I would be interested in what the females brought if you get that info.Pretty good sale today. I stayed for all 68 bulls to be sold, then I stayed for about 5 of the heifers, but left to go back home for a different trailer. 1 bull brought $11k, two brought $9k+. a couple of $6 and $7k. The last 25 or so to sell were $2400-$2700. A ranch in South Dakota bought 5 or 6 Brangus...several went to places in Illinois and Missouri. 4 Ultrablack were bought by a ranch in Mexico, but no Brangus. I'd say most of the 68, probably over 55 of them, were born Oct, Nov and Dec 2022 . Th youngest 3 or 4, were born Jan 2023. The oldest was an Aug 22 Brangus, and was also the smallest. He looked like a 1970's Angus. I didn't like anything at all about his looks, but he brought $4700.
They said in the office that bulls went to buyers in 14 states and Mexico. Of the ones that stayed in the southeast, Florida got the bulk of them, then SC, then TN, then Alabama...with only 3 or 4 buyers from Ga.
This would have been the place for even a commercial breeder to get some top-quality genetics at a bargain price. I am guessing about 40 of the 68 were $4k +- and under. with 30 of those being $3k and under.
Lots of people buying off of EPDs and what the announcer would say about each one. They gave top dollar for bulls the announcer called as CE or heifer bulls, and held back on bulls they called "growth" bulls. But some of us bid based on pedigree, and what we saw.
It started at 1, and the bulls were done by 2:30. This was an extremely well-run sale. Good pace, good organization ...both in the pens behind the auction barn. , inside the auction ring, the office, as well as load out.
The first two were in the $7k's, the next three $5k-$6k, then I left the barn after that, and went to the office to pay. I was gonna go home and get a different trailer and come right back, because I wanted to see the commercial cows, pairs and heifers sell. But, found out we couldn't pay for what we bought until after the last commercial cattle were sold, and I knew that would be late at night. So, I just went home and came back this morning. I was wanting to see how the commercial cattle sold. They had some UB x Simm heifers that I was curious to see how they sold. Like these.I would be interested in what the females brought if you get that info.
I know. And people saying you can't buy better replacements than you can raise from your commercial cows, for the same or less money. Same is true for those $4k and less bulls Saturday, too. But, I have noticed the current beef prices doesn't really have that much to do with the price of registered stock. Back about 2020, when bred cows were $1100 at the most, heifers at maybe $800-$900, and black CAB potential steers were $1.50/lb, these bulls and heifers would have brought about the same price at that year's production sale..That helped pay for the trip.
Those heifers really weren't any higher than commercial stockyard heifers.
Well, dunno for sure what the bulls will be this year, yet. Won't have to decide til mid-March. I bought 3 Saturday that I was sure I'd use this year, but I think I may have them sold. I am still thinking long and hard on trying a black Simm, and a Brangus x Chi-Angus, if I sell these. But I think the sale catalouge is still up on the website. Out of the 68 bulls, they put pictures of maybe 20 of them. in the catalouge. Two of the three I kept had no pics, and the one Salacoa-bred bull, they had a picture of about 8 cows instead of his. They had that for another one, too. And I think it was lot #1 that they had a pic of a man standing in a squeeze chute. The organizer, in his opening statements, apologized about the catalouge. However, if it is still up, (it was yesterday) they did have a 30 second video of every bull out beside where you downloaded the catalouge. I will get my paperwork out of the truck tomorrow, and get the brand/hip number for those 3. You can take that and match it up to the lot #, and look at the videos, if you want to see them.Most everyone on here has posted a pic of their herd bull or bulls. I'd love to see a few pics of yours!