Seedstock Plus Fall Bull Sale

October 21, 2017
Joplin Regional Stockyards
Carthage, Missouri

Auctioneer: Jeremy Anstine
Reported by: John Burbank

9         Angus Bulls                 $2878
135      Balancer Bulls              $3531
35        Gelbvieh Bulls             $3933
179      Overall Bulls                $3577

 

The Seedstock Plus Fall Bull Sale was a larger offering this year and relative to the current cattle market, was a successful sale. There were 120 registered buyers in addition to active bidding online. Bulls sold to 95 buyers in 16 states at a rapid pace with every bull through the ring selling to a new owner. Every bull selling had genomic-enhanced EPDs and 40 percent of the sale offering was feed efficiency tested. All bulls were backed by an industry leading culling criteria and customer service.

Top selling bulls include:

Lot 661: GMF Highlight 610D. A Meng Farms Cattle Co. bull that is a homozygous black, homozygous polled purebred Gelbvieh with excellent phenotype. Purchased by Miller Gelbvieh and Angus, Texas, for $7,500.

Lot 563: TMMW Mr. Banker 25D. A Mulroy Farms bull that is a homozygous black, homozygous polled Balancer with tremendous spread from birth weight to growth. Purchased by Tom Strubberg, Missouri, for $7,250.

Lot 698: TMMW Mr. Montana 105D. A Mulroy Farms bull that is a homozygous black, homozygous polled purebred Gelbvieh with excellent calving ease. Purchased by Anne Gregory, Kansas, for $7,200.

Lot 694: DMP D610. A Pederson Gelbvieh bull that is a homozygous black, homozygous polled purebred Gelbvieh with breed leading growth. Purchased by Duck River Gelbvieh, Tennessee, for $6,550.

Lot 683: TMGC SB Gibraltor 109D. A Stuecken Bros. bull that is a homozygous black, homozygous polled purebred Gelbvieh with EPD balance. Purchased by Chance Koppenhafer, Iowa, for $6,500.

Lot 564: DMP D165. A Pederson Gelbvieh bull that is a homozygous black, homozygous polled Balancer with excellent EPDs and phenotype. Purchased by a partnership of Ashe Farms and Campbell Farms, Mississippi, for $6,200.

Lot 555: MTB BCC Red Balancer 511D ET. A Burbank Cattle Co. bull that is a red homozygous polled Balancer ET. Purchased by Bobby Powers, Tennessee for $6,100.

Lot 566: JGPG 686D. A JGP Gelbvieh bull that is a homozygous black, homozygous polled Balancer that is the total package. Purchased by Mahlon and Raymond Hoover, Kentucky, for $6,000.