Dam of the top-2 sellers, View-Home Mrdian Iowa VG-86. Iow also sold in the sale and brought $27,000.
History was made as the 2 highest gTPI females ever sold at public auction went through the sale ring at the 2016 Holiday Harvest sale yesterdayThe higher of the two, BGP Modesty Imogene, a 2886 gTPI Modesty-Meridian from the Rudy Missys, brought the top price of $162,500. Purchased by Westcoast Holsteins, Chilliwack, BC, Canada with Peak Genetics, Watertown, WI, USA contending. The other was Imogene’s full-sister, Independence (2878 gTPI), who was the 2nd highest seller of the day at $132,500. Purchased by Peak Genetics, Watertown, WI, USA
with Pine-Tree Dairy, Rittman, OH, USA contending. Imogene and Independence are consigned by Bovine Genomic Partners.
The third high price of the day, $32,000, was paid for Lot 21, BGP Modesty Honeysuckle-ET. Honeysuckle is an October 2016 Modesty that comes in at +2802GTPI +7.5PL +916NM$. She is out of a +2500GTPI Halogen out of a VG86-DOM Robust, followed by seven generations of VG & EX dams from the Rudy Missy EX92-3E-DOM family. She was also consigned by Bovine Genomic Partners, MI.
The fourth high seller hailed from the same cow family, and sold for $28,000. Selling as Lot 9 was another Bovine Genomic Partners consignment, BGP Delta Honna-ET, a June 2016 +2792GTPI +881NM$ +7.3PL +2.93PTAT Delta from a VG88-DOM Numero Uno out of a VG86-DOM Robust, followed by seven generations of VG & EX dams from the Rudy Missy’s.
Two animals sold for the fifth high price of the day, bringing $27,000 each. Lot 11, BGP Delta Honey 2-ET, a +2775GTPI +881NM$ +7.5PL June 2016 Delta from a VG86-DOM Robust, followed by seven generations of VG & EX dams from the Rudy Missy’s. She was also consigned by Bovine Genomic Partners, MI.
Lot 1, View-Home Mrdian Iowa-ET VG86-DOM, also commanded the price of $27,000. Iowa is the dam of the two high selling calves, and sold dry, open and ready to flush and IVF. She is a Meridian daughter from a VG86-DOM Robust out of a VG87-DOM Zenith, with six more generations of VG & EX dams from the Rudy Missy family. Iowa was also a consignment of Bovine Genomic Partners, MI.
