Massachusetts All-Breeds Calf Sale

A full-aged senior calf was the high selling Jersey at this year’s Massachusetts Blue Ribbon Calf Sale, selling for $4,800 at the Franklin County Fairgrounds in Greenfield, Mass. In all, 14 Jerseys sold for an average of $1,962.50 on April 10. Also auctioned were Ayrshire, Brown Swiss, Guernsey, Holstein, Milking Shorthorn and Red and White Holstein lots. The overall average for the 18th sale of the series was $1,910.25 on 61 lots.

Kirbie C. Nichols, Lyndonville, Vt., purchased the high seller, Fine-Kine Redpath Moonbeam. The daughter of Rapid Bay Redpath-ET, GJPI -270, was consigned by Ben Bemis of Westfield, 5.0% 1,131 3.6% 797 102DCR. The fifth dam, Billings Berretta Mocha-ET, Excellent-93%, has a seven lactation m.e. average of 17,613–896–654.

The second high seller, Tierneys Black Apple Pippi, was purchased by Mason Rowe, New Vineyard, Maine, for $3,350. The senior calf is sired by Rapid Bay Black Apple, JPI -98, and backed by three Very Good or Excellent dams.

Her dam is a Very Good-87% “Comerica” daughter. Her grandam is an Excellent-90% daughter of Shamrock Giller, GJPI -263. She has an Excellent-92% full sister. The next dam is Tierneys C-Gar Kathryn, Excellent-94%. “Kathryn” has nine lactations and made her top record of 20,940 lbs. milk, 968 lbs. fat and 772 lbs. protein at 7-7. A member of the family, Tierneys Fizz Pepsi, was tapped Junior Champion of junior show at the Eastern States Exposition in 2017 and topped her class in the open show that year and both shows the next year as well.

“Pippa” was consigned by Tierney Farm and Kathryn Bosley, Malone, N.Y.

Fine-Kine Redpath Moonbeam was the high seller, purchased for $4,800 by Kirbie Nichols. She was consigned by Ben Bemis.

Tierneys Black Apple Pippi brought the second high price of $3,350. She was purchased by Mason Rowe and consigned by Tierney Farm and Kathryn Bosley.

Number Sale Analysis

Avg. Price Total Value

1 Bred heifer 2 Open yearlings 11 Heifer calves $2,100.00 $2,100 1,262.50 2,525 2,077.27 22,850

14 Lots Median price $1,962.50 $27,475 $1,712.50

Sale Management: Massachusetts 4-H Dairy Committee Auctioneer: Jack Lomeo Jr. Mass. Her dam is sired by Giprat Belles Jade-ET, JPI -55, and her grandam by Bridon Remake Comerica-ET, GJPI -171. “Moonbeam’s” next six dams are Very Good or Excellent. Her third dam, Billings Laser Margaux, Excellent-90%, has six lactations and made a top record of 7-3 305 26,760 5.2% 1,379 3.4% 911 98DCR. The next dam is Billings Legion Mini Me, Excellent-95%. She won aged cow classes at the Eastern States Exposition in 2010 and 2011 and was also named Reserve Senior Champion in 2010 and Overall Total Performance Winner the next year. She has three lactations over 20,000 lbs. milk and a best record of 9-1 305 22,410

Sales $2,100 and Over

(Consignors in Parentheses)

Kirbie C. Nichols, Lyndonville, Vt.

Fine-Kine Redpath Moonbeam, heifer calf 7 mos. ..... $4,800 (Ben Bemis, Westfield, Mass.)

Mason Rowe, New Vineyard, Maine

Tierneys Black Apple Pippi, heifer calf 6 mos............... 3,350 (Tierney Farm and Kathryn Bosley, Malone, N.Y.)

Morgan Riley, North Stonington, Conn.

Dreamroad/BSD Chrome Chardonnay-ET, heifer calf 6 mos. ................................................................................. 2,100 (Dreamroad/BSD, Johnstown, N.Y.)

Sarah Blood, Cobleskill, N.Y.

Oblong Valley VIP Sexy Time, heifer calf 7 mos. .......... 2,100 (Kenneth Beneke, Millerton, N.Y.)

Suzanne Sankow, Lyme, Conn.

Silver Lining Roman Hazelnut, bred heifer 22 mos. ..... 2,100 (Abigail Shaw, Oxford, Mass.)

Just a month after Jersey Marketing Service conducted its first online truckload heifer dispersal in Crows Landing, Calif., the crew returned to the venue for another large-scale heifer dispersal, the Chateau Basque Heifer Sale. In this sale on May 18, 2021, a grand total of 1,040 lots of bred heifers, open yearlings and heifer calves sold for an average of $592.94. Fourteen group lots ranging in size from 44 to 131 head sold to three buyers from Arizona, California, and Utah. The sale was conducted in real time through JerseyAuctionLive.com.

Chateau Basque Jerseys is owned by Dominique and Jackie Mendivil of Ceres, Calif. The Mendivils raise all their calves on the farm and provide an extensive herd health and vaccination program, from birth through calving.

The volume buyer, Channel Islands Dairy Farm LLC, Corcoran, Calif., purchased the high selling lot, a group of 44 third trimester bred heifers, for $1,325 each. The heifers were sired by bulls such as JX Blue Mist Mesquite {3}-ET, GJPI +132; JX Faria Brothers Ignatius {4}-ET, GJPI +66; JX Faria Brothers Leonel {3}-ET, GJPI +43; JX Faria Brothers Marlo {2}-ET, GJPI +70; JX Faria Brothers Tom Brady {5}-ET, GJPI +65; JX Forest Glen Monument Sully {6}, GJPI +116; Oak Lane Comanche CohortET, GJPI +58; JX Oak Lane Discovery {3}-ET, GJPI +30; JX Oak Lane Wildcat {5}-ET, GJPI +46; JX Oak Lane Wingman {5}-ET, GJPI +24; Pine-Tree Nxlevel Fastidious-ET, GJPI +74; River Valley Circus Craze-ET, GJPI +61; Shan-Mar Archer Knock-Out-ET, GJPI +53; ShanMar Lemonhead Kingston-ET, GJPI +50; Steinhauers Samson Lemonhead, GJPI +38; and Sun Valley Jive, GJPI +24.

Eighty-nine percent were sold due to sexed bulls like “Fastidious,” “JX Mesquite,” JX Ahlem Craze Proteus {6}-ET, GJPI +97; JX CDF JLS Pilgrim Thrasher {6}-ET, GJPI +126; JX Jer Bel Maldini Archie {5}-ET, GJPI +127; JX Faria Brothers Casanova {4}-ET, GJPI +87; JX Faria Brothers Prince {4}-ET, GJPI +84; JX Faria Brothers Thanos {4}ET, GJPI +81; JX Faria Brothers Tobasco {4}-ET, GJPI +88; JX Golden Hill Lucky Bob {4}, GJPI +54; JX Oak Lane Whodat {4}-P-ET, GJPI +73; Pine-Tree Chrome Navidad {6}-ET, GJPI +115; Pine-Tree Slugger Ben-P-ET, GJPI +75; Progenesis Skyler-ET, GJPI +114; and Prometedor Loot-ET, GJPI +106. The other heifers were bred using Waygu semen.

In all, Channel Islands Dairy Farm purchased 757 lots for a total of $477,270. Rio Blanco LLC of Maricopa, Ariz., bought 222 head for $108,890. Davis Livestock Inc., Lewiston, Utah, was the final bidder on 61 lots for $30,500.

Number Sale Analysis

Avg. Price Total Value

293 Bred heifers

$1,071.67 $314,000 83 1st Trimester 774.40 64,275 106 2nd Trimester 1,108.96 117,550 104 3rd Trimester 1,270.91 132,175 26 Open yearlings 500.00 13,000 721 Heifer calves 401.75 289,660

1,040 Lots Median price $592.94 $616,660 $475.00

Sale Management: Jersey Marketing Service Auctioneer: Chuck Cozzitorto

Sales $1,325 and Over

Channel Islands Dairy Farms LLC, Corcoran, Calif.

JX Gure Behia Mesquite 1603 {4}, bred heifer 2 yrs. . $1,325 JX Gure Behia Sully 1693 {6}, bred heifer 2 yrs. .......... 1,325 Gure Behia Craze 1699 {3}, bred heifer 2 yrs............... 1,325 JX Gure Behia Ignatius 1702 {5}, bred heifer 2 yrs. ..... 1,325 Gure Behia Sully 1742 {6}, bred heifer 23 mos............. 1,325 JX Gure Behia Leonel 1762 {4}, bred heifer 23 mos.... 1,325 Gure Behia Kingston 1778 {1}, bred heifer 23 mos...... 1,325 Gure Behia Craze 1780, bred heifer 23 mos................ 1,325 JX Gure Behia Ignatius 1784 {5}, bred heifer 23 mos. . 1,325 JX Gure Behia Jive 1788 {5}, bred heifer 23 mos ........ 1,325 JX Gure Behia Leonel 1798 {4}, bred heifer 23 mos.... 1,325 JX Gure Behia Wingman 1800 {6}, bred heifer 23 mos.1,325 Gure Behia Fastidious 1801, bred heifer 23 mos. ........ 1,325 Gure Behia Craze 1806, bred heifer 23 mos................ 1,325 JX Gure Behia Marlo 1808 {1}, bred heifer 23 mos...... 1,325 JX Gure Behia Ignatius 1815 {5}, bred heifer 23 mos. . 1,325 JX Gure Behia Marlo 1822 {1}, bred heifer 23 mos...... 1,325 JX Gure Behia Kingston 1824 {5}, bred heifer 23 mos. 1,325 JX Gure Behia Marlo 1838 {3}-Twin, bred heifer 23 mos. ................................................................................. 1,325 Gure Behia Craze 1853, bred heifer 23 mos................ 1,325 JX Gure Behia Discovery 1855 {2}, bred heifer 23 mos.1,325 JX Gure Behia Tom Brady 1869 {6}, bred heifer 22 mos.1,325 Gure Behia Knock 1874, bred heifer 22 mos................ 1,325 Gure Behia Craze 1893 {1}, bred heifer 22 mos........... 1,325 JX Gure Behia Mesquite 1904 {4}, bred heifer 22 mos.1,325 JX Gure Behia Craze 1905 {5}, bred heifer 22 mos. .... 1,325 JX Gure Behia Wildcat 1911 {6}, bred heifer 22 mos. .. 1,325 Gure Behia Fastidious 1914, bred heifer 22 mos. ........ 1,325 JX Gure Behia Mesquite 1922 {4}, bred heifer 23 mos.1,325 Gure Behia Jive 1924 {1}, bred heifer 22 mos.............. 1,325 Gure Behia Jive 1926, bred heifer 22 mos. .................. 1,325 JX Gure Behia Knock 1929 {5}, bred heifer 22 mos..... 1,325 Gure Behia Fastidious 1935, bred heifer 22 mos. ........ 1,325 Gure Behia Fastidious 1944, bred heifer 22 mos. ........ 1,325 Gure Behia Knock 1946, bred heifer 22 mos................ 1,325 Gure Behia Craze 1955 {1}, bred heifer 21 mos........... 1,325 JX Gure Behia Ignatius 1960 {5}, bred heifer 21 mos. . 1,325 Gure Behia Craze 1963 {6}, bred heifer 21 mos........... 1,325 JX Gure Behia Lemonhead 1964 {5}, bred heifer 21 mos. ................................................................................. 1,325 Gure Behia Fastidious 1970, bred heifer 21 mos. ........ 1,325 JX Gure Behia Mesquite 1973 {1}, bred heifer 21 mos.1,325 JX Gure Behia Wildcat 1974 {6}, bred heifer 21 mos. .. 1,325 JX Gure Behia Wingman 1977 {3}, bred heifer 21 mos.1,325 Gure Behia Cohort 1984, bred heifer 21 mos............... 1,325

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Allis, Wis.; 9:00 a.m. (CDT). AUG. 21-22—THE JERSEY EVENT SHOW, Lebanon Valley Exposition and Fairgrounds, Lebanon, Pa.

AUG. 22—KENTUCKY STATE FAIR JERSEY

SHOW, Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center, Louisville, Ky.; 8:00 a.m. (EDT); Amanda Lutz, Chester, S.C., judge. AUG. 26—WISCONSIN STATE JERSEY SHOW, Alliant Energy Center, Madison, Wis.

SEPT. 2-5—2ND ANNUAL DAIRYLAND CLAS-

SIC REGISTERED DAIRY SHOW, Morgan County Agricultural Center, Madison, Ga. SEPT. 4—HOPKINTON STATE FAIR OPEN SHOW, Hopkinton State Fairgrounds, Contoocook, N.H.; 8:00 a.m. (EDT).

SEPT. 5—HOPKINTON STATE FAIR JUNIOR

SHOW, Hopkinton State Fairgrounds, Contoocook, N.H.; 9:00 a.m. (EDT).

SEPT. 5—MICHIGAN STATE FAIR OPEN AND

JUNIOR SHOW, Suburban Collection Showplace, Novi, Mich.; 11:00 a.m. (EDT). SEPT. 18—MOUNTAIN STATE FAIR DAIRY SHOW, WNC Agricultural Center, Fletcher, N.C., 10:00 a.m. (EDT).

SEPT. 21—MID-ATLANTIC REGIONAL JER-

SEY SHOW, Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex, Harrisburg, Pa.; 12:00 p.m. (EDT); Pierre Boulet, Montmagny, Que., open show judge; Ryan Krohlow, Poynette, Wis., junior show judge. SEPT. 28—INTERNATIONAL JERSEY SHOW, Heifers, Alliant Energy Center, Madison, Wis.; 4:00 p.m. (CDT); Chad Ryan, Fond du Lac, Wis, judge; Kevin Doeberiener, West Salem, Ohio, associate judge. SEPT. 29—INTERNATIONAL JERSEY SHOW, Cows, Alliant Energy Center, Madison, Wis.; 7:30 a.m. (CDT) Chad Ryan, Fond du Lac, Wis., judge; Kevin Doeberiener, West Salem, Ohio, associate judge. OCT. 9—STATE FAIR OF TEXAS JERSEY SHOW, heifers, State Fairgrouds of Texas, Dallas, Texas; 8:00 a.m. (CDT). OCT. 10—STATE FAIR OF TEXAS JERSEY SHOW, cows, State Fairgrouds of Texas, Dallas, Texas; 8:00 a.m. (CDT).

NOV. 6—THE ALL AMERICAN JUNIOR JERSEY

SHOW, Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center, Louisville, Ky.; 7:30 a.m. (EST); Louie Cozzitorto, Jackson, Tenn., judge; Michael Duckett, Rudolph, Wis., associate judge. NOV. 7—NATIONAL JERSEY JUG FUTURITY, Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center, Louisville, Ky.; 1:30 p.m. (EST); Brady Core, Salvisa, Ky., judge; Robert Teixeira, Turlock, Calif., associate judge. NOV. 8—THE ALL AMERICAN JERSEY SHOW, Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center, Louisville, Ky.; 7:30 a.m. (EST); Ted DeMent, Kenny, Ill., judge; Trent Kilgus, Fairbury, Ill., associate judge.

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