March 4, 2017
Leon, Iowa
Auctioneer: C.K. “Sonny” Booth
Sale management: MC Marketing Management
Sale consultants: Grassroots Consulting, R&R Marketing, and Hilton Consulting
Reported by: Andy Rest, NALF regional manager
Averages
67 – Limousin & Lim-Flex bulls – $5,022
Total sale gross – $336,500
$32,500 – Bull – Lot 3, CJSL Databank 6124D ET, 3/5/2016, homozygous black, homozygous polled, 81% Limousin, sired by MAGS Anchor, purchased by a syndicate consisting of: Wieczorek Limousin, Mt. Vernon, S.D.; Tubmill Creek Farms, New Florence, Penn.; ATAK Limousin, Avon, Ill.; Schur Limousin, Plainview, Texas; Magness Land & Cattle, Platteville, Colo.; 4H Limousin, Froha, Mo.; Beckman Livestock & Farming, Idaho Falls, Idaho; and Diamond S Limousin, Macks Creek, Mo.
$15,000 – Bull – Lot 1A, CJSL 6257D ET, 1/19/2016, homozygous black, homozygous polled, Lim-Flex, sired by MAGS Zodiac, purchased by Thomas and Son Farms, Boonsboro, Md.
$9,750 – Bull – Lot 2, CJSL 6018D, 1/29/2016, homozygous black, homozygous polled, Lim-Flex, sired by MAGS Zodiac, purchased by Schur Limousin, Plainview, Texas.
$9,000 – Bull – Lot 58, CELL 5694C ET, 9/1/2015, homozygous black, homozygous polled, Lim-Flex, sired by MAGS Axis, purchased by OT Farms, Fort Scott, Kan.
$8,300 – Bull – Lot 6, CELL 6125D ET, 3/6/2016, homozygous black, homozygous polled, Lim-Flex, sired by SAV Heston 2217, purchased by Fuchs Limousin, Cameron, Texas.
$8,250 – Bull – Lot 5, CELL 6120D ET, 3/4/2016, black, homozygous polled, Lim-Flex, sired by S A V Heston 2217, purchased by Lonely Valley Limousin, Creston, Neb.
$8,000 – Bull – Lot 11, ADLL 6262D ET, 1/23/2016, double black, homozygous polled, Lim-Flex, sired by Dameron C-5 American Classic, purchased by Stonehill Cattle Company, Miami, Okla.
Photo captions:
0573- Members of the syndicate present that purchased the high selling bull at the Linhart Limousin Sale were from left to right: Andy Schmalshof, ATAK Limousin, Avon, Ill.; John Goodish, Tubmill Creek Farms, New Florence, Penn.; and Curt Wieczorek, Wieczorek Limousin, Mt. Vernon, S.D., and are pictured with Charles Linhart, right.
0575- George Hubbard, manager of Stonehill Cattle Company, Miami, Okla., left, purchased one of the high selling bulls at the Linhart Sale and is pictured with NALF Executive Director Mark Anderson, center, and Charles Linhart.
0572- Chris Thomas, Thomas and Son Farms, Boonsboro, Md., right, purchased the second high selling bull at the Linhart Limousin Sale.
