A beautiful spring day greeted consignors and buyers to the 41st Annual UBIA Performance Bull Test Sale held March 16th at Producers Salina Auction. This years’ sale brought a slight change in market trends with the Hereford consignments procuring the top average for the sale at $3,416.67. Averages for the other breeds were Simmental $3,050.00; Low Birth Weight Black Angus $3,038.24; Red Angus $2,781.25; Black Angus-Growth Division $2,703.66; Composites $2,670.00; Gelbvieh $2,533.00; and Charolais $2,233.33.
The top-selling bull overall for the sale was a Black Angus Growth bull consigned by Oldroyd Angus of Vernal, Utah which sold for $7,250 to Chad Richard of Roosevelt, Utah. Other top-selling bulls within the individual breeds were:
Hereford bull #1 consigned by Doug Hall of Fruita, Colorado to Merlin Esplin of the Carroll Ranch in Orderville, Utah for $4,250.
Simmental bulls #57 and 51 consigned by Top Hat Farms and Cross L Cattle, respectively. Sold to Cory Fautin of Moo Dee Ranch in Marysvale, Utah and Gary Galt from Spanish Fork, Utah, respectively, for $3,250.
Low Birth Weight Black Angus bull #138 copnsigned by Lisonbee Angus of Roosevelt, Utah to Chad Richard of Roosevelt, Utah for $4,750.
Red Angus bull #31 consigned by Lyle Taylor of Vernal, Utah to Noel Wood of Minersville, Utah for $4,250.
Balancer Composite bull #75 consigned by Shadow Mountain Gelbvieh of Genola, Utah sold to Ron Harper of Levan, Utah for $3,300.
Gelbvieh bull #89 consigned by Shadow Mountain Gelbvieh of Genola, Utah sold to Cory Fautin of Moo Dee Ranch in Marysvale, Utah for $3,600.
Charolais bull #60 consigned by HB Cattle Company of Mt. Pleasant, Utah sold to Chad Winn of Nephi, Utah for $2,600.
On behalf of all the consignors, management and officers of the UBIA, we extend our sincere thanks to all those who bought bulls at this years’ sale and hope you will return for the 42nd annual sale which will be held on March 15, 2014.
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