SALE REPORT
SALACOA VALLEY & MILLER BRANGUS HOLD JOINT SALE
October 2, 2010
Fairmount, Ga.
SALE SUMMARY
Average
90 Bulls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $200,000
$2,200 |
The inaugural Salacoa Valley Farms, Miller Brangus bull sale was a resounding success. 90 coming two year old Brangus bulls sold to eight states from North Carolina to Florida and Mississippi. The sale grossed $200,000 to average $2,200.
The top selling bull was lot 3, MB Real Deal 329W6, from Miller Brangus. This power packed Real Deal son out of the Summit Cow, 129M3, sold to GLB Farms, Monticello, Miss. for $8,500. He boasted a 1299 yearling weight to ratio 108 and one of the highest YW EPDs in the sale at +81.
The second high selling bull was lot 7, SVF Catawba 44W026, from Salacoa Valley Farms. He is a deep bodied son of the #3 YW EPD sire in the breed, R532. He boasted a +81 YW EPD with 122 YW and 121 IMF ratios. He sold for $5,000 to Circle S Farm, Monticello, Ga.
Cotesworth Farm, North Carrolton, Miss., paid $3,500 to own lot 11, SVF Warrior King 734W202, from Salacoa Valley Farm. He is a son of S825 with below breed average BW and worlds of growth ranking in the breed's top one percent for YW. Barry Lewis, Okeechobee, Fla., paid $3,400 to own MB Luke 129W2, from Miller Brangus. He is a long bodied and powerful son of Luke of Brinks 784P14 and recorded a 16.5 inch ribeye.
Volume buyers included Jim Harvey, Barry Lewis and Dixie Ranch from Okeechobee Fla., and J.D. Vernon, Calhoun, Ga.
