Neither gale force winds nor the dust that accompanied it could scare cattle producers away from setting a sale record forty years in the making at the 40th Annual UBIA Performance Bull Test Sale held March 17th at Producers Livestock Auction. Cattle producers from four states converged on Salina, Utah to purchase the top 123 bulls from this year’s bull test. The sale grossed nearly $400,000 for the 32 UBIA members participating in this year’s test and sale.
This year’s test saw the addition of a new Black Angus Division testing low birth weight bulls. In order to qualify, bulls had to meet three criteria. They had to have an actual birth weight of 80 pounds or less, a Birth Weight EPD of 1.8 or less and a Calving Ease EPD of 5.0 or greater. This allowed for possible “heifer” bulls to be tested separately from the bulls in the Growth division.
Of the 123 bulls offered in six breeds and the composite bull group, 116 sold for an average of $3,411. The top selling bull in the sale was a Gelbvieh offered by Shadow Mountain Gelbviehs from Genola, Utah, which sold to Joe Yardley of Beaver, Utah for $5,750. Top selling Black Angus in the Growth division was a Sr. bull sold by Lowe Livestock of Toquerville, Utah which sold for $4,500 to Wills Wareham from Ferron, Utah. Sorensen Angus Ranch from Spanish Fork, Utah had the top-selling Low Birth Weight Black Angus bull which went for $5,250 to Vernon Livestock in Vernon, Utah.
Doug Hall Registered Herefords from Fruita, Colorado offered the top-selling Hereford which sold for $5,000 to Chad Richard of Roosevelt, Utah. Lyle Taylor sent his top-selling Red Angus bull from his Vernal, Utah herd to Michael Hansen in Spanish Fork, Utah for $4,500. Lyman Livestock’s top selling Simmental bull went from their Spanish Fork ranch to Russell Abbott of Duchesne, Utah for $5,250.
Mower Charolais out of Altamont, Utah had two bulls sell for $3,750 to top the sale for the Charolais breed. The first sold to Douglas Taylor from Moroni, Utah and the second went to Marc Jensen from Cleveland, Utah. Rounding out the sale was the top Composite bull, a Simm-Angus bull offered by Lyman Livestock of Spanish Fork, Utah. He sold for $4,600 to Mack Morrell of Bicknell, Utah.
The members and management of the Utah Beef Improvement Association would like to thank all those who made this year’s sale such a great success! We look forward to another 40 years of helping improve the genetics in cattle herds throughout the Intermountain West. Keep up with all UBIA happenings by visiting our website at ubiabulls.com. See y’all soon!
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