Top Female:

Lot 4 -- $2,500 – Ellis 5B New Trend 6340. A 12-4-98 daughter of Sitz Traveler 8180 sold with a 3-9-03 bull calf by SA Neutron 377. Sold to Horn Springs Angus Farms, Horn Springs, Tenn.

2nd High Female:

Lot 2 -- $2,050 – Beverly Blackbird 8180. A 10-27-99 daughter of Sitz Traveler 8180, sold with a 4-29-03 heifer calf by Hope Hill Design 036-1100. Sold to John Tucker, Milan, Tenn.

Co-High 3rd Female:

Lot 5 -- $2,000 – Ellis 8180 Magic J391. A 3-26-99 daughter of Sitz Traveler 8180 sold with a 4-7-03 bull calf by Hope Hill Design 036-1100. Sold to J Hall Farm, Damascus, Ark.

Co-High 3rd Female:

Lot 15A -- $2,000 – SCC Ms Lucy 127. A 3-17-01 daughter of VDAR Lucys Boy sold with a 3-31-03 heifer by Hope Hill Design 036-1100. Sold to Raymond Brown, Waverly, Tenn.

Co-High 3rd Female:

Lot 25 -- $2,000 – Ellis Elixir Ruth A13. A 2-2-01 daughter of Ankonian Elixir 102 sold with a 2-26-03 bull calf by Ruths Millcreek Unique. Sold to Mary L Edwards, Hornbeak, Tenn.

Top Bull:

Lot 81 -- $2,000 – Ellis Bearfoot Alliance B05. A 1-7-02 son of Back Creek Alliance G589. Sold to Brian Childress, Bolivar, Tenn.

A tremendous crowd was on hand to select cattle from the Ellis Angus Spring Calving Cow Herd Dispersion. The cows with young calves were well received and the pairs sold extremely well. A feture was the get and service of Hope Hill Design 036-1100, a B/R New Design 036 son out of a GAR Precision 1680 daughter. The Ellis' switching to a fall calving program or many of the females sold would not have been for sale.

Volume Buyer: J-Hall Farm, Damascus, Ark.

Sale Manager: American Livestock Brokers, Ripley, Miss.

Auctioneer: Jarvene Shackelford, Ripley, Miss.