RB Brahman Sale

[TheBullLady]

RB ranches in Texas is having their first production sale June 23 in San Antonio. They've got some good foundation bloodlines, and should have a good group of Brahman cows if anyone is in the market!

http://www.brahmanjournal.com. has a link to the catalog

 

[Third Row]

Absolute perfect timing for that sale.

Brahman female prices have been through the roof after seemingly everyone went F1 two years ago, cow herds are still down from the drought, and grass is up to your eye balls wherever you look.

 

[TheBullLady]

lol.. I agree, although being a Brahman breeder for years, I don't think I've ever been to a sale that they WEREN'T higher than the regular registered breed sale. The bulls will go cheap, but females are always at a premium.

 

[Australian Cattleman]

Just got the latest Brahman Journal. Like lots 13,49,64,90,101,199,214,229,247. Will you be going Bull Lady? I'd love to go. Can you give me a report on the sale?
Thanks Colin

 

[novatech]

Looking over their pedigree's it look like a who's who for the regestry of renown.
No. 64 Is a great example of how a cow should look as an 11 year old.
Australian Cattleman; I like your choices.
I wish I could go but I am afraid my pockets are way to shallow for that sale.

 

[Third Row]

I just went over there to check out the cattle. They can be accurately described "quality Laredo Brahmans" with an emphasis on all three words. I realize Laredo has been in a worse drought than the rest of the state but judging by heifers, they're not the growthiest set of animals I've seen.

They definitely haven't been on heavy corn or been held in too many small pens. If you are concerned about temperament, you need to look through the cattle in advance, there are a few spooks. I think I had cows trying to get at me through the gate at least a dozen times when I walked down the pairs row.

I was more impressed with 64 in person than the catalog. I didn't look for her specifically but did do a double take when I walked by. I was surprised to see she's 11 but all of 1996 V8 cows they are selling are pretty nice (of course they are, they're V8 cows).

I have a feeling there will be quite a bit of espanol spoken tomorrow.

 

[Australian Cattleman]

Look forward to a sale report.

 

[Third Row]

Sale average was around $1,900 and the consignors were responsible for increasing that from about $1,800.

Full report can be found here...

http://www.cattle.com/markets/sale_results.aspx?sale=RB Ranch First Production Sale

 

[Frankie]

Sale average was around $1,900 and the consignors were responsible for increasing that from about $1,800.

Full report can be found here...

http://www.cattle.com/markets/sale_results.aspx?sale=RB Ranch First Production Sale

That's a good link. Thank you.

How did the consigners add $100 the the average?

 

[Third Row]

The RB cattle averaged $1,800. When the consignors were thrown in the sale average rose to $1,900.

Ignoring the top 20% or so of the sale, the prices generally weren't too much above the prices at special replacement female sales for commercial Brahman cattle.

However, I haven't been to a sale lately that spent so much on promotion, open bar (all day, even after the sale), full catalog in the breed magazine, prime location, etc.

 

[TheBullLady]

I was there as well.. if you want info on specific lots, let me know!

The prices were actually higher than I thought they'd be. Some very good females, and some mediocre ones as well. It's always a surprise to see what 90' year model cows continue to bring at these sales. Brahman are the ONLY breed you can get away with selling an animal that old!

For those of you that went.. did anyone besides me note that the breeding age cows had virtually NO udder? Hmmmm...

 

[Beefy]

i'm looking at the advertisement in Gulf Coast Cattleman right now. the ones they have pictured sure are nice.

 

[Third Row]

bulllady, didn't it look like most of the cattle in the sale had been dry for a while? Something tells me they didn't even try to have much of a calving crop during the drought. The 2yo heifers were just sold as "exposed" and the majority of the cows were open or "exposed". Maybe I haven't been to enough registered Brahman sales lately but I'm used to a bit more specific breeding info.

I bought 193 (a daughter of the 101 lot) that was extremely thick but lacking in growth to say the least. My father bought two of the thousand dollar 7-8 year olds just because we have too much grass and can easily make money back on that type of cow (especially if they have a heifer in them). One has a flare tit and the other is a freaking giraffe.



edit:

I just got back from palpating the three females I mentioned above. We bought them as "exposed" but they're all 3-4 months bred. I'm not complaining (that's a good thing) but it seems to me they would have spent more on preg checks and less on free beer and mariachi bands.

Both of the older females are the type that turn and come at you of you try to "shoo" them down the lane. One of them is the rankest, meanest animal I have been around since 1994 when we had to use a tranquilizer gun on a cow that went nuts. If she were open she would have gone to the auction barn today for a couple hundred dollar loss.

 

[TheBullLady]

Yikes! Sorry to hear you got one of the ornery ones. There were a few there, although really not as many as expected in a sale that size. I felt sorry for them by sale time.. there were a LOT of hot shots in the holding pens, and Brahmans rarely react well to those.

Some good cows.. but I've been a Brahman breeder too long not to be really really wary of cows that age with no udder definition. Even the cows with calves had little milk capacity.

The 101 lot was probably a buy back.. the first lot into the ring, and I can't imagine her being worth what she brought. May have been a marketing ploy. In my opinion, they were pretty high. Like you said.. there were a lot that were "exposed". But glad to hear you got lucky, and got a couple of bred ones!

If you're not far from east Texas, there's a decent Brahman sale up there in May and September. A lot of mixed stuff, but you can sure find a deal if you know what you're looking for.

 

[Beefy]

TheBullLady, i wish you would post some pictures of your brahmans (besides you bullriding). I think you are showing favoritism towards simmentals.

 

[Third Row]

TheBullLady, regarding lot 101, I assume you have an inroad on Union Manso daughters? She was very likely a buy back (about half of the first few lots were) but I personally know somebody who was going to $10k on her. There were a lot of females in the sale that really shouldn't be sold on American soil.

On average, the cows brought about $100 to $200 more than they would bring as unpapered moma cows in a sale like the Nixon special replacement sale. Quality papered Brahmans were bringing well over $2k at the sales earlier this Spring and unregistered females averaged $1,750 or so.

 

[TheBullLady]

Beefy.. the cow in my avatar is one of my Brahmans! :cboy:

TR.. what did lot 111 bring?

 

[Third Row]

1200. Every lot is listed here...

http://www.cattle.com/markets/sale_resu ... ion%20Sale