SALE REPORTS Waupaca-Waushara Show Opportunity Sale March 19 The 25th Anniversary of the Waupaca-Waushara Show Opportunity Sale was held Saturday, March 19, 2011 in Weyauwea, Wis., and averaged $1739 on 47 lots. Consigned by Bella-View Holsteins and Forest Ridge Holsteins, the high seller was a first choice of two September 2011 Braxton females out of Rosedale Go For Gin-ET VG-86. Go For Gin is a full sister to the Reserve All-American Junior 2-Year-Old, Rosedale Lexington VG-89, and complete seven generations of VG & EX cows from the Blackrose family. She sold for $5,550 to Doug & Steve Kamphuis of Brandon, Wis. Sandy Valley Farms consigned the 2nd high seller, a May 2010 Michael granddaughter of Regancrest-PR Barbie-ET, EX-92 GMD DOM, that sold for $3,850. Sandy-Valley Michl Bliss-ET is from Regancrest Brynna-ET VG-88 and sold to Cory Biely of Pine River, Wis. Forest-Ridge Snchz Megan-ET, an August 2010 Sanchez out of a VG-87 *RC Advent that completes six generations of VG & EX cows, sold for $3,100 to Amy Blake. Megan was consigned by Forest Ridge Holsteins of Eden, Wis. The Show Opportunity Sale is held annually and sponsored by the Waupaca-Waushara Holstein Association.
hours and looked sensational. Seven young sires sold in the sale and averaged right at $2,300 for the day with the high at $2,525 for an eleven month old grandson of Pimm-Red! Cattle sold to eleven states, two Canadian Provinces and Germany. Dave Rama handled the gavel, while Louis Prange of Elm Park presented pedigrees. Ray LeBlanc of VT, Don Welk of PA, Alan Dykshorn of IA, Norm Magnussen of WI, Ted Radintz of MN, and Ron Roskopf of WI handled bid taking and the telephones as well. The ring crew performed brilliantly accepting bids from the large crowd and handling numerous phone bids as well. The fitting staff headed by Jason Thomas had the cattle looking superb and fought the wind, rain, and elements all week. Merry Rama and Amber Newman handled all clerking duties and trucking arrangements. They are all to be commended for a job well done! Congratulations to Louis and Max Prange on breeding and developing perhaps the greatest R&W & RC Holstein herd in the world. Louis can be credited for not only being Premier Breeder and Exhibitor at WDE for fifteen years but more importantly expanding the Red gene on a global level. Louis’s devotion to the Red and White Dairy Cattle Associations and red breeders worldwide has had a major impact on the entire industry. Max will continue his college education and still keep his hand on Elm Park Farms young sire and recipient herd & fitting on a national level.
Barron Spring Sale - April 23 A large crowd was on hand for the Barron Spring Sale, held Saturday, April 23 in Barron, Wis. With a sale gross of $176,800, the live lots averaged $2303. The top selling animal was lot 10 from Indianhead Holsteins. This VG Advent daughter, fresh in March, sold for $4150 to Todd Schott of Bruce, Wis. Second high seller was lot #1, a VG Mac daughter from Don & Liz Mayer, Bloomer, Wis. She sold for $4000 to Pepst Farms, Centuria, Wis. Third high seller was also from Don & Liz Mayer. This fresh two year old Morty from an EX-91 Rudolph sold for $3800 to Doug Veenendall of Baldwin, Wis. The top selling calf was a fancy show age September 2010 Dundee from a VG-86 Champion. She sold to Kylie Hoff of Prairie Farm, Wis., for $2400. The sale was managed by the Barron County Holstein Breeders, with Bob Lentz serving as sale chairman.
Elm Park Farm Complete Dispersal April 30 The Elm Park Farm Complete Dispersal held on Saturday, April 30, 2011 in Sheboygan Falls, Wis., saw 166 lots average $3,253. Of the nearly 700 people in attendance, 300 packed the tent on a very windy day, requiring extraordinary measures to keep the tent in place! The sale was managed by the Cattle Exchange of Delhi, NY. Topping the sale at $41,000 was lot 2, Goldwyn-Oaks Gwyn Perky-ET a Polled RC Gold Goldwyn from the famed EX-90 “Perk Rae” out of Beauty Rae from the heart of the Roxies! Bidding was fierce with Dr. Hubertus Diers-WWS Germany in attendance at the sale placing the final bid and Sexing Technologies contending. Perky carried two AI contracts and loads of international interest. Second high was lot 1, a RC Man-O-Man from Gold Dish Rae (VG-88), again from the great Roxie maternal line. Selling for $28,000 to Sexing Technologies, she was the highest RC Man-O-Man from Dish Rae. Contending bidder was Welcome Stock Farm of NY with both Bill & Bill Jr. in attendance. Another New Yorker, Lisa Tobler purchased the third high for the day at $17,500 on Lot 3, the highly respected Elm-Park Pimm-Red-ET(EX-93-2E); twice nominated and reserve All-American R&W 4 year old in 2007. From the same maternal line as the sensational Black Rose, Pimm looked awesome with bidding coming from every direction. Lot 81, Elm-Park Air-ET (EX-90), sold for $10,000 to Sellcrest Farm, Watertown, WI. This amazing maternal sister to Regiment Apple and full sister to the great Acme bull sold fresh less than 72 38–wisconsin HOLSTEIN news/June 2011
Elm Park Farms Dispersal high seller: Lot #2, Tolden-Oaks Gwyn, sold for $41,000 to Dr Hubertus Diers from Germany. From left to right is Ray LeBlanc, ringman, Max Prange, Norm Magnussen, ringman, Gary Janssen of Golden Oaks, Alan Dykshorn, ringman, Ted Radnitz, ringman and Toby Artilles, leadsman.
Hardwater Holsteins Complete Dispersal May 14 It was a cold spring day for the Hardwater Holsteins Complete Dispersal held on May 14 at the farm in Ellsworth, Wisconsin, owned by Brian Berg and family. Topping the sale at $7,500 to Allan Lundberg of Osseo, Wis., was Hardwater Marchita-ET VG-88 GTPI +1945. Marchita is a beautiful Bolton, backed by 8 generations of VG and EX dams. She sold open and ready to flush for her new owner. Jon Wynveen of Baldwin, Wis., gave $4,300 for Hardwater Shirin-ET, a VG-85 2Y Mac daughter. Shirin sold along with 3 full sisters, they were backed by a 2E-90 Leader dam, then a 3E-92 GMD DOM Rudolph. At the end of the day, the 79 lots averaged $1962. The sale was managed by Tom Morris Ltd, with Tom and Sandy at their stations and assisted by Brian Behnke, Scott Courtney, Scott Culbertson, Don Mayer, and Paul Trapp.