Jersey Sale Has $2225 Top
BY GINGER SECRIST
MYERS
Adams Co. Correspondent
SHIPPENSBURG The
Cumberland Valley Jersey Breed- -
ers Sale, held Saturday, July 2nd,
at the Shippensburg Fairground,
again underscored the strong
demand for Jerseys in the area. The
sale averaged $1193.93 on 33 head
of cows and springing heifers and
$571.66 on 9 calves, for a curnmu
lative average of 1090.25 on the 42
lots sold.
Topping the sale at $2225.00
was the consignment of John
Bishop 6th, Columbus, NJ, Ogston
Top Brass Leanore. Fresh in May
with her second calf and milking
over 60 pounds daily, this fancy
young A-Nine Top Brass daughter
looked every point of her VG score
plus a few more. Her credits also
included a record at 2-00 286 days
of 13,416 pounds of milk and 612
pounds of butterfat.
Her dam was Ogston Generator
Leanore VG 84% with 1-10 305
days 14,096 pounds of milk, 550
urg Fair
grounds was Ogston Top Brass Lea no re who sold for
$2225.00. Shown here with the high selling cow are (l-r);
Rachelle Bair, Thomasviiie, PA, Melanie Houser, New
Oxford, PA, buyer, Lester Martin, sale chairman and repre
senting Jack Bishop 6th, consignor, and Lee Golde,
leadsman.
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pounds of butterfat, and 694
pounds of protein. She was sold in
the 1986 Waverly Invitational
Sale. The next dam back was also
scored VG and has records of
19,590 pounds of milk, 758
pounds of butterfat, and 637
pounds of protein.
The purchaser was Melanie
Houser, New Oxford, PA. Melanie
adds this fancy young Ogston cow
to a half-dozen other Jerseys she is
housing with her parents 60 cow
Holstein herd. She plans to show
her and possibly do some embryo
transfer work with her.
Second high selling cow com
manded a price of $1750.00 from
Gerald Hart, Mifflintown, PA. He
purchased W.F. Persistence
Mailed, an Excellent Saint Persis
tence daughter consigned by
George Doody Jr., Clearbrook,
VA. Malted’s effort to date was at
3-09 311 days with 12,847 pounds
of milk, 618 pounds of butterfat,
and 473 pounds of protein. Her
dam was scored VG 88% with
records over 15,000 pounds of
milk and 661 pounds of butterfat.
The next dam back was W.F. Sur
ville Mimosa EX 90% who sold in
the 1978 All-American Jersey
Sale.
Hart also paid the second high
telling price of the day $1700.00,
for Little Pond Jeff Marie. This
daughter of Smokey Hill Saint Jeff
was consigned by Calvin Watson,
Troy, PA. Fresh just the day before
the sale with her second calf, Mar
ie showed the strength of body and
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udder capacity which yielded her
first record at 1-09 305 days of
10,310 pounds of milk, 441 pound
s of butterfat, and 384 pounds of
protein.
Her dam is an EX 90% Favorite
Saint daughter with records to
16,250 m pounds of milk and 784
pounds of butterfat. The next dam
back has records to 10,630 pounds
of milk with a 6.6% butterfat test.
Prior to the start of the sale a
March heifer calf donated by Max
Spann, Heron Run Farm,
Washington, NJ, was sold with
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 9, 1999-A37
entire proceeds going to benefit the
Ist Pennsylvania Two-Yr-Old
Jersey Futurity. This special class
will be making its debut at the 2Sth
PA All-American Show to be held
this September in Harrisburg.
This fancy Junior Calf was sired
by IMP. Golden Munifordias
Noble and was out of a VG 85%
Silver Beacon dam with records to
11,420 pounds of milk, 620
pounds of butterfat, and 468
pounds of protein. Larry Stone,
Carlisle, PA, paid $525.00 for this
good pedigreed young calf.
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