simme
Old Dumb Guy
Used my last straw this week from this 1999 semen collection.
Simmental bull HC Power Drive 88H. An interesting story on this bull. This bull was born in Bean Station, Tennessee on Mr. Hugh Henry's farm. Mr. Hugh was/is in the carpet business there as his day job. He had purchased a bred heifer from Kappes Simmental in South Dakota in December, 1997. The bred heifer had this nice bull calf in March, 1998. Mr. Hugh consigned the yearling bull calf to the March, 1999 Simmental sale at the Tennessee Beef Agribition. I was interested in the bull and decided I could spend $5,000 on the bull. Normally at this yearly sale at that time, that would have been enough to get a bull bought. Mr. Hugh told me that the sales manager had told him that the bull might bring as much as $10,000. Best as I remember, the bull sold for $17,000. A pretty good price for a simmental bull in 1999. He sold to Triple C Farm in Wisconsin. The new owner was Peter Courtney - a very nice older guy whose day job afforded him the opportunity to enjoy life as he saw fit which included an exceptional herd of Simmental cattle with a national reputation. This semen was from one of the early collections of the bull. Collected at Nichol's Cryo-Genetics in Iowa. The bull sired many many offspring - several which sold for big money. Best I remember, the new owner decided to exhibit the bull at the National Western Livestock Show in Denver where he was the Grand Champion Simmental bull. The owner decided to have the bull cloned. There were 3 clones produced. When the bull eventually died, his head was mounted to hang on the wall at the farm. It all traced back to that little operation in Bean Station, TN. I believe we have some CT members from that area that might know Mr. Hugh Henry.
@Jeanne - Simme Valley may have information to share on this bull as well.
Simmental bull HC Power Drive 88H. An interesting story on this bull. This bull was born in Bean Station, Tennessee on Mr. Hugh Henry's farm. Mr. Hugh was/is in the carpet business there as his day job. He had purchased a bred heifer from Kappes Simmental in South Dakota in December, 1997. The bred heifer had this nice bull calf in March, 1998. Mr. Hugh consigned the yearling bull calf to the March, 1999 Simmental sale at the Tennessee Beef Agribition. I was interested in the bull and decided I could spend $5,000 on the bull. Normally at this yearly sale at that time, that would have been enough to get a bull bought. Mr. Hugh told me that the sales manager had told him that the bull might bring as much as $10,000. Best as I remember, the bull sold for $17,000. A pretty good price for a simmental bull in 1999. He sold to Triple C Farm in Wisconsin. The new owner was Peter Courtney - a very nice older guy whose day job afforded him the opportunity to enjoy life as he saw fit which included an exceptional herd of Simmental cattle with a national reputation. This semen was from one of the early collections of the bull. Collected at Nichol's Cryo-Genetics in Iowa. The bull sired many many offspring - several which sold for big money. Best I remember, the new owner decided to exhibit the bull at the National Western Livestock Show in Denver where he was the Grand Champion Simmental bull. The owner decided to have the bull cloned. There were 3 clones produced. When the bull eventually died, his head was mounted to hang on the wall at the farm. It all traced back to that little operation in Bean Station, TN. I believe we have some CT members from that area that might know Mr. Hugh Henry.
@Jeanne - Simme Valley may have information to share on this bull as well.
