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Ohio Fall Quality Sale & Diamond Oak Dispersal Report
By Barb Lumley
The Ohio Fall Quality Sale and Diamond Oak Dispersal was held Saturday, October 31, 2020 at the Wayne County Fairgrounds, Wooster, Ohio. The Ohio Holstein Association and Phillip Fisher, Diamond Oak Holsteins gave Holstein breeders a special Halloween Day “treat” as an outstanding group of registered Holsteins were presented for their selection. The sale averaged $1709 on sixty-eight (68) live lots. Topping the sale at $7000 and purchased by Rick Conrad, Grafton, Ohio, was Lot 41 consigned by Phillip Fisher, Fort Jennings, Ohio. Diamond-Oak Diesel Libby-ET +2906 GTPI was born 4/15/20 and sired by OCD Pinnacle Diesel-ET. Her dam is a recently fresh two year old with +2770 GTPI and a deep pedigree that includes Comestar Laurie Sheik, who is remembered as an AllCan Senior two-year-old. Selling for $3700 was Lot 1, Broad-Vue Avalh Mayfield, a bred heifer due 12/2/20 with an ultrasound heifer calf by Durham. She is sired by Dymentholm Mr App Avalanche-ET. Her dam is an Excellent 94 Atwood with five generations of Very Good and Excellent dams in her pedigree and fourteen family members classified excellent. Purchased by Cole Pond, Woodstock, Ohio, she was consigned by Steve Gilbert, Wooster, Ohio. Selling for $3300 and also consigned by Steve Gilbert was Lot 26, Broad-Vue Solomn M Tambra, a bred heifer due 12/3/20 with an ultrasound heifer calf sired by Golden Oak Master. Sired by Walnutlawn Solomon-ET, her dam is a Good Plus 81 three-year-old from nine generations VG and EX dams including Tri-Day Ashlyn EX 96. The buyer was Aaron Carle, East Rochester, Ohio. Diamond Oak’s Lot 59 sold for $3200 to Lou Brown, New Bremen, Ohio. Jaloda Brigham Firey, a milking two-year-old rebred to King Doc, was sired by Regancrest Brigham-ET. Her dam, Renwind Shottle Firefly was classified VG 88 at 8-01 and with a lifetime record of 129,590 milk, and her pedigree includes the well-known Quality-Quest Firepower family. Lot 18 sold for $3000. Pine-Tree BG 7589 Leg 708-ET was consigned by Brookston Genetics, Covington, Ohio. A yearling with +2850 GTPI she was born 9/27/19, sired by Pine-Tree CW Legacy-ET and from an ABS Achiever-ET dam with eight generations of Very Good and Excellent dams in her pedigree. She was purchased by Pine-Tree Dairy, Marshallville, Ohio. Lot 67 sold for $3000 to Ross Russell, Russell Springs, Kentucky and was consigned by Diamond Oak. SCD-JC Celine-TW, a five-year-old, was classified Very Good 86, with a three year old record just shy of 30,000 pounds of milk and was due to calve to Morningview MCC Kingboy-ET. She was sired by Mountfield SSI Dey Mogul-ET from a VG Bradnick dam and a second dam with 31,440 pounds of milk at 1-09. Auctioneer for the sale was Steve Andrews, Wooster, Ohio with Ted Renner, Dalton, Ohio reading the pedigrees. Chad Griffith, Bethel, Ohio handled the bids as they came in on Cowbuyer with twenty-five (25) consignments selling on the internet. Zach Logan, Farmdale, Ohio was in charge of cattle preparation. The sale was sponsored and managed by the Ohio Holstein Association, Wooster, Ohio. Ohio Holstein Association would like to thank Walnut Hill Feeds for donating the feed, Sterling Farm Equipment for the use of a skid loader, Julie Renner for the excellent Halloween and Ohio State ring decorations and to Heather Yoder for her leadership and supervision of the fitting crew.
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