September 16, 2017
Plainville, Kan.
Auctioneer: Bruce Brooks
Sale management: R & R Marketing
Sale consultants: MC Marketing Management and Grassroots Consulting
Reported by: Andy Rest, NALF regional manager
Averages
1 – Semen interest – $16,500
110 – Spring pairs – $2,258
25 – Spring bred females – $1,885
16 – Fall pairs – $1,885
53 – Fall bred females – $1,719
5 – Open yearling heifers – $2,400
13 – Open females – $1,150
9 – Bulls – $3,194
232 – Total lots – $2,109
Sale Gross – $489,250
$16,500 – Semen interest – Lot 1, LVLS Bank Account 8116B, 1/24/2014, homozygous black, double polled, sired by MAGS Wazowski, semen packages purchased by: White Valley Ranch, Adair, Okla.; Beckman Livestock, Idaho Falls, Idaho; Sullivan Farms, Dunlap, Iowa; Magness Land & Cattle, Platteville, Colo.; Woodard Limousin, Calhan, Colo.; P Bar S Ranch, Sand Springs, Okla.; Linhart Limousin, Leon, Iowa; Owen Cattle Company, Hornbeak, Tenn.; Edwards Land & Cattle, Beulaville, N.C.; and Coleman Limousin, Charlo, Mont.
$4,500 – Pair – Lot 125, LVLS 157C, red, homozygous polled, Lim-Flex, sired by MAGS Atlas 8012A, with a 4/15/2017, black, polled, RRDC Bud 4006B bull calf at side, and bred back to MAGS Apple Jack, purchased by Sullivan Farms, Dunlap, Iowa
$4,400 – Bull – Lot 7, LVBR Doctor Who 600D, 2/19/2016, double black, homozygous polled, Lim-Flex, sired by MAGS Unreal, purchased by Warren Grifeller, Russell, Kan.
$4,000 – Bull – Lot 2, LVBR 605D, 3/17/2016, red, double polled, purebred, sired by WZRK Atlas 8012A, purchased by Spencer Braun, Norton, Kan.
$3,150 – Pair – Lot 138, LVLS 31C, 3/15/2015, double black, homozygous polled, Lim-Flex, sired by MAGS Unreal, with a 3/27/2017 black, polled, MAGS Back Room 111B heifer at side, and bred back to MAGS Apple Jack, purchased by Jeff Hicks, Joplin, Mo.
$3,000 – Pair – Lot 177, LVLS 80C, 3/29/2015, double black, double polled, purebred, sired by RRDC 3001A, with a 4/4/2017 black, polled, RRDC Bounty Hunter 566B bull calf at side, and bred back to RRDC Big Boy 4005B, purchased by White Valley Ranch, Adair, Okla.
Photo captions:
# 1115- Chris and Kelsey White, Adair, Okla., made several top purchases at the LV Bar Production Sale.
# 1139- Lance Reed of Rafter R Cattle, Plainville, Kan., right, was the volume buyer at the LV Bar Production Sale and is pictured with LV Bar Ranch Manager Mike Smith, left, and Owner Chad Settje, center.
# 1134- Spencer Braun and his son Gavin of Norton, Kan., right, purchased a top selling bull at the LV Bar Sale and are pictured with LV Bar principals Jonah, Mike, and Cole Smith.
