The first son to be offered by a Canadian bull has left the vendors surprised at the 13th Valley Creek Simmentals online sale, Friday, September 12, via AuctionsPlus.
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The "dark horse" of the draft by the Canadian sire MFI Jeremiah 9022 has set the bar for stud, reaching a top of $40,000 with 14 of 18 bulls selling to an average of $9130, while the pick of the heifers reached $10,000 and one out of three semen packages sold to $700 per straw.
Valley Creek V070, by the Canadian sire, weighed 740 kilograms while recording the largest scrotal circumference in the catalogue of 46.5 centimetres at