SALE REPORT
DEMAND STRONG AT CIRCLE A ANGUS FALL SALE

October 21, 2017
Iberia, Mo.

Circle A Angus Ranch, headquartered in Iberia, Mo., was proud to host their 11th annual Fall Bull & Heifer sale in conjunction with the Dispersal of their Spring-calving Registered cowherd offering 647 head sold on October 21st. The demand for all classes of cattle was strong and prices were very steady.

One hundred one bulls averaged $4,258 with the high selling bull going to Steve Luelf of Mountain Home, Ark., for $10,000. Lot 82, Circle A Payweight 6052, has exceptional growth and carcass EPDs and a wide, stout phenotype to match. Lot 12, a son of R B Tour of Duty 177, sold for $9,000 and Lots 1 and 8 sold for $8,000. Fourteen bulls sold for $5,000 or more, with 50 bulls selling for $3,750 or less.

One hundred twenty-five commercial, bred heifers, sold in lots of five ultrasounded to calve within ten days of one another and fetal sexed, averaged $2,003 per head. Mike and Gregg Farms of Jefferson City, Mo., were the high-volume buyers taking home 25 head and Wendy Cantrell from Miller County Stockyards of Eldon, Mo., took home 20 head.

The top selling registered female was Circle A Rita 5H11 7044, a heifer calf by Quaker Hill Rampage 0A36 out of a Basin Payweight 1682 and selling to Sydenstricker Genetics of Mexico, Mo., for $5,250. Top selling cow was Circle A Rita 5H11 8014 selling to Mead Farms of Barnett, MO for $5,000. David Linnenburger, of Canton, Mo., purchased two bred heifers at $4,000 each.

Circle A feels fortunate to be part of their customers' success and attributes their part to good genetics, good service and an industry leading calf buy-back program. The next opportunity to purchase Circle A genetics will be on March 17th, offering 150 bulls and 200 Fall-calving bred heifers.

Circle A Angus Ranch is a 30,000 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 the industry's most accurate in-herd EPDs for tenderness, feed intake, heifer pregnancy, cow stayability and terminal and maternal profit indexes.