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RIDGE MILKING HERD AND BRED HEIFER DISPERSAL September 13th --- Coggon, IA ![]() ALL-AMERICAN BEST THREE FEMALES 2006 |
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These
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654th Great Northern Sale June 17, 2007 The bidding was active at the June Dairy Production
Sale with a wide assortment of cattle for buyers to choose from with
Holsteins, Brown Swiss and Jerseys selling! The top price for the evening
was $3,900 which came on a VG 2nd lactation Emory milking 85 lbs. and
backed by a 2E-91 23,371 dam. This young cow certainly looked
to have a fine future in front of her. A +84 Brown
Swiss by Camelot sold for $3,400. This 3 year old had 145
lbs. on test day from a beautiful udder. Close behind her
at $3,350 was a V86 Starbuck Creed who had made 20,220 4.2 846 at 2y
and was making another profitable record at 3-06 and bred back to Agenda. A
grade Jersey 2 year old by Furor sold for $2,100. The top
price on springing heifers was $2,700 which came on a 9/06 Blitz due
to Drake.
GREAT NORTHERN 27th ANNIVERSARY SALE featuring FROZENE FARMS SHOWCASE – May 17, 2008
The
Great Northern 27th Anniversary Sale marked 27 years of business at
the Great Northern Sales Arena and included an outstanding group of
cattle from Frozene Farms, Westfield, WI. Tom, Penny, Rick & Linda
Frozene had decided to showcase their breeding program which has produced
All-Americans as well as numerous contract cows by offering 70 of the
best from Frozene Farms. An additional 30+ consignments
of exceptional quality made the line-up on May 17th at the Great Northern
Sales Arena extremely impressive. The barn was filled
with beautiful uddered young cows with full pedigrees and the heifer
line-up included top individuals with the pedigrees & type to
be profitable additions to any herd. Many of these were
very promising show prospects as well. The cattle were well appreciated
by those in attendance as well as the many phone bidders. At
day’s end the 103 live animals averaged $4,817 going to buyers
in Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, California, New York, Michigan, Idaho,
Pennsylvania, Ohio & Minnesota. Following the sale, guests were treated to a pig roast and refreshments compliments of the Frozenes and Great Northern. Assisting in keeping the sale running smoothly were Chris Hill, auctioneer; Gilbert Teixeira, pedigrees; and Rick Bovre, Kevin Jorgensen, Paul Trapp, Scott Courtney & Perry Phend, ringmen. Presenting the cattle in the ring were Katie Bue, Ken Elliott, Christy Oehmichen, Mandy Puttkamer and John & Marci Walker. The cattle were expertly prepared by Joel Kietzman, Cody Schultz, Chad Ryan, Brandon Ferry, Matt Wallace, Garrett Schmidt and Perry Phend. |
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![]() Mill Wheel Farm Milking Herd & Show Heifer Sale – May 3, 2008 As billed in the advertising, the Mill Wheel Milking Herd & Show
Heifer Sale offered an exceptional line up of Brown Swiss, Jersey and
Holstein show prospects as well as a tremendous group of big, open
ribbed, high quality cows that were in full flow of milk and transmitted
great type! Grant and Katie DeBruin and Maureen, Kelly and Wyatt
Lee had done an excellent job in developing their herd over the past
7 years at the Johnson Creek location and their efforts were appreciated
by buyers from Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, California, Arizona,
Kentucky and New York. A total of 67 registered cattle
sold for an average of $3,707 with 6 additional grade cows averaging
$2,271. Claiming top honors were the outstanding group
of 26 Brown Swiss who averaged $4,106. |
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| 651st
Great Northern Sale – April 23, 2008 The
market for good, young fresh cows remains very strong. At
the April 23rd sale,
several
cows broke the $3,000 mark with the top price of $3,850 coming on a VG-85
Linjet due
any day with her third calf. A silky Roy 3 yr old milking 100 lbs.
commanded a final
bid of $3,700 while a 64 inch Morty milking 115 lbs. sold for $3,500. Good
type is
always in
demand be it grade or registered cows! |
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| 650th
GREAT NORTHERN SALE - March 18, 2008 The March Dairy Production Sale attracted a nice crowd of dairymen looking to add some replacements to their herd. The demand was strong for fresh cows, bred heifers and breeding age heifers. The top price of $3400 came on a second calf Pippen milking 100 lbs. a day & backed by 3 EX dams. This lovely uddered cow was classified GP-80 as a 2 yr old but certainly had developed and needed to see the classifier. A feature of the sale was the Les Moll Milking Herd & Bred Heifer Dispersal. This group of 32 young cows & big bred heifers due from April through October were all A.I. sired and identified. The group averaged just shy of $2,500. Several nice grade open heifers which were close to breeding age and A.I. sired sold for an average of $1498. |
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| 649th GREAT NORTHERN
SALE - February 19, 2008 The harsh effects of this year’s winter may have kept some from attending the sale, but the good, young cows were still in high demand! The day’s high price of $5,100 came on a Durham 2 year old fresh with 75 lbs. and backed by 5 EX & VG dams with the first two dams over 40,000M! Another promising young cow backed by 6 EX & VG dams sold for $4,000. This Hi Metro 2 yr old was fresh in January & milking 95 lbs. A beautiful uddered Redman 2 yr old milking 80 lbs. and backed by 4 EX & VG dams sold for $3,700. The top selling bred heifer was a grade Redman (Red) springing to Advent. She sold for $2,500. |
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| BAIL-MIK BROWN SWISS
DISPERSAL - February 14, 2008 Despite a snow storm that dumped more than 10 inches of snow on sale day, the Bail-Mik Dispersal attracted a large crowd of Brown Swiss enthusiasts. At day’s end the 67 head averaged $3,205 with cattle going to 8 different states. The sale headliner commanded a great deal of interest as she had just recently been named the #1 PPR (tie) cow in the Brown Swiss breed. When the gavel fell, the price was $19,000 and Elm Park Hart Ameri Lady-ET “2E-91” with 48,430 4.4 2149 3.5 1716 found a new home at Elm Park Farm Ltd., Sheboygan Falls, WI. The second high price of $9200 came on a Dynasty heifer carrying a Vigor pregancy from Ameri Lady. Ron Strauss, Fredonia, WI outlasted all others to claim this outstanding heifer as his. A VG-88 EX-90 MS Denmark also carrying a Vigor pregnancy from Ameri Lady commanded a final bid of $6,800 from Ed Hart, Laredo, MO. |
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GREAT NORTHERN-648 January 15, 2008 Cattle are not readily available this
time of year, but we had a nice, select group of fresh cows plus
a few springing cows & heifers
for the January 15, 2008 sale. Topping the sale at $3,750
was a red factor Distrigene due with 2nd calf to Redman. She
needed to see the classifier as she had developed tremendously since
her GP-80 score at 2y and she was backed by an EX-90 EX-MS 28,720 Rubens. A
beautiful uddered Red Valleyriver Joyboy-Red 3 yr old sold for $3,450. Backed
by a VG-87 25,770M dam, she was milking 100 lbs. after making 18,389
4.0 734 at 2y. The high selling grade cow for the day at
$2,850 was a Norz-Hill Form Wizard dtr. milking 95 lbs. in her 2nd
lactation after making 25,108 4.0 1006 at 2y. |
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