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April 6, 2009- Burwell Livestock Market- Burwell, NE- Auctioneer Mike Baxter A severe winter storm hit the Midwest on Saturday the 4 th causing the postponement of the female sale from Sunday the 5 th to Monday the 6 th following the scheduled bull sale. Monday dawned with a clear sky and fair weather. A storm shortened crowd was on hand to bid on a stout set of bulls followed by the dispersion of the fall calving cowherd along with a select group of fancy open heifers and a group of May calving registered Red Angus cows. The demand was good and bidding active on the bulls and the females sold with a high number selling over the internet and on order due to reduced travel brought on by the recent blizzard. Bull sale results Fall Limousin bulls- 9 head grossed $22,200 averaged $2467. BRAW Prize 7140T sold to Wes Winter Lincoln, NE for $3200. BRAW Heartland 7141T sold to Martens Little Valley Ranch Lovell, WY for $3000. Spring Limousin Bulls- 13 head grossed $28,000 averaged $2154 BRAW Muscleman 824 sold to Wes Winter Lincoln, NE for $3500 for ½ interest and Possession. BRAW Mags 877U sold to EJ Steinke Ranches Idaho Falls, ID for $2900. Steinke Ranches was a volume buyer with 4 head and Scott Glinn, Keystone, NE with 4 head. Martens Little Valley Ranch Lovell, WY purchased 3 head. Fall Red Angus bulls- 12 head grossed $35,700 averaged $2975 BCRR Ridge 7113 sold to Matt Fowler Arcadia, NE for $3700. BCRR Mimi 7143T sold to Lyle Staudenmaier Harrison, NE for $3300 Spring Red Angus bulls- 22 head grossed $52,300 averaged $2377 BCRR Ol' Hickory 8107U sold for $5900 for ½ interest and possession to Paul Angus Farm Albany, MO. BCRR Proof 837U sold for $2900 to Donald Jensen of St Paul, NE. Volume Red Angus bull buyers were Kilday Ranch with 5 head and Donald Jensen with 4 head. 56 bulls grossed $136,000 averaged $2428.
Female Sale results Fall cows with heifer calves- 8 pairs grossed $19,200 averaged $2400 BCRR Precisely Foxy 486P sold to Jeff Grill Edgemont, SD for $3300 and her calf by Mulberry 26P went to Mark Howard, Kentucky for $1600. CWK BC 5842N sold to Jeff Grill, Edgemont, SD for $2100 and her heifer calf by Optima 423 went home with Liberty Ranches of Plainville, KS for $950. Fall calving cows- 20 head grossed $26,950 averaged $1347 BCRR Foxy Mimi 6111S sold to Michael Booth of Veteran, WY for $2200. BCRR Opal 3122N sold to Jeff Grill Edgemont, SD for $2100. BCRR Opal 5102 sold to Eric Ravenscroft Nezel, NE for $2100. Spring Bred Cows- 9 head grossed $13,275 averaged $1475 SJRA Harmonia 566 sold for $1650 to Mike Hein Valley, NE. BCRR Pretty Fox 320 brought $1600 from Faylor Red Angus of St. Francis, KS. Spring 08 Open Heifers- 13 head grossed $15,825 averaged $1217 BCRR Surprise 803U commanded a bid of $2300 from Bar G Red Angus of Beaver, OK. BCRR MS M 825U sold for $2000 and was purchased by Gordie Ludens of Viborg, SD. Volume female buyers were Liberty Ranch Plainview, KS with 9 head and Eric Ravenscroft of Nezel, NE purchasing 6 head. 65 Females grossed $76,575. Averaged $1255
We offer 50 head of bulls designed for the commercial rancher, at auction on the 1st Friday in April at the Burwell Livestock Market, Burwell NE. The offering will include 25 senior bulls born in the fall, and 25 stout spring yearlings. Represented in the sale will be purebred and percentage Limousin and Red Angus. Also available will be a limited number of high quality Limousin X Red Angus F1 and F2 bulls. A word about how we handle our bulls. We do not believe in over feeding our bulls just to have them look good on paper. We like to see the bulls gaining 3 lbs. a day on a ration designed to grow them out not fatten them up! We encourage buyers to compare gain ratios and yearling weight epd’s to more accurately gage genetic potential. Follow up with past buyers reaffirms our philosophy on growing bulls out. As most ranchers have reported that their bulls held their flesh very well through out the breeding season. Our senior bulls are summered on grass. The fall born calves are weaned in March and turned back out on grass. This doesn’t make for big yearling weights like if you had fed them all summer, but it does make for a bull that is less likely to a have problems such as over conditioning, poor feet and legs from standing around a feed lot most of his life. Instead he will spend most of his time here on grass, like the environment that he will go into when he is sold for breeding. Our bulls are fed by Bob and Kip Richardson and have been for the last 7 years and they do a great job! Bob is just as concerned about the soundness of our bulls as we are so it has worked very well. |
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