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SALE REPORT
CATTLEMEN'S CHOICE SIMMENTAL SALE HELD MAY 3RD IN GEORGIA

SALE SUMMARY
                                                                     Average
 1 Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$3,250
  6 Embryo Lots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,291
  1 Donor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$4,000
18 Bred Heifers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,243
  7 Cow/Calf Pairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,758
16 Fall Opens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,918
22 Spring Opens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,162
  3 Bulls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,833

80 Lots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$143,800             $1,798


May 3, 2003
Calhoun, Ga.

The high selling lot was a truly special cow/calf pair consigned by Horseshoe Hollow, Mike Wheeler. This Galvanizer two-year-old sold with a Goldmine heifer calf at side. This pair commanded $6,600 and sold to Fred Beck and Triple M Farms of Alabama.

Second high pair was another Galvanizer daughter which sold for $3,600 to Dwight Cooper of Jefferson, Ga. This pair was consigned by Black Ridge Simmentals.

Another Black Ridge pair commanded $3,100 and sold to Freddie Dalton of Carnesville, Ga.

High selling bred heifer was Circle B Miss Dice and she was selected by Bryan Creek of Sunset View Farms, Ky. for $2,700.

Second high selling bred heifer was a Lucky Dice daughter out of Honeysuckle Rose, bred to Dream On. Woodlawn Farms of Clarksville, Ga., purchased this lot for $2,200.

The past Denver champion and Pickerel Farms donor sold for $4,000 going to Dr. Jim Root of Goodlettsville, Tenn.

The embryo division was highlighted by several top lots, two of which were consigned by Tolle Family Show Cattle. The two groups of 734 eggs out of the Three Trees Lucy cow commanded $500 per egg to total $2,500 each. The first group sold to Rick Bridges of Leaksville, Miss. and the second group sold to Boyett Farm of Reidsville, Ga.

The popular Rita 807 progeny was a sale feature with a son and daughter by 734. The fall open half blood heifer sold for $5,200 going to Kevin Bishop of Elmer, N.J. The fall half blood bull sold to Lauren Kaeming of Sioux Center, Iowa for $3,800. The embryos by Meyer 734 sold for $525 each for a total of $2,625 to Buddy Stansil of Canton, Ga.

Another embryo lot by Dillion's Kandy Kisses donor sold for $425 each for $2,125 to Lawrence Fransen of Leigh, Neb.

Other popular fall females were a Sturdy half blood which sold to Megan Favorite of Tennessee. This Partisover consignment sold for $4,900. Another 734 October female sold for $4,700 to Keith Thrasher of Carlton, Ga.

Johnnie Moore selected an Aces High half blood from the Fred Beck program for $3,200. The high selling fall purebred was a Nasdaq female from Horseshoe Hollow which sold to Melissa Ulrich of Eaton, Ohio.

The high selling yearling open was lot 75 from Pickerel Farms. This Power Drive female sold for $2,600 to repeat buyer Jim Rathwell of Six Mile, S.C.

Second high selling was Woodlawn Michelle, a Temptation daughter, selling for $2,500 to Milton Martin of Cleveland, Ga.

The Partisover fall bull calf crop was a sale highlight. Five fall bull calves sold for a total of $12,500. The first select sold for $3,900 going to Smith Brothers of Pavo, Ga.

Cattle sold to 12 states: Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Missouri, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Iowa, Nebraska, Ohio, Kentucky and Mississippi.

Sales Management: DP Sales Management, Doug and Debbie Parke, Paris, Ky.

Auctioneer: Bruce Miller, Texas

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