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Gardiner Angus Ranch 3rd Annual Fall Bull Sale

Oct 29, 2007 10:35 AM


Good cowmen sorting a good offering of Angus bulls made quick work of the Gardiner Angus Ranch 3rd Annual Fall Bull Sale. Two hundred fifty-five bulls found new ranches to work at in just over two and a half hours. The bulls sold to 98 buyers representing 19 states.

Cary Mickel, Hartwell, GA, bought the top selling bull, Lot 11, for $12,500. GAR MC Total J6003, a son of TC Total 410, had a $B value of +62.71. Leon Stauffer, Yates Center, KS, and Kerry Stitt, Dover, OK, each paid $9,500 for the second high-selling bulls. Lot 15, GAR Future Direction G706, purchased by Stauffer, has a BW EPD of I+1.4 with ultrasound %IMF and REA of +.81 and +.89—a perfect specimen of carcass value without compromising maternal. Lot 92, purchased by Stitt, is a GAR Yield Grade son out of GAR 1407 New Design 1942, one of the best cows ever produced at GAR. Lot 6, another Yield Grade son with a $B of +58.56 sold to Clyde Downs, Jr., Franklin, NC, for $9,000. Joe Mayer, Guymon, OK, had the winning bid of $8,750 to take home Lot 25, GAR Objective T736. T736 posted a calving ease score of I+10, YW I+102 and a +58.49 $B. Lot 5, also a SS Objective son going back to the noted GAR Precision 706 cow, sold to Hirschy Angus Farms, Orlando, FL, for $8,500. Charles Simpson, Edmond, OK, paid $7,750 to take home Lot 21, GAR MC Total J6002.

Repeat buyer, Arcadia Land and Cattle, Soper, OK, added Lot 14, GAR Solution H5016, to his load for $7,500. Leon Stauffer, Yates Center, KS, purchased Lots 115, 116 and 10 for $7,500, $7,250 and and $7,000 respectively. All 3 lots are sired by CA Future Direction 5321 out of New Design daughters.

Kim Leeper, Mule Creek Ranch, Wilmore, KS, and Bob Wilson, Box W Ranch, Lipan, TX each paid $7,000 for Lots 60 and 61 respectively. Six bulls, Lots 1, 12, 13, 99, 114 and 274X sold for $6,500 to Berry Bortz, Preston, KS; Jon Horacek, Offerle, KS; Randy Browning, Appleton City, MO; Bob Anson, Myakka City, FL; Leon Stauffer; and Roger Giles, Bucklin, KS.

Arcadia Land and Cattle purchased two more top bulls, Lots 2 and 7, sons of GAR Predestined and GAR Retail Product, for $6,250 each. Sam Hands, Triangle H Grain & Cattle, Garden City, KS; Mark Luckie, Snake Creek Ranch, Ashland, KS; and Sara Jacobson, Diamond S Ranch, Goliad, TX, each paid $6,250 for Lots 18, 28 and 98 respectively.

Four buyers purchased six lots for $6,000 each. The buyers include Sara Jocobson; Sam Hands; Ross Humphreys, San Rafael Cattle Co., Tucson, AZ; and Joe Mayer.

Arcadia Land and Cattle purchased to top selling Quarter Horse colt, Lot 2, GAR Royal Stockman for $2,500. This 2006 gelding is sired by Royals Red Rap out of a Tee J Jolly Jack daughter.

Additional notes of interest:

  • 255 Bulls sold to 98 buyers in 19 states
  • 67 Bulls sold from $4,000 to $6,000
  • 122 Bulls sold from $2,500 to $4,000

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