September 9, 2016
Mount Pleasant, TX
Auctioneer: C.K. “Sonny” Booth
Sale management: R&R Marketing
Sale consultants: Grassroots Genetics & Helton Consulting
Reported by: Andy Rest, NALF regional manager
Averages
13 – Spring pairs – $2,092
2 – Fall pairs – $1,613
23 – Bred females – $1,722
1 – Open female – $2,200
6 – Bulls – $2,058
45 – Live lots – $1,879
18 – Embryos – $458
Total sale gross – $92,825
$2,800 – Pair – Lot 4 & 4A – Cow: TMCK Honey Dripper 69Y, 10/09/11, homozygous black, homozygous polled, purebred, sired by AHCC Westwind W544, bred to Wulfs Amazing Bull T341A for a November calf; Heifer calf: Southern A Anarchy 5114C, 11/25/15, homozygous black, double polled, sired by DALT Absolute Anarchy; pair consigned by the Owen Cattle Company, Hornbeak, Tenn., purchased by Chief Cattle Company, Mount Pleasant, Texas.
$2,600 – Pair – Lot 9 & 9A – Cow: CFLX Manuela 349A, 11/18/13, homozygous black, double polled, Lim-Flex, sired by SAV Brilliance 8077, bred to Cole Zone 89Z; Calf: CFLX 027D, 05/05/16, double black, double polled, sired by Cole Zone 89Z; consigned by Counsil Family Limousin, Madisonville, Texas, purchased by Larry Garrison, Waskom, Texas.
$2,500 – Bred female – Lot 26 – TGBC Maria 206Y, 03/09/11, double black, double polled, purebred, sired by AHCC Westwind W544, bred to Wulfs Amazing Bull T341A for an October calf, consigned by Owen Cattle Company, Hornbeak, Tenn., purchased by Davis Limousin, Brownwood, Texas.
$2,350 – Bull – Lot 22 – WCBK Zip-It 78C, 02/28/15, homozygous black, double polled, Lim-Flex, sired by SBLX Zip It, consigned by Double Hollow Limousin, Cullman, Ala., purchased by Tucker Farms, DeKalb, Texas.
$1,100 – Embryo – Lot 58 – EXAR Upshot 0562B x PBRS Touch Me Gently 798T, consigned by RO Farms, Waldron, Mich., purchased by Taylor Cattle Company, Reeds, Mo.
Photo captions:
008- Roy and Karen Price, Chief Cattle Company, Mount Pleasant, Texas, was a volume buyer at the 4-State Limousin Association Sale.
006- Long-time Limousin breeder Paul Payne, Paris, Texas bought a top pair out of the 4-State Limousin Association Sale.
001- Consignors to the 4-State Limousin Association Sale included from left to right, Brad Davis, Brownwood, Texas, Kevin Counsil, Madisonville, Texas, and Joe Hoot, Canton, Texas.
