February 9, 2019
Plainville, Kan.
Auctioneer: Bruce Brooks
Sale management: R&R Marketing, Randall O. Ratliff
Sale consultant: Mark Smith, Grassroots Genetics
Livestock Representatives: Ty Gillum, Plainville Livestock; Craig Talkington, Special Assignment
Reported by: Nathan Smith, NALF regional manager
Averages
78 – Limousin & Lim-Flex bulls – $3,015
22 – Registered bred heifers – $1,935
30 – Commercial bred heifers – $1,472
122 – Live Lots Gross – $335,195
$6,200 – Bull – Lot 77, LVBR Optimizer 74E, 4/5/2017, Lim-Flex, red, homozygous polled, sired by CRVL California 505C, purchased by Liz VanLoenen, Bogue, Kan.
$3,500 – Bred Female – Lot 92, LVBR 710E, 3/2/2017, double black, double polled, sired by MAGS Bronc Buster, purchased by Sullivan Farms, Dunlap Iowa.
Special Thanks to Buyers: Leland Richards, Bavaria, Kan. and Mike Beckman, Hoxie, Kan.
Photo Captions:
(LizVanloenen)- High selling bull buyer, Liz Vanloenen, middle, Bouge, Kan., is pictured with owners, Mark, Chad and Mike Settje and LV Bar manager, Mike Smith.
(Leland Richards)- Volume buyer Leland Richards, middle, of Bavaria, Kan. is pictured with owners, Mark, Chad and Mike Settje and LV Bar manager, Mike Smith.
(MikeBeckman)- LV Bar owners, Mike, Chad and Mark Settje are pictured with manager, Mike Smith and longtime volume bull buyer, Mike Beckman, middle, Hoxie, Kan.
