I watched some of the Felton Angus sale today. They have good cattle
and don't use big name AI sires. The first time I saw their bulls was when
Rock Creek Cattle Co. at Deer Lodge changed from running Hereford
bulls to running Black Angus bulls. They bought some from Feltons and
those were really a stout set of bulls. Rock Creek was there buying, so
guess they have liked those bulls for a long time now.
I only caught the last pen of bred heifers. They looked great and were
bred to Pendleton to calve March 20. They only brought $920.
They looked the right kind to us.
Now the horses, I got some prices on the ranch horses that sold.
They went past 3:00 so I didn't get them all. There were 20 horses and
2 were taken out of the sale, so 18 sold.
in all and they had videoed some of them outside roping and dragging
calves to the fire. All looked good and they had a 10 day guarantee.
If they weren't as advertised, you could take them back to Billings and
they would meet you there and take them back. Unfortunately, we
didn't get registed in time to buy...
The top selling horse that I saw was a horse you could head or heel
on and he looked very smooth to ride, $8750.
I'm missing some of my notes :shock:
Lot 10-8 yr. grey gelding $4250.
Lot 11-9 year old paint $3500
Lot 12-10 yr.old buckskin $3250
Lot 13-10 year old roan they said was gentle, gentle, gentle $4500
Lot 14-6 yr. old dun $2300. (I think this was a good buy!!)
Lot 15-OUT
Lot 16-7 yr. old big stout roan gelding $3250
Then the tv switched because it was 3 pm and they don't have
any overlap time. The horses were in their working clothes and
were presented very well. We enjoyed the fact that most of the
horses were shown doing actual work. I think this is a sale to
watch in the future if you are in the market for a good using horse.