SALE REPORT
2006 CLEMSON BULL AND HEIFER SALE HELD FEBRUARY 4TH
SALE SUMMARY
Average
63 Heifers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . .$ 56,260 $
893
22 Angus Senior Bulls . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . .$ 51,950 $2,361
22 Angus Junior Bulls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 39,700 $1,805
5 Gelbvieh Senior Bulls . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 10,900 $2,108
7 Gelbvieh Junior Bulls . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 16,400 $2,343
3 Balancer Senior Bulls . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 7,800
$2,600
1 Balancer Junior Bull . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,700
$1,700
2 Red Angus Junior Bulls . . . . . . . . . . .$ 3,600
$1,800
62 Total Bulls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . .$132,050 $2,130
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February 4, 2006
Clemson, S.C.
A large crowd watched the 62 bulls sold at the 2006 Clemson Bull Test Sale on February 4th bring $132,050 - an average of $2,129.84 per bull. Buyers were from three states – South Carolina (49 bulls), North Carolina (8 bulls) and Georgia (5 bulls). Volume buyer was Home Place Farms from Blackville, S.C. -- four Angus bulls. The bulls averaged 459 days old, 52.8 inches tall, 5.9 frame score, 1,463 lbs, 3.19 lbs/day WDA and 36.2 cm scrotal circumference on Monday before the sale.
Deercreek Angus Farms' 34 senior Angus was the high selling bull at $5,000 to Bill Caldwell from Chester, S.C. Second high seller was Trax Cattle's 72 red junior Gelbvieh bull at $4,500 to Shady Hill Farm at Ridge Spring, S.C. This was a new Gelbvieh record sale price. Riverhill Farm's top gaining 21 senior Angus bull was the third high selling bull at $4,200 to D & L Farms at Chapel Hill, N.C. The top nine selling bulls averaged $3,744.44 per bull.
In the 2006 Clemson Heifer Sale following the bull sale, 63 heifers in 19 pens sold for $56,260 - an average of $893.02 per head. The average weight of the heifers was 853 lbs. The top two selling pens were Edisto Research & Education Center's #14 and #15 pens of three registered Angus heifers purchased by Bill Buckner from Burnsville, N.C. for $1,075 and $1,000 per head, respectively. Buckner was the volume buyer with the three pens (10 head) of Edisto REC's registered Angus heifers.
