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Let’s talk prices! Friday night’s A Night at Kingsmill Sale saw prices once again affirm the demand for elite, pedigree-packed individuals in today’s Holstein market. The end of the evening resulted in a reported average of $8,988.62 on 123 lots – a gross of $1,105,600.00.
$50,000 was the winning bid on the high seller, Lot 2 – 1st Choice Female from MS Durchan Lady Allana-ET VG-89 EX-MS 2yrs. Five ultrasounded female Jasper pregnancies from Allana are due to arrive September 2008. This choice is backed by 3 generations of All-Americans, all in milking form! Allana as a Fall Yearling in Milk ’07, Coldsprings Dur Chan 109-ET (2E-95 DOM) as a 4-year-old in ’04 and C Bermaska Starbuck Chancel (VG-89 GMD DOM) as a Sr. 2-year-old in ’92. Allana was the purchase of My Ladys Manor Farm as a Choice of Flush in the first Kingsmill sale. They were the consignors of this Jasper choice, which will now be picked by Chartroise Holsteins, OH, Velthuis Farms, Ontario, and Kingsmill Farm II, NC.
$43,000 captured the much talked about Shottle daughter, Brandt-View Shottle Fern-ET *TV VG-86 2yrs. Fern has a lactation to date of 1-11 227 28,726 4.9 1405 3.1 900 with a projection of 51,987M 2586F 1627P. Her dam is a VG-88 high producing Durham, then 4 more VG or EX dams. Combine all this with a CTPI of +2060 and the result is a very popular contract cow. Sons are already in AI, and she sold with more bull, female and embryo contracts to be fulfilled by the new owners. And they are Troy Yoder and Sam Nisly of Hartselle, AL. Fern was consigned by Brandt-View Farms of Annville, PA.
$41,000 rounds out the top three high sellers – Lot 7, 1st Choice Stormatic Female from Tri-Day Ashlyn-ET 2E-96 GMD DOM. Writing one of the strongest resumes in the catalog, Ashlyn is the All-Time All-American 4-Year-Old and was voted All-World by Holstein International in ’01 when she was named Supreme Champion of World Dairy Expo. And this is not just a choice of a few Stormatics…the new buyer will have their choice of 9 heifers that are already on the ground and looking good! Kingsmill Farm II consigned the choice and Ashlyns Altitude Syndicate carried the winning bid.
Managed by the sales team of Burton & Fellers, the sales staff was a who’s who of the Holstein auction ring and was anchored by pedigree man, Horace Backus, with auctioneer, Chris Hill. The cattle were expertly displayed by Joel Phoenix and crew. Sale ring décor was representative of the beautiful flowers and landscaping of North Carolina with a royal touch. Sale attendees enjoyed the complimentary dinner and the cool, comfortable sale building while temperatures outside peaked at over 100 degrees. Almost as hot as the prices inside!
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