May 12, 2018
Damascus, Ark.
Auctioneers: C.K. “Sonny” Booth & Ronn Cunningham
Sale management: KK Seedstock Consultants
Sale consultants: Grassroots Consulting & Helton Consulting
Reported by: Andy Rest, NALF regional manager
Averages
16 – Fall cow/calf pairs – $4,363
23 – Spring cow/calf pairs – $3,619
18 – Fall bred females – $3,330
26 – Open females – $1,823
11 – Bulls – $3,000
Sale Gross – $297,000
$11,000 – Spring Pair – Lot 32 & 32A, SVL Polled Excelant 758X, 11/26/2010, fullblood, homozygous polled, sired by ENGD Unbridled 832U. Lot 32A, heifer calf, AR Fairy Tinker Belle 832F, 3/15/2018, Fullblood, homozygous polled, sired by AR Zillion 226Z, both purchased by Gaucho Enterprises, Bemidji, Minn.
$8,500 – Fall Calving Female – Lot 59, AR Delicate Lace 619D, 4/4/2016, Fullblood, homozygous polled, sired by SVL Polled Leader 114A, bred to AR Clever Stream 5149C, purchased by Stone Valley Limousin, Cashion, Okla. and Ragsdell Family Rockin R Ranch, Rolla, Mo.
$8,500 – Bull – Lot 2, AR Colonel 531C, 3/16/2016, Fullblood, homozygous polled, sired by SVL Polled Leader 114A, purchased by Gaucho Enterprises, Bemidji, Minn.
$7,700 – Fall Pair – Lot 13, AR Bubble Butt Mae 486B, 9/21/2014, Fullblood, polled, sired by CF Jim Dandie 216U, bred to AR Colonel for a fall calf, purchased by FWH Farms, Leakesville, Miss. for $3,400. Lot 13A, heifer calf, AR Extra Bunns Mae 7168E, 9/17/2017, Fullblood, homozygous polled, sired by AR Colonel, purchased by Davis Farms, Covington, Ga. for $4,300.
$6,350 – Fall Pair – Lot 14, AR Best Mae West 4102B, 10/13/2014, Fullblood, polled, sired by AR You Win Gold 156Y, bred to AR Colonel, purchased by Gaucho Enterprises, Bemidji, Minn. for $3,250. Lot 14A, bull calf, AR Executive 7173E, 9/18/2017, Fullblood, homozygous polled, sired by AR Colonel, purchased by Gaucho Enterprises for $3,100.
$6,000 – Spring Pair – Lot 30, AR Yu Lucky Hoo 127Y, 3/27/2011, homozygous polled, sired by AR Pol Politician. Lot 30A, heifer calf, AR Fah La La Hoo 863F, 3/27/2018, Fullblood, homozygous polled, sired by AR Zillion 226Z, both purchased by Chisholm Trail Limousin, Kingfisher, Okla.
Photo Captions:
(Glazier)- Ken Glazier, Chisholm Trail Limousin, Kingfisher, Okla., bought several top lots out of the Thomas Farms Sale.
(Ragsdell/Stone)- Ken Ragsdell, left, Rolla, Mo., and Bob Stone, center, Cashion, Okla., teamed up to purchase the high selling fall calving female and are pictured with Rick and Sandy Thomas after the sale.
(Atzbach)- Richard Atzbach, Stratford, Okla., was a volume buyer at the Thomas Farms Sale.
