Big Dry Angus Sale

[Oldtimer]

I spent the day today looking at bulls and watching the Big Dry Angus Sale...The McRae family from Jordan Montana had a great sale averaging $3008 on 65 bulls- and these bulls all went to ranch's- not behind scenes swaps between breeders- with the top bull selling (according to my recordkeeping) to the Sieben Ranch for $4500- and only a couple of bulls selling down around the $2000 price....Most were about in the $3000 range across the board......

They have a following of ranchers- that have bought their bulls for years, with it seems a few new ones each year.....

Fantastic pen of quiet bulls- in great shape- and not a hot one during the whole sale even with all the jostling around in the yard....And then as normal Brent and Hillari held a great hospitality room for all their followers- where I got to talk with a lot of old south of the Missouri River friends that are here every year......

While Brent runs a different phenotype angus than I personally prefer (and we've agreed to disagree on ;-) )- one sire he has and his calves really caught my eye- and that is B D A R Boomerang P035 #14953937- a Leachman Boom Time son with RR 9440 Scotch Cap 1483 as mgs, who's sons just looked like meat machines with great fleshing ability.... This was a home raised sire that looks to me like he may be heard of in the future....

 

[BRG]

Good for them. I am always glad to see someone gets paid for their good cattle.

Question. Why do you and lots of other people think that when a seedstock breeder buys a bull or sells one to another seedstock breeder that it is a "behind the scenes swap" I agree that this does happen some, but not nearly as much as you think, and probably less than 1% of the time in all actuallality. We buy at least 1 bull a year sometimes alot more than that and have never done any of this. I manage a few sales for other breeders too and have not done any of it with other sales either.

 

[Oldtimer]

Good for them. I am always glad to see someone gets paid for their good cattle.

Question. Why do you and lots of other people think that when a seedstock breeder buys a bull or sells one to another seedstock breeder that it is a "behind the scenes swap" I agree that this does happen some, but not nearly as much as you think, and probably less than 1% of the time in all actuallality. We buy at least 1 bull a year sometimes alot more than that and have never done any of this. I manage a few sales for other breeders too and have not done any of it with other sales either.

It just always seems like if your watching the sales- when some breeder sells a bull for $50,000 this year to some other breeder- that that breeder then comes back the next year and buys a $50,000 bull in return :roll: Just coincidence -eh :???:
Anyway I know that practice has gained one group of breeders the nickname of the "Angus Mafia- be it rightfully gained or not, I don't know....

 

[Frankie]

I don't think you see the McRae family involved much in that high dollar stuff. They actually make a living from their cattle and use mostly their own bulls. I'm glad to see they're doing so well. Thanks. Oldtimer.