2018 Pot O’Gold Sale

Robert Graves, Dundas, Ill., purchased another one of the consignments who sold with A.I. interest from CRV and Semex. He secured JX Jer-Z-Boyz Got Maid 61357 {6} with a winning bid of $6,200―the second-high price of the day. The full-age junior calf is sired by JX Sunset Canyon Got Maid {5}-ET, GJPI +184. She has GPTAs of +728M, +70F and +47 and is +1.5 for Type. Her GJPI of +182 ranks among the top 500 for genotyped heifers.

Her dam is a Very Good-82% daughter of Rowleys 11 Visionary Chili-ET, GJPI +154, with a GJPI of +130. Her Excellent-90% grandam, sired by Jer-Z-Boyz Credibull {6}-P-ET, GJPI +135, has a two lactation m.e. average of 20,884―994―801. She ranked among the top 1.5% for genetic merit on sale day and today has a GJPI of +139. The next dam is sired by Sunset Canyon Medalist-ET, GJPI +89.

“Got Maid 61357 {5}” was consigned by Jer-Z-Boyz of Pixley, Calif.

Austin Haywood, Hastings, Mich., chose the third high seller, JX Dodan LH Future Trifecta {4}-ET, for $5,100. The February 2018 daughter of JX Faria Brothers Future {3}-ET, GJPI +152, sold with A.I. interest from Semex. She has GPTAs of +801M, +65F and +40P and is +148 for GJPI and +1.7 for Type. She is from the same lineage as Tollenaar Impuls Louie 260-ET, GJPI +46, the breed’s former #1 bull for JPI, and traces eight generations back to Greenridge FW Chief Althea-ET, Excellent-92%, runner-up in the 2000 Jersey Journal Great Cow Contest.

Her dam, Dodan LH Chili Tilly-ET, Very Good-83%, ranks among the top 1.5% genotyped cows with a GJPI of +139. She has a two lactation m.e. average of 27,146―1,499―1,069. Her Very Good-88% grandam, sired by Sunset Canyon Dignitary-ET, GJPI +82, has a three lactation m.e. average of 27,008―1,371―1,064. She has seven Very Good or Excellent maternal sisters, two ranked on the top genetic lists. One of her maternal sisters, Dodan LH Visionary Tessa, Excellent-90%, has 28,710 lbs. milk, 1,344 lbs. fat and 1,048 lbs. protein at 3-2.

The third dam of “Trifecta {4}” is a Very Good-83% daughter of Schultz Rescue Headline, GJPI +58, with an m.e. average of 30,211―1,329―1,086 on four lactations. The fourth dam, Tollenaar Impuls 3220-ET, Very Good-88%, is a full sister to “Louie.” She has a best record of 2-10 305 25,370 7.0% 1,775 3.6% 922 92DCR. Her Excellent-91% fifth dam has 30,530 lbs. milk, 1,720 lbs. fat and 1,251 lbs. protein at 4-3. The next two dams are also appraised Excellent.

Her eighth dam, the previously mentioned “Althea,” has lifetime credits of 217,972 lbs. milk, 10,060 lbs. fat and 8,800 lbs. protein, a measure that topped the 2000 Leading Living Lifetime Production Contest for protein. In all, she has more than 90 Excellent and 530 Very Good descendants and numerous other descendants in A.I. sampling programs.

“Trifecta {4}” was consigned by the partnership of D & D Jerseys and Lloyd Heinz, Newton, Wis.

A pair of juniors from Hilmar purchased two heifers that sold for the fourth high price of the day―$5,000. Both heifers are sired by River Valley Circus Craze-ET, GJPI +174, and sold with A.I. interest from Semex. Cameron Swanson chose the second youngest of the day’s offering, JX Piedmont Rvale Craze Starlet {6}, a “Craze” daughter who will celebrate her first birthday in early March 2019. She has GPTAs of +885M, +39F and +27P and a GJPI of +151. She is +1.1 for Daughter Pregnancy Rate (DPR), +2.5 for Cow Conception Rate (CCR), +2.3 for Heifer Conception Rate (HCR) and +2.5 for Livability.

Her dam appraised Excellent-90% at 2-8 and has an m.e. of 24,174―1,130―837 on her first lactation. In her second lactation, the daughter of JX Denkel Rowleys V Jumbo 2114 {4}-ET, GJPI +114, has a herdmate deviation of +3,793M, +165F and +158P and is projected to 22,661 lbs. milk, 1,127 lbs. fat and 823 lbs. protein actual as a senior two-year-old.

Her grandam is sired by Heartland Merchant Topeka-ET, GJPI +40. Her Very Good-84% third dam has an m.e. of 18,341―943―691 on her first lactation. Her Very Good-88% fourth dam has a five lactation m.e. average of 20,144―955―725. The next seven dams are Very Good or Excellent and have at least four complete lactations.

“Starlet {6}” was consigned by Rosevale Jerseys, Gambier, Ohio.

Camille Herrera chose the other $5,000-priced heifer, Forest Glen Crazy Francine. The December 2017 “Craze” daughter has GJPIs of +1,023M, +37F and +38P. She is +2.1 for DPR, +2.1 for CCR, +1.8 for HCR and +149 for GJPI.

Her dam is a Very Good-81% daughter of Sweetie Plus Iatolas Bold {5}, GJPI +76, with an m.e. of 17,756―875―653 on her first lactation. Her Very Good-88% grandam, sired by Sun Valley Impuls Jupiter, GJPI +59, has a best record of 3-10 23,980 4.4% 1,052 3.5% 840 98DCR. Her third dam is appraised Very Good-80% and has a four lactation m.e. average of 17,466―874―661. Her Very Good-86% fourth dam has seven lactations―four over 20,000 lbs. milk―and a best record of 7-4 305 3x 24,070 4.3% 1,029 3.4% 823 97DCR. Her fifth dam has a three lactation m.e. average of 20,190―858―681. Her sixth dam is Very Good-89% and has a best record of 3-2 293 21,160 4.5% 957 3.6% 772 DHIR. The next dam is Very Good-85%.

“Francine” was consigned by De Groot Dairy Farms, Hanford, Calif.