Pine-Tree 9882 Gate 7345-ET sold for $32,000 at the Ohio Holstein convention sale March 10. The December 2016 daughter of Triplecrown Gatedancer ET out of OCD Supersire 9882-ET was consigned by Pine Tree Dairy, Marshallville, Ohio, and purchased by Oakfield Corners of Batavia, New York. (Susan Mykrantz photo)
Lot 1, Pine-Tree 9882 Gate 7345-ET, sold for $32,000 and was the top selling consignment at the Ohio Holstein Convention Sale held Friday, March 10, 2017 at the Holmes County Fairgrounds, Millersburg, Ohio. The buyer was Gordon Lamb, Oakfield, New York and consignor was Pine-Tree Dairy, Matthew Steiner and Family, Marshallville, Ohio. Her dam, the successful donor OCD Supersire 9882 VG-86, was bred by Oakfield Corners and sold as a heifer to Pine Tree in Ohio. Now Pine-Tree 9882 Gate 7345 took the return route. A winter calf born 12/02/16 with GTPI +2975, she was a daughter of Triplecrown Gatedancer-ET from a Very Good 86 Supersire daughter that was the top seller in the 2016 World Classic and is from the outstanding and well-known Wesswood-HC Rudy Missy-ET cow family. The contending bidder was Jim Copper, Agent from Massachusetts.
The second high-selling animal Pine Tree 6481 Jedi 7055-ET, consigned by the Springhill Joyride Syndicate and purchased by Irvin, David and Joe Allen Yoder, Montezuma, Georgia, for $8,750. With GTPI +2771, she was sired by S-S-I Montross Jedi-ET and from a Bacon-Hill Milsan-ET daughter that sold for $11,250 in the 2015 World Classic.
Selling for $4500 was Lot 9, OH-River-Syc Solman Bess-ET consigned by the Ohio River Syndicate, c/o John Hartline, Whipple, Ohio, and purchased by Gus Rupp, Loudonville, Ohio. A winter calf sired by Walnutlawn Solomon-ET she is from the well-known Sandy-Valley Atwd Barbie-Et, classified Excellent 91.
The sale averaged $3,070 on 67 live animals. Cows averaged $2,747; bred heifers, $2,835; yearlings, $2,903; and calves, $3,551. It was managed by the Ohio Holstein Association and hosted by District 7 Holstein Club.
Consignments sold to New York, Georgia, Texas, California, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, North Carolina and Ohio. Auctioneer for the sale was Randall Kiko, Salem, Ohio with Ted Renner, Dalton, Ohio reading the pedigrees. Ringmen were Dave Gunkleman. Paul Haskins, Rudy Kiko and Ken Janes. Ben Simpson and Steve Deam were in charge of cattle preparation with numerous volunteers helping, and members of the District 7 Holstein Club on night duty.
Sponsors for the sale were American Dairy Association Mideast and American Dairy Producers; American Equipment Service; COBA/Select Sires; Commodity Blenders; Priority IAC; Semex and Tri-County Vet Clinic.
