Fertility Data
By Duane Norman

The numbers of new records included in evaluations for sire, cow and heifer conception rates are considerably lower than in past evaluations. As of January 2010, fertility data in format-5 (reproductive) records were provided for most herds by three dairy records processing centers (DRPCs: AgriTech Analytic, AgSource and Dairy Records Management Systems) and for six herds by a fourth DRPC (DHI-Provo). For April 2010 evaluations, records from AgriTech Analytics continued to be provided for most herds, but records from Dairy Records Management Systems and AgSource were provided only for herds requested by Genex/CRI. The reduction in additional numbers of format-5 records had a small limited effect on daughter pregnancy rate evaluations because current days open are reported in format-4 (lactation) records.

However, April genetic evaluations for cow and heifer conception rates are expected to have lower reliabilities than in January for most bulls. Likewise, the average number of inseminations per bull is expected to decline for phenotypic evaluations of sire conception rate. When genetic evaluations for conception rate are released in the future (possibly August 2010) for cows, any cow without a breeding record will not receive an evaluation.

Stay tuned to holsteinworld.com next week for all the latest in sire summary news as it happens!

Spring Dairy Expo took place last week in Columbus, OH. Holstein World and AllBreed Access were proud to provide you with extensive coverage of the event at www.dairyshowsonline.com! If you haven’t already, head there now to see photos of all the winners from the Mid-East Spring National Holstein Show as well as champion photos & results from all the breed shows, and more! This coverage is sponsored by Agrarian Marketing Corporation and their product – Select BioCycle Showcase Formula.

Below are some more scenes from around the Ohio Expo Center last Thursday, Friday and Saturday!

The Midwest Revue Brown Swiss Sale celebrated its 30th Anniversary with another successful sale!

The Supreme Champion heifer was the Brown Swiss, Brown Velvet Platinum. Here she is with Chris Lahmers and his daughter, along with the award sponsor, Julie DeLavergne, who is a former chairperson for Spring Dairy Expo.

The Reserve Grand Champion of the Mid-east Spring National Holstein Show was the 2nd place 5-Year-Old, T-Triple-T Dundee Paige. For complete results and photos from the show, click here.

Part of the Silent Auction that benefits Spring Dairy Expo.

One of the vendors was a traveling embroidery company that could personalize a coat or hat for you on the spot!

4-H and FFA kids enjoy the sunshine Saturday after partaking in the judging contest.

The Reserve Grand Champion Brown Swiss was North Lanes Legcy Classy-ET, more photos and results from the Brown Swiss show, and all the protein breed shows are available here!

A highlight of the event is the All Breeds Youth Showmanship contest. This year there were 97 participants in four age divisions.

A long line of youngsters who participated in Showmanship and recieved some tips from judges Blaine Crosser and John Ayars.

A crowd starts to gather before the Holstein edition of the Buckeye Classic Sale. the Buckeye Dairy Club hosts three breed sales at Spring Dairy Expo – Holstein, Jersey and Guernsey.

The view from my hotel room late Thursday night! I used to live in Columbus and can tell you this is not a normal sight for central Ohio at the end of March! By morning there was at least 4 inches of snow on top of a solid sheet of ice! I needed my “Syracuse-sized” ice scraper & snow brush, and not the little cheap one that came with my rental car!

A few weeks ago Holstein World’s Frank Putman took a road trip to Quebec for the Vente Classique Sale as well as a tour of Lookout Holsteins & Jerseys and Comestar Holsteins. Here are some images from the trip!

Lookout will host the Quebec Picnic and a sale in July (followed by the Cowtown Sale the next day). Here is a sample of what will greet you.

The Reserve All-American Milking Fall Yearling from 2009 – Extondale Samuelo Fiona

A view down the barn at Lookout.

The Jersey section of the barn at Lookout.

Cover girl Selbyvale Spirit Logan (EX-95 EX-95 MS) with over 117,000 of milk life to date.

Regancrest BRD Debbra (VG-86), a young Sr. 2-Year-Old Durham out of Regancrest Jed Deborah (2E-95). Next dams are 2E-94, 2E-95 5* and 2E-90.

Chestcreek Jasper Valerie (VG-88), a Jasper out of Huntshaven Storm Vegas (VG-85). Valerie is from the  All-American Huntshaven CC Vivian family.

Callum McKinven shows Brian Hill (Four Hills) and Sue Brown (Lylehaven) some additional info on the Lookout herd.

No visit to the Victoriaville area would be complete without a stop at Comestar. Here is a view up the isle. Visitors, flushing cows,training heifers to lead, a fitter clipping – just another day at Comestar.

A view of the udder on Comestar Lautamilia Dolman, fresh just under a week when the photo was taken. She is out of Comestar Lautamie Titanic, the Res. All-Canadian Jr. 2-Yr-Old in ’06 that is from the Laurie Sheik family.

Amber Craswell and her daughter at the Vente Classique!

More scenes from the Vente Classique – for more photos and results from the sale click here and here.

The 2010 edition of the MN Spring Special Sale was held on Saturday, March 27 in Rochester, MN. Always a good opportunity for dairy producers to get off the farm and see other quality Holsteins from the Upper Midwest and Canada, this year’s sale averaged $2,038.86 on 101 lots.

*HIGH SELLER* Lot 1 – 1st Choice Big Time Female x Hendel Burt Bridget 2327 – $10,500
Buyer will have their choice of five females born in February from Burt Bridget who is VG-86 VG-MS, CTPI +1840. She has a 2-00 record of 365 28,570 4.3 1215 3.3 949 and has exported embryos to Japan. Seven sons currently in AI.

Consignor: Hendel Farms, Caledonia, MN
Buyer: Select Sires, OH

*2nd HIGH SELLER* Lot 110 – Donohoe Rolanda Buck – $3,900
A 12/1/08 Winter Yearling for the shows, this heifer is sired by Braedale Uncle Buck-ET (Buckeye x VG Allen 2yr x Baler Twine) and her dam is Donohoe Rolanda Empire-ET EX-90 CAN. Next 3 dams are all VG.

Consignor: Donohoe Farms, Ltd., Petersfield, MB
Buyer: Newalta Dairy, LLC, Pipestone, MN

Pictured above from left to right with Lot 110: Donohoe, consignor; Amy Jo & John VanderWal of Newalta Dairy, buyers; Steve Peterson, pedigrees; Rick Pagel, leadsman; John Hager, Auctioneer; and Scott Courtney, sales staff.

Tied for the 3rd high price of the day at $3,600 were lots 5, 32 & 46.

Lot 5 – Scientific Sanchez Danica
9/5/09 Sanchez daughter of Scientific Dancer Rae-ET *RC GP-84 @ 2-04. Dancer Rae is a Final Cut daughter of Debutante Rae EX-92 GMD DOM, All-American 4-Year-Old 2005. Next 6 dams EX.

Consignor: Matthew Nunes, Chippewa Falls, WI
Buyer: H. John Meyer, Foley, MN

Lot 32 – Dev-Lin Potter Pickle
VG-86 VG-MS @ 3-11, she was milking over 139 lbs/day and had a completed 2-03 record of 365 36,040 3.5 1268 2.9 1057. Dam is a GP-83 Derry and then 6 EX & VG dams.

Consignor: Devoine & Linda Kruse, Caledonia, MN
Buyer: Kenny Rohe, Hawick, MN

Lot 46 – Terrick Toystory Rusti-ET
Toystory fresh in her second lactation and milking 149 lbs/day. She made 32,870 3.6 1175 2.8 929 at 2-02. Her dam is sired by Titanic and then 5 EX and VG dams.

Consignor: Terry Eick, Plainsfield, IA
Buyer: Kenny Rohe, Hawick, MN

Great crowd was on hand in Rochester on a bright, but windy, spring day.

Erin Wacker and Trent Olson of the Haecker Hall Syndicate that had a lot sell on the sale.

Another view of the crowd that filled the perimeter of the sale ring.

Luke & Tanya Olson of Raylore Farm also had a lot sell on the sale.

AIPL Changes to Evaluation System (April 2010)
Beltsville \ BARC Animal & Natural Resources Animal Improvement Programs

Cow adjustments in genomic evaluation of yield traits
By George Wiggans, Tabatha Cooper, and Paul VanRaden

Traditional predicted transmitting abilities (PTAs) are inputs for genomic evaluation, but cows with high traditional PTAs for yield traits may be over evaluated. Adjustments were developed to rescale cow PTAs for yield traits to be more comparable to bull PTAs. Resulting genomic evaluations were more accurate when the rescaled cow PTAs were included in estimation of marker effects.

Genomic evaluations for the top cows, top young bulls, and top heifers decreased by about 250 pounds for milk, 8 pounds for fat, and 5 pounds for protein, whereas genomic evaluations for the top bulls with daughters decreased only by about 70 pounds for milk, 3 pounds for fat and 2 pounds for protein. Adjustments were largest for foreign bulls with a high proportion of genotyped daughters.

The population average of all bulls with daughters decreased slightly
by 40 pounds for milk, 1.5 pounds for fat, and 1.5 pounds for protein; standard deviations also decreased slightly by about 1%.

Correlations between genomic evaluations before and after the adjustment were 0.997 for bulls with daughters and 0.990 for cows and young animals. Net merit decreased by as much as $40 for many of the top cows and young animals because of the yield trait adjustments.

Only yield and component percentage traits were adjusted because non-yield traits had less variance in females than males and did not benefit from applying these same methods for PTA adjustment. [See Wiggans et al. (2010) for further documentation of methods.]

Haplotypes used for imputing genotypes
By Paul VanRaden, George Wiggans, and Jeff O’Connell

New methods were used for imputing missing genotypes in genomic evaluation. About 1% of marker genotypes are missing in initial data, and previously about half of those were imputed using gene content of relatives and an algorithm that did not use neighboring markers or map location on the chromosome. Program findhap.f90 was developed to determine the paternal and maternal haplotypes that sum to the animal’s genotype.

Simulation results indicated that the initial rate of 99.0% for correct
genotypes was increased to 99.95% after imputing the missing values with haplotypes. The same methods will allow imputing the much higher proportions of missing data that will result when lower or higher density marker sets are mixed with current data containing 50,000 markers. More than 1,000 nongenotyped cows had at least 90% of their single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) correctly imputed using genotypes from multiple progeny (usually 5 or more). Those imputed genotypes are included in SNP estimation, and such cows will be listed in evaluation files with the genomic indicator set to 1 and will have a sample identification of “inputed” in the XML file. [See VanRaden (2010) and VanRaden et al. (2010) for further documentation of haplotyping methods.]

Improved reliability for genomic evaluations
By George Wiggans and Paul VanRaden

The contribution to reliability from genomics was modified to consider the sum of genomic relationships of the animal with each animal in the predictor population weighted by the reliability of that predictor animal’s evaluation. Previously, the contribution to accuracy from genomics was assumed to be the same for each animal within a breed. The standard deviation of the change in reliability was about 2 for young bulls and heifers and 1 for bulls that had daughters included in their traditional evaluations. [For more information on the genomic reliability approximation, see Wiggans and VanRaden (2010).]

The annual National Holstein Convention is a great time to visit with breeders from across the country and see great cows from great herds in the convention host state. But it is also a very important time to conduct the business of HAUSA and communicate with delegates from each state. One item of business that draws attention each year is the election of members to the Board of Directors. We are excited to see a highly qualifed slate of members who have announced their candidacy and would like to share those names with you.

What makes this year’s election so interesting is that three current directors have already served two-three year terms and are thus ineligible for re-election. They are William H. Peck, NY (Region 1), John C. Kalmey, KY (Region 4), and Gordon M. Cook, Jr., MA (At-Large). Therefore, only one incumbent will be running for re-election.

Region 1 Director
Thomas D. Kugler – Valley Falls, New York
Pete Waterman – Sabbatus, Maine
Martha Seifert – Orwell, Vermont

Region 4 Director
Gayle Carson – Gray, Tennessee
Walter V. McClure, Sr. – Rocky Mount, Virginia

Region 6 Director
Leroy Eggink – Sibley, Iowa*

At-Large Director
Corey Geiger – Mukwonago, Wisconsin
Mike Jones – Marshall, IN

*Denotes incumbent.

To check out which region you reside in, click here.

We encourage you to visit with the delegates from your state and share with them concerns or questions you’d like brought to the national convention this June. One item that will certainly be on the agenda for discussion is the current milk price situation and Holstein USA’s Dairy Price Stablization Program.

Our country and our association are able to move forward and progress because of those people who took the time to share their ideas and concerns – and be an active part of the election process.

The Siemers Spring Showcase sale showed strong prices throughout the day and at the end, 94 full lots averaged $7,285.

Top seller was Lot 4 – $38,000 -First Choice Domain Female due 11/10 out of Morningview Shtl Lucy-ET (VG-86 GTPI +2339)
Buyer: Lookout Holstein & Marita Holsteins, QC

Lot 14 – $31,000 – Arethusa Goldwyn Evita-ET – 9/08 Goldwyn due 9/10 from 2E-94 Durham dam who was HM All-American 4-Year-Old in 2005
Buyer: Ed Crossland, MD

Lot 13 – $25,000 – Muranda S-Mint Lulu-ET – 10/09 Spearmint with a +2214 GTPI out of EX Boliver dam.
Buyer: Arethusa Farm, CT

Lot 1 – $22,500 – Larcrest Cascadia-ET – 7/09 Alexander with +2193 GTPI out of Larcrest Cosmopolitan – #1 CTPI cow in the breed
Buyer: Gretz Global Genetics, PA

Lot 9 – $21,000 – First Choice Niagra Female of 3/10 heifer calves out of Fustead Oman Sammy-ET (VG-85 GTPI +2109).
Buyer: De-Su Holsteins, IA

Lot 3 – $20,500 – Mer-Gold LB Marigold-Red-ET – 9/09 Lawn Boy out of EX-92 Derrwyn Special Missy-Red
Buyer: Tom Priest, PA

Lot 66 – $17,500 – Willows-Edge Goldwyn Irina – 4/08 Goldwyn due in May out of EX-92 Linjet; 2nd dam 3E-94 Skybuck; 3rd dam 3E-91
Buyer: Ernest Kueffner, MD

Lot S1 – $15,200 – Siemers Sz Hia-Mae-ET – 9/09 Sanchez out of Siemers Durham Hia 6333-ET (EX-91 GMD DOM)
Buyer: Ransom Rail Holsteins, NY

Lot 29 – $12,000 – Muranda Planet Mimi-ET – 12/09 Planet out of Veazland Shottle Martie-ET (VG-87)

Lot 7 – $11,000 – Farnear Brocades Becka-ET – 9/09 Sanchez out of Regancrest G Brocade-ET (VG-87 GTPI +2163)

Lot 8 – $15,000 – Second Choice Female by Sanchez, Explode or Domain out of Welcome Mac Peytan-ET (GTPI +2295)

Lot 11 – $11,500 – Ms Chartroise Lori-ET – 9/09 Alexander out of Calbrett Shottle Laura-ET (VG-88 GTPI +2168)

Sale hosts Paul, Dan & Sherry Siemers take in the action!

Full house at the Great Northern Sales Arena in Fond du Lac, WI for the sale!

Pennsylvania Spring Show
Judge: Kelly Barbee, NC

The show is being streamed live by the PA Holstein Assoc. and can be viewed by clicking here! Photos are being sent to us by Randy Blodgett.

*Continue to check back in and hit Refresh/Reload as we will be posting updates throughout the day as the show goes on!

Winter Calf (18)
1: Latimore King Darling Diva (Lajeante Kingsley), Janet Ludwig
2: & 1st Jr. Penn-Gate Mac Fineena (Regancrest HHF Mac), Corbin Wood
3: & 2nd Jr. Heart & Soul Lheros Roxette-ET (Comestar Lheros-ET), Matthew Boop

Fall Calf (25)
1: J&K Vue Dun Made Right-ET (Regancrest Dundee-ET), Gerald & Kathy Boop
2: Sweet-Peas Astroid Sage (Kingsmill Gdwyn Astroid-ET), Heather Pease
3: Windy-Knoll-View Palmyra-ET (Regancrest Elton Durham), David, James, Samuel & Brent Schuler

Summer Yearling (34)
1: Heart & Soul C Me Im Radiant (Patience Showline Contende-Red), Doug & Jennifer Boop
2: Sweet Pease Astroid Roselie (Kingsmill Gwydn Astroid-ET), Heather Pease
3: & 1st Jr. Kirbyville Durham Angel (Regancrest Durham-ET), Andrew Younker

Spring Yearling (21)
1: & 1st Jr. Rob Sara Sydnea 1818 (Jenny-Lou Marshal P149-ET), Mathew Boop
2: & 2nd Jr. Dunns-Pride Pro Cupid (Windy Knoll View Rubens Pro), James Dunn
3: Greenlea Debo Renite-Red (Scientific Debonair-Red), Gene Iager & Craig Walton

Winter Yearling (21)
1: & 1st Jr. Dunns-Pride Aspen Ciaro-ET (EK Oseeana Aspen-ET), James Dunn
2: D-S-Pine Lawn Damion Verona (Erbacres Damion), Brent Schuler
3: & 2nd Jr. Heart & Soul Jasper Rally-ET (Wilcoxview Jasper-ET), Douglas Boop

Fall Yearling (20)
1: J&K Vue Jasper Glee (Wilcoxview Jasper-ET), Gerald & Kathy Boop
2: & 1st Jr. Kirbyville Aspn Starlite-ET (EK Oseeana Aspen-ET), Joel Younker
3: Sweet Peas Dundee Abbie TW (Regancrest Dundee-ET), Mathew Pease

Junior Show Junior Champion
Junior Champion: Dunns-Pride Aspen Ciaro-ET (1st Winter Yearling), James Dunn
Res Junior Champion: Rob Sara Sydnea 1818 (1st Spring Yearling), Mathew Boop

Open Show
Junior Champion: Heart & Soul C Me Im Radiant (1st Summer Yearling), Doug & Jennifer Boop
Res Junior Champion: J&K Vue Dun Made Right-ET (1st Fall Calf), Gerald & Kathy Boop

Junior Best Three Females
1: J&K Vue Dairy
2: Heart & Soul Holsteins
3: Sweet Peas Holsteins

Dry Cows (4)
1: & 1st Jr. Braveheart Thunderstorm Ellis (Sharaholme Thunderstorm), Dominique Jonas
2: LaFoster Kite Ann-ET (Markwell Kite-ET), Jason & Joshua Kline
3: & 2nd Jr. Budjon-JK Stormatic E-Moo (Comestar Stormatic-ET), Spencer Weimer

Unfresh Jr. 2-Year-Old (15)
1: & 1st Jr. Penn Gra Aspen Arwin ( EK- Oceeana Aspen-ET), Courtney Campbell
2: Sonnen Leadoff BI Lovecharm (Fraeland Leadoff-ET), Lisa Sonnen
3: & 2nd Jr. Pine Lawn Pro Clarissa (Windy Knoll View Rubens Pro), Melissa Schuler

Junior 2-Year-Old (5)
1: Peachy Norman Kate (Highland H Stormin Norman), Timothy Peachy
2: & 1st Jr. Ran Can Buckeye Daisy-ET (R-E-W Buckeye-ET), Tyler Nell
3: & 2nd Jr. OCD Pronto Empress-ET (Windy-Knoll-View Pronto), Sarah Weimer

Senior 2-Year-Old (18)
1, BU & 1st Jr.: Pennwood Dundee Turnip (Regancrest Dundee), Elizabeth Stoltzfus
2 & 2nd Jr.: Heart & Soul Algnc Risky-ET (EK Oseeana SG Allegiance-ET), James Dunn
3: Roll-N-Springs Toystory Cora (Jenny-Lou Mrshl Toystory-ET), Dean & Rebecca Jackson

Junior 3-Year-Old Cow (15)
1 & BU: Linden Loch Damion Delila (Erbacres Damion), Gerald & Kathy Boop
2: MS Dundy Damion Denise (Erbacres Damion), Brad Krehl & Ronnie Morse
3 & 1st Jr.: Smith Oak Drham Marge 68-ET (Regancrest Durham-ET), Tylor Smith

Senior 3-Year-Old Cow (15)
1 & BU: Smith-Oak Aspen Eggo-62-ET (EK Oseeana Aspen-ET), William Smith
2: Dupasquier Windstar Presence (Dupasquier Windstar), Gene Iager & Craig Walton
3: C-Cove Damion Tempest-ET (Erbacres Damion), Cessna Brothers

Junior Show Intermediate Champions
Intermediate Champion: Pennwood Dundee Turnip (1st Sr. 2-Year-Old), Elizabeth Stolzfus
Reserve Intermediate Champion: Shady Row Dundee Daphne

Open Show Intermediate Champions
Intermediate Champion: Pennwood Dundee Turnip (1st Sr. 2-Year-Old), Elizabeth Stolzfus
Reserve Intermediate Champion: Smith-Oak Aspen Eggo-62-ET (1st Sr. 3-Year-Old), William Smith

4-Year-Old Cow (17)
1: Linden Loch BG Dolly (Braedale Goldwyn) Cameo Syndicate
2:Tower-Vue Dundee Mimi (Regancrest Dundee) Elizabeth Walton
3 & BU: Hillmont Champion Lydia (Calbrett I Champion-ET) Kirk Hillegass

5-Year-Old Cow (11)
1 & BU: Scarlet Summer RB Gwendelyn (STBVQ Rubens), Scarlet Summer Holsteins
2 & 1st Jr. : Dunns-Pride Roy Chasity (Roylane Jordan-ET), Joshua Dunn
3 & 2nd Jr. : McWilliams Champion Pretty (Calbret-HHI Champion), Sam McWilliams

Aged Cow (11)
1 & BU: Plum Line James Lisa (Shoremar James), Patrick Carey
2 & 1st Jr.: JB Glenval Approval Dena (Mr Jed Approval-ET), Jenna Fox
3: J&K Vue Encore Gina-ET (Marcrest Encore), Gerald & Kathy Boop

125-lb. Cow (3)
1 & BU: Hillmont Durham Lyndi (Regancrest Durham-ET), Luther Hillegas
2: Plum Line Merrick Selena (Gillette Merrick-ET), Ryan Carey
3: Five Forks Seahawk Jade (Loebel Seahawk), Ronnie & Pam Morse

Junior Show
Senior Champion: Dunns-Pride Roy Chasity (1st 5-Year-Old), Joshua Dunn
Reserve Senior Champion: JB Glenval Approval Dena (1st Aged Cow), Jenna Fox

Grand Champion: Dunns-Pride Roy Chasity (1st 5-Year-Old), Joshua Dunn
Reserve Grand Champion: Pennwood Dundee Turnip (1st Sr. 2-Year-Old), Elizabeth Stoltzfus

Best Junior Bred & Owned: Pennwood Dundee Turnip – Elizabeth Stoltzfus

Open Show
Grand, Sr. Champion & BB&O: Scarlet Summer RB Gwendelyn (1st 5-Year-Old), Scarlet Summer Holsteins
Reserve Grand, Reserve Senior Champion: Dunns-Pride Roy Chasity (2nd 5-Year-Old), Joshua Dunn

Premier Breeder & Exhibitor: Heart& Soul Holsteins

Best 3 Females
1: Heart & Soul Holsteins
2: Plum Line
3: J&K Vue Dairy

Dam & Daughter
1: Hillmont
2: Dunns Pride
3: Sweet Pease

Produce of Dam
1: Heart & Soul
2: Smith-Oak
3: Tyler Nell

The numbers for the PA Spring Show are up! 255 are going to be entering the ring very shortly as the show begins at 9:00 AM Eastern today. Look for results on our blog throughout the day as Frank Putman will be reporting from ringside!

The Siemers Spring Showcase is on tap for tomorrow and the Holstein World was in Fond du Lac, WI this afternoon for a preview of the lineup – let’s take a look!

The sale catalog and updates can be viewed online at www.holsteinworld.com – look under the Featured Sales section!

Lovely lineup of young calves

Pretty bunch of open heifers – sale manager Rick Bovre keeps an eye on everything.

Uniform bunch of older heifers

Plenty of choice from elite cow families

Lot S6 – Siemers Shottle Honestly – 2/09 Shottle from Siemers Damion Honest (VG-85 2yr) then Siemers Titanic Hia 8119-ET (EX-91) – she starts the sale tomorrow!

Lot 1 – Larcrest Cascadia-ETS – sells in absentia, but Larsons sent along this photo of her. She is a 7/09 Alexander with a +2193 GTPI out of Larcrest Cosmopolitan (VG-87 DOM) – the #1 CTPI cow of the breed at +2458 whose daughters have been lighting up the sale rings this spring!

Lot 11 – Ms Chartroise Lori-ET – 9/09 Alexander carrying a +1960 GTPI. Her dam is Calbrett Shottle Laura-ET (VG-88 GTPI +2168); 2nd dam is the world-famous Lylehaven Lila Z (EX-94-CAN), then two more EX-94 dams.

Lot 14 – Arethusa Goldwyn Evita – 9/08 Goldwyn due in September. She was the All-New England Fall Calf in 2009 and her dam is Sure-Can-Do Durham Vanity (EX-94 2E) – HM All-American 4-Year-Old in 2005

Lot 19 – Crackholm Dundee Crystan-ET (VG-85-2YR-CAN) – the Dundee daughter of Belroux Storm Cristal (EX-96-2E-CAN) – All-Canadian Mature Cow 2006

Lot 32 – Opsal-K Alxndr Gold Ruse-ET – 12/09 Alexander out of Dewgood Goldrush–ET (VG-89 2yr); next nine dams VG or EX.
Next to her is Lot 15 – Ms Jacobs Sanchez Janna-ET – 12/09 Sanchez out of Valleyville Lheros Jenn-ET (VG-89-CAN) – All-American & All-Canadian Senior 3-Year-Old in 2008

Lot 41 – Ry-Kro Pro Plum (VG-88) – a Windy-Knoll-View Rubens Pro 3-year-old fresh again in December from an EX-91 Stormatic dam. Next dam EX-92 Encore; 3rd dam EX-94 2E Charles.

Lot 48 – Ovaltop Durham Laraine-ET – 10/09 Durham from 2E-93 Ovaltop Outside Lue-ET; next dam 2E-93; 3rd dam EX-93; then EX-96 Tora Triple Threat Lulu

Lot 64 – Jauquet Ali L B-Red-ET – 7/09 Lawn Boy out of Jauquet-Lang SS Alice-ET (VG-87); 2nd dam EX-92 BKB Amanda; 3rd dam 3E-97 Shoremar S Alicia

Lot 66 – Added entry from Willows-Edge Holsteins – Willows-Edge Goldwyn Irina – a 4/08 Goldwyn due in May out of an EX-92 Linjet dam; 2nd dam EX-94 Skybuck; next two dams EX

Lot S2 – Siemers Shottle Hianna-ET – 9/09 Shottle with a +1982 GTPI out of Siemers Jet Stream Hian-ET (EX-91 94-MS CTPI +2228); then Siemers Durham Hia 6333-ET (EX-91) and then five more VG & EX dams

Lot S24 – Siemers Fortune Allie-ET – 9/08 Fortune due 9/1/10 to Laurin. Her dam is Northrose RM Allegra-ET (2E-92); 2nd dam EX-95 Northrose Lin Allie-ET and back through the Blackrose cow family.

Lot 39 – Cycle Candy Rae-ET – 8/09 Shottle out of Scientific Durham Roxie-ET (EX-90); then six more EX cows back to Roxy
The black heifer next to her is Lot 54 – Dannys Mac Ambrea-ET – 9/09 Mac out of Rhineland Durham Amy-ET (EX-95 GMD DOM) – All-American Senior 3-Year-Old in 2006

Lot 63 – Driftline Contender Jen – 9/09 Contender out of Driftline Rubens Jean-Red (VG-85); next dam VG-86; 3rd dam 2E-91
The red calf next to her is Lot 3 – Mer-Gold LB Marigold-Red-ET – a 9/09 Lawn Boy with a +1939 PTPI out of Derrwyn Special Missy-Red (EX-92) – the #1 CTPI red cow of the breed.

Lot S32 – Crescentmead Gold Blaze-ET – 9/08 Goldwyn carrying a Baltimore heifer – out of Edgeleh Outside Berry (EX-93). She’ll be last through the ring tomorrow!

It’s quiet now, but there’ll be plenty of excitement in the sale ring tomorrow! Check back to the AllBreeds Blog for updates throughout the sale!