The fourth annual Calves for a Cause sale brought together more than 100 lots to raise funds for the London Hospital Foundation.
The sale, which was hosted by the Canadian Dairy Xpo (CDX), brought together about 40 top genetic calves, but also rare semen, embryos from top cows and even old, rare dairy sales catalogues and a cow sculpture created by renowned livestock photographer Patty Jones.
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Calves for a Cause has become one of several rallying charity events in Ontario run by the dairy industry, including Dairy Cares events in southern and eastern Ontario.
The Calves for a Cause sale, ran on April 3 at CDX in Stratford, had a high seller of $17,000 for Walnutlawn PG Bullseye Beverly.
Calves was created by the dairy farming Markus family, when Brooks, the son of Darrell and Sarah Markus was born with Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome (CCHS), a nervous system disorder that disrupts the brain’s control of autonomic functions like breathing.
