NY Holstein ET Sale Report

New York Holstein ET Sale Averages $6,344

By Jason Pullis

The New York Holstein Association (NYHA), with the help of Cowbuyer and a dedicated sale staff, hosted a successful ET Sale on Friday, February 12. At the conclusion of the sale, 33 lots grossed $209,350 and averaged $6,344.

Topping the sale at $47,000 was an IVF session to a sire of the buyer’s choice from Clear-Echo Sheldon 5881-ET. At +2987 GTPI, she is the No. 1 daughter of Denovo 2981 Sheldon-ET and boasted numbers of +2127M +87F +63P and +827NM$. Her dam by Tahiti was just fresh at sale time and was backed by a Jedi dam, followed by 11 more VG or EX cows. The extremely popular opportunity was consigned by Clear Echo Farm of Schuylerville, NY, and was purchased by De Novo Genetics of DeForest, WI.

Kings Ransom Farm, also of Schuylerville, consigned the second-high seller of the day at $29,500. This was also an IVF session guaranteeing at least eight #1 or #2 embryos. The dam was Kings-Ransom Cran Duckie-ET, the No. 1 GTPI and NM$ daughter of Co-Op Aardema Drvr Crane in the world. Her Achiever dam is scored VG 85 as a just-fresh 2-year-old and is backed by a VG 88 Detour and then Kings-Ransom KB Delicate, an EX 93 Kingboy that was third in the 4-Year-Old Class at the 2019 NY Spring National. Select Sires of Plain City, OH, was the buyer.

Jonathan Lamb of Oakfield Corners Dairy in Oakfield, NY, was the buyer of the third-high seller, another IVF session from La-CaDe-Le Alp Mia 8463-ET. Sired by Alphabet, she posted numbers of +2963 GTPI +1077M +110F +50P +834NM$. Her VG 85 Achiever dam made 1151 of fat as a 2-year-old and was just fresh again at sale time.

The next dam was GP 84 by Denver and then was backed by nine more generations of VG or EX dams, tracing back to Rilara Mars Las Ravena (EX 91-GMD-DOM). This lot was consigned by Groveland, NY, breeder Keith Kimball of La Casa De Leche for $24,000.

Curtis Vanden Berge of Bakersfield, CA, consigned the fourth-high seller, an IVF session from Vanden-Berge Trpc DaphneET, the No. 1 GTPI Tropic daughter in the world that was also +3.02 for Type. Her dam by the red-hot Delta Lambda bull was just fresh for the second time at 3 years old and was raised to VG 87 with an Excellent mammary. Her extended pedigree went through Wesswood-HC Rudy Missy (2E 92-GMD-DOM). Peak Genetics of Watertown, WI was the buyer.

The top-selling live female of the day was AOT Reeve HaringRed-ET, an October 2020 daughter of Mr Stone-Front Reeve-Red-ET, with a +2689 GTPI. Her dam was AOT Savatore Hicup-ET, a VG 87 Mr Salvatore daughter that was nominated Global Red Cow of the Year by Holstein International in 2020. Second dam was Cookiecutter SSire Has-ET (VG 88-DOM), with two records over 1,700 pounds of fat and a ninth-generation EX mammary cow. Consigned by Tom Kugler and David King of AOT Genetics, AOT Reeve Haring-RedET was purchased by Progenesis for $9,750.

For embryo lots, Oakfield Corners Dairy consigned the top three-selling groups. The highestselling group at $750 each were five #1 IVF embryos sired by Holstein Marketplace Sire, C-Haven Positive Deluxe-ET. Dam of the embryos was OCD Magnitud Geneva 54141-ET, a +2897 daughter of Magnitude, with 15 of her 16 closest maternal dams being VG or EX. Siemers Holsteins of Newton, WI, was the buyer.

At $725 each, a group of four #1 Doorman embryos sold from Penlow Georgraphy Goldwyn (EX 94). She was nominated All-Canadian Production Cow in 2016 and was named the All-NY Production Cow in 2017. Brian George of Co-Vista Holsteins in Arcade, NY, placed the final bid.

Also selling for $725 each was a group of five #1 Wagyu embryos backed by multiple generations of high-quality carcass dams. Keith Kimball of Groveland, NY, was the buyer.

The sale was managed by the NYHA and run entirely online at www.cowbuyer.com. Pre-bidding was opened on all lots starting on Monday before the sale, with many lots having significant bids by the time the live auction started. Dave Rama pulled double duty by reading pedigrees and auctioneering the sale. Sale staff included Chelsea Hanselman from New York Holstein, Tom Harkenrider, David King, Adam Liddle, Jason Pullis and Kevin Ziemba. Aaron Ray Tompkins handled the broadcast duties for Cowbuyer. A partial buyers’ list follows.

De Novo Genetics, DeForest, WI

IVF Session from Clear-Echo Sheldon 5118-ET .................. .$47,000 (Clear Echo Farm, Schuylerville, NY)

Select Sires, Plain City, OH

IVF Session from Kings-Ransom Cran Duckie-ET ................ .$29,500 (Kings Ransom Farm, Schuylerville, NY)

Oakfield Corners Dairy, Oakfield, NY

IVF Session from La-Ca-De-Le Alph 8463-ET .................. .$24,000 (La Casa De Leche, Groveland, NY)

Peak Genetics, Watertown, WI

IVF Session from Vanden-Berge Trpc Daphne-ET ........... .$11,000 (Curtis Vanden Berge, Bakersfield, CA)