Wow what a weekend. This past weekend was the 17th Annual Checkers Sale. This sale has built a name for it's self as one of the top sales to purchase Simmentals genetics from. This year in addition to the 60 lots of Red & Black Simmentals 25 top end Fullblood cattle were added.
We had 3 lots consigned - a herdsire prospect - RJY Rival 13Y, a Donor female - SS Ebony's Dreamdate S27 and a bred heifer - RJY Dream's Promdate 16X.
The sale started with Lot 2 - a herdsire prospect from Meadow Acres. They purchased his dam from the sale in 2010 for $25,000. A big investment.....that looked very good when the hammer came down at $83,000 for her first calf. Congratulations Kirsten and Dustin.
Lot 47 followed - our bull calf - he commanded $40,000 from Kopp Farms and the semen syndicate of Willow Creek, Barclay Smith, South Seven Simmentals, Hanna Simmentals and Bonchuk Simmentals.
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| Sale Time - Rival selling for $40,000 |
We are very excited to see what our females can do for their new owners. Thank you to Scott Gosnier, Nebraska for purchasing Dreamdate and Bar L7, Calgary AB for their purchase of Promdate.
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| Dream Date 27S Her new home is in Nebraska |
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| Promdate is now owned by Bar L7 |
Not only was the sale fantastic, but we enjoyed seeing so many of our cattle friends, enjoying some Christmas cheer with them and all the laughs that we had over the weekend. The people in the cattle industry are the best gift of all. The sale averaged $8273 on 61 lots of Red and Black Simmentals and $7630 on 25 Fullblood lots. Congratulations Simmentals breeders on the great cattle you are raising. Merry Christmas.
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