November 14-15, 2008
Franklin, Texas

Cattlemen from across the country and Mexico crowded into the Camp Cooley Ranch sales facility November 14th & 15th for the 2008 “New Beginning Bull Sale.” Buyers found the offering to their liking and compliments on uniformity and thickness were abundant. Buyers took home 576 bulls at a rapid pace and a torrid average of $3,382 making this, again, one of the industry's premier events.

The sale also marked the launch of Camp Cooley Genetics, a premier seedstock provider and a unique service company focusing on assisting its partners with breeding, managing, and marketing their cattle. Camp Cooley Genetics will combine the expertise of Camp Cooley Ranch, Ultimate Genetics, and Camp Cooley Beef into one customer-service driven entity.

The tone was set early on Friday as the Brangus herd sire prospects started the sale. One-half interest of LTD of Brinks 415T28 sold for $50,000. This powerful Csonka son combined phenotype and numbers as no other. Cavender Ranch, Bullard, Texas, made the purchase of this exciting spring coming two-year-old bull to add to their quality herd bull battery.

Lambert of Brinks 317R3, a proven herd sire, added to the excitement as half-interest in the #3 ranked Brangus trait leader for IMF and proven calving ease leader sold for $46,000. This Lead Gun son, out of the feed efficiency king, Good Fortune, on the bottom of the pedigree, went to two stalwart programs in the Angus breed when Three Trees Ranch, of Sharpsburg, Ga. and Southern Cattle Co., of Marianna, Fla. teamed up to own him.

Cavender Ranch and Southern Cattle Co. partnered to own the third high selling bull when they paid $25,000 for one-half interest in Patton of Brinks 30T22. Patton is another son of Csonka of Brinks and records powerful growth numbers in a moderate package. His dam, the day before, sold for $17,500 to RRR Ranch of Claxton, Ga.

Scipio of Brinks 99T29 was another crowd favorite and became the third high selling Csonka son when 101 Ranch of Strawn, Texas paid $20,000 to own him. He is the #3 ranking REA EPD non-parent in the Brangus breed.

Santa Rosa Ranch, of Navasota, Texas purchased Omar of Brinks 193T2 for $18,000. This Brinks Brightside 607L11 son was out of a first calf heifer and is ultra correct in his structure and pleasing in his profile.

Cooley Royce 1107T39 was the talk of the Charolais offering. Bill Garret of Crossville, Tenn. purchased one-half interest of this Schurrtop HCR Rancher son out of a Duke 17J daughter for $13,000. Cooley Royce is big topped and free moving with an overpowering presence.

Jonathon Watson of Havana, Ark. paid $5,000 to own one of the top selling yearling Charolais herd sires. He purchased Cooley Meade 520T29. This stout made Leader son boasted a 1,364 lb yearling weight and scanned a whopping 17.3 UREA. Raphael Ortega of Houston, Texas also paid $5,000 to own Cooley Forrest 166T4 by LC Suspect and out of our pick of the cows in the DeBryuker herd, G166.

In the Angus offering, demand ran deep throughout. 101 Ranch purchased Cooley Zeus 722T24 for $6,000. This Woodhill Foresight son boasted top 4% of the breed $B with top 2% milk and a pleasing BW.

The second high selling Angus bull was another Foresight son and Galan and Patti White of Henderson, Texas paid $5,250 to own Cooley Foresight 722T20, a full brother to Zeus.