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2nd Annual Red Angus Influence Calf Sale was held on Tuesday

BRG

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We sold just under 5300 head of Red Angus calves at the Red Angus sale on Tuesday. It was the largest Red Angus commercial calf sale ever. It was a great day!

Here are some of the sale reports

Steers
Jr Marshall - 702 lbs steers sold for $154.50 or $1085 each
George Shaeffer - 680 lbs steers for $151.50 or $1030 each
Keith Suchy - 650 lbs steers for $153.50 or $998 each
Leroy Dubray - 609 lbs steers for $1.64 or $999 each
Steve Holzer - 617 lbs steers for $1.61 or $993 each
Jr Marshall - 608 lbs steers for $160.75 or $977 each
Aberle/Manderneck - 628 lbs steers for $1.62 or $1017 each
Dahner Ranch - 609 lbs steers for $1.64 or $999 each
Jack Bickel - 616 lbs steers for $1.64 or $1010 each
Larry Jacobs - 624 lbs steers for $163.75 or $1022 each
Sheldon Droog - 603 lbs steers for $1.61 or $971 each
Broken Heart - 671 lbs steers for $1.54 or $1033 each
Vleim Ranch - 595 lbs steers for $162.50 or $967 each
Brad Olson - 609 lbs steers for $162.60 or $990 each

Replacement Heifers
Gene Zabel - 547 lbs heifers for $1.70 or $930 each
Roger Ryckman - 566 lbs heifers for $1.73 or $979 each
Jr Marshall - 562 lbs heifers for $1.72 or $967 each
Brad and Kim Hollenbeck - 540 lbs heifers for $1.71 or $923 each
Evenson Ranch - 547 lbs heifers for $1.71 or $935 each
Jack Bickel - 536 lbs heifers for $1.92 or $1029 each
Brad Olson - 570 lbs heifers for $1.76 or $1003 each
Sunny Sandquist - 536 lbs heifers for $1.70 or $911 each
Courtney Dosch - 500 lbs heifers for $171.50 or $858
 
Sounds like a very good sale. Today we sold the only ten head of red calves raised on our ranch this year. The four red heifers averaged 556 pounds at $149.00 per cwt, and brought $828.44 per head. The six red steers averaged 542 pounds at $158.00 per cwt, and dollared out $855.83 per head.

This year many heifer calves are being advertised as "none held back off the top." I told Greg Arendt, manager of Valentine Livestock Auction, that the black heifers we brought to town today could be advertised as "none held back off the bottom." We kept back the 69% "top-enders" (supposedly, in our eyes :shock: ), and are putting them out with two other ranches for the winter at a cost of $2.10 per head per day. Will they be worth $500 per head more by the middle of May than they are right now? Doubtful, but I am a gambler at heart. :roll: :wink: Anyway, our light end black heifer calves (31%) today averaged 482 pounds at $152.40 for a grand total of $734.50 per head.

The red cattle at your sale sure sold a lot better. Congratulations on your promotional efforts. They are paying off bigtime. :-)
 
I watched parts of a SD auction the other day on Live Cattle Auctions-- and heard a couple of lots sold to Gill Red Angus----BUT-- they were black calves ... :wink: :P :lol:
 
Oldtimer said:
I watched parts of a SD auction the other day on Live Cattle Auctions-- and heard a couple of lots sold to Gill Red Angus----BUT-- they were black calves ... :wink: :P :lol:

We aren't color blind, as long as they are a customer :)
 
Soapweed said:
Sounds like a very good sale. Today we sold the only ten head of red calves raised on our ranch this year. The four red heifers averaged 556 pounds at $149.00 per cwt, and brought $828.44 per head. The six red steers averaged 542 pounds at $158.00 per cwt, and dollared out $855.83 per head.

This year many heifer calves are being advertised as "none held back off the top." I told Greg Arendt, manager of Valentine Livestock Auction, that the black heifers we brought to town today could be advertised as "none held back off the bottom." We kept back the 69% "top-enders" (supposedly, in our eyes :shock: ), and are putting them out with two other ranches for the winter at a cost of $2.10 per head per day. Will they be worth $500 per head more by the middle of May than they are right now? Doubtful, but I am a gambler at heart. :roll: :wink: Anyway, our light end black heifer calves (31%) today averaged 482 pounds at $152.40 for a grand total of $734.50 per head.

The red cattle at your sale sure sold a lot better. Congratulations on your promotional efforts. They are paying off bigtime. :-)

Thanks Soap! I would be willing to bet your red calves would have sold better if you had more than just a few head.

A long time order buyer who pretty much only buys black hides came up to Dad after the sale and told him he was really impressed with the quality of Red calves at this sale. Sure makes a guy feel good!
 
Soapweed said:
We kept back the 69% "top-enders" (supposedly, in our eyes :shock: ), and are putting them out with two other ranches for the winter at a cost of $2.10 per head per day. Will they be worth $500 per head more by the middle of May than they are right now? Doubtful, but I am a gambler at heart. :roll: :wink: )

All right! At least we aren't the only ones gambling on heifers. Our decision is partly based on the fact we got rid of many older cows this fall. Our preg rates were really good, so we decided to dig deeper into the cows, and figure out what to do with the heifer calves later. Feed wise, this seems to make the most sense... I'll let you know how brilliant this decision was 6 months from now :P .
 
BRG said:
We sold just under 5300 head of Red Angus calves at the Red Angus sale on Tuesday. It was the largest Red Angus commercial calf sale ever. It was a great day!

Here are some of the sale reports

Steers
Jr Marshall - 702 lbs steers sold for $154.50 or $1085 each
George Shaeffer - 680 lbs steers for $151.50 or $1030 each
Keith Suchy - 650 lbs steers for $153.50 or $998 each
Leroy Dubray - 609 lbs steers for $1.64 or $999 each
Steve Holzer - 617 lbs steers for $1.61 or $993 each
Jr Marshall - 608 lbs steers for $160.75 or $977 each
Aberle/Manderneck - 628 lbs steers for $1.62 or $1017 each
Dahner Ranch - 609 lbs steers for $1.64 or $999 each
Jack Bickel - 616 lbs steers for $1.64 or $1010 each
Larry Jacobs - 624 lbs steers for $163.75 or $1022 each
Sheldon Droog - 603 lbs steers for $1.61 or $971 each
Broken Heart - 671 lbs steers for $1.54 or $1033 each
Vleim Ranch - 595 lbs steers for $162.50 or $967 each
Brad Olson - 609 lbs steers for $162.60 or $990 each

Replacement Heifers
Gene Zabel - 547 lbs heifers for $1.70 or $930 each
Roger Ryckman - 566 lbs heifers for $1.73 or $979 each
Jr Marshall - 562 lbs heifers for $1.72 or $967 each
Brad and Kim Hollenbeck - 540 lbs heifers for $1.71 or $923 each
Evenson Ranch - 547 lbs heifers for $1.71 or $935 each
Jack Bickel - 536 lbs heifers for $1.92 or $1029 each
Brad Olson - 570 lbs heifers for $1.76 or $1003 each
Sunny Sandquist - 536 lbs heifers for $1.70 or $911 each
Courtney Dosch - 500 lbs heifers for $171.50 or $858

Very nice prices, I sure am a fan of red angus cattle.
 

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