NATIONAL DAIRY COW SALE INDEX
<01987 Lancaster Farming Newspaper
This tale 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 Fanning are included in the dollar averages.
Ayrshire Brown Guernsey Jersey
Swiss
Year to date:
Nation 925 1049 1087 1059
Pennsylvania 720 623 539 904
Four previous weeks:
Nation 755 2059
Four previous weeks
+/-year to date: 332 lower 1000 higher
Holstein Red and Milking
White Shorthorn
Year to date:
Nation 2093 1923 852
Pennsylvania 1937 2837 744
Four previous weeks:
Nation 3131
Four previous weeks
+/- year to date: 1038 higher
Major Dairy Sales
And Dispersals
Nationwide
Reports from four sales for the Topping the sale on a bid of
week of July 16 to 22 averaged $14,500 was a bred heifer sired by
$3,473 on 356 head. The sales Elegant. She will freshen in Sep
were held in Ohio, Wisconsin and tcmber to Sterling. She earned
Colorado. The top prices at the honorable mention All-American
sales ranged from $54,000 to junior yearling honors in 1986.
$lO,OOO. The following is a brief Her dam, sired by Stretch and
look at the results of these sales, classified 2E, produced a top
record in 320 days of 27,770 milk
I and 1,345 fat. The second dam, 2E,
has records to 20,865 milk. Classi
fied VG-86, the third dam com
pleted a best effort of 20,320 milk
BROWN SWISS
The NATIONAL BROWN
SWISS SALE held in Ohio aver
aged $4,980 on 51 head.
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The second high price of
$12,000 came on a aged cow sired
by Stretch Improver. Classified
4E, she produced a top record of
26,910 milk. 1,074 fat. and 979
protein in 36S days. She is averag
ing over 90 pounds of milk per day
in her present lactation.
Tim Eiting and Darrell Worden
shared the auctioneering assign
ment and Wayne Sliker managed
the sale.
HOLSTEIN
The THIRD INDIANHEAD
INVITATIONAL SALE held in
Wisconsin averaged $3,118 on 65
lots.
Topping the sale on a bid of
$lO,OOO was an October 1986 calf
sired by Mark Anthony. She is a
full sister to Startmore Sterling.
The sale of this heifer was a
straight cash deal; no syndicates
were involved.
Her dam, classified EX-92 and
sired by Valiant, produced a Wis
consin leading record of 1,440 fat.
The next dam classified EX-92 and
was sired by Astronaut.
A junior 2 year old sired by
Shiek sold for the second high
price of $8,500. She is backed by
four generations of Very Good and
Excellent dams with high
production.
Selling for a bid of $7,000 was a
junior 2 year old sired by Arlinda
Chief. She is backed by three
Excellent dams with production
records over 1,000 fat.
The pick of the litter sired by
Enhancer earned the fourth best
price of $5,700. The dam classified
EX-94 and produced a best effort
of 24,269 milk. Her pedigree
boasts three generations of Excel
lent dams.
Sale sponsor and co-manager
Robert Schauf of Indianhead Hols
teins noted the sale featured strong
cow families, not high indexing
individuals. The average was the
same as the last sale two years ago.
He commented that the sale
reflected the true market prices of
these animals. Morris and Hoskens
co-managed and auctioneered the
sale.
The RENDEZVOUS *B7 SALE
held in Colorado averaged $3,054
on 58 head.
Topping the sale on a bid of
$52,500 was an open 4 year old.
Classified VG-88, she sold with
$55,000 worth of AI contracts and
a seven embryo guarantee. The
Bova daughter completed a best
effort of 23,570 milk, 1,127 fat,
and 750 protein. She carries a Cow
Index of plus 1,149 milk and pro
duced over 100 pounds of milk on
her May test
Her dam, an EX-90 GMD sired
by Premiere, produced a best
record of 25,000 milk and 1,102
fat The next dam scored EX-92 2E
GMD with records to 30,150 milk
and 1,256 fat. The third dam, clas
sified Very Good, owns records up
to 25,000 milk and 1,011 fat.
A bred heifer due in December
to Enhancer sold for the next high
price of $5,100. Sired by Rotate,
she earned All-Kansas winter
yearling honors in 1986.
Her dam, a Good Plus Pete
daughter, completed a top lacta
tion of 22,270 milk with a 3.9 test.
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The second dam produced records
to 22,270 milk and 887 fat Classi
fied Excellent, the next dam regis
tered a best effort of 33,620 milk
and 1,391 fat.
Jim Ellis handled the auction
eering assignment and the Color
ado Holstein Association managed
the sale.
The PACLAMAR FARMS
COMPLETE DISPERSAL held in
Colorado averaged $2,740 on 182
head.
A 5 year old by Valiant garnered
the high price of the sale, $54,000.
Classified EX-92, she is a full sis
ter to Mandingo and Baltimore.
She completed a best effort of
26,570 milk and 1,091 fat Due in
December to Georgia Boy, she
sold with an AI contract.
Her dam, 3E-96 GMD, owns
records to 41,420 milk and 1,378
fat with a lifetime effort over
200,000 milk.
An Excellent 3 year old sired by
Elevation Mark sold for the next
high price of $16,000. She earned
All-Colorado honors in 1986.
R.G. Brooks, partner, noted
there were nearly as many buyers
as cows at the sale. Buyers came
from across the nation and Japan.
He decided to disperse the herd
when his managing partner, Neil
Owen, became very ill.
Jim Ellis, Gary Estes and Tim
Massey auctioneered the sale
which was managed by Burton and
Fellers.
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