WVU Dairy Herd Sold to Multiple Buyers Ten Were Between 86% and 99% Ayr- in October, a Second Herd of 37 Sold at the Pennsylvania Livestock Cows
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On average, each cow cost On a Saturday morning at the reported that WVU’s Ayrshire herd erage selling price for this herd was cows at this auction was $576. the University $4,300 per year and Wayne County fairgrounds, a herd was the oldest dairy herd at any col- $700 per heifer. In total, WVU made $45,712 from brought in about $800 at sale. of cows over 100 years in the mak- lege in the U.S. Seven more Holstein cows were the sale of dairy herds, a total of 58 Matt Wilson, Davis College of Ag- ing was split up and sold to the high- riculture, Natural Resources and De- est bidder. sign associate dean of programs, said Th e WVU Ayrshire dairy herd was the decision was made in part be- sold for a total of $17,800 at the Ohio cause the barn that housed the herd All Breeds Fall Dairy Sale on Nov. 23. for decades fell to termite damage. Each cow was sold for between $600 Th e estimated cost of a new barn was to $2,600, and both of the highest sell- between $500,000 and $700,000. ing cows at the auction came from “We prefer to sell our livestock at the WVU dairy farm. Th e average sell- public auctions in order to be open as ing price for an Ayershire at this auc- possible with what we’re doing, even tion was $1,271. if we don’t always get the best price Th e auction house took a 13% com- that way,” Wilson said. “As a teach- mission from each sale and charged ing and research laboratory, the dairy a fl at transfer rate of $15 per cow. Af- was a particular [fi nancial] loss to the ter these deductions, WVU made a college. Th at money will now go to $15,276 profi t from the Ohio auction. support other activities on the farm.” Out of the 14 cows sold at the auc- tion, three cows and one bull calf See Cows page 3 were purebred Ayrshires. 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MONDAY FEBRUARY 3, 2020 3 Editor: Assistant Editor: Alayna Fuller NEWS Gabriella Brown [email protected] [email protected] Cows Some students are still dis- “Dairy was what made me I stepped into the second source the dining contract and Wilson said. “We will certainly satisfied with the Universi- fi nd my passion — I did dairy meeting [with the administra- sell the dairy’s milk.