The Top of the World Jersey Sale is on Wednesday evening, 4:00 p.m. (CDT) in the Estrumate Sale Pavilion, as part of the World Dairy Expo Jersey festivities in Madison, Wis.
Watch for the milk cow pictures early tomorrow morning.
The Top of the World Jersey Sale is on Wednesday evening, 4:00 p.m. (CDT) in the Estrumate Sale Pavilion, as part of the World Dairy Expo Jersey festivities in Madison, Wis. All Heifers are pictured in this slide show, with the exception of Lots 20 and 25. They are being shown this afternoon and every effort will be made to get action shots of them in their “show clothes!”
The two dry cows, Lots 33 and 36, are in this slide show gallery, with the milking cows being pictured this evening.
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A great line-up of type, genomics and cow families are highlighted in the consignments in the Top of the World Jersey Sale, taking place in Madison, Wis., during World Dairy Expo. The sale will be in the Estrumate Sale Pavilion on Wednesday, October 4, at 4:00 p.m. (CDT). The sale will also be broadcast LIVE on JerseyAuctionLive.com.
Cataloging for the Southeast Jersey Invitational (formerly Dixie Invitational) will begin on THURSDAY, August 10. Consignments, especially any for the tie-up portion, must be turned in promptly. In this year’s sale, we will be having a tie-up portion featuring approximately 30 head of high quality show prospects and genomic animals. The other portion of the sale will be commercial cattle that will be housed as we have done in the past. Milk cows will be in one group and the heifers divided and housed by age and pregnancy status. Thank you to Her-Man Jerseys and Sunny Day Farm for hosting the sale.As manager of the sale, JMS wishes to invite you to participate in this volume production sale. The deadline for consignments to the Mid-Atlantic Fall Jersey Classic sale is August 16. The New York and New England area sales were held in the spring only for the 2017 sale season. This early fall sale will create a place to market quality Jersey heifers from and within the eastern United States. Thank you to the Craig Rhein Family for hosting this sale.
TOP OF THE WORLD SALE Jersey Marketing Service (JMS) will once again manage an elite sale of the breed’s most marketable individuals at the Top of the World Jersey Sale in conjunction with World Dairy Expo. The sale date and time for this year is Wednesday, October 4 at 4:30 p.m. (CDT). DAIRYLAND PROTEIN SALE Cap off the Jersey event-filled week in Janesville with the 15th Dairyland Protein Sale, on Friday, October 6 at 11:00 a.m. (CDT). Please consider supporting this sale with good quality animals that you want to market. The deadline for the Top of the World and Dairyland Protein Sale catalogs is August 22.Please consider consigning to this well attended fall sale with quality, production Jerseys that you want to market. Cheese plants in Ohio are strongly encouraging their suppliers to increase components, thus creating greater demand for Jersey cattle. The deadline for the Ohio Fall Sale catalog is September 9.Jersey Marketing Service would like to invite you to be a part of the most prestigious Jersey sale in the world! POT O’ GOLD GUIDELINES Heifers must be born between July 1, 2016 and March 15, 2017. All heifers in the Pot O’Gold (POG) sale will be genotyped, and their dams must be scored at least VG-80%. AJCA will pay for three genomic samples to be nominated for the POG Sale. Samples need to be received at the lab before August 1st to meet the September genomic evaluation deadline and to be in the catalog. ALL AMERICAN SELECTION GUIDELINES We are looking for the best our breed has to offer. We want to select cattle from tremendous cow families that have consistently excelled in production and type. By striving for the very best from your breeding program we can continue to attract new and old Jersey enthusiasts from all over the world. Help us make this annual event the best one ever by consigning one of your top Jerseys to the 2017 All-American & POG Sales! DEADLINE FOR THE ALL AMERICAN & POT O’ GOLD CATALOGS IS SEPTEMBER 16.
The Top of the World Jersey Sale starred 28 live cattle, a choice, embryos and semen lots in a sale as part of the World Dairy Expo 50th Anniversary. Those lots averaged $3,163.21 with just the 24 live head at a $3,491 average.
Over 20 different buyers from 13 different states purchased Jersey cattle at the sale, featuring type, production and genomics.
Lot 13 – High Selling Lot in the Top of the World Jersey Sale
Lot 13 topped the bidding for the evening, with a final cry at $12,500, the “Chisel” daughter sold to David Allen and family of Reedsburg, Wis. The Matthew Steiner family from Ohio consigned the genomic heifer, who is from the “Lemvig Maid” family.
Lot 8 – Second High selling lot in the Top of the World Sale
Lot 8 is a full sister to the 2016 International Jersey Show’s Intermediate Champion and her final bid was $6,400 from David Jones in Okla. She was a consignment from Myron and Brad Arthur and Mike Dilly of Iowa.
3rd High selling lot of the Top of the World Sale was Lot 22
The 3rd high selling lot of the evening hailed from Mike and Megan Moede in Wis., and sold to Kyle Burk of Missouri. She is a VG-87% “Tequila” from the Cowbell Councillor Pistachio and “Praline” family, and sold for $5,000.
A choice and embryo lot also sold in the Top of the World Jersey Sale, as well as 20 Units each of “Sambo” and “Centurion” semen. The “Sambo” fetched a $60 / unit price, while the final bid on the “Centurion” was $20 / unit.