The Million Dollar Apple

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LITCHFIELD, Conn. -- Apple was certainly the apple of someone's eye. The cow was sold for $1 million Monday at an auction in Connecticut.

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Representatives of the farm said Apple could be the most expensive cow ever sold in this country.

The reason for the steep price tag is her genes, her breeding potential and her rare red color, the television station reported.

"She has the ability now to make black and white daughters or red and white daughters that could sell. In fact we sold five daughters of her yesterday as well, separately," said Terri Packard, manager of Arethusa Farm.

The 5-month-old calves sold for as much as $160,000 each.

"So her pedigree and her physical structure are what make her very marketable and the fact that she's red is the icing on the cake," Packard said.

Apple The Cow Sells For $1 Million At Auction - News Story - WNBC | New York

We used to sell puppies in the early 60's for $2500 a piece, that's equivalent to over $17,000 today! But $1 million for a cow is insane! That's alot of MOO-lah!