March 4, 2017
Sterling, Colo.
Auctioneer: Jim Santomaso
Reported by: Frank Padilla, NALF director of marketing
Averages
37 – Schuppe Farms bulls – $3,310
8 – CAF Cattle Co. bulls – $2,750
15 – CAF Cattle Co. open heifers – $1,590
Sale gross – $168,320
$6,000 – Bull – Lot 15, ELMW Solution 10D, 2/23/2016, homozygous black, homozygous polled, Lim-Flex, sired by KG Solution 0018, purchased by Jerry Craig, Byers, Colo.
$6,000 – Bull – Lot 28, ELMW Eagle 57D, 2/10/2016, homozygous black, heterozygous polled, Lim-Flex, sired by MAGS Eagle, purchased by Bruce Mann, Kirk, Colo.
$5,750 – Lot 36 – ELMW Innovation 83D, 2/16/2016, homozygous black, homozygous polled, Lim-Flex, sired by MAR Innovation 251, purchased by Jerry and Darren Bauder, Sterling, Colo.
Photo captions
8066 – Gordon Schuppe visiting with buyers before the Schuppe Farms & CAF Cattle Company sale.
8070 – An attentive crowd of repeat buyers was on hand sale day.
8074 – Darren and Jerry Bauder, repeat buyers, purchased a top performance lot at the sale, and are pictured with Gordon Schuppe on the right.