L to R: Mary Ann Kniebel talks with Dan Clawson of Meade, KS; Ready to start the sale; the sale crowd

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The 4th Annual Downey Ranch & Kniebel Cattle Co. Joint Production Sale was held Friday, November 3, at the Downey Ranch, Wamego, KS.  Another beautiful, sunny day greeted a large crowd of prospective customers as they looked over the offering and enjoyed the always popular smoked brisket lunch.  Enthusiastic bidders made their choices from among 58 Black & Red Angus bulls along with 65 commercial bred heifers and 21 open fall commercial heifers.  At the end of the day, cattle found new homes in Kansas, Ohio, Kentucky, Missouri, South Dakota, Oklahoma and New Mexico.

The high selling bulls in both breeds went to repeat buyers, with Neil Barton of Abilene, KS selecting Red Angus Bull KCC Kingmaker 209-545 for $4600.  The high selling Black Angus bull was DRI Retail Product R178 who sold to Jim Howes of Howes’ Ranch Management, Whiting, KS for $3800.  Volume bull buyers with 7 head each were repeat buyers Western Star Ag Resources of Salina, KS and Dan & Tamara Clawson, Clawson Ranches, Meade, KS.  The 20 Red Angus Bulls from KCC averaged $2875 while the 38 Black Angus bulls from DRI averaged $2440.

Bidding on the always popular Bred Commercial Heifers was extremely active, setting a new sale record of $2100/head for a set of commercial Angus heifers AI’d to Sinclair Net Present Value.  Those heifers along with 2 other groups found a new home with Oak Creek Land & Cattle of Chapman, KS.  In addition, Oak Creek chose to purchase the Calve-Out Option for all of their bred heifers which gives them an industry unique Live Calf Guarantee.  Volume bred heifer buyers at the sale were again Mr. & Mrs. Gene Murray of Auburn, KS.  They purchased 25 heifers from both ranches and have now purchased heifers in every DRI/KCC production sale.  The average for all 65 heifers was $1560/hd with 30 bred heifers from KCC averaging $1350 and the 35 head from DRI averaging $1750.

New to this year’s sale were the Commercial Open Fall Heifers offered by Downey Ranch.  21 head averaged $1150, with the high selling lot of F1 Baldy heifers going to Christopher Claflin of Linwood, KS for $1200/head.  Volume buyer in the open heifers was Driscoll Cattle Co. of Russell, KS, purchasing 2 lots (8 head total).

The Carpenter/Downey family & the Kniebel families wish to express their sincere thanks and appreciation to ALL of this years buyers, bidders and attendees.  Both operations are gratified and encouraged by the number of repeat buyers at the sale and wish to welcome all of this year’s new buyers to the fold.  Please mark Friday, November 2, 2007 on the calendar for next year’s event, the 5th Annual DRI/KCC Joint Production Sale. 

 

Downey Ranch, Inc. & Kniebel Cattle Co. Joint Production Sale

Friday, Nov. 3, 2006 @ DRI, Wamego, KS

 

20 Month Old Bulls:

58 total @ $2600

38 Black Angus @ $2440

20 Red Angus @ $2875

High Selling Bulls:

  1. Black Angus

    1. Lot 5, DRI Retail Product R178, by GAR Retail Product, $3800 to Jim Howes of Howes Ranch Management, Whiting, KS (repeat buyer)

    2. Lot 14, DRI Foreman R296, by TC Foreman 016, $3600 to Keith Johnson, Hartford, SD

    3. Lot 11, DRI Foreman R077, by TC Foreman 016, $3500 also to Keith Johnson, Hartford, SD

    4. Lot 4, DRI Retail Product R150, by GAR Retail Product, $3500 to Western Star Ag Resources, Salina, KS (repeat buyer)

  2. Red Angus

    1. Lot 41, KCC Kingmaker 209-545, by Bieber Make Mimi, $4600 to Neil Barton, Abilene, KS (repeat buyer)

    2. Lot 57, KCC Cowmaker 700-530, by Beckton Lancer to Roy Walther, Jackson, MO

    3. Lot 46, KCC Firewater 211-509, by Cheyennne, $3500 to Randy Parker, White City, KS

    4. Lot 52, KCC Heavenly Hunk 2035-502, by Leachman Heavenly, $3500 to Travis Barrett, Hope, KS (repeat buyer)

Volume Bull Buyers with 7 head each: Western Star Ag Resources, Salina, KS and Dan & Tamara Clawson, Clawson Ranches, Meade, KS (both ranches are repeat buyers)

 

Commercial Bred Heifers:

65 Total Bred Heifers @ $1560

30 Kniebel X-bred Bred Heifers @ $1350

35 Downey Angus and F1 Baldy Bred Heifers @ $1750

High Selling Bred Heifers: DRI Angus Heifers AI’d to Sinclair Net Present Value, $2100/hd to Oak Creek Land & Cattle, Chapman, KS (purchased with live calf guarantee)

Volume Bred Heifer Buyers: Repeat buyers Mr. & Mrs. Gene Murray, Auburn, KS with 25 head.

 

Commercial Fall Open Heifers:

21 Downey Open Fall Heifers @ $1150

High Selling Fall Open Heifers: F1 Black Baldy heifers for $1200/hd to Christopher Claflin, Linwood, KS

Volume Open Heifer Buyer: Driscoll Cattle Co., Russell, KS with 8 head.

 

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