We made it to the sale. We bought an Angus bull (Anchor son - Lot 105) and a Meyer son (Lot 176).
Overall, I really liked the bulls they had there. Pretty much all of them. Didn't see any structural issues, and most importantly - the bulls looked like "bulls".
I really liked the Angus cattle. I haven't ever been to one of Ohlde's sales or to Duff's. I think these genetics will help our herd. Hopefully make our crossbred cows a little easier doing. But the first thing I'm gonna do with the Angus is sort off as many of our straight commercial Angus cows as he can handle and use him on him to get some more straight Angus heifers.
I had never really seen a large group of Irish Whiskey cattle before. I must say I was much more impressed than I expected to be. Many were PHA-positive. They sold in the $3 to $6 thousand range. The PHA free Irish Whiskey's brought blood - I loved the 201 bull and he brought $14,500. The 175 bull brought $18,500. The cattle were sounds and stout and looked to be very easy doing.
A couple of Angus bulls brought big money (Lot 102 - $25,000, semen interest on 106 brought $18,250). Several brought over $5K.
There were some Carney Man sons I really liked the looks of.