Just A Reminder! CATTLE TODAY'S Purebred Reference Issue, featuring the top ranches and breeding programs in the southeast, is just around the corner. Do not miss the opportunity to promote your operation in this special issue of CATTLE TODAY. To be part of the Purebred Reference Issue, call or email me today. The deadline to place your ad is July 10th. This special issue is already looking to be another great Purebred Reference Issue, so please do not hesitate to take part.
Reaching back to the end of May, I need to report on a sale. On May 30th I was at the Cullman Stockyards in Cullman, Ala. for the Sweet Home Alabama Beefmaster Sale. Consignors Tom and Mary Moore with M&W Farms, Larry and Cecilia Norris with Norris Farms, Harold Pinkerton with Pinkerton & Sons, and Allen and Gail Burnette with A&G Farms came together and offered an outstanding set of Beefmaster cattle. The sale grossed $118,850 on 59 lots to average $2,014. Bulls grossed $4,400 on two lots to average $2,200. Three-n-ones grossed $11,400 on six lots to average $1,900. Pairs grossed $29,750 on 16 lots to average $1,860. Bred females grossed $31,750 on 15 lots to average $2,117. Exposed females grossed $14,700 on 10 lots to average $1,470. Open females grossed $24,050 on nine lots to average $2,672. One pick of open heifers sold for $2,800. Top selling bull was lot 17, Little Doc, a 3-08 bull son of Doc, consigned by M&W Farms that sold to Lee Osborn in Boaz, Ala. for $3,000. Top selling female was lot 12, Staci Too, a 10-05 female out of Miss Staci and sired by Black Magic, consigned by M&W Farms that sold to Mackie Bounds in Axtell, Texas, for $6,000. I had a great time representing CATTLE TODAY and helping ringside. Sale manager for the sale was Mike Green with 3G Sales & Services.
A reminder to sale managers and ranch owners to please send in sale reports as soon as possible so CATTLE TODAY can run them in a timely manner. Email or fax the sale report in and CATTLE TODAY will have them in the next issue.
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