Spring-Fling Scottsdale Seminar & Sale 2015

Sale average $51,334.66 on 44 lots (included 5 embryo lots)

Lot 1 Triplecrown Al-Monty 933-ET $295,000
This Monterary x Delorean heifer calf is the highest GTPI(+2772) female ever offered at a public Auction
Lot 2 Peak Burberry ME 1077-ET $288,000
With a GTPI +2742, this Main Event female is the #1 GTPI in the world. Her dam Burberry is one of the highest GTPI females for her age group
Lot 20 Progenesis Bombero Mary-ET $246,500
Bombero female with a +2610 GTPI, outstanding Milk, Production & DGV. Her Dam, Gil-Gar Predes Merlot-ET already has 4 sons going into A.I.
Lot 5 Coyne-Farms Yoder Anna-ET $155,000
With a of GTPI +2702 she is the #1 Yoder Female on the Jan. 2015 Genomic run.
Lot 3 Thurler Commander Chantal-ET $150,000
This commander female is the #1 GTPI Commander animal in the world(GTPI +2678). Her Dam Aija Supersire Makea 11819995C sold for $40,000in the 2013 Sale of Stars
Lot 6 Synergy Troy Puzzle-ET $120,000
This Troy animal was #6 GTPI(+2700) female on the Feb. 2015 Genomic run. Her Dam, Synergy Uno Pot O Gold-ET on one flush produced 14 #1 embryos
Lot 8 Triplecrown-MH ME 950-ET $95,000
The #1 Main Event female on the Jan. 2015 Genomic run. With a GTPI of +2649 this female is a relfection of her Dam, Seagull-Bay SH Maureen-ET who is sure to be a high scoring 2 year old
Lot 25 Endco Race Myst 9298 $95,000
This Racer female has a +2556 GTPI.
Lot 7 Triplecrown M Event 972-ET $87,000
This Main Event female is a +2618 GTPI Red-carrier. She is the #2 GTPI Red carrier in the world
Lot 11 Minnigan-Hills Dijon-ET $85,000
The #1 GTPI(+2668) Defender female on the Jan. 2015 Genomic run.Her Dam Four-Calday Darby shows promise as a VG-2yr old
Lot 9 Minnigan-Hills Darla-ET $75,000
#1 GTPI(+2689) Montross female and the 6th overall GTPI Female of the Jan. 2015 Genomic run! Her Dam Four-Calday Darby shows promise as a VG-2yr old
Lot 13 No-Fla Main Event 39773-ET $72,000
The #2 GTPI(+2648) Main Event female on the Genomic Jan. 2015 run. Dam No-Fla Supersire 39773-ET has 2 sons awaiting A.I. results
Lot 10 Minnigan-Hills Dazzia-ET $60,000
The #4 GTPI(+2589) Montross on the Jan. 2015 Genomic run! Her Dam Four-Calday Darby shows promise as a VG-2yr old
Lot 47 WFC Command Liva 9361-ET $57,000
The #2 Commander in the world. GTPI +2666
Lot 22 Palmyra Haolgen Mya-ET $57,000
This Halogen female is #7 *RC Female in the world. Her Dam, Palmyra Lad Many-Red-ET is the full sister Ladd Mann-P at Select Sires
Lot 15 Peak Marq Al 939-ET $50,000
The #11 GLPI female in the world and #5 GTPI(+2654) Alta1stclass. Her Dam, Bryhill Ransom Marquisse-ET is the #1 Ransom daughter in the World!
Lot 18 Progenesis Kingboy Haley-ET $41,000
This Kingboy female has a GTPI+2616. Her dam Cookiecutter Aoak Hawaii-ET has her 1st son entering A.I. and is the sister to the popular “Haolgen”
Lot 12 Endco Montross Mint 9329-ET $40,000
+2500 GTPI Montross female with high milk & protein.Her Dam Bryhill Earnhardt Mint-P-ET is the dam to the #1 GLPI Polled heifer in the world & the #3 GTPI Polled female in breed (12/14)
Lot 16 Peak Marq Al 942-ET $40,000
This Alta1stClass female is the #20 GLPI Female in the world.Her Dam, Bryhill Ransom Marquisse-ET is the #1 Ransom daughter in the World!
Lot 17 Speak-NJ Commander Molly-ET $40,000
High GTPI(+2634) Early Commander and is the highest tested genomic daughter of De-Su 410
Lot 30 Peak Bella Blsto 1029-ET $38,000
This Alta1stclass female is in the top 20 PO RC females for NM$, Milk, Fat, Protein, Feed Efficency, SCS & DCE
Lot 48 WFC 1st McCari 9306-ET $37,500
This AltaFirstClass female has a GTPI+2607. Her Dam, Roorda SS McCari 15884 is EXTREME for Milk, Fat and Protein for her age group
Lot 14 Butlerview Com Mar 9295-ET $37,500
This Commander female has a GTPI +2615. She is an early commander with +62P & 81F. Her Dam Bryhill Suplex Marsielle-ET is the #1 GTPI Suplex
Lot 21 Peak Pie A1 1036-ET $36,000
This Alta1stclass female is #6 GTPI *RC in the world. Dam, MS M-P Dak 4777 Pie-Red-ET is GP-82-2yr old and will be re-scored in April
Lot 19 Progenesis Kingboy Gloria-ET $30,000
GTPI+2623 Kingboy female. Her Dam, Mormann SR Gingerbread-ET has two sons going into A.I. both over +2600 GTPI as well as 2 daughters over +2600 GTPI
Lot 23 Morsan Kingboy Amanda 2486 $28,500
Lot 32 Peak Fast Co Dav 1023 $24,500
Lot 24 Peak Mena A1 1039-ET $20,000
Lot 29 MS Moviestar Maui-ET $15,000
Lot 38 Peak Phillie A1 1081-ET $12,500
Lot 31 Peak Exotic KB 951-ET $12,000
Lot 45 RJR Windbrook 4037-ET $10,200
Lot 35 IHG Caption Ellie-ET $9000
Lot 27 Butlerview Main Mct 9256-ET $8500
Lot 28 Peak Shine ME P152-ET $8500
Lot 33 WFC Bombero HL Hail-ET $7700
Lot 36 Peak Rosa KB 1082-ET $6500
Lot 34 IHG Halogen Varsity 9037 $6200
Lot 4 Aija Supersire Makea 11819995C $2850/embryo
Dam of lots 3, 4 & 4A. This lot sells as Five #1 IVF Sexed Female embryos out of Rubicon.

 

The Spring-Fling Scottsdale Seminar & Sale will be taking place on March 3&4, 2015 in Scottsdale, AZ.

This exciting event will kick off with one of the most fascinating & stimulating Genomic Seminars on Tuesday, March 3, 2015. It will be followed by a world class sale on Wednesday, March 4, 2015. This sale will be featuring some of the Holstein Breeds finest as well as some of the highest GTPI, GLPI & Red Carrier Females In The World!

To view catalog click here
Added lots 47 & 48 here
Sale Updates here

Conference began with Jeff Butler welcoming the crowd and expressing his regrets on Ed Fellers behalf for not being able to attend.

First speaker of the day was Joao Durr – CEO of the Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding. His topic was an update on US Genetic Evaluations and what is to come.

Key points included:
– In todays’ genomic era Data Control is key, the more data that can be collected the better.
– Traditional business models will be challenged because of the different landscape making it necessary to have new business models
– there are new partners and new players in the game

Todays genetic Improvement still includes breeding goals, information database, genetic evolution and selection of breeding. These aspects remain the same but now just more spice to add to the equation.

Breeding goals– we still want to identify what kind of cow a farmer wants and the farmer still decides what to breed their cows to

Information Database includes:
– management data through DHI
– Genomic information
– pedigrees
– fitness and health data
– automated data
-contracted data
– sequence data

All supply and enhance the portfolio

Genetic Evaluation
– Conventional
– Genomic
– Novel methods
Now things are changing and not as clear cut as it was before

Mission

– is to maintain high standard of integrity data collection systems providing data
– provide for research and development
– Focused on improving US dairy cattle
– enhance world market competitiveness

People/Companies involved in process
– NAAB
– AI Units
-Semen Service
-National Dairy Herd Info
– Quality Certification
– Processing Centres
– Purebred Cattle Associations

Evaluations- provide both monthly and weekly. The difference is weekly reports not as reliable and not publically publishable.
– however the use of these reports for farmers provide smoother flow of data, the opportunity to cull earlier realizing that

Genomic testing
Total of 776,198 tested with 678,386 in North America and Europe the next closest at 83,321.

USA holds the highest amount with 76% and 26% in the other countries. Canada is the highest out of country percentage. USA sires highest use in world genetics with Canada being the second highest

New traits for future impact
– health
– age at 1^st calving
– lactation persistency
– days to 1^st insemination
– improve accuracy

Take home message
– World class services by World leading player
– Coordination optimizing resources, keeping focus and sharing benefits
– largest most diversified pool of herds to select from
– 1^st priority is transition
– Future – is novel traits and there will be new genomic developments
– Goal is to constantly improve services to keep customers happy

Speaker Brian Van Doormaal – General Manager of Canadian Dairy Network spoke on Profitable genetics in Canada. What are our priorities.

Brian indicated the export of Canadian genetics in 2014 was 43.7% of all dairy genetics. The fact that Canada has a significantly smaller dairy population this is significant.

Canada’s producer participation in programs
– 90% AI usage
-72% all cattle registered
– 75% DHI use
– 85% of animals in DHI are used for genetic evaluations
– 89% of those that use DHI also classify

There are no incentives for producers to do so, they do it for their own herd management purposes.

Canada has a unified collaborative industry when it comes to genetic evaluations. They are consistently seeking efficiencies including structure efficiencies to reduce the cost for the producers.

Canada has state of the art genetics evaluations. New or novel traits introduced regularly lately inclusive of Body Condition score and Clinical mastitis.

The industry shows strong commitment to investment in high priority areas of Research and Development. It is CDN’s goal to continue to ensure genetic evaluations are unbiased and accurate.

Of course there has been discussion about over evaluation of genomic evaluations in the past. This problem has occurred in every country in some degree. Prior to genomics Parent averages were over estimated for most AI young sires. Some were bias in traditional EBVS or PTA’s or through the blending process.

Canadian Dairy Network has aggressively addressed several aspects including the fact that there was no account for genetic level of mates (dams or daughters) in herds. Also no genetic evaluation model can account for preferential treatment. Daughters of sires not randomly used and are more likely treated in a special manner.

CDN also examined the use of embryo transfer and any bulls with 30% or less ET daughters there is no adjustment made to LPI however for every 1% over 30% there is roughly a 5 point adjustment drop on total traits in a bull’s proof. IF a bull had 100% ET daughters there would be a 350 point adjustment to proof.

Today we are seeing more acceptability for testing different sires in different countries then in the past. Now we truly have a borderless world of Holstein genetics and we share data between USA, Canada, Italy and the United Kingdom.

Genetic progress that has been made since 2009 from 54 points to 108 points

Today young sire usage is 57% both Canada and USA close to 60% but no difference in the number of bulls offered on the market which is still around 400 bulls in Canada, however the bulls offered are from a broader base of genetics and different countries. In the last 4 years increase in LPI points on average is 189 points.

Data confirms that the AI companies are purchasing the majority of the top bulls marketed but realizing there were still some opportunities missed within the general population.

LPI was introduced in 1991 and the goals have continued to be:

• Improve lifetime profit
  – High production
  – Long lasting – longevity
  -reduce cost of reproductive failure
  – reduce health and disease events
• Now Lifetime profit we have different sources of revenue- Milk cheque and merchandising genetics
• Trying now to maximize for commercial producer, commercial is not necessarily large but more milk cheque orientated. Functional traits have become more important and speak more towards $
• DHI provides profit values for both cows and herd nationally with constant economic parameters updated. DHI also provides profit values each calving
• Included in formula for Income
• Fat, Protein, Solids deduction fluid
• Expenses- Heifer rearing, overhead DIM, Dry, Maintenance Feed- DIM & Dry, Marginal feed Cost kg, fat, protein and quota opportunity and cost – kg/fat
• CDN analysis profit based 700,000 cows born between 2005-2008, 830 sires included with at least 100 daughters in profit data analysis.   Highest was a Holstein at 6 years old with total profit of $30,256
• Most profitable if they calve between 20-22 months of age, currently calving age average in Canada is 27 months
• New LPI formula will have the below changes
• Herd Life, Conformation, SCS, Mammary System, Feet & Legs- functional traits will more than likely have a slight increase with Milk, Fat and Protein yields with small decrease
• Starting in April weekly official genomic updates will be released
• New formula will not be published which is a bit of a concern with breeders trying to figure out what traits they need to focus on moving forward with the new formula.
• Zoetis presentation by Dr Dan Weigel
• Dan went over the benefits of genomic testing for commercial dairyman and reiterated how the milk cheque including yields and fat and protein content and fertility continues to be the main focus of the commercial dairyman they are working with.

Jeff Butler 217-341-2437 [email protected]
Ed Fellers 913-484-4121 [email protected]
Chris Hill 202-255-7907 [email protected]
Roger Turner 608-770-0012 [email protected]
Norman Nabholz 563-590-3204 [email protected]
Lloyd Simon 715-803-5696 [email protected]
Ray LeBlanc 802-249-2155 [email protected]
Paul Trapp 608-332-0079 [email protected]
Brian Carscadden 519-546-1194 [email protected]
Declan Patten 815-370-9544 [email protected]
Brian Craswell 902-628-7537 [email protected]
Simon Lalande 514-239-5435 [email protected]
Jay Jauquet 920-639-6408 [email protected]
Joe Price, Trucking Coordinator 765-618-5479 [email protected]
Troy Yoder 478-244-2172 [email protected]

Wednesday March 4th, 2015

8-9:15am – Dr. George Wiggans – Research Leader, AIPL/ARS/USDA – Genomics & Where it can take Us

9:15-9:30am – Break

9:30-12 noon – AI Panel Discussion – Where Will the Bulls Come From?
Dan Bauer – Genex CRI
Brian Carscadden – Semex Alliance
Ryan Weigel – Accelerated Genetics
Jon Schefers – Alta Genetics
Paul Trapp – ABS Global
Llyod Simon – industry consultant

12 – 1:00pm – Lunch

1:00-2:15pm – The International Perspective Panel Discussion
Paul Hunt – Alta Genetics in Holland
Jan DeVries – AI Total
Declan Patten – Australia

2:15 – 2:30pm – Break

2:30-3:45pm – Dr. Tom Lawlor – Executive Director of Research

3:45-4:00pm – Wrap Up

4:00pm – Hospitatlity hosted by Accelerated Genetics

5:00pm – Spring Fling Sale – Live auction of the breed’s top genetics