Genetic Strides Round 1 2015-COWBUYER Online Bidding Available
October 24, 2015 at 11am @ Mercersburg, PA
132 Lots
The Genetic Strides Round 1 sale was held Saturday October 24, 2015, featuring the herd of Stuart Hollenshead. The sale was topped by Maple Wood Epic Giggle-ETS *VR VG89-EXMS, selling for $10,100. COWBUYER sold five lots online, and carried the contending bid on seven more, including the second high seller. A total of 91 bidders participated in the sale through COWBUYER, bidding on over 15% of the lots. The sale was managed by The Cattle Exchange and Stonehurst Farm.
Genetic Strides Round 1 2015-Cowbuyer Online Bidding Available
The Genetic Strides Round 1 Sale took place October 24, 2015 in Mercersburg, PA. The sale featured over 100 head from Hollenshead Holsteins, and was co-managed by The Cattle Exchange and Stonehurst Farm.
COWBUYER sold five lots online, and carried the contending bid on seven more, including the second high seller. A total of 91 bidders participated in the sale through COWBUYER, bidding on over 15% of the lots.
Topping the Sale at $10,100 was Maple Wood Epic Giggle-ETS *VR VG89-EXMS. Giggle is an Epic daughter out of Morsan Manoman Fools Gold-Red VG89, followed by Stoneden Fools Gold-Red VG88, with four more generations of VG and EX dams. She was the choice of Todd Lohr of Hooversville, PA.
Second high seller at $10,000 was Glen-Valley Halo Moxie-ET. Moxie is a +2579GTPI October 2014 Halogen out of a VG86 Numero Uno, followed by 16 more generations of VG and EX dams. TJR Genetics of Farley, IA was the final bidder on this lot.
The third high seller was Ladys-Manor LA RD Sung-ET EX91, bringing $6,000. Sung is the #2 ranking GPTI Lauthority daughter and completes ten generations of EX and VG cows. Don Welk served as the buying agent for this cow.
Fourth high selling individual was ZBW-JD McCutchen Wippet-ET VG85, bringing $5,900. Wippet is +2366GTPI and completes 10 generations of VG & EX cows. Brandt-View Farm selected Wippet to join their herd.
Rounding out the top five high sellers for the day was Triplecrown-AI Rubico 13-ET, bringing a final bid of $4,700 from Woodcrest Dairy, NY. She is a +2541GTPI January 2015 Rubicon out of a +2410GTPI Numero Uno, followed by 7 generations of VG & EX dams from the Ronelee Outside Dabble family.
Sale Catalog
The Genetic Strides Round 1 Sale is set for Saturday October 24, 2015 at 11am in Mercersburg, PA. COWBUYER is your source for online bidding for this sale! The sale, featuring 132 lots of registered and grade Holsteins owned by Stuart Hollenshead, is being managed by The Cattle Exchange and Stonehurst Farm.
COWBUYER Online Bidding… Pre-Registration is Required. Contact Aaron Ray Tompkins at 366.363.4639
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Sale Information
Genetic Strides Round 1
October 24, 2015 at 11am
Mercersburg, PA
Stuart Hollenshead, Owner
Online Bidding Available through COWBUYER
Area Lodging
Holiday Inn Express, Chambersburg, PA…717.709.9009
Super 8, Greencastle, PA…717.597.5255
Sale Staff
Online Bidding…Aaron Ray Tompkins, Cowbuyer…366.363.4639
Dave Rama, Auctioneer…607.435.0792
Daniel Brandt, Pedigrees…717.821.1238
Don Welk…717.575.4700
Scott Culbertson…507.923.1881
Nick Raggi…443.762.8338
Jamie Black…518.353.2602
Rick Verbeek…614.580.8662