SALE REPORT
CIRCLE A ANGUS HOSTS 8TH ANNUAL FALL BULL SALE

October 18, 2014
Iberia, Mo.

Circle A Angus Ranch, headquartered in Iberia, Mo., was proud to host their 8th Annual Fall Bull & Heifer sale offering 323 head sold on October 18. The bleachers were filled with potential buyers vying for the opportunity to own elite genetics backed by great service by bidding on the 127 bulls, and 196 bred heifers.

One hundred twenty-seven bulls averaged a record smashing $6,659 with Lot 71, Circle A Brilliance 3204 going for $15,500 as the high selling bull. Sold to Steve Luelf, of Mountain Home, Ark., Lot 71 has exceptionally high growth genetics and is out of Circle A's own Brilliance 1066 and a dam going back to the famed Rita 5H11. Lot 1, a Hoover Dam son sold to David Edwards of Prairie Home, Mo., for $15,000 and Lot 54, an EXAR Upshot 0562B son sold to Nathan Ballard of Farmington, Mo., for $15,000. Pat Patterson of Nowata, Okla., was the high volume bull buyer taking home nine head. Forty-one bulls sold for $7,000 or more, with 12 head going for $10,000 or more.

One hundred ninety-six commercial, bred heifers, sold in lots of five, ultrasounded to calve within ten days of one another and fetal sexed, averaged $2991 per head. Brent Bettels of Butler, Mo., was the high volume buyer taking home 38 head. Nathan Pierce of Lexington, Miss., took home 20 head and several buys took home 15 head. High selling heifer lots were 15 head going to Sellmeyer Farms of Vinita, Okla. for $3,400.

The optimism concerning the current and future cattle market was apparent and Circle A feels fortunate to be part of their customers' success and attributes their part to good genetics and great service. The next opportunity to purchase Circle A genetics will be on March 21th offering 200 bulls and 300 fall-calving, bred heifers.

Circle A Angus Ranch is a 24,000 acre, 7,000 head ranching operation headquartered in Iberia, Mo., with satellite operations in Stockton, and Huntsville. Owned by the Dave Gust Family, Circle A's motto is �Quality beef is our business.� Circle A markets more than 400 Black Angus bulls and 600 Premium Angus females annually at sales held the third Saturday's of March and October.

Circle A offers a full�time customer service representative, free delivery with the purchase of two or more bulls, the most generous calf buy�back program in the country and access to the best genetics through the Angus Sire Alliance and the industry's only in�herd EPDs for tenderness, feed intake, heifer pregnancy, cow stayability and terminal and maternal profit indexes.