OBI Test Sale Bulls
Avg. $1987 Per Head

STILLWATER, Okla. — The annual spring Oklahoma Beef Inc. All Breed Performance-Tested Bull Sale earlier this month averaged $1987 on consignments of 241.33 head.

Last spring’s average was $2051 on 299 head.

Potential herd sires sold by breed included 213.33 head of Angus bulls at an average price of more than $2033; 13 Herefords at an average of $1583; nine Brangus at an average of $1711; five Simmentals at an average of $1430; and one Limousin, which brought $2750.

Two Angus bulls tied for high-selling honors, each bringing $5000. An Angus bull consigned by Mark Johnson of Stillwater was purchased by L.D. Farms of Texarkana, Texas, and an Angus bull consigned by Joseph Krause of Ada was purchased by Max Hoskins of Lawton.

The high-selling Hereford bull was consigned by Wildwood Ranch of Joplin, Mo., and sold to David Hawkins of Boynton for $2650.

Sproul Brangus of Isabella consigned the top-selling Brangus bull, purchased for $2700 by Dr. T.J. Nidiffer of Overland Park, Kan.

For the second consecutive spring sale, Nimmo Farms of Ponca City consigned the high-selling Simmental, which sold for $2500 to Darrel and Linda Nivens of Coyle.

Express Ranch of Yukon consigned the sole Limousin bull, purchased by Scott Linsenmeyer of Glencoe for $2750.

"The merits of performance testing are taking hold in many commercial cow-calf operations," said Sally Dolezal, Oklahoma State University Cooperative Extension beef cattle breeding specialist and OBI executive secretary. "Each year, more and more cattle producers are using available performance information in conjunction with visual appraisals to make the most potentially profitable selection of herd sires."