80 Angus Bulls                          23 Registered Angus Cow/Calf Pairs
6 Balancer Bulls                        8 Comercial Cow/Calf Pairs
7 Gelbvieh Bulls                        22 Commercial Bred Heifers
                                                     30 Commercial Open Heifers

Over 200 head featured in the Annual Black Crest Farms Bull and Production Sale!  Billy McLeod has been breeding quality Angus cattle for a long, long time and is one of the most dedicated Angus breeders in the southeast continuing to produce high quality breeding stock while at the same time always supporting the South Carolina Angus Association activities and neighboring livestock producers and programs.  All bulls will have updated EPD, $ Values, carcass scan, fertility test and performance data available.  Sons of Prdestined, Net Worth, Bismarck, TC Total, Objective, Final Answer and other noted sires will sell.  Several sons of the Black Crest herd sires will sell including sons of the Sitz herd sires at Black Crest.  Always a few high quality Balancer and Gelbvieh bulls offered in the auction.  Billy has selected several top registered Angus Cow/Calf Pairs as well as a tremendous offering of Commercial females.  To learn more about Black Crest Farms, go to their website www.blackcrest farm.com     Order a catalog online, contact Billy803-491-6798, Sale Consultant Dr. Larry Olson 803-259-7292, or Auctioneer Mike Jones 706-773-3612 or order a catalog through this website.

Cody Nelson at JDMC Cattle near Renville Minnesota will be hosting his first on the farm Bid-Off Bull Sale on Saturday, January 28, 2012.  Featuring 34 breeding age bulls.  Selling purebred Shorthorn Bulls, SimAngus and ShorthornPlus Bulls.  Cody is a former National Field Representative for the American Shorthorn Association and has traveled coast to coast visiting and consulting with Shorthorns breeders.  Cody has a no-nonsense, practical philosophy in breeding cattle, catering to the commercial sector and feedlot industry.  Cody has searched the Shorthorn breed throughout the United States and Canada in securing functional cattle with built-in calving ease, fleshing ability, superior udder shape and quality, while keeping in mind added carcass value.  Cody secured the American breeding rights to Canadian popular sire Saskvalley Bonanza and now has numerous Bonanza daughters coming into production.  As you study his herd and breeding program, his philosophy of making Shorthorn cattle functional becomes apparent.  Order a sale catalog today thru this website or contact Cody Nelson by email jdmccattle@gmail.com or see the catalog and his breeding program on line at www.jdmccattle.com

Flash!  Happy Hills Shorthorns, Katy and Mike Jones have partnered with Cody selling three Eionmore Marquis sons in his auction.  These bulls were born in Georgia and went to Cody’s at weaning to be developed for the auction.  See the Happy Hills Cattle Page in this website for details.

125 Fall Yearling Bulls and 125 Replacement Females will sell!  Over 40 Rookie sons will be featured with an average of +84 YW EPD and average of –1.0 BW EPD.   Five of these Rookie sons are out of Sure Bet daughters and six are out of Emblazon daughters.  Watch for 20 sons of Dual Focus, many out of Rookie dams with a group average BW EPD of -1.5, top 10% of the breed for YW EPD and top 15% for Marbling and API.  Also selling purebred Simmental sons of Upgrade and several Angus bulls sired by OCC Missing Link.  The 125 replacement females include 40 bred SimAngus heifers, 70 fall open SimAngus heifers, and 15 fall open purebred Simmental heifers.  Every animal selling has complete performance and carcass scan data, multi-breed EPD’s and registered with American Simmental Association.  For more information, go to www.gibbsfarms.net and www.alliedgeneticresources.com  Watch for private treaty bull bid-off Friday, November 18, 2011.  For a sale book, contact any of the crew at Gibbs Farms, order one through this website or contact Auctioneer Mike Jones 706-884-6592.

A huge crowd of over 500 people and 270 registered buyers plus numerous bidders and onlookers on the web at DVAuction.  As always, a great set of females sold receiving strong support from the buyers with the cow/calf pairs being in demand plus a superior set of bred heifers that sold at a strong $3,723.00 average.  82 two year old bulls sold with the top 50 selling for over a $4,000.00 average.  Cattle sold throughout the southeast at a steady pace with 30 bulls selling for $4,000.00 or more and the females consistently topping the $3,000.00 figure.

Female Sale Report

Bull Sale Report

The largest crowd ever to attend a Bull Power Sale appreciated the high quality fall yearling bulls offered and bid rapidly to own a top set of young herd sire prospects.  In special demand was the outstanding set of SimAngus bulls that commanded a strong $3,639.00 average!

Always a huge crowd, a great set of Angus cattle and a big, fun party at Top Line!  Libby Mathers is a great host and a really fun person to do business with as she and her Cattle Manager Garrett Lampe offered a top set of show prospect heifers, a superior bull and several bred heifers for a most successful auction.

Champion Hill Georgina 7928 sold to Matt Mitchell in Pennsylvania for $26,500.00

A group of Maryland Angus breeders gathered in 2010 intent on making the Maryland Angus Association auction special and a great job they did as their 2010 auction was a huge success with the largest gross and biggest average in the history of their Association sales!  Again this year, this group of dedicated Angus breeders has put together an impressive set of Angus females inviting you to come bid on and appreciate the top Angus cattle being produced in this area.  Several show prospect heifers will highlight the offering with daughters of SAV Brilliance, Connealy Final Product, Champion Hill Fullback, Duff New Edition, SAV Heavy Hitter, SAV Pioneer, SAV Brave, MCATL Reachout, Kesslers Frontman, Bushs Hot Tamale, Sitz Dash, BC Eagle Eye and SAV Mandan.  These breeders know how to get these heifers ready and they will be an impressive offering ready to certainly win many awards and also mature into top brood cows.  Bred heifers include daughters of Saugahatchee, Bismarck, BC Matrix, SAV Density, SAV Predominant, BC Raven, 9FB3 Fullback and Northern Improvement.  Watch for a top group of young mature cows, most with calves at side.  Heifer pregnancies include the SAV Providence pregnancy out of the North American International Res. Champion Female Champion Hill Georgina 6200 from DLB Angus.  A heifer pregnancy sired by Leachman Saugahatchee out of a QAS Traveler 23-4 daughter will be consigned by MB Show Cattle.  Watch for embryos sired by Whitestone Black Arrow and SAV Bismarck from Majestic Meadows.  Pleasant Valley will be selling your choice of the daughters of the 2010 National Western Grand Champion Female Cherry Knoll Eisa 8014!  View this sale book online @ www.bingmanpublications.com or order one from American Angus Hall of Fame 816-532-0811, call Mike Jones 706-884-6592 or order one through this website.

Something new at Whitestone this year!  They are back on the show road.  Big day at the Atlantic National with Grand Champion Bull, Grand Champion Cow/Calf and Supreme Champion.  Mark Duffell says Robbie missed going to the shows and is excited to be competing once again.  You can come to Whitestone on Saturday, October 15 and get your next show heifer, next donor, next replacement female or even your next herd bull as a select few breeding age bulls also will be offered.  Talk about bull sales, how about the record setting Whitestone Spring Bull Sale that grossed $501,600 to average $6,780 on 74 bulls!

11 Angus Bulls average …………….$2,420.00
6 Polled Hereford Bulls average ……$1,750.00
6 Red Angus Bulls average………… $1,375.00
1 Gelbvieh Bull average …………….$1,900.00
1 Ballancer Bull average ……………$1,900.00
1 Charolais Bull Average ……………$1,200.00
1 Belted Galloway Bull average …….$1,200.00

Edisto has enjoyed a long history of some 25 consecutive Forage Tested Bull Sales with record performance and record prices over the past history of this event.  The fewest bulls ever offered came through the ring this year with good acceptance from the modest sized crowd on hand.  Only 27 bulls were offered tested on a strictly forage ration with absolutely no grain.  The bulls were healthy, hard and lean ready for immediate service.

Sarratt Farms 2nd Annual Production Sale
Gaffney, South Carolina
Sale Manager:  American Angus Hall of Fame
Auctioneer:  Mike Jones

Sale Gross……………………………………165,850.00

16 Registered Angus Female Lots average…………..2,994.00
22 Breeding Age Bulls average………………….……2,180.00
30 Commercial Bred Heifers average……..…………1,997.00
11 Commercial Open Heifers…………………….……..918.00

Bill Sarratt and Manager Cody Bright welcomed a packed house on a beautiful fall day to bid on and purchase a top set of Angus cattle.  Only 16 Angus female were offered this year but they met strong demand in the $2,500 to $3,000 range with a top of $3,800.00 on the Lot 1 BC Matrix daughter and her Final Answer heifer calf selling to Banner Farms in Tennessee.  Jac’s Ranch paid $3,800.00 to claim the Lot 14B SAV Bismarck bred heifer.  The bulls were hard and lean, off of a strictly forage ration.  Top bull was the lone SimAngus entry son of Star Power selling for $3,500.00.  The Lot 21 Emblazon son led off the bull offering and sold for $3,100.00 and then the Lot 28 SAV Bismarck son followed him and also sold for $3,100.00.  The bulls sold mostly in the $2,000.00 to $2,400.00 range with just a couple bulls selling under $2,000.00

The big buzz in the crowd prior to the auction was the excellent set of commerical bred heifers mostly bred A.I. confirmed safe to calve January 1, 2012.  The pens were full of prospective buyers before sale time and the bidding proved to be fast and furious.  The 30 commerical bred heifers sold for a strong $1,997.00 average!  Top price of $2,350.00 was paid for the last two commerical heifers to sell with the buyer sweeping the ring.  The commerical bred heifers were followed by a nice set of commerical open heifers that sold steady in the $900.00 to $1,000.00 range. 

Jeremy Haag represented the American Angus Hall of Fame as Sale Manager and Mike Jones served as auctioneer.