SALE REPORT
EDISTO FORAGE BULL TEST SALE AVERAGES $2,488

SALE SUMMARY                                                                     Average 27 Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $  64,300           $2,381   7 Gelbvieh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$  15,700           $2,243   5 Red Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $  14,050           $2,810   6 Balancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$  16,100           $2,683 45 Total Bulls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$110,150           $2,448

October 14, 2006
Blackville, S.C.

The 2006 Edisto Forage Bull Test Sale was held on Saturday, October 14. Forty-five bulls brought $110,150 � an average of $2,448 per bull. The 31 buyers were from South Carolina � 34 bulls; North Carolina � six bulls; and Georgia � five bulls. Volume buyer was Country Boy Farms from North Augusta, S.C. with five five bulls � three Angus and two Balancers. The bulls averaged 608 days old, 54.1� tall, 5.6 frame score, 1,641 pounds and 37.5 cm scrotal circumference on sale day. In 23 Edisto sales, 1,023 bulls have been sold for $2,217,225 � an average of $2,167 per bull.

Cuffy Creek Farm's black, polled 48 Gelbvieh bull was the high yearling weight and high-selling bull at $4,100, to Baker Brothers Farm at Monroe, N.C. He weighed 1,950 pounds on sale day and was the heaviest Gelbvieh bull ever sold at Edisto. Kathwood Plantation's record-setting 63 Red Angus bull was the second high-seller at $4,000, going to Hudson Red Angus at Broxton, Ga. The third-high selling bull was Fox Run Farms' 45 Angus bull going for $3,700 to Springdale Plantation at Blackville, S.C. The top 11 selling bulls averages $3,482.

Test and Sale Manager: Dr. Larry W. Olson, Extenstion Animal Scientist.

Auctioneer: Darren Carter, Ninety Six, S.C.