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October 10:
Check out the Sale Page and the Vision-Gen & Partners Elite Offerings Catalog here!
June 13:
We recently scored a few animals housed at Spruce Haven Farm in New York.
Glen-Valley Bolt Cynthia-ET was just raised to VG-87. Cynthia is a 10th generation VG or EX and is the dam of the #2 GTPI Alexander at +2336 GTPI.
Wa-Del DH Colby Paula (+2004 GTPI) was raised to VG-85. Paula sells in the Spruce Haven Select Sale on July 9th.
March 19:
The Vision-Gen & Partners Elite Offering held on Friday, March 18th in Intercourse, PA averaged $2667 on 98 lots. The high sellers were as follows:
Top Seller at $12,700 was Lot 1: +2242 GTPI Super x VG-88 Burt x EX Finley. Outcross Genetics from the Cora family! Potential 16th gen VG or EX - sold to Welcome Stock Farm, NY
2nd High Seller was Lot 13: fancy +2032 GTPI Gabor x EX-91 Shottle. She sold with embryo and A.I. interest and was knocked off at $11,000 to Marc Wolf, CT.
Lot 4: +2057 GTPI Garrett, sister to Lot 1 sold for $6800 to Rock Hill Dairy, NM.
Lot 19: *RC Goldwyn just fresh 2 weeks from VG Talent x Debutante Rae EX-92- $6200
Lot 21: EX Zenith from Whittier-Farms Outside Roz EX-95- $5200
Lot 73: 14th generation EX Durham from the Royal Rosas- $4700
Lot 14: Red Talent x VG-86 Dundee sister to EX-95 Apple-Red- $4300
Lot 70: Jeeves calf x Linden-Loch Stormatic Penny (EX-92), from the heart of the EX-95 Promis family- $4300 and her Goldwyn sister sold for $4200.
Special thanks to all of the buyers and we wish you much success with your purchases.
Vision Genetics recently scored some of their cattle housed at Spruce-Haven Farm in Union Springs, NY. Highlights include:
Charlesdale Gwyn Jetta-ET VG-87- Goldwyn x EX-91 Allen sister to Jeeves
Golden-Oaks Dur Rae2-ET- VG-86- Durham x Golden-Oaks Perk Rae-Red (EX)- pot 9th gen EX!
To-Mar Mac Delight-ET - VG-85 (86-MS) +2001 GTPI Mac x VG-89 Goldwyn x EX-95 Durchan
Glen-Valley Bolt Cynthia-ET- VG-85 (85-MS)- Bolton x VG-87 Shottle x VG-87 Durham x EX-93 Winchester- dam of #1 GTPI Alexander
Vision-Gen Pontiac Mitzi- VG-85 (86-MS)-Pontiac x VG-87 Shottle sister to Sid
Sixcorner Darel Dasha-ET -VG-85 (86-MS)- Bolton x VG-88 Titantic x VG-87 Skychief x EX-91 Encore- full sister to Dundee
Ensenada Pontiac Phoenix-ET -VG-85(85-MS) Pontiac x VG-87 Shottle x VG-88 full sister to Planet
Wa-Del DH Colby Paula-ET-GP-83 (85-MS) +2013 GTPI Colby x VG Boliver x 87 Addison x Bellwood Orange family
November 1:
The Vision-Gen & Partners Elite Offering held on Friday, October 29th in Intercourse, PA was well received with 143 full lots averaging $3,452.10 for a total gross of $500,225.00. Over 200 people attended on a beautiful Lancaster County day.
The first two lots in the ring were 14 & 15, two full sisters sired by Super with lot 14 having a GTPI +2196 and Lot 15 a GTPI +2246. Their dam, an Excellent Goldwyn from the Barbie family also sold ($6,500.00 to Ben Shelton, NC). Select Sires placed the winning bid of $25,500.00 and chose lot 15. Lot 14 was quickly put up again and commanded the third high price of the day at $18,000.00 selling to Dennis Wolff of Millville, PA.
Lot 62, a really fancy Shottle daughter born May, 2010 carried a GTPI +2380 and sold for $19,500.00 to Bill & Tim Rauen, Tom & Rick Simon and Mark Butz of Farley, IA. The dam was an unscored daughter of Goldwyn from an EX-91 Outside and the second dam was Chief Adeen! The dam sold for $8,900.00 to Mike Heath, Purple Fever, Steve Morrill and Gerbaten Acres of Lowville, NY.
Rock Hill Dairy of NM, batted away all day on tremendous cattle and procured lot 29, a very fancy Atwood daughter born April, 2010 with a GTPI +2118 for $16,000.00. Her dam is an EX-90 Shottle daughter of the great Lila Z! In all, Rock Hill took home 30 head and they were special!
Lot 14, a February, 2010 daughter of Man o Man sold for $14,000.00 to Carlyle Westendorp of Nashville, MI. Her dam is EX-92 Goldwyn Wistful! Ben Shelton and Arlin Buttke from North Carolina sat front and center and cherry picked some tremendous fresh cows and fancy heifers all day! It was a sensational offering and the cattle all found new homes that should please all the buyers!
In all, cattle sold to 12 different states plus England and Canada. Fifty head commanded a price of $3,000.00 or more! It was great to see some friends from California including Gil Teixeira who took home 4 head! We wish Gil and Linda our very best!
Congratulations to Corey Wolff of Vision Genetics for breeding such a tremendous selection of high Genomic cattle with phenomenal pedigrees! The sale staff was magnificent handling bids from across the country and at the sale facility, including; Les Terpstra, Rick Verbeek, Ray LeBlanc, Mike Weimer, Tom Harkenrider, Nick Raggi, Dan Brandt, Horace Backus, Tim Rauen, Bob Landis, Amy Savage, Don Welk and David Rama. The fitting crew headed by Jason Thomas had the cattle looking superb as always!
Next Vision-Gen & Partners Elite Offering will be held on Friday, March 18, 2011, in Intercourse, PA. Plan your trip now and get ready to buy some elite genetics worth the money!
October 16:
Vision Genetics recently classified a few cows housed at Recipient Solutions in Rocky Ridge, MD. Highlights include:
· Juniper Goldwyn Wistful was raised to EX-92. Her dam is EX-95 Outside Wish, followed by two more EX-94 dams. She has numerous daughters selling on Oct 29th.
· Calbrett Shottle Lea is now EX-90. She is a Shottle from EX-94 Lila Z and sells along with multiple daughters, including a +2118 GTPI Atwood.
· Regancrest-Lov Geva was also raised to EX-90. This Goldwyn daughter is from an EX Outside, followed by an EX-92 full sister to Barbie. She also sells on Oct 29th with multiple daughters including a +2246 Super.
-Castleholm Durham Riddle was raised to VG-89. She is a potential 14th generation EX from the Royal Rosa family. Her VG-87 Stormatic and bred heifer by Bolivia will sell on Oct 29th.
March 29: Vision Genetics recently classified a few cows housed at Recipient Solutions in Rocky Ridge, MD. Highlights include:
· RC-LC Goldwyn ATM scoring EX-90 just 3 weeks fresh. ATM was Intermediate Champion of the Premier National Jr Show in 2008. She is owned with Tom Mercuro and Nick Raggi
· Whittier-Farms Z Regina-ET is now VG-86. Sired by Zenith, Regina is a daughter of Whittier-Farms Outside Roz, who recently scored EX-95
· Miss Penny Petunia scored VG-86 88-MS. Petunia is a Goldwyn from Linden-Loch Stormatic Penny EX-92. The next two dams are 2E-92, 2E-95 Promis. Petunia is owned with Tom Mercuro and Tom Priest and sells in the Vision Gen Elite Offerings sale on April 23.
January 11, 2010: Read Corey Wolff's letter to breeders about the exciting changes happening with AMS Genetics. The letter may be found here.
January 12, 2010: Mark your calenders for the Vision-Gen Elite Offerings to be held on April 23rd in Lebanon, PA. This sale will feature approximately 75 lots from some of the premier cow families in the U.S. A select group of 40 will also sell from partners Tom Priest and Tom Mercuro. The sale will be managed by the Cattle Exchange.