The 86th Southwest Missouri Beef Cattle Improvement Association's bull sale averaged $4581 on 49 bulls. Leading the average were the 46 Angus bulls that made $4684.
Three Polled Herefords were harder to get bids on, and each received a $3000 bid according to Eldon Cole, livestock specialist with University of Missouri Extension
"The consignment had outstanding performance data behind them, and the knowledgeable bidders on the seats found the top prospects throughout the sale. One thing that stood out again was the reluctance of buyers to go very high on bulls that had calving ease direct expected progeny differences (EPD) that were poorer than breed average," said Cole.
The sale top of the evening was a May 2014 Angus consigned by Truman L. Wiles, Willow Springs. The bulls calving ease, weaning weight and yearling weight ranked him in the first percentile for Angus non-parent bulls. His $Wean was also in the first percentile. The 7-framebull brought $7000 from Kevin and Cheryl Dill of Niangua.
Close behind at $6750 was the entry from Blue Mound Angus, Fred Swartzentruber, Eldorado Springs. Also a 7-frame score bull with EPDs for calving ease, weaning weight, yearling weight, milk $Wean and $Beef in the top 15 percentile or better was claimed by Travis Eck, Pierce City.
Two Angus bulls were sold for $6500 each consigned by Wiles and Norman Garton, Nevada. The successful buyers were Brackenridge Brothers, Eldorado Springs and Charles Whisman, Shell Knob. "Each of the buyers regularly purchase bulls from this sale," said Cole.
The three Polled Herefords were consigned by Bonebrake Herefords, Springfield. The buyers were Two Bar D, Niangua, White's Bar W Ranch, Ozark and Brian and Tara Wilson, Neosho.
The sale was held on Oct. 26 at the Springfield Livestock Marketing Center. The auctioneer was Jerry Lehmann of Lake Ozark. Pam Naylor, Buffalo, serves the SW MO BCIA as sale manager.
The next sale will be the last Monday of March. Consignments for it will begin in late December. For details on that sale contact Pam at 417-345-8330. More details on the BCIA may be found at www.swmobcia.com