Working together for a quality bull sale
February 23, 2011
On the Road to Quality took me to Buffalo, Okla., recently for the Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Angus Association’s 70th annual sale. It was held on Wed., Feb. 16, at the Harper County Fairgrounds.
My understanding was that this sale started out as a Hereford and Angus bull sale, started with the assistance of a former OSU Extension agent, and evolved over time into an Angus-only sale. This organization and its sale is one of those opportunities for smaller Angus seedstock producers, some of whom don’t have enough bulls to sell in a stand-alone sale, to merchandise their bulls. Seventy years together is quite an accomplishment.
The bulls averaged $3,053 on 49 head, according to the math I calculated. There was a great turnout of buyers from the area, and interest was good. The top selling bull was Lot #2, a yearling consigned by Majors Angus of Garber, Okla. He fetched $5,500, this son of EXAR 263C (grand sire New Design 1407, and maternal grand sire A7215 Avenger 0232), with a BW EPD of +2.3, a WW EPD of +47, and a YW EPD of +89.
Lot #43, a Mytty In Focus son (MGS: New Design 1407) consigned by Bar M Angus of Hitchcock, Okla., sold for $5,400. Third-high honors went to Schilberg Angus out of Clinton, Okla., for lot #26, a Predestined son that boasted a $65 $Beef figure.
Several females were also offered up to potential buyers. Majors Angus had the high-selling female, an OSU Currency daughter that brought $1,600. She was a March 1 heifer out of a EXAR New Look daughter.
Congratulations to all consignors and buyers. It was a super sale! This is a great example of what can be accomplished when like-minded cattlemen work together. Are there sales like this in your neck of the woods that help smaller producers market their genetics? I’d love to hear more about them.
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