Illini Golden Opportunity Sale 2009
The 2009 Illini Golden Opportunity Sale was held Saturday, October 24, at the Bond County Fairgrounds in Greenville, Ill. A large crowd gathered to enjoy the beautiful fall day as 80 lot were auctioned off grossing $180,300 with a live and choice lot average of $2411.64.
From left to right: Brian Behnke, sale staff; Les Terpstra, sale staff; Larry Kleiner, pedigrees; Nelson Heinzmann, buyer of second high lot; Lucas Clanton, sale chairman; Tom Morris, auctioneer; Scott Courtney, representing buyer of high selling lot; Ethan Heinzmann, co-chairman; and, Jason Oertel, buyer of second high seller.
Topping the sale was Lot 2 consigned by Nova & Friends and purchased by Mark Sollien, Mabel, MN. The buyer has the choice of either 1st Choice of 5 Jeeves pregnancies due in November or December of a 2nd Choice of 4 October Million calves from Nova-TMJ Golden Edie-ETS VG-87 with a +2200 CTPI. She has 4 full sisters all in the Top 100 CTPI. The grandam of the choice is the famed UFM-Dubs Eroy VG-87 DOM with a CTPI of +2130.
The next high selling lot was purchased by Nelson Heinzmann and Jason Oertel of Carlyle, Ill., and consigned by Golden Oaks Farm, Wauconda, Ill. Lot 20 is a Choice from Golden-Oaks Champ Rae-ET EX-92 of either Goldwyn, Atwood or Aftershock pregnancies. Champ Rae is from the heart of the Roxy family with the Choice being a potential 9th generation Excellent.
Three lots sold for $5000. Lot 17, Golden-Oaks Planet Dice-ET, is a genomic teste Planet from a EX Throne. Her GTPI is +2088 and +3.61T. The February calf traces her roots to Snow-N-Denises Dellia 2E-95 GMD DOM. She was purchased by Matthew Jansen, Damiansville, Ill., and consigned by Golden Oaks Farm.
Two lots consigned by Kingsmill Farm II LLC, also sold for $5000 each. Lot 19, Kingsmill Damion Trella-ET, was purchased by Kyle, Nathan and Jason Schneider of Greenville, Ill. She is a November 2008 Damion from Del-Hollow Stormin Trudy-ET EX-93. Trudy topped the Queen of the Breed Sale and is a 7th generation Excellent Roxy. Lot 24, Kingsmill Dndee Dulce-ET, is a January 2009 Dundee out of BVK Durham Duchess-ET, a VG-88 daughter of Ms Kingstead Chief Adeen-ET 2E-94 DOM. She was purchased by Springbrook Farms, Marshall, Ind.
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