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NEXT GENERATION REPLACEMENT FEMALE SALE QUAIL VALLEY FARMS OCTOBER 29-30, 2021 | ONEONTA, ALABAMA

Lots Gross Average

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. THE PERFORMANCE SALE ADDISON BRANGUS FARMS AND FRIENDS OCTOBER 9, 2021 | CULLMAN, ALABAMA

Lots Gross Average

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.

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(continued from page 52) TOWN CREEK FARM BULL AND COMMERCIAL BRED HEIFER SALE OCTOBER 16, 2021 | WEST POINT, MISSISSIPPI

Town Creek Farm offered buyers an unprecedented opportunity to add Brangus, Ultrablack, and VigorMax™ genetics to their breeding programs. The unique genetic offering attracted both new and repeat customers to the Town Creek Farm Bull Sale and Commercial Bred Heifer Sale on October 16, 2021, near West Point, Mississippi. The crew welcomed more than 200 buyers and bidders from 12 states, along with visitors from Paraguay, South America.

The Town Creek Farm program has established itself as a thriving producer of long-lasting, fertile genetics that excel in real-world commercial ranching environments. Buyers easily recognized the potential genetic advancements with Town Creek Farm genetics. The bull sale line-up offered cattlemen a selection of varying percentages of Angus and Braham to fit their genetic and environmental needs. When the final gavel tap sounded, 132 Town Creek Farm bulls averaged $5,229 and 267 customer-owned commercial bred heifers averaged $1,900. The sale grossed $1,197,200.

The high-selling bull came late in the sale as lot 122 and earned a final bid of $23,000. TCF Pathfinder 263H3 attracted an abundance of interest as a calving ease, userfriendly bull. He posted a 5.06% marbling score and 1.23 ribeye area per hundredweight at his yearling ultrasound scan. Repeat customer and neighbor Brock Farms, Peggy and Frank Brock, Caledonia, Mississippi, won the bidding war on this unique and sought-after herd sire.

Coming in as second high selling bull lots were lots 3 and 145, the third and last bulls to be offered. Walker Land and Cattle Co., Alabama, yet another repeat customer, had the last and final bid of $9,500 on lot 3, TCF Rapid Reward 165G. The herd sire prospect had a yearling IMF of 5.64% and had the phenotype to match.

“Saving the best for last” rang true as the final bull to sell, lot 145, TCF Rapid Reward 14H7, went home with veteran Town Creek Farm buyer, Johnny Russell of Gouges Bayou Cattle, Monterey, Louisiana, for $9,500. Russell spotted the calving ease bull and patiently waited for him in the sale order. The deep-sided bull had a 44 cm. scrotal and a powerpacked data set.

Three bulls sold at $8,500 marking them among high sellers. The sale continued on at a steady and rhythmic pace providing cattlemen the opportunity to buy bulls within a variety of budgets. Cattlemen were appreciative of the solid and consistent bull quality offered from start to finish.

In the Town Creek Farm Commercial Bred Heifer Sale, multi-generational, genetically tracked heifers commanded strong interest and demand from buyers. These customerowned heifers were offered by Williamson Cattle Co., ranching near Faunsdale, Alabama, and Okeechobee, Florida, and a 24-year consignor; River Oaks Farm, Searcy, Arkansas, 21-year consignor; 22-year consignor, CP Bar Ranch, Holcomb, Mississippi; 18-year consignor, Megehee Cattle Company, Macon, Mississippi; along with 13-year consignor, Montgomery Farms, Moulton, Alabama. Other consigners included B&B Farm, Linden, Alabama, nineyear consignor; Longino Ranch, Sidell, Florida, seven-year consignor; and Lowell Dollar Farms, Bainbridge, Georgia, a six-year consignor. Newcomers participating were long-time customers Triple S Ranch, Okeechobee, Florida; and Black Dog Cattle Company, Haleyville, Alabama.

The top-selling heifers came from John McKnight’s River Oaks Farm, at $2,750 each. Repeat buyer Dollar Farms of Georgia made room for the top pen of heifers. Megehee Cattle Company had two pens of heifers with a $2,700 price tag. Dollar Farms nabbed one pen of heifers and repeat customer, Elmore Farm, State Line, Mississippi, hailed the high bid on the other.

Volume buyer was Eubanks Land and Cattle, Lucedale, Mississippi.

Doak Lambert, Decatur, Texas, was the auctioneer.

TANNER FARMS ANNUAL PRODUCTION SALE NOVEMBER 6, 2021 | SHUQUALAK, MISSISSIPPI

Lots

92 Angus Bulls

Gross Average

$414,150 $4,502 6 Ultrablack Bulls $21,550 $3,592 4 Commercial Bulls $17,900 $4,475 21 Brangus Bulls $68,600 $3,267 123 Total Bulls $522,200 $4,246 146 Commercial Bred Heifers $284,700 $1,950

Sunny skies, crisp weather, and a beautiful fall day greeted 117 registered buyers from eight states gathered to appraise the Tanner Farms Annual Production Sale offering. Since 2007 Tanner Farms has been providing superior seedstock in Shuqualak, Mississippi. The 2021 version was met with appreciation from the buyers and rapid and competitive bidding throughout the sale.

The day’s high selling bull was lot 1 and sold for $8,000 to Vince Town Angus, Sandy Hook, Mississippi. This Tanner Ten Speed son was one of the biggest growth, milk, and $B bulls in the sale. $7,300 was the winning bid for the second-high selling bull as Walter Field, Shuqualak, Mississippi took lot 28, Tanner Absolute Power 0185, home. This calving ease specialist boasted light BW with big Milk, YW and $B.

Alex Savage, Quebeck, Tennessee, paid $7,000 for the next high selling bull. He was lot 26, Tanner Foreman 0282 and is another big growth and carcass bull.

Also selling for $7,000 was lot 87, Tanner Balance Sheet 0107. He sold to C&C Hoover Farm, Monticello, Arkansas. He was one of the big REA bulls in the offering, ranking in the breed’s top 5% with top 15% WW and YW.

Lot 10, Tanner Ten Speed 0349, a paternal brother to the day’s high selling lot 1, was the next high seller. Malcom Edwards, Richton, Mississippi, paid $6,750 to own this powerhouse.

The high selling Brangus bull was lot 128, Tanner Stonewall 818G5. He sold for $4,800 to Purvis Livestock, Hermanville, Mississippi. He records 10 EPD traits ranking in the breed’s top 35%.

Double B Ranch, Terry, Mississippi, topped the bred heifers when they paid $2,400 to own the top two sets of FI Brahman x Angus heifers, lots 406 and 406.

Jevon Natali, Iowa, Louisiana, purchased the next high selling group of bred heifers when he paid $2,250 to own lot 410, a set of registered Brangus heifers with papers optional.