Contact Name: Joe Neuner
City, State: Loose Creek, Missouri
Phone: 573-659-6886
Email: jneuner@osagenet.com
Description: Looking for 8-10 commercial Balancer bred heifers up to 3-4 years old and September calving. Red or black, red prefered. Looking for docile females. Located in central Missouri but will to travel for the right cattle. Thanks in advance.
February 21, 2019
Mandan, North Dakota
Auctioneer: Jay Elfeldt
Reported by Dennis Gustin
Sale Averages:
71 Gelbvieh and Balancer® Bulls $4,996
23 Gelbvieh and Balancer® Bred Heifers $2,204
Gustin’s Diamond D Gelbvieh was blessed to host their Annual Production Sale on February 21, 2019, one of the few nice days of the month, with a large crowd of past and new customers on hand.
Topping the bull offering was CMR Revelation 37F, a super deep bodied son of BNC At Ease A357. A red purebred, he had a 78-pound birthweight, an 840-pound weaning weight and a CED that ranks him in the top 1 percent of the breed. He sold for $17,000 to Davidson Gelbvieh of Ponteix, Saskatchewan. A very well balanced red purebred favorite was DDGR Renegade 140F, selling to Golden Buckle Gelbvieh of Medina, North Dakota for $13,000. He is a son of the KKC Nobility 123Y sire and a top producing daughter of the Gldn Bkl 030W Winchester sire.
The CCRO Leverage 3214A sons were sought after and Handel Farms of Menno, South Dakota purchased DDGR Outlier 42F, a homozygous polled black purebred, for $11,500. He posted growth EPDs and a FPI™ index that rank in the top 1 percent of the breed and had an 84-pound birthweight and 807-pound weaning weight. Longtime customers, Brentt and Todd Eslinger of Elgin, North Dakota, took home DDGR Revolution 389F at $10,000. He is a high performance son of the PHG DaVinci sire. A red purebred, he posted an 802-pound weaning weight and had a 104 ratio on his yearling weight.
DDGR Full Power 46F, a black purebred son of JOB Danell Choco 53B, was chosen by Lost River Livestock of Clearbrook, Minnesota for $8,750. A higher performance bull, his growth EPDs are in the top 10 percent and marbling EPD in the top 20 percent of the breed. Twin View Livestock of Parkbeg, Saskatchewan took home DDGR Thunderstruck 8F at $8,500. He is a purebred son of the FHG Flying H Grand Slam 128D ET sire out of a first calf heifer that started at 84-pound, weaned at 780 pounds, and had a yearling ratio of 108.
Top selling bred heifer was DDGR Flower 132E, a red Balancer that went for $3,200 to the Schock Ranch of Carson, North Dakota. She is a daughter of VRT Lazy TV Calvary B067 and bred to the MCCA Cornhusker Red sire.
Saturday, March 2, 2019
At the Ranch, Selby, South Dakota
Owners – Vaughn & Wendy Thorstenson, Brian & DeDee Begeman
Auctioneers: Lynn Weishaar, Seth Weishaar
Reported by Vaughn Thorstenson
Sale Averages:
80 Black Balancer® Bulls $4,325
49 Red Balancer® Bulls $3,853
49 Black Angus Bulls $3,762
Total: 178 Bulls $4,090
A crowd of dedicated customers braved icy roads and negative wind chill to be on the seats for the Thorstenson Lazy TV Ranch 38th Annual Bull Sale at the ranch near Selby, South Dakota. Internet bidding warmed up the sale’s atmosphere and dispersed bulls to buyers in eight states. The sale was hosted by Vaughn and Wendy Thorstenson and Brian and DeDee Begeman.
Lot 1 – Lazy TV Dividend F402, a black Balancer® sired by Sitz Dividend 649C posting WW and YW EPDs in the top 10% of the breed along with a BW EPD in the top 25% of the breed led off and topped the offering at $14,500. Also ranking in the top 10% of the offering for feed efficiency and homozygous black and homozygous polled, he was purchased by longtime customer Todd Goetz of Selby, South Dakota.
Lot 105 – Lazy TV Hard Drive F457, a red BA38 sired by Bieber Hard Drive Y120 and out of a Dam of Merit ranked in the top 2% of the breed for both WW and YW EPDs along with indexing 116 at weaning. Repeat buyer Scarborough Ranch, Marc and Pam Scarborough, of Hayes, South Dakota, had the final bid at $13,000.
Lot 4 – Lazy TV Boulder F404, a black BA25 sired by KCF Bennett Boulder and out of a first calf heifer, was chosen by another longtime customer, Larry Thompson of Glenham, SD, at $11,500. He posted a 1377-lb. yearling weight to index 117 and indexed 114 at weaning, while still being above average in the feed efficiency test.
Lot 158 – Leading off the Angus offering was Lazy TV Weigh Up F944 sired by Plattemere Weigh Up K360 and out of the dam who also produced their high-selling Angus bull in 2017. He posted a 122 WW index and a 116 YW index. North Fork Gelbvieh Ranch, Wilmot, South Dakota, claimed the bull at $11,000.
Lot 106 – Another popular red Balancer was Lazy TV Profitbuilder F439 who boasted EPDs in the top 10% of the breed for WW, YW, and FPI and was also in the top 30% for feed efficiency. Longtime buyers Merle and Adrienne Hicks, Martin, South Dakota, chose this H2R Profitbuilder B403 son at $10,000 as well as claiming six other high-selling Balancer bulls.
Lot 13 – Neil Schnabel, Ashley, North Dakota, had the final bid at $10,000 on Lazy TV Prime F430. Sired by Lazy TV Prime F430 and out of a very productive cow family, Lot 13 also featured carcass EPDs ranking in the top 25% of the breed.
Lot 107 – Another popular red Balancer out of H2R Profitbuilder B403 was chosen by Jim Houck, Akaska, South Dakota, at $9,500. F441 boasted EPDs ranking in the top 10% of the breed for BW, WW and YW.
Lot 15 – Neil Schnabel struck again purchasing Lazy TV Comrade F421 at $8,500. The black Balancer was sired by 2M01 Comrade and out of a first-calf heifer.
29th Annual Taubenheim Gelbvieh Production Sale
February 4, 2019
Auctioneer: Tracy Harl
Reported by: Justin Taubenheim
Sale Averages:
87 Gelbvieh and Balancer® Bulls $4,833
39 Bred Heifers $2,169
17 Open Heifers $1,335
Taubenheim Gelbvieh, Amherst, Neb., held their 29th annual production sale February 4, 2019, at the ranch. We caught a great day for the beginning of February and the sunny day brought out many customers from seven states to evaluate the powerful set of herd sires and attractive group of females.
Top Selling Bulls:
TAU Money 62F ET, is a 3/8 Gelbvieh homozygous black and homozygous polled son of GGGE 3G Ez Money 209Z out of the elite donor TAU Ms. Gridiron 131Y. 62F was a standout at the National Western Stock Show, and after catching the eye of many cattlemen, Money found a new home with Cedar Top Ranch for $12,500.
TAU Limitless 34F ET, a homozygous black and homozygous polled herd sire was purchased by Eric Schipporeit, a great repeat customer. 34F ET is a soggy middled, powerfully constructed son of Infinity 47C, and an impressive donor female 131Y. After active bidding TAU Limitless 34F ET sold for $11,000.
TAU Lightyear 111F was the next high selling lot at $10,000. 111F is a homozygous black and homozygous polled son of TAU Infinity. He demanded a lot of attention for his mass and stoutness. 111F made a lot of friends on sale day and when the auctioneer said, “sold” he found a home with Swanson Cattle Company of Atlanta, Nebraska, at $10,000.
TAU Mr. Leverage 335F ET, is an easy fleshing and stout featured homozygous black and homozygous polled son of Carolina Leverage 3214A. Mr. Leverage was highly sought after for his performance and power; when the bidding was over he found a new home with T & B Genetics for $9,500.
Our top selling purebred bull TAU Mr Gunnison 64F is a homozygous black and homozygous polled bull out of Rupple Gunnison N31, and a magnificent first calf heifer. Mr. Gunnison is the type of purebred that could change a cowherd, and Greg McFarland noticed his quality and purchased him for $8,750.
Top Selling Bred Females:
Cedar Top Ranch bought the high selling bred female, TAU Ms Outright 752E ET for $3,200.
T & B Genetics bought the second high selling bred female, TAU Ms Payweight 781E for $3,100.
Richard Kranawetter bought multiple bred heifers that found a home in Missouri.
Top Selling Open Heifer:
Richard Kranawetter bought the top selling open heifer, TAU Ms Leader 8060F for $1,400.