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A really good show for World Dairy Expo

Some final numbers from this year’s World Dairy Expo.  Total attendance at the show was 77,204 including 3,248 international guests from 94 countries.  There were 835 commercial exhibitors from 24 countries.

The dairy show featured 2,334 head checked-in on the grounds; 582 Holsteins; 401 Jerseys; 366 Brown Swiss; 258 Ayrshires; 258 Red & White Holsteins; 241 Guernseys and 228 Milking Shorthorn.  There were 1,743 dairy exhibitors from 37 states, 11 Canadian provinces and Mexico.

Results from the dairy sales:

Total Numbers of Sale Lots:

Ayrshire: 15; Brown Swiss: 25; Guernsey: 26; Holstein: 52; Jersey: 21.

International Guernsey Classic  

Total Sales: $94,650        Lots: 26                      Average on live animals: $4,160

Highest Lot: $8,000 for Guernsey View Wii’s Amy, purchased by Ros-Sue-Kim Guernseys, Gackle N.D., consigned by Cedar Ridge Farms LTD, Keswick Ridge, New Brunswick

Top of the World Jersey Sale

Total Sales: $89,200        Lots: 21           Average: $4,247.62

Highest Lot: $10,100 for TLJ Visionary Bree-ET, purchased by Matthew Steiner, Marshallville, Ohio, consigned by Travis Lehnertz, Plainview, Minn.

 

World Ayrshire Event

Total Gross Sales: $67,175         Lots: 15                        Average: $4,450

Live Sales: $48,200                     Lots: 8                          Average: $6,025

Pick of Flushes: $8,900               Lots: 2                          Average: $4,450

Embryos: $2,400                       Lots: 5                                      Average: $480/embryo

Highest Lot: $17,000 for Onward Wilton April, purchased by David Koss, Jason Steinlage and Eric Lang of Lawler, Iowa, consigned by P & A Ayrshires, Dyersville, Iowa 

World Classic Holstein Sale

Total Sales: $1,208,200               Lots:52            Average: $23,234

Highest Lot: $74,000 for De-Sue 1912-ET, purchased by Siemers Holsteins of Newton, Wis., consigned by Skyreach, Ferme Vigno and Kings-Ransom of Quebec and New York.

 

World Premier Brown Swiss Sale

Total Sales: $147,500                  Lots: 25           Average: $5,910

Highest Lot: $12,000 for Brown Heaven Bonanza Frosty, purchased by Bradner Farms of Abbotsford, British Columbia. Consigned by Brown Heaven Farm of Vercheres, Quebec.

World Premier Milking Shorthorn Sale

Total Sales: $27,400                    Lots: 6              Average: $4,567

Highest Lot: $7,500 for Ecua Farm Zues Patty-EXP, purchased by Mike Halpin of Cullom, Ill., and consigned by Tyler Endres of Arlington, Wis.