April 3, 2018
Missoula, Mont.
Auctioneer: C.K. “Sonny” Booth
Sale management: MC Marketing Management
Reported by: Andy Rest, NALF regional manager
Averages
102 – Yearling Limousin & Lim-Flex bulls – $4,240
Sale Gross – $432,500
$15,000– Lot 2, COLE Explorer 22E, 2/13/2017, purebred, black, homozygous polled, sired by COLE Architect 08A, purchased by a syndicate consisting of Beus Cattle Company, Pasco, Wash.; Lakeside Limousin, Ionia, Mo.; Circle R Ranch, Jacksonville, Fla.; Elkhorn Valley Limousin, West Point, Neb.; and Triangle J Ranch, Cameron, Texas.
$11,750– Lot 38, COLE Tuff Enuff 08E, 2/10/2017, purebred, black, homozygous polled, sired by ROMN Tuff Enuff 103T, purchased by Lou Ann Tucker, Astoria, Ore.
$8,750– Lot 6, COLE Equator 97E, 3/5/2017, purebred, black, homozygous polled, sired by COLE Architect 08A, purchased by John and Shelly Noe, Absarokee, Mont.
$8,250– Lot 12, COLE Venture 85E, 3/2/2017, Lim-Flex, homozygous black, homozygous polled, sired by Coleman Venture 403, purchased by Baers JB Bar Limousin, Onaka, S.D.
$8,000– Lot 1, COLE Eastbound 78E ET, 2/27/2017, purebred, red, homozygous polled, sired by COLE Architect 08A, purchased by the Diamond V Ranch, Selfridge, N.D.
$8,000– Lot 5, COLE Elevation 06E, 2/9/2017, Lim-Flex, black, homozygous polled, sired by COLE Architect 08A, purchased by the Guild Ranch, Ft. Bridger, Wyo.
Photo Captions:
(Chew)- The volume bull buyer at the Coleman Limousin sale was Neal Chew, Maybell, Colo., a long-time customer.
(Engelking)- Ernie and Sandy Engelking, Newkirk, Okla., purchased two bulls at the Coleman Limousin sale.
(Dye)- Terri and Kyle Dye, Payola, Kan., purchased a top herd sire and are pictured with the owner, Larry Coleman, after the successful sale.
