SALE REPORT
GARDINER ANGUS HOSTS FIRST FALL BULL SALE

SALE SUMMARY                                                                       Average 241 Bulls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,048,750            $4,352     5 Quarter Horses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $     14,000            $2,800

October 7, 2005
Ashland, Kansas

Regardless of how long we do something, change always brings a question mark to the forefront of one's mind. The addition of a fall sale to the Gardiner Angus Ranch marketing plan marked a significant change in our history. On Friday, October 7, 96 buyers from 20 states changed anxiety into another humbling opportunity to say thanks for a successful sale. Two-hundred forty-one bulls grossed $1,048,750 for a per head average of $4,352. The sale was the typical fast-paced Gardiner sale style and was concluded in just over two hours.

The high selling bull was Lot 1, GAR 1407 New Design L674, sired by Bon View New Design 1407, sold to John Zieglschmid, Franklin, Texas, for $15,000. Second high selling bull was Lot 5, GAR 1407 New Design L884, another 1407 son out of a GAR Pinnacle daughter, 1630. L884 sold to Tom Echols, Breckenridge, Texas, for $8,500.

Six bulls sold for $7,500. Lots 4, 19 and 6, all 1407 sons, sold to Jason and Gloria Greenstreet, Walker, Mo., Bob Anson, Myakka City, Fla., and Padgett Farms, Bowdon, Ga., respectively. Lot 24, sired by Bon View New Design 208, also sold for $7,500, to Ken Reeser, Leroy, Ill. Lots 7 and 13, both sired by CA Future Direction 5321, sold to Virgil Lawless, Bastrop, Texas, and Carey Mickel, Hartwell, Ga., also selling for $7,500. Lot 16, GAR 208 New Design G844 and Lot 37, GAR 208 New Design G654, both Bon View New Design 208 sons sold to Roscoe Harvell, Eutaw, Ala., and Bruce Johnson, Polo, Mo., for $7,000. Lot 194, GAR Future Direction N5324, sired by 5321 out of GAR Focus 501 sold to Tony Borba, Oakdale, Calif., for $7,000. Bill Freeman, Cunningham, Tenn., purchased an outstanding Grid Maker son, GAR Grid Maker N5124, for $7,000.

Seven bulls sold for $6,500 each. Sean Geistweidt, Fredericksburg, Texas took home Lot 2, GAR 1407 New Design D534 for $6,500. Roscoe Harvell selected Lot 17, the #1 $B bull in the sale, sired by GAR Pinnacle. Lot 18, another super 1407 son out of a Pinnacle daughter, sold to Barry Bortz, Preston, Kansas. Lots 20 and 32, a 1407 and a 208 son sold to Rob and Sylvia Sellard, Bucklin, KS, and Jimmy Mathis, Duck River, Tenn. Another 208 son, ranking in the top three percent for RE and top four percent for $B was purchased by Bob Keifer, Guide Rock, Neb. Frankie Long, Hollis, Okla., also paid $6,500 for Lot 205, GAR 208 New Design N5214.

Nine bulls sold for $6,000, all purchased by repeat Gardiner customers. Randy Browning, Appleton City, Mo., purchased Lot 3, another popular 1407 son. Sara Jacobson, Goliad, Texas, purchased two New Design 208 sons out of GAR Precision 1680 daughters, Lots 25 and 26. Sara also purchased Lot 46, GAR 1407 New Design G894. Lots 28 and 39, both GAR New Design 208 sons sold to Bob Anson and Tony Borba, respectively. A good neighbor, Mark Luckie, Ashland, Kansas, purchased Lot 42, GAR 208 New Design L794. Jeremy Staples, Turner Station, Ky., had the winning bid on Lot 49, GAR 1407 New Design H904. Lot 55, another 1407 son out of GAR Precision 870, sold to Joe Wittenburg, Lometa, Texas.

Three bulls, Lots 34, 84 and 197 sold for $5,750 to Sam Bailey, Clarksville, Tenn., Jim London, Freedom, Okla., and Barry Bortz, respectively.

Twelve buyers purchased 17 bulls for $5,500 and included: Bob Anson, four bulls, Lots 9, 36, 69 and 174. Sam Bailey had the winning bid on Lot 31. Tony Borba added two more, Lots 92 and 195, to his load. Terry Eubank, Ashland, Kansas, purchased Lot 65, one of the few Rito 6I6 sons in the sale. Robert Godwin, Myekka, Fla., purchased Lot 56, another 1407 son ranking in the top one percent for $B. Chris Himschoot, Hardy, Ark., took Lot 54 home. Sara Jacobson added two more top sires to her purchases with Lots 35 and 45. Perkins and Prothro's Jon David and Jodie Roberts purchased Lot 76, sired by Twin Valley Precision E161. Mark Luckie added to his purchases with Lot 50, GAR 1407 New Design H774. Long time GAR customer, Jack Shelton, Amarillo, Texas, purchased Lot 61, GAR Enhancer D604. John Thatcher, Boone, Colo., one of the volume buyers, purchased Lot 88, a Bon View New Design 208 son that ranks in the top one percent for $B. Steve Stratford, Pratt, KS, took home Lot 211, GAR 1407 New Design N5154.

Blake Sherrod, Birmingham, Ala., purchased the top selling Quarter horse, Dynamic Bull, a gelding sired by The Blue Bull and used on the ranch for 11 years.

Volume buyers: Jon David and Jodie Roberts, Perkins & Prothro, Kerrick, Texas; Bob Anson, Myakka City, Fla.; John Thatcher, Boone, Colo. and Tony Borba, Oakdale, Calif., D.K. Boyd, Midland, Texas and Emanuel Glockzin, Bryan, Texas.

Additional notes of interest:

Bulls sold to states from California to Florida: 65 Bulls sold into Texas; 53 Bulls sold into Kansas; 36 Bulls sold into Oklahoma; and 25 Bulls sold into Florida.