Sale Results  Spring Spectacular XXXVIIApril 3, 2010 Sales Averages
SIMGENETICS PRODUCE LIVELY DEMAND AT HOUSTON INTERNATION SALE Superior Fleckvieh genetics were highly sought after as nine embryos out of the incomparable Bar 5 SA Lady Siska 409M topped the sale at $12,750. Consigned by Bar 5 Stock Farms, Markdale, Ontario, Canada, the embryos, three sired by Bar 5 SA Hold 407M & six by Bar 5 P SA Essential 413U, sold to Gibbons Farms, Stevensville, Ontario, Canada. Eight Fleckvieh embryos consigned by Dollars Diamond D of Russellville, AR, were also in demand as they went to Tres Portillos, McAllen,TX on a final bid of $6,000. Four of the embryos were a result of the Gibby’s Ultimate x DDD Encouragement mating and four were Bar 5 P SA Evaluation x DFM 310M. Little Creek Farm, Starkville, MS, brought a truly unique breeding piece, LFC Josie 673W, a homozygous polled, non-diluter Full Fleckvieh donor prospect. Sandhills Simmental claimed ownership of her with a final bid of $5,000, and will add her to their donor program at Richton, MS. Demand for outstanding Simbrah genetics was also quite evident with PRR Apache 539W, a popular young herdsire prospect from Pine Ridge Ranch, Athens, TX, leading the way at $7,000. This thick-made, stylish, double-polled prospect will now head up the Simbrah breeding program for Ronnie Smith, Fort Worth, TX. Smith also selected LMC Flower Power, a phenomenal black, polled March yearling from La Muneca Cattle Company & Rising Sun Ranch, Linn, TX. He outlasted the competition to purchase her for $5,000. Smith struck again on Pine Ridge Ranch’s Lot 29A – a pick of the fall 2009 Embryo Transfer calf crop. This time he paid $4,500 to select the top individual from this set of 26 elite calves. In the Purebred Simmental offering, a pick of the fall 2009 calf crop, some 80 calves, from the well-respected Pigeon Mountain Simmental Ranch in Lafayette, GA, sold for $4,800 going to Anderson Simmental, St Paul, NE, and Select Cattle Enterprises, Rome, GA. Lot 35, consisting of eleven embryos out of SS Goldilocks and KJS Ms Kenya, sold for a total of $3,250. Consigned by Anderson Simmental, three Goldilocks x Preferred Beef sold to La Morra Ranch, Floresville, TX, with the remainder going to D Bar Ranch, Cleburne, TX. Sale Manager Roy Schwake, Schwake Cattle Services, La Rue, TX, commented that, “with spring approaching, good moisture conditions and stronger commercial cattle prices, demand for superior Simgenetics continues to grow”.
Starkville MS - January 9, 2010
The winter storm that rolled through the South in early January brought rain, snow, ice, blustery winds and temperatures that dropped into the teens in Starkville MS. In spite of the conditions, a good crowd arrived at the Little Creek Farms Sale Facility on January 9 to appraise the offering of Full Fleckvieh Simmental & Red Angus cattle. Sale hosts Mikell & Mary Cheek Davis, along with guest consignors, assembled a select group of cattle for this fifth Magnolia Classic event. Buyers from twelve states that include Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, West Virginia and Texas along with three Canadian buyers from Alberta and Ontario. Additionally the Red Angus cattle in the Magnolia Classic 2010 grossed $57,075. Quest X Celebrates a Decade of Excellence
Russellville, AR – The Quest X celebrated a “Decade of Fleckvieh Excellence” on September 25th & 26th at the fabulous Dollar’s Diamond D Sale Pavilion near Russellville, AR. Hosted by Kent & Glenna Dollar, this annual event has become well known as the venue to acquire some of the most elite Fleckvieh genetics in North America. During the previous nine years nearly $5 million worth of Fleckvieh genetics have gone across the block confirming that Fleckvieh cattle are a sound investment. This year’s sale was no exception as 52 lots of Fleckvieh sold for $426,055 to average $8,193; and 130 head of Fleck-influenced commercial cattle totaled $135,970. Excitement and enthusiasm was evident throughout the offering and much of it was focused on Lot 40B, PHS Polled Wow Factor. An exceptional polled daughter of the immortal Solway Adonis out of the renowned Canadian donor, Bar 5 Belle, she was consigned by Andrew Schuller’s Prospect Hill Simmentals of Granton, Ontario, Canada, and sold to Star West Farms of Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada on a final bid of $30,000. Another striking young female who made many friends was the Dollar Diamond D consignment, DDD Pol Naomi, a homozygous polled Bar 5 Evolution daughter. One half interest in this unique breeding piece went for $26,500 to Bar 5 Stock Farms of Markdale, Ontario, Canada. Lot 1, consisting of ten semen shares in ProStock Red Rock, the first Porter’s Reserve son ever to sell was offered by Diamond D Ranch and garnered $20,000. Buyers included: Circle E Ranch, Richton, MS; Dickey Farms, Cord, AR; Dutton Simmentals, Dobbin, TX; Hubnik Farms, Temple, TX; Indian Creek Cattle Co., Huntsville, AL; Sand Hill Fleckvieh, Richton, MS; Sheltered S Ranch, Bedford, IA; and T5 Livestock, Wolfe City, TX. One-half interest, full possession and exclusive U.S. semen rights in Bar 5 P SA Essential, a polled Full South African son of Salerika Exsellent also brought $20,000. Greg Kemp of Indian Creek Cattle Co. & Kent Dollar of Dollars Diamond D made this purchase from Ron Nolan’s Bar 5 Stock Farms. Prospect Hill Simmentals selected the next two high selling lots paying $17,750 for one-half interest in the Diamond D offering, DDD Pol Perfection, and $17,000 for Indian Creek’s ICC Ms Crackerjac. A fancy, deep red, full South African open heifer by MF Mr. Evan 14P and consigned by Glenn Vaughn’s Rocking V Farm, Annville, KY sold to Mikell & Mary Cheek Davis’ Little Creek Farm, Starkville, MS for $15,000. DDD Pol Cornerstone, a three-quarter South African polled herdsire prospect consigned by Diamond D, was selected by Ricardo Alcala with a final bid of $14,200. Jim Ethridge and Donna Adams of Mitchell Lake Ranch, Franklin, TX added ICC Lady Quest to their program at $12,000. This open heifer from Indian Creek was one of the first Crackerjac daughters offered for sale in the U.S. Larry Throgmorton’s T5 Livestock brought a polled, well patterned Sunny Valley Sargent open heifer to town and Carlos Lee, Panama took her home with a $9,500 final bid. Buyer’s were from 16 states including Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia as well as the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta & Ontario Canada, Mexico and Panama.
Calhoun, GA – Ample rainfall throughout most of the Southeast helped produce a solid mar-ket at the Spring in the East IV Fleckvieh Sale here on May 2nd. Members of the sponsoring Fullblood Simmental Fleckvieh Federation brought an outstanding and diverse offering of Fleckvieh genetics to town which included Full German, Full South African, Polled and Ger-man x South African blends. The market held steady throughout the sale as 36 lots sold for a total of $93,245 to average $2,095. Twenty bred females averaged $2,655, two pair av-eraged $1,850, eight open heifers sold for an average of $1,256 and three bulls for $2,033. One embryo lot brought $ 6,400, one semen lot sold for $11,455 and a special lot consisting of a semen tank with semen sold for $2,440. ICC Polled Hacks, the Lot 1 bull consigned by Indian Creek Cattle Co. of Huntsville, Al, was the high selling herd sire prospect at $4,000. A heterozygous polled son of the Canadian great Daytons Pol Neumann and stemming from the renowned Hacks Fraulein cow family, this correct, thick-made young prospect sold to Little Creek Farms of Starkville, MS. Indian Creek’s bred Full South African female, Bar 5 SA Sterna, took the high selling female honors at $3,700. This deep bodied, powerful female who stands on a correct set of feet and legs and is an own daughter of Salerika Majoor out of the immortal AI-AI Siska, will now walk the pastures of Caldwell Farms near Bidwell, Ohio. Another Indian Creek consignment, the top producing Edith by Hafke out of Lettmairs Elsa, was close behind at $3,600 going to Three Child Farms of Springfield, MO. Blair Farms, Maryville, TN, had two high selling FGAF Boss 26N daughters, one going to Polled Power Fleckvieh, Greenbrier, TN, at $3,100, and the other to Rocking V Farm, Annville, KY for $3,000. Also selling for $3,000 was the Snell Simmental, Snellville, GA, lot, SS Tammie. This fancy red, ring-eyed Bar 5 Stimulation daughter sold to Casey Weidel, Hebron, NB. Roy Schwake, Schwake Cattle Service, La Rue, TX, who managed the Spring in the East Sale commented that, “even in these times of economic uncertainty the demand for Fleck-vieh genetics remains strong illustrating their positive contribution to the beef cattle indus-try”. Schwake Cattle Service.
The sale offering from BHR and the Guest Consignors brought Fullblood Fleckvieh and Simbrah genetics along with Purebred Simmental and SimAngus genetics with a Fleckvieh base together to show the continued effectiveness of the Fullblood Fleckvieh gene pool in the seedstock and Commercial Beef Cattle Industry. Lot 7- High Selling Purebred Flush Lot 12- Pick of Polled Fleckvieh Bull Calves born in February 2009 out of the Hacks Fraulein clone First High Selling Semen Lot, Lot 4, Sexed Semen on RPF Pol Right Direction, a polled Full Fleckvieh, consigned by Roy Phillips of Phillips Farm, Adairsville, Georgia, went to Bob & Anne-Marie Rasch of Freedom Run Farm in Manchester, Michigan, for $425 per straw. Second High Selling Semen Lot, Lot 1, King of the Jungle, a Full South African Fleckvieh, went to Little Creek Farm, Dr. Mikell & Mary Cheek Davis of Starkville, Mississippi, for $225 per straw. Third High Selling Semen Lot, Lot 3, a Homozygous Polled Fleckvieh sire, Gibby’s Real Deal 25T, brought $220 per straw selling to Paul Reynolds of PKC Simmental Farm in Berea, Kentucky. High Selling Embryo Lot, Lot 93, Larry Eurig’s offering from Crimson Tide Fleckvieh, Mount Forest, Ontario, Canada, Solway Adonis x SS Miss Smith 7G embryos sold to Blair Farms of Maryville, Tennessee, for $425 per embryo. High Selling Bred Fleckvieh Heifers: Lot 25- BHR T145, sold to James Faubus, Flying F Ranch, Godley, Texas, for $4,300 Lot 30A- BHR T186E, Pick of Breds consigned by BHR, purchased by Roderick Zambrano, Hacienda Multiganadara, Anton, Panama, for $4,300 Lot 31C- BHR T199E, Pick of Breds consigned by BHR, purchased by Louis Hubnik, Hubnik Simmentals, Temple, Texas, for $4,100 High Selling Open Fleckvieh Heifers: Lot 62- FSS Evelyn, consigned by Four Starr Simmentals of Olathe, Kansas, purchased by Jason Gress, Vantage Point Simmentals of Boonsboro, Maryland, for $2,600 Lot 57- BHR U246, purchased by James Faubus, Flying F Ranch, Godley, Texas, for $2,500 Lot 60- BHR U279E, purchased by Toby Vann of Forestburg, Texas, for $2,300 High Selling Fleckvieh Pairs High Selling Bred Simbrah: High Selling Open Simbrah: High Selling Fleckvieh Flushes: Lot 6- DFM Trudy 708T flush, consigned by Brian Valentine of Professional Livestock Co., Mt. Pleasant, Texas, sold to Andrew Schuller of Prospect Hill Simmentals, Granton, Ontario, Canada, for $4,400 High Selling Simbrah Flush: The SimAngus that were Fleckvieh based created a huge amount of interest and were praised by Commercial Cattlemen present as the best set of cattle they had seen in years. Lot 78, a Bred SimAngus heifer sold to Ivan Muennink, of Seminole, Texas, for $1,500. Lot 66, a Bred SimAngus heifer, sold to Dick Venosdel, V Bar Simmentals, Cleo Springs, Oklahoma, for $1,450. Lot 73, a Bred SimAngus heifer sold to Ivan Muennink, of Seminole, Texas, for $1,450 Lots 68 & 69, Bred SimAngus heifers were sold to Mike Lutrick, Lutrick Farm, Godley, Texas, for $1,400 per head. Lot 82 & 83, Open SimAngus heifers sold to Tennessee Tech University of Cookeville, Tennessee, for $1,050 per head. Lot 90, 91 & 92, Open SimAngus heifers, sold to Murle & Jane Ann Blasingame of Tolar, Texas, long time purchasers of the SimAngus, for $1,000 each. Sixty-five Fleckvieh & Simbrah lots averaged $3,075, with twenty-nine SimAngus, bred and open heifers averaging $1,170. A solid set of cattle that all in attendance said were the most uniform they had seen anywhere, regardless of breed, produced active bidding and consistent prices from start to finish.
Houston, TX – Each year the International Simmental/Simbrah Sale is the inaugural sale at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo and this year “The International” started the event off with enthusiasm and optimism. A good crowd was on hand to appraise the 30 elite lots of Simmental, Full Fleckvieh and Simbrah. The results proved they liked what they saw as the 30 lots sold for an average of $4,286. All categories were in demand as Lot 2, ProStock Red Rock, led the way selling for $14,500. This stylish yet thickmade polled Full Fleckvieh herdsire prospect was consigned by Professional Livestock of Mt. Pleasant, Texas, and sold to Kent & Glenna Dollar’s Diamond D Ranch, Russellville, Arkansas. JRR Roxanne, a polled Full Fleckvieh Eisenherz daughter offered by John and Connis Ryan, Bellville, Texas, created a lot of excitement as she went to Greg Starr’s Four Star Simmental, Olathe, Kansas, on a final bid of $6,750. LMC U Red Girl was the high selling Simbrah female going for $6,250 to Bud & Lupita Wentz, Olmito, Texas. This impressive LMC Red Duke daughter was consigned by La Muneca Cattle Co. and the Martinez Rising Sun Ranch, both of Linn, Texas. A super eye appealing red, Purebred Simmental heifer by THSF Freedom and out of Jessie’s Dream by Dream On went for $6,000 to Select Cattle Enterprises, Rome, Georgia. Lot 31, two picks from the fall 2008 ET calf crop at Pine Ridge Ranch, Athens, Texas totaled $10,600 with the first choice going to Semex Beef, Guelph, Ontario, Canada for $5,800, and the second to Dr. Mike Stenstrum, Overland Park, Kansas for $4,800. A Full Fleckvieh semen lot consisting of a package including Bar 5 Evolution, MF Mr. Evan and Sunny Valley Sargent consigned by Diamond D Ranch, Indian Creek Cattle Co, Moore Farms and Sunny Valley Associates sold for $8,000 to Dutton Simmentals, Dobbin, Texas, Sand Hill Simmental, Richton, Mississippi and Cesar Montemayor, Garza, Garcia, Mexico. A pick of the fall 2008 calf crop from the prestigious Pigeon Mountain Simmentals, Lafayette, Georgia brought $5,000 going to Anderson Simmentals, St Paul, Nebraska. The sale averages went as follows: 2 Full Fleckvieh bulls @ $8,050; 1 Lot Bred Fleckvieh @ $6,500; 6 embryo lots grossed $18,675; 1 flush @ $5,000; 16 open heifers @ $3,513; 1 Simbrah pair @ $2,500; 2 calf crop picks @ $7,800 and 1 semen lot @ $8,000. Volume buyers included Dollar’s Diamond D Ranch, Four Star Simmental, La Precosia LLC, Miami, Florida, Champion Farms, Huntington, West Virginia, and Select Cattle Enterprises. Col. Doak Lambert, Coppel, Texas was the auctioneer and the sale was managed by Schwake Cattle Services, La Rue, Texas.
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Sale Report: Spring in the East Sale
Sale Results for the Buzzard Hollow Ranch Designer's Classic Sale
Standing room only with Fleckvieh & Simbrah Breeders from Canada, Costa Rica, Columbia, Panama, Mexico and Brazil joined with breeders from Arkansas, Alabama, Tennessee, Maryland, New York, Montana, Mississippi, Georgia, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma, Florida, Michigan, Virginia and Texas to produce the largest crowd ever for the 15th Annual BHR’s Designer’s Classic Production Sale in Granbury, Texas. A good soaking rain greeted the guests and created a positive attitude for this event breaking off in time for sale cattle to be inspected prior to the sale.