SALE SUMMARIES
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NEXT GENERATION REPLACEMENT FEMALE SALE QUAIL VALLEY FARMS OCTOBER 29-30, 2021 | ONEONTA, ALABAMA Gross Average Lots 1 Brangus Pick Lot Flush $20,000 $20,000 3 Bred Brangus Cows and Pairs $14,250 $4,750 6 Bred Brangus Heifers $38,500 $6,417 28 Open Brangus Heifers $196,250 $7,009 38 Total Female Lots $269,000 $7,079 42 Coming 2-Year-Old $249,250 $5,935 Brangus Bulls 18 Yearling Brangus Bulls $149,750 $8,319 60 Total Brangus Bulls $399,00 $6,650 42 Commercial Open and $54,000 $1,286 Bred Brangus, Santa Gertrudis and Cross heifers 220 Brangus Embryos $110,000 $500 One hundred and twenty-seven registered buyers from 12 states descended on Oneonta, Alabama, for the second annual Quail Valley Farms Production Sale. This year also featured jointly owned Blackwater females with Wylie Ranch, Deville, Louisiana, held under the American Cattle Enterprises (ACE) entity. Quail Valley hospitality featuring great food and fellowship were enjoyed by all. Overcast skies and wet conditions couldn’t dampen the enthusiasm for the highquality offering featuring the entire QVF fall yearling heifer calf crop. The Friday night female auction saw lot 195, QVF MS Never Surrender 30H14, sell for $35,000 to Pennridge Ranch, Paige, Texas. This powerful donor prospect is a full sister to Empower. Soileau Cattle Co, Bunkie, Louisiana, paid $23,000 for the next high selling female, lot 191, BWCC MS Boulder 10H9. This powerful open heifer donor prospect boasts top 1% WW, YW, and Fertility Index. Phillips Ranch, Daytona Beach, Florida, paid $20,000 for the right to flush any female in the powerful Quail Valley and Wylie Ranch cow herd including recently purchased donors from Blackwater and Salacoa Valley owned by ACE. Lot 201, QVF MS Big Town 129H16 was the next high selling Brangus female when Truitt Brangus Farm paid $12,500 for this impressive open donor prospect. The excitement continued in the Saturday morning bull sale as lot 6 QVF Never Surrender 30H18, sold for $64,000 to Chimney Rock Cattle Co., Concord, Arkansas and Lake Majestik Farms, Flat Rock, Alabama. He is a full brother to Empower and to the Friday night’s high selling heifer. Phillips Ranch paid $30,000 to own lot 1, QVF Big Bang 30H6. This powerful Big Town son is a maternal brother to the high selling lot 6 and to Friday evening’s high selling female. Cavender Ranches, Jacksonville, Texas, and Draggin’ M Ranch, Eldorado, Arkansas, paid $27,000 for lot 7, QVF Never Surrender 30H15. He is a full brother to lot 6, 30H18 and to lot 195, 30H14.
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THE PERFORMANCE SALE ADDISON BRANGUS FARMS AND FRIENDS OCTOBER 9, 2021 | CULLMAN, ALABAMA Gross Average Lots 8 Spring Pairs and 3N1’s $38,100 $4,763 30 Bred Brangus Heifers $102,950 $3,432 31 Open Brangus Heifers $100,900 $3,255 6 Bred Brangus Cows $12,150 $2,025 6 Brangus Embryo Lots $46,850 $7,808 2 Semen Lots $1,100 $550 83 Registered Brangus Lots $302,050 $3,639 120 Commercial Brangus $151,500 $1,263 and Cross Heifers One hundred and sixteen buyers from 10 states participated in the Addison Brangus Farms and Friends Performance Sale held at the Cullman Stockyards, Cullman, Alabama. The first fall weather greeted Brangus enthusiasts from across the South gathered to appraise and purchase quality cattle from 29 total consignors representing the Southeast’s top performance herds. The day’s top selling female at $10,250 was lot 57, ABF MS Three D 468H5. This powerful open heifer is a Three D daughter and was consigned by Addison Brangus Farm, Winfield, Alabama. She was purchased by CJC Farms, Quebec, Tennessee, and Sunshine Acres, Trussville, Alabama. Lot 62, MS Salacoa N Surrender 99H24 was the day’s second high seller at $9,250. She sold to Hartness Brangus, Limestone, Tennessee. This open heifer was consigned by Salacoa Valley Farms, Fairmount, Georgia. Cheney Farm, O’Brien, Florida, purchased the day’s third high seller when they gave $8,250 to own lot 29, JRT MS Never Surrender 23H5. This good bred heifer was safe to DMR JRT Dynamic 30G36 and consigned by JRT Brangus, Cumming, Georgia. Far Niente, Valley Head, Alabama, paid $7,250 to own lot 13, QVF MS Ridgeway 129G13. This deep bodied fall bred heifer was consigned by Quail Valley Farms, Oneonta, Alabama. $7,000 was the combined price on the next high seller when Owens Brothers, Henagar, Alabama, paid $3,500 to own lot 3, DS MS Stonewall 27E and Melissa Nichols, Kathleen, Florida, paid $3,500 to own lot 3A, her fancy Hollywood daughter at side, DS MS Hollywood 27J. The 3N1 was consigned by DS Farms, McMinnville, Tennessee. Dale McGinnis, Gunter, Texas, paid $6,800 to own the 3N1 lot 4 and 4A, T3 MS Hollywood 30G4 and her Monument heifer calf at side. They were consigned by T3 Brangus, Purvis, Mississippi. Star G Ranch, Van, Texas, paid $6,200 to own lot 6 and 6A, AV MS 192B Rock Solid 468E5 and her good BWCC Reward 111C11 heifer calf at side. The 3N1 was consigned by AV Brangus, McMinnville, Tennessee. (continued on page 54)
