National Aubrac sale this Thursday

[Aubracusa]

Hello, everyone --

Our first-ever National Aubrac sale takes place this Thursday, March 1, 2007, @ 1:00 CST. The sale will be broadcast on Superior Livestock Auction. You can download the following documents at http://www.aubracusa.com:

* Sale catalog
* Results of our first-ever National Roughage Bull Test
* Evaluator's scores and "picks" of all sale animals
* Ultrasound data of the two dozen yearling Aubrac bulls.

Please call us at 402-499-0329 or 402-795-6210 if you have any questions. Or you can write me at [email protected].

Best regards,

http://www.aubracusa.com

 

[ga. prime]

I watched some of that this afternoon. Real nice looking bulls.

 

[rkm]

I watched The sale. I was unimpressed. Some good cattle, but also poor quality for a national sale. To many had 50% or less Aubrac blood. You could tell the auctioneer knew very little about the Aubrac breed. Not trying to be negative, but that was my impression. I guess you have to start someplace. It didn't seem like there was much of a crowd.

 

[ga. prime]

I was impressed. Great looking cattle, national sale or otherwise. I really liked that a variety of %Aubracs were offered for sale. And that auctioneer was on top of it. Not trying to be overly positive here. Astonishingly strong crowd considering the blizzard conditions.

 

[Matt Schiel]

Can we get a third opinion. One guys says it was great and another says it was just o.k.

Thanks,

Matt Schiel

 

[Aubracusa]

Hi, Matt --

Sale conditions were about as bad as I've ever seen with a blizzard that shut down all the roads to and from the sale barn.

We had three bulls over $5,000, with the balance bringing between $1,800 and $3,700. We had some "no sales" with no bidding activity.

We had some inconsistency in the quality of the cattle, something you can expect at a consignment sale representing a dozen or so breeders. The top end of the cattle was exceptional.

All things considered, it was a good event. Thank goodness for Superior, which pulled our bacon from the fire.

Best,

Aubracusa

 

[Aubracusa]

You can still view photos and video of the sale cattle @ http://www.aubracusa.com. We have also posted the ultrasound data and the judge's scores.

Aubracusa