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Auctioneer: Tommy Barnes, Montgomery, AL 50 Black Hereford Yearling Bulls $161,500 average; $3,230 30 Bred Heifers $107,700 average; $3,590 16 Composite Red Yearling Bulls $23,050 average; $1,441 96 Lots $292,250 average; $3,044 Joe and Norma Hoagland, owners of J&N Ranch, Leavenworth, Kansas staged their 17th annual Production Sale, the offering primarily consisting of Black Herefords, February 13, one day after the annual ABHA Membership Meeting. Reminiscent of last year’s sale, there was again standing room only for the overflow crowd as attendees came and purchased from 15 states ranging in far away states from South Dakota to Texas and Virginia to Utah. Auctioneer Tommy Barnes, Montgomery, Alabama cried the sale and quickly determined that the crowd was anxious for Black Herefords. The evidence was in the totals; this year’s sale sold 96 lots for $3,044, $600 per lot more than last year’s sale. There were 78 internet participants in the sale accounting for the purchase of nine animals from the offering. The high selling lot was the bred heifer JN Baldee 841. The homozygous black March 2008 heifer was bred to the two-year-old JN Balder 7130, a high performance bull with a 3.0 lb, a 57 lb., and a 106 lb. birth weight, weaning weight and yearling weight EPD, respectively. The 841 heifer was without a doubt the crowd’s favorite, as her price passed $6,000 quickly with at least 6 breeders placing their hands in the air. When the price reached $9,000, the bidding settled down to Dimitri Matagaras, Iron Lake Ranch, Dallas, Texas and the partnership of J Bar B Cattle Company, Grandview, Texas and Triple L Ranch, Mexia, Texas. When the bidding stopped, Iron Lake Ranch became the owner of the heifer with a sale price of $10,000. This is the fourth year in a row that Iron Lake Ranch purchased the high-selling heifer from a J&N sale. After the “841” female calf arrives, she will be flushed to the Hereford bull CCC GG Wallace 9177W ET, just admitted for use in the ABHA. Iron Lake Ranch also purchased the bull JN Balder 9487 for $4,750. This prospect had a weaning ratio of 112, a yearling ratio of 107, a birth EPD of +2.7, a gain on test of 3.33 and was homozygous black. The partnership of J Bar B Cattle Company, owned by Jim and Bob Watson, and Triple L Ranch, owned by Bobby and Jared Lide, bid $8,500 for the second high priced animal. This partnership bull, JN Balder 9498, a homozygous black bull, had a weaning ratio of 107, a yearling ratio of 107, a gain on test of 3.61 lb. and a birth weight EPD of +1.6. The partnership of Triple L and J Bar B purchased one of the good bred heifers when they became owners of JN Baldee 829, a homozygous black heifer with excellent performance and near perfect conformation for $5,500. Before the day sale was finished, Bobby and Jared Lide purchased five bred heifers, one for $4,750, two for $4,250, one for $3,600 and one for $2,200 with an average of $3,810 on the five. Triple L also purchased a second Black Hereford bull for $2,600. The Triple L bull, JN Balder 9432, had a weaning index of 111, a yearling ratio of 105, a gain on test of 3.22 lb. and milk EPD of +16. The five Lide females all had good growth EPDs, above average milk EPDs and moderate to low birth EPDs. With these cattle added to their herd, Triple L Ranch became the volume buyer of the sale. J Bar B Cattle Company purchased two homozygous black bulls, JN Balder 9622 for $5,000 and a second bull, JN Balder 9625 for $2,600. JN Balder 9622 had a 79 lb. actual birth weight and a below average birth weight EPD making him a likely candidate to use on heifers. J Bar B added two bred heifers to their herd inventory for a $2,175 average. Smithson Farms, LaPlata, Missouri, owned by Danny and Erin Smithson, repeat buyers of Black Herefords from J&N Ranch, purchased two bulls, one for $8,000 and a second for $3,500. Smithson’s first selection was JN Balder 9406, a homozygous black bull with a yearling ratio of 116, the highest on test gain of 4.89 lb. per day, a milk EPD of +14 and a scrotal circumference of 41 cm. Smithson’s second bull was JN Balder 9135, a homozygous black bull with the sale’s highest weaning weight EPD, the second highest yearling weight EPD and ratios of 100 or more. Robert/Elizabeth Hazelgrove, Farmville, Virginia, owners of Hors du Monde Black Herefords, purchased JN Balder 9748, a thick meaty son of JN Balder 7130 with the sale’s second lowest actual birth weight and balanced performance all the way around. The Hazelgrove’s selection was a homozygous black bull purchased over the internet through DVAuction for $7,500. Two of the Black Hereford bulls sold for $6,000. One sold to Birkholtz Farms, Willow Lake, South Dakota. Birkholtz selected JN Balder 9479, an outstanding individual that had the highest yearling weight, the second highest weaning weight, the second highest ADG on test and a below average birth weight EPD. Birkholtz purchased the second high selling bull in the 2009 J&N Sale for $5,500. Square C Farms, owned by Lee Campbell, Windsor, Illinois bought the other $6,000 bull, JN Balder 9522. This homozygous black bull had balanced performance and was average or above average for all performance traits. Three additional bulls sold for $5,000 each. The first was JN Balder 9702 purchased by Ground Zero Farms, Watts, Oklahoma. Ground Zero’s bull had a weaning ratio of 107, a yearling ratio of 108, an ADG 3.67 lb., a 40 cm. scrotal circumference and was homozygous black. Ground Zero added two homozygous black heifers to their herd as well, JN Baldee 835 for $5,750 and JN Baldee 836 for $5,250. Ground Zero has been a repeat customer for J&N Ranch. McCutcheon Farms, owned by Randall and Pam McCutcheon, DePauw, Indiana selected JN Balder 9519, a homozygous black bull for $5,000. McCutcheon Farms have sold Black Herefords to breeders in several states and wanted another herd sire to give their customers some new genetics. New ABHA member and Black Hereford breeder Mark Baxter, Baxter Angus, Rockham, South Dakota purchased JN Balder 9630 for $5,000. Baxter’s bull had a 2.7 birth, 44 weaning, an 82 yearling, a 17 milk and 39 milk plus growth EPD. Fourteen of the 30 bred heifers sold for $4,000 or more. Grover Prather and his son Bud Prather, Versailes, Indiana, new Black Hereford breeders, purchased three heifers: JN Baldee 855 for $5,250, JN Baldee 813 for $4,250 and JN Baldee 849 for $4,250. Maquoketa Embryo, owned by Dr. Don Yanda, Maquoketa, Iowa purchased two promising prospects, JN Baldee 816 and JN Baldee 843 for $4,750 each. Curt Russell, Petersburg, Indiana, a new Black Hereford breeder, purchased six Black Hereford bred heifers for an average price of $3,458. Joe and Norma Hoagland were pleased with
their sale results and are looking forward to their next annual
production sale in February 2011. |
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