The District 2 Springtacular was held March 29th in West Salem, WI and
averaged $2850 on 79 whole lots. Topping the sale at $13,000 was the
consignment of Randall Moret of Boscobel, WI, Mor-Yet Shottle Fergie-ET,
a 9/07 Shottle daughter from GBM Allen Fabulous-ET (VG-86). Fergie
carries a +1837 PTPI and is a potential 8th generation VG or EX. She was
purchased by Philip Johnson & Scot DeVries of Holmen, WI.

The Carolina Classic Sale was held March 29th at the Dixie Classic Fairgrounds in Winston-Salem, NC. Topping the event at $8,300 was Donacin Durham Marme-ET, a VG-88, EX-MS Durham from Donacin Emory Marnie (EX-90). The second dam is Fountain-Farm Milan Marni (VG-87) with over 100,000 lbs. lifetime preceded by six more dams of which five are VG or EX. Marme sold bred to BKB Affirmed and was consigned by Benjamin & Luke Newberry, Lizella, GA. She was purchased by Troy Yoder. The second high seller was another Durham daughter, Patrick-Orchard Dur Beverly, a 6/06 yearling bred to Final Cut. Beverly's dam is a VG-86 Lee and then a 2E-91 Astre who was nominated Jr. All-American. Consigned by Ronnie Thomas of Warner Robins, GA, Beverly sold for $4,900 to Isaac Horst. The sale was sponsored by the North and South Carolina Holstein Associations, with Darrell Wright, Joe Allen, Mike Hendrix, Billy Holiday, Gayle Carson, Vance Proctor, David Lentz and Kelly Barbee serving on the sale staff. Matt Lawrence auctioneered the sale that averaged $2,569 on 75 lots.

The 2008 Massachusetts Blue Ribbon Calf Sale was held March 29 at the Mallary Arena in West Springfield, MA, the home of the Eastern States Exposition. Fifty-seven lots averaged $1,607 across all breeds, with breed averages being: Ayrshire ($1,250); Brown Swiss ($1,833); Guernsey ($2,367); Holstein ($1,554); Jersey ($1,554); Milking Shorthorn ($1,575); and Red & Whites ($1,750).

The 1st Annual Garden Spot All-Breed Calf Sale, held March 29 in conjunction with the Southeast PA Spring Fever Sale, averaged $1,828 on 23 lots (14 Holsteins averaged . The top seller was a 9/07 Talent x GP-83, 2y Durham x 3E-94 Airliner consigned by Star-Rock Farms and purchased by Anthony Zimmerman of Lititz, PA, for $3,950. The second high seller at $3,600 was also a Talent daughter, born in December, and from two generations of EX. She was consigned by Galen Martin and purchased by Dale Zimmerman of East Earl, PA. Protein breed consignments were the third and fourth high sellers of the day. Bringing $2,900 was an August Turmoil from All-America Blessing PR Shirlan EX-93(3E). She was consigned by Kulp and Chard and was purchased by Excelsior Farms, Schnecksville, PA. Topping the Jersey consignments was a fancy December calf consigned by Melissa Huff. She was the purchase of Jared Wetzel, Manheim, PA for $2,700.

The Southeast PA Spring Fever Sale was held March 29 and averaged $3,127 on 85 lots. Topping the sale at $16,000 was Brandt-View Shottle Fig-ET consigned by Robert and Debbie Puskas of Somerset, NJ. Fig, who recently scored VG, is from an 88-point Durham who made over 55,000M. She sold with contract interest and was the purchase of Daryl Martin and Elvin Reiff of Mt. Joy, PA. The second high seller at $13,200 was a May Toystory daughter from Brandt-View Capri Connie who was recently scored EX-92 and is milking 200 lbs/day. Brandt-View Farms consigned this heifer from a heavily contracted family and she was purchased by Gordon Lamb, Oakfield, NY. The next high seller was a 63" fancy Laramie daughter who is due in July for the fall shows. She was consigned by Dan Z Stoltzfus of Honey Brook, PA and was purchased by Alphie Stoltzfus, Gap, PA, for $7,600. The sale was managed by Landis Marketing and coverage provided by Amy Savage.

Mid-East Spring National
March 28 - Columbus, OH
Judge: Jeff Stephens, Troy, ON, Canada
Junior Champion - Wegnerlann Goldwyn Gung Ho (Braedale Goldwyn), 1st summer
yearling, Triple-T Holsteins, Mike Heath & Kurt Wolf, OH
Reserve Junior Champion - Tower-Ridge Primetime Paris (Windy-Knoll-View Primetime), 1st winter yearling, Austin Rademacher, IL
Intermediate Champion - Rose-Vue Skyc Whiskeygirl (Donnandale Skychief-ET), 1st Sr. 3-year-old, Nate and Adam Goldenburg & Kingstead Farms, TX & MD
Reserve Intermediate Champion - Express SMD Tanika (Express Dway Stormatic Cash), 1st Sr. 2-year-old, Express & Stan-Mar-Dale Holsteins, OH
Senior & Grand Champion - Irwindale Leduc Molly (Lystel Leduc-ET), 1st aged
cow, Team Holsteins, IL
Reserve Senior & Reserve Grand Champion - Wessmann Forbidden Manln (Sandy-Valley Forbidden), 1st 4-year-old, Team Holsteins, IL
Premier Breeder & Exhibitor - Express/Stan-Mar-Dale Holsteins, OH

The Buckeye Dairy club had another great sale day with two different sales. The Buckeye Classic Holstein Elite sale averaged $3,090 on 45 lots. The high selling animal was lot 13, Nor-Bert Jose Montana-ET and consigned from Nor-Bert Farms, LTD of Bremen, Indiana. The winning bid was $9,000 and purchased by Oakfield Corners Dairy, Oakfield, NY. The second high selling animal was Pine-Tree Gold Tippy 1649, a consignment of Matthew Steiner from Rittman, Ohio. Winning the bid at $8,750 was Brian Ramsey of Louisville, Ohio. The Buckeye Dairy Club Jersey sale averaged $2,581 on 13 lots. The high selling animal was lot 7, Shipley Rocket Nora and consigned from Stacey Atherton of Newark, Ohio. The winning bid was $4,000 and purchased by David and Beth Ertl of Edison, Ohio. The second high selling animal was lot 2, a consignment of Greta Koebel of Three Oaks, Wisconsin. Tri-Koebel B Money-ET sold for $3,700 and was purchased by Gene Starky of Mechanicsburg, Ohio.

2008 Spring Expo Sale Sets Records
By Steve Deam

Electricity was in the air as Lot#1 Aldens Ramos Emerald (VG-87-EX-MS) stepped foot into sale ring on March 28^th , 2008 at the Spring Expo Sale in Columbus, OH. Style and balance along with a beautiful udder weren’t the only features this cow was carrying with her. A great pedigree consisted of her (EX-92-EX-95-MS) Rubens dam with over 35,000M 1,200F, (VG) Merrick; (GP-82) Raider; (VG) Mark; (VG-88) Mars Tony; (VG-86) Glendell; and an (EX-90) Astronaut. She had contracts and interest from four different AI companies and numerous embryo inquiries from four different countries as well. When it was all said and done Emerald sold for a price of $57,000 to Bellemac Jr., Raymond and Jeremiah Anthony from Meadville, PA. The contending bidder was Rocky Mountain Holsteins, Alberta, Canada. Emerald was consigned by Alden Farms, Danville, OH. This price sets a record for any solely Ohio Holstein sponsored sale, breaking the record price of $35,000 for Straight Pine Elevation Holly-ET in the 1981 Echoes of Elevation Sale.

There was a tie for second high at the price of $11,500. Lot #2 was first choice female Zenith or Bolton out of Ri-Val-Re Shtle Desirae-ET from Andrew, Bradley & Rebecca Conrad, Grafton, OH. Desirae was present for the show and filled the sale ring with her tremendous length of body and 63” inches of frame. In addition, she had an awesome udder and correct feet and legs. She had 11 generations of Dams that ranged in score from (VG-87) to (EX-94) with multiple DOMs and GMDs. Lot #3 the consignment of Whiteleather Holsteins, Minerva, OH was a long, fancy and extremely correct three month old Shottle calf from the highest CTPI +1725 Hi Metro daughter in the world. This calf is backed by four generations of Excellent Dams, VG and then (EX-91) all with records over 1,000F. Both of these investments were purchased by Oakfield Corners Dairy-Gordon Lamb Oakfield, NY.

The sale averaged $5,285 on 40 live Lots. Fourteen lots sold for $4,000 or more. Ten embryos totaled $5625 and 10 units of Durham brought $1875. Cattle went to Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, New York and Pennsylvania in addition to Ohio, and embryos are slated for England.

Auctioneering the sale was Jason Lamoreaux and pedigrees were read by Ted Renner. Fitting was done to perfection by Martin “Bud” Yoder, Jim Morlock Jr., Tony Netemeyer and Jack Brannock. The Buckeye Dairy Club furnished the night crew. Leadsmen were Neil and Drew Duncan, Neil Deam and Ben Mangun. Commodity Blenders provided the feed and Eileen Lehman handled the trucking. American Equipment Service, Inc. furnished the skid loader.

The Spartan Spectacular Sale, held March 28 at the MSU Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education was topped by Lot 1 – D-L-Bennett Lacey Rae-ET. Born 9/27/07, Lacey Rae is a Kite x Gloryland-CK Lucy Rae-ET (Talent). The next 8 dams are EX. She sold for $5,900 to Carlyle Westendorp, Nashville, MI, and was consigned by Lawson Bennett, Mayville, MI.

The power of optimism and support of solid breeding programs was more than evident this past Saturday at the Minnesota Spring Special. Held at the Olmsted County Fairgrounds in Rochester, MN, this latest Minnesota Holstein sale was a smashing success with a final average of $3,915.38 on 104 lots. Leading up to the sale numerous rumors and
speculations regarding MN’s TB status were being voiced. This makes the success of this sale so refreshing. “Everyone’s concerns have been put to rest,” shared Sale Chairmen, Reid Stransky.
Capturing the top bid for the day at $11,400 was Lot #4, Mor-Yet Shottle Felicity-ET, the consignment of Randall Moret of Boscobel, WI. Felicity is a 9/07 Shottle daughter of GBM Allen Fabulous-ET VG-86 @ 2-10. Next dam is the increasingly popular GBM Durham BC Annabell VG-87 who has sent sons to AI and exported embryos. Next 5 dams are Excellent.
Felicity was purchased by Phil Johnson and Phil DeVries of WI. The second high selling live lot was Sure-Bret Midnight Durham EX-91 @ 3-01. An eye-catching end-of-the-row feature, Midnight is currently milking over 100 lbs/day. Her dam is a VG-85 Encore, followed by a VG-88 Leader and then 2 more VG dams. The consignment of Scha-Way Holsteins and Kath-Kove of Little Falls, MN, Midnight is now owned by Lane Johnson of Kerkhoven, MN.
In addition to the consignments from MN, IA and WI, there was also a stellar group of over 20 individuals from some of the most notable herds in Manitoba, Canada. The next event that will feature Minnesota’s best will be the State Show on Friday, June 20 and Saturday, June 21 in Sauk Centre, MN. Judge for the day will be Justin Burdette of Windy-Knoll-View in Mercersburg, PA.

Eurogenes Sale with a record average of EUR 10.260 per lot
The Eurogenes Online Heifer & Donor Sale 2008 goes down in history as the most successful Eurogenes Heifer Sale until now. All 24 sale animals were sold one day before this Online Sale actually ended for an average price of EUR 10.260!
The Sale topper, a first choice Baxter from Ralma Christmas Cookie VG-89 was purchased for EUR 30.000 by the Germany breeder Mr. O. Rörden. Ralma Christmas Cookie is being regarded as one of the best daughters of Oman in the world out of one of the hottest families of this moment. A Bolton daughter from Cookie her Finley sister was also sold on the first
auction day for EUR 15.000.
Top prices were also paid for a very exclusive daughter of Regancrest-HHF Mac from BKB Amanda EX-92. She made EUR 24.500. A first choice Advent grand daughter of Lavender Ruby Redrose EX-96 sold for EUR 20.500 and a heavily contracted Red Carrier Shottle-daughter for EUR 19.000!
The sale attracted much interest. From all over the world breeders logged in to follow this top auction. The 24 lot-numbers were sold for amounts between EUR 3.600 and EUR 30.000 to buyers from 6 different countries for an average price of EUR 10.260 per animal.

The Purple Ribbon Classic, an annual club heifer sale hosted and managed by the Wood Co. (WI) Holstein Breeders was held in Marshfield, WI on Saturday, March 22nd. The large crowd saw 37 live animals pass through the ring for an average of $2533. Two maternal sisters - Duckett EK Pontiac Tanna, a 6/07 Pontiac, and Duckett EK Storm Taylor, a 12/05 September Storm due in May – tied for sale top at $4,900 each. Consigned by Mike & Julie Duckett of Rudolph, WI, the heifers were out of a VG Champion backed by EX-93 Ernest-Anthony Chief Tara, then five more VG & EX dams from this internationally popular cow family. Both heifers were purchased by Kingdomhaven Farms of Edgar, WI.

March 22^nd
Despite record snowfall and challenging weather conditions, the Spring Spotlight and Shot At Gold Sales, hosted by VerHage Holsteins, in Allegan, MI featured two high profile Shottle daughters topping the sale. Ri-Val-Re Shtle Wendi-ET, consigned by Ri-Val-Re Holsteins, VG87 VGMS milking 111 lbs. topped the sale at $50,000 purchased by Stanton
Bros. Ltd. Ilderton, Ontario, Canada. Second high seller Ri-Val-Re Shtle Caralie-ET VG VGMS milking 120 lbs., also bred by Ri-Val-Re and consigned by Brent Dykema, Ryan Loew, and Tim VerHage, sold to Larry VanHaitsma, Muskegon, MI. Budjon-JK Lou Eventually-ET, 3/2007 Lou from Stormatic East, consigned by Budjon and Keitzman sold for $30,500 to
Eventually Syndicate c/o Mercuro, VerHage, Jons, and Borman of Hagerstown, MD. Sale averaged $4960 on 84 lots plus 95 embryos sold for an average of $619/embryo. The sale was managed by CanAm Sales Management Inc. Belding, MI.

Springcroft Farm Complete Dispersal
by Sandy Crawford
A sale day standing room only crowd was the fitting accolade to the breeding program of the Kingsley Family of Columbia Crossroads, PA. Owners, Roger and Ronnie, along with their dad, Richard, held a complete dispersal on Thursday, March 20th.
The phenomenal sale average was $3269 on 127 full lots. Eight lots hit the $5000 mark and nineteen sold for over $4000. A tribute to the tremendous respect for this family, all cattle sold stayed in either Pennsylvania or New York.
A presale barn favorite topped the event at $9800 to the final bid of Duane and Ellen Andrews of Gillett, PA. Springcroft Rubens Maureen, with a super special mammary, was fresh in December with her second calf. Her December heifer, sired by Outside, sold for $3000 to Gavin and Karen Watson of Columbia Crossroads, PA. Maureen’s dam was a VG-86 Springcroft Integ Hanson (Integrity x Springcroft Skybuck Hei EX-91). With immense faith in their own breeding program, Hanson was widely used in the Kingsley herd and 22 Hanson daughters were sold in the sale.
Opening the sale with a ½ lot, a rare occurrence for the Cattle Exchange Sales organization, was the day old Aspen calf of the second high seller of the day. Springcroft Durham Sweetz VG-87 followed her potential spring show calf on the auction block. Nathan Wesneski, Roaring Branch, PA, purchased Sweetz for $7400. Her dam was a VG-88 Linjet, followed by a Skybuck 2nd dam. Sweetz’s Aspen daughter was purchased on the bid of Robert Brown of Rome, PA for $3400.
3rd and 4th high sellers were both descendants of the “K” family which represented one of the most dominant cow families at Springcroft. The highest scoring Springcroft cow to cross the shavings, Springcroft Durham Karlyn 2E-93, brought $7200 on the bid of Richard and Colleen
Shaffer, Wyalusing, PA.
Springcroft Roylane Kristin, Karlyn’s short bred Roylane Jordan daughter, found a new home in Eastern New York. Albert and Judy Buckbee, Warwick, NY purchased this October 2006 heifer bred to Talent for $6300.
A fancy 2nd calf Outside daughter sold for $5800 on the bid of Gavin and Karen Watson. Springcroft Outside Cara’s dam was a 2E-92 Marvelous daughter with fat records to 1445F.
Linjet was a bull used extensively in the Springcroft herd with much success. 13 Linjets crossed the shavings including Lot #1, Springcroft Linjet Alison EX. Due in September to the service of Talent, Alison’s dam was a VG-86 Regency daughter followed by an Astro Jet granddam. Alison was purchased by Chatham Valley Farm, Middlebury Center, PA for
$5200.
“I want to thank the two best partners any man could ask for, my two sons Roger and Ronnie.” Dad Richard spoke on behalf of the Kingsley family at the start of the sale. Springcroft Farm was established in 1937.
The foundation of the current herd dates back to five calves Richard purchased from Clarence Beech. The five developed into an exception group with 1EX, 3VG, and 1 high G+ Three of the five attained the status of Gold Medal Dam.
The Cattle Exchange, Dave and Merry Rama, managed the sale. Horace Backus lent his impeccable skills to the pedigrees. Don Welk, Ken Young, and Tom Wright completed the sale staff. Fitting crew was headed by Brian Sparling and included Lester Hoskings, Jarrod Bramer, Matt Sears, Jeff VanPatten, and Jamie Crawford.

It was a bright, sunny first day of spring in Kansas for the 2008 Kansas State Sale, held March 20th. Eighty-four Holsteins averaged $5,253. High seller was a beautiful red cow at Lot 14, consigned by Kevin Winter and Robert Yeoman, Greenlea Redman Cara-Red-ET. She sold for $110,000 to Richard Green of Delaware. Her September heifer, Lot 15, sold to Kevin Winter of Hillsboro, KS for $10,600. The next top seller was Whitaker Stormy Rae-ET, a bred heifer consigned by Starmark, that sold to Alayna Kisst of California for $31,000. Next high was a first choice female consigned by Troy Yoder of Georgia - Regancrest Dundee-ET
X Silverridge Leduc Renee - that sold for $12,700 to John Cunningham of California. Volume buyers for the day were Calvin and Adam Voskamp of Mt. Vernon, MO, who purchased a total of 10 head.

The New England Spring Invitational Sale on March 19th in Derby, VT, posted an average of $5,166 on 96 lots. The International Associates Cy Nelson offered Cowtown Durham Laughter-ET as lot 1 and when the hammer fell she was struck off to Gerald Todd Sr., Gerald Todd Jr., Jim and Jeff Butler, of TN and IL for $50,000. She is a 9/06 Durham daughter of Elleeta Skybuck Lucy (2E-95) Lucy’s accolades for 2007 included International Holstein Show Grand Champion, All-American Aged Cow and People’s Choice Cow. Lucy’s 5 of 6 nearest dams are VG or EX.
The 2nd highest price of $24,000 was paid by Gerald Todd Sr., Brigeen and Cowtown from TN, ME and VT. They claimed VT-Pond-View Gold Levi-ET from Scott & Laurie Langmaid, Danville, VT. The 10/06 Goldwyn sold with a package of 5 Jasper embryos. She is out of Twin-Wind-TC Broker Lass-ET (EX-95), the Aged Cow winner and Res. Grand Champion at the Northeast Fall National 2002. The 2nd dam is 2X All-American C Grossville Ultimate
Libby (EX-92).
Allyndale Holsteins, Cannon, CT spent $15,500 to own Pierstein Dolman Becki a fancy 9/07 Regancrest Dolman, out of Platinum Becky Storm (EX-91 Can) 4-09 2X 365 28,342 4.1 1160 3.1 866. The next 8 dams are VG or EX and included Oliveholme Aeroline’s dam as the 2nd dam of Becky Storm. She was consigned by Pierre Boulet, Montmagny, PQ, Canada.
Royal Winter Fair’s 2nd place Jr. Yearling of the R&W Show was consigned by Crackholm Holsteins & Rocky Mt Holsteins, Richmond, PQ and claimed by Richard Green, Greenlea Holsteins for $14,600. Roggua Kite Bett-Red is a Markwell Kite daughter due 6/08 to Starfire. Her dam is a VG-86 Can Lakeside daughter that was 2nd Sr. 3Yr-Old at the 2006 Quebec Spring R&W Show.
The sale was managed by Cowtown Holsteins and Ray LeBlanc and held in the comfortable and efficient Cowtown sale arena.

The Carroll County Calf Sale was held March 19th in Westminster and averaged $2468.50 on 25 calves and one choice. High seller of the night was a first choice Goldwyn or Jasper from Dool Leigh Outside Pieper (EX-92) selling for $6,500. The choice was consigned by the Mike Doody family in Union Bridge, MD and purchased by Vision Genetics. The highest selling live animal was Lot 3, a September Fortune from the EX-95 Ellymae consigned by My Ladys Manor Farm. She was purchased by Byron Stambaugh for $4900. A June fortune out of a VG Allen granddaughter of Ashlyn commanded a price of $4,800 consigned by Scott Sollenberger of Mercersburg and Tom Mercuro of Hagerstown and purchased by the Arbaugh
family of Uniontown. The sale committee would like to thank everyone who consigned, purchased, attended, and helped work the sale for making this a great success!

2008 Ohio Spring Sale
By Steve Deam
High selling cow and calf tied for top bid of $4300 at the 2008 Spring Sale in Wooster, OH on March15, 2008. The high cow, Quality-Quest Bond Pumpkin (GP-84-VG-MS), was a ringing wet 2nd lactation Juror Bond daughter that had an awesome udder to go along with her extreme angularity. Her first lactation she produced over 27,000M and 1300 of fat. She was consigned by Doug Dye, Beloit, OH. High calf was What-If Bolton Topaz-ET a September ’07 Bolton daughter from Ricecrest Terry Tasha-ET (VG-87-GMD-DOM). Next 7 Dams are all VG or EX many of which are DOM or GMD. She was consigned by Steven Schlabach, Dalton, OH. Both consignments were purchased by Harpster Enterprises, Jeromesville,OH.
A fancy second calf Durham daughter from Firman Miller was third high for $4000 to Ack-Lee Holsteins, East Liberty, OH. Fourth high was a big framed Mr. Sam Springer from Acker Dairy Farms LTD., Sterling, OH. Bert De Bruijn was the buyer.
The sale averaged $2682 on 46 live Lots of cows, bred heifers and show aged calves.
The cattle were prepared to perfection by Orion (Jason Robinson and Erica Davis), Jim Morlock Jr., Martin “Bud” Yoder, and Ben Mangun. Night crew was District 7 Holstein Board. Sale ring was prepared by Julie Renner.
Leadsmen were Drew Duncan and Jason Miley. Auctioneering was done by Steve Andrews and pedigrees by Ted Renner.

The 22^nd edition of the Waupaca/Waushara Show Opportunity Sale held at the fairgrounds in Weyauwega on March 15 netted all-time record highs for sale gross and sale average. Forty-five lots grossed $125,200 and averaged $2,782 with two additional embryo lots selling for $3,750 for a final sale gross $128,950.
The high-selling animal at $9,400 was a 9/08 Goldwyn Choice from Above-Par Durham Paoli (VG-88). Paoli's maternal sister is the well-known Above-Par Finley Patty, the Reserve Int. Champion at the Illinois Championship Show in 2006. Consignment by Tom Kestell, Waldo, the choice was purchased by Tony and Brenda Gudex, Brownsville.
LaVerne Lupak, Custer, offered $6,ooo for the second-high seller, a 9/07 Lou daughter out of Ralma Duce CF Chip-ET, with sons contracted to AI and internationally as well as embryos to Germany. She was consigned by R-Z Holsteins, Stevens Point.
Andy Brantmeier of Sherwood consigned the third-high seller, a 9/09 Goldwyn daughter whose second dam is Hilrose Durham Allie (EX-92) with 108,350 pounds lifetime milk. She was purchased by Brandon Smith, Pulaski, for $5,200.
Unique to the Waupaca-Waushara Holstein Sale, four deserving youths received calf project grants to assist in purchasing an animal. The grants are supported by generous agribusinesses throughout the area and the breeders throughout the two counties along with proceeds from the sale committee. In addition, this year Spiegelberg Implement, Manawa, sponsored its own calf project grant. Grant recipients were Amy Blake, Pine River, Peter Jarvis, Wautoma, Jacob Riemer, Clintonville and Tyler Sawall, Clintonville. In addition, a semen sale preceding the sale netted over $3,900 with proceeds benefiting the Waupaca-Waushara Junior Holstein Association.
The sale chairman was Tom Anderson with Jim Hoskens on pedigrees. Darrell Worden, auctioneer, worked with sales personnel Lynn Harbaugh, Kevin Jorgensen, Jay Jauquet and Chad Ryan. The barn crew was led by Krista Leudtke with the junior members also leading the animals. Tony Brey, Ryan Krohlow and Cody Schultz handled the fitting. A host of other county members fulfilled all the other responsibilities to manage their own sale.

The Savage Family of Savage-Leigh hosted a Tag Sale on March 14-15th at the farm in Knoxville, MD. Sale manager Chip Savage reports great results from the outstanding line-up they had to offer.  A total of 16 animals were sold in the Tag Sale for a gross of $116,100 and an average of $7,256.25.  Cattle were sold to seven different states.

The March 14th Greenlea V Sale resulted in an unofficial average of $7,998. The high seller of the night at $46,000 was Pencroft-BB Helen-ET *TR, a donor dam who sold open and ready to flush. Sired by Comestar Lheros, Helen is out of Eastriver RM Hanzel-ET (EX-92) and then
Cousinvale Helen (EX, CAN). Helen herself is scored VG-88, EX-MS, 2y and was the Res. All-American Jr. 2-Year-Old in 2007. The second high seller of the sale at $36,200 was Wea-Land SS Mia-Red, another donor dam is sold bred to Kite. Mia was the HHM All-American R&W Winter Yearling in 2007 and is a Sept Storm daughter of Creek-Knoll Mae Distrig-Red (EX-94), the All-American R&W 4-Year-Old from 2007. Mia was purchased by Jeff & Lisa Gibson.

Maryland Holstein Convention Sale
By ANDREA HOOD-HAINES

HAGERSTOWN, Md. – EX91, Wilson-Dale Champion Tia-ET was the highest selling animal for $26,000 at the Maryland Holstein Convention Sale held Saturday, March 8th at the Washington County Agriculture Center. The Champion daughter, out of EX94, Wilsondale Emory Tenille-ET is milking 115 pounds of as of a December test. Pineland Farms, Inc. and Tia Syndicate of New Gloucester, Maine consigned the lot with five Excellent dams backing her pedigree. Pineland Farms, Inc. purchased her back, buying out the syndicate.
Glen-Toctin Farm of Jefferson consigned the second highest seller, Glen-Toctin Ramos Heidi-ET, born in May and sold with bull contracts to Semex and Select Sires. Dr. Barry and Diane England of Williamsburg, Pa. purchased the heifer for $12,200. Her dam, EX91, Deer-Slope Durham Hillary has three A.I. contracts and has a record boasting 3-04 31,540M 4.0 1265F 3.2 1012P after 365 days. The consignment heifer is also a maternal sister to the 2007 All-Maryland Reserve Junior Spring Calf. Carroll Seiler of Union Bridge consigned the $8000 lot, Twin-Manor Powder Snow-ET. Her dam, VG85, DeBoar Mr Sam Snow Puff-ET is the
number-one PTPI Mr. Sam of the breed. Bud Stambaugh and Tanya Miller of Westminster purchased the heifer.
Randy and Robin Christman of Poolesville invested $7300 in a June Dundee heifer out of VG88, EXMS, Ehrhardt Champion Lexus-ET consigned by Chip Savage of Savage-Leigh Farms in Knoxville. Her dam is the mother of Savage-Leigh Dundee Alexee-ET, 2007 All-American Spring Calf, 2007 All-Illinois Spring Calf and boasts a long list of show records. The
second dam, EX95, Idee Lustre-ET has a lifetime record of 111,379M 4.6 5141F 3.4 3739P after 1118 days and also has a long list of show winnings. Michael, Matt and Mark Iager of Fulton purchased a just fresh Red-carrier, JB-JV S Storm Delight-ET for $7100. The September Storm daughter is milking around 100 pounds of milk and is out of VG88,
Hilltop-Hanover-I B Daff-ET. The second dam, EX91 3E, Brigeen Hanover Debra boasts a lifetime record of 197,175M 4.1 8118F 3.0 5984P after 3124 days. Luke Coblentz of Flemingsburg, Ky. consigned the September born cow.
Jonathan Lamb of Oakfield, N.Y. purchased a first choice female born this January sired by Pontiac for $6100. The choice, out of VG87, Mar-Bil Iron Gretel-ET was consigned by Allen and Carolee McClure of Hobart, N.Y.
Doug and Joan Siedel of Pintail Point Farm, Queenstown purchased a first choice female out of eight transfers due in September, sired by Fradon Jet-Red-ET. The choice is out of the EX94, Derrwyn Miss Special-Red family with the dam being EX91, Derrwyn Rubens Myos-Red-ET. The second dam is EX92, Derrwyn MG Mystery-Red. Golden Oaks Farms of Wauconda, Ill. consigned the choice.
The sale averaged $4227 out of 69-head and 7 choice lots and was co-managed by MD-Hillbrook, Chris Hill of Thurmont and the Maryland Holstein Association.

The Branson Limited Edition Sale averaged $16,447 on Saturday, March 8th. Within seven days of each other, the Holstein industry witnessed two of the biggest sales of the year, if not in history; Butlerview’s Parade of Perfection and Branson Limited Edition Sale combined to add spark to the already hot Holstein market. At the luxury resort Big Cedar Lodge located just south of Branson, Missouri, 48 lots averaged $16,448 with a gross of $789,500.00, making it the highest averaging Branson sale in history.
Holstein enthusiast, Robert Goldmann took home the two top selling lots in the sale. The top seller at $81,000 was lot 5A, a January Baxter calf out of Ralma Goldwin Carmel consigned by Dr Jeff Rugg, R-Z Holsteins of Wisconsin. Robert Goldmann also picked up lot 2 selling two months fresh, Ralma Shottle Dragonfly-ET for $60,000, consigned by Harvey Schoon of Minnesota.

The 2008 Pennsylvania Convention Sale became history at 4:30pm, March 28, as 69 live lots set a $6,326 average. Ed Crossland, Mt. Savage, MD, paid $27,500 to claim Savage-Leigh Lou Lenia-ET from Christopher Savage, Knoxville, MD. This Jenny-Lou Marshall P149-ET daughter is a 3/07 issue out of Savage-Leigh Leola-ET (VG-88). The 2nd dam is the well known Savage-Leigh Licorice-ET (EX-92 DOM), the HHM All-American 5-Year-Old in 2006. The youngster sold with embryo contracts. Penn-Gate’s Finesse family took the spotlight for $26,000 (and good for 2nd high of the sale), on a bid from Corey Wolff, Millville, PA, on a fancy milking Shottle daughter, aptly named Vision-Gen Shottle Fancy-ET. Fresh on 1/21/08, her dam is a VG Durham with numerous bulls in AI and exported embryos, as well as being a full sister to the AI bull, Penn-Gate Finest TPI +1559. The 2nd dam is Penn-Gate Skychief Finesse (3E-95 DOM). She is the dam of 12 Excellent daughters. She was consigned by Solid Gold & Gentile of Emlenton, PA. The event was co-managed by the Pennsylvania
Holstein Association and the Central District of PHA.

As the catalog said, it was a moment in Holstein history you wouldn't want to miss. And last weekend's Parade of Perfection Sale in Elkhorn, WI, was just that, a moment in history. Thought to be the highest grossing sale in history at approximately $2.3 million, the day was
marked by a standing room only crowd, exceptional hospitality and a stellar sale lineup. Topping the event was the 12/07 Talent calf of KHW Regiment Apple-Red-ET, selling for $190,000 to Triple Crown Genetics, Kingsmill Farm and Gene Iager.
Other high selling prices included:
* Lot 1 - the package of 4 Durham x Alicia females - $155,000
* Lot 9 - the Shottle x Debutante Rae-ET - $75,000
* Lot 12 - the 9/07 Durham x Regancrest Jed Deborah - $41,000
* Lot 46 - Pfaffs Gibson Rally (EX-92) - $96,000
* Lot 17 - Ehrhardt Durham Lucent - $37,000
* Lot 7 - 1st choice Stormatic x Tri-Day Ashlyn - $66,000
We'll post pictures and offical sale averages and buyers as we get them! Congratulations to the Butler family for an event that looks to average over $21,000.

The Winterfield and Ri-Val-Re Online Embryo Sale, the latest monthly CanAm embryo sale in the online sale series, concluded February 12th with interest worldwide. Advent embryos from Wilson-Dale Tal Trendedy VG88 EXMS topped the sale, selling for $1075/each to Kingsmill Farm, NC. Second high seller at $900/each selling to Pilar Holsteins in LaPorte,
IN were Talent embryos from Winterfield LJ Stormy Rae EX91 EXMS Linjet daughter of EX92 EXMS Sweetie Rae. The sale was managed by CanAm Sales Management Inc.

Showcase Sale of Virginia Tech
It was a lovely Valentine’s Day in Roanoke, Virginia for the 2008 Showcase Sale of Virginia Tech. The Dairy Club of Virginia Tech hosted the Showcase Sale at the hotel Roanoke again this year in conjunction with the 101st Virginia State Dairyman’s Association Convention. The sale featured high quality Brown Swiss, Holstein and Jersey consignments from deep pedigrees. The sale began with online bidding on February 11th and commenced on February 14th with online software provided by Alta. The online bidding marked the beginning prices for the evening’s live bid-off that began at 7pm on Valentine’s Day.
The selection committee consisting of Aaron Horst; Chair, Jacob Pieper, Ryan Haines, Danny Hardesty, Malorie Rhoderick, Michael Bosley, Katie Albaugh, Derek Heizer, Parker Welch, Laurel Moore, Brittany Thompson and Jessica Stiles began in the fall of 2007 seeking consignments from top notch dairy herds. The catalog, advertising, and website committees immediately began compiling pedigrees and marketing consignments. Rachel Higginbotham and Mary Dickenson worked closely with online bidding to monitor the trust and accuracy of prospective purchasers. The sale wrapped up with an event organized by Hannah Smith, Chair featuring refreshments and a slide show.
Denny Remsberg, fellow Virginia Tech alumni served as auctioneer and Gayle Carson from JMS read pedigrees. Sara Barlass from JMS, alumni and sale staff took bids from online, phone and live bidders.
New to the sale this year was eight semen lots donated by Accelerated Genetics, ABS, Alta, Genex, and Semex. The lots totaled $1900 to benefit the Virginia Tech Dairy Judging Teams.
The sale staff, especially the chair, Sonja Galley was extremely pleased to announce the final numbers which proved that the sale was a huge success. The sale averaged $2,361.51 on 42 lots including all live, choice and embryo lots. The Holstein lots averaged $3,358.82, the Jersey lots averaged $2,230.56 and the Brown Swiss lots averaged $1,887.50, all averages include live and choice lots.
The top selling lot was a second choice Goldwyn from Gloryland Lisa Rae-ET EX-90 EX-93 MS backed by seven generations excellent consigned by Roy Mitchell of Jy-Ro Holsteins from Elkin, NC and purchased by Jeff King of Schuylerville, NY for $7500. The second high selling lot sold for $6300 consigned by Dana Erway of Coudersport, PA and was the first choice female of three September 2007 heifers sired by Redliner out of Fradon Lee Mercey-ET EX-91 by four generations very good or excellent purchased by Kingsmill Farm, LLC of Durham, NC.
The Showcase Sale of Virginia Tech would like to thank to all consigners, purchasers and contenders that helped make this sale a success. Also a special thank you to those individuals on the sale committee and worked closely with the staff to help advertise and promote the sale.

7th European Holstein Show
Feb. 7-8, Verona, Italy
Judge: Larry Schirm, Columbus, OH
Junior Champion: Castelverde Dundee Julie-ET (Dundee x Rudolph x Inspiration), Quaini Giuseppe, Castelverde Holstein
Reserve Junior Champion: Castelverde Kite Precious (Kite x Stardust x Formation), Quaini Giuseppe, Castelverde Holstein
HM Junior Champion: Bonnyfarm Veronique (Goldwyn x Leader x Astre), Chiappini Alberto, Giovanni E Mario SS
Grand Champion: Planillo September Sara (Sept Storm x Mason), Planillo, Carlos Prat & Triple A Holstein
Reserve Grand Champion: Fusa Capri Sorca (Capri x Progetto x Magnum), Errera Holsteins di Davide Errera
HM Grand Champion: Savoie (Gelpro x Galdo), Quaini Giuseppe, Castelverde Holstein

The New York Convention ET Sale, held January 17th, ended in a $7,351 average on 34 full lots. Dave Rama and his Cattle Exchange crew did a fantastic job in a packed ballroom at the Holiday Inn in Albany. Topping the sale was a first choice Advent from Markwell SS Ruby-Red-E, a Red Sept. Storm from the Ravens. Consigned by Andy Merry of Arkport, the choice sold for $16,500 to Long-Brook Farm, the Sherwood family, of Meshoppen, PA. Other high selling prices included $11,600 for a first choice by mutually agreeable sire from Coyne-Farms Bret Daffers-ET *CV (EX-90), a heavily contracted Bret daughter from Coyne-Farms Rudolph
Daffy (EX-90, GMD-DOM). Consigned by Coyne Farms of Avon, NY, the choice was purchased by Barry England, PA. Andy Merry consigned another high seller, a first choice Sept Storm from Ernest-Anthony SC Vivian (2E-96) which was purchased by Tim Harkenrider for $15,200. And Alicia Lamb consigned a first choice Goldwyn from Arethusa Aspen Marilyn-ET (next dam is Hillcroft Leader Melanie), which sold for $10,500 to Adam Liddle. Convention activities continue all weekend as the annual meeting commences this morning, followed by the banquet and Regional Holstein meeting. Junior convention activities kick into full gear tomorrow afternoon.

The 26th Annual Holiday ET Extravaganza on January 11th sailed to a $343,575 gross on 43 lots. Lee Whitaker, Harlem, GA, consigned a choice of Jaspers or Stormatics due in September to claim the highest price of this event at $21,000. Roy Mitchell placed the bid on this opportunity to own a daughter out of La-Foster Astro Adona-ET (VG-88, 2y). With a ME
in 305 days of 27,213 3.0 800 3.0 800 and the title of Grand Champion at both the Georgia National Fair and Georgia Holstein Show, Adona-ET is out of the highly regarded and successful MD-Delight Durham Atlee-ET (EX-92 DOM). Two other consignments were struck of for $20,000. Jerland Kite Nissa-Re (VG-87), a granddaughter of Stelbro Renita Ranger-Red
(2E-94) was consigned by Larry Jerome and purchased by Reid Stransky, Owatonna, MN, on a bid from agent Dallas Burton. The other consignment that reached $20,000 was the 1st choice of Den-K Marshal LL Laurin out of Scientific Gold Dish Rae-ET*RC. Gold Dish is a Goldwyn daughter out of Scientific Debutante Rae-ET *RC. The 2005 All-American 5-Year-Old
from the Roxys.