International Intrigue is Underway!
The tent is full and the sale has rocketed out of the gate!
Sale host Jim Ostrom welcomed the crowd to the sale accompanied by sale manager Ed Fellers.
A massive crowd on hand to participate!
Lot #82 was the first sold – the first choice female of 9/10 calves by Sanchez or MAS out of Long-Haven Gold Rochelle-ET (VG-88 @ 2-03). Rochelle was the All-American Spring Yearling last year, calved in great and was just named Reserve Grand Champion as a Junior Two-Year-Old at last week’s Wisconsin Championship Show. Consigned by Gerald Todd & Gerald Todd, Jr., the choice brought $33,000.
Lot 28 – BVK Shottle Anna – 2/09 Shottle daughter of Ms Kingstead Chief Adeen (2E-94) brought $39,000.
Lot 30 – Miss Crescentmead Aloha-ET – 11/08 Shottle daughter of Amlaird Lee Alice (2E-94) brought $39,000
Lot 63 – BVK Roy Adella – 12/08 Roy daughter of Ms Kingstead Chief Adeen-ET (2E-94) sold for $13,000
Lot 25 – Nealayne J-Lou Taylor (VG-87) – 1st Jr 2-Year-Old at NY Spring Show and Midwest National Spring Show this year sold for $11,000.
One of the headliners – Lot 4 – Savage-Leigh Lavisha-ET (VG-88 @ 2-03) – Toystory daughter of Savage-Leigh Licorice-ET (EX-92 GMD DOM). Tons of interest in this cow, she along with three #1 Atwood embryos. Consigned by Howard-View Dairy & White Gold Dairy of Flemingsburg, KY, she was purchased by Ludwig Farms of Fithan, IL for $340,000.
Lot 5A – First choice of two 6/09 Million females from Savage-Leigh Licorice-ET (2E-92) brought $69,000
Lot 5 – Savage-Leigh Gold Levina-ET – 12/08 Goldwyn out of Licorice sold for $44,000
Lot 45 – BKB Toystory Adeline-ET – 4/08 Toystory out of 3E-97 Shoremar S Alicia-ET sold for $15,500 to Regancrest.
Lot 46 – BKB Stormatic Andie-ET (VG-89) – Stormatic daughter of Shoremar S Alicia-ET sold for $12,500
The crowd was quiet as Lot #3 – Regancrest S Chassity-ET (VG-88) circled the ring. A beautiful cow in dry form, Chassity carries a CTPI of +2294 and she is a Shottle daughter of Regancrest Cinderella (EX-92). She sold along with 14 female pregnancies and 10 male pregnancies. She was purchased by a syndicate for $1,500,000. Syndicate members include Jeff Butler, Frank & Diane Borba, Marlin Bontrager and Gerald Todd.
Lot 11 – Regancrest S Cashmere-ET – 12/08 Shottle from Regancrest Cinderella (EX-92) – $65,000
Lot 1B – Two bull package sired by Alexander, Sanchez or Jeeves from Regancrest Mac Bikasa-ET – sold to syndicate for $120,000
Lot 1A – First Choice Jeeves female from Regancrest Mac Bikasa-ET – $21,000
Lot 1 – Regancrest Mac Bikasa-ET herself – 10/07 Mac daughter of Regancrest-PR Barbie-ET (EX-92) – $75,000
Lot 12 – Comestar Lautelle Goldwyn – 6/08 Goldwyn daughter of Comestar Lautamie Titanic (VG-89-2YR-CAN) – $22,000
Lot 8A – First Choice Jeeves female from Ms Atlees Goldwyn Ariel-ET – $93,000
Lot 8B – First Choice Jeeves male from Ms Atlees Goldwyn Ariel-ET – sold to syndicate for $60,000
Lot 2 – First Choice Shottle from Ms Atlees Roy Autumn-ET (VG-89) – $41,500
Lot 7 – Regancrest TS Benshae-ET (VG-87) – Toystory from Barbie – $196,000
Lot 7A/7B – Choice of two Goldwyn females out of Toystory Benshae – $ 24,200
Lot 32 – First Choice Man-O-Man female from Regancrest TS Benissa-ET (VG-87) – $55,000
Lot 34 – First Choice Mac female from Regancrest Brasilia-ET (VG-88) – $40,000
Lot 33 – B-A-M Babs-ET – 3/09 Planet from Regancrest Brasilia-ET (VG-8) – $18,000
Lot 35 – First Choice Million or Man-O-Man female from Regancrest G Brocade-ET (VG-87) – $37,000
Lot 36 – First Choice Man-O-Man female from Regancrest Barbette-ET (VG-87-2YR-CAN) – $32,500
Lot 37 – Calbrett Onward Brit – 4/09 Onward daughter of Regancrest Barbette-ET (VG-87-2YR-CAN) – $9,900
Lot 6 – KY-Blue Ruben Marla-Red (EX-92) – All-American R&W Senior 3-Year-Old in 2007 – $295,000 to Jeff Butler.
Lot 6A – First Choice Sanchez 9/09 female from Marla – $18,200
Lot 14 – Dubeau Dundee Hezbollah (VG-89-2YR-CAN) – fancy, fancy Dundee two-year-old sold for $130,000 to Budjon Farms and Peter Vail.
Lot 38 – Co-Vale Stormatic Jay-ET – show winning Stormatic Summer Yearling – sold for $24,000 to Richard Green
Lot 10 – First Choice Goldwyn or Alexander from Wabash-Way Emilyann-ET (VG-88), the #1 CTPI cow in the breed – $88,500 to Ludwig Farms of Fithian, IL
Lot 61 – First Choice Million female from Wabash-Way Evett-ET (VG-86-2YR-CAN), the #2 GLPI Cow in Canada – $19,000
Lot 9 – First Choice Planet or Million from Misty Springs Shottle Silk (VG-88-2YR-CAN), the #1 LPI cow in Canada – $75,000 to Velthuis Farms of Ontario
Lot 13 – Melvale Lheros Justine (VG-88-3YR-CAN), show winning Lheros daughter – $40,000 to MilkSource Genetics
Lot 39 – Lindenright Goldwyn Adore (VG-89-3YR-CAN), show winning Goldwyn daughter from six VG & EX dams – $49,000
Watch for more pictures and more sale report to come later!
