The surrounding weather conditions made it a tough day to sell bulls, but a good day to buy bulls for those who made the effort to attend the sale. These moderate framed, maternal bulls averaged $4492 with 88% of the bulls selling to repeat customers.

The high selling bull was Lot 12, MSAR Game Day 6986 selling to repeat customer, Hauserman Ranch, North Platte, NE for $11,500. This thick, deep-bodied bull with high ratios is from MSAR Game Day 4053 and a MSAR Foghorn 6696 daughter. He had a Wean Ratio of 134 and a Yearling Ratio of 123, with a 76-pound birth weight. The bull’s EPD’s were +7 for CED, +1.3 Birth, +60 for Wean, +99 for Yearling, +10 for CEM and +28 for Milk.

Hauserman Ranch went on to purchase Lot 14, MSAR Emblazon 4079-6111, the second high selling bull for $8750. He had a +10 CED, and + 0.9 Birth, a +45 Wean, a +78 Yearling, + 9 CEM, +24 Milk, with a 69 pound birth weight. He had a Wean Ratio of 107 and a Yearling Ratio of 106. This bull was from MSAR Emblazon 2092-4079 and from the Blackbird cow line with MSAR Right Time 7757 as a maternal grandsire.

Brandon Bruha, another repeat customer, purchased Lot 50, MSAR Chinook 6856, for $8000. This is a son of MSAR Chinook 9569 with MSAR Wilfred 0041 as the Maternal Grandsire on the bottom side. He had +9 for CED, +1.7 Birth, +41 Wean, +82 Yearling, +11 CEM, +25 Milk, with a 67-pound birth weight, and a Wean Ratio of 112 and a Yearling Ratio of 112.

Mike Baxter, Ainsworth, was the auctioneer.