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HERNDON FARMS BLACK AND WHITE SALE LYONS, GEORGIA | OCTOBER 24, 2020 Lots Gross Average

45 Charolais $209,660 $4,660 Coming 2-Year-Old Bulls 41 Brangus & Ultra $153,300 $3,739 Coming 2-Year-Old Bulls 5 Yearling Charolais Bulls $15,600 $3,120 5 Yearling Brangus Bulls $18,750 $3,750 96 Total Bulls $397,950 $4,139 33 Commercial Brangus $72,500 $2,197 Fall Bred/Pairs 64 Commercial Spring $112,450 $1,757 Bred Heifers 10 Commercial $12,750 $1,275 Open Heifers

The inaugural Best of the South Black and White Sale was a resounding success at Herndon Farms, Lyons, Georgia. Ninetyone registered buyers from nine states participated in the sale and snapped up the nicely conditioned bull and commercial female offering at a torrid pace.

Lot 4, Cold Creek Final Cut 240G3 was the day’s top selling Brangus bull at $6,500. He sold to Mack McGee, Glenwood, Georgia. This calving ease specialist boasts big growth and carcass as well.

Selling for $6,250 was lot 6. This Brangus bull, HF Success 468G13 boasted 10 EPD traits ranking in the breed’s top 35% and sold to the Seminole Tribe of Florida, Okeechobee, Florida.

The commercial females were topped by a set of three black baldie pairs. They sold for $2,400 each to Bret Williams, Uvalda, Georgia.

QUAIL VALLEY FARMS BLOUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA | OCTOBER 31, 2020 Lots Gross Average

88 Coming 2-Year-Old Bulls $422,795 $4,795 40 Yearling Bulls $140,500 $3,513 128 Total Bulls $562,500 $4,395 76 Spring Bred $108,750 $1,430 Commercial Females 39 Open Commercial Females $43,300 $1,110 931 Embryos $309,515 $332 Total Gross $1,048,815

Quail Valley Farms hosted their first ever bull, commercial female, and open tank embryo auction at the sale facility in Blountsville, Alabama, October 31st. Quality was evident throughout as the Santa Gertrudis and Brangus breed’s premier donors and herd sires’ progeny were on display and for sale. One hundred and fifteen registered buyers from 12 states and Mexico showed their appreciation of the offering through their participation. The opportunity to purchase groups of full brothers to work in a ranch setting was available throughout the day.

The high selling bull was lot 50, QVF Never Surrender 30G16. He sold for $40,000 to Pennridge Ranch, Paige, Texas. This coming two-year-old Brangus bull put phenotype and numerical superiority together in an unmatched combination in the Brangus breed. He is sired by Never Surrender and his dam is the $65,000, 30D donor sold earlier this year in Houston.

Lot 52, QVF Never Surrender 30G17, a full brother to lot 50, sold to KL Bar, Okeechobee, Florida for $13,500. This bigtime herd sire prospect featured a world of rib and depth with a mild demeanor.

A third full brother, lot 51, QVF Never Surrender 30G9, sired by the $50,000 Never Surrender and out of the $65,000 30D donor was the third high seller at $13,000. Richard Cashio, Wilsonville, Alabama was the purchaser.

Sabal Ridge Brangus, Clewiston, Florida was the purchaser of the next high selling bull, lot 59, QVF Never Surrender 23G4. He is sired by Never Surrender and out of an R532 daughter, 23Y45.

In the embryo sale Michael Hunter, Crosby, Texas topped the offering when he paid $1,550 each for lot 32. They are Santa Gertrudis embryos sired by Red Doc ET 7457 and out of Red Doc 5369.

The next high selling set of embryos was lot 161. They are Brangus embryos sired by BWCC Cross Fit 541B28 and out of QVF MS 468G2, a Never Surrender daughter.

SPITZER RANCH, LLC BRANGUS AND ULTRABLACK BULL SALE PRESTON, KANSAS | OCTOBER 1-3, 2020 Lots Gross Average

15.5 bulls $72,400 $4,671

The 2020 version of the Spitzer Ranch, LLC Profit Maker Online Bull Sale is now in the history books. The Spitzer families celebrated 2020 as a new beginning since this sale marked three firsts. Their first bull sale since 2016 following dispersal of their entire mature cow herd; their first sale since moving their operation across the country from Fair Play, South Carolina to Preston, Kansas; and their first ever totally online sale.

Small in numbers but large on powerful genetic performance that touched all the bases for economically relevant traits important to the beef industry, the sale grossed $72,400 on 15 and one-half bulls for an average of $4,671. The top selling bull went to a progressive Brangus seedstock producer when Binford Farms, Castroville, Texas invested $10,000 for the half interest in SR Pawnee Warrior G920 to make him the high seller. G920 is an MC Playbook 468Y3 son going back to CB Final Cut 942X and then Catawba Warrior R532 on the dam side of the tree. A super nice look combined with top 25% or better ranking in eight traits, leading off with a top 5% rank for BW and top 15% rank for YW made him a standout.

Top progressive commercial beef producers snapped up a few bulls in the $5,000 to $8,000 range, all going to repeat buyers who know what Spitzer Ranch bulls can do to increase profitability. However, the budget minded cattlemen and cattlewomen were certainly not left out as nine bulls sold from $2,400 to $3,200. Online bidders hailed from South Carolina to Florida and from Kansas to Texas and many states in between.

The folks at Spitzer Ranch are certainly pleased to have had this nice response to their new venture on the High Plains of Kansas. Mark your calendars for the first Saturday in October, October 2, 2021 for the next opportunity to invest in your future at our annual bull sale. Those calves have just been weaned and will be developed to sell as 17-20-month-old age advantaged bulls. Additionally, we ask you to like and follow Spitzer Ranch, LLC on Facebook and Instagram, as well as interacting with us at www.spitzerranchbrangus.com. Our family. Our ranch. Your future.

TOWN CREEK FARM BULL AND COMMERCIAL BRED HEIFER SALE WEST POINT, MISSISSIPPI | OCTOBER 17, 2020 Lots Gross Average

128 bulls $725,248 $5,666 198 commercial bred heifers $391,842 $1,979 326 total lots $1,117,000

A capacity crowd of serious-minded repeat customers and prospective buyers were welcomed to Town Creek Farm Bull Sale and Commercial Bred Heifer Sale on October 17, 2020, near West Point, Mississippi. Town Creek Farm program has established itself as a thriving producer of long-lasting, fertile genetics that excel in real-world commercial ranching environments. More than 200 buyers, bidders, on-line buyers, and spectators were present from 12 states to appraise the offering. When the final gavel tap sounded, 128 Town Creek Farm bulls averaged $5,666 and 198 customer-owned commercial bred heifers averaged $1,979. The sale grossed $1,117,000.

The top-selling lot in the bull sale earned a price tag of $11,000. TCF Toro 453G, lot 75, is a powerfully made, deep sided, three-quarter blood bull that posted a 5.30 percent marbling score and 1.22 ribeye area per hundred weight at yearling ultrasound scan. Repeat customer Williams Ranch Company, Bastrop, Texas, won the bidding war on this unique herd sire.

Another repeat Texas customer, William Thomas, Boerne, Texas had the last and final bid of $10,000 on lot 21, TCF Rapid Reward 25F4. 25F4 is a user-friendly bull with a near-ideal phenotype and is powerfully made from front to rear, moderately framed, and sound footed. This highly fertile bull is sired by BRB Rapid Reward 99W11.

The bull sale advanced along with strong and stable valuations and little variation in pricing. Three bulls sold from $10,000 to $11,000. Nine bulls sold from $8,000 to $9,500 and nine sold from $7,000 to $7,500. Thirty-three bulls brought values of $6,000 to $6,750 and 33 sold from $5,000 to $5,750.

In the Town Creek Farm Commercial Bred Heifer Sale, multi-generational, genetically tracked heifer’s commanded strong interest and demand from buyers. These customer-owned heifers were offered by Williamson Cattle Co., ranching near Faunsdale, Alabama, and Okeechobee, Florida, and a 23year consignor; River Oaks Farm, Searcy, Arkansas, a 20-year consignor; 21-year consignor, CP Bar Ranch; 17-year consignor, Megehee Cattle Company, Macon, Mississippi; along with 12year consignor, Montgomery Farms, Moulton, Alabama. Other consigners included B&B Farm, Linden, Alabama, eight-year consignor; Longino Ranch, Sidell, Florida, six-year consignor; and Lowell Dollar Farms, a five-year consignor.

Top-selling pen of heifers came from Montgomery Farms and went Stain Farms, Thorsby, Alabama, for $2,500 each. Red Tiffee of Monterey, Louisiana, took home 10 heifers from Williamson Cattle Co. at $2,350 each. Eric and Mary Chambers of Ackerman, Mississippi, found 15 Longino Ranch heifers for $2,350 each. All 15 will calve to A.I. breedings.

Volume buyers were all repeat Town Creek Farm customers: Triple S Ranch, Longino Ranch, and Rio Ranch of Florida, and Charles Barland Ranch, Mississippi.

Doak Lambert, Decatur, Texas, was the auctioneer.

ADDISON BRANGUS AND FRIENDS PERFORMANCE SALE CULLMAN, ALABAMA | OCTOBER 12, 2020 Lots Gross Average

15 Spring Pair/3-N-1s $62,700 $4,180 3 Fall Bred/Pairs $10,500 $3,500 Brangus Females 30 Spring Bred Heifers $90,150 $3,005 14 Open Brangus and $33,950 $2,425 Ultrablack Heifers 4 Spring Bred Cows $9,100 $2,275 2 Embryo Lots $10,600 $5,300 68 Total Registered Brangus $217,000 $3,191 Female Lots 4 Registered Brangus Bulls $11,300 $2,825 27 Commercial Brangus $41,750 $1,546 Spring Bred Heifers

The Addison Brangus and Friends Second Annual Performance Sale experienced growing demand and many new friends as 92 buyers from 11 states competed to own the highquality offering. Consignors presented a well-conditioned set of cattle and dug deep into their herds to offer numerically superior groups of females. They were rewarded with an $800 increase in sale average.

Herndon Farms, Lyons, Georgia purchased the day’s two high selling lots as they continue to add to their high-quality cow herd. They paid $9,500 to own lot 158, MS Salacoa NVR Surrender 541G64. She is a powerful Never Surrender daughter out of a Csonka donor and was consigned by Salacoa Valley. Herndon Farms also paid $9,000 to own lot 162B one of the choice heifers offered by Vanna Farms, Royston, Georgia. She is VF MS Monument 924G18 and was sired by Monument.

Lot 106 and 106A were the next high selling lots as Clover Ranch, Marietta, Georgia paid $6,600 to own the donor lot 106, MS Salacoa Atlanta 99B11. Scott Monroe, Newnan, Georgia paid $3,000 to own lot 106A, JRT MS Eldorado 99H, (continued on page 36)

(continued from page 35) the good heifer calf at side. This 3-N-1 was consigned by JRT Brangus, Cumming, Georgia.

Embryos sired by T3 Broadway 30E and out of VF MS Overload 487F were the next high selling lot at $7,000 and were purchased by Galloway Brangus, Huntsville, Alabama and Jackson Brangus, Pikeville, Tennessee. They were consigned by Vanna Farms.

Lot 104 and 104A, consigned by Salacoa Valley, were the next high selling lots. Bo Lutz, Calvert, Texas paid $3,700 to own MS Salacoa N Surrender 33H2, lot 104A. Darren Keeling, Stark City, Missouri paid $3,000 to own lot 104 MS Salacoa Stonewall 33A6.

GENEPLUS AT CHIMNEY ROCK CATTLE CO. CONCORD, ARKANSAS | NOVEMBER 6, 2020 Lots Gross Average

41 Open Heifers $4,134 33 Bred Heifers $5,068 15 3-N-1s $5,617 4 Pen Show Champions $4,250 3 Donors $24,667 1 Herd Sire $18,000 97 Total Lots $530,000 $5,464

A tremendous crowd echoed enjoyment, excitement, and camaraderie as they relished the first-class hospitality of Bill and Gail Davis at what has become one of the breed’s leading and most well-attended events of the year since the first sale in 2007 at the picturesque Chimney Rock Cattle Co. Proven, top shelf genetics abounded from start to finish in this premier registered female event, with current and future breed leaders stacking every classification of cattle and readily acquired by numerous new and repeat buyers from across the nation.

Leading off the power packed female lineup was lot 9, Suhn’s Miss Foundation 30D3, a female considered by many to be the most phenotypically correct donor to ever pass through the sale ring at Chimney Rock. A female with tremendous shape, femininity and eye appeal, with a pedigree built to breed herd sires and selling with a strapping herd sire at her side, this proven donor from Suhn Cattle Company commanded a final bid price of $41,000 from a partnership of Jamey Reynolds of Sunshine Acres, Trussville, Alabama, Jenna Williams, Uvalde, Georgia, and Casey George, Dongola, Illinois.

Following her directly on screen in the sale pavilion was her dam, SCC Ms Mytty 30Z3, catalogued as lot 8, also from Suhn Cattle Company. A proven donor whose calling card had been the females she left behind, her curve bending EPDs allow for tremendous mating flexibility and that value was recognized by Anthony Giffin, of Giffin Farms, Rogers, Arkansas who took her home to build around at $15,000. A full sister came next in lot 7, SCC Ms Mytty 30Y19 and her stout herd sire prospect at side in lot 7A, Suhn’s Synergy 30H20. Another proven donor from a storied cow family with breed leading data, lot 7 was selected by Danny Kester, Stillwell, Oklahoma at $11,000 to headline his program, with the herd sire prospect selling to Chimney Rock Cattle Co., Concord, Arkansas for $7,000.

Topping the stoutest set of bred heifers offered to date was lot 66, LM Ms Beacon 468G12, from Lake Majestik Farms. A female bred for power from end to end, with extreme stoutness and performance predictors, she commanded $10,500 from Doug McLaughlin, Columbia, Mississippi.

GENEPLUS AT CHIMNEY ROCK CATTLE CO. CONCORD, ARKANSAS | NOVEMBER 7, 2020 Lots Gross Average

Registered Brangus and $4,946 Ultra Coming 2 Bulls Registered Brangus and $4,095 Ultra Yearling Bulls 142 Total Bull Lots $624,950 $4,401 146 Commercial Bred Heifers $1,809 46 Open Heifers $1,277 192 Total Commercial Females $322,800 $1,681

As sunshine filled the sky, enthusiasm abounded at the 14th annual bull and commercial female event held at Chimney Rock Cattle Co., the first Saturday of November. With buyers in the seats from Florida to California, the premium quality bulls built for the commercial cattle business met an aggressive crowd focused on the future of the beef industry. Bulls left Chimney Rock headed for a wide variety of climates and environments, including the swamps of Florida, the high mountain deserts of Nevada, the San Joaquin Valley of California, and the hot fescue of the Midwest, showing the versatility of the Brangus and Ultrablack genetics in the offering and their adaptability.

Topping the sale offering was a sire with breed leading performance and carcass traits, ranking in the top 1% of the breed for YW, REA and IMF, top 2% for WW, top 4% for TM and top 5% for SC. Coming in as lot 96, LM Epic 803G11 from Lake Majestik took his long-bodied, smooth made package to a new zip code in the hands of Phillip DeSalvo, Big D Ranch, Center Ridge, Arkansas at $11,500.

Competing for high selling honors and a commercial bull buyer’s dream was lot 155, JJ Absolute 17G from Jackson’s Double J Brangus. With extra extension and exceptional muscle expression, he was gathered up by a leading commercial operator in James Crowe and Family, Asbury, Missouri at $9,000.

Following the bull offering was a snappy commercial female event, highlighted by GENEPLUS bull customers who presented heifers that were sired by and/or carrying the service of G+ bulls. With a number of repeat buyers present and on the edge of their seat, this highly anticipated offering was rapidly absorbed by a wide range of buyers, again from Florida to California. Topping this offering were 10 bred heifers from repeat consignor 4L Farms, Lafayette, Tennessee selling to repeat buyer Jeff Jackson, Chetopa, Kansas at $2,250. Vying for high selling honors were five fancy open heifers from Suhn Cattle Company at $2,250 to repeat customer Justin Cone, Baldwin, Florida.

The next step in trusted genetics will be found on the 4th Tuesday in March in Eureka, Kansas where breeders will find the best set of herd sires to ever sell in the three decade history of the storied Suhn Cattle Company program. For more information on the GENEPLUS program including semen and private treaty sales, visit www.GENEPLUSBrangus.com.