SALE REPORT
SPRING IN THE EAST FLECKVIEH SALE AVERAGES $2,095 ON 36 LOTS
SALE SUMMARY
Average
20 Bred Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 2,655
2 Pair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,850
8 Open Heifers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,256
3 Bulls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,033
1 Embryo Lot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 6,400
1 Semen Lot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $11,455
36 Lots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$93,245 $ 2,095 |
May 2, 2009
Calhoun, Ga.
Ample rainfall throughout most of the Southeast helped produce a solid market at the Spring in the East IV Fleckvieh Sale here on May 2. Members of the sponsoring Fullblood Simmental Fleckvieh Federation brought an outstanding and diverse offering of Fleckvieh genetics to town which included Full German, Full South African, Polled and German x South African blends. The market held steady throughout the sale as 36 lots sold for a total of $93,245 to average $2,095. Twenty bred females averaged $2,655, two pair av¬eraged $1,850, eight open heifers sold for an average of $1,256 and three bulls for $2,033. One embryo lot brought $6,400, one semen lot sold for $11,455 and a special lot consisting of a semen tank with semen sold for $2,440.
ICC Polled Hacks, the Lot 1 bull consigned by Indian Creek Cattle Co. of Huntsville, Ala., was the high selling herd sire prospect at $4,000. A heterozygous polled son of the Canadian great Daytons Pol Neumann and stemming from the renowned Hacks Fraulein cow family, this correct, thick-made young prospect sold to Little Creek Farms of Starkville, Miss. Indian Creek's bred Full South African female, Bar 5 SA Sterna, took the high selling female honors at $3,700. This deep bodied, powerful female who stands on a correct set of feet and legs and is an own daughter of Salerika Majoor out of the immortal AI-AI Siska, will now walk the pastures of Caldwell Farms near Bidwell, Ohio. Another Indian Creek consignment, the top producing Edith by Hafke out of Lettmairs Elsa, was close behind at $3,600 going to Three Child Farms of Springfield, Mo. Blair Farms, Maryville, Tenn., had two high selling FGAF Boss 26N daughters, one going to Polled Power Fleckvieh, Greenbrier, Tenn., at $3,100, and the other to Rocking V Farm, Annville, Ky., for $3,000. Also selling for $3,000 was the Snell Simmental, Snellville, Ga., lot, SS Tammie. This fancy red, ring-eyed Bar 5 Stimulation daughter sold to Casey Weidel, Hebron, Neb.
Roy Schwake, Schwake Cattle Service, La Rue, Texas, who managed the Spring in the East Sale commented that, “even in these times of economic uncertainty the demand for Fleckvieh genetics remains strong illustrating their positive contribution to the beef cattle industry.”
