July 5, 2017
Grand Island, Neb.
Auctioneer: C.K. “Sonny” Booth
Sale management: American Cattle Services
Sale consultants: MC Marketing Management, R & R Marketing and Grassroots Consulting
Reported by: Andy Rest, NALF regional manager
Averages
1 – Bred female – $4,600
1 – Open heifer – $3,800
½ – Donor female – $6,000
1 – Embryo flush – $5,250
79 – Embryos – $546
Total sale gross – $62,785
$6,000 – Donor female – Lot 1, MAGS Xtra Rest, 2/5/2010, homozygous black, homozygous polled, Lim-Flex, sired by DHVO Deuce 132R, consigned by Linhart Limousin, Leon, Iowa, one-half embryo interest purchased by White Valley Ranch, Adair, Okla.
$5,250 – Embryo flush – Lot 2, Wulfs Worth It All 9108W, 4/1/2009, red, polled, purebred, sired by WZRK Primestar 861P, consigned by Wulf Cattle, Morris, Minn., purchased by Summit Livestock, Australia
$4,600 – Bred female- Lot 3, CELL 5481C ET, a 9/11/2015 homozygous black, homozygous polled, purebred MAGS Wazowski daughter bred to TASF Believe 854B for a fall calf consigned by Linhart Limousin, Leon, IA and purchased by Wulf Cattle, Morris, MN.
$825 – Embryos – Lot 5, COLE Architect 08A x LH Belle 015B, consigned by Colt Cunningham, Rose, Okla., purchased by OT Farms, Fort Scott, Kan.
$750 – Embryos – Lot 6, MAGS Aviator x LH Belle 015B, consigned by Colt Cunningham, Rose, Okla., purchased by Marjon Farms, Earl Park, Ind.
$750 – Embryos – Lot 17, MAGS Cable x PBRS Touch Me Gently 798T, consigned by Diamond Hill Cattle Company, Newcastle, Okla., and Hall Cattle Company, Sweetwater, Texas, purchased by Pinegar Limousin, Springfield, Mo.
Photo captions:
DSC 0859 – A large crowd was on hand for the All-American Futurity Sale of Sales.
DSC 0861- Chris and Kelsey White, along with their daughter Kynlee, Adair, Okla., purchased the high selling lot at the All-American Futurity Sale of Sales.
DSC 0857- Chad Settje of Lonely Valley Limousin, Creston, Neb., left, purchased a top embryo lot at the All-American Futurity Sale of Sales and is pictured with sale consultant Randy Ratliff.