The small village of Saint-Anselme, just south of Quebec City, provincial capital of Quebec was the site of an extraordinary Jersey sale on July 9th! 33 head of Jerseys from consignors in Quebec, Ontario, Alberta and even Jersey Island attracted a terrific average of $3142!!

The sale was held as part of the "11th Expo- Vente" a key program highlight of L'Expo B.B.Q. Bellechasse. This was only the second year that Jerseys had been added to the sale roster. Some key Jersey leaders in Quebec like Marcel Choiniere, President of Jersey Quebec and Marie-Claire Girod, sense a terrific increase in interest in the Jersey breed in this dairy farm- rich area of Canada's largest dairy province.

They strongly proposed that the major summer Jersey event in Quebec be delivered at this event. The wisdom of their foresight was well proven by the results of the sale. Twenty two different buyers appeared on the list of purchasers. Of these nineteen were very new Jersey owners with two Ontario buyers and one partnership of two established Quebec herds!!

A flurry of rapid budding greeted the first live Jersey lot and eventual high seller HAUTPRE FUSION FANNY, a beautiful November 2003 heifer. Her selling price of $7400 was almost two thousand dollars above the price of the next highest seller.

Fanny, who is the carries the highest Parent Average for Lifetime Profit Index of any Jersey heifer in Canada was the consignment of Denis Masse and Isabelle Roy of Ferme Hautpre at Louiseville Quebec. In the last decade this energetic young couple has added Jerseys to their famed Hautpre Ayrshire herd, consistently one of the highest producing in Canada.

Her sire is Semex Alliance star Molly Brook Fusion-ET the second highest bull in Canada for LPI. Her dam is Hautpre Perimiter Florence VG-87%-2yrs, the number two cow in Canada for LPI at +2148 in May 2004. Florence is a daughter of another Semex star Rock Ella Perimiter-ET the high bull for domestic LPI as of the May 2004 proof run. Florence is projected to over 8,000 kilograms of milk and 460 kilos of fat at 5.8% fat and BCAs of 310 milk, 336 fat and 328 protein. Florence is also backed by two generations of Excellent dams and is one of eight closely related members of Hautpre's F family who occupy eight places among the top 90 cows in the Jersey breed for LPI. Six of these cows rank in the top nine of the breed.

Excited new owners of this cow are the partnership of Ferme Familiale Donald Beland Inc of Neuville, Quebec and Ferme Mathis, St Hyacinthe, Quebec.

Genesis By Whom June, sired by Giprat Belle's By Whom-ET and consigned by Paul and Virginia Warwick of Exeter, Ontario. She sold for $5500 and is now owned by Greg Mortson of Oro Station, Ontario.

Bridon LS Eden ET, sired by Lester Sambo and consigned by the Sayles families of Bridon Farms, Paris, Ontario. For $4300 she is now owned by Stephane Julien of Quebec.

Lencrest JW Golden Girl, sired by Rapid Bay Just Wait and consigned by Gary and Maureen Bowers of Coaticook, Quebec. Also for a $4300 price tag she sold to Ferme Arolene, Quebec.

Valleystream Remake Shimmer, sired by Rock Ella Remake-ET, consigned by the Moreys of Unique Stock Farm, Rochester, Alberta and purchased by Fred Petzold of Americana Ltd. of Ohio, USA and Ontario for $4300.

Paullor Extra Nancy, another consignment selling for $4300 is sired by Paullor Saturn Extra and was consigned by Paul and Lorraine Franken of Clinton, Ontario. She is now owned by Ferme Fermar of Quebec.

Peninsula Perimiter Christal, a Rock Ella Perimiter consigned by Jacob and Earl Vander Meulen of Stirling, Ontario fetched $4200 and is now owned by Alain MacHabee of Quebec.

Jaspar Extreme Letitia, a Piedmont Nadine Extreme E-Et daughter sold for $4100. She was consigned by Jim and Tammy Sparling of Clinton, Ontario and is now owned by Ferme Jocelyn Cote and Ferme Clemar in Quebec.

Yovanovic Fusion Betty, a Molly Brook Fusion daughter was offered by Lisa C. Jovanovic, of St. Victor de Beauce, Quebec. For $4000 she is now the property of a syndicate of Jean-Yves Lacroix, Gilbert Vallieres and Clermont Tanguay all of Quebec.

In addition to the regular lots two donated animals were offered. Jersey Canada 2004 National President Wayne Boswell and his spouse Linda and their family of Marshfield Jerseys, Prince Edward Island donated proceeds from sale of a yearling heifer to begin fund-raising efforts for the 2005 Jersey Canada annual meeting in St-Hyacinthe, Quebec, next April.

Derrick Frigot, Secretary of the World Jersey Cattle Bureau, donated proceeds from sale of one of the members of his Willowstream herd in Canada to the World Jersey Cattle Bureau "Shaping Tomorrow" conference to be held in Canada in June and July 2005.

Jersey Quebec leaders are to be commended for their vision in taking Jerseys to an area of boundless demand! In this way they helped many dairy families to begin their Jersey- breeding careers on the right foot!