Quality Animals Attract Buyers from 10 States to the 5th Annual Herd Builder Sale

November 3, 2007 – Marshall, Missouri
Auctioneer: Hoover Case, Marshfield, Missouri

Buyers from 10 states ranging from Minnesota to Texas and California to Indiana purchased 75 lots at the 5th Annual Herd Builder Sale for an average of $1,481. This year’s sale had 21 more lots selling than the 2006 sale and of the 75 lots, 36 were open heifers. There were five Herd Builder Group breeders from four states that supplied some of the offering. From Missouri were Keith & Keith Braunvieh, Bolivar and McBee Cattle Company, Fayette. From Kansas was Brink Livestock, Piedmont. From Oklahoma was J & L Braunvieh, Okemah, and from Iowa was C-Farms, Williamsburg. The five breeders from the Herd Builder Group were allowed guest consignors. Guest consignor for Brink Livestock was Middle Creek Braunvieh, Williamsburg, Kansas. Guest consignor for McBee Cattle Company was Bodine Bros., Voltaire, North Dakota. Guest consignor for J & L Braunvieh was Twister HK Livestock, Nowata, Oklahoma. Guest consignor for C-Farms was Kerns Farms, Clearfield, Iowa.
This year’s new sale facility, Mid-Mo Livestock Center, Marshall, Missouri worked well for presenting and selling the 75 lots by auctioneer Hoover Case as the lots were sold and loaded out in five hours.
The sale’s high selling lot was an open heifer, MCB FF Ms F020 6130 consigned by McBee Cattle Company and selling to Bean Cattle Company, Stevenson, Alabama for $3,900. McBee’s heifer had a number of bidders contending for the heifer’s ownership before Tommy Bean, owner of Bean Cattle Company, was able to place the final bid. The high selling heifer was a September ‘06 fullblood sired by KWC Quinto F020 ET and out of a Mister FF 102 daughter. She had a weaning weight ratio of 105%, a yearling REA ratio of 139%, and a yearling IMF ratio of 139%, along with being thickly made and very correct.
The second high selling animal was the spring calving polled purebred cow, Ms JLB Blk Molly and her March ‘06 heifer calf by TLC Buster R5231 consigned by J & L Braunvieh and purchased by Bluebonnet Braunvieh, Chatfield, Texas for $3,200. J & L’s consignment was a January ‘05 daughter of Mr TLC Black Tad K2493 ET. Ms JLB Blk Molly had an excellent udder and conformation, was moderate in her frame, and had a growthy, well-made heifer calf at side.
The third high selling lot went for $3,100 and was also purchased by Bean Cattle Company. McBee Cattle Company consigned her. This lot was MCB Ms H106 A514R, a May ‘05 female with a September ‘07 heifer calf at side by Polled Plus 5003. MCB Ms H106 A514R was sired by Mr FF H106 (“Boxcar”) and out of a Mister FF 102 female. All four of the young cows sold by McBee Cattle Co. were bred the same and all had calves at side by Polled Plus 5003.
A consignment from Keith and Keith Braunvieh, Miss KKB M261, was the fourth high selling lot at $3,000 and again selling to Bean Cattle Company. This fullblood cow by TM’s Quinten G69 ET out of a Silverwood Dragon 4Y daughter had a September ‘07 fullblood heifer calf at side by GLB Exciter 404.
West Farms, Wellsville, Kansas purchased the next high selling lot at $2,500. She was McBeef Builder F1 5144, an October ‘05 Beef Builder heifer with a F2 September ‘07 heifer calf at side by McBeef Builder F1 558R. Consigned by McBee Cattle Co., this Beef Builder female was sired by OCC Major League 650M and out of a FF Mr J22 daughter. West Farms, a repeat Herd Builder buyer, purchased a total of five lots at this year’s sale.
Tim Kohlleppel, 2 Bar Rocking K, Yancey, Texas purchased MCB Ms H106 6163, a McBee fullblood 2006 open heifer consignment for $2,400. Mr FF H106 sired this heifer out of a DepthCharge daughter. Kohlleppel purchased two other lots from the sale.
Twister HK Livestock consigned the high selling fullblood bred cow. She was THK Ruffles by Northstar Elvis AEB ET and sold to Williams R & B Ranch, Inola, Oklahoma for $1,650.
The high selling fullblood bred heifer was consigned by J & L Braunvieh and sold to Ivan and Karen Funk, Okmulgee, Oklahoma for $1,950.
The high selling open Beef Builder heifer was consigned by Brink Livestock and sold to Woodring Ranch, Flint, Texas for $1,250. Brink Livestock also sold the high selling bred Beef Builder cow for $1,600. The cow, Ms Split Diamond L698, was a ’01 daughter of RCB Black Uno ET and sold to W-Farms, Camp Point, Illinois for $1,600.
Bodine Bros consigned the high selling bred Beef Builder heifer. A February ’06 daughter of SD Focus 996, Bodine’s Ms 496S sold to West Farms.
Repeat buyer Noia’s Ranch Trust, Santa Clara, California purchased two cow-calf pairs for $4,100.
Volume buyers included Bean Cattle Company, 8 lots; Ivan and Karen Funk, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, 6 head for a $1,392 average; Raven Ridge, Belton, Missouri, five head; C-Farms, five head; West Farms, five head; and Mike Erwin, New Virginia, Iowa, four head.