Among the Highest Averaging Sires

In each February issue of the Holstein World, they print a list of the sires with the highest averaging daughters sold at public auction. To be listed, a bull needs to have at least 20 daughters reported sold at public auction in 2010.  Reality-Red makes his debut on this list for the first time in 2010 with 45 daughters selling for an average price of $2,412. He outranks  last year’s  #1 leader, STBVQ Rubens.

Pg 52 Holstein World February 2011.

Junior All-American Nominations

2nd-Look RL Nacho 7288-Red

Nominated Junior All-American Winter Heifer Calf 2010

Nacho is one of two nominated Reality-Red daughters in the junior division. Lyons-DL Reality Yahoo-Red is the other. She was nominated for Junior All-American Red & White Spring Heifer Calf. Yahoo is bred and owned by Carly Lyons of Castalia, Iowa and was the 1st at the Grand International Junior Red & White Show.

Getting closer!

Castleholm Real Rosalyn-ET*RC Now VG-88 VG(88)MS

She has been raised in score this lactation to VG-88 with a VG-88 udder. Rosalyn's dam is a 13th generation Excellent, a Red-Marker with 59,244 4.2 2500 1771P. Rosalyn has a red year-old son by Sure-View Arrow-Red and a red heifer calf by Sand-Red, named Sand-Ra Rah-Red, a potential 15th generation EX born in September!

Going Up!

Hurtgen-Vue Reality Rae-Red Now VG-89 EX-MS

Rae-Red is one of the oldest daughters of Reality-Red. She just calved October 25 and was scored in January and gained a point to VG-89. She is getting closer to becoming Reality's first Excellent red daughter! Her Advent sister is now fresh, too.

Red Raven

Markwell Rubens Ritzi *RC EX EX(93)MS

5-4 2x 365 29,170 5.2 1466 3.1 926

Ritzi is the dam of a beautful red Hurtgen-Vue Reality-Red heifer calf, born January 2, 2011. This calf is one of the very few red and whites in the family. Ritzi's dam is the well-known Raven 3E-95 GMD DOM, then Elite 4E-92 and Emily 4E-94 GMD.

December 2010 Sire Summary

Hurtgen-Vue Reality-Red VG-88

TPI=+1821  

Type=+1.95   UDC=+1.49  FLC=+3.34
141 daughters in 88 herds (type)

Productive Life =+2.2  

+0.29%F +60F  +.06%P

Rae-Rea-Red!

Castleholm Real Rae-Rea-Red-ET

This Reality daughter is a January 2010 model and is from 13 generations of Excellents. Her dam is an EX Red-Marker with over 59,000M. Rae-Rea is owned by Castleberg Brothers, Wisconsin.