October 6, 2018
Quapaw, Okla.
Auctioneers: C.K. “Sonny” Booth & Cody Lowderman
Sale management: R&R Marketing & MC Marketing Management
Reported by: Andy Rest, NALF regional manager
Averages
3 – Cow/Calf pairs – $4,500
8 – Bred females – $7,218
3 – Open heifers – $5,333
1 – Bull – $4,750
1 – Semen package – $12,000
4 – Pick of the flush – $6,500
2 – Embryo flushes – $5,000
2 – Heifer pregnancies – $5,000
85 – Embryos – $530
Sale Gross – $186,525
$17,000 – Cow/Calf Pair – Lot 3, AUTO Redbird 421D ET, 9/10/2016, Fullblood, red, sired by SVL Polled Impact. AUTO Redbird 421D ET heifer calf, 10/2/2018, Fullblood, sired by SOGF Special K, consigned by Pinegar Limousin, Springfield, Mo., purchased by Wulf Cattle, Morris, Minn.
$12,000 – Semen Package – Lot 12, Muscrave Headway, 1/1/2016, Angus bull, sired by Schiefelbein Allied 514, consigned by Linhart Limousin, Leon, Iowa. Purchasing 10 units of semen each were: Lawrence Family Limousin, Anton, Texas; Lonely Valley Limousin, Creston, Neb; Stowers Limousin, Bridgeport, Texas; Graven Land & Cattle, Lebanon, Mo.; Lake Side Limousin, Ionia, Mo.; Diamond Hill Cattle Company, Newcastle, Okla.; Atak Limousin, Avon, Ill.; Tubmill Creek Farms, New Florence, Pa.; Baker Limousin, Fulton, Mo.; P Bar S Ranch, Sand Springs, Okla.; and Wieczorek Limousin, Mt. Vernon, S.D.
$11,500 – Cow/Calf Pair – Lot 2, AUTO Girley 415D ET, 11/10/2016, Lim-Flex, double black, polled, sired by AUTO Power Plus. AUTO Girley 415D ET bull calf, 10/3/2018, double black, double polled, sired by AUTO Lucky Guy, purchased by Jones Brothers Farms, Knob Noster, Mo.
$8,500 – Pick of The Flush – Lot 17, Pick of Three, due 1/5/2019, Lim-Flex heifers, double polled, double black, sired by LH U Haul 135U, out of WLF Ugly Betty 432U, consigned by Wies Limousin, Wellsville, Mo., purchased by White Valley Ranch, Adair, Okla.
$7,500 – Bred Female – Lot 21, ELCX Elba 512A, 10/3/2013, black, homozygous polled, sired by MAGS Winston, bred to MAGS Xyloid, consigned by Edwards Land & Cattle, Beulaville, N.C., purchased by Linhart Limousin, Leon, Iowa.
$800 – High Selling Embryos – Lot 26, Three Heifer Embryos, Purebred, double black, double polled, sired by Riverstone Crown Royal, out of AUTO Zofia 439Z, consigned by J6 Farms, Gibbon, Neb., purchased by KLS Farms, Chatham, La.
Photo Captions:
(Pinegar)- Ed Pinegar, left, Springfield, Mo., consigned several top lots to The Summit Sale and is pictured with Grant Jones, who purchased one of the sale’s high selling pairs from the Pinegar operation.
(Graven/Smith)- Both Terry Graven, Lebanon, Mo. and Kevin Smith, Chatham, La., center, made leading purchases at The Summit Sale and are pictured with sale managers, Randy Ratliff, far left, and Kiley McKinna, far right.
(Brown)- Cheryl and Marty Brown, Diamond, Mo., were a volume buyer of embryos at The Summit Sale.