The high selling bull came from the Joel and Bethany Johnston herd. Lot 75, JJA Century 3157, a son of home raised MSAR Emblazon 2092 - 4079 (Century), and dam, JJA Dora 8116 has Coleman Charlo 0256# and MSAR Chinook 3055 in her pedigree. This thick and deep, high ratioing Century son, sold to repeat customer Roger and Ronda Stewart, Dunning, Nebraska, for $17,000. A calving ease-bull, he had a 75-pound birth weight, with a 115 Wean Ratio and a 116 Yearling Ratio. EPD’s on Lot 75 are 11 CED, 0.2 BW, 57 WW, 105 YW, 6 CEM, 29 Milk, and ranking in the top 20% for $M with a 78 and top 30% in the angus breed for $EN.

Repeat customer, James Ritz, Arcadia, Nebraska purchased Lot 44, another son out of the Johnston herd, JJA Atlantis 3167, for $13,500. Lot 44 is a Square B Atlantis 8060 son, and the dam is a Pathfinder cow from the Marshall Queen cow line, and a MSAR Emblazon J 2092 – 4140 daughter. This bull had EPDs of -1 CED, 3.2 BW, 63 WW, 106 YW, 1 CEM Milk 30, and in the top 10% of the angus breed for $M with an 83. He had a Wean Ratio of 112 and a Yearling Ratio of 111.

Taylor Land & Cattle, Amelia, NE purchased Lot 2, Ransoms Justified 3010, a KG Justified 3023 son from the Blackbird cow line for $13,500. The dam is a daughter of MSAR Emblazon 2092. Lot 2 had a Birth Weight of 77 pounds and a Wean Ratio of 118 and a Yearling Ratio of 114. This bull ranked in the 24% of the angus breed for Docility and the top 2% for $M at 94.

Ransom’s Justified 3057, Lot 7, sold to Curtis Gurney, Burwell, NE for $13,000. Ransom Sitz’s herd descends from one cow in the Blackbird cow line, and Lot 7 was the heaviest calf at weaning, his grandam being one of the herd’s top producing cows. Lot 7 had a Wean Ratio of 120 and a yearling Ratio of 110 with a 42cm Scrotal. The bull is in the top 4% of the angus breed for $M at 91.

Another repeat customer, Brandon Bruha, Ord, NE took home Lot 8, MSAR Justified 3061, for $13,000. Another son of KG Justified 3023, this bull was from a Pathfinder dam and grandam, being the Blackbird cow line, with Papa Optima and CAR Chinnook 786 close in her pedigree. This bull had an 88-pound birth weight with a Wean Ratio of 112, a Yearling Ratio of 116 and a Scrotal of 42. He had EPD’s of CED of 8, and a BW of 0.7, a WW of 64, a YW of 117, and a CEM of 7.

Taylor Land & Cattle from Amelia, NE took home another KG Justified 3023 son for $13,000, JJA Justified 3177, Lot 17. The Sitz-Johnston herd used this bull as a yearling for AI cleanup. He had an actual birth weight of 78 pounds, a Wean Ratio of 100 and a Yearling Ratio of 110 with a 42 Scrotal measurement. The dam is from the Proud Formera cow family, having Sitz Dash, and Cole Creek Cedar Ridge 1V close up in her pedigree. Lot 17 had a EPD’s of CED of 7, a BW 0.5, a WW of 73 and a YW of 133, a CEM of 0, Milk of 26.

The high selling sire groups were the KG Justified 3023 sons averaging $9456, the second high-selling sire group were the LT Converse 8011 sons at $9517 followed by Square B Atlantis 8060 at $9083.

Mike Baxter, Ainsworth, was the auctioneer.