On this sunny, fall, Saturday morning the Ohio Multi-Breed sale has begunin Wooster, Ohio at the Wayne County Fairgrounds.
The Sale will begin at 10 am with the Ayrshire offering followed by the Brown Swiss, Milking Shorthorns and then the Holstein offering will round out the day. To check out all the details see the
online catalog. If you're interested in any of the consignments, contact one of the sales staff.
A few highlights from the Holstein sale:
Lot 51 $10,000 first choice of five Destry x Whitaker Stormatic Rae-ET due in July.
Lot 64 $$4,600 a Spearment daughter backed by 6 generations of VG or EX
Lot 61 $4,200 Quietcove-W Faiths Emmy-ET due in December to Sicy Knowledge
Lot 76 $3,500 Hallbrook Blitz Shaylene VG-86
Lot 53 $3,400 Mohrfield Cambridge Cali-ET, fresh with second calf in October
Lot 69 $3,100 Quality-Quest GRD Sandblast, Grand x Durham, milks in the 90s and a proven show record.
Lot 60 $3,250 Sanchez x Bolton due in December to Shottle
Lot 98 $3,600 Quality Quest Gln Fritzie calved in September
Lot 64 $2,800
Lot 56 $2,500
Lot 54 $2,400
Lot 107 $2,200
Lot 67 $2,000
Lot 96 $2,600
Lot 55 $2,500
Lot 100 $2,500
Lot 72 $3,000
Lot 59 $2,350
Lot 99 $2,350
Lot 109 $ 2,200
The Ayrshire collection is full of great milk cows, nice growthy heifers and some exciting jackpot calves.
The average on 19 head of Ayrshires was $1442. The Brown Swiss sale had 6 head and averaged $1758 while the Milking Shorthorn sale averaged $1258 on 6 head.
The Jackpot heifers. Four Winter calves and one Spring calf. These are brought into the sale ring together as choices. The calves go into a junior's name and then when they calve in as 2 year olds the junior owner turns in her production records to the Ohio Ayrshire Association and the cows are ranked on their production and the top three receive a portion of the jackpot money.
Lot 3 Bry-Stay 02 Lillian, due in July to Moon River
Lot 9 Bry-STay Phil Lucky Day, due in June to Kellcrest Harmony.
The Brown Swiss heifer offering.
Lot 23 Brook Hollow Masquerade ET, fresh in September milking 93 pounds.
Lot 25 RF Spring Hill Priscilla OCS due in July to Wonderment.
Barb Lumley keeps the bookkeeping crew straight!
The local characters get together to hash over life's happenings.