Flying H Genetics 19th Grown on Grass/Fescue Adapted Bull Sale
March 18, 2017
Flying H Bull Barn, Butler, Missouri
Auctioneer: Jared Shipman
Reported by: Dick Helms
Sale Averages:
Red and Black FUSION Bulls $5,614
Red and Black Balancer® Bulls $4,588
Red and Black SimAngus Bulls $4,155
Red and Black Gelbvieh Bulls $4,100
Purebred Simmental Bulls $3,650
An overflow crowd started arriving early on a sunny day to study and bid on a superior set of GROWN ON GRASS bulls offered by the Flying H Genetics family. The athletic, muscular bulls that offered Gelbvieh, Simmental, Angus and Red Angus genetics were appraised by buyers from nine states with many new friends and customers taking home their first Flying H bulls.
Two bulls topped the sale; first was an 18-month-old Show-Me Select Heifer qualified black Balancer® going to Jeff Platt for $7,000. This 5 Star genetic package came from Arp Gelbvieh. Also bringing $7,000 was a black FUSION sired by SimAngus sire, Wish Maker, out of a Balancer dam by Flying H Professor 22W. He sported 5 Star genetics, was Show-Me Select Heifer qualified and found a new home with Joey OBrien.
Demand and quality were both strong ending with a sale that averaged higher than last year.