Record-shattering $4.3 million auction sends shockwaves through global dairy industry.
Hold onto your hats, dairy folks – the International Intrigue Sale just rewrote the rulebook on what elite Holstein genetics are worth in today’s market. When the dust settled, 173 live lots had changed hands for a mind-blowing $4,298,525, averaging nearly $25,000 per head.
In a surprise to all watching, there was a surprise extra lot at the end of the sale: Olortine Avenger Design, the 2025 Intermediate Champion from The Royal Winter Fair and recently Grand Champion at the Western Spring show, hammered down for a cool $1 million to Genosource. Let that sink in. One million dollars. When GenoSource dropped seven figures, they weren’t just buying a show cow; they were investing in the future of Holstein genetics similar to their purchase of Ladyrose Caught Your Eye. Read more (From Pasture to Powerhouse: The GenoSource Story)
The second-highest seller tells another compelling story. Jacobs Lambda Baz commanded $320,000 from Elmvue and Showbox Sires. This 4-year-old superstar from the legendary Jacobs High Octane Babe family brings serious production credentials to the table. Currently milking 128 pounds with 5.1% fat and 3.9% protein – numbers that would make any dairyman’s heart skip a beat. Sired by the genomic powerhouse Farnear Delta-Lambda-ET (+753M, GTPI +2909), Lambda Baz represents everything buyers want in today’s market: production, type, and a pedigree that reads like a who’s who of Holstein royalty.
Walnutlawn Bullseye Sadie-ET brought $162,500 as a complete package with transfers and pregnancies. This VG-87 junior 2-year-old tied for #1 Conformation Cow in Canada. Sadie completes 16 generations of VG/EX, back through McCutchen Summer-EX95. Sadie was purchased by T & L Cattle Ltd, BC.
The Jersey market showed its strength too, with Karnation Video Melisandre fetching $120,000. This senior 3-year-old, nominated All-American Senior 2-Year-Old in 2024, proved that component breeds continue to attract serious investment from progressive operations looking to maximize milk value. “Video” was purchased by Jim & Valerie Spreng and Jay Ackley, OH.
Rounding out the top sellers was Lot 108 at $120,000 was Famipage Legend Barabas VG-89-3YR-CAN, a senior 3-year-old out of eight generations of VG & EX from the Barbies purchased by Ron Grandy, ON as well as Lot 36 at $92,000 was Lovhill Believe Hottie VG-87-2YR-CAN, nominated All-Canadian Summer Junior 2-Year-Old in 2024, due again in August out of five EX-CAN dams, purchased by Elmvue Farm, NY.
The Quebec contingent delivered impressive results, with Lot 40, Crackholm Lambda Cleavage, selling for $65,000. This summer, a junior 2-year-old from the renowned Lambda. Red genetics also proved their market staying power as Lot 53, Hodglynn Unstopabull Venice-Red, brought $50,000 purchased by Betley Farms, WI.
The 2025 International Intrigue sale proved that premium Holstein bloodlines still command serious respect – and serious money.
Congratulations to the team at Buttlerview, Ferme Blondin, and all those involved with the sale. They not only put on a fantastic sale, but they also wrote history.
Sale Summary
Total Number of Lots Sold: 173 Live animal lots
Total Sale Price: $4,298,525.00
Average Sale Price: $24,846.97
| Lot Number | Name | Sale Price |
| 183 | Olortine Avenger Design | $1,000,000.00 |
| 1 | JACOBS LAMBDA BAZ | $320,000.00 |
| 15 | WALNUTLAWN BULLSEYE SADIE-ET | $162,500.00 |
| 11 | KARNATION VIDEO MELISANDRE | $120,000.00 |
| 108 | FAMIPAGE LEGEND BARABAS | $120,000.00 |
| 36 | LOVHILL BELIEVE HOTTIE | $92,000.00 |
| 8 | GOLDENFLO LAMBDA DOMINATE | $80,000.00 |
| 17 | LYSEM LOYALL AUDE | $73,000.00 |
| 40 | CRACKHOLM LAMBDA CLEAVAGE | $65,000.00 |
| 107 | CNOSSOME ENERGY AVALYNN | $63,000.00 |
| 182 | Jacobs Alligator Bawl | $58,000.00 |
| 6 | JACOBS ALLIGATOR BUNNY | $50,000.00 |
| 53 | HODGLYNN UNSTOPABULL VENICE-RED | $50,000.00 |
| 24 | ELMVUE HANIKO BONJOUR | $45,000.00 |
| 31 | MS MILKSOURCE SIGNATURE-ET | $40,000.00 |
| 37 | ALL-GLO SIDEKICK MIKA | $40,000.00 |
| 9 | HI-VIEW-CORNERS SHOW SOPHIE | $38,500.00 |
| 14 | BUCKMEADOW FC W IVY | $37,000.00 |
| 21 | MAPLEBROUGH IPASS P RHONWYN | $37,000.00 |
| 22 | WINRIGHT SK CREME BRULEE-ET | $37,000.00 |
| 43 | SHADYRAIL MASTER CLOVER | $36,000.00 |
| 49 | DARLING MASTER FREEZIE | $35,000.00 |
| 2 | BUTLERVIEW MAJOR BABE-ET | $34,000.00 |
| 111 | ELM BEND GOOSE BUMP | $34,000.00 |
| 44 | JM VALLEY BULLSEYE LESLIE | $32,000.00 |
| 34 | WESTCOAST CRUSHBL DESTNY 17169 | $30,000.00 |
| 51 | CLOVIS MASTER REINE | $30,000.00 |
| 42 | JACREST DOC LISA | $29,000.00 |
| 3 | DELTA LAMBDA X BALLA CHOICE | $28,500.00 |
| 28 | MS LAMBDA FINLEY-ET | $27,000.00 |
| 27 | MS HULU FANTA-ET *RC | $26,000.00 |
| 109 | VALIANT FORESTELL SNAP ATTACK *RC | $26,000.00 |
| 179 | AROLENE DEMPSEY ELLA | $25,500.00 |
| 4 | BUTLERVIEW HULU BOUNTY-ET *RC | $23,000.00 |
| 20 | RYAN-VU AWESOME RAPTURE *RC | $23,000.00 |
| 41 | DESNETTE BLUEBERRY LAMBDA | $23,000.00 |
| 47 | KAM033 THUNDER SEEKER | $23,000.00 |
| 137 | MS MILKSOURCE JUMANJI *RC | $23,000.00 |
| 5 | BUTLERVIEW MAJOR BEAUTY-ET | $22,000.00 |
| 50 | SCO-LO LEGENDARY | $22,000.00 |
| 87 | CURR-VALE BULLSEYE ASPEN-ET | $21,000.00 |
| 96 | PETITCLERC BULLSEYE ABELIA | $20,500.00 |
| 115 | MILIBRO MASTER ROSELOLA | $20,500.00 |
| 33 | OLORTINE AVENGER DREAM | $20,000.00 |
| 122 | BLONDIN ARMOUR SHAKRA | $20,000.00 |
| 119 | CNOSSOME MIRAND PENELOPE | $19,500.00 |
| 175 | CRYSTAL-STAR AVA CHANCE-ET | $18,500.00 |
| 35 | HAVENOFEAR X 7509 CHOICE | $18,000.00 |
| 103 | PETITCLERC JERRY ADINE | $18,000.00 |
| 16 | LOA-DE-MEDE WL HEARTLAND SABLE | $17,500.00 |
| 23 | ARMCREST SELECT BANDANA | $17,500.00 |
| 98 | HAMMING BELIEVEP BONITA | $17,500.00 |
| 19 | PALDWYN X LILLY CHOICE | $17,000.00 |
| 110 | BLONDIN MAJOR DEFLECT | $16,500.00 |
| 65 | KAMPY HULU ABOLISH-RED-ET | $16,000.00 |
| 68 | KNONAUDALE JORJA-RED | $16,000.00 |
| 79 | BUDJON-MB JL EYES CLOSED-ET | $16,000.00 |
| 88 | CURR-VALE MAJOR PERKS-ET | $16,000.00 |
| 63 | CHERRY-LOR AL ROOKIE-RED-ET | $15,500.00 |
| 132 | DUCKETT TATOO CALISTA-ET | $15,500.00 |
| 7 | JACOBS ALLIGATOR BONKERS-ET | $15,000.00 |
| 18 | SIEMERS TOMMI-RED-ET | $15,000.00 |
| 26 | MS BRADLY ARCH BLINDSIDE-ET | $15,000.00 |
| 32 | ACETYLENE X SANTANA CHOICE | $15,000.00 |
| 52 | SELEXIE LAURIZE MASTER | $15,000.00 |
| 55 | BENBIE LOGIC AMETHYST | $15,000.00 |
| 29 | MILKSOURCE SNP SOFIA-ET *RC | $14,500.00 |
| 13 | PAULLYN CHOCOCHIP VIVID | $12,500.00 |
| 70 | SEJANE ALTITUDE KARAMEL-RED | $12,500.00 |
| 81 | CAL-DENIER-I JL ALISSA-ET | $12,500.00 |
| 84 | CURR-VALE MASTR HONEYPIE-ET | $12,500.00 |
| 168 | BUTLERVIEW DET CELESTE-ET | $12,500.00 |
| 76 | LADYS LOV EC WHITE LIE-ET | $12,000.00 |
| 56 | BLONDIN ARMOUR LORENA | $11,500.00 |
| 113 | BLONDIN ARMOUR LAUREATE | $11,000.00 |
| 155 | BUTLERVIEW DL CHAMPAGNE-ET | $11,000.00 |
| 77 | LADYS LAMBDA LIBERTY-ET | $10,750.00 |
| 90 | MD-WEST-VIEW FOOTLOOSE-ET | $10,500.00 |
| 100 | ANDREANE LAMBDA JAVA | $10,500.00 |
| 46 | BENBIE DETECTIVE HARLOW | $10,000.00 |
| 126 | BLONDIN DIRECT ESPION | $10,000.00 |
| 74 | DELTA LAMBDA X MOLLY CHOICE | $9,900.00 |
| 135 | WESTCOAST MILAN ANIS 17000 | $9,750.00 |
| 171 | KAROLSTEIN COSTCO MASTER | $9,750.00 |
| 180 | Westcoast Unparalleled | $9,750.00 |
| 141 | MILIBRO MASTER MOUSSELYN | $9,700.00 |
| 58 | BROWN HEAVEN FAMOUS TIK TOK | $9,500.00 |
| 59 | ROGGUA KID ROCK ANTYA | $9,500.00 |
| 82 | BUDJON-AIROSA PROUD MARY-ET | $9,500.00 |
| 134 | REDCARPET DM CABRERA-ET | $9,500.00 |
| 138 | ENGHOLM PETUNIAS POSEY | $9,500.00 |
| 48 | BLONDIN DRAX HORIZON | $9,000.00 |
| 158 | BUTLERVIEW ALPHA LUV-RED-ET | $9,000.00 |
| 117 | BLONDIN LAMBDA BRAVO | $8,750.00 |
| 121 | WINRIGHT DOORMAN ECLIPSE | $8,750.00 |
| 181 | Browntown Destination Prettty | $8,750.00 |
| 66 | SIEMERS UNSTOP TA-DA-RED-ET | $8,500.00 |
| 83 | BUDJON JL BRIELLE-ET | $8,500.00 |
| 131 | BUTLERVIEW HNCK MAGICAL-TW | $8,500.00 |
| 142 | BUTLERVIEW BRUINS GALA-ET | $8,500.00 |
| 174 | BUTLERVIEW DL TAKEALOOK-ET | $8,500.00 |
| 45 | HAMMING I HAVE TOO REPLAY | $8,250.00 |
| 72 | MONROES ROMPN MACKEE-RED-ET | $8,250.00 |
| 89 | CURR-VALE-AE ARCH BONITA-ET *RC | $8,250.00 |
| 12 | ARETHUSA COLTON CREMEE-ET | $8,000.00 |
| 60 | CHAMP-VIEW JINGLEBEL-RED-ET | $8,000.00 |
| 136 | ELMVUE SA LOURDES-ET | $8,000.00 |
| 10 | GLENN-ANN-RJR DAZZLING SKYE | $7,750.00 |
| 73 | ELMVUE HULU ROSALIE-ET *RC | $7,750.00 |
| 145 | BUTLERVIEW ENERGY CANDY-ET | $7,750.00 |
| 166 | BUTLERVIEW DROPBX FIERCE-ET | $7,750.00 |
| 78 | BUTLERVIEW DRPBX ANGEL-ET | $7,500.00 |
| 91 | GARAY-MD-WVG BARBIE-ET *RC | $7,500.00 |
| 116 | BLONDIN LIBERTY BRIDGE | $7,500.00 |
| 128 | BLONDIN SALUTE SHAKERS | $7,500.00 |
| 159 | MILKSOURCE THATSALLFOLKS-ET *RC | $7,500.00 |
| 102 | JM VALLEY ALLIGATOR LUCY | $7,250.00 |
| 170 | BUTLERVIEW DT CROWN-ET | $7,250.00 |
| 97 | DECOY LEGEND ARIMODEL | $7,000.00 |
| 123 | BLONDIN DRAX GLITZ | $7,000.00 |
| 127 | BLONDIN LAMBDA HOLLY | $7,000.00 |
| 129 | CRESTOMERE CELLULAR TWINKLE | $7,000.00 |
| 150 | BUTLERVIEW BRU TAPPED-ET | $7,000.00 |
| 167 | BUTLERVIEW HL LAVISH-RED-ET | $7,000.00 |
| 94 | LO-PINE-VA JK LEMONCRUSH-ET | $6,750.00 |
| 99 | VEDDERLEA A2P2 KANDYCANE | $6,750.00 |
| 172 | BUTLERVIEW LOYALL LENA-ET | $6,750.00 |
| 25 | ELMVUE DL NOW IM UP-ET | $6,500.00 |
| 61 | EMBER-LIT ALPH KOBRA-RED-ET | $6,500.00 |
| 62 | ELMVUE CZM CUTENESS-RED-ET | $6,500.00 |
| 75 | MS SNL EYE CANDY SLOAN | $6,500.00 |
| 85 | CURR-VALE CRUSH ALASKA-ET | $6,500.00 |
| 130 | PETITCLERC LAMBDA TAMMY | $6,500.00 |
| 69 | BLONDIN MAXIMUM DEMIRA-RED | $6,250.00 |
| 157 | BUTLERVIEW HULU LILLY-RED-ET | $6,250.00 |
| 71 | EXCELERANT SARALEE-RED-ET | $6,200.00 |
| 80 | CAL-DENIER-I DRPBX ATWOOD-ET | $6,000.00 |
| 149 | BUTLERVIEW UNIX TIMELESS-ET | $6,000.00 |
| 169 | BUTLERVIEW DT CAMILLA-ET | $6,000.00 |
| 67 | KIEFLAND BRING IT ON-RED-ET | $5,750.00 |
| 101 | KARNVIEW MAJOR VELO | $5,750.00 |
| 112 | BLONDIN DRAX LAS LOCAS | $5,750.00 |
| 139 | BUTLERVIEW ENERGY NALA-ET | $5,750.00 |
| 165 | MS LEXIS MAJOR LUCK-ET | $5,750.00 |
| 106 | ELMVUE ENERGY KADEEANN | $5,600.00 |
| 162 | MS LEXIS UN LACED-ET | $5,500.00 |
| 164 | MS LEXIS DET LADYBUG-ET | $5,250.00 |
| 173 | BUTLERVIEW MAJOR LOOT-ET | $5,250.00 |
| 104 | PETITCLERC ALLIGATOR LORALIE | $5,000.00 |
| 133 | BUTLERVIEW HVEITALL CIAO | $5,000.00 |
| 153 | BUTLERVIEW ALPHA AGENT-ET | $5,000.00 |
| 160 | MS LEXIS BRU LEGACY-ET | $5,000.00 |
| 161 | MS LEXIS BRU LUNA-ET | $4,900.00 |
| 148 | BUTLERVIEW LOYALL CLASSY-ET | $4,750.00 |
| 177 | BUTLERVIEW HULU ZIA-ET | $4,750.00 |
| 143 | BUTLERVIEW BRU GETCHA-ET | $4,500.00 |
| 144 | LA FEMME FATALE GC ERIKA | $4,500.00 |
| 146 | BUTLERVIEW ENERGY CORA-ET | $4,500.00 |
| 154 | BUTLERVIEW MAJOR ALLURE-ET | $4,500.00 |
| 178 | BUTLERVIEW ELLAS EVITA | $4,300.00 |
| 64 | CURR-VALE HULU ADALINE-RED | $4,000.00 |
| 93 | WESTCOAST SALUTE ROSELYN | $4,000.00 |
| 125 | BLONDIN JOHNBOY BEFORE | $4,000.00 |
| 147 | BUTLERVIEW ENERGY CHARLI-ET | $4,000.00 |
| 156 | BUTLERVIEW HULU CARINA | $4,000.00 |
| 176 | BUTLERVIEW TANGO CARMA-ET *RC | $3,500.00 |
| 86 | FEMALE | $3,100.00 |
| 39 | ROTALY MASTER CREED | $2,075.00 |
| 114 | MYSTIQUE PARFECT ANELA | $2,050.00 |
| 163 | MS LEXIS LUCKY SEVEN-ET | $2,050.00 |
| 140 | MILIBRO DETECTIVE MOUSSABEL | $1,575.00 |
| 105 | ANDREWS MAJOR BELL-ET | $1,550.00 |
| 38 | DESDION LEGEND HABERRY | $1,525.00 |
