Fifth McBee Selection Day
44 Buyers Purchase 66 Lots at $2,121 Average
April 19, 2008 – Fayette, Missouri

14 FB/PB Fall Bulls	$29,750; average	$2,125
8 FB/PB Spring Yearling Bulls	$27,400; average	$3,425
12 Hybrid Fall Bulls	$28,400; average	$2,367
4 Hybrid Spring Yearling Bulls	$8,100; average	$2,025
38 Bulls	$93,650; average	$2,465
5 PB 1st Calf Pairs	$10,050; average	$2,010
8 Hybrid 1st Calf Pairs	$13,750; average	$1,719
10 BU/Influence 1st Calf Pairs	$15,325; average	$1,533
5 FB/PB Bred Heifers	$7,200; average	$1,440
66 Total Lots	$139,975; average	$2,121

Cool, wet conditions didn’t dampen producer interest at the 5th Annual McBee Cattle Company’s SELECTION DAY Sale as over 200 people from six states gathered to sample Teri McBee’s free lunch and take part in the private treaty auction. All sale bulls were performance measured and ratioed for rib-eye area (REA), intra-muscular fat (IMF) and their McBee Growth Ratio (MGR). Buyers also had access to each bull’s birth wt., birth wt. ratio, average daily gain on test, scrotal circumference, frame score and 7 EPD measurements. While all the McBee cattle were performance measured from birth, none had received any corn and were developed and tested on a forage and fiber ration.
Buyer activity for the 5th SELECTION DAY Sale was very active as 44 buyers purchased 38 bull lots and 28 female lots. Of the 44 buyers at this year’s sale, 22 were new McBee Cattle Company customers and 22 were repeat buyers.
The top selling animal in this year’s offering was MCB Legend 7205, a March spring yearling purchased by 2 Bar Rockin K, Yancey, Texas for $5,000 for one-half interest. Tim and Kathy Kohlleppel, owners of 2 Bar Rockin K, were first time customers at McBee’s SELECTION DAY Sale. This top performing Fullblood prospect was sired by MR Golden Link 6193ET, “Spittin Image”, and out of a Mister FF 102 daughter. Legend had a birth weight of 86 lb., a MGR of 117%, a REA of 102%, an IMF of 122%, and an ADG of 3.14 lb. to go along with BW -0.4, WW 6, and YW 9.
Vista Genetics, D’Hanis, Texas, a repeat McBee customer, purchased the two next high selling bulls. McBeef Builder F1 6594, purchased at $5,000, was a Fall Hybrid bull sired by OCC Major League and out of a Mister FF 102 daughter. 6594 was one of the high ratioing Hybrid bulls in the offering with a REA 101, IMF 126 and MGR of 101. Vista’s second purchase was the spring yearling purebred scurred bull MCB FF MR 28P 7209 for $4,600. This top measuring son of 28P out of a Polled Eagle granddaughter, boasted numbers of REA 101, IMF 120, MGR 103, BW –1, WW 17, and YW 25.
Gordon Cain, Boonville, Missouri, a repeat customer for McBee Cattle Company and regular Calf Roundup consignor, purchased the next high selling bull, MCB MR 118P 6113 for $2,500. This high performing Fullblood was sired by MCB FF MR C102 118P and out of a DepthCharge daughter. With a 72 lb. birth weight, this fall bull had above average ratios across the board and was one of the more popular bulls in the sale. Two bulls sold for $2,400, MCB FF MR J22 6209, a fall Purebred, to Brad Wilford, Laredo, Missouri, a repeat McBee customer, and MCB FF MR J22 6218, a fall Purebred, to Kevin Mattson, Newburg, Missouri, a new McBee bull customer.
The next top selling Hybrid bull was a fall bull, McBeef Builder F2 6603, that went to repeat customer, the D.P. Lambert Family Trust, Purdin, Mo. for $2,350. The high selling spring yearling Hybrid bull, McBeef Builder F2 7701, went to Jesse Swanson, Fayette, Mo., a new McBee bull customer, for $2,250.
The top selling Fullblood female was MCB FF MS E104 6025, with a Fullbood bull calf at side, purchased by Bean Cattle Company, Stevenson, Alabama, a repeat customer, for $2,400. This first calf heifer had lots of friends as she had above average ratios, had a bull calf at side by Junior herdsire 106P, and was out of the same cow as the high selling bull MCB Legend 7205. Second high FB pair was MCB MS F14 6022, a daughter of Excalibur with a 106P heifer calf at side going to new customers Keith and Michelle Kultgen, Dike, Texas, for $1,975.
The McBeef Builder Hybrid 1st calf pair portion of the sale was very active with new and repeat customers both taking females home. Top Hybrid pair went to West Farms, Wellsville, Kansas, for $1,900. This F1 female had ratios of 102, 99 and 134 with a F2 heifer calf at side by McBeef Builder F1 6700. Four Hybrid pairs went to new buyer Larry Shannon, Cleveland , Missouri. and one went to repeat buyer, the DP Lambert Family Trust, Purdin, Missouri. The Braunvieh Influence pairs went to five repeat customers and one new buyer.
Volume bull buyers were Joe Foust, Cooper, Texas, a new McBee customer and buyer of five FB/PB Braunvieh bulls for an average of $2,000; Paul Payton, Sylacauga, Alabama, another new McBee customer that purchased three Purebred Braunvieh bulls for an average of $2,100; and Arnold Partridge, Tipton, Michigan, a new McBee customer that bought two Hybrid bulls that averaged $1,900.
Other volume buyers included Larry Shannon, Cleveland, Missouri, a new customer that bought five 1st calf pairs; West Farms, Wellsville, Kansas, a new SELECTION DAY customer that purchased one Hybrid bull for $2,250 and two Hybrid 1st calf pairs for an average of $1,825. Attendees to the sale that purchased two 1st calf pairs were Brad Wilford, two Braunvieh influenced 1st calf pairs; repeat customer Jeremiah Johnmeyer, Higbee, Missouri, two Braunvieh influenced pairs; Brett Fike, Glasgow, Missouri, two Braunvieh influenced pairs; and Roger and Ronnie Alewel, Sedalia, Missouri, two Braunvieh influenced pairs. New McBee customer Keith and Michelle Kultgen, Dike, Texas, purchased one Braunvieh bred heifer, one Fullblood 1st calf pair and one Fullblood bull.