20th Annual Central Montana Gelbvieh and Angus Genetics Bull Sale

March 21, 2015
Lewistown, Montana
Auctioneer: Kyle Shobe
Reported By: Don Danell

Sale Averages:

4 Gelbvieh Bulls…………. $7,938
15 Balancer^® Bulls…….. $5,850
15 Angus Bulls…………….$5,350

Total 34 Bulls……………….$5,934

We would all like to thank our loyal customers, friends, and neighbors for their continued support these past 20 years!  Sale day was unusually pleasant this year and we enjoyed a great turnout.

Lot 13 – JOB DANELL Choco 53B topped the sale at $14,000  full possession and half semen interest purchased by  Doug Hille at Chimney Butte Ranch in Mandan, North Dakota.  Choco is a homozygous polled, homozygous black purebred Gelbvieh son of JOB DANELL TD Chico Loco 28Y, brought to the sale by Danell Diamond Six.

Lot 45 – Purebred Angus M L Black Granite 4086, a son of Connealy Black Granite, consigned by Linhart Angus sold to local commercial cattleman Gary Jenni for $9,000.

Lot 2 – JOB DANELL Wilson 2B ET sold to local commercial cattleman Paul Jensen for $7,250.  Wilson is a homozygous polled, homozygous black Gelbvieh/Angus Balancer son of AAR Ten X 7008 S A.

Lot 3 – JOB DANELL TD My Fortune 3B, a homozygous polled, homozygous black Purebred Gelbvieh brought to the sale by Teale Danell and sold to Ronnie Rogers at Rogers Valley Farm in Mendon, MO for $7,000 for  full possession and half semen interest.  My Fortune is a son of JOB DANELL Fortunate 47Y and MCFG TD Mya 210T, dam of JOB DANELL Chico Loco 28Y.

Lot 14 – JOB DANELL CD Rave 56B, a homozygous polled, homozygous black Gelbvieh/Angus Balancer brought to the sale by Chase and Jamie Danell, sold to Roger Reiter at Gilly’s Gelbvieh in Jewell, KS for $6,750.  Rave is a son of AAR Ten X 7008 S A.

Lot 1 – JOB DANELL Super Bowl 1B, a homozygous polled, homozygous black Gelbvieh/Angus Balancer son of KHR 03Z sold to commercial cattleman Kyle Salveson for $6,750.  Kyle was also the volume buyer of the day, buying five Balancer bulls.

Danell Diamond Six Ranch averaged $6,609 on 16 bulls.

New AGA members, Barry and Dena Bolton, of Bolton Double B Ranch in Hilger, Montana were very successful with the powerful set of bulls they consigned to the sale:
Lot 21 – BOLTON Happy Returns 22B, a homozygous polled, homozygous black Gelbvieh/Angus Balancer son of JOB DANELL Rascal 25Z sold to Wyoming commercial cattleman Wade Shuler for $5,750.
Lot 20 – BOLTON Kennedy 03B, a homozygous polled, homozygous black Gelbvieh/Angus Balancer son of JOB DANELL Fortunate 47Y sold to another Wyoming commercial cattleman, Richard Tass for $5,500.
Boltons averaged $5,000 on four bulls.

Linhart Angus averaged $5,286 on 14 bulls.