Upcoming Sales/Results
Mar. 24th: Gala at Glen Valley II. Atglen, PA.
Sale Results
Jan. 27th: Globe Run Dispersal. Petersburg, PA. Sale Average: $2,705 on 108 Full Lots. The Globe Run Milking Herd and Bred heifer Dispersal held on Friday, January 27th for the Foster family was a rousing success. Over 400 attendees witnessed the dispersal of this magnificently bred herd. The sale tent was overflowing and the crowd stayed to the very end. John and Andy Foster welcomed the massive crowd of over 400 breeders who attended and wished them the greatest success in advance with all their purchases.
Bidding was brisk all day as David Rama and Horace Backus handled all duties from the auctioneer box and ring men Don Welk, Dave Bitler, Dan Brandt and Steve Pheasant accepted bids from the spirited crowd. Topping the sale was lot 20, selling for $6,400.00 to one of the great cowmen in the business, Kirk Hillegass of Berlin, PA. This VG-88, tall, angular, jet black daughter of Damion, was milking 135 pounds with a gorgeous udder, made 1456 fat @ 2yrs and hails from the world famous “Martha” family! Second high seller was lot 2, an unscored daughter of Goldwyn with a smashing udder, on service to Explode! This great young cow sold to Penn England LLC, Williamsburg, PA and she too descends from the Martha family. Her dam, a 2E-91 Allen with 1851 of fat also sold as lot 1 for $3,300.00. Third high seller was lot 98 selling for $5,100.00. Sired by EK-Oseeana Anticipation, this VG-87 2yr sold due back in May and will show as a Sr. 3yr old. Her dam is an EX-91 Juror with three records over 1300 of Fat and next five dams are VG or EX.
Cattle sold to four states with ten head selling for $4,000.00 or more. The sale was co-managed by The Cattle Exchange and Stonehurst Farm with Joyce Welk and Amber Newman handling the clerking responsibilities efficiently. The sale staff handled phone bids from more than eight states!
Congratulations to the Foster family for breeding and developing one of the premier Holstein Herds in the country. Many that sold will go on to be excellent in the future and please new owners for years to come! One of the largest crowds we have seen in sometime!
Jan. 20th, 2012: NY Convention ET Sale. Syracuse, NY. Sale Average: $9,600 on 29 Full Lots.
Dec. 8th & 9th: 2 Day Holstein Holiday Sale. 400+ head will sell! Featuring herd dispersals for BSB Holsteins of New Jersey & Lone Pine Farms of New York. Held at the Lebanon County Expo Center. Co-Managed with Stonehurst Farm. Sale Averages: Day 1: $1,525 on 125 Full Lots. Day 2: $961 on 273 Full Lots. Total Sale Average: $1,139 on 395 Full Lots.
Nov 18th: Best of Rudolph Missy / Pine-Tree Dairy Sale. Rittman, OH. Sale Average: $11,784 on 81 Full Lots!!
Nov 12th: Fern Hill Farm Dispersal. Madison, NY. Sale Average: $1,730 on 102 Lots.
Nov 10th: Benton Farm Dispersal. Intercourse, PA. Sale Average: $2,118 on 67 Full Lots.
Nov 5th: NY Holstein Harvest Sale. Ithaca, NY. Sale Average: $3,750 on 85 Full Lots.
Oct 28th: Bennett Farms Milking Herd & Bred Heifer Dispersal. Bloomfield, NY. Sale Average: $1,897 on 93 Full Lots.
Oct. 25th: Zacharias Holsteins Complete Dispersal, Falmouth, ME. Sale Average: $2,132 on 56 Full Lots.
Oct 21st: Vision-Gen & Partners Elite Offerings. Intercourse, PA. Sale Average: $2,538 on 109 Lots.
Oct 20th: Jo-Lan Farms Complete Dispersal. Gordonville, PA. Sale Average: $1,623 on 96 Full Lots.
Oct 14th: Plankenhorn Farms Complete Dispersal. Intercourse, PA. Sale Average: $3,052 on 69 Full Lots.
Oct. 12th: Happy Hollow Dairy Dispersale. Mifflintown, PA. Catalogs will be available at the sale. Sale Average: $1,110 on 303 Lots.