Good Luck to Our Junior Members!

2023 IOWA SPRING SALE & IOWA HOLSTEIN HEIFER RAFFLE

It was a cold, but beautiful spring day in West Union for the 2023 Iowa Holstein Spring Sale with 76 head averaging $2,404. Topping the sale at $8,000 was SDG PH 7287 Magnum 7991-ET, a +3013 GTPI September ‘22 daughter out of SDG 6391 Legacy 7287ET. She was consigned by Nathan Johnson and James Vierhout of Parker, SD and was purchased by Wayne Houdek of Calendonia, MN.

Thank you to all of our consignors, buyers, and sale staff. Thank you to sale chairs Sheri Danhof and Scott Stempfle and everyone who was involved along the way. The successful event couldn’t have been pulled off without everyone’s help. We had 46 different buyers and had cattle go to 11 different states.

Thank you to all sponsors of the Raffle Heifer drawing and for being able to make the event happen again this year. Thank you to Blake Schulte for donating his services with Winthrop Vet Clinic and finally thank you to our Iowa Holstein Junior Association for managing and hosting this years sale lunch stand.

And the winners to the raffler heifer drawing are...

Grand Prize - $2000 Cash Winner; Wes Lauber

2nd Prize - $1,500 cash Winner; Matt Hendel

3rd Prize - $600 Select Sires Certificate and $600 cash Winner; Cale Baker

4th Prize - $1,000 cash Winner; Todd Kluesner

5th Prize - $500 Trans Ova Certificate and $500 cash Winner; Lincoln Gibbs

6th Prize - $700 cash Winner; Troy & Erin Meyer

7th Prize - $250 Semex Certificate and $250 cash Winner; Brianna Lucey

8th Prize - $500 cash Winner; Hannah Steiner

9th Prize - $250 ST Genetics Certificate and $250 cash Winner; Jamison & Macklin Demmer

10th Prize - $400 cash Winner; Emma O'Neil

Nathan Johnson & James Vierhout, Parker, SD

SDG PH 7287 Magnum 7991-ET................... $8,000.00

Sire - OCD Alphabet Magnum-ET

Wayne Houdek, Calendonia, MN

Select Sires, Inc. Plain City, OH

S-S-I Hadley 4565-ET..........................................$7,800.00

Sire - Larcrest Captivating-ET

Toone Dairy Farm Inc, Grace, IN

Jason & Sheri Danhof, Waukon, IA

Danhof Magnum 3740-ET..................................$5,800.00

Sire - OCD Alphabet Magnum-ET

Daivid Kulp, Manheim, PA

SDG

Thank you to everyone who purchased tickets for the Iowa Holstein Heifer Raffle. Also thank you to the genrosity of our donors - Reuter Dairy, Inc, Jason & Sheri Danhof, Bradley Kerndt and Jim Hammerand & Jonathan Heinsohn, Kaleb, Cole, & Carter Kruse, Kemin Industries, Farmers Union Coop, Trans Ova Genetics, Star Blends, Innovative Ag Services, Driven Embyro Services, LLC, ST Genetics, Mid America, Semex and Dairy Consulting Services.