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Sunset Canyon Dominican tops the 58th All American Jersey Sale
by Renee Deuth
LOUISVILLE, KY- November 8, 2010- The 58th All American Jersey Sale, at the North American International Livestock Exposition (NAILE) in Louisville, KY, set a record high with the sale of the bull, Sunset Canyon Dominican-ET.
48 shares had been sold in Dominican at the beginning of the sale totaling $96,000.
50 shares total could be sold by the start of the Open Dairy Show Supreme Champion selection.
“It was an outstanding, record-setting night for the Jersey breed,” said Dan Bauer, sale manager and manager of Jersey Marketing Service.
Top end animals were consigned, and both buyers and sellers were very pleased with the sale, Bauer said.
65 live animals were sold at the 58th All American Jersey Sale. 3 bulls were syndicated along with the sale of 7 embryo packages.
Genomic evaluations were included with 25 of the animals sold. The newly introduced genomic evaluations were very influential in the sale this year.
Bauer included in his opening of the sale that, “we are in a genomic era,” when speaking about the importance of the genomic evaluations.
“This young bull has the highest Jersey Performance Index (JPI) in the history of the NAILE,” Bauer said about Dominican.
Dominican is the highest genomic tested bull in the Jersey breed.
“This is huge for the breed, and our farm,” said Eric Silva of Sunset Canyon Jerseys, consigner of Dominican, of Beaver, OR,
In the past, you could look at the dam and sire to evaluate the animal, but now you can look at the individual’s genetics, Silva said. -more- Full sister to Dominican, Sunset Canyon Headline Daffy 3-ET was also sold Sunday afternoon.
Headline Daffy is very highly tested, and was expected to sell well, as she did, selling for $19,500.
Hi-Kel Tbone Pfenning-ET, consigned by Hi-Kel Syndicate of Byron, NY. topped the live auction bringing $21,500.
The All American Jersey Sale began with the auctioneering of a painting signed by the artist, Bonnie Mohr of Minnesota.
The painting was purchased for $2,700.
Hoard’s Dairyman donated the portrait that was framed professionally. The purchaser of the portrait will choose an American Jersey Cattle Association to receive the proceeds.
Project Academy, which is a Jersey Youth event, received profits from the sale of the bull, BW Honors, consigned by Brentwood Farms of Orland, California.
100 percent of the proceeds of the sale of Wis Legal Mozza 6947, consigned by Lloyd Heinz of Shawano, Wisconsin, were donated toward the 2011 Annual Meeting which will be held in Wisconsin.
All buyers from the sale are looking forward to incorporating their purchases into their herds.
The sale was run by Jersey Marketing Service, located in Reynoldsburg, Ohio. Bauer is manager of the Jersey Marketing Service.
Bauer has been managing the All American Jersey Sale for three years, and has been working for the Jersey Marketing Service for 5 years.
Information on the Jersey Marketing Service can be found on the web at www.JSM.USJersey.com.
All lots sold in the sale were eligible for the All American Jersey Show, which took place November 8th at the NAILE.
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