Indian River beef sale sees Simmental bull sell for $50,000
Farmers Forum staff
INDIAN RIVER — Indian River Cattle Company hosted its ‘Quality Control VI’ Simmental and Angus sale Oct. 1, selling 62 lots with an average bid of $11,773.
The top sale was of a Simmental bull — named Legit — that McMillen Ranching Ltd. in Saskatchewan and Canadian Sires of Alberta jointly purchased for $50,000. A calf named Lollapalooza sold for $48,000 to three partnering buyers in Ontario — Kaydown Farms, Renegade Livestock and Brendale Acres. The top-selling Angus, a heifer calf named Rose, was bought for $22,000 by two Ontario buyers.
Indian River Cattle Company held two other recent auctions. Thirty-five lots from several consignors went on the block at the annual Colours of Autumn Limousin sale. Winning bids in the Oct. 21 sale, held exclusively online, averaged over $5,000 per head.
A 10-pack of semen fetched the highest sale bid, at $12,500.
Bred heifer New Life Keepsake, consigned by New LIfe Limousin, of Hanover, was the high-selling animal at $7,750. The high-selling calf, Darling Lil Miss, consigned by Darling Farms, fetched $5,500.
Indian River Cattle Company’s annual Source for Success Sale on Sept. 16 featured 68 lots with an average sale price of more than $8,000.
Polled Hereford heifer Elm-Lodge Kit Kat drew the highest sale price, $40,000. Anita Doktor of Alberta was the winning bidder.
