January 10, 2017
Denver, Colo.
Auctioneer: C.K. “Sonny” Booth
Marketing team: American Cattle Services, MC Marketing Management, R & R Marketing, and Grassroots Consulting
Reported by: Andy Rest, NALF regional manager
Sale Averages
6 – Bred females – $7,250
9.5 – Open heifers – $5,868
1 – Bull – $5,750
1 – Semen packages – $8,000
17.5 – Live lots – $6,514
102 – Embryo lots – $687
Total sale gross – $184,100
$14,000 – Open heifer – Lot 17, LFL Daisy 6061D ET, 6/1/16, homozygous black, homozygous polled, Lim-Flex, sired by MAGS Aviator, consigned by Lawrence Family Limousin, Anton, Texas, purchased by Barton Land and Cattle, Jarrell, Texas.
$12,500 – Pick of bred heifers – Lot 18, Pick of the 2015 fall bred heifers, consigned by Linhart Limousin, Leon, Iowa, purchased by Wulf Cattle, Morris, Minn.
$9,750 – 5 embryos – Lot 21, HSF Your Fantasy x bull of buyer’s choice, donor dam: 1/18/2011, double black, double polled, sired by MAGS War Admiral, dam of Riverstone Charmed and Riverstone Crown Royal, consigned by Riverstone Cattle Company, Olds, Alberta, purchased by Linden and Jaden Linthicum, Welch, Okla.
$8,000 – Bred female – Lot 5, TMCK Canary 266C ET, 3/27/15, homozygous black, homozygous polled, Lim-Flex, sired by MAGS Ali, bred to TMCK Alfalfa 35X, consigned by Tubmill Creek Farms, New Florence, Penn., purchased by Circle R Ranch, Jacksonville, Fla.
$8,000 – Semen packages – Lot 1, TASF Crown Royal 960C ET, 4/24/15, homozygous black, homozygous polled, purebred, sired by DHVO Deuce 132R, consigned by owned by JCL Land & Cattle, Welch, Okla., and Thomas & Sons, Boonesboro, Md., purchased by Hall Cattle Company, Texas; Lawrence Family Limousin, Texas; Keeton Limousin, Texas; Minerich Land & Cattle, Ky.; Beckman Livestock, Id.; Lewis Limousin, Colo.; Joe Moore, Va.; Kim Getz, W.Va.; Eaton Hodges, Miss.; Ochsner Limousin, Colo.; Troy Williams, Ala., Little Mackinaw, Ill.; Warmington Ranch, Ore., and Ruth Bisner, Md.
$7,500 – Bred heifer – Lot 6, TMCK Clementine 275C ET, 4/5/2015, homozygous black, homozygous polled, Lim-Flex, sired by MAGS Ali, bred to TMCK Alfalfa 35X, consigned by Tubmill Creek Farms, New Florence, Penn., purchased by ATAK Limousin, Avon, Ill.
$7,000 – Open heifer – Lot 15, ELCX Double Dip 621D ET, 5/1/2016, black, homozygous polled, sired by MAGS Winston, consigned by Edwards Land & Cattle, Beulaville, N.C., purchased by White Valley Ranch, Adair, Okla.
Photo captions:
0094- Taking in the National Sale were (front row) Charles Linhart, Leon, Iowa, along with Terry Graven and Josh Glendenning, and (back row) Jack Glendenning and Phil Lamkins, all of Lebanon, Mo.
0103- Chris and Kelsey White, White Valley Ranch, Adair, Okla., bought two top lots out of the National Limousin Sale.
0102- Winning the first Dale F. Runnion Memorial People’s Choice Award at the National Limousin Sale was Stowers Limousin, Bridgeport, Texas. Runnion’s nephew, Frank Phelps, center, Belle Center, Ohio, presented the award to the Stowers family.
