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SALE REPORT
CIRCLE A ANGUS HOSTS 18TH ANNUAL SALE

SALE SUMMARY

                                                        Average
  74 Registered Bulls. . . . . . . . .$ 361,500         $4,885
162 CAPB Bulls . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 648,500         $4,003

236 Total Bulls . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,006,000         $4,280

  12 Registered Heifers . . . . . . . $ 31,800         $2,650
453 Commercial heifers. . . . .$1,014,050         $2,239
465 Total heifers . . . . . . . . . . $1,045,050         $2,247

Total Gross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$2,051,050


March 17, 2012
Iberia, Mo.

Circle A Angus Ranch, headquartered in Iberia, Mo., was proud to host their 18th Annual Spring Bull & Heifer sale offering 701 head sold on March 17. It was a packed house with potential buyers excited about the current cattle market, early grass and the opportunity to become part of the Circle A Feeders buy�back program by bidding on the 236 bulls, and 465 bred heifers.

Two hundred thirty-six bulls averaged $4,280 with the high selling bull going for $8,500. Lot 112, Circle A Incentive 0363 was an extremely well made bull with great EPDs and sold to Leo Kleffner of Dixon, Mo. Lots 11, an equally impressive son of Circle A Incentive, brought $8,250 and sold to Gary Johnson of Fairfax, Mo. Eight other registered bulls sold for $7,000 or more. Joe Sunderland of Fayette, Mo., purchased the high selling Circle A Premium bull, lot 65 at $7,000. Tony Hatfield of Unionville, Mo., was the high� volume bull buyer taking home 11 bulls. Twenty-two bulls sold for $6,000 or more, with 23 bulls selling for $3,000 or less.

Four hundred fifty-three commercial bred heifers sold in lots of five ultrasounded to calve within ten days of one another and fetal sexed, averaged $2,318 per head. Brian Walker of Cameron, Mo., took home 95 head and Keith Griffin took 88 head to Bainbridge, Ga. Three other buyers took home 30 head or more. Twelve registered, bred heifers sold in lots of three averaged $2,650 with Jeff Gower taking the top selling six head.

The optimism concerning the current calf market was apparent at Circle A's sale. Customers are looking forward to three to four more years of record prices. Circle A feels fortunate to be part of their success and attributes their part to good genetics, good service and an industry leading calf buy�back program. The next opportunity to purchase Circle A genetics will be on October 20 offering 150 bulls and 450 spring� calving, bred heifers.

Circle A Angus Ranch is a 24,000 acre, 7,000 head ranching operation headquartered in Iberia, Mo., with satellite operations in Stockton, and Huntsville. Owned by the Dave Gust Family, Circle A's motto is �Quality beef is our business.� Circle A markets more than 450 Black Angus bulls and 900 Premium Angus females annually at sales held the third Saturday's of March and October.

Circle A offers a full�time customer service representative, free delivery with the purchase of two or more bulls, the most generous calf buy�back program in the country and access to the best genetics through the Angus Sire Alliance and the industry's only in�herd EPDs for tenderness, feed intake, heifer pregnancy, cow stayability and terminal and maternal profit indexes.

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