SALE REPORT
BLUEGRASS INVITATIONAL GELBVIEH SALE AVERAGES $2,312 ON 36 LOTS

 

SALE SUMMARY                                                                       Average 36 Total Lots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$2,312

 

October 25, 2008
Mt. Sterling, Ky.

A good crowd was on hand for the Kentucky Gelbvieh Association social and educational seminar held Friday evening, October 24. Susan Willmon, AGA Director of Breed Improvement, shared an informative program with members that will certainly help them with breeding decisions. A silent auction of donated gifts and a semen auction raised well over $1,000 for the Ky Junior Association. The following day saw good demand for an outstanding offering of Gelbvieh genetics. The sale average was $2,312 on 36 lots.

Topping the sale was Maverick 70T, a double black, double polled purebred son of CTR Highlight 066K. Maverick scored an 8 on the Igenity test for marbling and percent choice.

Pleasant Meadows Farm and Bar None Ranch teamed up to purchase full possession and semen rights. B & W Farms, C-Cross Cattle Company, ClayJohn Farms, Circle K Gelbvieh, Circle R Gelbvieh, Double Bar H, Eagle Pass Ranch, Gentle G Farm, JenJoe Farms, Larry P & Sunny D Farms, McIntosh Brothers, and Padon Farms purchased semen from this outstanding young herd sire. The total package for Maverick 70T was $13,250.

Lot 4 was the high selling open heifer. She is a homozygous black Highlight 066K daughter out of the donor Whitley 102A. She sold for $4,900 to Padon Farms. A maternal sister by Carolina Fortune, Lot 3, sold for $3,600 to Hood-Richman Farms. Lot 2, a homozgyous black Balancer female out of the donor Pearl L023, sold to Eagle Pass Ranch for $3,500.

Lot 7, a Collateral out of Magic Muffin, was the top selling bred heifer at $2,150. Single Tree Farms picked up this fancy red heifer.

Topping the pairs were Lot 32/32A and Lot 17/17A selling for $3,000 each. Lot 32, Lady Liberty, was purchased by Larry Brandon. Her Balancer daughter sired by Integrity was picked up by Sun Set View Farm. Lot 17, a Govenor daughter, found a new home with Kilbourne Gelbvieh. Lot 17A is a fancy show heifer prospect that caught the eye of Riverview Gelbvieh.

Auctioneer: Todd Barlow

Sale Manager: Slaughter Sale Management