The 21st Annual Top 10 Sale was held on Satuday, December 13th in Elkhorn, WI. This year’s sale featured groups of consignments from Shema Holsteins, Gaf-Fine Farms, Sandy Valley Farms, Ralma Holsteins, Kingsmill Farm II, Triple Crown Genetics, Spring Brook Farms, EskDale Dairy and Nabholz/Legendholm as well as select consignments from other notable breeders and a group of top Jerseys.

Top seller at $110,000 was Lot #1 – Sandy-Valley Go Firelite-ET – consigned by Shema Holsteins of Kalona, IA. Firelite is a VG-88 Goldwyn daughter of Ralma Durham Fireball (EX-92 GMD DOM) and her granddam is Ralma Juror Faith (EX-91). The Faiths have topped several sales this year and the bidding for Firelite was fast and furious. She sold with numerous AI, embryos and female contracts and was purchased by Select Genetics of Tama, OH.

Second high seller on the day was Nabholz-H Shot of Adeen-ET, a 6/08 Shottle daughter of Exels Goldwyn Anna 13384-ET (VG-88 @ 2-05). Shot of Adeen has an EX-91 Lee granddam and her third dam is EX-94 Ms Kingstead Chief Adeen. On top of being from one of the hottest type families around, she carried a PTPI of +2153 and was purchased for $36,000 by Mike & Todd Jones of Marshall, IN.

Shema Holsteins consigned the third high seller at $32,000 – a first choice Sanchez or MAS female from Regancrest Ms Carma-ET. Carma is the first Mac from Regancrest Cinderella (VG-89), has four full brothers in AI and her granddam is Regancrest-PH Barbie-ET (EX-92 GMD DOM). David Clayton of Granger, IN was the buyer of this only offering from Carma before she freshens.

Fourth high seller at $30,000 was Shema Mac Camille-ET, a 8/07 Mac daughter also consigned by Shema Holsteins. Camille’s dam is Ralma Shottle Camouflage-ET (VG-88), the $101,000 high seller at this year’s Planet Holstein Sale who also hails from the Ralma Juror Faith family. The Bauer Brothers of Sandy-Valley Farms in Scandinavia, WI made the final bid on Camille.

Top seller – Lot #1 – Sandy-Valley Go Firelite-ET (VG-88) in the sale ring.

Lot #1 – Firelite in sale ring.

Top seller – Lot #1 – Sandy-Valley Go Firelite-ET – $110,000
Bert, Bieke and Sanne DeBruyn, buyers; John Erbsen and Gary Estes of the sale staff in the box, Paul Trapp on the halter of Sandy-Valley Go Firelite-ET; Mitchell and Marlin Bontrager, consignors

2nd high seller – Nabholz-H Shot of Adeen-ET in the ring.

2nd high seller – Nabholz-H Shot of Adeen-ET – $36,000
L to R: Norman Nabholz, consignor; Gary Estes, auctioneer; Gene Henderson on the halter of Nabholz-H Shot of Adeen-ET; Jeff Woods representing buyers Mike & Todd Jones

Caledon Socrates Jolly, consigned by Avonlea Genetics of Brighton, ON, was the top selling Jersey at $20,000.

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