The Blue Gene Milking Herd Dispersal & Select Heifer Sale was held on Saturday, May 10th in North Bangor, NY. 141 lots graced the shavings for a sale average of $3,553 on 127 full lots with a sale gross of $455,950.00. Owners Eugene & Holly Poirier & Andre & Camey Poirier had assembled and bred a magnificent herd of cattle with a BAA of 109.8%. The heifers offered in the sale were newborns and yearlings and several bred heifers. The Poirier family retained 40 bred heifers for the nucleus of their new herd along with several older cows. Lots 48 & 49 tied for topping the sale at $16,000.00 each with both selling to Gene Iager of MD. Lot 48 was a fabulous Alexander daughter from an EX-92 Goldwyn that was 1st Sr 3yr old & Int. Sr. Champ 2012 East Fall Nat. 2012 from the great Licorice family! She sold carrying an ultra sound female by Dundee. Lot 49 was a beautiful uddered daughter of Fever bred to Armani from a 2E-94 Durham from the Roxies! Richard Smith of TN was contender on her and bidding was fierce on both lots. Lot 64 was third high for the day selling for $10,200.00 to J.R. McDonald in Canada with Jamie Black handling the bid. This really fancy Sid daughter sold four days fresh & her dam is a VG-87 full sister to Gold Missy (EX-95 All-Can & All-Am). The sale was managed by The Cattle Exchange with cattle selling to nine states and several Canadian provinces. Sale staff included Dave Rama handling the gavel, Horace Backus presenting pedigrees, Don Welk, Jamie Black, Dave Crack, Mike Garrow & Ray LeBlanc worked the ring and handled phone bids throughout the day. It was a bright, extremely windy day in the North Country with wind gusts in excess of 45MPH. Congratulations to the Poirier family on breeding a tremendous set of cattle, a beautiful farm and their gracious hospitality! DMR
Posted on: Tue, 20 May 2014 20:00:50 +0000