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| 738th Great Northern Sale ~ January 24, 2012 | |
The January Dairy Production Sale was held January 24, 2012 at the Great Northern Sales Arena. A nice crowd was on hand and while there were not any cows that sold for an extreme price, the prices remained steady throughout the sale. All the milking cows averaged right at $1800 with the top price of $2350 coming on a lovely uddered Affirmed fresh in her first lactation and milking over 80 lbs. This big, powerful young cow is backed by a VG-87 Roy then five generations Excellent. Two other cows sold for $2300 each. Both of these cows were milking well over 100 lbs. One was a Mr Sam in her third lactation with 142 lbs. on test day. The other a 30,589 Grand fresh with second calf and off to a great start. |
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| 737th Great Northern Sale ~ December 20, 2011 | |
On December 20, 2011 a determined group of buyers gathered at the Great Northern Sales Arena for the December Dairy Production Sale. The bidding was deliberate and consistent throughout the sale. The top price of the day was $2,800 which came on three different cows. The first cow to achieve this price was a 27,000 Laurin fresh with her second calf and milking 129 lbs. on her December test. Her VG-86 dam has records to 36,889 4.0 1511. Her herdmate, a third calf Damion milking 149 lbs. also commanded $2,800. This impressive grade made 24,875 at 3-00 and was backed by a 34,403 Best daughter. A big black Talent with 29,022 at 2y also sold for $2,800. This 100 lb. producer sold pregnant to sexed Klassic Big Time-ET. |
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| Ron & Carla Jacobson Milking Herd Dispersal ~ December 7, 2011 | |
On a cold December day in Wisconsin, Ron and Carla Jacobson dispersed their beautiful uddered grade Holstein herd at their well-managed farm in Dodgeville, Wisconsin. The herd is mated by Accelerated Genetics , has a rolling herd average of 24,300 3.7% 888 3.0% 724 and is milked in a stall barn but utilizes freestalls for housing. The 134 homebred grade holsteins averaged $1800 on December 7, 2011. The bidding was active and steady throughout the sale with the top price of $3,000 coming midway through the sale. It was a silky, open ribbed Airraid daughter with a beautiful udder that topped the sale. She was milking 106 lbs. in her third lactation after making 24,278 and 23,493 in her first two lactations. Close behind at $2,950 was a Grenade two year old milking 90 lbs. and bred back to Palermo. Two additional cows were struck off at $2,900 each: an impressive Potter milking 112 lbs. in her third lactation after making 30,995M and a super uddered Scoop milking 92 lbs. after making 25,049 as a 3 year old. The Jacobson’s chose to disperse their milking herd so they can attend to some personal health issues prior to calving in a large number of first calf heifers in the spring of 2012. The sale was managed by Great Northern Land & Cattle Co., Inc. with Darrell Worden calling the sale and Rick Bovre providing production updates. Working the ring were Chad Ryan, Les Terpstra, Ryan Weigel and Dale Weier. |
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| Great Northern Holiday Special featuring Frozene Farms Showcase II ~ November 30, 2011 | |
The Great Northern Holiday Special was held on November 30, 2011 at the Great Northern Sales Arena. The sale featured Frozene Farms Showcase II which included 70 head of young cows and heifers from Frozene Farms, Westfield, WI. Topping the sale was the big, open ribbed, EX-91 Goldwyn daughter, Markwell Goldwyn Dixie-ET, at $7,700. The purchase of Gary Housner, Elroy, WI, Dixie has records to 28,090, sons in AI and is backed by a VG-86 29,170 Morty followed by five generations Excellent in the renowned Raven family. Dixie was consigned by Tom Frozene as was the second high seller, DeBoer Final Cut Snow Slope EX-91. This new Excellent by Final Cut is an upstanding, youthful cow backed by two Very Good, 30,000 lb. dams then the EX-GMD-DOM 39,900 5.1 2028 Snow Angel that founded the great Snow family at DeBoers. Fresh in September and milking over 90 lbs. a day, Snow Slope commanded a final bid of $5,800 from Gary Housner. The talk of the heifer row was a big Atwood spring calf that had won her class at the District 5 show earlier in the year and been named Reserve Junior Champion at the Marquette County Fair. It is no surprise that she hails from the Vidalia family at Frozenes. Her dam an EX-91 26,310 Dundee followed by an EX 31,470 Louie then the EX-93 Durham Bella and EX-94 Broker Vidalia. Frozenes Atwood Lorna was the choice of Country Aire Dairy who paid $4,100 to take her to their Greenleaf, WI dairy. Another show winning heifer sold to Dan Weiss, Union Grove, WI for $3,800. Frozenes Gibson Dolly was the winning fall calf at the 2011 District 5 Show and Junior Champion of the District 5 Junior Show. She too is backed by an EX-91 Dundee. At day’s end the 52 cows sold averaged $2482 while the entire line-up of 95 lots averaged $2075. The sale was managed by Great Northern Land & Cattle Co., Inc. Darrell Worden and Rick Bovre teamed up in the sale box with Kevin Jorgensen, Perry Phend, Lynn Harbaugh and Chad Ryan taking bids. |
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| Sure-View Holsteins Complete Dispersal ~ November 16, 2011 | |
A huge crowd gathered on November 16, 2011 at the Great Northern Sales Arena for the complete dispersal of Sure-View Holsteins bred and developed by Doug and Brenda Schmitt and family of Hilbert, Wisconsin. The family made the decision to disperse the herd after Doug’s untimely passing on October 18th. The current herd average stood at 27,181 3.6% 990 3.0% 820 with the twelve month SCC average at 97. The herd had received the Progressive Genetics Herd Award for 17 years and numerous Sure-View bulls have entered A.I. plus several embryos have been exported. The cow family founded by Sure-View Jubilant Ava *RC VG-87 GMD DOM was very influential and successful at Sure-View providing many contract individuals. This family accounted for 55 of the 175 head sold! The entire herd averaged $2221 with the 78 cows averaging $2851. Topping the sale at $6,900 was the GP-83 VG-MS 2 year old Active daughter with a GTPI +2043. She already had embryos exported and hails from a VG-88 EX-MS DOM 40,300 4.6 1854 Outside full sister to Solid-Gold Colby-ET. Country Aire Dairy placed the final bid on Bremer Chime-ET to take her to their Greenleaf, WI dairy. One of many impressive Shottles in the herd was Shawnee Shottle Shiney-ET EX-91 (EX-93 MS) DOM. This recently fresh donor dam made 35,670 4.1 1474 at 3-01 and completes 12 generations Excellent or Very Good from the Elevation Sweets family. She was purchased by Gary Housner, Elroy, WI for $5,500. Gary also added Lot 1 to his herd for $5,400. Sure-View Baxter Always just scored EX-90 EX-91 MS on the October classification and is headed over 35,000 and due in February with a Guthrie heifer calf. A member of the prominent “A” family at Sure-View, she is backed by five Very Good, 30,000 lb. dams. Mickilcrest Shottle Gemstone VG-85 was the first animal to enter the sale ring and she commanded a bid of $5,100 from John Krueger, Hilbert, WI. This recently fresh Shottle looks to become a third generation Excellent and is a locator list cow. A big, tall Planet bred heifer with sensational udder promise and due in March with an ultrasound female by Coach caught the eye of Dean & Wanda Good, Oconto, WI. They paid $5,000 for Sure-View Planet Loren-ET GTPI +2072 who is backed by a VG-85 DOM 34,950 4.5 1566 locator list Shottle. Her full sister carrying a Robust heifer calf sold for $4,950 to Jeff Lambrecht, Denmark, WI. The sale was managed by Great Northern Land & Cattle Co., Inc. Chris Hill and Darrell Worden shared the auctioneering duties with Jim Hoskens giving the pedigree updates. Fielding bids from the active crowd were Rick Bovre, Lynn Harbaugh, Kevin Jorgensen, Les Terpstra, Jay Jauquet and Chad Ryan. |
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Daltondale Farms Tradition of Excellence Sale ~ October 29, 2011 |
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Ayrshire breeders from across the country gathered on October 29, 2011 for the Daltondale Farms Tradition of Excellence Sale. Having bred Ayrshires since 1910, the Dalton family has enjoyed much success over the years and had decided it was time to reduce the herd size. A total of 61 whole lots were offered and achieved a $1786 average. The sale topper, taken by Family Af-Ayr Farm LLC, Caledonia, IL, was Daltondale Lucifer Misty VG-87. She sold springing to Burdette and looking like a third generation Excellent. She was struck off at $9,600. Her daughter, Daltondale Ambush Meadow, had made a lot of friends and captured many blue ribbons on the tanbark in 2010 and 2011 and sold for $6,200 to Gene Hall, Cushing, OK. Jordon Ollerich, Lena, IL paid $4,500 to become the new owner of Daltondale Special Ava VG-87, a Special K daughter due in February to Soldier Duffy. Lynn Lee sold the sale with Eric Lang providing the pedigree commentary. Ringman included Dru Mercer, Dave Koss, Doug Evans and Steve McDonald. |
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| Great Northern 30th Anniversary Celebration ~ October 22, 2011 | |
On a beautiful fall day a large crowd gathered at the Great Northern Sales Arena on October 22, 2011 to celebrate 30 years of dairy cattle sales. The 30th Anniversary Celebration Sale offered a superb line up of cattle that will be profitable and successful for their buyers. There was something for everyone from elite genomic giants to red and whites to good, honest milk cows to show prospects. The high seller of the day at $21,500 was Lot 1, Ms Apples Annesa-ET *RC, a March, 2011 Goldwyn from the newly crowned Grand International Red & White Show Grand Champion, KHW Regiment Apple-Red-ET EX-94 DOM. With a GTPI +2128 and +7.1PL, Annesa was the choice of Mystic-Valley Dairy & Ke-Jo Holsteins, Sauk City, Wisconsin. Consignors, Apple Partners LLC, Durango, Iowa were pleased to announce that Apple is up for committee to move to EX-95! Next on the buyer’s list was Farnear Millie Mormann-ET at $10,000. The consignment of Farnear Holsteins, Farley, Iowa, this Observer daughter has a GTPI +2209 and sold with a contract to Alta with additional contract interest from several studs. Her dam is the VG-88 Shottle, Affinity Milli Snd Shot-ET, who is #3 PTAT cow of the breed and hails from the same maternal line as Goldwyn. Paul Trapp & Reid Stransky, Taylor, Wisconsin placed the final bid on this money maker! First choice Epic from Farnear Brocades P Bella-ET GTPI +2205 sold for $8500 to Andy Carter, Greenville, Illinois. Jeff Butler, Chebanse, Illinois consigned this exciting choice from Brocade’s Planet daughter. Topping the list of the many beautiful young cows parading through the sale ring was Budjon-JK-Glaz-Way Endur-ET VG-87. This potential Excellent Goldwyn from the EX-92 All-American and All-Canadian nominee, Fallen Embers, sold to Dan Ziegler, Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin for $7,600. Endur was the consignment of Elegance Futures and Glaz-Way Enterprises, Lomira, Wisconsin. At day’s end, 80 live lots and choices averaged $3,538. Assisting with the sale were Chris Hill who served as auctioneer and also made selections for the sale; Kevin Jorgensen provided the pedigree updates and Paul Trapp, Raymond LeBlanc, Perry Phend, Bob Sabo, Chad Ryan, Darrell Worden and Rick Bovre worked the crowd and phones for bids. Lynn Harbaugh, Yvonne Preder and Kyle Natzke presented the cattle who were expertly prepared by Cody Schultz, Garrett Schmidt, Travis Krohlow, Kyle Demmer, Brandon Ferry, Chad Ryan and Perry Phend. The sale marked 731 sales managed by Great Northern Land & Cattle Co., Inc. |
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| Great Northern-730 ~ September 27, 2011 | |
| The September Dairy Production Sale at Great Northern was held on September 27, 2011. Buyers were conservative, but willing to pay good money for the right kind. The high price of the evening was $3,100 which came on a Durham fresh with second calf and milking nearly 90 lbs. a day. Classified Very Good-86 as a 2 yr old, this promising young cow made 20,961 at 2-01 and is backed by a VG 22,490 dam and 4E-93 40,930 granddam. Two other cows sold for $3,000 each: a VG-87 Redman milking 100 lbs. and backed by a VG-88 EX-MS 28,590 dam and a VG Crown Matt daughter fresh with second calf and backed by three Excellent dams. The top grade cow at $1,950 was a Dezigntr milking 85 lbs. as a two year old and backed by a 26,183 dam. Five open grade heifers sold for an average of $725. | |
| Fond du Lac Holstein Classic ~ September 20, 2011 | |
| The Fond du Lac County Holstein Breeders Association sponsored the Fond du Lac Holstein Classic at the Great Northern Sales Arena on September 20, 2011. The barn was filled with a super group of lovely uddered, high producing cows. The high price of the evening was $4,000 which came on two different consignments. Lot 1, Linerway Advent Liza-ET *RC sold to Gary Housner, Elroy, WI. This new Excellent was milking 118 lbs and sold serviced to Hero. As a 2 yr old she made 26,990 4.7 1263 3.7 1005. A seventh generation EX or VG from the Laurie Sheik family, Liza was consigned by Jeff & Dan Liner, Van Dyne, WI. Also selling for $4,000 was the consignment from Milk Source LLC, Kaukauna, WI. Milksource Pronto Dafodil was fresh with first calf, milking 85 lbs., serviced to Braxton and recently classified GP-83. Her pedigree begins with two 92 pt. dams in a seven generation line of EX & VG Dellias! Dafodil was the selection of Allen Silverthorn, Omro, WI. Next on the price list was the consignment of Don, Randy & Richard Hamm, Fredonia, WI. Sandy-Loam Toulan-Red-ET sold for $3,300 to Country Aire Dairy, Greenleaf, WI. This Lawn Boy daughter sold recently fresh and already milking 102 lbs. after making 28,120 at 2y. Her pedigree includes several contract cows amongst the eight generations of EX & VG dams with the first three over 40,000M. A total of 61 lots sold in the sale for an average of $2321. A special addition to the sale was the embryo package offered by Kurt & Sarah Loehr, Eden, WI. The proceeds from the sale of these embryos is being donated to the Fond du Lac County 4-H Dairy Judging team who will be competing in the national contest at World Dairy Expo and the Fond du Lac County Junior Holstein Association to offset convention expenses. Kamphius Farms, Brandon, WI placed the final bid of $1900 on this generous contribution. The sale was managed by Great Northern Land & Cattle Co., Inc. with business partners Rick Bovre and Darrell Worden handling the duties in the auction box. Assisting as ringmen were Kevin Jorgensen, Perry Phend, Ron Roskopf and Chad Ryan. |
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| Rhineland Milking Herd Sale ~ September 13, 2011 | |
| A large crowd was on hand September 13, 2011 at the Great Northern Sales Arena for the Rhineland Milking Herd Sale. John and Lori Jens and their family from Plymouth, WI sold 48 head young cows from their homebred Rhineland herd. The current herd average stood at 23,313 3.6% 829 3.0% 700. Topping the sale at $4,500 was a silky black Budjon-JK Eisenhower daughter backed by two Excellent, 30,000 lb. dams. Rhineland Eisenhower Candy looked to make a big jump next classification from her current 84 points. This three year old sold to Allen & Shirley Sell, Watertown, WI. Sellcrest also claimed the second high seller at $4,200. Andy Sell placed the final bid on Rhineland Talent Dakota-Red, a Talent 2 yr old from 2 VG, then 2 EX dams with three of them over 31,000M. This awesome uddered young cow caught everyone’s eye and sold carrying a Shot heifer calf. The Rhineland herd is well-known as the breeder of All-American Sr. 3 Year Old 2006, Rhineland Durham Amy-ET EX-95 2E GMD DOM. Guest consignor, Budjon Farms, Lomira, WI supplied the third high seller, a VG-85 Laurin 2 yr old from Amy herself. Gary Nichols, Mt. Hope, WI paid $4,000 to add this promising young cow to his herd. A total of 53 head sold through the auction ring that evening for an average of $2431. Great Northern Land & Cattle Co., Inc. managed the sale with Darrell Worden calling the sale, Rick Bovre giving pedigree updates and Kevin Jorgensen, Perry Phend, Chad Ryan & Ron Roskopf fielding the bids. | |
| Great Northern-727 ~ August 23, 2011 | |
| The improvement in everyone’s milk checks was quite evident at the August Dairy Production Sale at Great Northern on August 23rd. Although we did not have a large group to offer, the line-up was loaded with quality and they were very much appreciated by the active buyers in attendance. The top price of $3400 came on a very well balanced Watha daughter (Durham son). She was milking 114 lbs. in her second lactation & serviced to Shac afer making 30,120M 1106F at 1-10. Her dam GP-83 VG-MS with 36,340M. A second lactation Blade daughter with 121 lbs. on her July test sold for $3,000. Classified GP-81 as a 2 yr old & backed by a GP-84 27,640 dam, this silky dairy cow made 21,130 at 2y. The average price on cows for the evening was $2300. The top price on bred heifers was $2,100. This came on a Pronto due to Roland and backed by a three generations over 24,000M. | |
| Great Northern-726 ~ July 26, 2011 | |
| The July Dairy Production Sale on July 26, 2011 at Great Northern came on the heels of about 10 days of extreme heat and humidity. However, the 61 cows and heifers offered in the sale seemed to have weathered the heat rather well. The demand for good typed individuals with nice pedigrees was strong with the top price of the evening at $3,000. This came twice, on a VG Stormatic in her second lactation after making 23,780 4.2 1004 at 2-04 and backed by 3 EX dams over 1200F and on a Durham 2 yr old bred back to Watch Out and backed by a 2E-92 29,040 All-American. Close behind at $2,900 was a promising red 2 yr old by Jet-Red. Fresh in June and milking over 80 lbs., she’s backed by a Rampage daughter followed by 5 generations EX or VG from the Dellia family. | |
| Great Northern-725 ~ June 7, 2011 | |
| The June Dairy Production Sale was held June 7th at the Great Northern Sales Arena on a very hot, humid night! Mother Nature has decided to give us summer weather in a big way, quickly!!! The top price on fresh cows for the evening was $3,000. The first to sell for $3,000 was a Final Cut fresh with second calf and milking 115 lbs. after making 32,831 at 2-04. This potential Excellent is backed by a GP-83 20,610 Dundee. Her herdmate, a Morty with 32,449 at 2y and fresh with 128 lbs. also sold for $3,000. The sale included a large number of grade bred heifers with the top price on these at $1,600. In addition 10 grade heifers, approximately 1 year old, sold for an average of $685. | |
| Ladinodale Dispersal ~ May 25, 2011 | |
| Dennis & Nichole Gunst and their family from Theresa, Wisconsin dispersed their Ladinodale herd at the Great Northern Sales Arena on May 25, 2011. Dennis is the fifth generation involved in the development of Ladinodale Farm and the breeding of Registered Holsteins which began in 1944. Carefully planned matings by Dennis have resulted in more than a dozen Red & White Ladinodale bulls entering A.I. and a herd with cows like Ladinodale Advent Amy2-Red, a recent ninth generation Excellent, and Ladinodale Amanda-Red-ET, the #1 GTPI Red Cow of the breed. The red and white emphasis in the herd traced to the sixth generation Excellent matriarch, Dreamstreet Enhancer Alicia EX-3E94 GMD DOM, who had tremendous impact. The Alicia family accounted for nearly 40 of the 100 lots selling for an average of $3036. As one would expect, it was the herd’s genomic giants that created quite a buzz of excitement and interest. When the gavel came down the price for the #1 GTPI Red cow of the breed was $57,000. Ladinodale Amanda-Red-ET GP-84 VG-MS GTPI +2005 sold to The Amanda Partners, Mount Horeb, WI. This Lawn Boy two year old sold with a contract from Accelerated Genetics and additional contract interest. Her VG-86 27,710 4.8 1324 3.4 948 Paradox dam has several sons in A.I. including the former #1 GTPI Red Sire, Ladinodale Aaron-Red-ET GTPI +1973, who is a full brother to Amanda. The second dam by Rudolph is EX-91 3E DOM with 36,010 4.1 1839 3.4 1231, has six sons in A.I. and completes 7 generations Excellent. Lot 1A was Amanda’s red Destry daughter born March, 2011 with GTPI +2308. Ladinodale Aretha-Red-Tw sold to Genetic Elite Group, Buenos Aires, Argentina for $36,000. The black and white twin, Ladinodale Destry Angie-Tw *RC *PO GTPI +2013, sold to Sexing Technologies, Navasota, TX for $7,200. It was the new ninth generation Excellent from the Alicia family that claimed $6200 on the bid from Zernickes Landstad Dairy, Bonduel, WI. Ladinodale Advent Amy2-Red EX-90 sold fresh in March and milking 118 lbs. 4.1%f on last test. Her EX-91 2E Talent dam, Ladinodale Talnt Amy-Red-ET with 25,540 4.5 1148 3.3 848 sold to Ed Peck, Madison, WI for $5,400. A black and white favorite at Ladinodale was the beautiful uddered Goldwyn, Ladinodale Goldwyn Peanut VG-88 EX-MS. This 3 year old sold bred to Braxton, making over 23,000M and backed by a VG-86 24,270 Stormatic that looks to pick up some points, then 8 generations Excellent. Don & Liz Mayer, the breeders of Peanut’s dam, placed the final bid of $5,700 to add Peanut to the Mayerlane herd at Bloomer, WI. Peanut’s October, 2010 Super with a GTPI +2149 commanded $5,400 from Sexing Technologies. Another herd favorite, Ladinodale Durham Alexis VG-85 with 24,940 4.1 1024 3.6 894 at 3-04 sold fresh and milking 119 lbs. Alexis certainly needs to see the classifier and is sure to pick up several points! This Alicia family member was the selection of Emerald Acres, DePere, WI for $5,000. Great Northern Land & Cattle Co., Inc. managed the sale with Tom Morris yielding the gavel and Kevin Jorgensen providing the pedigree commentary. Rick Bovre, Darrell Worden, Bob Sabo, Chad Ryan and Jay Jauquet fielded bids from the nice crowd that filled the Sales Arena on a cold, rainy spring day. |
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| Great Northern-723 ~ May 17, 2011 | |
| The May Production Sale at Great Northern was held May 17, 2011. The nice weather found many dairymen planting corn but the prices were steady throughout the sale. The high price of the evening came on a Jeeves bred heifer with a GTPI +2032. She sold serviced to Gold Chip and backed by 10 generations EX &VG. The top price on cows was $2,250. A VG-88 EX-MS Goldwyn and a fresh Final milking 93 lbs. each commanded the $2,250 price. | |
| Holmacres Milking Herd Sale ~ May 11, 2011 | |
| On May 11th, 2011 Dr. D.H. and Pamela Franz from Northfield, MN dispersed 78 cows at the Great Northern Sales Arena. The 78 head were big, framey, good uddered cows that certainly needed to see a classifier. The top price of the day came on Lot 1, Black-Lion Ter Commotion-ET VG-87 at 2y and fresh in March with 110 lbs. on her April test. This 2009 All-Minnesota Jr. 2 year old sold for $4,500. A promising young Ramos 2 yr old commanded the second high price of $4,200. Her GTPI stood at +1916 and she is backed by a VG 25,620 Marion from the 3E-91 GMD DOM Rabur Outside Pandora who has several sons in A.I. A silky black September Storm fresh in her 2nd lactation and milking over 105 lbs. sold for $4,100. On a beautiful spring day that found many dairymen busy trying to get crops in the ground, these 78 cows averaged $2,100. | |
| Alan & Tammy Michaels Milking Herd & Bred Heifer Dispersal ~ May 4, 2011 | |
| The bidding was fast and consistent all afternoon on May 4th at the Great Northern Sales Arena as Alan & Tammy Michaels dispersed their milking herd and bred heifers due in May and June. The Michael’s grade herd carried an impressive rolling herd average of 25,272 3.9% 984 3.0% 757 on owner-sampler testing with an SCC average of 60. The high selling cow of the day at $3,050 was a Matches 2 yr old milking 88 lbs. on test day from a superb udder! Her 25,507 Die Hard dam bred back to Million and milking 127 lbs. sold for $2,550. The second high seller at $3,000 was a Granger 2 yr old milking 90 lbs. and bred back to Planet. She is backed by a 29,462 Bergwil and 25,254 Mattie G. The eight well grown bred heifers averaged $2,050. Darrell Worden sold the sale with Rick Bovre giving pedigree information and Perry Phend & Chad Ryan fielding the bids. | |
| Schmittview Holsteins Milking Herd & Springing Heifer Dispersal ~ April 21, 2011 | |
| A beautiful spring day had everyone in good spirits on April 21st as they walked the barn aisle at John & Sandy Schmitt’s Schmittview Holstein Farm in Reeseville, WI. Beautiful, high, wide rear udders and quality dairy cows filled the barn for the large crowd of prospective buyers to inspect prior to the start of the sale. The Schmitt’s homebred herd of Registered and grade Holsteins were all A.I. sired and boasted a rolling herd average of 24,942 3.7% 933 3.1% 760 with an SCC average of 103. John & Sandy decided to disperse their milking herd and springing heifers to allow a short break from milking and time to do some updating to the facilities. This milky group of cows was very much appreciated by the dairymen at the sale as well as the sale staff who carried several phone bids. A total of 87 head sold for an average right at $2,300. The top price of $3,400 came on a Moscow 3 yr old fresh in February and milking 110 lbs. on the March test. Currently classified GP-84 with a 25,330 record at 2-00, she looked to outdo these statistics this lactation for her new owners, Country Aire Farms, Greenleaf, WI. One of several impressive Talents in the herd, a 2 yr old backed by 2 VG, 30,000 lb. dams sold to Chris & Lori Firary, Fall River, WI for $3,200. Four additional cows sold for $3,000. This list included a fancy red September Storm already scored VG-86 & looking to pick up several points; a 4 Aces 2 yr old from a VG-86 34,330 Marshall; a Coldspring 3 yr old recently fresh & milking up a storm; and a super uddered grade by Miles just fresh after making 23,597 at 1-11. The sale was managed by Great Northern Land & Cattle Co., Inc. with Darrell Worden handling the auctioneering duties, Rick Bovre giving pedigree updates and Kevin Jorgensen, Lynn Harbaugh, Chad Ryan, Norman Magnussen and Chris Lyons as ringmen. |
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| Great Northern-719 ~ April 12, 2011 | |
| The April Production Sale on April 12th was very steady throughout the sale but prices were down a bit from previous sales. The good weather provided the opportunity for dairymen to accomplish some spring farm tasks that have been lingering on the “to-do” list and probably affected prices a bit. Prices climbed as high as $2,900. This came on a red Talent daughter fresh with her second calf and milking over 105 lbs. Classified GP-80 as a 2 year old, she is certain to move up in score just as you would expect with a VG 25,060 dam who completes 7 generations Excellent and Very Good. The top price on springing heifers was $1,850 which was for a Toplevel due to Arudolf-Red (sexed semen) and backed by a GP-83 27,550 dam. |
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| Sunny-Valley Dispersal ~ April 2, 2011 | |
| Good cattle, good people & good weather all combined for a fantastic sale day at Sunny-Valley Holsteins in Belmont, Wisconsin on April 2, 2011. Ron and Jean DeBuhr along with their son, Wayne, and daughters, Marcia & Sheila, are well respected for their efforts in breeding and developing their Sunny-Valley herd. The herd was recognized in 2008 as a Holstein USA Herd of Excellence and has received the Progressive Breeder award 15 years. The Sunny-Valley prefix can be found on 34 Excellents, 9 Gold Medal Dams and 4 Dams of Merit. Currently the rolling herd average stood at 26,854 4.0% 1077 3.1% 835 while the latest classification yielded a BAA of 108.6%. The huge crowd, estimated at 500 – 600 people, bid actively and enjoyed the commentary from the auction box provided by Chris Hill and Tim Abbott. A total of 102 Sunny-Valley cattle paraded across the sale ring shavings for an average of $3,202 with cattle going to Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Minnesota, Missouri and Canada. It was the red and white family developed from Reserve All-American Red & White, Sunny-Valley Fever-Red-ET EX-91 that provided the sale’s high sellers. Sunny-Valley A Favor-Red-ET is an impressive, young fall yearling for 2011 that claimed Reserve Junior Champion honors at the District 3 Holstein Show in 2010. By Advent, from Fever, herself, this fancy lady is backed by 6 generations EX & VG and sold for $18,800 to the Favor Syndicate, Cottage Grove, WI. A beautiful uddered granddaughter of Fever claimed the second high price of $10,000. Sunny-Valley RM Finally-Red had just scored VG-87 and is entered in the 2012 World Dairy Expo Futurity. This Redman is backed by the EX-90 36,450 4.3 1550 Kite daughter of Fever. Finally sold to Andrew Sell, Watertown, WI. Andrew claimed the third high seller as well at $8,500. Sunny-Valley Fiddle-Red-ET is a November Redman fall yearling from the EX-92 HM All-American Red & White daughter of Fever, Advent Frito. Sunny-Valley is also home of the family that produced All-American and Reserve Grand Champion at the International Holstein Show in 2004, Sunny-Valley Durham Electra EX-95 GMD DOM. This family accounted for nearly 30 head in the herd and provided the fourth high seller at $6,400. Sunny-Valley Atwood Epic is a big fall calf that caught the eye of many. This Atwood is backed by a VG Shottle 2 year old from an EX 38,999 Drake from a VG-88 Freelance from Electra herself. The final bid on Epic was placed by Zernickes Landstad Dairy LLC, Bonduel, WI. The sale staff was busy with phone bids as well as the active crowd. In addition to Hill & Abbott in the box, Rick Bovre, Chad Ryan, Kevin Jorgensen and Lynn Harbaugh fielded bids. The sale was managed by Great Northern Land & Cattle Co., Inc. with assistance from MD-Hillbrook. |
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| Milk Source Main Event ~ March 25, 2011 | |
| It was standing room only for the first Milk Source Main Event held March 25, 2011 at the Great Northern Sales Arena. The crowd was very appreciative of the beautiful line up of fancy heifers and select cows from both Milk Source Genetics and other prominent breeders across the country. At day’s end the 109 lots averaged $4878 with prices remaining steady throughout the sale. Milk Source Genetics sponsored the sale which featured a fantastic group of cattle – some with high genomics, some that will be strong competitors in the show ring and others that will be tremendous foundations for their new owners as they have superior type and are backed by the breed’s best cow families. The high price of the day was $26,000 for a package of four recipients carrying female pregnancies by Goldwyn from the EX-95-3E-CAN Fleury Formaton Lauria. The pregnancies are full sisters to a Milk Source favorite, Brainwave Goldwyn Lauramie, VG-89 and Nominated All-American Junior Three Year Old 2010. As one might expect, Milk Source Genetics purchased the package in hopes of adding more All-American nominees to their herd! This package was consigned by David Dyment, Dundas, Ontario. Milk Source offered a first choice female from the Midwest Spring National Show Intermediate Champion, Lauramie, by either Sid, Windbrook or Braxton due later this year. This choice commanded a final bid of $20,000 from the Lauramie Syndicate c/o Scott Armbrust, Green Bay, WI. The highly contracted Eroy family provided the next high seller at $13,000. Nova Garrett Edielou-ET sold with a GTPI +2200 to Groupe Can-Genes Group, Mirabel, Quebec. Consigned by Nova Registered Holsteins, Inc., New Richmond, WI, this November, 2010 Garrett hails from the VG-87 DOM, highly contracted Goldwyn Edie who’s dam is the VG-87 GMD DOM Eroy with 40,330M. Eyeing the winner’s circle was Tyler Schafer, Kingfisher, OK who placed the final bid on Dark-Horse Outside Diesel EX-93 and 4th Sr. 3 Year Old at the 2009 Midwest Spring National. Diesel sold fresh one month, looking her best ever and ready to run as a fourth calf five year old. Consigned by Milk Source LLC she sold for $12,500. The first choice Observer female offered by Gary Housner & Ronald Suhr, Elroy, WI sold for $12,200 to Ronald Hackmann, Manitowoc, WI. Ron gets first choice of four female Observers due in August from the #7 PTAT cow of the breed, Regancrest Gold Bretta-ET VG-88 DOM GTPI +2171 +3.89T. Another tanbark favorite from Milk Source provided the next high seller at $12,400. First choice Destry female from the All-American R&W Sr. 3 Year Old 2010, Silvermine Adv Tally-Red-ET EX-92, sold to Wilstar Holsteins, Poy Sippi, WI. Tally’s running mate and the All-American R&W Jr. 3 Year Old 2010, Budjon-Nitzy Destiny-Red-ET EX-92 provided two great opportunities. The first choice Destry female from Destiny sold for $11,800 to Squires Farm, Inc., Menomonie, WI while her stunning summer yearling by Contender, Milksource Cntndr Diva-Red, sold to Megan Kulp, Manheim, PA for $10,200. These consignments came from the heart of the Milk Source breeding program! The #2 GTPI Sanchez known in the U.S. sold for $12,000 to WWS Germany. UFM-Dubs Siemers She-Ray-ET GTPI +2109, is the highest GTPI Sanchez from the highly contracted Shottle daughter of Eroy, UFM-Dubs Sheray-ET VG-88 EX-MS DOM GTPI +2040. She-Ray was consigned by Connor & Jordan Siemers, Newton, WI. Robert Webb, Plymouth, WI consigned Webb-Vue Super Tabria-ET with a GTPI +2174. This Super daughter is ready to flush and backed by a VG-86 Goldwyn with 34,450M and GTPI +2023. She was the choice of Sexing Technologies, Navasota, TX who placed the final bid of $10,000. Cattle sold from coast to coast as well as Germany, Ireland and Canada. The Milk Source crew hosted a wine and cheese social the evening prior to the sale which was very well attended. They also provided a complimentary breakfast prior to the sale. Jim Ostrom, John Vosters and their families are very gracious hosts. Jamie Endvick, Milk Source Herd Manager, was instrumental in coordinating sale details and having the Milk Source consignments in show ring ready condition. Great Northern Land & Cattle Co., Inc. managed the Main Event with selections handled by Eric Olstad, Rick Bovre, Kevin Jorgensen, Paul Trapp, Joel Kietzman and Jamie Endvick. Selling the sale was Chris Hill with Roger Turner giving the pedigree updates. The active ringmen included David Crack, Jr., Scott Courtney, Scott Culbertson, Mike Deaver, Kevin Jorgensen, Ray LeBlanc and Adam Liddle. Presenting the cattle in the ring were Carlie Ostrom, Haley & Kara Vosters, John Erbsen, Paul Trapp, Lynn Harbaugh and Tom Cull. The fitting crew of Jason Danhof, Chad Ryan, Cody Schultz, Garrett Schmidt, Perry Phend, Trent Styczynski, Kelli Lee and Ryan Krohlow had the cattle looking superb! |
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| Roma-Acres Complete Dispersal ~ March 16, 2011 | |
| A beautiful day and tremendous homebred herd of cattle made for an exciting sale day on March 16, 2011 at the Great Northern Sales Arena as the Roma-Acres herd was dispersed. Ron, Mary, Andy & Jake Paider of Denmark, WI bred a beautiful uddered herd with some very impressive statistics. The current herd average stood at 26,732 3.7% 996 2.9% 786 with an SCC average of 84. The classification BAA was 109.1% and the herd had received the Progressive Breeder Award for 21 years and the Progressive Genetics Award for 19 years. A large crowd was on hand for the sale and was very appreciative of the Paider’s efforts as they bid actively throughout the sale. The 58 cows sold for an average of $2,934 with the entire 106 head averaging $2,284. Heading the price list was lot number 1, Roma-Acres SS Deuce Amber who had just been raised to EX-91 with a 92 pt. mammary only 3 weeks fresh. Backed by a VG-88 36,490 dam, she sold for $6,000 to Matthiae Dairy Farm, Marathon, WI. A key brood cow at Roma-Acres was Any-Day Outside Picatine-ET EX-92 2E with 35,120 7.1 2497 2.9 1034. Picatine is a daughter of the well-known brood cow, Jo-Clar Jess Patsy EX-93 2E DOM. This fifth generation Excellent bred to Palermo sold for $4,600 to Robert, John & Micheal Yenter, Wittenburg, WI. Another high scoring key member of the herd claimed third high selling honors at $4,200. Roma-Acres Jasper Jessie had just been raised to EX-93 3E (93-MS) at 9 years of age. This 32,650 4.9 1591 3.5 1147 Cel Jasper daughter completes nine generations Excellent and Very Good and sold to Jim & Janet Kappers, Spring Valley, MN. Jessie’s four year old Blitz daughter had just been raised to Excellent-90 and was milking 128 lbs. on the March test. Roma-Acres Blitz Jenna sold for $4,000 to Gerald Folcik, Wilson, MI. Cattle sold to buyers from Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois and Michigan. The sale was managed by Great Northern Land & Cattle Co., Inc. with Darrell Worden handling the auctioneering duties and Rick Bovre giving the pedigree credentials. Fielding bids were Lynn Harbaugh, Kevin Jorgensen, Bob Sabo and Chad Ryan. |
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| 715th Great Northern Sale ~ March 8, 2011 | |
| The March Production Sale at Great Northern featured the Milking Herd and Heifer Calf Dispersal of David & Christine Gerbitz from Juneau, Wisconsin. The Gerbitz herd had a rolling herd average of 25,494 3.5% 900 3.0% 769 on owner-sampler testing with an SCC average on last test day of 30. The herd was homebred with 41 years of A.I. breeding using Select Sires and consisted of 35 grade cows and 17 heifer calves with production records and sire identification for as many as 8 generations. The Gerbitz’s are to be commanded on breeding a fine uddered herd of quality dairy cows with impressive frames. The cattle were very much appreciated by the nice crowd on hand for the March 8th sale. A total of 52 cows sold in the sale averaged $2,060. 18 heifer calves (2 days – 5 months of age) averaged $805 and the only bred heifer to sell sold for $1,550. The top cow price of $2,600 was achieved on three different lots, all from the Gerbitz herd: 1) a two year old Glen milking over 80 lbs. and bred back to Braxton 2) a four year old Mr Sam with 27,633 at 3-06 and fresh with 129 lbs. last test and 3) another Mr Sam, this one a 3 year old milking 100 lbs. and backed by a 22,890 Forbidden. | |
| Fieldstone-Pinehurst Sale ~ February 28, 2011 | |
| On February 28, 2011 a large crowd gathered at the Great Northern Sales Arena for the Fieldstone-Pinehurst Farms Sale. The catalog beautifully detailed the history of Fieldstone and Pinehurst Farms and the ancestry information on the 78 females and 1 male that paraded through the sale ring. The offering certainly was unprecedented as the pedigrees were filled with excellence, both in conformation scores and production statistics. The herd’s BAA of 115.3 makes it the highest in the nation and the rolling herd average of 30,164 4.4 1320 3.3 981 ranks very high as well. The high price of the day came on the guest consignment of Elegance Futures, Lomira, WI. Budjon-JK DD Exposed-ET EX-90 is a full sister to Budjon-JK Emilys Edair EX-92, Res. All-American Jr. 3 Yr Old 2010 and Budjon-JK Fallen Embers EX-92, Nominated All-American 4 Yr Old 2010. This eighth generation Excellent Elegance was chosen by Sweet Peas Holsteins, Susquehanna, PA for $11,000. Another consignment from Elegance Futures commanded a final bid of $6,700 from Greg Letter, Brussels, WI. Budjon-JK Goldwyn Eirene-ET VG-88 sold bred to Sid and is a full sister to the All-American nominee, Rolling-Spring G Escense-ET EX-92. A big, fancy Dundee bred heifer from Pinehurst Fife EX-94 4E sold for $6,600 to Robert Bachmann, Sheboygan, WI. This potential sixth generation is due in May to Roy. Another member of the Faithful family commanded a bid of $6,000 from Buttke Dairy Enterprises, Randleman, NC. Folk Magic of Fieldstone-ET is a July, 2010 Stormatic from the EX-94 2E Pinehurst Folk Dance-ET who has 51,690 4.2 2170 and completes 6 generations Excellent – 5 at 94 points or higher! At day’s end the 78 females averaged $3,580 with prices steady throughout the sale. David Rama and Horace Backus took their usual spots in the auction box with Henry “Sonny” Bartel selling the first twelve animals to enter the ring. Fielding bids were Robert Yeoman, Robert Sabo, Ray LeBlanc, Perry Phend and Rick Bovre. Kyle Natkze, Eric Ling and Jerry Jens presented the cattle in the ring. Cattle preparations were handled by Cody Schultz, Les Schmidt, Garrett Schmidt, Chad Ryan, Brandon Ferry, Matthew Sloan, Trent Stycyznski and Perry Phend. The sale was managed by Great Northern Land & Cattle Co., Inc. |
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| 713th Great Northern Sale ~ February 15, 2011 | |
| As milk price futures are moving upward so are cattle prices inching upward. The February Production Sale on February 15th was very, very steady with active bidding throughout the sale. Many fresh cows sold over the $2,000 mark with a top of $2,500 for a beautiful uddered grade 3 year old fresh and milking 100 lbs. after making 21,150 at 2-02. Selling for $2,400 was a Die-Hard 3 year old fresh with 118 lbs. on test day. Her VG dam has records to 41,050. The high selling bred heifer was a Broker due to Atlas from a GP-83 29,360 dam. She sold for $1,825. A pair of twin heifer calves commanded a final bid of $650 each. | |
| 712th Great Northern Sale ~ January 18, 2011 | |
The January Dairy Production Sale at the Great Northern Sales Arena was held January 18, 2011. The prices were very steady throughout the sale with more than half of the cows selling in the $1800 - $2200 range. The top price of $3,250 came on a VG-87 September Storm milking 94 lbs. in her second lactation and confirmed pregnant with a Jerrick heifer calf. Her pedigree included an EX GMD 40,760 dam and EX-91 26,340 gr’dam. The only bred heifer offered that day was a Jordan-Red due in February to Baltimor and she sold for $1450. |
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