Ju-Vindale Dispersal Sale Report

Ju-Vindale Dispersal Draws Enthusiastic Crowd

Picture perfect weather, an immaculate farmstead and an excited crowd all came together on September 19th at the Reflections of Ju-Vindale Holsteins Sale in Cazenovia, NY. Owners Vince and Juliet Wagner welcomed the crowd to their impressive farm for their final dispersal, culminating 44 years of breeding registered Holsteins. Over the years, 67 EX cows have carried the Ju-Vindale prefix, while the couple have developed at least another 30 EX cows.

Creating a lot of pre-sale interest and topping the sale at $10,100 was Arethusa Awesome Aluna *RC, a VG 87 Awesome daughter with 1076 of fat at 2Y and just fresh with her third calf in late August. Her dam was VG by Acme, while the next dam is EX-94 by Goldwyn followed by 2E 95 Ernest-Anthony Aphrodite and then Tri-Day Ashlyn (2E 96-GMD-DOM). After a spirited bidding battle, Anthony Crothers of Pitcher, NY, came out on top with partner Glamourview Farm of Walkersville, MD.

Second high seller of the day at $3,900 was Ju-Vindale Pep Speckles-Red, a July 2018 daughter of Windy-Knoll-View Pep-Red. She sold fresh about three weeks and By Jason Pullis

High selling female, Arethusa Awesome Aluna sold for $10,100 to Anthony Crothers and Glamourview.

was backed by a VG 85 Durable and then eight more generations of VG or EX dams from the Derrwyn Miss Special-Red (2E-94-DOM) family. The Kelsey family from Monanfran Farm in Canastota, NY, were the buyers.

Selling for $3,400 was JuVindale Snow in July, a daughter of Ronelee Snowmobil fresh 60 days and looking much better than her GP 83 @ 2Y score. Her dam was VG 86 by Baccardi with records to 1271 of fat. Ryan Wolfe of Pine Grove, PA, was the buyer.

Dean Jackson of Mt Glen Farm in Columbia Crossroads, PA, purchased five head on the day and led off their list with a VG 88 at 3Y Trump daughter milking right at 100 pounds a day and carrying service to King Doc. Her dam was VG 87 by Ju-Vindale Allstar-Red, followed by an EX 90 2nd dam with 186,000 lifetime. Her April 2020 red son by Dun-Did TT Black Onyx *RC sold for $1,350 to Scott Currier of Clayville, NY. Jackson also picked up the July 2019 Forrest daughter of the Snowmobile mentioned above for $1,625.

The sale was managed by Hosking Sales of New Berlin, NY with Tom Hosking selling the cattle and John Burkett reading pedigrees. Assisting in the ring were Dan Hosking, Dan Z. Stolzfus, Jarrod Burleigh and Larry Hill. The sale was expertly clerked by Brenda Hosking.

When the dust had settled at the end of the day, 78 milking cows averaged $1,717, 21 bred heifers averaged $1,719, 39 open heifers averaged $953 and 10 half lots averaged $1,130. 20 head sold for over $2,000. Buyers came from five additional states besides New York.

A partial buyers list follows.

The people behind Ju-Vindale! Juliet and Vince Wagner. Photo by Dieter Krieg

Anthony Crothers & Glamourview, Pitcher, NY

Arethusa Awesome Aluna (3/16) $10,100 S: Luck-E Awesome-Red

Monanfran Farm, Canastota, NY

Ju-Vindale Pep Speckles-Red (7/18) $3,900 S: Windy-Knoll-View Pep-Red

Ryan Wolfe Pine Grove, PA

Ju-Vindale Snow In July (7/17) $3,400 S: Ronelee Snowmobil-ET

Dean Jackson, Columbia Crossroads, PA

Ju-Vindale Trump Dolly (12/16) $3,000 S: Jenny-Lou Shottle Trump-ET

Josh Carpenter, Oxford, NY

Horizon Aplo Avacado-Red (3/15) $2,700 S: Westcoast Apollo-ET

Echo Valley Farm, Lyons, NY

Ju-Vindale Pep Turnip-Red (9/18) $2,700 S: Windy-Knoll-View Pep-Red