We had a good sale. Total sale average of $3970. Top selling bull was HC Timeline 17T who is an ET calf sired by SULL GNCC Salute 532R sold for $20,000. His dam is our Shadybrook Presto donor that I have posted a picture on here a few times before.He was purchased by a group of 8 breeders and commercial men who were all looking at him and thought they would not be able to buy him by themselves. Some of them got talking in the pen and decided to join forces and each own a piece rather than nothing. He may be the best bull I have raised to date.
Bulls sold from northern British Columbia to Missouri. We had good commercial participation with many of them willing to pay $3000 to $4200 for bulls. We did not seem to have any people waiting to see if they could pick up a bull cheap ... whicih was interesting. All in all, we were pleased with the results for this first sale. It is a great place to build from. Now,if only my cows had given me more bulls. We are still crazy high on heifers . I haven't done a total count lately, but I know for sure that we are still over 80 % heifers.
By the way, I took Major Leroy to the sale and displayed him there. We has been running on a small pasture for several weeks with only hay to eat. I was surprised when we ran him over the scale and he hit 2700 lb. I did not think that was too bad for a moderate framed bull. Length X Width = weight. That air underneath really doesn't weigh very much!
