, are invited to attend
the school of their choice.
Send reservations and make
check payable to; Pennsylvania
Holstein Association, 839 Benner
Pike, State College, PA 16801, 814-
234-0364.
The fee schedule is: $25, over
night - includes room and evening
meal; $l5, commuter - includes
evening meal. There is a discount
of $5 for the second child in the
family and $5 if member sold 25
Calf Raffle tickets.
Reservations should be made by
June 30.
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